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International Congress Innovation and Technology XXI: Strategies and Policies Towards the XXI Century (1995 : Porto, Portugal)
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| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Congresses.
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Technology and state -- Congresses.
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Technology -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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| Alt Name |
Soares, O. D. D. (Oliverio D. D.)
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Universidade Lusiada. Cooperative de Ensino.
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Junta Nacional de Investigacao Cientifica e Tecnologica (Portugal)
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| Description |
1 online resource (x, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
"Material in the papers was presented at the International Congress Innovation and Technology XXI: Strategies and Policies Towards the XXI Century, 20-24 March 1995, Universidade Lusiada, Porto, Portugal." |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Front Matter; The Environment: The Basic Resource; Technological & Management Innovation as Partners for Economic Growth; Technologies of time- and Location-Independent Tele-cooperation in Interactive and Multimedia Applications; Evolution from Invention to Technological Innovation and Influence of "Objects" on Economic Cycles and on Paradigms; Merits and Short Comings of Energy Forecasts: Demand for and Price of Crude Oil; Energy Policy: Fairy Tales and Factualities; Energy Needs in the Next Century; Nuclear Energy into the 21st Century; Photonics for the Knowledge Age. |
| Summary |
Innovation and Technology - Strategies and Policies contains a selection of outstanding contributions by world experts on how a culture of innovation is able to produce a response to fast global changes affecting society. The book describes major evolutionary directions and foreseen trends in: environment versus industry; technology breakthroughs; energy planning; education and research; intangible investment requirements; new health technologies; and economics and management of innovative actions at strategic, organisational and technological levels. The actual percolation of the innovative process throughout the multiple facets of society is presented in relation to the main challenges facing us in the 21st Century. The book is addressed to all those concerned with innovation in dynamic terms as a creative response to the ongoing changes in society integrating sciences, technologies, humanities, life-long education and training, and other disciplines. |
| ISBN |
0585296065 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585296067 (electronic bk.) |
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0792344359 |
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9780792344353 |
| OCLC # |
45733530 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: International Congress Innovation and Technology XXI: Strategies and Policies Towards the XXI Century (1995 : Porto, Portugal). Innovation and technology. Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1997 0792344359 (DLC) 97003735 (OCoLC)36407701 |
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