...Wind Turbine Manufacturers in the U.S.: Locations and Local Impacts WINDPOWER 2010 Conference and Exhibition Dallas, Texas Suzanne Tegen May 26, 2010 NREL/PR-6A2-47913 NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. Challenges to modeling Renewables Renewables represent new industries • Not isolated as an industry in conventional I/O codes Requires detailed knowledge of project costs and industry specific expenditures • Equipment, Engineering, Labor, Permitting, O&M, etc. The Wind JEDI Model • Provides a project basic project recipe for specific RE technologies • Applies Industry Specific Multipliers derived from IMPLAN National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future Jobs and Economic Impacts from the JEDI Model Wind Energy’s Economic Impacts JEDI Model Version W1.09.03e Local Revenue, Turbine, & Supply Chain Impacts Project Development & Onsite Labor Impacts •Construction workers •Management •Administrative support •Cement truck drivers •Road crews •Maintenance workers •Legal and siting •Blades, towers, gear boxes •Boom truck & management, gas and gas station workers; •Supporting businesses, such as bankers financing the construction, contractor, manufacturers and equipment suppliers; •Utilities; •Hardware store purchases and workers, spare parts and their suppliers Induced Impacts Jobs and earnings that...
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...Case Study of Buckman Laboratories 1. According to both articles, which type of culture should be best fit with Buckman Laboratories? Why? (E.g. Goffee and Jones Model) Hint** Evaluated Buckman’s culture by using Schein 3 level of culture. Ans. According to Goffee and Jones Model there is no best type of culture for an organization because it depends on the business environment. For Buckman Laboratories they operated globally and they are multicultural, both senior management and associates are willing to create and share their knowledge as they have high degree of trust towards each other. As a result, our group thinks that a networked culture should be best fit with Buckman Laboratories because the top management believe in their employees, provide them the best knowledge and training courses and allow them to have freedom in doing works to generate innovation. Employees also highly trust in their top management as they are good leaders, they act as knowledge leaderships. The senior leaderships provide them great support in knowledge management, being considerate towards them, immediately solve problems with the employees, and the gap between them is very small as they can easily communicate with each other which make their relationship becomes closer. By using Schein 3 level of culture to evaluated Buckman’s culture, the results are: * Artifacts: Senior management and associates collaborate with each other, work hard and try to improve themselves all the...
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...related to clinical laboratory science as well as medical technology. What is clinical laboratory science: Department of Allied Sciences The occupation regarding clinical laboratory science technology also known as health technology is the medical career that offers more concerning laboratory technology. Thus, this also includes the services that are required for the identification along with healing of an illness. Consequently, the clinical laboratory scientists do execute an assortment of laboratory experiments so as to guarantee that the eminences of the test outcomes are correct. Among the paradigms of laboratory tests performed by the clinical laboratory, scientist do comprise of the discovery of the abnormal cells which leads to leukemia. Thus, the detection of DNA indicators for hereditary illnesses is also a test that is performed by the scientist. The careers that relate to clinical laboratory science do involve clinical laboratory broadness in the health facilities, treatment centers as well as viable laboratories. Another occupation entails of clinical laboratory administrators, directors as well as the supervisors in the health offices that they are stationed (Journal of clinical laboratory science 2015). The careers in clinical laboratory are alternate whereby the professions mentioned above are some of the few careers found in the industry. San Diego University: Biology: Information on becoming a clinical laboratory scientist The clinical laboratory scientist is an...
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...9-603-062 REV. OCTOBER 29, 2002 DOROTHY LEONARD DAVID KIRON Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downsizing at NASA over the last decade through attrition and buyouts has resulted in an imbalance in NASA’s skill mix.1 — The President’s Management Agenda, Fiscal Year 2002 By the end of this decade, many of the most experienced scientists and engineers at NASA and JPL are going to retire. If we don’t have systems in place to retain more of what they know, our institution is going to suffer. — Jeanne Holm, Chief Knowledge Architect for NASA In the spring of 2002, Jeanne Holm, Chief Knowledge Architect for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was giving a tour of JPL. Stopping at a viewing stage above JPL’s mission control center, Holm explained the growing need for knowledge management at NASA: Almost 40% of JPL’s science and engineering workforce is currently eligible for retirement. In just four years, half of NASA’s entire workforce will be eligible. Many of these people are the most experienced project managers—the people who worked on Apollo (the mission to the Moon) and built the first space shuttle. Yet, we have few programs designed to bring their wisdom into our institutional memory. In the past 10 years, the budgets on our missions have been radically reduced, missions have multiplied ten-fold, and our scientists and engineers have been pushed...
