Research Foresight and the Exploitation of the Science Base
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Social Sciences and Innovation
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 32,23 MB
Release : 2001-06-05
Category :
ISBN : 9264192832
Book Description
These workshop proceedings examine the contribution of the social sciences to improving our understanding of social and technological innovation processes, to overcoming barriers to innovation, and how innovation can improve social science.
Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry
Author : Tugrul Daim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 144715097X
Book Description
Technologies such as renewable energy alternatives including wind, solar and biomass, storage technologies and electric engines are creating a different landscape for the electricity industry. Using sources and ideas from technologies such as renewable energy alternatives, Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry explores a different landscape for this industry and applies it to the electric industry supported by real industry cases. Divided into three sections, Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry introduces a range of methods and tools including technology assessment, forecasting, roadmapping, research and development portfolio management and technology transfer. These tools are the applied to emerging technologies in this industry with case studies including data from various organizations including Bonneville Power Administration and Energy Trust of Oregon, from sectors including lighting and wind energy. The final section considers innovation through these technologies. A product result of a collaboration between Bonneville Power Administration and Portland State University, Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry is a comprehensive collection of methods, tools, examples and pathways for future innovation in the electricity industry.
Technology in Context
Author : Ernest Braun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 2005-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134671474
Book Description
Most managers know very little about the technology they introduce into their firms, often preferring to leave such decisions to a small band of technological 'experts'. As a result large amounts of time and money are often wasted on inappropriate and inefficient systems. The cost of retraining and reorganising can also be prohibitive if the new technology does not deliver the desired results. In a business environment where technology is of increasing importance, the non-technical manager cannot afford to remain in the dark. Technology in Context provides a toolkit of approaches to this difficult subject. Subjects covered include: * the fundamental concepts required for the management of technology * the gathering of information in a firm to support strategic decisions on technology * technology assessment in the public domain * the wider social implications of technology * problems associated with technology, from the danger of environmental degradation to employment and skills.
Knowledge, Technology Transfer and Foresight
Author : A. Inzelt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 10,4 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9400903510
Book Description
A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology. The book highlights the specific challenges facing economies in transition in technology policy and commercialisation. Furthermore, it gives an excellent insight into current technology forecasting practice and methodology, and the use of forecasting results in framing science and technology policy. Audience: Those involved in science and technology policy and forecasting, such as industrial and governmental policy makers and researchers.
Futile Progress
Author : Ernest Braun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134169213
Book Description
Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity, inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to work for common good.
Futures The Journal of Policy, Planning, and Futures Studies
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Publisher :
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 1999
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ISBN :
Book Description
Catch-up and Radical Innovation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Author : Xielin Liu
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781003823
Book Description
This original book is a unique and original study on how, in the past decade, Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have achieved technological innovation in the large infrastructure sector. It reveals a ‘new world’ of Chinese innovations, showing that SOEs are willing to innovate and more than capable of doing so. Based on findings from first-hand data and years of in-depth observations, this book shows how the innovation ecosystem perspective incentivizes and facilitates Chinese SOEs’ innovation and highlights entrepreneurial role of the government.
Outlook for Japanese and German Future Technology
Author : Kerstin Cuhls
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642997732
Book Description
In Japan, the Delphi method has been used since 1971 to predict possible technological developments. The same approach was used in Germany for the first time in 1992. This book analyses and compares the results from studies carried out in both countries. This comparison allows conclusions to be drawn as to the relevance of certain fields of technology or disciplines - not only for public policy but also for companies. Possible realization goals, constraints on their achievement, the current R&D level of the two nations and the necessity of international co-operation all give hints on tomorrow's technology and its economic and societal impacts.
A.C.U. Bulletin of Current Documentation
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Publisher :
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 29,34 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN :
