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Shreeti, Vatsala. "Three essays on technology adoption in emerging markets." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2022. https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/46841/.
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Cette thèse étudie l’adoption de technologies dans les pays en développement. Dans le chapitre I, j’étudie l’adoption des smartphones en Inde. Les smartphones sont devenus le principal appareil grâce auquel les habitants des pays endéveloppement peuvent accéder aux avantages d’une numérisation généralisée. Cependant, la plupart des utilisateurs de téléphones mobiles dans les pays en développement continuent d’utiliser des téléphones basiques de faible qualité. Ce chapitre développe un modèle structurel de la demande des consommateurs et de l’offre des entreprises pour comprendre les principaux moteurs de l’adoption des smartphones. Je trouve que les gains en qualité des téléphones mobiles et les changements de revenus dans la population sont les principaux facteurs de la croissance des ventes de smartphones enInde. Compte tenu du rôle central du revenu dans l’adoption de cette technologie, je simule l’impact de subventions ciblées pour les smartphones. Je trouve que, comparées à des réductions d’impôts ad valorem ou à des subventions uniformes, les subventions ciblées sont les moins coûteuses pour le gouvernement et sont les plus efficaces pour la redistribution,étant (presque) entièrement appropriées par les consommateurs. Le chapitre II porte sur les services financiers numériques. L’utilisation des services financiers numériques dans les pays en développement peut être un outil d’inclusion financière, de lutte contre l’évasion fiscale et de facilitation de la prestation efficace des services publics. En utilisant un événement unique – un processus de démonétisation non annoncé et à grande échelle qui a eu lieu en 2016 en Inde et qui a augmenté les coûts à court terme de la détention d’espèces et de leurs transactions – ce chapitre étudie l’adoption d’une forme spécifique de SFN, à savoir les paiements mobiles, en Inde. Nous constatons que dans les régions où le marchédu travail était moins formel, et où les travailleurs étaient plus susceptibles d’être touchés par le processus de démonétisation, ce choc a conduit à une augmentation plus importante de l’utilisation de plateformes mobiles que dans les États où le marché du travail est plus formel. L’effet de cette “expérimentation forcée” fut cependant de courte durée. Au niveau individuel, les personnes les plus exposées au choc étaient plus susceptibles d’adopter les paiements mobiles et cet effet persiste au cours des deux années suivantes. Étonnamment, les effets marginaux du choc pour les femmes fortement exposées étaient presque deux fois plus élevés que pour les hommes fortement exposés. Dans le dernier chapitre de cette thèse, j’étudie (avec un co-auteur) l’adoption par les entreprises d’une nouvelle technologie dans leur menu de produits. En particulier, nous essayons de comprendre la valeur d’une technologie facilement imitable dans un contexte de marché émergent. Nous étudions l’introduction des portables double SIM sur le marché indien et quantifions la valeur de cette technologie pour les consommateurs. Nous quantifions également l’impact sur les résultats du marché de l’imitation rapide de cette technologie par des entreprises concurrentes. Nous constatons que l’introduction de cette technologie a entraîné une augmentation du surplus du consommateur de 3,1% à 8,9%, et une expansion de la taille totale du marché de 1,8% à 3,3%. Nous constatons également que si l’imitation réduit considérablement le profit de l’innovateur, elle rend également la technologie beaucoup plus abordable pour les consommateurs. Enfin, nous fournissons une borne inférieure du coût pour l’innovateur de la protection de la propriété intellectuelle dans un marché émergent. Nous constatons que cette borne inférieure atteint 12% des bénéfices observés de l’innovateur<br>This thesis studies technology adoption in an emerging market, taking the example of In-dia. In chapter I, I study the adoption of smartphones in India. Smartphones have becomethe primary device through which people in developing countries can access the benefitsof widespread digitization. However, most mobile phone users in developing countriescontinue to use low-quality feature phones. This chapter develops a structural model ofconsumer demand and supply to understand the main drivers of smartphone adoption. Itthen uses the estimates of the model to investigate how to best design pro-adoption poli-cies. I find that gains in device quality and changes in income distribution are the mainfactors behind the growth of smartphone sales in India. Given the central role of income indriving adoption, I simulate the impact of targeted subsidies for smartphones. I find that,compared to ad valorem tax reductions and uniform subsidies, targeted subsidies are theleast costly for the government and are the most effective for redistribution, being (almost)fully appropriated by consumers. Chapter II focuses on digital financial services. The useof digital financial services (DFS) in developing countries can be a tool for financial inclu-sion, curbing tax evasion, and facilitating the efficient delivery of public services. Using aunique event – an un-announced and large scale demonetization process that took place in2016 in India that increased the short-term costs of holding and transacting in cash, thischapter studies the uptake of a specific form of DFS, namely mobile payments, in India. Wefind that in states where the labour market was less formal, and where workers were morelikely to be affected by the demonetisation process, this shock led to a larger increase in theuse of platforms larger than in states where the labour market is more formal. The effectof this "forced experimentation" was, however, short lived. At the individual level, peoplewho were more exposed to the shock were more likely to adopt mobile payments and thiseffect persists over the next two years. Strikingly, the marginal effects of the shock for high-exposure women was almost twice as high as for high-exposure men. Our results contributeto understanding user behaviour and persistence of habits, with important implications forthe design of policies aimed at increasing the uptake of digital payment technologies. In thefinal chapter of this thesis, I (with a co-author) study firms’ adoption of a new technologyin their product portfolio. In particular, we attempt to understand the value of an easilyimitable technology in an emerging market context. We study the introduction of dual SIMhandsets in the Indian mobile phone market and quantify the value of this technology forconsumers. We also quantify the impact on market outcomes of the quick imitation of thistechnology by competing firms. We find that the introduction of dual SIM handsets led toan increase in the consumer surplus of 3.1% to 8.9%, and an expansion in the total sizeof the market by 1.8% to 3.3%. We also find that while imitation reduced the innovator’sprofit substantially, it also made the technology much more affordable. In the absence ofimitation, consumer prices would have been 22% higher. Finally, we provide a lower-boundon the innovator’s cost of protecting intellectual property in an emerging market. We findthis lower bound to be as high as 12% of the innovator’s observed profits ($ 29.5 million)
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Chen, Xin. "Adopting emerging integration technologies in organisations." Thesis, Brunel University, 2005. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5159.
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A review of the innovation and diffusion literature indicates a considerable amount of research, where attention is given to a range of features which may support integration technologies adoption. However, some literature suggests that the findings derived from the study of large enterprises cannot be generalised and applied in SMEs due to the distinct characteristics of SMEs. Although the adoption of integration technologies is recognised as being different between large and small companies, the literature on its adoption by SMEs remains limited. Nevertheless, in existing work, there is a lack of studies emphasising the reasons why SMEs and large companies take the decision to adopt integration technologies, focusing specifically on the different factors. This thesis therefore identifies the significant differences in the way that SMEs and large companies approach integration technologies, based on the existing literature, theoretical diffusion theories, and resource-based theory. In doing so, the parameters that can be used to explain the adoption of integration technologies in SMEs and large firms are identified, as nature of organisations, company size, integration needs, adoption factors for SMEs and large organisations, and time. Additionally, adoption factors are found and classified into three categories: adoption factors explicit to SMEs, adoption factors explicit to large organisations, and common factors. Based on this, a conceptual model is introduced to explain the different factors that influence adoption between SMEs and large organisations. The empirical contexts of the research are one project on integration technologies adoption, and four case studies on a large firm and three SMEs, which are analysed using an interpretive and qualitative research approach. The evidence suggests that the empirical data complement the identified dimensions nature of organisations, integration needs, company size and time. The empirical data also confirm that the current integration technologies adoption factors reported in the literature can be classified into common factors, factors explicit to SMEs, and factors explicit to large firms, to support a more comprehensive view of this area. An additional factor perceived future prospect has been considered as an influence on adoption in large organisations. The findings of this research can be useful to guide analysts and researchers in determining critical aspects of the complex issues involved for integration technologies adoption, and lead to suggestions for further valid research.
