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Technology change and the rise of new industries /

"Technology Change and the Rise of New Industries explores why new industries emerge at specific moments in time and in certain countries. Part I shows that technologies which experience "exponential" improvements in cost and performance have a greater chance of becoming new industrie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Funk, Jeffrey L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2013.
Series:Innovation and technology in the world economy.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. What determines the potential for new technologies? Technology paradigm
  • Scaling
  • part II. When do technological discontinuities emerge? Computers
  • Magnetic recording and playback equipment
  • Semiconductors
  • part III. Opportunities and challenges for firms and governments. Competition in new industries
  • Different industries, different challenges
  • part IV. Thinking about the future. Electronics and electronic systems
  • Clean energy.