Technological capabilities, invisible infrastructure and the un-social construction of predictability: the overlooked fixed costs of useful research

Article Abstract:

Unpredictability as a subject is examined critically, considering that it is a much more pervasive and important feature of technical change than is presumed traditionally. The construction of very specific, artificially predictable conditions is required to explain the economically important interactions between scientific explanations and technology, so that the explanations' implications match technology behavior. The iterative construction of these localized predictable conditions from the unpredictable starting conditions relies on, generates and is made much easier by reusable social and physical infrastructure.

United Kingdom, Analysis, Prediction theory

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Cross-over, thresholds, and interactions between science and technology: lessons for less- developed countries

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The role of science for initiating a positive interaction with technological development is specified. For less-developed countries, neither the linear model nor an inverted linear model would take place and a more interactive approach is necessary for development.

Brazil, Developing Countries, Influence

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The New Economy: what the concept owes to the OECD

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A look at the concept of new economy as the result of decades of work on technology and productivity, and the key role of OECD, in promoting a greater understanding of issues among national policy makers in member countries.

Services information, Production Management, Methods, Services, Associations, institutions, etc., Domestic policy, Global economy, Government programs, Organizations

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