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Al, Rahbi Hafedh Said Abdullah. "Factors influencing social media adoption in small and medium enterprises (SMEs)." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14514.
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The adoption and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is widely regarded as essential in contemporary organisational environments. Such technologies have substantial effects on an organisation’s productivity and competitiveness. However, the nature of the effects varies across types of organisation (small to large), by country-context (developed and developing countries) and with the type of ICT adopted. This thesis focuses primarily on Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in a less-researched developing country context, the region of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with special reference to Oman. In terms of the ICT under investigation, recognising the emergence of more interactive forms of technology, this thesis focuses on social media applications. It is widely recognised that the adoption and use of these applications change the ways in which organisations conduct their activities and represent a critical business opportunity for SMEs. This opportunity will only be realised by SMEs if, and when, social media are adopted in their organisations. This therefore creates a requirement to understand the factors that influence SMEs in making the adoption decision. The research related to such factors is scarce, not least because the technologies are relatively new. By using the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework, this study therefore attempted to understand the factors influencing the decision by SMEs to adopt social media. It employed a sequential, exploratory mixed method, where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were combined to meet the research objectives. In the first stage, a preliminary TOE model of 18 factors was developed from the analysis of semi-structured interviews with 18 SMEs owner-managers in Muscat, the capital city of Oman. In the second stage, a survey involving 205 SMEs in Muscat was conducted to examine empirically the preliminary model. The survey data were analysed using logistic regression (LR). Of the factors examined, compatibility, observability, trialability, trust, image, perceived lack of managerial time, market scope, customer pressure and family and friends’ support were found to have significant influence on SMEs’ decisions to adopt social media. These findings have important implications and value for the research community, SMEs and policy makers (in particular, the Public Authority for SME Development (PASMED)) in terms of formulating improved strategies for social media adoption. The resulting research model proposed in this thesis can improve these stakeholders’ understandings of why some SMEs have chosen to adopt social media technologies, while other SMEs which face similar market conditions have not.
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Uthayasankar, Sivarajah. "Exploring the application of web 2.0 technologies in the context of e-government." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8731.
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Electronic government (e-Government) in terms of public service delivery and administration has endured signification transformation over the last decade. More recently, modern second generation web technologies (Web 2.0) have started to be used to deliver e-Government. However, this in turn has brought about additional challenges. By its nature, Web 2.0 is more interactive than the traditional model of information provision or creation of digital services and as such opens up a new set of benefits, costs and risks to those who make use of it as part of their e-Government approach. In the main, the usage of Web 2.0 is in its infancy within e-Government and this creates a need for research into exploring the application of Web 2.0 technologies in e-Government and to provide practical advice to practitioners. This research draws on the existing literature to present a novel conceptual model that could be used to guide implementation and evaluation of Web 2.0. The conceptual model draws the existing literature into the traditional information systems (IS) evaluation model (benefits, costs and risks) specifically in terms appropriate to Web 2.0. In turn that evaluation is set in the context of the impact on the organisation in terms of organisational, technological and social consequences. This conceptual model was tested in a United Kingdom local government authority (LGA) that had recently started to make use of Web 2.0 in terms of service delivery and for internal work purposes by its employees. The result was a qualitative enquiry making use of interviews and documentary evidence to explore the validity of the conceptual model as a tool to assist decision making in this field. The findings elicited from the in-depth case study offer an insight into IS evaluation criteria and impact factors of Web 2.0 from both a practical setting and an internal organisational perspective. An interesting finding of this study was the contrast between the agreement on the need for evaluation of Web 2.0 tools and how to carry that out, and the fact that this had not been formally carried out by the case study with respect to its early Web 2.0 projects. This study concludes that a combined analysis of the evaluation and impact factors rather than a singular approach would better assist the decision making process that leads to effective application of Web 2.0 technologies. Keywords: e-Government, Web 2.0, Information Systems Evaluation, Impact, Local Government Authorities (LGAs).
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Melendez, Sandra J. "The role of the Campus Technologist in diffusing innovation at a Central Texas high school." Scholarly Commons, 2009. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2385.
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This study examines the role of the Campus Technologist in diffusing innovation at the Central Texas High School. The study defines the CT position, its evolution and the effects of the position on the diffusion of innovation. The study further examines the relationship of the CT with the facilitation, infusion and integration of technology in the classroom at the Central Texas High School. Interview and survey data from both the CT and the faculty provided insight and findings that indicate the role of the CT has evolved. The evolution of the CT position was found to be characterized as three distinct roles a pedagogy specialist, a content specialist and a technology specialist. The study also investigated teacher perception, utilization frequencies and data patterns in relationship to the role of the CT at the Central Texas High School. Finally, the study examined technology integration in the classroom and provided findings in a frequency distribution of technology application practices and integration applications by teachers in their classrooms at the Central Texas High School.
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Stewart, Khadija. "Emerging technologies involving networks /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1212793141&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Butterworth, Michael E. "Theater Education and Emerging Technologies." ScholarWorks, 2000. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7.
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Theater educators need compelling arguments for including the use of emerging technologies in the secondary theater classroom. The research documents the current uses of emerging technologies in the secondary theater classroom and contrasts the uses of traditional theater technologies with the uses of emerging technologies. Interviews with theater professionals identify current issues and practices in the theater community regarding the usage of technology.
A telephone survey of theater teachers reveals patterns of technology use in the Seattle School District. The research concludes that theater teachers have many tools at their disposal to teach students the processes of artistic problem solving and the tools of technology are one of those very compelling and powerful tools.
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Butz, Peter, and Bernhard Tauscher. "Emerging Technologies Towards Food Preservation." Revista de Química, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100669.
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Newell, Troy W. "Emerging Concrete Technologies: Architectural Implications." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1428069190.
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VACCA, MARCO. "Emerging Technologies - NanoMagnets Logic (NML)." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2507366.
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In the last decades CMOS technology has ruled the electronic scenario thanks to the constant scaling of transistor sizes. With the reduction of transistor sizes circuit area decreases, clock frequency increases and power consumption decreases accordingly.
However CMOS scaling is now approaching its physical limits and many believe that CMOS technology will not be able to reach the end of the Roadmap. This is mainly due to increasing difficulties in the fabrication process, that is becoming very expensive, and to the unavoidable impact of leakage losses, particularly thanks to
gate tunnel current.
In this scenario many alternative technologies are studied to overcome the limitations of CMOS transistors. Among these possibilities, magnetic based technologies, like NanoMagnet Logic (NML) are among the most interesting. The reason of this
interest lies in their magnetic nature, that opens up entire new possibilities in the design of logic circuits, like the possibility to mix logic and memory in the same device. Moreover they have no standby power consumption and potentially a much lower power consumption of CMOS transistors.
In literature NML logic is well studied and theoretical and experimental proofs of
concept were already found. However two important points are not enough considered in the analysis approach followed by most of the work in literature. First of all, no complex circuits are analyzed. NML logic is very different from CMOS technologies, so to completely understand the potential of this technology it is mandatory
to investigate complex architectures. Secondly, most of the solutions proposed do not take into account the constraints derived from fabrication process, making them unrealistic and difficult to be fabricated experimentally.
This thesis focuses therefore on NML logic keeping into account these two important limitations in the research approach followed in literature. The aim is to obtain a complete and accurate overview of NML logic, finding realistic circuital solutions and trying to improve at the same time their performance. After a brief and complete introduction (Chapter 1), the thesis is divided in two parts, which cover the two fundamental points followed in this three years of research: A circuits
architecture analysis and a technological analysis.
