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Industrial transformation : environmental policy innovation in the United Sta…
"The papers included were first presented at a workshop at the Kennedy School of Harvard University in the spring of 2001"-The United States and European countries are experimenting with a new generation of policy approaches for combating environmental degradation. Industrial Transformation evaluates the effectiveness of twelve innovative voluntary, collaborative, and information-based programs…
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- 9780262269391
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- 1 online resource (x, 408 pages) : illustrations
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The new designer : rejecting myths, embracing change
"A bold, unflinching call to reject damaging design myths and instead build an ethical, aware, responsible design practice that contributes to the greater good-and how to do it successfully"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373029
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The AI business :the commercial uses of artificial intelligence
"What is the bottom line on Artificial Intelligence? The AI Business offers a comprehensive summary of the commercial picture, present and future, for Artificial Intelligence in the computer industry, medicine, the oil industry, and electronic design. AI's brightest and best -- financiers, researchers, and users -- analyze current projects, speculate on trends in factory automation, compare res…
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- 9780262257220
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- 1 online resource (324 pages) :illustrations
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The path not taken :French industrialization in the age of revolution, 1750-1830
Arguing that - contrary to Anglocentric accounts - French industrialization was not a failed imitation of the laissez-faire British model, but the product of a distinctive industrial policy that over the long-term led to prosperity comparable to Britain's, this text offers a comparison between the two approaches.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262275705
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- 1 online resource (ix, 383 pages) :maps.
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Critical Fabulations: Reworking the Methods and Margins of Design
A proposal to redefine design in a way that not only challenges the field's dominant paradigms but also changes the practice of design itself.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Design Rules: The Power of Modularity
We live in a dynamic economic and commerical world, surrounded by objects of remarkable complexity and power. In many industries, changes in products and technologies have brought with them new kinds of firms and forms of organization. We are discovering news ways of structuring work, of bringing buyers and sellers together, and of creating and using market information. Although our fast-moving…
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- 9780262267649
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Situated design methods
All design is situated -- carried out from an embedded position. Design involves many participants and encompasses a range of interactions and interdependencies among designers, designs, design methods, and users. Design is also multidisciplinary, extending beyond the traditional design professions into such domains as health, culture, education, and transportation. This book presents eighteen …
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- 0262321009
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- 1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Industrial Policy for National Champions
In this text prominent economists present the pros and cons of government support for national champions of industry over political governance.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298650
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- 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) :illustrations.
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Building the Trident network :a study of the enrollment of people, knowledge,…
In Building the Trident Network, Maggie Mort approaches the United Kingdom's Trident submarine and missile system as a sociotechnical network. Drawing on the sociology of scientific and technical knowledge and on actor-network theory, Mort recounts how the Trident program was stabilized in the United Kingdom and brought into "successful" production. She uncovers the nature of this success by re…
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- 9780262280235
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- 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) :illustrations.
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Design, when everybody designs : an introduction to design for social innovation
In a changing world, everyone designs: each individual person and each collective subject, from enterprises to institutions, from communities to cities and regions, must define and enhance a life project. Sometimes these projects generate unprecedented solutions; sometimes they converge on common goals and realize larger transformations. As Ezio Manzini describes in this book, we are witnessing…
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) :illustrations.
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