Preface; Part I. View of Technical Progress: 1. The historiography of technical progress; 2. Marx as a student of technology; Part II. Some Significant Characteristics of Technologies: 3. Technological interdependence in the American economy; 4. The effects of energy supply characteristics on technology and economic growth; 5. On technological expectations; 6. Learning by using; 7. How exogenous is science?; Part III. Market Determinants of Technological Innovation: 8. Technical change in the commercial aircraft industry, 1925-1975 David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg; 9. The economic implications of the VSLI revolution Nathan Rosenberg and W. Edward Steinmueller; 10. The influence of market demand upon innovation: a critical review of some recent empirical studies David C. Mowery and Nathan Rosenberg; Part IV. Technology Transfer and Leadership: The International Context: 11. The international transfer of technology: implications for the industrialised countries; 12. US technological leadership and foreign competition: de te fabula narratur?; Index.
The purpose of Professor Rosenberg's work is to break open and examine the contents of the black box.