1/18/99
NO CLASS - MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr DAY

Session 2 (1/25/99)
TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE
Reading: Usher, Ch. VI
TERM PROJECT PROPOSAL DUE !!!!

Session 3 (2/1/99)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Reading: Usher, Ch. VII-VIII

Session 4 (2/8/99)
INVENTION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Reading: Usher, Ch. IX-X , also please check out the recent Bank Boston Report on the Economic Impact of MIT related innovation .

Session 5 (2/15/99)
IMITATION, DIFFUSION AND SUBSTITUTION
Reading: Usher, Ch. XI

Session 6 (2/22/99)
COMPUTER SIMULATION TUTORIAL
Detailed Term Project Updates
Reading: Usher, Ch. XII-XIII

Session 7 (3/1/99)
INDUSTRIALIZATION
DYNAMIC MODELS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Reading: Usher, Ch. XIV-XV

Session 8 (3/8/99)
ECONOMICS OF TECHNICAL CHANGE
Reading: Bank Boston Report on the Economic Impact of MIT related innovation

Session 9 (3/15/99)
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING
STUDENT PROJECT UPDATES
Reading: Freeman & Soete, Part 2

Session 10 (3/22/99)
COMPUTER SIMULATION LABORATORY
Reading: Freeman & Soete, Part 3

Session 11 (3/29/99)
CASE STUDY 1: THE DYNAMICS OF ELECTRICITY
Reading: Freeman & Soete, Part 4
TERM PROJECT FINAL DRAFT REPORT DUE !!!!

Session 12 (4/5/99)
CASE STUDY 2

Session 13 (4/12/99)
CONCLUSION
TERM PROJECT FINAL REPORT DUE !!!!