Volume 3 Issue 2 (1985)
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BIOTECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN: INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND FACTOR MARKET DISTORTIONS
There is a widespread feeling that the Japanese government is unfairly acquiring for its economy the few really good tickets to prosperity in the twenty-first century. Foreign reactions to Japanese…
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HIGH TECHNOLOGY, EMPLOYMENT AND THE CHALLENGES TO EDUCATION
The contribution of employment in high technology industry to future employment growth in the US economy is estimated to be small. Much high technology employment is not professional work at…
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TOM MANN ON TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, UNEMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND LEISURE: A TURN OF THE CENTURY LABOUR LEADER’S VIEWS ON SOME SUBJECTS OF CONTINUING CONCERN
Technological change and employment effects are not new phenomena. This paper examines some responses to technological innovation in the work situation around the turn of the century, a period of…
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THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY, MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND URBANISATION IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC COUNTRIES: A RESEARCH AGENDA
The production of information has been accepted as a new economic factor for urbanisation, particularly in the industrialised world. It creates new urban employment opportunities, changes urban spatial patterns, transforms…
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE INFORMATION SECTOR APPROACH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA
This paper provides an exposition of the information sector approach. Concept and measurement of the information sector are discussed in detail. Findings for Australia are reported, including so far unpublished…
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AN ASPECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES OF THE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
This paper is concerned with one aspect of the assessment of a new technology — describing the temporal utilisation of the technology in use. The technologies that are considered here…
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ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN A DEVELOPING PETROLEUM TRANSITION ERA
Australia is faced with the need to augment and replace rapidly depleting indigenous petroleum. Because there are many possible solutions and wide ranging impacts associated with this problem, the use…