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Computer ethics and neoplatonic virtue: a reconsideration of cyberethics in the light of Plotinus' ethical theory / Giannis Stamatellos -- The tension between human and cyborg ethics / Anne Gerdes -- Constructivist and constructionist approaches to graduate teaching in Second Life: ethical...

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1. Introduction to the field of technology innovation management -- 2. R&D process models -- 3. Technology development and innovative practice -- 4. Social influence and human interaction with technology -- 5. Diffusion and innovation : an organizational perspective -- 6. Knowledge and change in...

New trends in service science and education for service innovation / Michitaka Kosaka, Kunio Shirahada -- A concept of a service field and its applications to create service value / Michitaka Kosaka, Jing Wang, Weiwei Han, Qi Zhang -- Modeling of service value creation based on multidisciplinary...

Evolving verifiable causal mechanisms through governometrics to study critical policy issues / Sangeeta Sharma -- Application of factor analysis in policy decision / J. P. Verma -- Providing rational and normative policy evaluation with hedonic estimation in developing and emerging market...

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