In the architecture analysis first an innovative VHDL model is described in Chapter 2. This model is extensively used in the analysis because it allows fast simulation of complex circuits, with, at the same time, the possibility to estimate circuit per-
formance, like area and power consumption. In Chapter 3 the problem of signals
synchronization in complex NML circuits is analyzed and solved, using as benchmark a simple but complete NML microprocessor. Different solutions based on asynchronous logic are studied and a new asynchronous solution, specifically designed to exploit the potential of NML logic, is developed. In Chapter 4 the layout of NML circuits is studied on a more physical level, considering the limitations of fabrication processes. The layout of NML circuits is therefore changed accordingly
to these constraints. Secondly CMOS circuits architectures are compared to more simple architectures, evaluating therefore which one is more suited for NML logic. Finally the problem of interconnections in NML technology is analyzed and solutions to improve it are found. In Chapter 5 the problem of feedback signals in heavy
pipelined technologies, like NML, is studied. Solutions to improve performances and synchronize signals are developed. Systolic arrays are then analyzed as possible candidate to exploit NML potential. Finally in Chapter 6 ToPoliNano, a simulator dedicated to NML and other emerging technologies, that we are developing, is
described. This simulator allows to follow the same top-down approach followed for CMOS technology. The layout generator and the simulation engine are detailed described.
In the first chapter of the technological analysis (Chapter 7), the performance of NML logic is explored throughout low level simulations. The aim is to understand if these circuits can be fabricated with optical lithography, allowing therefore the
commercial development of NML logic. Basic logic gates and the clock system are there analyzed from a low level perspective. In Chapter 8 an innovative electric clock system for NML technology is shown and the first experimental results are reported. This clock system allows to achieve true low power for NML technology, obtaining a reduction of power consumption of 20 times considering the best CMOS transistors available. This power consumption takes into account all the losses, also
the clock system losses. Moreover the solution presented can be fabricated with current technological processes.
The research work behind this thesis represents an important breakthrough in NML logic. The solutions here presented allow the design and fabrication of complex NML circuits, considering the particular characteristics of this technology and
considerably improving the performance. Moreover the technological solutions here
presented allow the design and fabrication of circuits with available fabrication process with a considerable advantage over CMOS in terms of power consumption. This thesis represents therefore a considerable step froward in the study and development of NML technology.
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Valentine, Albert R. "Leveraging emerging technologies in Southern Thailand." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FValentine.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Aurel Croissant, James F. Ehlert. Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-136). Also available online.
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Burkholder, Gary A. "Existing and emerging maritime surveillance technologies." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA304832.
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Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1995.<br>"September 1995." Thesis advisor(s): Phillip E. Pace. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Engebrethson, Ryan. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ERP EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/739.
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This Master's Thesis compares technologies used in the architecture of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems to evaluate the benefits and advantages of emerging technologies. The emerging technologies, Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Multi-Tenancy, could significantly alter the current ERP space and become a primary part of ERP Systems of the future. A survey was sent to industry professionals to obtain feedback on their company's ERP Systems and to collect their comments on these new technologies. The survey results and related analysis show that Emerging Cloud ERP Systems outperform Traditional Legacy ERP Systems in all important characteristics - Accessibility, Business Cost, Implementation Time, Mobility, Scalability, Upgradability, and Usability. Cloud Systems were also found to have a shorter implementation time and a larger proportion of Cloud Systems were on the most recent version of software. Furthermore, industry professionals identified Cloud Computing, SaaS and Mobility as the emerging technologies of the coming decade. This thesis demonstrates that there are significant benefits for companies to use ERP Systems that use the emerging technologies and that the shift to Cloud ERP Systems has begun.
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De, Angelis Jordan. "Melanin biopigments' characterization for emerging sustainable technologies." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.
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Le melanine sono biopigmenti di colore nero-marrone, ampliamente presenti in natura e comunemente conosciute per la colorazione dei capelli e degli occhi e per le funzioni biologiche che svolgono all’interno dell’organismo umano.
Nel corso degli anni, le melanine hanno suscitato sempre maggior interesse nella comunità scientifica a causa delle loro particolari proprietà fisiche e chimiche: le proprietà di foto-protezione e conduzione elettrica, le caratteristiche antiossidanti e di chelazione metallica la rendono un candidato molto interessante per possibili applicazioni in campo tecnologico. D’altra parte, le melanine sono costituite da un sistema chimico estremamente complesso e difficilmente trattabile, molti dei loro fondamentali principi di funzionamento sono ancora materia di studio.
Il progetto di tesi di seguito illustrato si è sviluppato all’interno di due sotto-progetti entrambi volti alla caratterizzazione del biopigmento. Il primo ha avuto come obbiettivo lo studio dei meccanismi di aggregazione delle sue unità costituenti sottoforma di thin film, per poi analizzarne le caratteristiche di conduzione elettrica in condizioni di vuoto.
Con il secondo progetto sono state studiate le proprietà di assorbimento della radiazione e le caratteristiche antiossidanti dell’eumelanina investigando il suo funzionamento come sostituto bio-sourced ai comuni UV-absorber all’interno dei polimeri utilizzati nell’industria del packaging.
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Fountanas, Leonidas. "An assessment of emerging wireless broadband technologies." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401101.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2001.<br>"December 2001." Thesis advisor(s): Bert Lundy. Cover title: An assessment of emerging wireless broadband technolofies. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75). Also available online.
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Bennett, W. E. "Construction equipment emerging technologies: fuzzy logic controllers." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25784.
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Tadikonda, Kalyan Raghava 1966. "Fuel cells : manufacturing strategy for emerging technologies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44604.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2001.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76).<br>Firms attempting to commercialize emerging technologies face unique challenges. Strategy making is one of the major challenges especially when the industry structure is embryonic. In this environment, it is important not only to remain flexible to accommodate the evolving market demands, but also to develop the infrastructure to respond to target markets quickly. This thesis presents a framework for developing a manufacturing strategy for emerging technologies and provides a case study for utilizing the model within fuel cell industry. The thesis develops a framework for manufacturing strategy, which includes four phases that lead to product introduction and capacity· expansion for the company to rapidly ramp up production if the product generates high demand. As further market information and customer input are obtained after product introduction, the different phases can be iterated to achieve low cost, high volume manufacturing for full commercialization. This framework was applied to understand International Fuel Cells business plan for residential/light commercial fuel cell commercialization, perform cost analysis on the product, identify core components, assess options for supplier development, determine operations requirements and examine options for capacity expansion. The business plan provided input into the project volumes of production. The production volumes were utilized to perform cost analysis. Cost analysis was used to identify potential technological breakthroughs that would render fuel cells competitive with existing technologies for power generation and transportation. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) was utilized to identify core subsystems and components. The different supply chain options and the applicable options for each of the core components were identified. These analyses provided insight into the components that needed investments for technology development. Operation requirements were estimated and capacity expansion options discussed. These options provided insight into the potential investments required. in the near term for residential fuel cell commercialization.<br>by Kalyan Raghava Tadikonda.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A.
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Oyeniya, Atinuke Adebisi. "Certification challenges for emerging technologies in aviation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118532.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2018.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72).<br>Over the last decade the aerospace industry has seen a shift in traditional architectures of an aircraft. The desire for aircraft to be lighter, more efficient, quieter, faster, and cheaper has driven trends across the industry. These trends look for ways to accomplish what many other industries such as automotive have done which is a complete transformation of the "normal." The shift has created an advanced architecture for aircraft and therefore requires a new view on certification. The traditional approach for certification is pretty straightforward since majority of aircraft have been the same over several years with minor changes in sub level aircraft systems. Aircraft manufacturers in combination with suppliers develop concepts for new or improved aircraft, requirements are outlined and implemented based on aviation authority regulations, and eventually the aircraft receives a certificate declaring the safety of the aircraft design and production. In fairness, the traditional standard approach to aircraft certification has worked. Aircraft are safer than ever and data shows a sharp decline in aviation accidents over the years. However, with changes in technology what use to be the "normal" architecture is changing significantly and the desire for the industry to be more agile both play a role in the need to view certification slightly different. The main objective of certification has been, is, and will always be safety. This thesis proposes a framework on how to approach certification of new technologies. Perhaps the two most important elements in the framework are the proposal of a threshold utilizing the technology infusion effort equation to gage the significance of a change in architecture and the proactive safety analysis utilizing a new kind of technique called STPA. The framework is developed based on an in-depth outline of the traditional certification process and a review of the historical development of safety regulations. Two parts of the proposed framework are then applied and analyzed based on the more electric aircraft concept.<br>by Atinuke Adebisi Oyeniya.<br>S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Hall, Courtney D. "The Role of Emerging Technologies in Rehabilitation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/583.
