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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Technological Learning"”.
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Solar capabilities : promoting, technological learning in South Africa's photovoltaic supply industry
I explore the mechanisms through which technological capabilities have been built in the market for photovoltaic (PV) module and balance of system (BOS) manufacture in South Africa. Drawing on the literature on technology transfer and economic development, my aim is to identify the relative …
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A comparative analysis of technological learning systems in emerging rotorcraft companies
… companies in various countries accomplished technological learning over the last sixty years. Owing to its unique products and growing market demand, rotorcraft industry is one of the most globalized and dynamic sectors of the aerospace industry. Understanding technological learning in the …
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Technological learning and the evolution of the Indian pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sectors
… by three features considered analogous to technological stagnation: low R&D investments, "copying" on-patent drugs (legal in India if a novel process is found) and manufacturing off-patent, generic drugs. Yet, some firms are innovating in drug discovery and development and the total number …
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Explaining Technological Change of Wind Power in China and the United States: Roles of Energy Policies, Technological Learning, and Collaboration
<p>The following dissertation explains how technological change of wind power, in terms of cost reduction and performance improvement, is achieved in China and the US through energy policies, technological learning, and collaboration. The objective of this dissertation is to understand how energy …
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Building technological capability within satellite programs in developing countries
… are building local capability in space through technological learning. They sometimes pursue this via collaborative satellite development projects with foreign firms that provide training. This phenomenon of collaborative satellite development projects is poorly understood by researchers of …
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Material substitution in electric vehicle manufacturing : comparing advanced high strength steel and aluminum
… cost point of view, and how that might change as technological learning affects the various vehicle subsystems. A fully designed vehicle with an Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) body serves as the basis for an aluminum "comparator" design.
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Becoming effective technology teachers: enhancing assessment practices in primary classrooms
… teacher knowledge and practices and student learning. The second year (1999) traces the impact of a professional development programme aimed at enhancing teachers’ technology pedagogical content knowledge in relationship to formative assessment. The significant impact of a planning framework …
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Guidelines for the instructional design of technological and cooperative applications in a music program
… instructional strategies using cooperative and technological learning tools. An experiment comparing supported self-study in computer-based instruction versus cooperative learning groups was used as the basis of the instructional design system. The purpose of this study is to compare the …
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Essays on learning and strategy in research and development
… project continuation decisions. I separate technological learning effects from market competition effects, and grade decision-making across firms.
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Carbon capture and sequestration : an option to buy time?
… of renewable energy carriers leads to reduced technological learning, which induces higher costs in the longer term. All in all the temporary use of CCS reduces the costs of climate change mitigation costs. The result is robust, which is tested with various uncertainty analysis.
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Electricity generation and emissions reduction decisions under uncertainty : a general equilibrium analysis
… models decision-making under uncertainty with learning in an economy-wide setting that can measure social welfare impacts. Specifically, a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is formulated as a two-stage stochastic dynamic program focused on decisions in the electric power sector. The …
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Towards auto/pedagogy:A reflexive auto/biographic case study of professional learning mediated by technology
… knowledge. The thesis argues that demonstrable learning gains were made when particular factors came together in these autobiographical moments. The insertion of the slash "/" in auto/biography denotes the self-directed reflection on these narratives, carried out systematically in order to …
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From learning to earning: the transition from manufacturing catch-up to competitiveness at the global business frontier, as pursued in China's energy equipment sector
… the early-stage, centralising support for technological learning by a strong developmental state and the more fluid, dynamic and disruptive capabilities that define successful firms’ strategies once basic manufacturing skills are acquired. While the developmental state’s strengths are …
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Promoting innovation in electricity distribution networks : new tools for regulators and planners
… in demonstration projects, as well as the technological learning that emerges from those projects and dissemination of knowledge and best practices between network utilities, technology providers, technology users, and other market participants.
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Energy system transformation : an evaluation of innovation requirements and policy options
… and illustrates the importance of the technological learning process. A case study of innovation in the nuclear energy industry is used to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative policies for driving investment in energy technologies more generally. The case study reveals a pattern of …
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The Effect of Individual’s Technological Belief and Usage on their Absorptive Capacity towards their Learning Behaviour in the Learning Environment
… knowledge transfer, technology can also enhance learning. This study addressed the gap in knowledge by examining the role of Technology Readiness (TR), Tools for Knowledge Sources (TKS), Social Influences (SI) and Social Networks (SN) in an individual's ACAP towards learning behaviour. The …
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The Role of the Site Facilitator in the New Directions in Distance Learning Project
… in successful New Directions in Distance Learning (NDDL) project school sites, to learn with whom site facilitators communicate within and outside their working environments, and to discover with whom they build working relationships. E-mail questionnaires and two sets of telephone …
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Industrial Policy and Global Value Chains: The experience of Guangdong, China and Malaysia in the Electronics Industry
… accumulate enough capabilities to operate in the technological frontier, even after decades of supplying lead firms. Drawing on three literatures (industrial policy, GVCs and technological capabilities), this thesis argues that in the absence of industrial policy to provide incentives for …
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Industrialización en la Argentina: un posible desarrollo económico centrado en el aprendizaje tecnológico
A presente tese de doutorado tem como objetivo estudar e identificar as potenciais estratégias que possam ser implementadas na Argentina para gerar um desenvolvimento econômico baseado na aprendizagem e geração de novos conhecimentos tecnológicos de forma a construir uma indústria local competitiva …