Time Horizons And Technology Investments

Author : National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Time Horizons and Technology Investments
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309046473

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Time Horizons and Technology Investments by National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Time Horizons and Technology Investments Pdf

It is frequently argued that U.S. corporations have shorter time horizons for planning and investment than their Japanese and German competitors. This argument, though widely accepted in studies of U.S. competitiveness, has rarely been examined in depth. Time Horizons and Technology Investments explores the evidence that some U.S. corporations consistently select projects biased toward short-term return and addresses factors influencing the time-related preferences of U.S. corporate managers in selecting projects for investment. It makes recommendations to policymakers and managers about policies to mitigate negative external influences and about strategies to remove internal biases toward noncompetitive decisions.

Author : National Science Board (U.S.). Committee on Industrial Support for R&D.,National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Competition, International
ISBN : UOM:49015001408146

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The Competitive Strength of U.S. Industrial Science and Technology by National Science Board (U.S.). Committee on Industrial Support for R&D.,National Science Foundation (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Travis Bradford
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1211 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262037525

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The Energy System by Travis Bradford Pdf

A comprehensive textbook that integrates tools from technology, economics, markets, and policy to approach energy issues using a dynamic systems and capital-centric perspective. The global energy system is the vital foundation of modern human industrial society. Traditionally studied through separate disciplines of engineering, economics, environment, or public policy, this system can be fully understood only by using an approach that integrates these tools. This textbook is the first to take a dynamic systems perspective on understanding energy systems, tracking energy from primary resource to final energy services through a long and capital-intensive supply chain bounded by both macroeconomic and natural resource systems. The book begins with a framework for understanding how energy is transformed as it moves through the system with the aid of various types of capital, its movement influenced by a combination of the technical, market, and policy conditions at the time. It then examines the three primary energy subsystems of electricity, transportation, and thermal energy, explaining such relevant topics as systems thinking, cost estimation, capital formation, market design, and policy tools. Finally, the book reintegrates these subsystems and looks at their relation to the economic system and the ecosystem that they inhabit. Practitioners and theorists from any field will benefit from a deeper understanding of both existing dynamic energy system processes and potential tools for intervention.

Author : Joseph P. Tomain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107039179

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Clean Power Politics by Joseph P. Tomain Pdf

Clean Power Politics explains clean energy policy and the need for a successful transition to clean energy in the future.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Bioprocess Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309047852

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Putting Biotechnology to Work by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Bioprocess Engineering Pdf

The ability of the United States to sustain a dominant global position in biotechnology lies in maintaining its primacy in basic life-science research and developing a strong resource base for bioprocess engineering and bioproduct manufacturing. This book examines the status of bioprocessing and biotechnology in the United States; current bioprocess technology, products, and opportunities; and challenges of the future and what must be done to meet those challenges. It gives recommendations for action to provide suitable incentives to establish a national program in bioprocess-engineering research, development, education, and technology transfer.

Author : Gregory McIsaac,William R. Edwards
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 0252021002

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Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest by Gregory McIsaac,William R. Edwards Pdf

This timely collection provides a general overview and detailed discussion of social and technical issues related to moving toward a culture and practice of sustainable agriculture in the American Midwest. It develops the concept that because agriculture does not exist in isolation, sustainability must be understood within the context of the many dynamic natural and social systems characteristic of a particular region - from climate to culture. Scholars from diverse disciplines - ecology, geography, economics, agricultural engineering, anthropology, entomology, climatology - provide the historical and contemporary context for this vital discussion.

Author : Committee on Japan,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309590945

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New Strategies for New Challenges by Committee on Japan,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council Pdf

Innovation, "the process by which firms master and get into practice product designs and manufacturing processes that are new to them," is vital for companies wishing to remain competitive in today's rapidly changing high technology industries. American and Japanese firms are among the world's most technologically innovative and competitive. However, the changing dynamics of global competition are forcing them to rethink their technological innovation strategies. The choices they make will have great impact on their futures as companies as well as on the livelihoods of their employees and the communities in which they operate. In order to understand the ways in which Japanese and American companies are changing their technological innovation strategies and practices, the Committee on Japan of the National Research Council and the Committee on Advanced Technology and the International Environment (Committee 149) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) organized a bilateral task force composed of leading representatives from industry and academia to assess developments in corporate innovation strategies and report on their findings. Through a workshop discussion of the issues and subsequent interaction, the task force explored the institutional division of innovation in both countries: the structure and performance of technology-based industries, the role of the government in the support of science and technology, and the role of universities in the science and technology system. The task force was particularly interested in exploring the points on which the two systems are converging,-i.e., becoming more similar in strategy and practice-and where they continue to be distinct and different. Although a comprehensive study of these trends in U.S. and Japanese innovation was not easily feasible, the task force was able to develop several conclusions based on its workshop discussion and follow-up interactions that were substantial in time and content. This report identifies a set of issues whose further elucidation should be helpful in guiding public policy in both nations. These issues include the role of external sourcing of innovation, transnational activity and globalization, the organization and performance of R&D, and the role of consortia, joint ventures and other joint activities. A call for greater international efforts to collect and analyze data on these important trends is the central recommendation of the task force.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000021577253

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A Competitiveness Strategy for America by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Pdf