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Andonova, Veneta Stefanova. "Communication technologies: commercial adoption and institutional environment." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7336.
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Esta tesis contribuye a varios campos del conocimiento. Primero, en ella se estudia el efecto ambiguo que la tecnología de Internet tiene en la estructura de costes de transacción en el caso de las ventas al por menor. En segundo lugar, esta tesis estudia empíricamente que factores determinan la adopción de la tecnología de Internet y la telefonía celular a nivel mundial desde 1980. Se demuestra que las diferencias entre países están determinadas en gran medida por el clima de inversión que afecta los incentivos de adoptar tecnologías basadas en activos específicos. Finalmente de desarrolla y pone a prueba una teoría que relaciona los sistemas electorales y las configuraciones de gobierno con la protección de los derechos de propiedad. Se propone un modelo, que establece una relación negativa entre el número de instituciones de toma de decisión consensual y el grado de protección de los derechos de propiedad.<br>This research contributes to several fields of knowledge. It studies the ambiguous effects that the Internet has on the transaction costs structure in the case of retailing. Next, it presents an empirical study of the determinants of worldwide Internet and cellular phone penetration levels since 1980. It is shown that cross-country differences in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) are to a considerable extent due to differences in investment climate, which determines the incentives to adopt technologies based on site-specific assets. Finally, this thesis develops and tests a theory regarding the effect that electoral formats and government configurations have on the degree of property rights protection. A formal model is presented, which establishes a negative relationship between the number of institutions of consensual collective decision-making and the degree of property rights protection.
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Zaglia, Rachele <1996>. "The implications of the IFRS adoption in emerging economies." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/19086.
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The study analyses the effects of the adoption of IFRS Standards on emerging economies. In the first section, the study analyses the development of the IASB and the rapid increase of the number of jurisdictions that have adopted, with a particular focus on the Emerging Economies Group and the different types of adoption methods within the group. The second part of the study focuses on the literature review, here the study evaluates theoretical studies that look at the adoption and at the consequences of such from an institutional perspective. The second segment of the literature review focuses on empirical study and their analysis of economic effects on GDP and FDI caused by the adoption of IFRS. Lastly, the paper analyses GDP and FDI development indicators for the jurisdictions members of the Emerging Economies group in order to understand the economic implications of the adoption in these countries.
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Saénger, Jonathan, Sahlin Marcus, and Uhler Chris. "Adoption of Disruptive Technologies : Exploratory research into consumer attitude formation regarding Bitcoin adoption." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104765.
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Attitudes are based on motivations and are formed in anticipation that the person will handle similar information at a later date. Attitudes are, therefore, necessary collections of pre-determined behavioral intents toward certain information (Solomon et al., 2016). Attitudes and their underlying functions form using a hierarchical structure where certain elements hold the primacy of effect over the remainder. These elements affect, behavior, and cognition as presented by Solomon and colleagues (Solomon et al., 2016). This study aims to explore how investors form attitudes towards the adoption of unfamiliar attitude objects, specifically when confronted with communications regarding Bitcoin adoption. The reason for this study is threefold; firstly, congruent academia has only conducted temperature checks on already established attitudes towards Bitcoin from diverse crowds in a spread of non-western cultures (Gagarina et al., 2019; Anser et al., 2020). Secondly, the aforementioned studies incorporated loosely defined sample groups. Understanding technology adoption, following the theories of Rogers (1995), requires that inaugural research is done on those who are most likely to adopt the technology. Lastly, congruent research has yet to tackle attitude formation on Bitcoin as an asset. Established research all commit to researching already established attitudes on a less niched sample (Gagarina et al., 2019; Yoo et al., 2020). The conclusion of said studies found thematic, contextual antecedents to why certain participants had certain attitudes. However, these studies do not explore the underlying hierarchy or function of said attitudes. To fill such a gap, a study following a deductive, exploratory nature was developed. Through thematic coding of qualitative interviews, this study contributes to the existing literature in two aspects: first, active Swedish investors rely on affective reasoning when faced with this particular unfamiliar attitude object. Second, such affective reasoning is most likely a result of participants defaulting to the grouping of information within the knowledge function, as no cognitive baseline (in the form of understanding price developments in Bitcoin) could be established. The general attitude formation followed an affective dominant, low-involvement hierarchy created through the knowledge function.
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Tan, Boon Kiat. "Combining lasers with emerging technologies for minimal processing." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433621.
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Gautam, Sanjay Kumar S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Healthcare market outlook and emerging technologies in India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100375.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, February 2015.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (page 77).<br>Usage in information technology (IT) have improved efficiency and quality in many industries. Healthcare has not been one of them. Although some administrative IT systems, such as those for billing, scheduling, and inventory management, are already in place in the healthcare industry, little adoption of clinical IT, such as Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR-S) and Clinical Decision Support tools, has occurred. India's healthcare information technology market is slow with technology adoption but there is little traction shown in last couple of years. This growth is expected to hit US $1.45 billion in 2018, more than three times the US $381.3 million reached in 2012. The increase in adoption of electronic health records, mHealth, telemedicine, and Web-based services has made electronic patient data expand, necessitating the implementation of robust IT systems in Indian healthcare institutions. Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care. Diffusion of IT in health care is generally low (varying, however, with the application and setting) but surveys indicate that providers plan to increase their investments. Drivers of investment in IT include the promise of quality and efficiency gains. Barriers include the cost and complexity of IT implementation, which often necessitates significant work process and cultural changes. Given IT's potential, both the private and public sectors have engaged in numerous efforts to promote its use within and across health care settings. Delivering quality health care requires providers and patients to integrate complex information from many different sources. Thus, increasing the ability of physicians, nurses, clinical technicians, and others to readily access and use the right information about their patients should improve care. The purpose of this thesis is to assess the current state of healthcare in India and specifically look into the emerging technology trends in healthcare IT. During analysis secondary data has been used. Various articles and research papers published in national and international journals are used. India is hub of IT and its use is increasing in health sector.<br>by Sanjay Kumar Gautam.<br>S.M. in Engineering and Management
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Herren, Steven M. (Steven Matthew) 1971. "Developing strategies to capture value from emerging technologies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34768.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2004.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101).<br>The development of fundamentally new technology requires companies to carefully consider how they intend to profit from the commercialization of their ideas. Because companies pursuing disruptive innovations require new organizational capabilities and are often pushing into new markets with unproven technology, they must become masters in dealing with uncertainty. This thesis attempts to provide a holistic and rigorous process to systematically develop and evaluate options for profiting from the commercialization of disruptive technologies that are currently in the limited application stage of development. This thesis reviews the basic elements of technology commercialization, existing approaches to the value capture phase of technology strategy, the fundamental stages of the product development process, and the role of real options theory in addressing uncertainty. The author's experiences with the hydrogen industry provided further insight into the key difficulties in developing strategic options to capture value from the commercialization of disruptive technology. These difficulties include market and technical uncertainty, the infancy of the value chain, capabilities development, the development and valuation of specific strategic options, and the role of established processes, structure and culture of existing companies. This thesis describes a two part process to addressing these difficulties. The macro level process guides the company's strategy development process by emphasizing emergent strategy, the transition to complementary assets, and a focus on navigating the limited application phase of technology commercialization. The product specific strategy provides a rigorous process for exploring the value chain<br>(cont.) identifying sources of uncertainty, and developing specific options for capturing value from the disruptive innovation while emphasizing sound product development practices and requirements. This thesis builds upon the author's experiences at ChevronTexaco to illustrate the application of these concepts. In one case study, the product specific process is applied to the development of a stationary engine emissions control device. The application of this process revealed or verified significant product development risks while emphasizing that the target segment of the value chain was unlikely to be highly profitable. In another case study, a real options analysis is performed to examine the value of ChevronTexaco developing a near term limited manufacturing capability that would provide future strategic flexibility. The analysis demonstrated how an internal manufacturing capability might improve the probability of profiting from the commercialization of hydrogen fuel processing technology.<br>by Steven M. Herren.<br>S.M.<br>M.B.A.
