Prometheus, Volume 9, Issue 2 (1991)

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AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA: ISSUES OF CONTROL, COLLABORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Richard A. Hindmarsh, David F. Burch & Kees Hulsman
Pages: 221-248
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforAGROBIOTECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA: ISSUES OF CONTROL, COLLABORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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TRADITIONAL AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY POLICY: WHAT WENT WRONG
Jenny Stewart
Pages: 249-264
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforTRADITIONAL AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY POLICY: WHAT WENT WRONG | References | PDF (783.7 KB)
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CAPTURING REGIONAL BENEFITS FROM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE QUESTION OF REGIONAL APPROPRIABILITY
Fred Jevons & Marc Saupin
Pages: 265-273
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforCAPTURING REGIONAL BENEFITS FROM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE QUESTION OF REGIONAL APPROPRIABILITY | References | PDF (493.5 KB)
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PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEMS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY
Peter E. Earl
Pages: 274-295
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforPRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEMS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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ROAD TRANSPORT INFORMATICS: CHALLENGING THE FREEDOM OF THE ROADS?
Pam Scott
Pages: 296-312
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforROAD TRANSPORT INFORMATICS: CHALLENGING THE FREEDOM OF THE ROADS? | References | PDF (914.3 KB)
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YOUNG WORKERS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS: OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES
Sue Whyte & Belinda Probert
Pages: 313-331
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforYOUNG WORKERS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS: OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES | References | PDF (1 MB)
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UNINVITED GUESTS: A THERMODYNAMIC APPROACH TO RESOURCE ALLOCATION
Joseph H. Vogel
Pages: 332-345
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforUNINVITED GUESTS: A THERMODYNAMIC APPROACH TO RESOURCE ALLOCATION | References | PDF (744 KB)
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STATE AND COMMONWEALTH CO-OPERATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Neal Ryan
Pages: 346-361
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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WHY AUSTRALIA FAILS TO EXPLOIT PUBLICLY FUNDED R&D
Paul V. Martin
Pages: 362-378
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
AbstractforWHY AUSTRALIA FAILS TO EXPLOIT PUBLICLY FUNDED R&D | References | PDF (884.8 KB)
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Chickengate: An Independent Analysis of the Salmonella in Eggs Scare by Richard North and Teresa Gorman (IEA Health and Welfare Unit, London, 1990), £ 4.95, pp. x + 117, ISBN 0-255-36260-9
D. P. Doessel
Pages: 379-381
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Convict Workers: Reinterpreting Australia's Past edited by Stephen Nicholas (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988), pp. x + 246, $47.50, ISBN 0-521-36126-5
Robin Gollan
Pages: 381-383
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforConvict Workers: Reinterpreting Australia's Past edited by Stephen Nicholas (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988), pp. x + 246, $47.50, ISBN 0-521-36126-5 | PDF (176.4 KB)
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Guns for tbe Tsar: American Tecbnology and the Small Arms Industry in Nineteenth-Century Russia by Joseph Bradley∗ (Northern Illinois University Press, De Kalb, Illinois, 1990), pp. xi + 274, $US27.50, ISBN 0-87580-154-4
John Laurent
Pages: 383-385
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforGuns for tbe Tsar: American Tecbnology and the Small Arms Industry in Nineteenth-Century Russia by Joseph Bradley∗ (Northern Illinois University Press, De Kalb, Illinois, 1990), pp. xi + 274, $US27.50, ISBN 0-87580-154-4 | References | PDF (181.9 KB)
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Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age by Catherine Caufield (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1990), pp. vi + 304, $USI5.95, ISBN 0-226-09785-4 (pbk)
W. Alan Runciman
Pages: 385-388
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Australia as an Information Society: Grasping New Paradigms Report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee for Long Term Strategies (Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS), Canberra, May 1991), pp. xv + 82, $9.95, ISBN 0-644-14371-1
Mary Sandow-Quirk
Pages: 388-391
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforAustralia as an Information Society: Grasping New Paradigms Report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee for Long Term Strategies (Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS), Canberra, May 1991), pp. xv + 82, $9.95, ISBN 0-644-14371-1 | PDF (237.8 KB)
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Telecommunications in Canada: Technology, Industry and Government by Robert E. Babe (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1990), pp. xv + 363, $CAN24.95, ISBN 0-8020-6738-7 (Pbk)
Robin Mansell
Pages: 391-394
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforTelecommunications in Canada: Technology, Industry and Government by Robert E. Babe (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1990), pp. xv + 363, $CAN24.95, ISBN 0-8020-6738-7 (Pbk) | References | PDF (238.4 KB)
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Making Science Our Own: Public Images of Science 1910-1955 by Marcel C. LaFollette (University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1990), pp. ix + 260, $US17.95, ISBN 0-226-46779-1 (Pbk)
Rosaleen Love
Pages: 394-395
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforMaking Science Our Own: Public Images of Science 1910-1955 by Marcel C. LaFollette (University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1990), pp. ix + 260, $US17.95, ISBN 0-226-46779-1 (Pbk) | References | PDF (106.2 KB)
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The Population Explosion by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich (Simon and Schuster, NewYork, 1990), pp. 320, $US18.95, ISBN 0-671-68984-3
Joseph H. Vogel
Pages: 396-397
