Economic Evaluation Of Advance Technologies

Author : Jerome P. Lavelle
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560329152
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Evaluation of Advance Technologies written by Jerome P. Lavelle and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-12-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text illuminates the contemporary issues and technologies related to the economic evaluation and justification of advanced technologies. Included are modern tools, as well as application-based cases that demonstrate the use of these tools. Students, researchers and decision makers will benefit from this useful resource.

Author : Richard N. Spivack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers and Proceedings of the Advanced Technology Program's International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change, June 15-16, 1998, Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington, DC written by Richard N. Spivack and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hamid R. Parsaei
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461534801
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics of Advanced Manufacturing Systems written by Hamid R. Parsaei and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1980s have witnessed a tremendous growth in the field of computer integrated manufacturing systems. The other major areas of development have been computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, industrial robotics, automated assembly, cellular and modular material handling, computer networking and office automation to name just a few. These new technologies are generally capital intensive and do not conform to traditional cost structures. The net result is a tremendous change in the way costs should be estimated and economic analyses performed. The majority of existing engineering economy texts still profess application of traditional analysis methods. But, as was men tioned above, it is clear that the basic trend in manufacturing industries is itself changing. So it is quite obvious that the practice of traditional economic analysis methods should change too. This book is an attempt to address the various issues associated with non-traditional methods for evaluation of advanced computer-integrated technologies. This volume consists of twenty refereed articles which are grouped into five parts. Part one, Economic Justification Methods, consists of six articles. In the first paper, Soni et at. present a new classification for economic justification methods for advanced automated manufacturing systems. In the second, Henghold and LeClair look at strengths and weaknesses of expert systems in general and more specifically, an ap plication aimed at investment justification in advanced technology. The third paper, by Carrasco and Lee, proposes an enhanced economic methodology to improve the needs analysis, conceptual design and de tailed design activities associated with technology modernization.

Author : Richard N. Spivack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780160617348
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers and Proceedings of the Advanced Technology Program's International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change written by Richard N. Spivack and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 18 pages
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Download or read book The Economic Evaluation of Technological Change written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joan Costa-Font
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191580236
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of New Health Technologies written by Joan Costa-Font and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological change in healthcare has led to huge improvements in health services and the health status of populations. It is also pinpointed as the main driver of healthcare expenditure. Although offering remarkable benefits, changes in technology are not free and often entail significant financial, as well as physical or social risks. These need to be balanced out in the setting of government regulations, insurance contracts, and individuals' decisions to use and consume certain technologies. With this in mind, this book addresses the following important objectives: to provide a detailed analysis of what technological change is; to identify drivers of innovation in several healthcare areas; to present existing mechanisms and processes for ensuring and valuing efficiency and development in the use of medical technologies; and to analyse the impact of advances in medical technology on health, healthcare expenditure, and health insurance. Each of the seventeen chapters summarizes an important issue concerning the innovation debate and contributes to a better understanding of the role innovation has both at the macro level and at the delivery (meso) and micro level in the healthcare sector. The effectiveness of innovation in improving people's welfare depends on its diffusion and inception by the relevant agents in the health production process, and this book recognizes the multi-faceted contribution of policy makers, regulators, managers, technicians, consumers and patients to this technology change. This book offers the first truly global economic analysis of healthcare technologies, taking the subject beyond simply economic evaluation, and exploring the behavioural aspects, organization and incentives for new technology developments, and the adoption and diffusion of these technologies.

Author : Hamid R. Parsaei
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483291359
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic and Financial Justification of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies written by Hamid R. Parsaei and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competence in investment analysis is now a basic requirement for most practicing managers, engineers, and financial analysts in order to avoid possible serious mistakes arising from flawed or inadequate knowledge of the discipline. Furthermore, individuals who make decisions based on technical economics stake their professional futures, in many cases, on the accuracy of such evaluations. The aim of this volume is to provide a balanced view of the essential components of economic and financial analysis including: 1. Strategic and design issues; 2. Principles of cost management systems and activity-based costing, and; 3. Tools for developing the financial measures of investment worth, with advanced topics and case studies in these three areas.This volume provides a refreshing insight into the various methods that engineers, managers, and financial analysts may need to consider to find good alternatives for the investment of scarce resources. Not only are new ventures presented, but also improvements within existing facilities that include process modification, product design, equipment replacement, and plant expansion/contraction.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309067758
Total Pages : 137 pages
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Download or read book Advanced Technology Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-21 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth in government programs to support high-technology industry within national economies and their impact on international science and technology cooperation and on the multilateral trading system are of considerable interest worldwide. Accordingly, these topics were taken up by STEP in a study carried out in conjunction with the Hamburg Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for World Economics in Kiel. One of the principal recommendations for further work emerging from that study was a call for an analysis of the principles of effective cooperation in technology development, to include lessons from national and international consortia, including eligibility standards and assessments of what new cooperative mechanisms might be developed to meet the challenges of international cooperation in high-technology products.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030907410X
Total Pages : 328 pages
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Download or read book The Advanced Technology Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-08-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the operations of the APT, reviews its extensive assessment program, and provides NRC Committee findings concerning the ATP's operations and recommendations for potential improvements to the program. The report includes a summary of a major conference held in April 2000 as well as seven papers, including surveys of the industry participants or users of the ATP program, a summary of the results of fifty awards, detailed assessments of major joint ventures, and a description of the current selection process. It is the most comprehensive study to date of the program's origins, operations, achievements, and assessment. Its conclusion: the program works.

Author : Matthew J. Liberatore
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642956211
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selection and Evaluation of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies written by Matthew J. Liberatore and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew J. Liberatore Department of Management Villanova University Villanova, PA 19085 1. BACKGROUND The weakening competitive position of many segments of u.s. manufacturing has been analyzed, debated and discussed in corporate boardrooms, academic journals and the popular literature. One result has been a renewed commitment toward improving productivity and quality in the workplace. The drive to reduce manufacturing related costs, while meeting ever-changing customer needs, has led many firms to consider more automated and flexible manufacturing systems. The extent to which these new technologies can support business goals in productivity, quality and flexibility is an especially important issue for manufacturing firms in the u.s. and other Western nations. Problems have arisen in developing performance measures and evaluation criteria which reflect the full range of costs and benefits associated with these technologies. Some would argue that managerial policies and attitudes, and not the shortcomings of the equipment or manufacturing processes, are the major impediments to implementation (Kaplan 1984).