An Empirical Analysis about Technological Development and Innovation Indicators

Abstract The article explores whether sociotechnical imaginaries of digitalization as inevitable accelerating development can be traced in Denmark’s official policy papers concerning digitalization 2015–2020. It identifies imperatives of speed, acceleration and agility equal to what has been described as a corporate data imaginary as well as tropes of an imaginary of the fourth industrial revolution and inevitable exponential technological development and disruption. The empirical analysis discovers a shift in the studied period mid-2018, before which inevitabilism is prominent and after which the focus on non-economic values increases and the aim of influencing the development, instead of adapting to it, emerges. The article then addresses how imperatives of acceleration and narratives of inevitabilism may be considered problematic from a democratic point of view employing Hartmut Rosa’s critical diagnosis of the acceleration society and the notion of discursive closure. Finally, it discusses the empirical findings in light of technological determinism and constructivism inherent in the notion of sociotechnical imaginaries and introduces a sociotechnical selectionist theory allowing both for human agency in technological development while also providing a mechanism for explaining the emergence of law-like technological trends, as Moore’s Law, at macro level.

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Technological development, technology spillover and profitability: An industry level empirical analysis of Chinese manufacturing industries

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management ◽

10.1080/09537320500211268 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 279-292 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Guo Bin

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Technological Development ◽

Manufacturing Industries ◽

Technology Spillover ◽

Industry Level ◽

Development Technology

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The Diffusion of Institutions

Complexity and Evolution ◽

10.7551/mitpress/9780262035385.003.0009 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Enrico Spolaore ◽

Romain Wacziarg

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Technological Development ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

Separation Time ◽

Political Outcomes ◽

Institutional Differences ◽

Institutional Innovations

This chapter explores the fundamental drivers of economic development and political institutions. It provides a novel empirical analysis of the determinants of institutional differences and the diffusion of institutional innovations across societies. A critical discussion of the recent literature is presented, documenting how economic and political outcomes are affected by traits that have deep historical and geographic roots and that are passed on from generation to generation. The hypothesis is presented that intergenerationally transmitted traits affect current outcomes by acting as barriers to the diffusion of technological and institutional innovations: a longer historical separation time between populations creates greater barriers. Hence, the degree of ancestral distance between a given society and the society at the frontier of institutional and technological development should be associated with higher barriers and lower adoption. This hypothesis is tested empirically with cross-country data. Empirical findings provide substantial support for the proposition that long-term historical distance from the frontier affects both current institutions and development.

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Factors of economic growth: Empirical analysis of industrialization and investments in technological upgrade

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2018-6-29-47 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 29-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

O. S. Sukharev ◽

E. N. Voronchikhina

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Technological Development ◽

Industrial Growth ◽

Russian Economy ◽

Economic Growth Model ◽

Change Policy ◽

Technological Level ◽

The Impact ◽

The Empirical Analysis

The article discusses the conditions of forming of a new industrial economic growth model. They are determined by the already established model of growth that is characterized by the dominance of the transactional sector, as well as the impact on the GDP dynamics of each of its components. The structural analysis of economic growth with the assessment of the industrialization level according to the authors’ criteria, as well as the empirical analysis of investments in various kinds of technologies that determine the economic system technological level, are conducted. The ‘general’ and ‘special’ industrialization criteria allow us to determine whether the economy is industrial by structure or by level of technological development. It is shown that the low level of industrialization, especially by the ‘special’ criterion, is not predetermined. The structure of investments in different kinds of technologies affects the economy technological level and its change. Policy measures aimed at the creation of a new model of industrial growth for the Russian economy, mechanical engineering and commodity sector should account for that.

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Design Index and Empirical Analysis of the Evaluation Index System for the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements of Universities in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

Journal of Educational Theory and Management ◽

10.26549/jetm.v2i3.990 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 70

Author(s):

Guoru Yang ◽

Yuenan Xu

Keyword(s):

Development Strategy ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Technological Development ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Evaluation Index System ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Performance Evaluation System ◽

Research Activities ◽

University Science

Promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of universities and colleges in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei is an important measure to enhance the level of scientific and technological development in universities, enhance the scientific and technological synergy of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, practice the coordinated development strategy of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and promote the construction of Xiong’an New District. Based on the scientific and technological input of colleges and universities, the development of science and technology and the output of science and technology, this paper uses Delphi and AHP to construct a Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei University Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Performance Evaluation System from the perspectives of transformation potentials, scientific research activities and achievements transformation of university scientific and technological achievements. An empirical analysis was carried out to provide reference for the government’s efficient decision-making and improvement of strategies for transforming scientific and technological achievements in universities.

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An Empirical Analysis of the Obtrusiveness of and Participants' Compliance with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.23.4.248 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 248-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Matthias R. Mehl ◽

Shannon E. Holleran

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Daily Life ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Data Confidentiality ◽

Short Term ◽

Naturally Occurring ◽

Two Samples ◽

Audio Recorder ◽

Term Monitoring

Abstract. In this article, the authors provide an empirical analysis of the obtrusiveness of and participants' compliance with a relatively new psychological ambulatory assessment method, called the electronically activated recorder or EAR. The EAR is a modified portable audio-recorder that periodically records snippets of ambient sounds from participants' daily environments. In tracking moment-to-moment ambient sounds, the EAR yields an acoustic log of a person's day as it unfolds. As a naturalistic observation sampling method, it provides an observer's account of daily life and is optimized for the assessment of audible aspects of participants' naturally-occurring social behaviors and interactions. Measures of self-reported and behaviorally-assessed EAR obtrusiveness and compliance were analyzed in two samples. After an initial 2-h period of relative obtrusiveness, participants habituated to wearing the EAR and perceived it as fairly unobtrusive both in a short-term (2 days, N = 96) and a longer-term (10-11 days, N = 11) monitoring. Compliance with the method was high both during the short-term and longer-term monitoring. Somewhat reduced compliance was identified over the weekend; this effect appears to be specific to student populations. Important privacy and data confidentiality considerations around the EAR method are discussed.

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