Authors:Donna Fossum, Lawrence S. Painter, Elisa Eiseman,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: nation, universities, colleges, development, research, assets, federal, investment, vital
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833036246
ISBN-13: 9780833036247

To provide an empirical basis for assessing the federal investment in university-based research and development (R

Author: Marc Suhrcke
Publisher: European Observatory
Keywords: europe, central, asia, eastern, development, vital, investment, economic, health
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 2007-01
ISBN-10: 9289072822
ISBN-13: 9789289072823

The breakdown of the socialist system in the late 20th century gave some of the affected countries the opportunity to establish the prerequisites for sustainable economic development and improved human welfare. However, for others, the dramatic economic decline experienced during the transition years resulted in widespread poverty. Despite some improvement since then, over 60 million people remain poor and more than 150 million are economically vulnerable in the countries of central and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE-CIS). This report is the first comprehensive

Author: Andrei Parabellum
Publisher: LULU
Keywords: succeed, technology, ways, surefire, business, maximize
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
eBookDB-ID: ML00221516

Businesses of all types and sizes know that innovation is the key to smooth, efficient, and profitable operations. But understanding and evaluating all the available technologies on the market today – and deciding which ones are best for your company – can be an overwhelming task. With thousands of products and vendors to choose from, and dozens of new offerings being introduced every day, many businesses find themselves completely lost.After reading this book, you will have gained vital insight into available tools and technologies, as well as an understanding of how each one can add

Author: Wilhelm Ropke
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Keywords: free, market, framework, social, economy, humane
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1999-06-01
ISBN-10: 1882926242
ISBN-13: 9781882926244

An introduction to economic thinking which holds that the vital things in life are those beyond supply and demand, written by the chief architect of Germany’s post-war social market economy. A Humane Economy offers an understandable and compelling explanation of how economies operate. A sweeping and brilliant exposition of market mechanics and moral philosophy, Rpke’s masterwork cuts through the jargon and statistics that make most economic writing so obscure and confusing. Over and over, the great Swiss economist stresses one simple point: You cannot separate economic principles from human be

Author: Andre Kraak
Publisher: Human Sciences Research Council
Keywords: alignment, policy, need, skills, sectors
Number of Pages: 380
Published: 2010-01-01
ISBN-10: 0796922659
ISBN-13: 9780796922656

Following a large-scale study of skill demands, this survey presents the results of five economic clusters in South Africa. Covering all vital elements, this report provides an overview of the high-tech sector, the resource-based sector, the labor-intensive sector, the services sector, and public infrastructure. Drawing on the skills of scholars and expert consultants throughout South Africa, these findings point to highly differentiated socioeconomic conditions and divergent prospects for future growth in each area. Demonstrating that each sector requires customized skills-development strateg

Author: Lawrence Lessig
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: connected, world, commons, fate, ideas, future
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-10-22
ISBN-10: 0375726446
ISBN-13: 9780375726446

The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone. In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the revolution has produced a counterrevolution of potentially devastating power and effect. Creativity once flourished because the Net protected a commons on which widest range of innovators could experiment. But now, manipulating the law for their own purposes, corporations have established themselves as virtual gatekeepers of the Net while Congress, in the pockets of media magnates, has rewritten copyright and patent laws to stifle creativity and progress.Lessig weaves the history of

Authors:Robert S. Tripp, Kristin F. Lynch, Shawn Harrison
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: current, future, capabilities, balance, improving, command, sustainment, review, space
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040146
ISBN-13: 9780833040145

The ability to access and continuously operate in space is vital to the economic, social, and military interests of the United States. In part because of sometimes-conflicting demands and in part because space systems are highly specialized, sustainment can be a challenge. To help Air Force Space Command meet this challenge, the authors used a strategies-to-tasks framework to examine AFSPC sustainment as a whole, working toward a commandwide philosophy for space system support. The core of the philosophy is separation of demand-side, supply-side, and integrator processes and clear definition o