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...AFMSA/SG5M: Organization, Structure and Execution Of the Office of Research and Technical Applications Research Paper Sherrilynne Cherry 355 Pueblo Pintado, Helotes, TX 78023 cherry20001@msn.com 210 831-9162 Leadership and Organizational Behavior MGMT 591 Dr. Helen Kueker December 16, 2012 TCO A. Given that people make the difference in how well organizations perform, assess how an understanding of organizational behavior concepts and theories is a useful knowledge base for career success and for improving an organization's effectiveness. TCO E. Given an understanding of the communication process and given specific incidents of communication problems at the dyad, group, or organization level, diagnose the problem and develop a strategy for improving organizational performance through improvement of communication processes. TCO H. Given a requirement of organizational change, apply a framework for managing change, diagnose the forces for and against change in a situation, and recommend strategies for dealing with resistance to change. This project will take a look at the Office of Research and Technology Applications involvement in the AFMS Technology Transfer process. The paper will stress need and the value to ensure that the Air Force’s Intellectual Property is protected. The AFMS ORTA provides the oversight for the technical transfer mechanisms while also ensuring the further development and collaboration of Air Force Inventions are legally executed. ...
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...LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION How to organize team creativity and harvest ideas JOHN ADAIR London and Philadelphia Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or the author. First published in Great Britain in 1990 by the Talbot Adair Press as The Challenge of Innovation This edition published in Great Britain and the United States by Kogan Page Limited in 2007 as Leadership for Innovation Reprinted 2007 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses: 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom www.kogan-page.co.uk © John Adair, 1990, 2007 The right of John...
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...Is technological innovation the main source of all economic development and change? How might differing research and development systems influence the performance of major nations? Introduction Technological innovation has come to be regarded as a central factor upon which success is contingent (Dodgson and Bessant, 1996: 3; Schumpeter, 1943: 83). Not only has it been considered a promise for generating competitive advantage but it has also been prescribed as a remedy for a broad range of managerial problems such as intense competition, globalised marketplace and technology fusion (Eris & Saatcioglu, 2004). Since the middle of the 20th century many theorists have explored the issue of technological innovation and how it influences performance on the national, industry and firm level. This report will firstly, compare the R&D systems of the USA, UK, Germany, Japan and China and then analyse the automobile and semiconductor industries in relation to these systems to show that technological innovation is not the main source of economic development. Technological innovation Various definitions of technological innovation have been devised as part of existing theories. In addition, technology and innovation are often used interchangeably. Throughout this report, however, technological innovation will be regarded as the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts or methods in terms of new products and processes (Porter, 1990; Nelson, 1993). Further, a distinction...
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...http://cactus.eas.asu.edu/partha/Columns/04-16-AccidentInvention.htm Innovation through Accident Audrey was born in October 2000. Audrey was conceived with a lot of fanfare, much ado and of blue blood. She was well planned and conceived with high hopes. She had everything going for her—looks, money, fame, fortune, power, hype, high expectations and a perfect incubation. A scant six month later, Audrey died. Her parents wanted it to be a quiet affair, but it was not. The death of Audrey sent shock waves through the community. How can such a tragedy happen? In case you did not get to know or love Audrey, she was not human. She was a much-hyped breed of gadget called the Internet Appliance. A sleek looking thingamajig with a touch sensitive screen that wanted to adorn your kitchen counter. It is basically a stunted computer. It can surf the web, do basic Email, get stock quotes, check up on the weather, and some limited word processing all for a lot of money ($500 to get started, $22 per month henceforth). Alex was going on a vacation, to take time off from his job of growing bacterial cultures in little Petri dishes. He was studying the effects of mucus on Staph cultures in a somewhat grungy laboratory in London. He forgot to wash up his last batch before he went off, and when he came back two weeks later, he saw an amazing sight. A mold was all over the dish, but all the bacteria were dead. To cut a long story short, Alex, or rather Dr. Alexander Fleming, found...
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...In the chapters The Laboratory and Therapies in Roy Porter’s “Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine” Porter takes us through the development of what is modern medicine. Starting at the beginning of the 18th century, Porter describes the many breakthroughs that have shaped the landscape of today’s medical practice: from the stethoscope to the discovery of DNA’s double helix, to germ theory and the invention of penicillin. Advances in biochemistry, biology, nutrition, and even physics all drove medicine away from being centered around the patient and holistic medicine, and more towards a more structuralized and empirical scientific form of medicine, where diseases were distinct entities that caused malady. Porter also discusses a few of...
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...Question 2 Research at Unilever Research and development ranges from scientific in the laboratories to project implementers. Research is carried out in six laboratories in US, UK, Netherlands, India and China. Nearly half of Unilever’s pipeline of innovations utilizes open innovation. (Source: www.unilever.com) In 2010, 2011 and 2012, the firm’s total costs were €25.89 billion, €27.93 billion and €30.7 billion respectively compared to its expenditure on research and development at € 928 million, €1.009 billion and €1.003 billion respectively.. Hence making R&D budget as percentage of the total budget is 3.5%, 3.6% and 3.3% respectively for the three years. Research at Bamburi Cement Research and innovation is driven by the customers’ needs, hence the close relationship between the research and marketing teams as the firm aims at developing innovative, high performance solutions. (www.lafarge.co.ke) In 2009 and 2010, the firm’s total costs were Ksh 19.179 billion and Ksh 18.457 billion respectively compared to its expenditure on research and innovation at Ksh 89 million and Ksh 173 million respectively.. Hence making R&I budget as percentage of the total budget is 0.5% and 0.9 % respectively for the two years. Question 3 Unilever The United Kingdom government assists firms such as Unilever in R&D through favorable legislation achieved mostly through lobbying as the firm is a member of influential lobby groups such as the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC), government...
