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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Technology deployment"”.
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Connecting the dots: A systemic approach to evaluating potential constraints to renewable electricity technology deployment to 2020 and beyond in the United Kingdom
… sources (RES-E) by 2020, corresponding to a deployment target of 35-40GW of installed capacity. In 2011, RES-E deployment stood at 12.3GW, resulting in the UK requiring 23-28GW of additional renewable electricity technology (RET) deployment in eight years. This requires a substantial amount …
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Mobile technology capabilities and their role in service innovation practices in creative SMEs.
Mobile technology is a next step in the expansion of opportunities made available by information technology (IT). It remains questionable as to whether mobile technology differs from fixed networks and stationary IT, while the role of mobile technology deployment in service innovation practices …
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An exploration of cloud-based technology for enhancing emergency management: Cases from New Zealand
… understanding the adoption rate of an innovative technology. A multiple case study approach was employed involving six key New Zealand emergency services organisations. Twenty-nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with emergency professionals at both managerial and operational levels …
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Testing a Model to Predict Successful Clinical Information Systems
… is now considered key to successful information technology deployment (Lorenzi & Riley, 1997). Although theory driven information systems models and CIS studies exist, an integrated model to predict a successful CIS has not been evaluated. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability …
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Using design structure matrices to improve decentralization urban transportation systems
… involved in urban transportation as they deploy technology and attempt to integrate their operations. DSMs alone provide advantageous, straightforward system representation platforms. Furthermore, clustering algorithms can be applied to DSMs in order to identify potential opportunities to improve …
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A core competency model for aligning information technology with business objectives
Advances in Information Technology and Information Systems delivery over the past decades have restructured industries and created enormous value. Interestingly however, research shows companies traditionally have a very difficult time capturing the value from their investment. Any surplus created …
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Automotive features : mass impact and deployment characterization
… continue to incorporate increasing levels of technology, these advances do not translate directly into improved fuel economy. Vehicle weight, interior volume and performance have all grown substantially in the past 30 years, as has feature content. This thesis shows that safety features, …
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Developing an Electronic Health Record Training Program for New Employees
… and operational phases of onboarding for new technology deployment in a long-term care setting.</p>
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Sustainable Digital Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of People, Place and Technology under the Rural Village Condition
… operates (both socially and spatially), and how technology infuses with this. The research presented here illustrates the unique nature of social operations within a rural village; the vital roles and space governance carried out by gatekeepers operating within that rural place; and the different …
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Forest fire management in Portugal : developing system insights through models of social and physical dynamics
… been to increase fire suppression capacity and technology deployment. This research asks, what are the side effects or unintended consequences of policies dedicated to large and aggressive suppression forces? Much of the previous work in forest fire management focuses on narrowly-defined, static …
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The application and assessment of active network management techniques for distribution network power flows
The UK Government regards renewable energy technology deployment to be crucial in successfully meeting reduced greenhouse gas emission targets. As such, incentives promoting the connection of clean energy sources to the UK's electricity infrastructure are influencing a significant increase of …
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A new systemic model for the implementation of sustainable space science and technology investment for Sub-Saharan African economies: an implementation process derived from a case study of MeerKAT and the Square Kilometre Array projects
… developing nations undertaking space science and technology (SST) programmes, using the MeerKAT project and the forthcoming Square Kilometre Array (SKA) as central case studies. Econometric analysis of Sub Saharan African (SSA) economies reveals that standard economic inputs namely labour, …
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Trends and drivers of the performance : fuel economy tradeoff in new automobiles
… This work addresses the questions of (1) why new technology is dedicated to performance rather than fuel consumption, and (2) what policy structures and stringencies can most effectively encourage new technology to be dedicated to reducing fuel consumption. A technology allocation model was …
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Biodiversity Impact of China's Power System Transition From a Life Cycle Perspective
… a province-level inventory with scenario-based technology deployment. A stepwise approach was adopted: the model robustness was first validated using indicators of environmental footprints such as Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), Particulate Matter Formation, Freshwater Eutrophication, Mineral …
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Regional, economic, and environmental effects of traditional and biotechnologically enhanced ethanol production processes in Brazil
… examine the distributional impacts of ethanol technology deployment, in terms of its potential contributions to poverty alleviation and the reduction of regional income inequalities. The production technologies currently used to produce ethanol differ spatially in Brazil, with a …
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Modeling sustainable mineral supply pathways to meet clean energy demand
… costs for key technologies. To guide policy and technology innovation that meets this objective, we need robust approaches for evaluating the availability and costs of materials. However, traditional approaches for assessing material availability or ‘criticality’ do not incorporate price feedback …
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New Technology Architecture and Strategy for Early Crop Disease Detection
… thinking to develop new crop disease detection technology that diagnoses disease by sensing plant-released volatile organic compounds (VOCs). We then recommend strategy for deployment of this detection technology. First, we demonstrate a new VOCs sensors architecture—humidity-initiated gas (HIG) …
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Role players in the South African mining industry's perceptions of their contribution to the country's energy transition agenda
… actors over the institution, regime, and technology deployment, and the impact on the environment. The research considered the energy user of the mining sector, energy suppliers, and OEMs. This research employed MLP theory in assessing the complexities of socio-technical dimensions …
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LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICY IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD
… model to study the relationships between technology and policy in the context of global climate change mitigation under three "imperfect" circumstances, namely, constraints on the rate of diffusion of low-carbon technologies, countries promoting the deployment of low-carbon technologies …
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Technology investment decisions under uncertainty : a new modeling framework for the electric power sector
Effectively balancing existing technology adoption and new technology development is critical for successfully managing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the fossil-dominated electric power generation sector. The long infrastructure lifetimes of power plant investments mean that deployment …
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