Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 31,15 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Appropriate technology
ISBN : 9789221081654
This book offers a review of ILO activities on technology reveals the challenges of endogenous capacity building in developing countries. The book covers a range of areas including technology policy assessment, evaluation of the impact of new technologies on employment, working conditions and working environment.
Author : Shahid Yusuf
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 10,23 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
ISBN :
Abstract: China is increasing its outlay on research and development and seeking to build an innovation system that will deliver quick results not just in absorbing technology but also in pushing the technological envelope. China's spending on R & D rose from 1.1 percent of GDP in 2000 to 1.3 percent of GDP in 2005. On a purchasing power parity basis, China's research outlay was among the world's highest, far greater than that of Brazil, India, or Mexico. Chinese firms are active in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, alternative energy sources, and nanotechnology. This surge in spending has been parallel by a sharp increase in patent applications in China, with the bulk of the patents registered in the areas of electronics, information technology, and telecoms. However, of the almost 50,000 patents granted in China, nearly two-thirds were to nonresidents. This paper considers two questions that are especially important for China. First, how might China go about accelerating technology development? Second, what measures could most cost-effectively deliver the desired outcomes? It concludes that although the level of financing for R & D is certainly important, technological advance is closely keyed to absorptive capacity which is a function of the volume and quality of talent and the depth as well as the heterogeneity of research experience. It is also a function of how companies maximize the commercial benefits of research and development, and the coordination of research with production and marketing.
Author : Nitya Anand
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Pharmaceutical policy
ISBN :
Author : Axel Uhl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317150856
The integration of technological innovations, such as In-Memory Analytics, Cloud Computing, Mobile Connectivity, and Social Media, with business practice can enable significant competitive advantage. In order to embrace recent challenges and changes in the governance of IT strategies, SAP and its think tank - the Business Transformation Academy (BTA) - have jointly developed the Digital Capability Framework (DCF). Digital Enterprise Transformation: A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT by Axel Uhl and Lars Alexander Gollenia outlines the DCF which comprises six specific capabilities: Innovation Management, Transformation Management, IT Excellence, Customer Centricity, Effective Knowledge Worker, and Operational Excellence. In cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Queensland University of Technology (Australia), University of Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein), and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), SAP and the BTA have been validating each capability and the corresponding maturity models based on analyzing several ’lighthouse’ case studies comprising: SAMSUNG, IBM, Finanz Informatik, The Walt Disney Company, Google Inc., HILTI AG. Digital Enterprise Transformation presents how these companies take advantage of innovative IT and how they develop their digital capabilities. On top the authors also develop and present a range of novel yet hands-on Digital Use Cases for a number of different industries which have emerged from innovative technological trends such as: Big Data, Cloud Computing, 3D Printing and Internet of Things.
Author : Randolph C. Hite
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 2000-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780756711344
This report addresses the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) management of information technology (IT) investments. Each year INS invests hundreds of millions of dollars on IT systems and activities. We found that INS has established some important capabilities for managing these investments, but it has considerable work ahead to fully implement mature and effective processes. We are making recommendations to strengthen INS' investment management capabilities.
Author : Adam Segal
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 2019-09-18
Category :
ISBN : 9780876097700
For the past three-quarters of a century, the United States has led the world in technological innovation and development. The nation now risks falling behind its competitors, principally China. The United States needs to advance a national innovation strategy to ensure it remains the predominant power in a range of emerging technologies. Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge outlines a strategy based on four pillars: restoring federal funding for research and development, attracting and educating a science and technology workforce, supporting technology adoption in the defense sector, and bolstering and scaling technology alliances and ecosystems. Failure could lead to a future in which rivals strengthen their militaries and threaten U.S. security interests, and new innovation centers replace the United States as the source of original ideas and inspiration for the world.
Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309046467
This book examines the changing character of commercial technology development and diffusion in an integrated global economy and its implications for U.S. public policies in support of technological innovation. The volume considers the history, current practice, and future prospects for national policies to encourage economic development through both direct and indirect government support of technological advance.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309165628
An NRC ad hoc committee analyzed the current status and future development potential of Armenia's science and technology base, including human and infrastructural resources and research and educational capabilities. The committee identified those fields and institutions offering promising opportunities for contributing to economic and social development, and particularly institutions having unique and important capabilities, worthy of support from international financial institutions, private investment sources, and the Armenian and U.S. governments. The scope of the study included both pure and applied research as well as education in science-related fields. The committee's report addresses the existing capacity of state and private research institutions, higher education capabilities and trends, scientific funding sources, innovative investment models, relevant success stories, factors hindering development of the science sector, potential domestic Armenian customers for scientific results and products, and opportunities for regional scientific collaboration. An Armenian language version of the report is also available.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2002
Category :
ISBN : 1428946101
