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Technology & Society

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By: Alex Lasry
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Decks in this class (14)

Growth in Productivity
Labour productivity,
Total factor productivity,
Ways of generating the gdp
6  cards
Civilizational Bases for Innovation
European inventions,
Why did europe lead productivity ...,
What made europe different from i...
6  cards
Science and Technology
Gilchrist and thomas,
Why did germany surpass britain i...,
Process innovations
5  cards
Engineering Problems
Failures of the beer can,
The paper clip,
Problems with the comet
5  cards
Schumpeter on The Generation of New Technology
2 types of costs,
Why may capital markets not neces...,
If there was a monopoly in the ge...
6  cards
Adaptive vs. Qualitive/Discontinuous Innovation
Conclusions of xerography,
Story of xerox,
Learning by doing
7  cards
Creative Destruction in the PC Industry
What factors allowed for creative...,
Conclusions,
Displacement of office applications
3  cards
Government and Innovation
At t and the transistor,
Eniac,
Edvac
4  cards
Intellectual Property & Innovation
What were the effects of the cart...,
What did these firms have to do a...,
What did corning glass do in resp...
6  cards
The Organization of R&D
Why did the germans fail at devel...,
Differences between r d and other...,
R d at 3m
3  cards
Bell Labs
What are the major innovations of...,
What were some of the technical p...,
Conclusions on bell labs performance
4  cards
The Origins of the Factory
Describe the putting out system,
One argument for why the putting ...,
Marglins argument for why factori...
7  cards
Taylorism
Subcontracting,
Ordinary management,
Solutions proposed by taylor to i...
4  cards
Mechanization and Restructuring of the Workplace
Dominant 19th century economic tr...,
What caused falling prices and pr...,
Consecutive sequence of innovation
7  cards

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