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An indispensable resource for anyone wanting to create, maintain,
improve, understand, or use the diverse information resources
within a sci-tech library. Providing cutting-edge practices and
tools in library and information science as well as a historical
perspective on science and technology resources, Science and
Technology Resources: A Guide for Information Professionals and
Researchers begins with an overview of the nature of sci-tech
literature, the information-seeking behavior of scientists and
engineers, and an examination of the research cycle. Each of the 12
chapters focuses on a specific format, showcasing specific examples
and representative resources in current practice. This practical
guide will be invaluable to librarians, information specialists,
engineering and science professionals, and students interested in
acquiring a practical knowledge of science and technology
resources. The comprehensive subject bibliographies provide a
sci-tech library administrator with the resources to develop and
maintain an effective science, technology, and engineering
collection. Over 80 screenshots of electronic information resource
tools designed for the engineer and scientist; page reproductions
from print sources and illustrations from scholarly journal
articles and monographs are also included Each chapter concludes
with a comprehensive list of additional resources for further
research Approximately 30 discipline-specific subject
bibliographies in the appendix section act as indispensable guides
for developing library collections, as well as for compiling
introductory textbooks appropriate for library science students
Included pathfinders provide expert guides for targeted online
research Corresponding instructor exercises are available at the
publisher's website
Paulo Figueiredo comprehensively examines how and why latecomer
companies differ in the manner and rate at which they accumulate
technological capability over time. He focuses on how key features
of the underlying learning processes influence the paths of
technological capability accumulation and, in turn, the rate of
improvement in operational performance. The author details the
various processes and mechanisms by which a company acquires
knowledge from external and internal sources, through individuals,
and then converts, or fails to convert, it into organisational
assets. These different ways of managing technological learning are
studied in detail during the lifetime of two of the largest steel
companies in Brazil. He goes on to demonstrate that the rates of
technological capability-accumulation and operational performance
improvement can be accelerated if deliberate and effective efforts
are made to improve knowledge acquisition and knowledge conversion
processes. Indeed, these efforts are likely to generate significant
financial benefits for the company that manages these processes
effectively. The author is rigorous in his empirical analysis and
adopts an original perspective by concentrating on latecomer firms
within a non-industrialised country. The focus of analysis and the
practical approach developed within the book will interest students
and scholars of business, technology, innovation, and strategic
management, as well as providing a source of reference and
information for policymakers and managers in private and
state-owned organisations.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Knowledge and innovation are key factors contributing to growth and
prosperity in the new service economy. This book presents original,
empirical and theoretical contributions to address the economic
dimensions of knowledge and the organisation of knowledge intensive
activity through specialised services. Specific analyses include: *
macro statistics to highlight the contribution of services to
economic activity * firm level survey data to identify and consider
client relations * case studies of four innovation-oriented
business services. Further chapters deal with the specific
functions connected with knowledge, the new discipline of
'knowledge management', intellectual property rights, and the role
of knowledge in national and international economic systems.
Offering an overview of a highly important and pervasive set of
phenomena, this book outlines and illustrates the intellectual
agenda associated with the rise of a global services economy. It
will appeal to industrial and business economists, researchers,
students, policymakers and business analysts.
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