Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to the Present

Name: Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to the Present
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ISBN: 9780262122894

ISBN-10: 0262122898

ISBN-13: 9780262122894

Edition: 2007

Authors: Naomi R. Lamoreaux, William H. Janeway, Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee Sokoloff, Ashish Arora

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Although technological change is vital for economic growth, the interaction of finance and technological innovation is rarely studied. This pioneering volume examines the ways in which innovation is funded in the United States. In case studies and theoretical discussions, leading economists and economic historians analyze how inventors and technologically creative entrepreneurs have raised funds for their projects at different stages of U.S. economic development, beginning with the post-Civil War period of the Second Industrial Revolution. Their discussions point to intriguing insights about how the nature of the technology may influence its financing and, conversely, how the availability…

Book details

List price: $47.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/23/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 520
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Organization and Finance of Innovation in American History




Financing Invention during the Second Industrial Revolution: Cleveland, Ohio, 1870-1920




The Organizing and Financing of Innovative Companies in the Evolution of the U.S. Automobile Industry




Why Did Finance Capitalism and the Second Industrial Revolution Arise in the 1890s?




Funding New Industries: A Historical Perspective on the Financing Role of the U.S. Stock Market in the Twentieth Century




Stock Market Swings and the Value of Innovation, 1908-1929




Financing Fiber: Corning's Invasion of the Telecommunications Market




The Federal Role in Financing Major Innovations: Information Technology during the Postwar Period




Learning the Hard Way: IBM and the Sources of Innovation in Early Computing




Trading Knowledge: An Exploration of Patent Protection and Other Determinants of Market Transactions in Technology and R&D




The Governance of New Firms: A Functional Perspective




Real Effects of Knowledge Capital on Going Public and Market Valuation




Afterword



List of Contributors


Index