Prometheus, Volume 10, Issue 2 (1992)

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WILL THE SOUFFLÉ RISE? AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS RECIPES IN THE NEW WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER
Jane Marceau
Pages: 183-203
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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APPROPRIABILITY AND PUBLIC SUPPORT OF R&D IN CANADA
Petr Hanel & Kristian Palda
Pages: 204-226
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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SCIENCE R&D AND IMPLEMENTATION: PROBLEMS OF COMMERCIALISING SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT IN AUSTRALIA
John Renner
Pages: 227-238
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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SKILL BASED AUTOMATION: CURRENT EUROPEAN APPROACHES AND THEIR INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE
Richard J. Badham
Pages: 239-259
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PROGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THE DISCOURSE OF DEVELOPMENT
Roy MacLeod
Pages: 260-284
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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THE IMPACT OF NEW PRODUCT STRATEGIES OF AUSTRALIAN FIRMS
Larry Dwyer & Robert Mellor
Pages: 285-299
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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RIGHT IDEA, WRONG TIME: THE WISENET SCIENCE SHOP 1988-1990
Gabriele Bammer, Merrelyn Emery, Linda Gowing & Jennifer Rainforth
Pages: 300-310
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS: A PILOT STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF CITIZENS
Kirsty Williamson, Mark Balnaves & Peter Caputi
Pages: 311-322
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Telecottages: The Potential for Rural Australia. Report prepared by David Horner and Ian Reeve. The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale, 1991 (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1991), pp. 126, $14.95:, ISSN 0 644 14585 4
Ann Moyal
Pages: 323-324
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforTelecottages: The Potential for Rural Australia. Report prepared by David Horner and Ian Reeve. The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale, 1991 (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1991), pp. 126, $14.95:, ISSN 0 644 14585 4 | PDF (117 KB)
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The World Television Industry: An Economic Analysis by Peter J.S. Dunnett, (Routledge, Sydney, 1990), pp.246, ISBN 0-415-00162-5
Glenn Withers
Pages: 324-326
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Lawrence and His Laboratory: A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Vol.1, by J.L. Heilbron and R.A.W. Seidel, (University of California Press, Berkeley, California 1991), pp.xv + 586, US$29.95, ISBN 0-520-06426-7
Mark Oliphant
Pages: 326-329
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Science, Technology and Society in Postwar Japan by Shigeru Nakayama. (Kegan Paul International, London and New York, 1991), pp. xv + 259, £ stg.45 .00, ISBN 0710304285
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Pages: 329-331
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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The Age of Information: The Past Development and Future Significance of Computing and Communications by Stephen Saxby, (Macmillan, London, 1990) pp.264, $AUS150.00, ISBN 0-333-54832-9
P. W. Newton
Pages: 331-332
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Cyberspace: First Steps edited by Michael Benedikt, (MIT press, Cambridge, Mass., 1991), pp. vii + 436, $US24.95, ISBN 0-262-02327-X
D. McL. Lamberton
Pages: 332-334
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Feminism Confronts Technology by Judy Wajcman, (Allen and Unwin, North Sydney, 1991) pp.x + 184, $22.95, ISBN 1-86373-100-8
Antony Marsh
Pages: 334-337
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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The Virgin and the Mousetrap: Essays in Search of the Soul of Science by Chet Raymo, (Viking, New York, 1991), pp. xix + 199, $US18.95, ISBN 0-670-83315-0
John Laurent
Pages: 337-339
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforThe Virgin and the Mousetrap: Essays in Search of the Soul of Science by Chet Raymo, (Viking, New York, 1991), pp. xix + 199, $US18.95, ISBN 0-670-83315-0 | References | PDF (166.4 KB)
