scholarly journals A Case Study on Commercialization of Appropriate Technology in Lao PDR: Focusing on Lao-Korea Science and Technology Center

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Doo-Joo Baek ◽  
Chi-Young Yun ◽  
Yong-Jun Oh
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Technology Center ◽  
Development Policies

The purpose of this paper is to examine commercialization model of appropriate technology through the case of the LaoKorea Science and Technology Center (LKSTC). LKSTC has developed washing, water treatment, and sterilization technology in the agrifood sector and three types of pico-hydro generator, Pico-solar hybrid system, and energy remote monitoring technology in the renewable energy sector. Commercialization of appropriate technology was successfully carried out through the establishment of Kaipan community business, school enterprises, and social enterprise. The policy implications are as follows. First, the commercialization of appropriate technology in developing countries should enhance the linkage with the regional development policies of the recipient countries. Second, in order to minimize market risk, innovative technology development and local startup networks should be properly established. Finally, the mid and long term efforts are needed to increase the sustainability of the business.

scholarly journals Urban Sprawl and its Effects on Environment and Farmland a Timisoara Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Smaranda BICA ◽  
Diana BELCI
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
East European ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
American Cities

Urban sprawl has been plaguing Western European and American cities for the last 70 years. One has fought against this phenomenon all over the world with a combination of strategic planning and urban regulations, focusing on growth management, sustainable development and preservation of farmland. East European cities, Romanian cities included, have been rapaciously consuming the free natural and agricultural land around them, without long-term development policies. The aim of this paper is analyzing urban sprawl around Timișoara and finding efficient ways of economizing urban and rural land. The article is based on several urban studies, statistical and traffic data showing the magnitude of the phenomenon and its dramatic effects on the environment.The European Union required to recent members to follow the path set by the developed countries, even if their economies have a system more or less centralized inherited from communism. It is still unclear who should be responsible for urban planning; the rules and regulations are made along the way, while the investors’ pressure is huge. Meanwhile extended rural and agricultural land might be destroyed. Most politicians do not acknowledge this problem as they approve further expansion into farmland without any previous planning. This paper might be just tackling this subject, but its target should be making urban sprawl more visible, understanding its dimension and dramatic effects around Romanian cities.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Irrigation Access on Sticky Rice Productivity: Evidence from Lao PDR

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bouasone Sengsourivong ◽  
Masaru Ichihashi
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation System ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Rice Productivity ◽  
Monitoring Procedure ◽  
Local Farmer ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

This study estimates the impact of irrigation on household sticky rice productivity in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) by applying propensity score matching (PSM) and the difference-in-differences (DID) method. This paper utilizes panel data from the Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey (LECS) from 2003 to 2013. The results show that the average sales value and total production of sticky rice for irrigated households is greater than those for non-irrigated households by around 36 to 38% per season. Moreover, irrigated households experience improved sticky rice productivity of approximately 2.44 tons per hectare, per season, compared to non-irrigated households. In particular, compared to households with access to irrigation in one period of the surveys, households with access to irrigation in two periods of the surveys have nearly double the sticky rice productivity. Therefore, long-term access to irrigation is more effective for sticky rice productivity. However, we cannot find any evidence to support the impact of irrigation on household consumption. Some policy implications that can be derived from this research are that farmers should be intensively promoted to make the most use of irrigation, development of irrigation system is highly needed, and to ensure effectiveness of irrigation utilization local farmer involvement in monitoring procedure of irrigation is necessary.

Growth of Demand for Materials with New Properties in Foresight and Strategic Planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Anna V. Lozhnikova ◽  
Pyotr P. Shchetinin ◽  
Natalia Skrylnikova ◽  
Natalia Redchikova
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Technology Foresight ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The One ◽  
Object Of Study

The Russian Long-Term Science&Technology Foresight towards 2030 recognizes the critical importance of new materials in virtually all sectors of production, construction, medicine and services. This paper analyzes the essential terminological and content-related problems of foresight categories representation regarding new materials. Besides, the authors consider the development of further measures for direct and indirect (i.e. tax incentives) state support for economic development. The object of study is the science and technology categories “nanotechnologies”, “nanomaterials”, and “nanoproducts”. The study has been conducted using the method of critical technologies. The authors have revealed that the identification of the most promising areas of science and technology development in the framework of foresight, on the one hand, and tax incentives for research and development expenditures, on the other, are asymmetric. The asymmetry is content-related with regard to products and services and, temporal with regard to the duration period. What’s more, it is proposed to expand the current focus of the foresight studies in Russia and ensure that the scope of these studies comprises not only technology but also science and engineering.

