The future of economic growth as new becomes old
1. A social construct and an analytical challenge -- 2. Microeconomic instability and an uncertain organizational model -- 3. A growth regime driven by information and communications technology? -- 4. Genealogy of the "new economy" : the institutional change at the heart of the US trajecto...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
E. Elgar
c2004
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| Series: | The Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. A social construct and an analytical challenge -- 2. Microeconomic instability and an uncertain organizational model -- 3. A growth regime driven by information and communications technology? -- 4. Genealogy of the "new economy" : the institutional change at the heart of the US trajectory -- 5. The geography of the "new economy" : the diversity of institutional architectures -- 6. 2000-2002 : reassessing the potential of ICT-driven growth -- 7. The long-term historical outlook after the Internet bubble -- 8. The emergence of an anthropogenetic model -- 9. Conclusion In this book, Robert Boyer follows the origins, course and collapse of the "new economy" and proposes a new interpretation of US dynamism during the 1990s. He argues that the diffusion of information and communication technologies is only part of a story that also requires understanding of the transformation of the financial system, the reorganization of the management of firms and the emergence of a new policy mix. The book includes a long-term retrospective analysis of technological innovation, and an international comparison of OECD countries delivers an unconventional and critical assessment of the hope and the hype of the "new economy |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 174 p ill |
| ISBN: | 184376606X 9781843766063 9781843766070 9781843769712 |