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 ...

Regarding the tremendous changes effected in the domain of modern technologies and information technologies, firms are required to adopt management accounting innovations to continue their operations. While the extant literature has focused on developed countries, the present project is set to determine the extent to which management accounting innovations are applied in firms in the context of...

This paper introduces a method of analysing learning situations, based on the work of Karl Popper, and applies it to some examples of softwarebased teaching innovations. The basis of Popperian analysis is identification of processes of discontinuous trial-and-improvement of “strategic theories” (students’ conjectured constructions of some sort of reality) under the selection pressures provided ...

Crucial questions in the debate on the origin of quintessential human behaviours are whether modern cognition and associated innovations are unique to our species and whether they emerged abruptly, gradually or as the result of a discontinuous process. Three scenarios have been proposed to account for the origin of cultural modernity. The first argues that modern cognition is unique to our spec...

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

Recurrent mistakes in the treatment of technological innovation in Brazil are identified. A movement on behalf of technological innovation is proposed, based on: an understanding of what technological innovation is (and is not); appreciation of every relevant component; recognition of its systemic and self-coordinating character; and the establishment of an appropriate support.

In recent decades, rapid technological innovation has facilitated a convergence between traditional face-toface and distributed (or technology-mediated) learning environments. These blended learning environments try to take advantage of the strengths of both archetypal learning environments (Graham, 2006). The emergence of blended learning is highlighted in higher education and in industry trai...

We analyze a situation where a principal wants to induce two firms to produce an output, e.g. electricity from renewable energy sources. Firms can undertake non-contractible investments to reduce production cost of the output. Part of these investments spills over and also reduces production cost of the other firm. Comparing a general price subsidy and an innovation tournament, we find that the...