THE 64th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Savannah, Georgia
7-10 October 2007

TECHNOLOGY AND R&D
Monday 13h45 - 15h45
Organizer: Jannett Highfill, Bradley University—U.S.A.

Chair: Richard T. Gretz, Bradley University—U.S.A.

H. Lane David, Indiana University South Bend—U.S.A., Trade, Technological Spillovers, and the Economic Growth of Developing Countries

Paula Stephan, Georgia State University—U.S.A.,Grant Black, Indiana University South Bend—U.S.A., and Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University—U.S.A., The Knowledge Production Function for University Patenting

Jannett Highfill and Michael McAsey, Bradley University—U.S.A., Does Continuous Quality Improvement Lead to Perfection: R&D Spending for a Monopoly Firm

Richard T. Gretz, Bradley University—U.S.A., Innovating, Dying, and New Product Generations

Discussants: Jannett Highfill, Bradley University—U.S.A., H. Lane David, Indiana University South Bend—U.S.A., Richard T. Gretz, Bradley University—U.S.A., and Grant Black, Indiana University South Bend—U.S.A.