Informational Society : An Economic Theory of Discovery, Invention and Innovation

An Economic Theory of Discovery, Invention and Innovation

By: Alfred L. Norman

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Hardcover | 1 December 1992

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Society continually promotes and adjusts to technological change. While mainstream economic thought assumes tastes and technology as given, it has had little to say about how society has promoted and adjusted to technological change.
The book presents a utopian design for society in the 21st century whose purpose is to promote discovery, invention and innovation, which have become the principal aspects of national state competition.

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies Science Science in General Impact of Science & Technology on Society Computing & I.T.Information Technology General Issue Computer Science Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies

Economic Theory & Philosophy Economic Growth Industry & Industrial Studies Business & Management

Preface
Discovery, Invention and Innovation	p. 1
Discovery, Invention, and Innovation	p. 3
Interactions and Knowledge Accumulation	p. 6
Improving Performance: Discovery and Invention	p. 9
Bounded Rational Model of Innovation	p. 13
Improving Performance: Innovation	p. 19
Commensurate Rate of Innovation	p. 24
Book Organization and Main Themes	p. 26
The Past	p. 33
Original Design	p. 34
First Hundred Years: 1790-1889	p. 40
Second Hundred Years: 1890-1989	p. 47
Acceleration of Discovery, Invention and Innovation	p. 54
Evaluation of Discovery, Invention and Innovation	p. 59
Analysis of government	p. 66
Proposed Plan	p. 74
Microbinics	p. 81
Binary Representation	p. 83
Integrated Circuits	p. 85
Computation	p. 88
Communication	p. 91
Application: Automation of production	p. 94
Application: Paperwork	p. 104
Forecast	p. 119
Development of the Social Nervous System	p. 120
Automation: Physical Manipulation	p. 129
Automation: Information Manipulation	p. 134
Income Distribution	p. 141
Social Inheritance	p. 145
The Community	p. 153
Current use of transportation	p. 155
System of local government	p. 158
Lifestyles in Towns	p. 162
Local Activities	p. 168
Individual versus Town	p. 175
Evaluation	p. 177
The Economy	p. 183
The Consumer	p. 185
Markets	p. 194
Organization of the Firm	p. 197
Innovation	p. 206
Dynamics: Firms and Work	p. 211
Economic Performance	p. 215
Information Policy	p. 221
Economics of information	p. 225
Operational information policy	p. 228
Protection from abuse	p. 233
Scientific information policy	p. 238
Impact of information policy	p. 241
The Federal Government	p. 245
Judiciary	p. 248
Legislature	p. 256
Executive	p. 261
Evaluation	p. 268
Governmental Decentralization	p. 277
Ideal Governmental Decentralization	p. 280
Federal Role in Decentralization	p. 288
State Government: Organization	p. 291
State Government: Role	p. 293
State Innovation Strategy	p. 298
Metropolitan Government	p. 304
Town Government	p. 310
Individual	p. 316
Evaluation	p. 319
The Individual	p. 325
Intergenerational transfer	p. 325
The Problem of Choice	p. 330
Individual and Social Performance	p. 335
Index	p. 337
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