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Peace, Collin. "Implications of Emerging Technologies on the Accounting Profession." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/616.
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Automation recently implemented for some and awaiting to be implemented for others is set to revolutionize the field of accounting, as well as the roles and responsibilities of those who work in it. This study will present and analyze the impacts of current emerging technologies on the accounting profession through first-hand interviews with current accounting professionals. Secondary data obtained will provide the reader with the proper context and background of these technologies, while the primary data acquired from the interviews will explain the implications such technologies will have or are currently having in their respective companies/firms. The results of this study are meant to further inform, educate, and provide clarity as to what current or aspiring accounting professionals can expect as they venture into a transformed accounting landscape.
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Linford, John Christian. "Accelerating Atmospheric Modeling Through Emerging Multi-core Technologies." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27599.
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The new generations of multi-core chipset architectures achieve unprecedented levels of computational power while respecting physical and economical constraints. The cost of this power is bewildering program complexity. Atmospheric modeling is a grand-challenge problem that could make good use of these architectures if they were more accessible to the average programmer. To that end, software tools and programming methodologies that greatly simplify the acceleration of atmospheric modeling and simulation with emerging multi-core technologies are developed. A general model is developed to simulate atmospheric chemical transport and atmospheric chemical kinetics. The Cell Broadband Engine Architecture (CBEA), General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs), and homogeneous multi-core processors (e.g. Intel Quad-core Xeon) are introduced. These architectures are used in case studies of transport modeling and kinetics modeling and demonstrate per-kernel speedups as high as 40x. A general analysis and code generation tool for chemical kinetics called "KPPA" is developed. KPPA generates highly tuned C, Fortran, or Matlab code that uses every layer of heterogeneous parallelism in the CBEA, GPGPU, and homogeneous multi-core architectures. A scalable method for simulating chemical transport is also developed. The Weather Research and Forecasting Model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) is accelerated with these methods with good results: real forecasts of air quality are generated for the Eastern United States 65% faster than the state-of-the-art models.<br>Ph. D.
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Del, Pozo-Insfran David. "Emerging technologies and strategies to enhance anthocyanin stability." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013606.
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Turkyilmaz, Ogun. "Emerging 3D technologies for efficient implementation of FPGAs." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENT091/document.
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La complexité croissante des systèmes numériques amène les architectures reconfigurable telles que les Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) à être très fortement demandés en raison de leur facilité de (re)programmabilité et de leurs faibles coûts non récurrents (NRE). La re-configurabilité est réalisée grâce à de nombreux point mémoires de configuration. Cette re-configurabilité se traduit par une extrême flexibilité des applications implémentées et dans le même temps par une perte en surface, en performances et en puissance par rapport à des circuits intégrés spécifiques (ASIC) pour la même fonctionnalité. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons la conception de FPGA avec différentes technologies 3D pour une meilleure efficacité. Nous intégrons les blocs à base de mémoire résistives pour réduire la longueur des fils de routage et pour élargir l'employabilité des FPGAs pour des applications non-volatiles de faible consommation. Parmi les nombreuses technologies existantes, nous nous concentrons sur les mémoires à base d'oxyde résistif (OxRRAM) et les mémoires à pont conducteur (CBRAM) en évaluant les propriétés uniques de ces technologies. Comme autre solution, nous avons conçu un nouveau FPGA avec une intégration monolithique 3D (3DMI) en utilisant des interconnexions haute densité. A partir de deux couches avec l'approche logique-sur-mémoire, nous examinons divers schémas de partitionnement avec l'augmentation du nombre de couches actives intégrées pour réduire la complexité de routage et augmenter la densité de la logique. Sur la base des résultats obtenus, nous démontrons que plusieurs niveaux 3DMI est une alternative solide pour l'avenir de mise à l'échelle de la technologie<br>The ever increasing complexity of digital systems leads the reconfigurable architectures such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) to become highly demanded because of their in-field (re)programmability and low nonrecurring engineering (NRE) costs. Reconfigurability is achieved with high number of point configuration memories which results in extreme application flexibility and, at the same time, significant overheads in area, performance, and power compared to Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) for the same functionality. In this thesis, we propose to design FPGAs with several 3D technologies for efficient FPGA circuits. First, we integrate resistive memory based blocks to reduce the routing wirelength and widen FPGA employability for low-power applications with non-volatile property. Among many technologies, we focus on Oxide Resistive Memory (OxRRAM) and Conductive Bridge Resistive Memory (CBRAM) devices by assessing unique properties of these technologies in circuit design. As another solution, we design a new FPGA with 3D monolithic integration (3DMI) by utilizing high-density interconnects. Starting from two layers with logic-on-memory approach, we examine various partitioning schemes with increased number of integrated active layers to reduce the routing complexity and increase logic density. Based on the obtained results, we demonstrate that multi-tier 3DMI is a strong alternative for future scaling
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Hall, Courtney D., Dara Meldrum, and Susan L. Whitney. "The Role of Emerging Technologies in Vestibular Rehabilitation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/480.
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Book Summary: Recognized as two of the world's leading authorities on the subject, Susan Herdman and Richard Clendaniel, joined by a team of expert contributors, deliver the 4th Edition of the field's definitive text on the management of vestibular diseases and disorders. From assessment through therapy, they present the scientific and clinical knowledge you need to distinguish between vestibular and non-vestibular dizziness and to plan and implement the appropriate treatments.
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Berardi, Davide <1990>. "Security enhancements and flaws of emerging communication technologies." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/10355/1/Davide-Berardi-PhD-Thesis-1652528103.pdf.
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The multi-faced evolution of network technologies ranges from big data centers to specialized network infrastructures and protocols for mission-critical operations. For instance, technologies such
as Software Defined Networking (SDN) revolutionized the world of static configuration of the network - i.e., by removing the distributed and proprietary configuration of the switched networks -
centralizing the control plane. While this disruptive approach is interesting from different points of
view, it can introduce new unforeseen vulnerabilities classes. One topic of particular interest in the
last years is industrial network security, an interest which started to rise in 2016 with the introduction of the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) movement. Networks that were basically isolated by design are now
connected to the internet to collect, archive, and analyze data. While this approach got a lot of momentum due to the predictive maintenance capabilities, these network technologies can be exploited
in various ways from a cybersecurity perspective. Some of these technologies lack security measures
and can introduce new families of vulnerabilities. On the other side, these networks can be used
to enable accurate monitoring, formal verification, or defenses that were not practical before. This
thesis explores these two fields: by introducing monitoring, protections, and detection mechanisms
where the new network technologies make it feasible; and by demonstrating attacks on practical
scenarios related to emerging network infrastructures not protected sufficiently. The goal of this
thesis is to highlight this lack of protection in terms of attacks on and possible defenses enabled
by emerging technologies. We will pursue this goal by analyzing the aforementioned technologies
and by presenting three years of contribution to this field. In conclusion, we will recapitulate the
research questions and give answers to them.
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Urban, Ionut Bogdan. "Essays on Environmental NGOs and Clean Technologies Adoption." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41940.
