Mothers of Innovation : How Expanding Social Networks Gave Birth to the Industrial Revolution.

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What does it take for a society to be able to innovate? The question is crucial today when an increasing share of world patents are taken out by countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, which have limited energy resources and cultures very different from those in the West. However, most previ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dudley, Leonard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Temas:
Technological innovations > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Innovations > Aspect social > Europe > Histoire.
Economic history.
Business innovation.
Impact of science & technology on society.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.
Technological innovations > Social aspects
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What does it take for a society to be able to innovate? The question is crucial today when an increasing share of world patents are taken out by countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, which have limited energy resources and cultures very different from those in the West. However, most previous studies of the beginnings of industrialization have focused on the resources and institutions of Britain alone. As a result, they have missed the lessons to be learned from casting the net more ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:9781443843126
1443843121
1299644961
9781299644960

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