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  • Measuring innovativeness in the North American softwood sawmilling industry

    Creator:
    Knowles, Christopher David
    Abstract:
    Innovativeness, or the propensity of a firm to create and/or adopt new products, process and business systems, has been measured using several methods in previous research. Examples of theses methods include current technology, self-evaluation, research and development funding, the number of new products, and intellectual property. In addition to the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    Knowles A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial

  • The comparison of productivity growth in the U.S. and Mexican food processing sectors

    Creator:
    Alpay, Ebru
    Abstract:
    In this study, the rates of technological change in food processing sectors of U.S. and Mexico are compared through econometric estimation of both the unrestricted (long-run) and restricted (short-run) profit functions with first order autocorrelation correction. Then, the dual rate of productivity growth is computed and decomposed into its sources....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    the time variable which is a proxy for the state of technology. The primal rate of technological

  • The development of pre-service teachers' Technology Specific Pedagogy

    Creator:
    Harrington, Rachel A.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to document the development of pre-service teachers' Technology Specific Pedagogy as they learned to teach mathematics with technology during their initial licensure program. The study investigated the pre-service teachers' learning using both a social and a psychological perspective of teacher learning. Two research questions...
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    Dissertation
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    A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of