First of all we discuss the different conceptual interpretations of sustainable development among the scientific community. Afterwards we use the epistemological concept of research traditions in order to explain this diversity of interpretations and its impacts on the prospects for technological development. As a third step we develop an approach to sustainable technology and show why such an ...

and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Technological innovation as an evolutionary process / edited by John Ziman on behalf of the Epistemolo...

Many institutions are in a state of flux in relation to the implementation and use of information communication technology (ICT) by faculty, staff, and students. Earlier research (Stockley 2002) indicates that most institutions are neither at the beginning – nor the end of the implementation continuum; rather, they are more likely to be found somewhere in the middle as institutions vary in thei...

Technological innovation is defined as a process of conceiving or gathering new functionalities or characteristics for a product or production method. In this movement, shifts in quality or productivity that are able to adapt a business or a service to the market reality are explored. It can be classified as product innovation, when introduced into the market, or process innovation, when used i...

Understanding how the brain works requires a delicate balance between the appreciation of the importance of a multitude of biological details and the ability to see beyond those details to general principles. As technological innovations vastly increase the amount of data we collect, the importance of intuition into how to analyze and treat these data may, paradoxically, become more important.

This paper examines some of the changing requirements for technological innovation within the supply network, in the face of shifts in industry structure and demands for greater integration of technologies. A review of the literature concerning the contribution of small firms in innovation is presented, alongside evidence that small firms are taking increasing responsibility for design and manu...

This paper focuses on the practice of mobilizing key resources to build strategic capabilities based on technological innovation in a textile company in China. We propose an analytical framework on the basis of RBV theory and value chain analysis to determine the pattern of how different bundles of the key resources contributed to the strategic capabilities in our case company. We also adopt a ...

Technological innovation in general and information technology (IT) applications in particular, have had a major effect in banking and finance. Following Garbade and Silber (1978), this research reviews the effects on banking organisations with reference to front office or external changes as described by the nature of product and service offerings. Following Morris (1986) and Quintás (1991), t...

Number: 011-0622 A Dynamic Analysis of Technological Innovation Using System Dynamics