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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Author Biography |
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2 The Nature and Definition of Technology |
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2.1 Brief History of Technology and Its Innovation |
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2.2 Philosophic Thought about Technology |
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2.2.1 Martin Heidegger Thought about Technology and Its Dangers |
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2.2.2 Hans-Georg Gadamer's Thought about Technology and Its Dangers |
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2.3 The Various Definitions of Technology and Its Innovation |
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3 A Scientific Definition of Technology |
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3.1 Importance of Technologies without Economic Purposes |
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3.2 Limits of Studies of Technology from Only an Economic Point of View |
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3.3 The Study of Technology from a Scientific Point of View |
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4 Scientific Models of Technology and Its Innovation |
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4.1 Elaboration of a Scientific Model of Technology Innovation |
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4.2 The Model of Technology |
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4.2.1 Technological Space |
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4.2.2 Technological Landscape |
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4.2.3 Space of Technologies |
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4.2.4 Technology Ecosystem |
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4.3 Technological Processes |
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4.3.3 Ramification of Technologies |
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4.4 Technology Transfer and Knowhow |
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4.5 Models of the Organizational Structures for Technology Innovation |
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4.5.1 The Industrial R&D System |
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4.5.2 The Startup-Venture Capital System |
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4.5.3 The Industrial Platform System |
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4.5.4 Comparison among the Various Organizational Structures |
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4.6 The Stages of Technology Innovation |
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4.6.1 Generation of Innovative Idea for the Technological Innovation Process |
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4.6.2 Development and Formation of a New Technology |
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4.6.3 Generation of Innovations during the Use of a Technology |
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4.7 A General Model of Technology Innovation |
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5 Innovation and Technology Innovation |
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5.1 General Definition of Innovation |
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5.2 The Various Types of Organizational Innovations |
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5.2.4 Environmental Innovation |
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5.2.6 Minor (Incremental) Innovation |
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5.2.8 Participatory Innovation |
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5.2.9 Radical (Disruptive) Innovation |
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5.2.10 Responsible Innovation |
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5.2.11 Reverse Innovation |
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5.2.12 Strategic Innovation |
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5.3 Considerations about Innovation |
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6 The Complexity of Technology |
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6.1 Complexity of Technology |
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6.2 Definition of the Various Types of Systems |
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6.2.2 Complicated Systems |
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6.3 Complexity Concepts and Phenomena |
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6.4 Types of Complex Systems |
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6.4.2 Auto-Organized Critical System |
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6.4.3 Complex Adaptive System |
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6.5 Processes in the Complex Systems |
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6.5.1 Phase Transition and Autocatalysis |
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6.6 Models of Complex Systems |
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6.6.1 Small World Network Model |
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6.6.4 Complex Adaptive System Models |
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6.7 Science of Complexity and Technology Innovation |
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6.7.1 Generation of Innovative Ideas |
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6.7.2 Development of the Technology |
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6.7.3 Use of the Technology |
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6.7.4 Feedback Loops in Technology Innovations |
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6.8 Importance of Complexity of Technology |
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7 Technology and the Environment |
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7.1 Physical Limits and Development Times of Environmental Technologies |
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7.2 The Precautional Principle and the Question of Risk |
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7.3 Technology and the Environmental Problems |
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7.3.2 Depletion of Resources |
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7.4 Industrial Environmental Models |
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7.4.3 Comparison of the Two Industrial Environmental Approaches |
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7.5 Technology and the Problem of Global Warming |
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7.6 Technology Innovation and Green Technologies |
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7.6.1 Green Technologies for Environmental Problems |
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7.6.2 Green Technologies and the Organizational Structures for Innovation |
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8 Applications of the Models |
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8.1 Functioning and Optimization of a Technology |
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8.1.1 Model of the Technology |
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8.1.2 Technological Processes |
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8.1.3 Optimization of Operative Conditions of a Technology |
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91 | (3) |
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8.2 Model of Technology Innovation of a Territory |
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8.2.1 The Mathematical Model of Technology Innovation of a Territory |
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8.2.2 Example of Calculation with the Model |
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8.2.3 Discussion on the Model and Its Results |
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9 Perspectives and Future of Technology Innovation |
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9.1 Evolution of the Technology Innovation System |
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9.1.1 The Distributed Innovation System |
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9.1.2 The Industrial Platform Network |
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9.1.3 Advantages and Limits of an Industrial Platform Network |
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110 | (1) |
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9.2 Future of Technologies |
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9.2.1 A Scientific Approach to Forecasting |
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9.2.2 Artificial Intelligence |
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9.2.5 Quantum Physics Applications |
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9.3 Intrinsic Dangers of Technology Evolution |
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9.3.1 The Negative Social Impacts of Technology |
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9.3.2 The Negative Impact of Communication Technologies |
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127 | (1) |
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Mathematical Simulation Model of the Technology Innovation System of a Territory |
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A.1 Variables and Parameter Values |
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A.2 Results of Calculation with the Model |
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Index |
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