Using automation in technical services to foster innovation

Innovation in the Agro-Food Sector: from Technical Innovation-Centred Approaches to Sustainability Transition Processes

Innovation is a complex phenomenon and process involving translation of knowledge into new techniques, products, services. It is considered crucial for sustainable agriculture development and achievement of long-term food security. The review describes the diversity of innovation and relates it to agro-food sector. It also sheds light on different innovation models and explores their contributi...

Tax Reform to Foster Innovation in Brazil

Using Web Services to Foster Global Collaboration in Sound Design

The migration of client-server systems to web services using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design principles is widespread and likely to dominate the future evolution of computing. Use of web services is especially challenging for streaming content such as that which would be used for sound design. This paper describes the principles of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and ways that ...

Agent-Oriented Concepts to Foster the Automation of E-Business

Improving the efficiency of e-Business usage requires the further development of automation techniques for interorganizational business processes as a major driver. Automation can be employed at various stages and application areas of e-Business. The innovative concepts and enabling technologies we argue for in this context are automated negotiation, dynamic interoperability between standards, ...

How to foster green product innovation in an inert sector

Green product innovations offer a large number of compelling benefits to different stakeholders throughout their life cycle (raw material extraction, production, use and maintenance, end of life). However, in inert sectors such as the construction industry, the development of green products is still too slow to meet future needs. To push green innovation, this article investigates the applicati...