Search Results - subject:"APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY"

Climate change and eco-innovation : a patent data assessment of environmentally sound technologies

Durán Romero, Gemma; Ruiz, Ana Urraca - In: Innovation: organization & management : IOM 17 (2015) 1, pp. 115-138

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Special issue: appropriate technology : technological innovation to empower Africa

Trimble, John; Muchie, Mammo - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation & … 7 (2015) 5/6, pp. 327-328

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Integrating indigenous knowledge into appropriate technology development and implementation

Tharakan, John - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation & … 7 (2015) 5/6, pp. 364-370

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Can Improved Biomass Cookstoves Contribute to REDD+ in Low-Income Countries? Evidence from a Controlled Cooking Test Trial with Randomized Behavioral Treatments

Beyene, Abebe D - 2015

This paper provides field experiment-based evidence on the potential additional forest carbon sequestration that cleaner and more fuel-efficient cookstoves might generate. The paper focuses on the Mirt (meaning "best") cookstove, which is used to bake injera, the staple food in Ethiopia. The...

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Accelerating technology transfer from federal laboratories to the private sector by industrial R and D collaborations - A new business model

LOMBANA,CESAR A.; ROMIG JR.,ALTON D.; LINTON,JONATHAN D.; … - 2008

Many important products and technologies were developed in federal laboratories and were driven initially by national needs and for federal applications. For example, the clean room technology that enhanced the growth of the semiconductor industry was developed at Sandia National Laboratories...

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Initiating long-term modernization programs in low-technology manufacturing environments

Dixon, D.R.; Paul, B.K.; Doherty, T.J.; Billo, R.E. - 2008

In this paper, a planning approach is discussed for initiating and expediting modernization efforts in manufacturing environments. The approach consists of six major steps. First, staff employees from a variety of functional organizations are involved in modernization planning activities through...

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Trade openness and the demand for skills : evidence from Turkish microdata

Meschi, Elena (contributor); Taymaz, Erol (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and relative demand for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm-level data over the period 1980-2001. In a dynamic panel data setting using a unique database of 17,462 firms,...

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The appropriate technology frontier - lessons for the developing world

Rahman, Ahmed S. (contributor) - 2008

Academy The \Appropriate" Technology Frontier - Lessons for the Developing World Ahmed S. Rahman Department of Economics … they are structurally ill-suited, resulting in anemic growth in general.7 Yet compelling as the appropriate technology … UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER 2007-16 “The Appropriate …

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Some comments on Antonelli and Quatraro’s paper of measuring effect of biased technology on TFP

Ji, Yongbao; Wang, Yanping - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 39 (2014) 2, pp. 276-280

The paper is a response to Antonelli and Quatraro’s paper named “The effects of biased technological change on total factor productivity: empirical evidence from a sample of OECD”. We point out that “so-called novel method” which is used to identify and disentangle the effects of the...

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Low cost tubular digesters as appropriate technology for widespread application: Results and lessons learned from Bolivia

Martí-Herrero, Jaime; Chipana, Maria; Cuevas, Carlos; … - In: Renewable Energy 71 (2014) C, pp. 156-165

into a strength, making the low cost tubular digester an appropriate technology for widespread application. The experiences …

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