Mothers of Innovation How Expanding Social Networks Gave Birth to the Industrial Revolution.
What does it take for a society to be able to innovate? The question is crucial today when an increasing share of world patents are taken out by countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, which have limited energy resources and cultures very different from those in the West. However, most previ...
| Основен автор: | Dudley, Leonard. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2012.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=524406 |
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What does it take for a society to be able to innovate? The question is crucial today when an increasing share of world patents are taken out by countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, which have limited energy resources and cultures very different from those in the West. However, most previous studies of the beginnings of industrialization have focused on the resources and institutions of Britain alone. As a result, they have missed the lessons to be learned from casting the net more ... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9781443843126 1443843121 1299644961 9781299644960 |