TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Technological change is today central to the theory of economic growth (Teixeira and
Fortuna, 2010). It is recognized as an important driver of productivity growth and the
emergence of new products from which consumers derive welfare (Verspagen, 2010).
Technological change depends not only on the work of scientists and engineers, but
also on a wider range of economic and societal factors, including institutions such as
intellectual property rights and corporate governance, the operation of markets, a
range of governmental policies (science and technology policy, innovation policy,
macroeconomic policy,competition policy, etc.), historical specificities, etc. (Teixeira
and Lopes, 2012)....