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By introducing and analyzing the newest relative research, this paper is aim to figure out how technology and innovation affects the evolution mechanism of service economy and the network relationship among them. It reaches three primary conclusions. First, technology and innovation are not only the endogenous driven power of service economy but also impact the connection between service industry...
Namibia is one of the largest countries in southern Africa, with 825,418sqkm of territory. Its climate is marked by extremes in temperate and rainfall between north, central and southern parts. Most of Namibia receives less than 450mm of rainfall on average per year. Over the past 70years, Namibia has traditionally been agricultural with livestock and crop farming being the mainstay. More recently,...
Standard setting has effects not only on encouraging innovation but also retarding from it. It is known that product standards urge to popularize the product and promote innovation while they cause market lock-in to this product. Moreover, choosing technology by product standardization would create innovation by promoting product development for next generation. However, the effect of testing standard...
The research on innovation has become an important trend from the perspectives of system and its relative system theories. According to knowledge about enterprise innovation and self-organization theory, innovations include culture innovation, knowledge innovation, institution innovation, technology innovation, management innovation, and so on. Innovation integration is defined as a dynamic innovation...
From innovation triggered by user virtual communities to remote surgery and new financial instruments, the creative power of individuals is being fostered at proportions previously unseen. The main driver enabling such a pace of innovation, scientific progress, and user adoption is the Digital Revolution. One consequence is that interrelationships between science, technology and society are increasing...
Past waves of technological evolution, characterized by core technologies such as steam engines, have been characterized by powerful, and not always peaceful, change across institutions, economies, and cultures. We are currently moving towards an anthropogenic Earth characterized by integrated built/human/natural systems of extraordinary complexity, increasingly defined by technology and technology...
Many regions in the world, in developed and developing countries are striving for advanced technological and economic development. In this paper, based on a study of university related start-up companies some of the main barriers for growth are described. The findings are then discussed in a wider context of economic growth and whether it is possible to advance at an accelerated pace. It is concluded...
Mexico is among the set of countries that look at Science, Technology and Innovation a fundamental mechanism to support competitiveness, reach higher levels of economic growth and increase the social welfare of its citizens. This paper provides a description of the main policy initiatives to foster innovation in Mexico. Afterward, some characteristics of innovation practices in private-sector businesses...
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