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Knowledge for Inclusive Development

 

Editors: Pedro Conceição, David V. Gibson, Manuel V. Heitor, Giorgio Sirilli and Francisco Veloso QUORUM Books Series on "Technology Policy and Innovation", Volume 2

 

Table of Contents

Foreword
    Evan Vlachos

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Systems for Inclusive Development
    Pedro Conceição, Manuel V. Heitor, and Francisco Veloso

PART I: THE UNIVERSITY IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Introductory Note: Should Universities Be Concerned with Teaching or with Learning?
    João Caraça

Chapter 1. Knowledge and Innovation for Economic Development: Should Universities Be Economic Institutions?
    Nathan Rosenberg

Chapter 2. Sustainable Societal Learning: A Discussion of the Role of the University
    Pedro Conceição and Manuel V. Heitor

Chapter 3. Entrepreneurship in the Japanese Higher Education System: A Perspective
    Motoko Kuwahara-Goto and Kunio Goto

Chapter 4. Remote Collaborative Design: The Lisbon Charrette Experience
    João Bento, Teresa Heitor, and José Pinto Duarte

PART II: KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Introductory Note 1: Technology and Political Leadership
    Jurgen Schmandt

Introductory Note 2: From the Global Economy to the Information Society
    George Metakides

Introductory Note 3: Away from Unemployment or How to Make Good Use of R&D in Intelligent Automation
    Torben Andersen

Chapter 5. The Globalizing Learning Economy: Implications for Innovation Policy in Europe
    Susana Borrás

Chapter 6. Economies of Scale in the Digital Industry
    Sten Thore

Chapter 7. Industrial Development Policies: The French Experience
    Nicolas-Pierre Peltier

Chapter 8. Technology Leapfrogging: The Software Challenge in India
    Anthony P. D’Costa

Chapter 9. The Technology and Innovation Audit Methodology TEC+: Use for a Company in the Car Component Sector in Portugal
    Catarina Selada, Francisco Veloso, Alexandre Videira, and José Rui Felizardo

Chapter 10. Assessing Research and Technology Institutes
    Howard Rush

Chapter 11. Emerging Synergy of Knowledge and Leisure: Knowledge City Networks from Paris to Las Vegas and Lisbon
    Michael Wakelin

PART III: SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND DIFFUSION

Introductory Note 1: Technological Policy and Innovation in Post-Socialist Countries (Russia)
    Abel G. Aganbegyan

Introductory Note 2: Emerging Patterns of Science and Technology Commercialization: The Challenges of Globalization (India)
    Kalpana J. Chaturvedi and Yagnaswamy Sundara Rajan

Chapter 12. Trends and Opportunities for R&D and Innovation Surveys
    Giorgio Sirilli

Chapter 13. Technology Policies and Regional Economic Development: Strategy for the 21st Century
    Dennis A. Rondinelli

Chapter 14. Redefining Regional Development: Decentralized Policymaking and International Markets in Brazilian States
    Robert H. Wilson

Chapter 15. Technopark Development Policy in Korea
    Tae Kyung Sung and David V. Gibson

PART IV: TOOLS AND POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Introductory Note: Climate Change–The EU Position on Policy and Technology
    Pedro Sampaio Nunes

Chapter 16. Climate Policy and Technology Policy
    M. Granger Morgan

Chapter 17. Tools to Support Innovation of Sustainable Product Systems
    John R. Ehrenfeld, Paulo Ferrão, and Isabel Reis

Chapter 18. Design for Optimum Use of Resources–Cascaded Use of Materials
    Adisa Azapagic

Chapter 19. Environmental Management Tools and Their Application–A Review with References to Case Studies
    Annik Magerholm Fet

Chapter 20. Environmental Assessment in the Electromechanical Industry
    Antonio Giacomucci, Marco Grazioli, Paulo Ferrão and Armando Caldeira Pires

Index

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