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Safe Blood: Purifying the Nation's Blood Supply in the Age of AIDS by Joseph Feldschuh with Doron Weber (Free Press, New York, 1990), pp. xiv + 218, $US19.95, ISBN 0-02-910065-8
Robert Beal
Pages: 397-400
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Glory and Failure: The Difference Engines of Müller, Babbage and Scheutz by Michael Lindgren (translated by Craig G. McKay) (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1990), pp. 414, $US45.00, ISBN 0-262-12146-8
Tony Bryant
Pages: 400-402
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforGlory and Failure: The Difference Engines of Müller, Babbage and Scheutz by Michael Lindgren (translated by Craig G. McKay) (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1990), pp. 414, $US45.00, ISBN 0-262-12146-8 | References | PDF (180.3 KB)
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The Globalisation of High Technology Production: Society, Space and Semiconductors in the Restructuring of the Modern World by Jeffrey Henderson (Routledge, London and New York, 1989), pp. xxiii + 198, $32.95, ISBN 0-415-06076-1 (pbk)
John Langdale
Pages: 402-404
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforThe Globalisation of High Technology Production: Society, Space and Semiconductors in the Restructuring of the Modern World by Jeffrey Henderson (Routledge, London and New York, 1989), pp. xxiii + 198, $32.95, ISBN 0-415-06076-1 (pbk) | PDF (173.9 KB)
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Mapping and Measuring the Information Economy by Ian Miles and contributors Tim Brady, Andy Davies, Leslie Haddon, Nick Jagger, Mark Matthews, Howard Rush and Sally Wyatt (Library and Information Research Report 77, British Library Board, 1990), pp. ix + 275, £ 25.00, ISBN 0-7123-3212-x
D. McL. Lamberton
Pages: 404-405
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforMapping and Measuring the Information Economy by Ian Miles and contributors Tim Brady, Andy Davies, Leslie Haddon, Nick Jagger, Mark Matthews, Howard Rush and Sally Wyatt (Library and Information Research Report 77, British Library Board, 1990), pp. ix + 275, £ 25.00, ISBN 0-7123-3212-x | References | PDF (124.6 KB)
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Making Public Administrators More Efficient with Integrated Systems: A Reference Guide from the ASTRA ESPRIT Project 831 by P. Hardy, E. Pesce and A. Weisner (Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1991), pp. viii + 293, $132.00, ISBN 0-444-89021-1
Mairéad Brown
Pages: 406-408
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforMaking Public Administrators More Efficient with Integrated Systems: A Reference Guide from the ASTRA ESPRIT Project 831 by P. Hardy, E. Pesce and A. Weisner (Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1991), pp. viii + 293, $132.00, ISBN 0-444-89021-1 | PDF (182.7 KB)
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Continuum: An Australian Journal of the Media, The Media of Publishing, Volume 4, Number 1, 1990 edited by Albert Moran (Communication Studies, Murdoch University), pp. 228, subscription $25.00, ISSN 1030-4312
John Curtain
Pages: 408-411
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Hunger and Public Action by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen (Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1989), pp. xviii + 373, SUS45.00, ISBN 0-19-828634-1
Peter Anderson
Pages: 412-413
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress by Joel Mokyr (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1990), pp. ix +349, $39.95, ISBN 019 5061136
Hiram Caton
Pages: 413-417
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Britain's Competitiveness: The Management of the Vehicle Component Industry by Christopher Carr (Routledge, London, 1990), pp. xiv + 308, $82.95, ISBN 0-1415-00409-8
Meheroo Jussawalla
Pages: 417-419
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforBritain's Competitiveness: The Management of the Vehicle Component Industry by Christopher Carr (Routledge, London, 1990), pp. xiv + 308, $82.95, ISBN 0-1415-00409-8 | PDF (171.7 KB)
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Electronic Highways: An Introduction to Telecommunications in the 1990's by Peter Westerway (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1990), pp. xxiii + 112, $AUDl7.95, ISBN 0-04-442207-5
Peter B. White
Pages: 419-420
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
CitationforElectronic Highways: An Introduction to Telecommunications in the 1990's by Peter Westerway (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1990), pp. xxiii + 112, $AUDl7.95, ISBN 0-04-442207-5 | PDF (110 KB)
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Toxic Fish and Sewer Surfing by Sharon Beder (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1989), pp. xvii + 176, $12.95, ISBN 0-04-442112-5 (pbk)
W. Thomas
Pages: 420-422
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Professional Engineers in Australia: Population Analysis by Michael R. Rice and Brian E. Lloyd (Engineering Labour Force Series No.2, EPM Consulting Group, in association with the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and the Association of Professional Engineers, Australia, 1990), pp. x + 86, $A45.00, ISBN 0-646-00759-9
Andrew H. Wilson
Pages: 422-425
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforProfessional Engineers in Australia: Population Analysis by Michael R. Rice and Brian E. Lloyd (Engineering Labour Force Series No.2, EPM Consulting Group, in association with the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and the Association of Professional Engineers, Australia, 1990), pp. x + 86, $A45.00, ISBN 0-646-00759-9 | References | PDF (226.5 KB)
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Technology Transfer: A Communication Perspective edited by F. Williams and D.V. Gibson (Sage Publications, London, 1990), pp. 302, £13.95, ISBN 0-8039-3741-5
D. McL. Lamberton
Pages: 426-427
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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International Telecommunications in Hong Kong: The Case for Liberalisation by Milton Mueller (Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, 1991), pp. xiii + 137, $HK60.00, ISBN 962-201-509-3
A. Newstead
Pages: 427-430
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
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Leisure and Life-Style: A Comparative Analysis of Free Time edited by Anna Olszewska and K. Roberts (Sage Publications, London, 1989), pp. 200, £ 27.50, ISBN 0-8039-8215-1
M. R. Crick
Pages: 430-432
Published online: 21 Oct 2008
First Page PreviewforLeisure and Life-Style: A Comparative Analysis of Free Time edited by Anna Olszewska and K. Roberts (Sage Publications, London, 1989), pp. 200, £ 27.50, ISBN 0-8039-8215-1 | PDF (132.3 KB)
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