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Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Keith Pavitt

    1. Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction and Summary

    1. Introduction and Summary

      • Keith Pavitt
      Pages 1-15

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Innovation in Textile Machinery

      • Roy Rothwell
      Pages 125-141

    3. Innovation in Coal-mining Machinery: the Case of the Anderton Shearer Loader

      • Joe Townsend
      Pages 142-158

    4. Forklift Trucks

      • Peter Senker
      Pages 159-167

    5. Merchant Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering

      • Austen Albu
      Pages 168-183

    6. Innovation and Competitiveness in Portable Power Tools

      • W. B. Walker, J. P. Gardiner
      Pages 184-199

    7. Innovation in the British Steel Industry

      • Jonathan Aylen
      Pages 200-234

    8. Heavy Electrical Plant

      • A. J. Surrey, C. M. Buckley, M. J. Robson
      Pages 235-251

    9. Nuclear Reactor Development in Britain

      • C. M. Buckley, R. Day
      Pages 252-266

    10. The Broad Base of Technical Change in the Gas Industry

      • Howard J. Rush
      Pages 267-281

    11. The UK Semiconductor Industry

      • E. Sciberras
      Pages 282-296

  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK

    Keith Pavitt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance

  • Editors: Keith Pavitt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06381-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-06381-9Published: 18 June 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 353

  • Topics: Industries

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