Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Problems of Progress in Industry
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Problems of Progress in Industry
Author: The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Author: Klaus SchwabPublisher: Crown Currency
ISBN: 1524758876
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Training Made Easier
Author: Great Britain. Department of Scientific and Industrial ResearchPublisher:
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Category : Employees
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Problems and Progress in Regulating Ocean Dumping of Sewage and Industrial Wastes, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Waste disposal in the ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The End of Food
Author: Paul RobertsPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618606238
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The bestselling author of "The End of Oil" turns his attention to food and finds that the system entrusted with meeting one of the most basic needs is dramatically failing us. With his trademark comprehensive global approach, Roberts investigates the startling truth about the modern food system.
A Century of Industrial Progress
Author: Frederic William WilePublisher:
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Industrial Progress and Human Economics
Author: James HartnessPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In general it may be stated that a new organization must start with a superior article to manufacture and the elements of a superior organization. Sometimes it is possible by invention alone to win without the aid of the modern plan of specialized organization. On the other hand, the success may be attained by superior organization without a superior article to manufacture, but in general it is better to combine all of the possible beneficial factors in a new organization.
Industrial Society
Author: Georges FriedmannPublisher: Glencoe , Ill. : Free Press
ISBN:
Category : Automation
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Technology and Industrial Progress
Author: G. N. Von TunzelmannPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781781956595
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
What has dictated the rate and direction of technological change? How central has it been to industrial progress? How has it related to other determinants of economic growth and development? In Technology and Industrial Progress, Dr von Tunzelmann examines theoretical views on the nature and contribution of technology, and the empirical evidence from the major industrializing countries from the 18th century to the present day. The experiences of countries regarded in their time as the leaders of industrialization - Britain in the 18th century, the United States in the 19th century and Japan in the 20th century - are critically compared by the author. The following chapters study the transfer of each of these patterns of technology and growth to later industrializers, such as continental Europe, the Soviet Union, and today's newly industrializing countries. Adopting approaches drawn from evolutionary economics, Dr von Tunzelmann links micro-level phenomena relating to individual firms and technologies to macro-level outcomes as reflected in economic growth and development. This long-awaited book is exceptional both in the range of countries surveyed and the breadth of topics analysed, encompassing changes in production processes, products and marketing, management and finance.