Coping with Technological Changes: Regional and National Preparedness in Face of Technical Change

The article deals with the problem of determining market boundaries for antitrust law enforcement in the field of telecommunications. An empirical approach has been proposed for determining the product boundaries of the market in the area of mass distribution of messages, taking into account the comparative characteristics of the types and methods of notification (informing) of end users; the possibilities of switching from one way of informing to another, including the evolution of such opportunities under the influence of technological changes; switching between different notification methods. Based on the use of surveys of customers of sending SMS messages, it is shown that the product boundaries should include not only sending messages via SMS, but also e-mail, instant messengers, Push notifications and voice information. The paper illustrates the possibilities of applying the method of critical loss analysis to determining the boundaries of markets based on a mixture of surveys and economic modeling.

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The Origins of Gritty Realism on British Television: Euston Films and Special Branch

Journal of British Cinema and Television ◽

10.3366/jbctv.2014.0190 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 23-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Max Sexton

Keyword(s):

Cultural Discourse ◽

Technological Changes ◽

Television Drama ◽

The Third ◽

Fourth Series ◽

History Of

Euston Films was the first film subsidiary of a British television company that sought to film entirely on location. To understand how the ‘televisual imagination’ changed and developed in relationship to the parent institution's (Thames Television) economic and strategic needs after the transatlantic success of its predecessor, ABC Television, it is necessary to consider how the use of film in television drama was regarded by those working at Euston Films. The sources of realism and development of generic verisimilitude found in the British adventure series of the early 1970s were not confined to television, and these very diverse sources both outside and inside television are well worth exploring. Thames Television, which was formed in 1968, did not adopt the slickly produced adventure series style of ABC's The Avengers, for example. Instead, Thames emphasised its other ABC inheritance – naturalistic drama in the form of the studio-based Armchair Theatre – and was to give the adventure series a strong London lowlife flavour. Its film subsidiary, Euston Films, would produce ‘gritty’ programmes such as the third and fourth series of Special Branch. Amid the continuities and tensions between ABC and Thames, it is possible to discern how economic and technological changes were used as a cultural discourse of value that marks the production of Special Branch as a key transformative moment in the history of British television.

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Impacts of Environmental Regulation on Sustainable Economic Growth

Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/09.09.2018/001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 749-773

Author(s):

Jonathan Fisher

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Environmental Regulation ◽

Technical Change ◽

Best Practice ◽

Environmental Regulations ◽

The European Union ◽

Porter Hypothesis ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Environment Agency ◽

Sustainable Economic Growth

There is considerable concern and debate about the economic impacts of environmental regulations. Jonathan Fisher, former Economics Manager at the Environment Agency in England and Wales, reviews the available evidence on this subject. Section 2 presents estimates of the costs and benefits of environmental regulations. Section 3 examines the impacts of environmental regulations on economic growth, innovation and technical change as well as impacts on competitiveness and any movement of businesses to less pollution havens. He questions call for greater certainty regarding future environmental regulations, whereas in fact there should be calls for less uncertainty. This section then suggests how this could be achieved. This section then finishes with an overview of the available evidence. This includes an examination of the Porter Hypothesis that environmental regulations can trigger greater innovation that may partially or more than fully offset the compliance costs. Section 4 then sets out principles for how better environmental regulation can improve its impacts on sustainable economic growth and illustrates how the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive is a good example of the application of these principles in practice. Section 5 reviews current and recent political perspectives regarding developments in environmental regulations across the EU and shows how the United Kingdom (UK) has successfully positively managed to influence such developments so that EU environmental regulations now incorporate many of these principles to improve their impacts on economic growth. Section 5.1 then examines the implications of Brexit for UK environmental regulations. Finally, Section 6 sets out some best practice principles to improve the impacts of environmental regulation on sustainable economic growth, innovation and technical change.

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Mission in Britain today: some modest reflections and proposals

Holiness ◽

10.2478/holiness-2015-0004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 161-176

Author(s):

Stephen Bevans

Keyword(s):

Technical Change ◽

Adaptive Change ◽

Image Of God ◽

Images Of God ◽

Positive Image ◽

The Church

AbstractWhile ‘Mission in Britain today’ includes many aspects, this article focuses on the witness of the Church within Britain’s contemporary highly secularized culture. Rather than ‘technical change’, the Church is called to work at ‘adaptive change’, and so to concentrate less on strategies and more on internal renewal. Such adaptive change involves freeing people’s imagination from simplistic and abusive images of God, offering a positive image of God that is inspiring and truly challenging, recognizing the kenotic nature of the Church, and realizing that mission is carried out in a world of grace where God is already present and working

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Explaining Technical Change in a Small Country

10.1007/978-3-642-95913-4 ◽

1994 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Keyword(s):

Technical Change ◽

Small Country

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Impact of Determinants of Industrial Development on Employment and Wages in Indian Manufacturing

Indian Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.35716/ijed/19053 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 18-30

Keyword(s):

Technical Efficiency ◽

Total Factor Productivity ◽

Technical Change ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Factor Productivity ◽

Firm Level ◽

Employment Level ◽

The Impact ◽

Level Performance

ABSTRACT The present study was undertaken to explore the evolution of the impact of firm-level performance on employment level and wages in the Indian organized manufacturing sector over the period 1989-90 to 2013-14. One of the major components of the economic reform package was the deregulation and de-licensing in the Indian organized manufacturing sector. The impact of firm-level performance on employment and wages were estimated for Indian organized manufacturing sector in major sub-sectors in India during the period from 1989-90 to 2013-14 of the various variables namely profitability ratio, total factor productivity change, technical change, technical efficiency, openness (export-import), investment intensity, raw material intensity and FECI in total factor productivity index, technical efficiency, and technical change. The study exhibited that all explanatory variables except profitability ratio and technical change cost had a positive impact on the employment level. Out of eight variables, four variables such as net of foreign equity capital, investment intensity, TFPCH, and technical efficiency change showed a positive impact on wages and salary ratio and rest of the four variables such as openness intensity, technology acquisition index, profitability ratio, and technical change had negative impact on wages and salary ratio. In this context, the profit ratio should be distributed as per the marginal rule of economics such as the marginal productivity of labour and capital.

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The Development of Horticulture Software on Landscape Plants

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.33.3.552a ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 552a-552

Author(s):

Gary J. Kling

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Product Development ◽

World Wide ◽

Technological Changes ◽

Cd Rom ◽

Landscape Plants ◽

The World ◽

Digital Formats ◽

Current Stage ◽

Made In

This presentation will cover some of the major decisions that were made in the development and modification of software to provide horticultural resources for college students and members of the industry. Technological changes have moved the production from video-disc technology to server-based digital formats, CD-ROM, and the World Wide Web. Each of these changes results in a different product suited to different audiences. The current stage of product development will be presented.

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