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Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy
Schacht, Wendy H. - Resources, Science, and Industry Division - 2006
There is ongoing interest in the pace of U.S. technological advancement due to its influence on U.S. economic growth, productivity, and international competitiveness. Because technology can contribute to economic growth and productivity increases, congressional interest has focused on how to...
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The Role of Design Complexity in Technology Improvement
Farmer, J. Doyne; McNerney, James; Redner, Sid; … - 2009
We study a simplification of a previously proposed model of technology evolution to understand the behavior of performance curves, which describe how a technology improves with increasing cumulative production. The model decomposes a technology or production process into components that get...
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Resource Spillover from Academia to High Tech Industry: Evidence from New Nanotechnology-Based Firms in the U.S.
Wang, Jue - 2007
The role of universities in supporting economic development has been explored in numerous studies emphasizing the mechanisms of technology transfer and knowl-edge spillover. However, in addition to these forms of intellectual capital, university scientists bring other resources into research...
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Manufacturing technology policy and deployment of processing innovations
Ettlie, John E. - 1988
This is a report of a study on the evolution of manufacturing technology policy during the deployment of domestic advanced manufacturing systems in thirty-four plants and two panels of data collection separated by one year. Changing firm environment was significantly correlated with pioneering...
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Uranium extraction from seawater : an assessment of cost, uncertainty and policy implications
Schneider, Erich A. (contributor);  … - 2011
Technology to recover uranium from seawater may act as a potential backstop on the production cost of uranium in a growing international nuclear industry. Convincing proof of the existence of an effective expected upper limit on the resource price would have a strong effect on decisions relating...
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Zur dynamischen Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente
Unold, Wolfram - 2000
Im Mittelpunkt der vorgestellten Arbeit steht die dynamische Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Die voliegende Arbeit erstellt einen differenzierten Vergleich umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Hierzu wird die Anreizwirkung von Steuern, Subventionen, Zertifikaten und einheitlichen...
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Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik im Standortwettbewerb
Strecker, Daniel - 1999
Inhaltsverzeichnis1. Einführung1.1. Die Ausgangssituation1.2. Maßnahmenbereiche der Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik2 …
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Strategien biotechnischer Innovation : Analysen, Konzepte und empirische Befunde
Feuerstein, Günter; Dolata, Ulrich; Barben, Daniel; … - 2007
Im letzten Jahrzehnt haben sich die Anstrengungen verstärkt, in der Region Hamburg einen tragfähigen Standort für moderne Biotechnologien zu etablieren. Die wachsende Intensität der Hamburger Biotechnologieförderung kann als Reflex auf den drastischen Einbruch neu gegründeter...
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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy
Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005
einigerUnzulänglichkeiten in der Lage ist, die wirtschaftlicheEntwicklung in China zu erklären und Leitlinien für dieImplementierung politischer …
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Priorities and strategies for health information system development in China : how provincial health information systems support regional health planning
Yang, Hui - 2004
China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated … management.The objective of the study is to contribute to the development of China's health information system (HIS) over the … for planning within the macro and historical context of health planning in China, in particular having regard to the …
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