Engineering managers in the 21st century are operating in a very challenging environment compared to the 20th century, on which most current engineering management education is established. This will have implications for educators and relevant curriculum. This paper reflects and builds on a...

The ongoing convergence of cell-based wireless systems, from proprietary standardsfor data transmission toward a unifying approach based on the Internet Protocol (IP), as well as the increasing ability of wireless computer networks to support Quality-of-Service, opens up a tremendous potential...

The world?s water resources are rapidly deteriorating due to the combined effects of global warming, climate change, population growth and fast development, posing new challenges to water resources managers. Conflicting objectives and expectations of various stakeholders have led to increasing...

This dissertation is about the development of a set of key success factors for business incubation in South Africa and testing them on the Godisa case. It contains background information regarding the historical development and current state of business incubation in the world and in South...

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are being seen by governments, increasingly, as important engines of economic growth. They are viewed as sources of innovation and employment creation. Technology innovative SMEs commercialization strategy often includes forming a partnership with a...

There exist some concern regarding the sustainability of the production of R&D output and R&D capacity in South Africa. Recent trends indicated evidence of disinvestments and decay of South Africas R&D capacity. Questions arise concerning the detrimental effects these trends could have on South...

[Abstract]: The release of the '2020 Vision report: The Manager of the 21st Century' in 2006 by Innovation & Business Skills Australia has produce some immediate effects on traditional Australian managerial development and training, particularly at tertiary postgraduate levels such as the Master...

In developed regions, the body of knowledge of general entrepreneurship in the sales, services and technology-based business domains, is well researched and established. This is not the case with technological entrepreneurship in developing regions. Little is known about the entrepreneur, new...

We present a model of a purchaser of electricity in Norway, bidding into a wholesale electricity pool market that operates a day ahead of dispatch. The purchaser must arrange purchase for an uncertain demand that occurs the following day. Deviations from the day-ahead purchase are bought in a...

No comprehensive and systematic information about the multi-disciplinary, multi-functional technology licensing domain in South Africa was available. Yet South Africa was a net in-licensor paying royalties several times that received; its National Innovation Policy had as an important aim...