Economic Sources of Inventive Activity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10101427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacob Schmookler (University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 1962-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700102311 |
| OpenAlex | W1935807815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 57 |
| References cited | 6 |
The fundamental conclusion of this paper is that technological progress is intimately dependent on economic phenomena. The evidence suggests that society may indeed affect the allocation of inventive resources through the market mechanism somewhat as it affects the allocation of economic resources generally. If this is true, then technological progress is not an independent cause of socio-economic change, and an interpretation of history as largely the attempt of mankind to catch up to new technology is a distorted one. Cultural lags undoubtedly exist in social history. The automobile—to use an obvious example—rendered obsolete many pre-existing social arrangements and behavior patterns. But the reverse is also true. New goods and new techniques are unlikely to appear, and to enter the life of society without a pre-existing,—albeit possibly only latent—demand. Even a longstanding demand may have been intensified shortly before a technique to satisfy it is invented. In addition to cultural lag, there exists technological lag—a chronic tendency of technology to lag behind demand
Economic system · Economics · Interpretation (philosophy · Lag · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Mechanism (biology · Neoclassical economics · Technological change · Time lag · Computer Science · Economic Development and Digital Transformation
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Spatial policy and firm innovation
The impact of green public procurement on corporate green innovation
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Consumer demand based recombinant search for idea generation
Does network infrastructure construction reduce energy intensity? Based on the “Broadband China” strategy
Effective incentive or limited effect? China's new energy vehicle promotion policy and enterprise electrification technology transformation
Rural E-Commerce and Emerging Paths Toward Product Renewal
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The Geography of Inventiveness in the Primary Sector
Money in the Production Function
A Review of the Filtering-Down Theory
Cultural Orthodoxy, Risk, and Innovation
The determinants of R&D persistence in SMEs
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Determinants of Innovation Evidence from 19th Century World Fairs
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In support of innovation management and Roger's Innovation Diffusion theory
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The Impact of Technological Capabilities on Invention
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The influence of different economic systems on detailed technology
Patentes, cambio técnico e industrialización en la España del siglo XIX
Dinâmica de introdução de inovações na agricultura
Long swings in U.S. demographic and economic growth
The relationship between inequality and innovative activity
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Labour Productivity and Technology Gap in European Regions
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Measurement of English farming technological change, 1523–1900
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Patents and Innovation
| Unique citing works | 57 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 1965 - 2026 (62) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 56 |