Journal of Political Economy Vol. 101 No. 3 1993
Invention and Bounded Learning by Doing
Abstract
This paper attempts to integrate traditional models of invention and learning by doing, developing a model that emphasizes the interdependence between research activity in the laboratory and production experience on the factory floor. Learning depends on invention in that learning by doing is viewed as the exploration of the finite and bounded productive potential of invented technologies. At the same time, the profitability of costly invention is dependent on learning in that costs of production depend on cumulative learning experience.
- DOI
- 10.1086/261882
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 443-472
- Language
- en
- Sources
- crossref openalex