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Chapter 1. We develop a model of NGO-firm partnerships. An NGO can share environmental expertise with one or two competing firms, and certify their 'clean' production, important for consumers with environmental concerns. The NGO may also obtain funds from a partner firm for an environmental project, important for consumers who derive project participation warm-glow. The NGO benefits from reduced environmental damage and project realization, while firms may gain or avoid loss of profitable custom. This model allows us to understand increasingly common partnerships between firms and NGOs as mutually beneficial in a competitive setting. 'Clean' production and/or the project may be independently viable on the market, supported by consumer preferences. A viable project can then support adoption of a non-viable 'clean' technology, leading to a 'cleaner' market. However, when 'clean' production is viable, we identify a 'dirty' production damage threshold below which the NGO prefers to obtain funds for a non-viable project and partners on production with only one firm, rather than forgo the project and partner on 'clean' production with both firms instead. Moreover, this damage threshold is increasing in consumers' environmental concern, and thus can generate counterintuitive situations: less environmental concern leads to a 'cleaner' market, whereas more concern leads to a 'dirtier' market. Chapter 2. Consumers choosing amongst horizontally-differentiated products (brands) that also embody some degree of an environmental attribute, suffer stigma if they make brown choices. The intensity of that stigmatization is declining in the fraction of other consumers making similarly brown decisions. It is common to suppose that people feeling such stigma would improve environmental outcomes. We show that while the threat of stigma makes it more likely that a consumer will choose the green option from a given menu, it can reduce the incentives for firms to offer green options in the first place. In an asymmetric duopoly setting social stigma can lower or increase the likelihood of clean technology adoption and in plausible circumstances drives the high-cost firm into a 'brown trap' or the low-cost firm into a 'green trap'. While increased competition reduces the 'green trap', it exacerbates the 'brown trap'. Chapter 3. The effect of warm-glow on number of NGOs and welfare is investigated within a charity market with ideologically differentiated public goods. In this setting ideology acts as a warm-glow multiplier on donations and high enough warm-glow can push welfare into negative territory — welfare would be higher if nobody donated. Under first-best we find that an optimal number of NGOs exists even though NGOs have no costs. Under free-entry we obtain the level of warm-glow that would induce the welfare-maximizing number of NGOs to enter. A social planner can determine donor population to behave overall as if they were experiencing the welfare-maximizing level of warm-glow, and thus optimize free-entry welfare, through one of two equivalent and revenue-neutral fiscal policies: by subsidizing/taxing donations either at the source, when the donors make them, or at the destination, when the NGOs receive them.
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Dreshfield, David A. "Federal Regulation of Emerging Technologies and Its Implications for Transhumanist Applications of NBIC Technologies." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/538.
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This paper attempts to chart potential courses for federal regulation of emerging technologies in the United States, and its near-future implications for the development and proliferation of NBIC technologies in a transhumanist context. Drawing on significant regulatory actions by the FDA and FCC throughout the twentieth century, relevant historical regulatory trends are identified and extrapolated broadly across the next two to three decades. The importance of the NBIC paradigm is discussed in detail, alongside several examples of both current and potential NBIC technologies with transhumanist applications. It ultimately concludes that, in spite of recent congressional dysfunctions and lack of political will, the groundwork that has already been laid by major federal regulatory agencies well in advance of the wide commercialization of NBIC products is a promising sign for the eventual establishment of responsible and flexible regulatory schema for NBIC technologies.
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Jebari, Karim. "Crucial Considerations: Essays on the Ethics of Emerging Technologies." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Filosofi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-106268.
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Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct communication between the brain and a machine possible by means of electrical stimuli. This essay reviews the existing and emerging technologies in this field and offers a systematic inquiry into the relevant ethical problems that are likely to emerge in the following decades. Essay II, co-written with professor Sven-Ove Hansson, presents a novel procedure to engage the public in ethical deliberations on the potential impacts of brain machine interface technology. We call this procedure a Convergence seminar, a form of scenario-based group discussion that is founded on the idea of hypothetical retrospection. The theoretical background of this procedure and the results of the five seminars are presented here. Essay III discusses moral enhancement, an instance of human enhancement that alters a person’s dispositions, emotions or behavior in order to make that person more moral. Moral enhancement could be carried out in three different ways. The first strategy is behavioral enhancement. The second strategy, favored by prominent defenders of moral enhancement, is emotional enhancement. The third strategy is the enhancement of moral dispositions, such as empathy and inequity aversion. I argue that we ought to implement a combination of the second and third strategies.<br><p>QC 20121206</p>
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Molloy, D. A. "Optimisation and comparison of emerging technologies for surface engineering." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580097.
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The research described with in this thesis, investigated three surface engineering coatings created by three differing technologies; selectively plated nickel sulfamate, ferritic and austenitic nitrocarburizing and atmospheric plasma sprayed titanium aluminide nano-coating. The microstructures, phase and chemical compositions, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of the three coatings were studied. An important and innovative outcome of this research was the investigation into how heat treatment influenced the structure and properties of the coatings. The influence of processing parameters was also investigated with in this research, with coatings created using varying parameters so that their effect could be measured. Key and new results relating to the as-coated and heated samples were derived by this work, with trends identified by changing the processing parameters identified
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Harshvardhan, M. Eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Improving shipping contracts with the use of emerging technologies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117922.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2018.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "June 2018."<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-80).<br>A set of contracts guides every movement of cargo from one point to another. In this thesis, we focus on the contract between the charterer and the ship-owner in the liquid bulk ocean-shipping market. The contracting process begins with the two parties finding each other suitable and ends with one party being compensated in compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract for meeting a set of considerations. The question we answer is how emerging technologies, primarily Blockchain, can be used to make this process more efficient in terms of time and cost. Our research shows that while there are a considerable cost and time savings possible for certain aspects of the contracting process, there are some problem areas, such as the negotiations, that cannot be solved with the help of existing technology. We also conclude that the proposed solution needs to offer an end-to-end contract and document management tool rather than just being an improvement for one particular step in the process. An industry-wide consortium led Blockchain-based solution has potential to find wide acceptability and impact in terms of increased efficiency.<br>by Harshvardhan.<br>M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management
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Murrillo, Marilyn. "Faculty adaptation to emerging instructional technologies in higher education." Scholarly Commons, 2019. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3589.
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This study examined how and why faculty adopt podcasting as an instructional technology tool in their teaching. Podcasting is an instructional technology tool being used for teaching and learning in higher education. Faculty may record lectures with audio, video, and/or PowerPoint slides to instruct students on class material. Students may access podcasts at their convenience through various devices, including mobile devices and computers. Research has shown that students who use podcasts to study for tests tend to perform more successfully on tests. This study was a qualitative multiple case study of seven California community college faculty using podcasting as an instructional technology in their teaching. Email and telephone interviews were conducted to obtain data for this study. Rogers’ diffusion of innovations theory, and specifically the perceived attributes of innovation and their rate of adoption, was the theoretical framework used in this study to help explain how faculty develop attitudes and behavior toward podcasting as a teaching tool in higher education and to provide a context for faculty adoption of podcasting as a teaching tool in higher education. This study revealed seven themes that informed how and why faculty adopt podcasting in their teaching, as well as constraints to adopting podcasting. The seven themes identified in this research using Rogers’ perceived attributes of diffusion of innovations framework and their rate of adoption (PADIRA) are: (a) Apprehension, (b) Flexibility, (c) Organization, (d) Personal Gratification, (e) Student Outcomes, (f) Technological Capacity, and (g) Training. Given the demonstrated potential of podcasting technology for enhancing teaching and learning, this study of perceived benefits and constraints faced by California community college instructors when adopting podcasting in their classroom teaching has provided insights into instructional technology adaptation issues in higher education.
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Abanda, Fonbeyin Henry. "Knowledge modelling of emerging technologies for sustainable building development." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2011. https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/d8e77b5c-04e1-4fdb-8fd5-1574deab180f/1/.
