Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Technology and Economic Development: Historical Perspective; 3 Technology Diffusion: Conceptual Aspects; 4 Identifying ICT Diffusion Patterns: Linking Models to Data for...

Powerful robot laborers in the 21st century -- Innovation networks and partnerships -- Social and cultural friction as creative forces -- Two cases of robots in medical science and health care -- Robots in eldercare -- Robots in services -- Robots in agriculture -- The paradoxes of friction...

New modes of project delivery : complex projects -- Understanding the challenges of managing complex projects -- Exploring complex projects -- Clarke chapman: the port facilities project -- Alstom : the Pendolino project -- Northumbria water : the regional sludge treatment centre project -- The...

1. New modes of project delivery : complex projects -- 2. Understanding the challenges of managing complex projects -- 3. Exploring complex projects -- 4. Clarke Chapman : the port facilities project -- 5. ALSTON : the Pendolino project -- 6. Northumbria water : the regional sludge treatment...