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT OF STHOULYA (OBESITY) WITH APATARPANA CHIKITSA – A CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
Rohini A. Kathale ◽  
Sharmili V. Suryavanshi ◽  
Prasad V.Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Sedentary Lifestyle ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Threat To Life

This is the era of modernization, science and technology development; resulted into more sedentary lifestyle. This era is more challenging because of lifestyle disorders which are due to change in dietary habits and mode of lifestyle. Obesity is one of the major lifestyle disorders which are a threat to life and is also a major cosmetic issue. Effective treatment for obesity is a need which is not available in the current scenario. In Ayurveda obesity can be correlated with Sthoulya or Medoroga. Acharya Charaka has prescribed Apatarpan chikitsa as the main Chikitsa for Sthoulya. The present article is about a case of Sthoulya treated by Apatarpan chikitsa mainly with Pachana, Udwartana, Swedana, Sadyavamana, Rukshana and Basti. Patients got significant relief in all the complaints and a remarkable weight loss in 21 days only.

Freight Transport Demand Forecasting in Urban Logistics Planning: A Case Study of Yiwu City

2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 915-921
Author(s):  
Shi Chao Sun ◽  
Zheng Yu Duan ◽  
Chuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Demand Forecasting ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Key Indicator ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Logistics Demand ◽  
Exponential Smoothing Method ◽  
Coefficient Method ◽  
Logistics Planning

Freight transport demand forecasting as one of the basis in urban logistics planning, is not only an important premise of designing a variety of logistics development policies and infrastructure constructions, but also a key indicator to measure whether the logistics planning is reasonable. This paper addresses the methods of the freight transport demand forecasting in urban logistics planning based on a case study of Yiwu city. Considering the change of long-term trend emphatically, conventional trend extrapolation method, regression analysis method, elasticity coefficient method, linear exponential smoothing method and grey model are applied to predict the logistics demand of Yiwu city respectively. Then the results of five kinds of forecasting methods are analyzed to obtain the final forecasting logistics demand.

Observations from 12 Years of an Annual Market Research Technology Survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Macer ◽  
Sheila Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Market Research ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Appropriate Technology ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Measure Change ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion

Against the theme of this year's conference, ‘Are we there yet? Where technological innovation is leading research’, this paper provides evidence-based observations on where technology has led research in the recent past, and where it appears to be leading now. meaning ltd has conducted a survey of market research companies around the world each year since 2004, looking at their use of technology. The survey includes a combination of tracking questions on the adoption of technology-based methods to detect long-term trends, as well as topical questions that vary from year to year, some of which are also repeated in subsequent years to measure change. Now, with 12 years of data, it is possible to draw a number of conclusions about the way in which the research industry interacts with the technology that supports it, and to understand some of the transformations that have taken place. It is also possible to look at some of the areas where the rhetoric and actual experience on the ground have not been aligned, and identify some of the challenges that may be unique to the research industry. Developers need to be mindful of such challenges if they are to succeed in providing useful, appropriate technology that will allow the market research industry to continue to develop, adapt and compete for survival. The aims of this paper are to: quantify significant changes that have occurred in the last decade, as well as identify those where anticipated change has been slow to materialise; examine some perennial difficulties that the market research industry appears to have with technology development, adoption and diffusion; highlight some of the current and ongoing changes that emerge from the data; identify areas that those developing or providing software need to pay particular attention to when supporting these changes; and provide specific recommendations to researchers and technology providers.

Technology for Jet Engines: Case Study in Science and Technology Development

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 769-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Hong ◽  
Paul D. Collopy
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Jet Engines

scholarly journals Challenges with Coordination of Technology Development and Transfer of Industry 4.0 Technologies in IMNs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Badasjane ◽  
Mats Alhskog ◽  
Anna Granlund ◽  
Jessica Bruch
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
New Products ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Manufacturing Network ◽  
Embedded Case Study

Within an international manufacturing network (IMN), one particular factory, called the lead factory is responsible for development of new products, processes and technologies as well as transferring these to the subsidiaries within the IMN. These responsibilities require coordination, which is found difficult even in the best-performing companies due to its complexity. When the responsibility for development of Industry 4.0 technologies are included such as cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things the complexity increases further. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify what are the challenges with coordination of technology development and transfer of Industry 4.0 technologies in IMNs. Accordingly, a real-time embedded case study was carried out with six manufacturing companies. One major finding is that development of Industry 4.0 technologies does not fit the current way of organizing technology development at lead factories. Another finding is that several of the identified challenges connected to technology development can be derived from a lack of a long-term strategy ensuring competence for future needs.

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