Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield The Economics of R&D, Innovation, and Technological Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Link, Albert N. (Editor), Scherer, F. M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Economic history.; Economic theory.; Industrial organization.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Industrial Organization.; Innovation/Technology Management.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.
• Physical Description: VIII, 312 p. 58 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9780387250229

Edwin Mansfield was a research pioneer into the economics of R and D and technological change. As appreciation and remembrance for his scholarly contributions, eminent scholars have contributed original papers for this edited volume. The authors have followed the "Mansfieldian” approach of emphasizing economic insight and intuition over mathematical rigor and as a result are very accessable. Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield has the potential to serve as a reader in all advanced undergraduate and graduate classes/seminars in the economics of R and D and technological change. This edited volume will be the definitive work in the field.