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In the quest for improved performance of buildings and mitigation of climate change, governments are encouraging the use of innovative sustainable building technologies. Consequently, there is now a large amount of information and knowledge on sustainable building technologies over the web. However, internet searches often overwhelm practitioners with millions of pages that they browse to identify suitable innovations to use on their projects. It has been widely acknowledged that the solution to this problem is the use of a machine-understandable language with rich semantics - the semantic web technology. This research investigates the extent to which semantic web technologies can be exploited to represent knowledge about sustainable building technologies, and to facilitate system decision-making in recommending appropriate choices for use in different situations. To achieve this aim, an exploratory study on sustainable building and semantic web technologies was conducted. This led to the use of two most popular knowledge engineering methodologies - the CommonKADS and "Ontology Development 101" in modelling knowledge about sustainable building technology and PV -system domains. A prototype system - Photo Voltaic Technology ONtology System (PV -TONS) - that employed sustainable building technology and PV -system domain knowledge models was developed and validated with a case study. While the sustainable building technology ontology and PV -TONS can both be used as generic knowledge models, PV -TONS is extended to include applications for the design and selection of PV -systems and components. Although its focus was on PV -systems, the application of semantic web technologies can be extended to cover other areas of sustainable building technologies. The major challenges encountered in this study are two-fold. First, many semantic web technologies are still under development and very unstable, thus hindering their full exploitation. Second, the lack of learning resources in this field steepen the learning curve and is a potential set-back in using semantic web technologies.
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Martins, Mayler Gama Alvarenga. "Applications of functional composition for CMOS and emerging technologies." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/164452.
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Os avanços da indústria de semicondutores nas últimas décadas foram baseados fortemente na contínua redução de tamanho dos dispositivos CMOS fabricados. Os usos de dispositivos CMOS dependem profundamente da lógica de portas E/OU/INV. À medida que os dispositivos CMOS estão atingindo oslimites fisicos, pesquisadores aumento esforço para prolongar a vida útil da tecnologia CMOS. Também é necessário investigar dispositivos alternativos, que em muitos casos implicam no uso de operações lógicas básicas diferentes. Como as ferramentas comerciais de síntese não são capazes de manipular eficientemente estas tecnologias Esta tese de doutorado foca em produzir algoritmos eficientes para projeto de circuitos tanto em CMOS quanto em novas tecnologias, integrando estes algorithmos em fluxos de projeto. Para esta tarefa, aplicamos a técnica da composição functional, para sintetizar eficiente tanto em CMOS quanto em tecnologias emergentes. A composição funcional é uma abordagem de síntese de baixo para cima, provendo flexibilidade para implementar algoritmos com resultados ótimos ou sub-ótimos para diferentes tecnologias. A fim de investigar como a composição funcional se compara às abordagens de síntese estado-da-arte, propomos aplicar esse paradigma de síntese em seis cenários diferentes. Dois deles se concentram em circuitos baseados em CMOS e outros quatro em circuitos baseados em tecnologias emergentes. Em relação a circuitos baseados em CMOS, investigamos a composição funcional para fatoração de funções multi-saídas, aplicadas em um fluxo de resíntese. Também manipulamos funções aproximadas, a fim de sintetizar módulos de redundância tripla aproximada. No que diz respeito as tecnologias emergentes, exploramos a composição funcional através de diodos spintrônicos e outras abordagens promissoras com base em diferentes implementações de lógica: a lógica de limiar, lógica majoritária e lógica de implicação. Resultados apresentam uma melhoria considerável em relação aos métodos estadoda- arte tanto para aplicações CMOS quanto aplicações de tecnologias emergentes, demonstrando a capacidade de lidar com diferentes tecnologias e mostrando a possibilidade de melhorar tecnologias ainda não exploradas.<br>The advances in semiconductor industry over the last decades have been strongly based on continuous scaling down of dimensions in manufactured CMOS devices. The use of CMOS devices profoundly relies on AND/OR/Inverter logic. As the CMOS scaling is reaching its physical limits, researchers increase the effort to prolong the CMOS life. Also, it is necessary to investigate alternative devices, which in many cases implies the use of different basic logic operations. As the commercial synthesis tools are not able to handle these technologies efficiently, there is an opportunity to research alternative logic implementations better suited for these new devices. This thesis focuses on presenting efficient algorithms to design circuits in both CMOS and new technologies while integrating these algorithms into regular design flows. For this task, we apply the functional composition technique, to efficiently synthesize both CMOS and emerging technologies. The functional composition is a bottom-up synthesis approach, providing flexibility to implement algorithms with optimal or suboptimal results for different technologies. To investigate how the functional composition compares to the state-of-the-art synthesis methods, we propose to apply this synthesis paradigm into six different scenarios. Two of them focus on CMOS-based circuits, and other four are based on emerging technologies. Regarding CMOSbased circuits, we investigate functional composition to investigate multi-output factorization in a circuit resynthesis flow. Also, we manipulate approximate functions to synthesize approximate triple modular redundancy (ATMR) modules. Concerning emerging technologies, we explore functional composition over spin-diode circuits and other promising approaches based on different logic implementations: threshold logic, majority logic, and implication logic. Results present a considerable improvement over the state-of-the-art methods for both CMOS and emerging technologies applications, demonstrating the ability to handle different technologies and showing the possibility to improve technologies not explored yet.
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Feinstein, David Dov Yehuda. "Computer-aided-design methods for emerging quantum computing technologies." Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3303775.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Computer Engineering)--S.M.U.<br>Title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 16, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-03, Section: B, page: 1733. Adviser: Mitchell A. Thornton. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ram, Mohan Nethra Mettuchetty. "Emerging technologies in architectural visualization implementation strategies for practice /." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2003. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04072003-164447.
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Govindaraj, Rekha. "Emerging Non-Volatile Memory Technologies for Computing and Security." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7674.
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With CMOS technology scaling reaching its limitations rigorous research of alternate and competent technologies is paramount to push the boundaries of computing. Spintronic and resistive memories have proven to be effective alternatives in terms of area, power and performance to CMOS because of their non-volatility, ability for logic computing and easy integration with CMOS. However, deeper investigations to understand their physical phenomenon and improve their properties such as writability, stability, reliability, endurance, uniformity with minimal device-device variations is necessary for deployment as memories in commercial applications. Application of these technologies beyond memory and logic are investigated in this thesis i.e. for security of integrated circuits and systems and special purpose memories. We proposed a spintonic based special purpose memory for search applications, present design analysis and techniques to improve the performance for larger word lengths upto 256 bits. Salient characteristics of RRAM is studied and exploited in the design of widely accepted hardware security primitives such as Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) and True Random Number Generators (TRNG). Vulnerability of these circuits to adversary attacks and countermeasures are proposed. Proposed PUF can be implemented within 1T-1R conventional memory architecture which offers area advantages compared to RRAM memory and cross bar array PUFs with huge number of challenge response pairs. Potential application of proposed strong arbiter PUF in the Internet of things is proposed and performance is evaluated theoretically with valid assumptions on the maturity of RRAM technology. Proposed TRNG effectively utilizes the random telegraph noise in RRAM current to generate random bit stream. TRNG is evaluated for sufficient randomness in the random bit stream generated. Vulnerability and countermeasures to adversary attacks are also studied. Finally, in thesis we investigated and extended the application of emerging non-volatile memory technologies for search and security in integrated circuits and systems.
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Ragni, Matteo. "Intelligent Manufacturing - Engaging Industry 4.0 Challenges through Emerging Technologies." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/367948.
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The Industry 4.0 challenge is to exploit the synergy of different technologies in order to achieve the results required by its specifications. This chapter presents: (a) the state of the art in Augmented Reality applied to industrial engineering and manufacturing machines, (b) insights on the implementation of optimal feed-rate interpolation for computer numerical control machine tools, (c) an application of knowledge-based techniques such as computer algebra systems in the implementation of solvers for optimal control problems, and (d) challenges in the application of artificial neural networks to the massive amount of unlabeled data available in the industrial practice. It is shown how these topics, wich may appear as distant one from each other, play a central and correlated role in the Industry 4.0.
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Ragni, Matteo. "Intelligent Manufacturing - Engaging Industry 4.0 Challenges through Emerging Technologies." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2018. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2951/1/wrapper.pdf.
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The Industry 4.0 challenge is to exploit the synergy of different technologies in order to achieve the results required by its specifications. This chapter presents: (a) the state of the art in Augmented Reality applied to industrial engineering and manufacturing machines, (b) insights on the implementation of optimal feed-rate interpolation for computer numerical control machine tools, (c) an application of knowledge-based techniques such as computer algebra systems in the implementation of solvers for optimal control problems, and (d) challenges in the application of artificial neural networks to the massive amount of unlabeled data available in the industrial practice. It is shown how these topics, wich may appear as distant one from each other, play a central and correlated role in the Industry 4.0.
