Authors:Edward Balkovich, Tora K. Bikson, Gordon Bitko
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: identification, usage, workplace, frequency, radio, knows, case, studies, boss
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037196
ISBN-13: 9780833037190

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are finding their way into a broad range of new applications that have raised concerns about privacy that demonstrate how emerging information technologies can upset the balance of privacy, personal benefits, and public safety and security. Although proposed retail uses are new, RFID tags have been used to control access in the workplace for over a decade. The authors conducted a case study of six enterprises to understand their policies for collecting, retaining, and using personally identifiable records obtained by sensing RFID-based access cards. T

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Anny Wong, S. R. Bohandy, Br
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: area, tianjin, technology, tbna, economic, technological, teda, development, new, binhai, executive, china, summary, emerging, global, opportunities, revolution
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046489
ISBN-13: 9780833046482

In 2007, the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and one of its administrative zones, the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), in northeast China commissioned the RAND Corporation to perform a technology-foresight study to help them develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for economic growth through technological innovation. The principal objectives were to identify the most-promising emerging technology applications for TBNA and TEDA to pursue as part of their plan for growth, to analyze the drivers and barriers they would face in each case, and to recommend action pla

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Anny Wong, S. R. Bohandy, Br
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: area, tianjin, technology, tbna, economic, technological, teda, development, new, binhai, depth, china, analyses, emerging, global, opportunities, revolution
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046470
ISBN-13: 9780833046475

In 2007, the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and one of its administrative zones, the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), in northeast China commissioned the RAND Corporation to perform a technology-foresight study to help them develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for economic growth through technological innovation. The principal objectives were to identify the most-promising emerging technology applications for TBNA and TEDA to pursue as part of their plan for growth, to analyze the drivers and barriers they would face in each case, and to recommend action pla

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Anny Wong, S. R. Bohandy, Br
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: area, technology, tianjin, tbna, technological, economic, teda, version, language, chinese, development, binhai, depth, china, revolution, analyses, emerging, global, opportunities, new
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046624
ISBN-13: 9780833046628

In 2007, the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and one of its administrative zones, the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), in northeast China commissioned the RAND Corporation to perform a technology-foresight study to help them develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for economic growth through technological innovation. The principal objectives were to identify the most-promising emerging technology applications for TBNA and TEDA to pursue as part of their plan for growth, to analyze the drivers and barriers they would face in each case, and to recommend action pla

Author: Ross J. Anderso
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: distributed, systems, dependable, building, engineering, guide, security
Number of Pages: 1080
Published: 2008-04-14
ISBN-10: 0470068523
ISBN-13: 9780470068526

Gigantically comprehensive and carefully researched, Security Engineering makes it clear just how difficult it is to protect information systems from corruption, eavesdropping, unauthorized use, and general malice. Better, Ross Anderson offers a lot of thoughts on how information can be made more secure (though probably not absolutely secure, at least not forever) with the help of both technologies and management strategies. His work makes fascinating reading and will no doubt inspire considerable doubt--fear is probably a better choice of words--in anyone with information to gather, protect,

Author: Murray Rothbard
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Keywords: banking, mystery
Number of Pages: 298
Published: 2008-09-10
ISBN-10: 1933550287
ISBN-13: 9781933550282

Talk about great timing. Rothbard’s extraordinary book unravels the mystery of banking: what is legitimate enterprise and what is a government-backed shell game that can’t last. His explanation is clear enough for anyone to follow and yet precise and rigorous enough to be the best, textbook for college classes on the topic. This is because its expositional clarity--in its hitosry and theory--is essentially unrivaled. Most notably, he uses the T account method of explaining the relationship between deposits and loans, showing the inherent instability of fractional reserve banking a