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What Happens when Science Goes Bad. The Corruption of Science and the Origin of AIDS A Study in Spontaneous Generation by Louis Pascal with an Introduction by Brian Martin, (University of Wollongong, Science and Technology Analysis Working Paper No. Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, PO BOX 1144, Wollongong NSW 2500
John Laurent
Pages: 337-339
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Shaping the Future: Business Design through Information Technology by Peter G.W. Keen, (Harvard Business School Press and McGraw Hill Book Co., 1991). pp.xi + 264, $AUS70.00, ISBN 0 87584 237 2
David MacKay
Pages: 340-341
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforShaping the Future: Business Design through Information Technology by Peter G.W. Keen, (Harvard Business School Press and McGraw Hill Book Co., 1991). pp.xi + 264, $AUS70.00, ISBN 0 87584 237 2 | PDF (113.9 KB)
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The Borderless World: Power and Strategy in the Interlinked Economy by Kenichi Ohmae, (Harper Business, New York, 1990), pp.xv + 223, $US 21.95, ISBN 0-88730-473.7
Ted Wheelwright
Pages: 342-343
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforThe Borderless World: Power and Strategy in the Interlinked Economy by Kenichi Ohmae, (Harper Business, New York, 1990), pp.xv + 223, $US 21.95, ISBN 0-88730-473.7 | PDF (119 KB)
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Inquiry and Change. A Troubled Attempt to Understand and Shape Society by Charles E. Lindblom, (Yale University Press and Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1990), pp.xii + 314, US$29.95, ISBN 0-300-04794-0
John McCallum
Pages: 343-345
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Information, A Resource for Development edited by B.G. Goedegebuure, H.R. Arango Sales and G. Sotolongo Aguilar, (Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1991), pp.ix + 235, US$95.OO, ISBN 0-444-89116-1
D. McL. Lamberton
Pages: 345-346
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforInformation, A Resource for Development edited by B.G. Goedegebuure, H.R. Arango Sales and G. Sotolongo Aguilar, (Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1991), pp.ix + 235, US$95.OO, ISBN 0-444-89116-1 | PDF (107.3 KB)
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Competition and Innovation In Postal Services edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer, (Kluwer Academic Publications, Boston/Dordrecht, London, 1991) pp.304, $AUS84.75, ISBN 0-7923-9147-0
Alan J. Moran
Pages: 346-348
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforCompetition and Innovation In Postal Services edited by Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer, (Kluwer Academic Publications, Boston/Dordrecht, London, 1991) pp.304, $AUS84.75, ISBN 0-7923-9147-0 | PDF (169.6 KB)
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Book Review
Social Change in the Pacific Islands edited by Albert B. Robillard, (Kegan Paul International, London & New York, 1992), pp. xvi + 507, £ stg.45.00, ISBN 0-7103-0400-5
Michael R. Ogden
Pages: 348-351
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforSocial Change in the Pacific Islands edited by Albert B. Robillard, (Kegan Paul International, London & New York, 1992), pp. xvi + 507, £ stg.45.00, ISBN 0-7103-0400-5 | References | PDF (238.7 KB)
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Book Review
To Inform Or To Control? The New Communications Networks 2nd ed. By Oswald H. Ganley & Gladys D. Ganley, (Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, New Jersey, 1989), pp.xv + 260, ISBN 0-89391-510-6
Loh Chee Meng & Tan Boon Wan
Pages: 351-353
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Book Review
World Information Technology Manual Vol. I: Computers, Telecommunications and Information Processing; Vol. II: Systems and Services edited by A.E. Cawkell, (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 1991), pp. 496, $US90.00, ISBN 0-444-87488-7; Vol. II:, pp. 514:, $US90.00:, ISBN 0-444-89313-X; Set:, $USI65.00:, ISBN 0-444-89314-8
D. McL. Lamberton
Pages: 353-354
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforWorld Information Technology Manual Vol. I: Computers, Telecommunications and Information Processing; Vol. II: Systems and Services edited by A.E. Cawkell, (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 1991), pp. 496, $US90.00, ISBN 0-444-87488-7; Vol. II:, pp. 514:, $US90.00:, ISBN 0-444-89313-X; Set:, $USI65.00:, ISBN 0-444-89314-8 | PDF (92.3 KB)
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