Impact of Technology Infusion on System Complexity and Modularity

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
GwangKi Min ◽  
Eun Suk Suh ◽  
Katja Hölttä-Otto
Keyword(s):  
System Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
System Complexity ◽  
Host System ◽  
Technology Infusion ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Complex systems often have long life cycles with requirements that are likely to change over time. Therefore, it is important to be able to adapt the system accordingly over time. This is often accomplished by infusing new technologies into the host system in order to update or improve overall system performance. However, technology infusion often results in a disruption in the host system. This can take the form of a system redesign or a change in the inherent attributes of the system. In this study, we analyzed the impact of technology infusion on system attributes, specifically the complexity and modularity. Two different systems that were infused with new technologies were analyzed for changes in complexity and modularity.

scholarly journals New Technologies and Not-So-New Democracies

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (40) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schudson
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Discussions of the impact of the new media on democratic politics often generalize too broadly about new technologies and almost always take for granted a uniformity about democracies. Democra- cies vary across nations and over time. For the USA, it is argued that Americans have had four different visions of what political spe- ech and participation should be. American democracy has shifted from a citizenship of deference, to one of party enthusiasm, to a model of the informed citizen, to the contemporary model of irreve- rent citizenship. Each model calls forth different versions of a public sphere. What is the democracy that technology is having an impact on? This question must be integrated in the discussion of the impact of technology on democracy.

Technology Infusion: An Assessment Framework and Case Study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Suk Suh ◽  
Michael R. Furst ◽  
Kenneth J. Mihalyov ◽  
Olivier L. de Weck
Keyword(s):  
Customer Value ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Original System ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Technology Infusion ◽  
Planning Cycle ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

Many product manufacturing companies in today’s environment constantly need to develop new technologies and infuse them into their line of products to stay ahead of the competition. Most new technologies only deliver value once they are successfully infused into a parent system. However, there has been very little research done to develop formal methodologies to assess the impact and implication of new technology infusion into existing products. In this paper, a systematic process framework to quantify and assess the impact of technology infusion early in the product planning cycle is proposed. The proposed methodology quantitatively estimates the impact of technology infusion through the use of a Design Structure Matrix (DSM) and the creation of a Delta DSM (ΔDSM) describing the changes to the original system based on the infused technology. The cost for technology infusion is then estimated from the ΔDSM, and the market impact of the technology is calculated using customer value (utility) curves for customer relevant system performance measures. Finally, the probabilistic ΔNPV of a newly infused technology is obtained using Monte Carlo simulation. The proposed methodology was demonstrated on a complex printing system, represented as an 84 element DSM with a density of 3.7%, where a newly developed value enhancing technology was infused into the existing product. The result shows that a positive marginal net present value ΔNPV can be expected, despite the new technology causing an invasiveness of 8.5% to the existing design. The methodology can be applied in a rigorous and repeatable manner, opening up possibilities for further implementation of the proposed framework, including analysis of the interactions amongst technologies.

scholarly journals The Top 1 Percent in International and Historical Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Facundo Alvaredo ◽  
Anthony B Atkinson ◽  
Thomas Piketty ◽  
Emmanuel Saez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Income ◽  
Capital Income ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Income Share ◽  
Top Income Shares ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

The top 1 percent income share has more than doubled in the United States over the last 30 years, drawing much public attention in recent years. While other English-speaking countries have also experienced sharp increases in the top 1 percent income share, many high-income countries such as Japan, France, or Germany have seen much less increase in top income shares. Hence, the explanation cannot rely solely on forces common to advanced countries, such as the impact of new technologies and globalization on the supply and demand for skills. Moreover, the explanations have to accommodate the falls in top income shares earlier in the twentieth century experienced in virtually all high-income countries. We highlight four main factors. The first is the impact of tax policy, which has varied over time and differs across countries. Top tax rates have moved in the opposite direction from top income shares. The effects of top rate cuts can operate in conjunction with other mechanisms. The second factor is a richer view of the labor market, where we contrast the standard supply-side model with one where pay is determined by bargaining and the reactions to top rate cuts may lead simply to a redistribution of surplus. Indeed, top rate cuts may lead managerial energies to be diverted to increasing their remuneration at the expense of enterprise growth and employment. The third factor is capital income. Overall, private wealth (relative to income) has followed a U-shaped path over time, particularly in Europe, where inherited wealth is, in Europe if not in the United States, making a return. The fourth, little investigated, element is the correlation between earned income and capital income, which has substantially increased in recent decades in the United States.

scholarly journals ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION ON PRODUCTIVITY OF PLANTAIN FARMERS IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-324
Author(s):  
Osagie John Afodu ◽  
Olufunso Emmanuel Akinboye ◽  
A O Akintunde ◽  
L C Ndubuisi-Ogbonna ◽  
B A Shobo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

Sub-Saharan Africa has been plaque with food insecurity due to lack of adoption of modern technology to improve their productivity. Technology is the systematic application of scientific or other organized body of knowledge to practical purposes. This includes new ideas, inventions, innovations, techniques, methods and materials. Since increasing agricultural productivity is critical to meeting the continues rise in demand for food, agricultural technologies will play immense role in increasing the production of food. As a result, it is useful to examine the adoption of technologies among farmers. A multistage sampling technique was used for the selection of five hundred and fifty - six plantain farmers. The data were collected through the administration of a well-structured questionnaire on a cross-section surveyed of plantain farmers. The result of the study shown that educating the plantain farmers in Nigeria will enable them adopt new technologies which will enhance their productivity.

scholarly journals Read All about It!! What Happens Following a Technology Shock?

