Technology 2001

Technology 2001
Author: Derek Leebaert
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
Total Pages: 680
Release: 1991
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780262620840

A major contribution to the most important American debate of the 1990s--a 'must read.'Clyde V. Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute, and author of Trading Places: How We Are Giving Our Future To Japan

Magnesium Technology 2001

Magnesium Technology 2001
Author: John N. Hryn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2013-09-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 111880399X

Papers presented at the Proceedings of the symposium jointly sponsored by the Magnesium Committee and Reactive Metals Committee of the TMS Light Metals Division (LMD), the International Magnesium Association, and the Corrosion and Environmental Effects Committee, a joint committee of the TMS Structural Materials Division (SMD) and the ASM International Materials Science Critical Technology Sector, held during the 2001 TMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A, February 11-15, 2001.

Global Information Technology Report, 2001-2002

Global Information Technology Report, 2001-2002
Author: Geoffrey Kirkman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780195152586

Very little has been written or published on the global experience vis-a-vis information technology that puts both developed and developing countries into a larger context from which lessons can be extrapolated. Within the IT and Development fields, there has been much talk and hyperbole about the power of IT to transform the economic development process, but very little rigorous analysis has been carried out to document the global situation. The frontier of the field is to explore and understand how IT is being used in the developing world, what the barriers to IT diffusion and adoption are in developing countries, and what the main lessons are from the developing world that can aid in designing policies and solutions that can overcome the international digital divide. The Global Information Technology Readiness Report 2001-2002 provides the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of the diffusion and use of information technology in 70 countries around the world. The Report consists of three main sections: a series of country rankings comparing the global experience of different nations based on various crieteria of IT readiness; a collection of essays by recognized experts on a series of IT-related subjects key to understanding the issues involved in extending the benefits of IT to the developing world; and country profiles that highlight the overall situation and major trends relating to IT within each country. The scope of the Report is quite ambitious, as is the methodology, as data has been generated through a series of surveys of global business leaders. Both the range and depth of the issues and data make the Global Information Technology Readiness Report 2001-2002 a unique and valuable publication.

Bodies in Technology

Bodies in Technology
Author: Don Ihde
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2002
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780816638468

New technologies suggest new ideas about embodiment - our 'reach' extends to global sites through the Internet; we enter cyberspace through the engines of virtual reality. In this book, a leading philosopher of technology explores the meaning of bodies in technology—how the sense of our bodies and of our orientation in the world is affected by the various information technologies. 'Bodies in Technology' begins with an analysis of embodiment in cyberspace, then moves on to consider ways in which social theorists have interpreted or overlooked these conditions. An astute and sensible judge of these theories, Don Ihde is a uniquely provocative and helpful guide through contemporary thinking about technology and embodiment, drawing on sources and examples as various as video games, popular films, the workings of e-mail, and virtual reality techniques. Charting the historical, philosophical, and practical territory between virtual reality and real life, this work is an important contribution to the national conversation on the impact technology-and information technology in particular-has on our lives in a wired, global age.

Chinese Intellectuals Between State and Market

Chinese Intellectuals Between State and Market
Author: Merle Goldman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2005-08-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134341776

This edited volume describes the intellectual world that developed in China in the last decade of the twentieth century. How, as China's economy changed from a centrally planned to a market one, and as China opened up to the outside world and was influenced by the outside world, Chinese intellectual activity became more wide-ranging, more independent, more professionalized and more commercially oriented than ever before. The future impact of this activity on Chinese civil society is discussed in the last chapter.

MSU Contributions to International Business and Innovation

MSU Contributions to International Business and Innovation
Author: Tamer Cavusgil
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2009-01-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848554400

Features essays in marketing and international business. This book illustrates how individual research streams, whose foundations were established during the doctoral program, took off and became primary areas of specialization for individual alumni.

Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of Globalization

Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of Globalization
Author: K. Lal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230597874

This book focuses on the adoption of new technologies led by information and communication technologies by SMEs in developing countries. It identifies several factors that augment competitiveness of firms in the era of globalization. Contrary to the general belief these factors are not uniform across developing world. Based on the empirical evidence from firms located in Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, the study concludes that firms cannot remain competitive without institutional support. Since firms operate in different institutional and economic environment, form of support varies from one country to another.