Aiming at the problems existing in low-carbon technology of Chinese manufacturing industries, such as irrational energy structure, lack of technological innovation, financial constraints, this paper puts forward the suggestion that the leading role of the government is combined with the roles of enterprises and market. That is, through increasing the governmental funding the adjustment of the i...

We calculate the optimal solutions of the fully heterogeneous Von Neumann expansion problem with N processes and P goods in the limit N → ∞. This model provides an elementary description of the growth of a production economy in the long run. The system turns from a contracting to an expanding phase as N increases beyond P. The solution is characterized by a universal behavior, independent of th...

Despite the increased strategic importance of environmental innovation on the one hand and corporate social responsibility on the other, there are still few studies that show firm voluntary measures create a primary determinant of environmental changes. First, we clarify the meaning of voluntary measures and CSR. Second, we utilize a survey carried out in Luxemburg on firm CSR practices jointly...

Investments in the area of technological innovations are particularly risky, since, apart from price uncertainty, firms must take into account not only uncertainty in the arrival of innovations but also the presence of potential rivals. Therefore, we develop an analytical framework for sequential investment in order to determine how duopolistic competition impacts a firm’s technology adoption s...

This report sets out to describe indicators on environmental technological innovation and their usefulness for environment-related STI policy and innovation study. Environmental technological innovations consist of new or modified processes, techniques, systems and products that help to reduce environmental damage. This is a new area for indicator research. In this report we will examine how en...

Technological innovation is a key ingredient in building high performance organizations and the proper evaluation of technological innovation capability (TIC) is very important for decision makers. The objective of this paper is to introduce an analytical network process (ANP) model for technological innovation capability evaluation. This paper reports an application of proposed methodology as ...

An entrepreneurially oriented educational institution that transfers existing knowledge and/or creates new knowledge has the capacity to generate significant economic growth. This is the case of Stanford University, which had a key role in the development of Silicon Valley, reinforced by government support that made it possible for the region to become a world innovation hub, attracting and cir...

Technology shifts are lethal to many manufacturing companies. Previous research indicates that this is not purely a problem of technological innovation, but is also closely related to the inertia of business models and business model innovation. This paper inquires into the dynamics of this intersection between technology and business models. Anchored in a case study in the automotive industry,...

Organic agriculture is a sustainable cultivation ecologically, economically and socially. Several researches in organic agriculture have been made from technical perspectives, economic traits or related to ecological aspects. There are practically no investigations into the nature of the technology used in organic agriculture, especially from an ergonomic perspective. From the activity analysis...

On November 3-4, 2011, the Symposium RNA Science and its Applications: A look toward the Future was held at the University at Albany-SUNY in the capital of New York State. Unique to this Symposium's format were panel discussions following each of the four platform sessions: RNA Technological Innovation: Analysis, Delivery, Nanotechnologies, IT; Infectious and other diseases: The future of small...