Sustainable technologies

of engines, suspension systems, braking systems, and transmissions. iii) Financial * Steady increase in profit for 20 years (until 2007) * Downturn in the last year (2008) * Limited ability to invest in technology and new products due to smaller corporate sizes and inability to

On the road to recovery or the road to extinction Ever since the dawn of man, humans have interacted and interfered with nature. Becoming an apex predator means having to push others out of the spotlight; over thousands of years we participated in nature's little game, we learned, we adapted, we survived! Nonetheless, others have not been that lucky. Due to human's creative ability to adapt, humanoids have spread like a wildfire in a field of dry daisies burning any creature that dared to stand

However, proponents argue that “the new telecommunication technologies are the electronic highways of the informational age, equivalent to the role played by railway systems in the process of industrialization” (Henderson and Castells 1987:6 as cited by Dicken 2007:83) implying that IT indeed is in the process of

Introduction Technology has been one of the primary driving factors in all of society 's progress. Technology can be defined as the purposeful application of scientific knowledge in the design and devising of objects, materials, and the processes in which these are created. As engineering is the practice of developing technology, it is seen as the primary cause of technological changes in society. With great power, comes great responsibility, and the need for the engineering profession as a whole

Andre Powell Nova Southeastern University  Over the past decades technology has rapidly evolved. Society has gone from the analog era to the digital era. In the analog era we saw thing such as CD’s and Cassettes. In the day of the digital age CD‘s are almost fully obsolete. Modern day society has become more reliant on mobile phones. In the past if you needed a phone number you had it stored in your memory. Today, when looking for a phone number it is stored in your mobile phone. The biggest companies

unfavourable to our daily activities due to the modern standard of leaving, i.e. charging cellular phones, laptops, cooking, etcetera. The constant use of power and its ever-pending need has forced us to look for greener sources of energy that is not only sustainable, renewable nor harmful to the environment but beneficial to Africa on a business scale, a source of energy that is cost efficient and profitable. (Soumonmi, 2013) There are so many forms of energy which are environmentally friendly, the major problem

influences of videoconferencing, both positive and negative, and evaluates its usefulness in organisations. One of the major points of discussion is how face-to-face meetings, whether virtual or physical, have been affected by the embracing of this new technology by various organisations and groups. Due to the radical nature in which traditional meetings and appointments have been challenged by videoconferencing, many issues have arisen regarding its application, like whether video-conferencing actually

ADL 62 (Technology Management) Assignment – A ANS 1 (a) Economic analysis of technology. Economic analysis of technology deals with the evaluation of techno capitalism, technological diffusion, technology acceptance model, technology lifecycle, and technology transfer effects to the economy of a particular industry, group or country. Techno capitalism describes the changes in capitalism based on the changes in technology. Technological diffusion implies a form of 'conditional

John Wang Mr. Berls English 3 16 March 2015 Is New Technology Development a Blessing or a Burden? New technology is developing around us every day. This new technology includes the computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, internet, robotics, artificial heart, prostheses, hybrid automobile, express trains and the like. Evidence of this new technology includes family entertainment systems, communication applications, learning applications used in school, banking tools, investment resources, and industrial

Marketing planning is the process that enterprises focus on customers’ needs, organize various business activities, through concerted mutual product strategy, pricing strategy, promotion strategy and placing strategy to provide customers with satisfactory goods and services, and then achieve business goals (Piercy & Morgan, 1994). Some scholars think that adopting benchmarking in marketing planning is easier to lead imitation. Enterprises tend to set competitor 's marketing activities as templates