Edwin Mansfield Explained

Edwin Mansfield
Birth Date:	1930
Death Date:	1997
Occupation:	Professor of economics

Edwin Mansfield (1930  - 17 November 1997) was a professor of economics at University of Pennsylvania from 1964 and until his death. From 1985 he was also a director of the Center for Economics and Technology.^[1]

Edwin Mansfield is best known for his scientific results concerning technological change / diffusion of innovations, and also for his textbooks on microeconomics, managerial economics, and econometrics 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. [ftp://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. Contents.
• Scherer, F.M. 2005. "Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation," Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield, Part I, Springer, pp.1-7. Abstract.
• Teece, David J. 2005. "Technology and Technology Transfer: Mansfieldian Inspirations and Subsequent Developments," Journal of Technology Transfer, 30(1/2), Springer, pp. 17-33. Abstract.

External links

• An obituary on the UPENN website

Notes and References

1. News: Edwin Mansfield, 67, Scholar Of Economics and Technology . subscription . 11 July 2020 . . 21 November 1997 . B11.