Foresight has experienced a great upswing in the last few years, partly in view of the Millenium. Innovations for our Future describes not only the big development trends of the future in research and technology, but also the re-discovery of the Delphi method. The Delphi method is not new, but...

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"Before the arrival of the 21st century, Taiwan was widely regarded as a successful model of a country which had not only transformed herself from an under-developed economy into a high-tech industrialised island, but also undergone a revolution from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one....

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction and Preliminaries -- Part I. Technology Differences Across Space -- Part II. Interpreting Technology Differences -- Part III. Technology Differences over Time -- Appendix A. Proofs and Calculations -- Appendix B. A New Data Set on Mincerian...