Economic Growth and Change

The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a comparative perspective. Issues examined include: the evolution of the firm and the role of R&Dlong-term implications of the loss of national sovereigntyinternational 'openness'social and political institut