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In discussions of technological change it is customary to identify a concrete idea and trace it from its origins, through its birth to its spread and its use. Certainly, much the most illuminating empirical literature surrounding this topic consists of case-histories of innovations. I am thinking here of Chandler (1977) on the emergence of the modern corporation, of Griliches (1956) on the social rate of return on investment in hybrid corn, of Braun and Macdonald (1982) on the growth of the semi-conductor industry, of David (1974) on the diffusion of the reaper in British agriculture, of Landes (1983) on the biography of the mechanical clock, and — somewhat far removed in time and thus more speculative — of White (1962, Chapter 1), on the appearance and impact of the stirrup on Northern Europe in early medieval times.
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Dasgupta, P. (1989). Economic Organisation and Technological Change. In: Silberston, A. (eds) Technology and Economic Progress. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19655-5_3
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