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Coon, Julie Kiernan. "The adoption of crime prevention technologies in public schools /." Cincinnati, Ohio University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1109026986.
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Vosmer, Corinne. "Payer-mix and the adoption of health information technologies." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2007. http://dspace.wrlc.org/handle/1961/4133.
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Banks, Nick. "Cultural values and the adoption of energy efficient technologies." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322972.
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Vaiknoras, Kate Alyse. "Three Essays on Adoption and Impact of Agricultural Technologies." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95552.
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This dissertation is composed of three essays examining adoption and impact of agricultural technologies. The first two papers estimate adoption and impact of iron-biofortified bean varieties in Rwanda. These varieties are bred to have high iron content and high yields to improve the health and livelihoods of rural households. The third essay estimates the spillover effects of seed producer groups (SPGs) in Nepal on nearby non-SPG member households. These SPGs were established to produce and sell stress tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) and other improved rice varieties and were trained on a number of improved management practices for rice cultivation.
The first essay, titled "Promoting rapid and sustained adoption of biofortified crops: What we learned from iron-biofortified bean delivery approaches in Rwanda" uses duration modeling to estimate how a number of delivery approaches designed to distribute iron-biofortified bean varieties to farmers have increased the speed of adoption, reduced the speed of disadoption, and increased the speed of readoption of iron-biofortified bean varieties. We find that these delivery approaches have been very effective at promoting adoption and reducing disadoption. Policy makers can learn lessons from this research regarding distribution of biofortified crops in Rwanda and elsewhere.
The second essay, titled "The impact of iron-biofortified bean adoption on bean productivity, consumption, purchases and sales" examines the impact of adoption of the most popular iron-biofortified bean variety, RWR2245, on adopting households. We use a control function approach with instrumental variables related to iron-biofortified bean delivery approaches to control for selection bias of adoption. We find that adoption increases yield, household bean consumption from own-production, and bean sales while reducing bean purchases. This implies that iron-biofortified bean adoption has a strong potential to improve nutrition and food security of adopting households, as beans make up a large portion of the average Rwandan diet.
The third and final essay, titled "The spillover effects of seed producer groups on non-member households in local communities in Nepal" examines the spillover benefits of SPGs onto non-member farmers in villages with an SPG or are adjacent to a village with an SPG. We find that SPGs have increased adoption of STRVs, improved the seed replacement rate, and increased use of some best management practices among non-members within SPG villages, and have increased adoption of the STRVs in at least one past seasons among non-members in adjacent villages.<br>Doctor of Philosophy<br>This dissertation consists of three essays that examine adoption and impact of agricultural technologies that are designed to help rural households in developing countries improve their livelihoods. The first two papers focus on iron-biofortified bean varieties in Rwanda. These bean varieties have high iron content and are also high yielding. They are designed to combat iron-deficiency within the country. The government of Rwanda distributed the bean varieties to households using a number of different delivery approaches. We study the influence of these approaches and find that households who are closer to them adopt the varieties faster and disadopt the varieties more slowly, indicating that they have been successful in promoting adoption. The second paper of this dissertation studies the impact that one of the iron-biofortified bean varieties has had on adopting households. We find that adoption increases household bean yields and bean consumption from own-production, while reducing bean purchases and increasing the likelihood that a household sells beans. This provides evidence that iron-biofortification improves iron consumption for households that adopt the varieties, because they consume greater quantities of their iron-rich bean harvests, and improves household income through reductions in purchases and increased likelihood of sales. Finally, our third paper examines Seed Producer Groups (SPGs) in Nepal in which member farmers produce and sell rice varieties that are tolerant to drought. We find that for non-SPG members, living in or near a village with an SPG increases their likelihood of growing a drought-tolerant variety. Overall, this dissertation contributes to the literature on adoption and impacts of agricultural technologies and provides useful guidelines for policy makers wishing to promote these and other technologies. This can inform future funding allocation and maximize impacts of development projects.
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COON, JULIE KIERNAN. "THE ADOPTION OF CRIME PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1109026986.
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Nelson, Jodi. "Digital technologies, social media and emerging, alternative documentary production methodologies." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2015. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/54595/.
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My research is a practice-based project involving documentary production and theoretical analysis of emerging forms of documentary and online co-collaboration, exploring paradigm shifts in digital technology particularly in the web-based feminist activism and feminist social praxis. The practice-led research explores new forms of production practices outside traditional methodologies and dissemination. Specifically, by utilizing cheap digital technology tools and working within online social networking platforms the research theoretically analyses what means were available towards online participatory media practices to create new documentary forms. My research aims are therefore to investigate how the new paradigm shifts in digital technology and the democratization of the filmmaking process, through online, collaborative practice, can allow women documentary filmmakers to connect to a global marketplace outside the traditional filmmaking channels. Further, looking at the history of the documentary form, as well as the feminist movement, I am interested in which of the key themes and debates that have characterized their intersection are still important at this moment of changing and emerging technologies. Can new technologies, access to cheap digital tools and collaborative modes of practice help or hinder the creative process of making a digital documentary? In examining the history of feminist filmmaking and the emerging documentary shifts in production offered the opportunity to position my own practice within these traditions and experiment further with online forms of modality. This experiment allowed me to gather empirical data using new media practices (i.e. creation and curation of online and repurposed content, use of new production tools within online spaces) to create a first person, auto-ethnographic narrative on the subject of feminism and online activism. Additionally, my research looks at the theoretical and historical underpinnings surrounding feminist filmmaking, new documentary practices and its implications within new technologies, and the emerging forms of collaborative online modes of practice. Each of these areas will intersect within the three key areas of debate surrounding documentary filmmaking; those of 1) narrativity, 2) witness and 3) ethics. My practice investigates these interactive, participatory modes created with emerging technologies and online audiences and how this is shifting narratives, audience reception and producing new ethical debates around ‘truth' and ‘authenticity' as these lines are continually blurred. Rethinking documentary in the virtual space brings about new challenges to the old debates around evidence, witness and ethics, as it is the product of a more democratic attitude towards practice, distribution and dissemination of its stories. New participatory audiences are now also helping to create the very product they are witnessing. Therefore, creating media within the public sphere can bring about a wealth of new tools, wider contributions to media making and a more global awareness of its dissemination. But it is not without its controversy and challenges. Further, my research looks at how working within this co-collaborative mode, the position of filmmaker as the ‘sole' creator or ‘auteur' comes into question. It discuses the advantages and/or the disadvantages to this approach and in doing so looks at what contributions and challenges an online audience can provide to support the filmmaker that cannot be gained through historical and traditional production and exhibition forms. What once was a higher barrier to entry into the film business is now a more open and online accessibility where anyone can wield a cheap camera or mobile phone device, make a movie and share it on the internet. These newfound democratic practices could potentially disrupt an already complex system of communication practices. However, it could also supply it with a much-needed collective idea bank for tackling global issues and finding sustainable solutions. Within the scope of participatory practices, a first person filmmaker can experience the greatest of democratic freedom within the confines of this process and delivery. The research is supported and conducted through a practice-led film project, web support platform (including blog and social media sites) and published case study. The final output film project around which these questions are posed is entitled: “Single Girl in a Virtual World: What does a 21st Century Feminist Look Like?”. The film's purpose is therefore to engage an online global audience of participants and contributors to the film's narrative thread by asking for contributions within the production, creation and financing of the documentary film. The practice utilizes social networks, crowd funding initiatives, web blogs, viral video, virtual chat interaction and traditional modes of documentary practice in its methodology in an effort to collect data surrounding activity and attempt to answer my research questions at large. The overall objective is to create an online documentary film that exemplifies feminist activism in a new frame through application of documentary modes and new emerging digital media practices.