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Flexibility in engineering design
Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects--such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals--must learn to abandon fixed specificatio…
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- 9781613444115
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) :illustrations.
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The enclave economy :foreign investment and sustainable development in Mexico…
Analyzes the extent to which foreign investment in Mexico's information technology sector brought economic, social, and environmental benefits to Guadalajara.Foreign investment has been widely perceived as a panacea for developing countries--as a way to reduce poverty and kick-start sustainable modern industries. The Enclave Economy calls this prescription into question, showing that Mexico's p…
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- 9780262273398
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- 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Bandwagon effects in high-technology industries
Economists use the term "bandwagon effect" to describe the benefit a consumer enjoys as a result of others' using the same product or service. The history of videocassettes offers a striking example of the power of bandwagon effects. Originally there were two technical standards for videocassettes in the United States: Beta and VHS. Beta was widely regarded to have better picture quality, but V…
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- 9780262256889
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) :illustrations
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Markets for technology :the economics of innovation and corporate strategy
The past two decades have seen a gradual but noticeable change in the economic organization of innovative activity. Most firms used to integrate research and development with activities such as production, marketing, and distribution. Today firms are forming joint ventures, research and development alliances, licensing deals, and a variety of other outsourcing arrangements with universities, te…
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- 9780262267366
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- 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) :illustrations
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Making Silicon Valley :innovation and the growth of high tech, 1930-1970
In Making Silicon Valley, Christophe Lecuyer shows that the explosive growth of the personal computer industry in Silicon Valley was the culmination of decades of growth and innovation in the San Francisco-area electronics industry. Using the tools of science and technology studies, he explores the formation of Silicon Valley as an industrial district, from its beginnings as the home of a few r…
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- 9780262322591
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- 1 online resource (407 pages) :illustrations.
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Solar revolution :the economic transformation of the global energy industry
"In Solar Revolution, fund manager and former corporate buyout specialist Travis Bradford argues - on the basis of standard business and economic forecasting models - that over the next two decades solar energy will increasingly become the best and cheapest choice for most electricity and energy applications. Solar Revolution outlines the path by which the transition to solar technology and sus…
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- 026202604X
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) :illustrations, maps
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True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale
This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system. Calls are coming from all quarters that the food system is broken and needs a radical transformation. A system that feeds many yet continues to create both extreme hunger and diet-related diseases, and one which has significant environmental impacts, is not serving …
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781000389968, 9780367506858
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- 288
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- Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
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- 338.1 TRU t
Programming for Computations - Python: A Gentle Introduction to Numerical Sim…
Numerical simulations; programming; Python
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783319324289
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- 232
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- Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, 15
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- 004. LIN p
Media Resistance: Protest, Dislike, Abstention
Media; communication; social media; technology; cultural politics; media law; policy
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783319464992
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Cultural tourism in a digital era : first International Conference IACuDiT, A…
This book covers the entire spectrum of cultural and digital tourism and presents the latest findings, examples and cases, highlighting innovations for the tourism industry from both an academic and a practical point of view. The book invites readers to discover ongoing developments and recent trends in fields like heritage and museum management; sports tourism; tourism economics and policy; e-…
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- 9783319158594
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- XII, 417
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- Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
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- 338
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