Showing papers in "Technology in Society in 2000"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how information technologies have reconfigured retailing and in turn the operation of a core US manufacturing industry, apparel, and show that suppliers that adopt comprehensive changes to their manufacturing processes perform better along a number of dimensions compared to firms that have not.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that women are poorly represented in the sector that constitutes the growth engine of the U.S. economy and that bears primary responsibility for the scientific and technological development of an Information Society.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new typology of science-based industries is proposed to improve our understanding of SBIs, including many coming from evolutionary theories (such as technological trajectories, path dependence, lock-in, self-reinforcing mechanisms, etc.).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the societal impacts of the Internet by using the conceptual categories and theoretical understanding developed by communications scholars and found that the Internet will modify television communications by reducing the anonymity of people and their communications, increasing the storage of and access to information, and affording any individual the possibility of controlling the recovery and dissemination of communications.

TL;DR: The nature of interoperability and requirements in maximizing its economic benefits when economies are networked are summarized.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on management literature on the growth of the entrepreneurial firm, which puts entrepreneurs at the center of analysis, and serves to integrate many of the traditional concerns of diffusion research.

TL;DR: In this paper, a look at the evolution of retailing reveals that technology has played a role as the primary enabler of change, and the convergence of a few key technologies is enabling that change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the geographic mobility of scientists from the perspective of various science-specific factors such as prestige, reputation, and recognition, and suggest that through their mobility, scientists form social spaces that thereafter shape their future mobility.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss India's achievements to date in different sectors that are an integral part of the information revolution and conclude that development of an information society depends, to a large extent, on developments in other socioeconomic sectors, such as education, telecommunication, and the media.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse aspects of the changing structures of a co-operative organisational form referred to here as allied groups, which describes informal coalitions of predominantly independent, small and medium-sized retail companies.

TL;DR: The role of cross-cultural factors play in the process of technology transfer is discussed in this article, where the authors investigate the implementation mechanisms that facilitate technology transfer in an environment in which cultural factors exert a significant influence.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between technology scenarios and science fiction is examined, based on two major science fiction works: the Cycle of Robots by Isaac Asimov and Neuromancer by William Gibson.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue the importance of viewing the use or enabling enactment of technoscientific expertise in regulative policy as situated in a specific culture of policy making, i.e., a policy culture.

TL;DR: This paper explored the areas in human use for cities, logging, and farming and search the centuries for principles and trends to forecast land use in the latter part of the 21st century when global population may number 10 billion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how Nigeria has utilized foreign technology to develop its indigenous technological capabilities, and how the manufacturing sector has used foreign technology in consciously learning to acquire technological capabilities to improve the country's operations and its economic performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the successful value-added chain within India's leather industry, and then draw contrasts with the evolution of the leather products industries of Kenya and Ethiopia, recommending that both countries need to formulate and implement policies that will move the leather industry from raw and semi-processed production outward to the leather product and leather goods sub-sectors.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of emerging trends and best practices relating to the adoption of internet technology in the retail industry are outlined, including targeted selling, e-merchandising, multi-channel service, and internet marketing.

TL;DR: A survey of available analytical tools is presented in this article, where the authors overview some of the common problems retailers face while evaluating alternative technology solutions and present a survey of analytical tools available.

TL;DR: The overall impact of Y2K, including the leap-year rollover problem, the hazards of Y 2K, as well as the massive costs spent on preventing potential failures are addressed.

TL;DR: The difficulty in understanding the future implications of new technologies in society is seen in the growth of the Internet throughout the world, and in particular in schools as discussed by the authors, as factors such as convergence, increased bandwidth, multitasking and changes to traditional socialisation modify everyday life, there is a corresponding need to consider the ways in which emerging practices and beliefs challenge traditional assumptions about the nature of school education.

TL;DR: The Sardar Sarovar Dam, across the river Narmada, is one such large dam which the Indian government has been building since the early 1960s as discussed by the authors, and the past two decades have, however, spawned a unique, people-based, and non-violent protest against the Sardar Sarsovar dam.

TL;DR: In this paper, a closer look of UNEP/UNIDO's mechanisms for diffusing cleaner production practices and transfers into national industries has also been made to see if new avenues have been opened to connect environment with development at the industrial level.

TL;DR: The modern Earth Narrative is the scientific description of the natural and human history of the Earth, and it is based on two fundamental concepts: Deep (or Geologic) Time and Biological Evolution as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an "ethics of evidence" for dealing with uncertainty, which is not meant as an abstract theory, but as a practical inquiry into how we should live our lives in a world of uncertainty.

TL;DR: Japan's experiences in targeting computers, semiconductors, and software suggest that, to a significant extent, vertical integration just gives way to horizontal integration and government involvement to market mechanisms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss five concepts that industrial managers or advocates can adopt that will contribute to sustaining the environment through focused and knowledgeable industrial management, such as developing a sensitivity to the constantly changing environment, work without complaining or blaming, organize a system of environmental diligence, implement a strategy of environmental protection and development, and recognize and develop a relationship between trade and the environment.