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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
Full Text:: Knowles A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Creator:: Xia, Yin
Abstract:: The performance of the meat products industry, the largest food processing sector in the U.S. in terms of shipment value, is an important issue. A key indicator of its performance is productivity growth, which results in reduction in the cost of production at given input prices. The present study employs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and the state of technology over time (p.50. Antle and Capaibo, 1988). Technological change can be

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
Full Text:: the time variable which is a proxy for the state of technology. The primal rate of technological

Creator:: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: . 20510 coNGREss OF THE UNITED STATES Office of Technology Assessment CHARLES N. KIMBALL, Chairman

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

Creator:: United States. Forest Service and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE BY THE FOREST SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

Creator:: Oregon State University. College of Business, Oregon State University. College of Forestry, and Malecha, Geoffrey
Abstract:: American industry is rapidly putting automatic data collection to work tracking raw materials, work-in-process (WJP), finished goods, labor, and time & attendance. Automatic data collection using bar codes, radio frequency data communications (RFDC), radio frequency identification tags (RFID), electronic data interchange (EDI), and other technologies are responsible for improved inventory...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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