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...[pic] Energy moves the modern world. Available, reliable, affordable energy. Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas—have powered immense technological progress. But supplies of fossil fuels are limited, and continued reliance on them may have significant environmental consequences. Fortunately, there are alternatives. The most powerful one is right over our heads. We are bathed in the clean, virtually inexhaustible energy of the sun. Each hour, enough sunlight reaches Earth to meet the world’s energy needs for a year. To harvest this bounty, we need technology that efficiently converts the sun’s energy into forms we can use. Developing this technology is the purpose of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program. Powerful Goals, Powerful Technologies The Solar Energy Technologies Program is part of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The Program’s mission is to improve U.S. security, environmental quality, and economic prosperity through public-private partnerships that bring reliable and affordable solar energy technologies to the marketplace. It supports research and development on a wide range of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal technologies that convert sunlight into useful energy. Photovoltaic Technologies The majority of the Program’s budget is allocated to PV research and development (R&D). All PV devices convert sunlight directly into electricity. However, there...
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...The Future of Cardiovascular Diagnostics THE MARKET, TRENDS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS Extracted on: 20 Apr 2011 Reference Code: BI00021-008 Publication Date: 02 Mar 2010 Publisher: Datamonitor © Datamonitor This content is a licensed product, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, sold, modified or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Datamonitor. The information in this document has been extracted from published research by a registered user of the Datamonitor360 platform. Datamonitor shall not be responsible for any loss of original context and for any changes made to information following its extraction. All information was current at the time of extraction although the original content may have been subsequently updated. Please refer back to the website http://360.datamonitor.com/ to view the most recent content and the original source of the information. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to the facts of all publications. At time of publication no guarantee of accuracy or suitability, whether express or implied, shall attach to this publication (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Please note that the findings, conclusions and recommendations...
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...inventor in American history. He amassed a record 1,093 patents covering key innovations and minor improvements in wide range of fields, including telecommunications, electric power, sound recording, motion pictures, primary and storage batteries, and mining and cement technology. As important, he broadened the notion of invention to encompass what we now call innovation-invention, research, development, and commercialization-and invented the industrial research laboratory. Edison's role as an innovator is evident not only in his two major laboratories at Menlo Park and West Orange in New Jersey but in more than 300 companies formed worldwide to manufacture and market his inventions, many of which carried the Edison name, including some 200 Edison illuminating companies. Early Life Edison was born in 1847 in the canal town of Milan, Ohio, the last of seven children. His mother, Nancy, had been a school teacher; his father, Samuel, was a Canadian political firebrand who was exiled from his country. The family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when Thomas was seven. He attended school briefly but was principally educated at home by his mother and in his father's library. In 1859 Edison began working on a local branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad, selling newspapers, magazines, and candy. At one point he printed a newspaper on the train, and he also conducted chemical experiments in a baggage-car laboratory. By 1862 he had learned enough telegraphy to be employed as an operator in...
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...practical. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corporation (3M) is one of the companies that have successfully implemented differentiated product strategy that gives priority to innovation as a competitive advantage offered. This company believes that innovation to be the cornerstone of 3M’s future success. Current management has continued to embrace and expand these policies and philosophies. That is why researchers interested in evaluating policies and 3 M that philosophy is based on the innovation in the implementation of the strategy of differentiation 2. Motivation Motivation researchers conducted a study of control for differentiated strategies in Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corporation (3M) because the researchers wanted to know more about the factors that influenced the design of the system and also the policies and philosophy rooted in the innovations made by 3M Corporation. By studying and examining the existing policy and philosophy that is rooted in innovation from the company, researchers can get a clearer picture of how to do a proper evaluation and what steps should be taken when problems arise in the future. 3. Research Question Evaluate the policies and philosophies of 3M from the standpoint of helping the company implement its strategy, rooted in innovation. 4. The Aim/Objectivity To provide evaluation policies and philosophies used by the 3M Corporation in implementing the strategy of differentiation that is rooted...
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...The Technological Innovation System Case study on the Danish Wind Energy System Questions 1 and 2: The two most important scientific journals that publish theoretical work on Innovation Systems: The two most important scientific papers are research policy with 330 published articles about innovation systems and technological forecasting and social change with 364 published articles on innovation systems. These two journals have the most articles published on Innovation systems and the biggest journal impact factor. The 3 most cited papers that cite the paper by Malerba, and their main research question: First reference: Geels, F.W. , (2004) From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems: Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory, Research Policy, 33 (6-7), pp. 897-920. (Cited 380 times) Main research question: How can widening the unit of analysis from the sectoral system into an socio-technical system and conceptualize the dynamic interplay between actors, structures and institutions. Second reference: Tödtling, F., Trippl, M. (2005) One size fits all?: Towards a differentiated regional innovation policy approach, Research Policy, 34 (8), pp. 1203-1219. (Cited 294 times) Main research question: How can we construct an innovation policy for regions where innovation activities are strongly different between central, peripheral and old industrial areas Third reference: Bergek, A., Jacobsson, S...
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