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Criteria for selecting appropriate technologies under different cultural, technical, and social conditions : proceedings of the IFAC Symposium, Bari, Italy, 21-22 May 1979 /
Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Technologies under Different Cultural, Technical and Social Conditions covers the Proceedings of the IFAC symposium held in Bari-Italy on May 21-23, 1979.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores Corporativos: | , , , |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Published for the International Federation of Automatic Control by Pergamon Press,
1980.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | IFAC conference proceedings.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Technologies Under Different Cultural, Technical and Social Conditions; Copyright Page; IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON CRITERIA FOR SELECTING APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES UNDER DIFFERENT CULTURAL, TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. THE PROBLEM OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; An operational definition of appropriate technology; Conditions for success of appropriate technology
- Technology Assessment; Technology Transfer; Conclusion; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. THE REDIRECTION OF TECHNOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS.
- Technology and taylorismconclusion; appendix; references; chapter 3. industrialization in developing countries; introduction; planning for industrialization in developing countries; choice of appropriate production technology; what developing countries realy need on their transformation to industrialization; conclusion; appendix; case study for the experiment of the industrial development of egypt; major problems facing industrial developmentin egypt; functions of the general organization for industrialization (g.o.f.i.); chapter 4. technology transfer: what to transfer?; introduction.
- SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. THINKING ABOUT APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; Two Kinds of Approaches to Identification of Appropriate Technologies; Different Technological Levels and Government Strategy; Employment, Resource Problems and Technology Policy; Means of Attaining Integrated Development; Combination of Different Technological Levels; Tools for Analysis: Can Models Help?; CHAPTER 6. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE ITALIAN MEZZOGIORNO: A MULTICRITERIA EVALUATION METHOD FOR PRIORITY ASSESSMENT; INTRODUCTION.
- ""Technological appropriateness"" redefined for the italian mezzogiornoa multicriteria evaluation method for technology assessment; conclusion; references; chapter 7. the dubiousness of assessing appropriateness: empirical evidence; introduction; conceptual and terminological framework; practical problems in assessing ""appropriateness"": some case studies; chapter 8. application of cost-benefit analysis to choice of technique; introduction; the ecu study; national economic profitability; methodology of the evaluation of aggregate consumption benefits; evaluation of the alternatives.
- Conclusionreferences; chapter 9. techno-economic consideration concerning appropriate technologies; introduction; selection of appropriate technology; problem areas for new technology user in developing countries; conclusions; chapter 10. economic evaluation of alternative techniques: an illustrative case; 1. introduction; 2. the four techniques; 3. market prices and shadow prices; 4. economic evaluation -results and problems; 5. conclusions; references; chapter 11. development indices and actual benefits of world models; introduction; from mental models to literal models.