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  • A technology acquisition tool for key decision makers

    Creator:
    Self, Stephen
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    Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for a technology acquisition tool to be used in the capital purchasing process in health care organizations. Design Multi-method approach consisting of interviews of ten executives of health care organizations. A written survey was then mailed to Chief Executive...
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    Dissertation
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    Public Health presented On December 12, 2008 Title: A Technology Acquisition Tool For Key Decision

  • Thailand's computer industry : comparative advantage and contribution to economic growth

    Creator:
    Ordeedolchest, Isara
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    The examination of the performance of Thailand's computer industry, and its contribution to the country's economic growth, are the two major objectives of my research. I study whether the computer industry in Thailand has acquired a comparative advantage. Then, I examine how investment in information technology (IT) has contributed to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    fibers, to HDTV. In a broader sense, IT can be described as a "new technology-economic" paradigm

  • Essays on technology, trade, and welfare

    Creator:
    Ruan, Jun
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    Technology is a key determinant of comparative advantage among nations. As information technology improves and the nations of the world become economically integrated, concern arises over the dissipation of high-income economies’ technological advantage. The three essays in this dissertation explore the trade and technology relationship, which is essential to economic...
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    Dissertation
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    explore the trade and technology relationship, which is essential to economic growth in both high- and

  • Technology and its limitations

    Creator:
    Bella, David A.
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    T 14 .B451 1993 TECHNOLOGY and its LIMITATIONS by David

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of interaction strategies between product developer and supply chain using activity based modeling in environmental benign product design

    Creator:
    Wang, Bo
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    With growing concerns on environment impact of industrial product development, the product developers are seeking better solutions to achieve desired environmental benign requirements by the regulators and customers besides economic growth. During the last decade, some of the most successful product development companies (such as HP) have established their own...
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    Masters Thesis
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    environmental benign requirements by the regulators and customers besides economic growth. During the last

  • External variables that affect willingness to accept technology as a resource : a pilot project

    Creator:
    Bricher, Judith Scheuerman
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    A home computer revolution is predicted to change America in the next 20 years. If this is to occur, a consumer must perceive the home computer as a technological resource. According to consumer behavior studies, acceptance of a new product is based on internal determinants, which are affected by environmental...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Social Influences 23 Cultural Influences 24 Business Influences 25 Economic Influences 27 Technology as

  • The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

    Creator:
    White, Stephen J.
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    Abraham Heschel wrote that a philosopher's primary task was not merely to describe and judge the modes and facts of actual human behavior, but also to examine and understand the meaninq of those descriptions and judgements of modes and facts (Bella, 1978). Our values are critically tied to our structures...
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    Masters Thesis
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    transferring new technology into our public and private economic sectors. In evaluating the decisions to

  • Investigating socio-technical factors in short-term continuous improvement project effectiveness

    Creator:
    Stelson, Paul Martinez
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    Lean manufacturing, or more generally continuous improvement (CI), has been the methodology behind significant improvements in quality, work in process inventory reductions, lead time reduction and cost reduction while conversely being associated with failed implementations and occasionally with unpopular work practices. This research focused on promoting understanding of CI methodology...
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    Masters Thesis
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    project more difficult. 24% of the projects involved an aspect of information technology that could

  • Owner's Role in Brownfield Remediation : The Brownfield Experts' Perspective

    Creator:
    Saberiyan, Amireh G.
    Abstract:
    Former industrial or commercial sites that have been left unused are typically referred to as brownfield sites, or simply, brownfields. Many communities have such properties that are abandoned, idle or underused. Despite public efforts to facilitate brownfields revitalization projects, the rate of remediation remains unexpectedly slow. Efforts to resolve this...
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    Dissertation
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    revitalization, and state and local government initiatives for economic development assistance, among others

  • Impacts of the Internet on academic culture in Aceh, Indonesia

    Creator:
    Daud, Darni M.
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    The adoption and increasing uses of the Internet in higher education in many parts of the world have resulted in fundamental changes in academic cultures. The transfer of information is essential to academic life, and the Internet offers faster and easier access to information and communication between people than ever...
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    Dissertation
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    ........................................................................................ 34 Challenges of Technology in Academia ..................................................38