Innovation and Technology -- Strategies and Policies (Hardcover, 1997)

Preface. Environment and Eco-Industries: The Environment: The Basic Resource; A.J. Fairclough. Technological & Management Innovation as Partners for Economic Growth; S.C. James. Technology: Technologies of Time - and Location - Independent Telecooperation in Interactive and Multimedia Applications; J.L. Encarnacao, et al. Evolution from Invention to Technological Innovation and Influence of `Objects' on Economic Cycles and on Paradigms; H. Benavides Puerto. Energy: Merits and Short Comings of Energy Forecasts: Demand for and Price of Crude Oil; J. Masseron, J.P. Favennec. Energy Policy: Fairy Tales and Factualities; W. Van Gool. Energy Needs in the Next Century; J. Ward. Nuclear Energy into the 21st Century; G.P. Hammond. Training, Education and Research: Photonics for the Knowledge Age; M.J. Soileau. Science and Innovation as Strategic Tools for Industrial and Economic Growth; C. Corsi. The Culture of Innovation in Higher Education Processes; S. Russo. Trends of the Portuguese Scientific and Technological Development; F. Ramoa Ribeiro. Innovation and Ongoing Industrial Transmutation; O.D.D. Soares. Health: Photonics (Optoelectronics) in Medicine and Surgery for the 21st Century; D.M. Harris. Economics and Management: R&D and International Trade: Government Intervention and the Role of Supranational Authorities; P.P. Barros. Technological Change and Management Education; L. Puges. Economics of Innovation and Learning; P. Cohendet, et al. Spillovers from Abroad - A Sectorial Assessment of the Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment on Hungarian Industrial Development; A. Torok.Innovation and Promotional Employment Strategies; M. da Conceicão Pereira Ramos. Technological Innovation and New Management Instruments: The Technology Management / Check-up for CAD/CAM Users; M.I. Soares, R. Schneider.