It is well known that technological change causes social change, and vice versa. Using system and historical perspectives, this article examines that truth at a finer level of specificity, namely, that social perceptions of interconnectedness influence the progress of science and technology, and...

It is well known that technological change causes social change, and vice versa. Using system and historical perspectives, this article examines that truth at a finer level of specificity, namely, that social perceptions of interconnectedness influence the progress of science and technology, and...

Chapter 1: Soviet Union : The Ambiguous Case of National -- Chapter 2: East Germany : Negotiating Conformity and Innovation -- Chapter 3:Czechoslovakia : Opening the Doors to the West -- Chapter 4: Hungary : Surfing Among Ice Floes -- Chapter 5: Poland : Economic History Debate Across the Iron...

Das Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) gehörte zu den leistungsfähigsten Zentren der Wirtschaftsforschung in Deutschland. Ab Mitte der 1930er-Jahre reagierte das IfW bereitwillig auf die zivilen Anreize und dann ab 1939 auf die Kriegsforschungsprogramme der Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft für...

Das Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) gehörte zu den leistungsfähigsten Zentren der Wirtschaftsforschung in Deutschland. Ab Mitte der 1930er-Jahre reagierte das IfW bereitwillig auf die zivilen Anreize und dann ab 1939 auf die Kriegsforschungsprogramme der Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft für...

Abstract Although the concept of randomized assignment in order to control for extraneous confounding factors reaches back hundreds of years, the first empirical use appears to have been in an 1835 trial of homeopathic medicine. Throughout the 19 th century there was a growing awareness of the...