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The paper reviews the progress of the sociology of work in Britain since 1945. It identifies two long … associated with the last, that the field suffers from fragmentation and lack of integration in mainstream sociology. It … demonstrates, by contrast, a continuing ability to address the changing nature of work, reflected in constructive debate between …
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scouted and members of the Network work with the innovators to help their ideas reach their commercial or non -commercial … potential. The Network has been involved in the sharing of grassroots technology developed in India with Kenya, notably a food … recognition of the dynamism of the informal sector. Lessons from the Network fs experience in Kenya and its technology transfer …
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In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development. Despite failing to industrialize in the past, there may be a new window of opportunity. This is due to the convergence of what has been called "brilliant" new technologies associated...
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An analytical framework is developed to study the repercussions between endogenous capital- and labor-saving technical change and population aging. Following an intuition often attributed to Hicks (1932), I ask whether and how population aging aff ects the relative scarcity of factors of...
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An analytical framework is developed to study the repercussions between endogenous capital- and labor-saving technical change and population aging. Following an intuition often attributed to Hicks (1932), I ask whether and how population aging affects the relative scarcity of factors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923496
members of the Network work with the innovators to help their ideas reach their commercial or non-commercial potential. The … Network has been involved in the sharing of grassroots technology developed in India with Kenya, notably a food processing … of the dynamism of the informal sector. Lessons from the Network’s experience in Kenya and its technology transfer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140785
This study seeks to better understand the impact that government technology procurement regulations have on social … value and national competitiveness. To do this, it examines the impact of a change in France's technology procurement policy …, these results show that changes in government technology policy that favor OSS can have a positive impact on both global …
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technology-induced transformation of labour markets, argue for a new social contract and discuss how the provision and use of …Digitalisation is one of the megatrends affecting societies and labour markets, alongside demographic change and … globalisation. The fourth industrial revolution will redesign production processes and alter the relationships between work and …
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progression of scientific findings through a major university's technology transfer process and 2.) firms' use of the academic …
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call technology shifters (economic factors). We use several composite technology indices based on appropriate combinations … of the external economic factors which are indicators of different aspects of technology. These technology indices are … specific external economic factors. Furthermore, the technology shifters allow for non-neutral and biased shifts in TC. We also …
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