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Ou, Yingjie – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Nonwovens is a fast growing industry driven by technological research and development (R&D), and one of the major application areas for nonwovens is air filtration. Research on nonwovens technologies has mainly focused on the science and technology areas, but there is very little published research on technology management issues within the…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Pollution, Climate Control, Ventilation
Yun, Younghwa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Identifying and understanding consumers is fundamental, especially for quickly spreading new products. In recent years, the popularity of digital gadgets has sky rocketed; however, there has also been a growing tendency of relative obsolescence--replacement of a product regardless of the demise of its perfect functioning. Therefore, a question is…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Attachment Behavior, Innovation, Adoption (Ideas)
Kim, Jisun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation aims to provide a better understanding of the technology licensing practices of academic research institutions. The study identifies time durations in licensing and incorporates these into a model to evaluate licensing performance. Performance is measured by the efficiency of an institution's technology licensing process and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Reputation, Certification
Lagoze, Carl Jay – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The idea of Digital Libraries emerged in the early 1990s from a vision of a "library of the future", without walls and open 24 hours a day. These digital libraries would leverage the substantial investments of federal funding in the Internet and advanced computing for the benefit of the entire population. The world's knowledge would be a key press…
Descriptors: Library Research, Popular Culture, Information Systems, Electronic Libraries