Edwin Mansfield (1930 – 17 November 1997) was a professor of economics at

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

from 1964 and until his death. From 1985 he was also a director of the Center for Economics and Technology. Edwin Mansfield is best known for his scientific results concerning

technological change Technological change (TC) or technological development is the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of innovations, diffusion of technology or business process, processes.From ''The New Palgrave Dictionary otechnical change by S. ...

diffusion of innovations Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. The theory was popularized by Everett Rogers in his book ''Diffusion of Innovations'', first published in 1962. Rogers argue ...

, and also for his textbooks on

microeconomics Microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and Theory of the firm, firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarcity, scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms. M ...

managerial economics Managerial economics is a branch of economics involving the application of economic methods in the organizational decision-making process.* * * Economics is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Manag ...

, and

econometrics Econometrics is an application of statistical methods to economic data in order to give empirical content to economic relationships. M. Hashem Pesaran (1987). "Econometrics", '' The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'', v. 2, p. 8 p. 8 ...

that were published in millions copies and translated into foreign languages.

References

* Diamond, Arthur M. Jr. 2003. "Edwin Mansfield's Contributions to the Economics of Technology," ''Research Policy'', 32(9), pp. tp://ftp.ige.unicamp.br/pub/CT001%20SocCiencia/Agosto%2030/Diamond%20on%20Mansfield.pdf 1607-17 * Mansfield, Edwin, et al. 2009. ''Managerial Economics Theory, Applications, and Cases'', 7th Edition. Norton
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* Scherer, F.M. 2005. "Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation," ''Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield'', Part I, Springer, p
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* Teece, David J. 2005. "Technology and Technology Transfer: Mansfieldian Inspirations and Subsequent Developments," ''Journal of Technology Transfer'', 30(1/2), Springer, pp
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