LEARNING TO CHANGE -- Copyright -- Preface -- STUDY METHODOLOGY -- REPORT STRUCTURE -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR SMALLER MANUFACTURING COMPANIES -- Barrier 1: Disproportionate Impact of Regulation -- Barrier 2: Lack of Awareness -- Barrier 3: Isolation --...

PEOPLE and PIXELS -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science: The Need and the Challenges -- WHAT CAN REMOTE SENSING DO FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE? -- Measuring the Context of Social Phenomena -- Measuring Social Phenomena and Their Effects -- Providing Additional...

Setting Priorities for Land Conservation -- Copyright -- Other Recent Reports of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR CRITERIA -- The Meaning of Conservation and Public Versus Private Land -- Scientific Bases for...

Dual-Use Technologies and Export Administration in the Post-Cold War Era -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES AND EXPORT ADMINISTRATION IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA A Joint Statement of the U... -- JOINT STATEMENT OF THE DELEGATIONS OF THE RAS AND NAS ON...

Information Technology in the Service Society -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary and Overview -- THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARADOX -- ANALYZING THE IMPACTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- Macroeconomic Analysis -- Industry level Analysis -- Enterprise level Analysis -- Activity level...

Measuring and Improving Infrastructure Performance -- Copyright -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SOURCE OF THIS STUDY -- THE STUDY'S FOCUS AND LIMITS -- DEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND DECISION MAKING -- IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE -- 1 INTRODUCTION...

The Future of the SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- GOALS -- SURVEY DESIGN -- DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING -- DATA PRODUCTS AND THEIR USE -- METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION -- MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT -- RECOMMENDATIONS...

Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CORE RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCE -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGIN OF THIS REPORT -- THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES...

Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Defining the Agenda -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- MAINTAINING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS -- Strategic Intent -- Cooperation -- Manufacturing -- Technology Development and Transfer -- Infrastructure and Education -- SETTING...

Building for Tomorrow -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD -- SOURCES OF CHALLENGES -- PRIVATE PRACTICES -- RESPONSES TO CHALLENGE -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION -- EDUCATION AND...