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In this study, we compared some fundamental characteristics of online Delphi (OL) and real-time Delphi (RT). We established a set of variables thru literature review; a platform was built to gather data with the involvement of dozens of testers. The findings of this study are including: (1) the time of use for RT is significant but the time pressure in RT survey made testers overwhelmed to manage...
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This paper explores the factors that correlate to the length of time it takes an undergraduate student to complete a Technology Management bachelors program. Three independent variables are identified in this paper; the age of the student, the gender of the student, and the total number of credit hours that the student transferred into the program from other higher education institutions. The dependent...
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In this modern era, saving energy ought to become a major concern and responsibility of everyone on this global warming world. All should consume energy as wisely as possible. Nonetheless, an enormous deal of energy (around 5–10% of total household energy consumption) is still being wasted nearly everywhere with and without consumers' awareness over the standby power drawn by various appliances when...
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Traditional economic development can be divided into three broad categories: (1) attracting new firms from outside of a region--also known as hunting and gathering; (2) development of existing firms—also known as growing your own; and (3) entrepreneurship—also known as building your own. Further, traditional economic development has focused overwhelmingly on the first strategy, because it often offers...
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With the trend of manufacturing businesses moving from Hong Kong to Mainland China, the number of vehicles traveling between Hong Kong and southern China are increasing significantly. In such sense, the increasing amounts of corresponding greenhouse gases lead to more health concerns, such as hazard to the respiratory system of mankind. Therefore, it is essential to adopt a vehicle operation system...
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With the advances of digital technologies and participative webs of services, knowledge-intensive digital services have thrived on a rapidly expanding platform-based network economy. There is a great need for a comprehensive research on knowledge based analysis on social network and business network evolution to facilitate collaborative development of digital services. This research aims to develop...
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This paper debates that science popularization has its own important responsibility for society and global community, as well as for the whole human beings and lives in the earth. Science communicators or science popularizers should deliberately choose the content and approach for disseminating science and technology knowledge based on the evaluation and value judgment. As for that purpose, the authors...
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Environmental indexes such as carbon footprint, ecological footprint or eco-efficiency have been seriously considered in several global organizations such as the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Commission on Environment and Development. In addition, environmental evaluation methods such as Life Cycle Assessment or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green...
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Although the use of Social Networking web sites and applications is increasingly on the rise, many users are not properly informed of the risks associated with using these sites and application. Understanding these risks and challenges should be addressed to avoid potential loss of private and personal information. While some studies concerning this issue have been conducted within the context of...
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The aim of this paper is to conduct an in-depth study on how to reduce energy consumption in China. The main objective of this case study includes finding out problems of energy audit and energy management in Jilin province, which caused excessive energy consumption. The case study reveals that the enterprises are unwilling to cooperate actively with the energy audit, the reported statistics data...
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Process assessment is a means to characterize a software process for improvements. The main result of an assessment is a set process profiles, which describes the gap between the assessed processes and reference processes. Based on assessment results and an organization's business goals, target process profiles are proposed, often with supplementary suggestions, how the target profiles can be implemented...
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Attracting, retaining, educating, and graduating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students is vital to the sustainability and competitiveness of technology management firms in the U.S. and elsewhere. There are hosts of educational practices that colleges and universities can undertake to find, keep, and develop STEM students, for the purpose of increasing baccalaureate degree...
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Rapid economic growth is the main objective of policy makers to pursue, but it often accompanies with higher energy consumption. Traditionally, using per capita GDP to measure economic growth does not reflect the impact on the environment. In this paper, we use the GDP revised by standard coal to study the efficiency of provincial economic growth in China, and provide references for governor to change...
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An innovation model providing a solution for climate change and sustainable economic growth is required. In this scenario, clean energy is the most promising technology. Their research requires a considerable amount of R&D expenditure and various core technologies. Therefore, international research collaboration is effective for prompt and efficient development. With countries and organizations...
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Projects are executed by people. Human Resource Management (HRM) processes are required to make the most effective use of the people in a project environment in order for organisations to be competitive. Project Orientated Organisations (POO) have specific characteristics which have special requirements in terms of an organisation's HRM processes as opposed to those processes employed by classically...
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Within the knowledge management arena, two forms of knowledge have been considered, in the aim of implanting systems and align them with the available resources: explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge. In this sense, resources based on information technology have demonstrated a good alignment and have been a great help for storing explicit knowledge and, in some cases, for recovery it. However, when...
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Japan has become one of the world's most advanced mature societies, and the degree of this maturity is more advanced in local regions than in cities. This paper will present a superindustrialization strategy as an effective model to generate local power by a new combination of internal force and external force.
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As a result of the rise of the global knowledge society, increasing demands of labor markets and the recognition that technology and innovation policies play a significant role in the competitiveness of a country; in 1999 the Government of Namibia developed and released a National Research, Science and Technology Policy. The policy was seen as a key instrument that would help drive the transformation...
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This paper has examined the leapfrogging strategies with the case of catch-up and lead in digital wireless communications by the Korean public institutes. Despite the disadvantages implied by the technological regime of wireless communications and the risks facing early entrants in trajectory choice and initial market formation, the Korean Public Institute had achieved a “path-creating catch-up and...
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Technology roadmap is emerging as an indispensable management tool in the modern society, because it can be used to direct future paths of advancing technologies and to foster understandings among stakeholders including scientists, engineers, R&D managers, and policy makers. Current technology roadmaps are limited in its functions, because uncertainties embedded in the presented pathways and major...
