Technology and the wealth of nations / edited by Nathan Rosenberg, Ralph Landau, and David C. Mowery.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,c, 1992.

xiv, 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Capital, technology, and economic growth / Michael J. Boskin and Lawrence J. Lau -- What is "commercial" and what is "public" about technology, and what should be? / Richard R. Nelson -- Successful commercialization in the chemical process industries / Ralph Landau and Nathan Rosenberg -- International differences in economic fluctuations / Steven N. Durlauf -- Comparing the cost of capital in the United States and Japan / B. Douglas Bernheim and J.B. Shoven -- Strategies for capturing the financial benefits from technological innovation / David J. Teece -- Liability and insurance problems in the commercialization of new products : a perspective from the United States and England / Peter Huber -- The Japanese pattern of innovation and its evolution / Ken-Ichi Imai -- The organization of the innovative process / Franco Malerba

Dollar devaluation, interest rate volatility, and the duration of investment in the United States / Ronald McKinnon and David Robinson -- Japan's management of global innovation : technology management crossing borders / Kiyonori Sakakibara and D. Eleanor Westney -- International collaborative ventures and the commercialization of new technologies / David C. Mowery -- The technology-product relationship : early and late stages / Ralph Gomory -- Profiting from innovation / William G. Howard, Jr., and Bruce R. Guile -- Managing the growth of technical information / Sergio Barabaschi.

Includes bibliographical references and index