Volume 12 Issue 1 (1994)
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GENE MAPPING AND POLICY-MAKING: AUSTRALIA AND THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
This paper examines various unsuccessful attempts by Australian geneticists to become involved in the international Human Genome Project. Several attempts were made by various scientists to gain support for organized…
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THE HUMAN SIDE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER A VIEWPOINT
It is argued that, despite evidence that technology transfer may not happen or may happen in unforeseen ways, exponents behave as if innovation will automancally occur and proceed without much…
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EVOLUTION, TECHNOLOGY, POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
This paper outlines recent developments in our understanding of the process of innovation and the implications for technology management. It addresses the puzzle of the interface between technology management (private,…
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THE JAPANESE INNOVATION SYSTEM: HOW IT WORKS
The R&D expenditures of the top five Japanese R&D spenders — Hitachi, Toyota, Matsushita, NEC and Fujitsu — is as great (in terms of purchasing power parity) as the total…
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NEW WAYS TO MAKE TECHNOLOGY PARKS MORE RELEVANT
High technology policy has become a central feature of many national and regional strategies for encouraging industrial development. One of the more high profile instruments for implementing high technology policy…
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POLICIES FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA: 1987–1993
This is the third (and last) in a series of articles to appear in on federal policies for technology development in Canada daring the two electoral mandates of Progressive Conservative…
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THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ENEMY ALIENS (ESTEA) SCHEME IN AUSTRALIA: A REPARATION FOR WORLD WAR II?
The new fields of atomic and nuclear science represented a weapon of immense power which, following 1945, became the key to military and economic activity precipitating the post-war arms race.…
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ECONOMICS OF FILM AND TELEVISION IN AUSTRALIA
Molloy and Burgan’s study of film and television production and distribution in Australia summaries the idiosyncratic features of the industry, identifies the domestic policies affecting this sector and discusses a…