Asleep at the Switch
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee
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Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Law
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Author : Bruce Smardon
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0773596542
Since 1960, Canadian industry has lagged behind other advanced capitalist economies in its level of commitment to research and development. Asleep at the Switch explains the reasons for this underperformance, despite a series of federal measures to spur technological innovation in Canada. Bruce Smardon argues that the underlying issue in Canada's longstanding failure to innovate is structural, and can be traced to the rapid diffusion of American Fordist practices into the manufacturing sector of the early twentieth century. Under the influence of Fordism, Canadian industry came to depend heavily on outside sources of new technology, particularly from the United States. Though this initially brought in substantial foreign capital and led to rapid economic development, the resulting branch-plant industrial structure led to the prioritization of business interests over transformative and innovative industrial strategies. This situation was exacerbated in the early 1960s by the Glassco framework, which assumed that the best way for the federal state to foster domestic technological capacity was to fund private sector research and collaborative strategies with private capital. Remarkably, and with few results, federal programs and measures continued to emphasize a market-oriented approach. Asleep at the Switch details the ongoing attempts by the federal government to increase the level of innovation in Canadian industry, but shows why these efforts have failed to alter the pattern of technological dependency.
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Page : 884 pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 2003
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Page : 900 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 2003
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Page : 872 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Norm Cohen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252068812
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
Author : Vance Randolph
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780826203007
Author : Jez Rose
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0857086790
A hilarious argument for change from international behaviour expert Jez Rose Do you ever wonder why achieving results is such a struggle? Do you want that to change? Let Jez show you how to train your brain differently by uncovering strategies used by some of the most successful people in the world. Using real-world examples the former comedian examines why some people struggle to achieve, despite trying, while others appear to achieve extraordinary results. Jez will show you why we behave the way we do and how to change for the better. By changing the way we think, our behaviour and approach to life will also change. Aware that our success is also a result of other people, Flip the Switch will show you how to improve the behaviour and thought patterns of those around you too. Practical exercises to get you thinking differently Learn how to change for the better using a variety of techniques Get the confidence to go after what you want, when you want Become extraordinary by adopting Jez's down to earth and charismatic approach Flip the Switch: Achieve Extraordinary Things with Simple Changes to How You Think will change how you approach success and leave you ready to take on the world.
Author : Susan Farrell
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 18,77 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 143810023X
Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most popular and admired authors of post-war American literaturefamous both for his playful and deceptively simple style as well as for his scathing critiques of social injustice and war. Criti.