Engineering in a Land-Grant Context is a volume of well-crafted essays that consider the federal government's first foray into higher education by examining engineering education at the nation's land-
What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust
Technology: Today and Tomorrow is a technology literacy textbook for high school. It uses the systems approach (input, process, output, feedback) to inform students about communication and bio-related
Walcott (Georgia State U.) considers the economic prospects of China as linchpin for Asia's future development, focusing on the role of proximity of Chinese business parks for promoting learning and e
In these ten chapters, women from the United States, England, and Australia analyze the relationships between gender and information and communication technologies. They address the educational, socia
The report of a two-year study by the Academy's Committee on Technical Literacy to develop a common understanding among relevant communities on what technical literacy is, how important it is to the n
For 150 years, Corning Incorporated has repeatedly succeeded in their quest to create new products for an ever-changing marketplace. Corning and the Craft of Innovation is the story of the extraordin
There is intense public interest in the role of universities as a source ofscience-based innovations. To increase our understanding of this role, this book compares theeconomic effects of university r
Iansiti (technology and operations management, Harvard Business School examines the relationship between process and performance at the project level, exploring what drives the effectiveness of resear
In 1893, the year that marked the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Columbus in the New World, Chicago was host to an exposition to mark the occasion. Although the World's Columbian Exposit
