ROSENBERG, Nathan

ROSENBERG, Nathan. American, b. 1927. Genres: Economics. Career: Indiana University, Bloomington, lecturer, 1955-57; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, assistant professor, 1957-61; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, associate professor, 1961-64, professor, 1964-67; University of Wisconsin, Madison, professor, 1969-74; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, professor of economics, 1974-. Visiting professor at Harvard University, 1967-69. Publications: Economic Planning in the British Building Industry, 1945-1949, 1960; Technology and American Economic Growth, 1972; Perspectives on Technology, 1976; (with W.G. Vincenti) The Britannia Bridge: The Generation and Diffusion of Technical Knowledge, c. 1978; Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics, 1983; (with L.E. Birdzell) How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World, 1986; (with D.C. Mowery) Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth, 1989; Exploring the Black Box: Technology, Economics, and History, 1994; (with D.C. Mowery) Paths of Innovation Technological Change in the 20th Century, 1998. EDITOR: (and author of intro) The American System of Manufactures: The Report of the Committee on the Machinery of the United States, 1855, and the Special Reports of George Wallis and Joseph Whitworth, 1954, 1969; The Economics of Technological Change: Selected Readings, 1971; (with C. Frischtak) International Technology Transfer: Concepts, Measures, and Comparisons, 1985; (with R. Landau) The Positive Sum Strategy: Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth, 1986; (with Landau and Mowery) Technology and the Wealth of Nations, 1992; (with A. Arora, R. Landau) Chemicals and Long Term Economic Growth, 1998. Address: Department of Economics, Ralph Landau Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.