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There is a wide consensus that technology contributes to create economic value, yet that process is not well understood and so technology’s contribution to growth has never been assessed objectively. Why? There are ambiguous and controversial issues about what is technology.
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S. C. Fernandes, A. (2013). Introduction. In: The Contribution of Technology to Added Value. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5001-5_1
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