This document records the oral testimony and written statements of 13 U.S. Senators and Representatives, government officials, a corporate chairman, and a union president on the problem of economic stagnation in the United States and the formulation of a strategy to promote greater world competitiveness. Some witnesses focused on the need for better education and job training for the 20 percent of people considered illiterate in the United States, whereas most witnesses focused on the lack of family-supporting jobs. The witnesses said that millions of middle-wage jobs have disappeared, leaving only a few highly skilled, highly paid jobs and many part-time, low-wage jobs without benefits. Witnesses proposed creating strategies to encourage investment in manufacturing jobs in the United States, such as investment credits and elimination of barriers to exporting goods. Some witnesses opposed additional taxes to pay for improvements; others supported them for humanitarian purposes. Some were totally proponents of the free market, but others said that the free market had not created jobs for the past 20 years and that some sort of government stimulus was needed. A long-term investment, such as improvements in the infrastructure, was more favored than shorter-term approaches. (KC)

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Panel on the Government Role in Civilian Technology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309046305

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The Government Role in Civilian Technology by Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Panel on the Government Role in Civilian Technology Pdf

As U.S. industry faces worldwide challenges, policymakers are asking questions about the role of the federal government-not only in promoting basic research but also in ushering new innovations to the marketplace. This book offers an expert consensus on how government and industry together can respond to the new realities of a global marketplace. The volume offers firm conclusions about policy and organizational changes with the greatest potential to improve our technological competitiveness-and presents three alternative approaches for a new federal role. The volume examines: How federal involvement in technology development affects the nation's economic well-being. What we can learn from past federal efforts to stimulate civilian technology development-in the United States and among our major industrial competitors. How trends in productivity, R&D, and other key areas have affected U.S. performance, and how we compare to the world's rising industrial economies. Offering guidance on one of the 1990s most important issues, this volume will be indispensible to federal policymakers, executives in industry and technology, and researchers.

Author : Michael Useem
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674273982

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Executive Defense by Michael Useem Pdf

A quiet revolution came to corporate America during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Large shareholders - pension funds, insurance companies, money managers, and commercial banks - exercised new-found muscle, pressuring senior managers to improve disappointing financial results by reshaping their organizations. Michael Useem reveals how those investor pressures have transformed the inside structures of many corporations, better aligning them with shareholder interests. Useem draws on numerous sources, including interviews with senior managers and intensive studies of seven large corporations representing a range of restructuring experiences and industries - including pharmaceuticals, transportation, chemicals, retailing, and financial services. He shows that organizational changes have affected many areas of corporate life: headquarters staffs have been reduced, authority has filtered down to operating units, and compensation has become more closely tied to performance. Change also extends to corporate governance, where managers have fought back by seeking legal safeguards against takeovers and by staggering board terms. They've also put significant resources into building more effective relations with shareholders. As Useem demonstrates, this revolution has reached beyond the corporation, influencing American politics and law. As increasing ownership concentration has caused companies to focus more attention on shareholders, corporate political agendas have shifted from fighting government regulation to resisting shareholder intrusion. This book will be important reading for managers, economists, lawyers, financial analysts, and all observers of American business.

Author : Fisher Investments,Brendan Erne,Andrew Teufel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470452370

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Fisher Investments on Technology by Fisher Investments,Brendan Erne,Andrew Teufel Pdf

The sixth installment of the Fisher Investments On series is a comprehensive guide to understanding and analyzing investment opportunities within the Technology sector. Fisher Investments on Technology can help you quickly become familiar with this highly diversified sector, how the sector is segmented by industries, their respective macroeconomic drivers, and the challenges facing Technology firms. This reliable guide skillfully addresses how to determine optimal times to invest in Technology stocks, and which industries and sub-industries have the potential to perform well in various environments. The global Technology sector is complex, including a variety of sub-industries and countries—each with their own unique characteristics. Using the framework found here, you'll discover how to identify these differences, spot opportunities, and avoid major pitfalls. Fisher Investments on Technology: Discusses industry fundamentals, drivers, attributes, and potential challenges Addresses the challenges unique to Technology and some common pitfalls to avoid. Delves into top-down investment methodology as well as individual security analysis. Outlines a five-step process to help differentiate Technology firms—designed to help you identify ones that may have greatest probability of outperforming Provides investment strategies for a variety of market environments Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Fisher Investments on Technology provides a framework for understanding this sector and its industries to help you make better investment decisions—now and in the future. With this book as your guide, you can gain a global perspective of the Technology sector and discover strategies to help achieve your investing goals.

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309061322

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National Science and Technology Strategies in a Global Context by Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable Pdf

This report covers discussions at a symposium on the International Context for National Science and Technology Strategies. The meeting was held May 7, 1997 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., and was organized by the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR). The symposium featured presentations by experts representing academic, industry, and government viewpoints, from countries including China, Finland, France, Korea, Mexico, Poland, and the United States. The purpose of the activity was to explore how various countries and regions are developing science and technology strategies in the unfolding context of global economic integration and privatization, as well as mobility of people and information. The implications for future international cooperation were considered in this modern framework.

Author : Carl Kaysen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195104929

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The American Corporation Today by Carl Kaysen Pdf

Here is the American corporation from every angle - its postwar history, its relation to the law, its financing, its impact on technological innovation, its role as employer and as political force, and much more. The contributors - all of whom are recognized experts in their fields - not only tackle many of the same key areas that the contributors to Mason's classic study looked at, but they also illuminate issues that have only arisen in recent years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Civil engineers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009012738

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The Bridge by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951D03549592K

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Department of Defense Investment in Technology and Capability to Meet Emerging Security Threats by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Pdf