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Basic reading for preparation
This is the list of basic readings to prepare before the course starts, or the prerequisites so you will...
BOOKS
Wiebe Bijker, Thomas P. Hughes and Trevor Pinch (eds) (1989) The Social
Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology
and History of Technology, The MIT Press
Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (eds) (2004) The
Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press.
Freeman, Chris and Luc Soete, The Economics of Industrial Innovation,
3rd edition, MIT Press.
William Lazonick ( 2002 ) International Encyclopedia of Business and
Management – Economics, IEBM Handbook Series.
Richard R. Nelson, The Sources of Economic Growth (Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press: 2000).
Suzanne, Scotchmer (2004) Innovation and Incentives, MIT Press.
Paul Stoneman (1995) Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and
Technological Change, Blackwell Publishing.
Vernon W. Ruttan (2000) Technology, Growth, and Development: An Induced
Innovation Perspective, Oxford University Press.
ARTICLES
Anthony Bartzokas and Morris Teubal (2002) A special issue on the
Political Economy of Innovation Policy Implementation in
Industrialising Countries, Journal of the Economics of Innovation and
New Technology (2002, Vol. XI, No. 3&4).
Cohen, Wesley and Daniel Levinthal, “Absorptive Capacity: A New
Perspective on Learning and Innovation,” Administrative Science
Quarterly, Vol.35-1, 1990, pp.128-152.
Dosi, G. 1988. “Sources, Procedures, and Microeconomic Effects of
Innovation.” Journal of Economic Literature, 26(3): 1120-1171.
Freeman, Chris, “The Economics of Technical Change.” Cambridge Journal
of Economics, Vol.18, 1994, pp.463-514.
Kim, Linsu, “Building Technological Capability for Industrialization:
Analytical Frameworks and Korea’s Experience.” Industrial and Corporate
Change, Vol.8(1), pp.111-136.
Metcalfe, John (1994) Evolutionary Economics and Technology Policy, The
Economic Journal, Vol. 104 (July), pp. 931-944.
Nelson, Richard R., “Recent Evolutionary Theorizing About Economic
Change,” Journal of Economic Literature, Vol.33, March 1995,
pp.48-90.
Pavitt, Keith, “Sectoral Patterns of Technical Change: Towards Research
Policy, Vol.13, 1984, pp.343-373.
Teece, David J., “Firm organization, industrial structure, and
technological innovation.” Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization, Vol.31, 1996, pp.193-224.
Utterback, James M. and Fernando F. Suarez, “Innovation, Competition,
and Industry Structure.” Research Policy, Vol.22, 1993, pp.1-21.
GENERAL BACKGROUND
READINGS
William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Boston:
Allyn and Bacon, 3rd Ed.1979.
Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations, The University of Chicago Press, 5th ed., 1987.
A useful online textbook on mathematical methods
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~osborne/MathTutorial/index.html
Mason, R., Lind, D, and Marchal, W. (2005). Statistical Techniques in
Business and economics 12th edition. Irwin McGraw-Hill.
Szirmai, A, Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development, CUP, 2005.
