Technology matters

questions to live with

This book discusses in nontechnical language ten central questions about technology that clarify what technology is and why it matters. Technology matters, writes David Nye, because it is inseparable from being human. We have used tools for more than 100,000 years, and their central ...

Internet y la nueva economía en las empresas

estudio del caso Amadeus

El objetivo central de este libro consiste en estudiar en qué medida Internet y la Nueva Economía están influyendo en las empresas y qué alteraciones se producen en su estructur, en su competitividad y en su valoración. El estudio se completa con un análisis financiero- ...

Future electricity technologies and systems

Where will our electricity come from in the future, and how will we use it? The UK is aiming for a 60% reduction of 1990 carbon dioxide emission levels by 2050, yet the electricity industry and patterns of electricity use must change radically if this ...

Anuario SGAE de las artes escénicas, musicales y audiovisuales 2006

El "Anuario SGAE de las artes escénicas, musicales y audiovisuales" se ha convertido en un clásico y en una herramienta de referencia para todas las personas preocupadas por la situación de la cultura en España. Este volumen recoge en sus más de 600 páginas los ...

Black gold

the new frontier in oil for investors

Oil analyst Orwel offers in-depth analysis of how the falling production and rising demand of oil has enabled savvy companies and investment banks to cash in on this phenomenon. Best of all, this guide also provides readers with investment suggestions that will allow them to ...

Análisis de la actividad exportadora en la PYME española

relación con los resultados empresariales

SUMARIO: Introducción. Capítulo 1: la pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) y su competitividad. Capítulo 2: la internacionalización de la pyme. Capítulo 3: investigación exploratoria # estudio de casos. Capítulo 4: investigación confirmatoria # encuesta sobre estrategias empresariales (esee). Conclusiones. Limitaciones. Bibliografía.

Oil in the twenty-first century

issues, challenges, and opportunities

Oil is hitting the headlines once again. The big increases in oil prices over the past two years are upsetting consumers and puzzling producers. The reasons are difficult to understand, since few people are familiar with the complex workings of the price regime for oil ...

The movie business book

Drawing on the knowledge of a full spectrum of industry experts including producers, independent filmmakers, managers and financiers, the third international edition of "The Movie Business Book" offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the film industry. It features a preface written especially for the international ...

Electricity services in remote rural communities

the small enterprise model

This work describes the design and use of a particular management model for electricity services in isolated rural communities. This model was designed with the clear objective of efficient financial and technical management, taking into account the social and economic environment and the committed participation ...

Industrial organization and the digital economy

This book looks at theoretical and factual studies of ways that the rapidly evolving digital economy has changed the structure of different industries, focusing on the software and music industries. Digital technology has dramatically changed the structure of many industrial sectors. The rise of the ...

Addicted to oil

America's relentless drive for energy security

It has long been acknowledged that in America the car is king. However, America's car-orientated and car-dependent lifestyle goes beyond the culture of fast cars and freeways. In "Addicted to Oil", Ian Rutledge explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorisation of ...

AC/DC

the savage tale of the first standards war

"AC/DC" tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison bet wrong in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather ...

Invisible engines

how software platforms drive innovation and transform industries

This work discusses how to harness the power of software platforms: what executives and entrepreneurs must know about how to use this technology to transform industries and how to develop the strategies that will create value and drive profits. Software platforms are the invisible engines ...

Solar revolution

the economic transformation of the global energy industry

An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy - in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells - is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival the information and communication technologies revolution in its transformative effects. In "Solar Revolution", fund manager and former corporate ...

Explotación comercial del corcho en la provincia de Badajoz

Siglo XIX. (Alburquerque y San Vicente de Alcántara). Documentos para la historia económica y social de Extremadura

El presente trabajo recopila una selección negocios jurídicos procedentes del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Badajoz que, en forma de contratos de venta o de arriendo, nos transporta al mundo de la explotación y comercialización del corcho partiendo de un nutrido corpus de documentos sobre las ...

Natural gas and geopolitics

from 1970 to 2040

By most estimates, global consumption of natural gas - a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil - will double by 2030. However, in North America, Europe, China, and South and East Asia, which are the areas of highest-expected demand, the projected consumption of gas is expected to ...

Carbon and its domestication

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of ...

Las condiciones de la innovación y de las actitudes innovadoras en las empresas industriales

análisis andaluz

INDICE: Cambio tecnológico e innovación en la teoría evolucionista. Innovación tecnológica y su relación con el desarrollo regional hacia los sistemas regionales de innovación. La actualización pública en I+D de innovación: líneas políticas de acción y situación institucional. I+D e innovación en Andalucía ...

Estudio comparativo de la industria de la inversión colectiva en Iberoamérica

El Instituto Iberoamericano del Mercado de Valores (IIMV) ha publicado el Estudio comparativo de la Industria de la Inversión Colectiva en Iberoamércia (IIC). El estudio tiene como objetivo propiciar un mejor conocimiento de esta industria, y así fomentar su desarrollo y crecimiento en la región ...

Se acabó la fiesta

¿Cómo viajarías? ¿Cómo y de qué te alimentarías? ¿Renunciarías al avión y al coche? ¿De qué forma protegerías tu vivienda del frío? ¿Has pensado alguna vez cuántos de los objetos que te rodean y utilizas han sido fabricados a partir de derivados de los hidrocarburos ...