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 1144-1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Alexopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Technical Change ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Shocks ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Technology Shock ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

Existing indicators of technical change are plagued by shortcomings. I present new measures based on books published in the field of technology that resolve many of these problems and use them to identify the impact of technology shocks on economic activity. They are positively linked to changes in R&D and scientific knowledge, and capture the new technologies' commercialization dates. Changes in information technology are found to be important sources of economic fluctuations in the post-WWII period, and total factor productivity, investment, and, to a lesser extent, labor are all shown to increase following a positive technology shock. (JEL E22, E23, E32, O33, O34, O47)

scholarly journals The Impact of Technology on Labor Makeup: A Study of the Green Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-357
Author(s):  
Joseph Krahe ◽  
Benjamin Campbell
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Part ◽  
The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
Accounting Software ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

Green industry is in a state of rapid change and turmoil as it reacts to the 2008 financial crisis and its arrival at maturity. In an effort to survive this challenging period, many firms are using new technologies, ranging from basic e-mail and accounting software to sophisticated digital imaging systems for identifying diseases. However, there has been a noteworthy lack of research into the way that technology adoption impacts labor in this industry. This paper uses propensity score matching (PSM) to identify the impact that various technologies have on the number of full- and part-time employees as well as the portion of full-time laborers that green firms employ. We find that none of the technologies studied had a significant impact on the percentage of full-time workers employed by green industry firms, but there were some effects when examining full-time, part-time, and total number of workers.

scholarly journals The Impact of Digital Technologies in Industrial Sectors on Potential Economic Effect

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Elena V. Shirinkina ◽  
Nataliya R. Kelchevskaya
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Business Executives ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

The study has been carried out in response to the rampant spread of new technologies in digital economy and recent revolutionary scientific discoveries in various fields. In the coming years, the enterprises with predominant development of digital technologies are sure to take the lead. Today it is important for the business executives to recognize whether the competitive advantages that underpin current business strategies will weaken or disappear in a decade under the influence of new technologies or, on the contrary, will strengthen even further. The study is aimed at analyzing the impact of technology in digital economy on the potential economic effect. The subject of the study is digital technologies that can give a drastic turn to the way things get done across industries, change the lives and work of people, transform the structure of value created and cause the emergence of fundamentally new products and services. The relevance and significance of the conducted research and the obtained results is that their correct interpretation will allow the enterprises to find out which technologies turned out to be truly revolutionary. In each particular case, it is necessary to know the contribution of developing technologies to the potential economic effect. This study will allow the enterprises to choose the right strategy for investment in new forms of education and infrastructure.

scholarly journals Help or hinder? The Impact of Technology on the Role of Interpreters

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-32
Author(s):  
Henry Liu
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Professional Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Professional Interpreter ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Abstract: The role of the professional interpreter, seemingly timeless and universal is to convey verbal communications from one language to another accurately, in confidence and with impartiality. These principles appear to have been valid since the dawn of cross-cultural and interlingual verbal communications. Why should technology have an impact on the professional role, which is both agreed by professional interpreters, and expected by clients? This paper outlines, through literature review, of both Sign and Spoken language settings, the development of the role of interpreters across different settings and the deontology for the interpreting profession over time. This is then superimposed with the effect of technology, both its facilitation and pressures on its practice. The result highlights the intersection between interpreting studies and technology away from curriculum development. Rather than adopting technology wholesale, practitioners and researchers ought to become more aware of this increasingly important aspect and take appropriate actions.Resumen: El papel del intérprete profesional, que pareciera ser eterno y universal, se basa en transmitir enunciados verbales de un idioma a otro de forma precisa, confidencial e imparcial. A estos principios se los ha considerado válidos desde los albores de la comunicación interlingüística e intercultural. ¿Por qué debería la tecnología impactar en un papel profesional sobre el que los intérpretes coinciden y que los clientes esperan? Mediante el análisis de publicaciones desarrolladas en el campo de las lenguas habladas y de la lengua de signos, este artículo intenta describir cómo evolucionan la función del intérprete en diferentes escenarios y la deontología de su profesión a lo largo del tiempo. A ello se le superponen posteriormente los efectos de la tecnología, tanto en la forma en la que esta facilita la práctica profesional como en las presiones que se generan de su uso. El resultado enfatiza la intersección entre los estudios en interpretación y tecnologías fuera del ámbito del desarrollo curricular. En lugar de adoptar la tecnología indiscriminadamente, los intérpretes y los investigadores quizá deberían prestar más atención a un aspecto de importancia creciente en la práctica profesional, así como adoptar medidas adecuadas.

The Complexities of Measuring Technological Literacy

2011 ◽  
pp. 217-233
Author(s):  
Marcie J. Bober
Keyword(s):  
Technological Literacy ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Evaluation Design ◽  
Technology Infusion ◽  
The Many ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Technology Initiatives ◽  
The Impact

Evaluating the impact of technology infusion is fraught with challenges. In this chapter, the author argues that the variance in evaluation rigor and quality about which so many complain depicts definitional confusion about technological literacy—the central premise underlying nearly all technology initiatives. She offers strategies for improving how we operationalize technological literacy as a construct—in part by drawing on the best of the many standards systems proffered by well-respected professional associations and educational agencies. She closes the discussion with a brief examination of other evaluative complications that exacerbate measurement/assessment—to wit, the criticality of engaging stakeholders; timely evaluator selection; and robust, up-front evaluation design and planning,

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