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Digital technologies have brought about tremendous changes which have impacted human lives. Information and communications technologies are widely acknowledged as important resources for job creation, firms' growth, economic growth, socio-political and sustainable development. In this regard, policies regarding transfer, assimilation, and absorption need to cushion the perilous phases of technology...
The changing role of logistics in automobile manufacturing may be leading to the blurring of the traditional distinction between design and manufacturing activities. This paper examines how the advent of integrated logistics supply chain may influence organizational learning in automobile manufacturing firms. The focus is on collaboration, information sharing, cooperation, and technology transfer,...
Cloud computing provides a means for developing economies to improve their global competitiveness. This is because it is a combination of infrastructure, technology innovation and technology readiness. Private organisations in the developing economy of context, believe there is a sizeable market to be served. The key challenge is to do this effectively at a price that is not only affordable but economically...
This paper provides insight into the application of real options theory as it affects techno-economic investment decisions in global system for mobile communication (GSM) network ventures. Although the net present value (NPV) is most widely applied, however, there is growing awareness that this approach may underestimate the true economic value of such investments. The case study examples discussed...
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become ubiquitous and are regarded as basic infrastructure for sustainable development of nation states and global systems. As utility and cloud computing go mainstream, they accentuate greater value propositions to users and present new challenges for providers of mobile communications services especially in developing countries where data regarding...
Mining is a long established art with legacy processes and institutional structures that face rapidly changing technological environments. The perception is that technology planning and forecasting receives priority attention only as far as they may be linked to making production tonnage in the short term, thus giving the impression that new technology may be introduced without developing a culture...
Globalisation is triggering significant and rapid developmental changes thus creating the impetus for emerging economies to evolve towards knowledge-based societies. This evolution is fuelled in part by the transfer of technologies mostly embedded in products and services. It has become a critical challenge for developing countries to build and sustain the capacity for the transfer of Information...
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