Technology in Society

2005 - 2024

Current editor(s): Charla Griffy-Brown

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Volume 29, issue 4, 2007

Perspectives on science and technology in development: Does the urgent drive out the important? pp. 369-377

Rodney W. Nichols

Telecommunication liberalization and economic development in European countries in transition pp. 378-387

Darko Dvornik and Dubravko Sabolić

Sustainable governance of emerging technologies—Critical constellations in the agent network of nanotechnology pp. 388-406

Arnim Wiek, Stefan Zemp, Michael Siegrist and Alexander I. Walter

The political economy of Internet innovation policy in Vietnam pp. 407-421

Jonathan Boymal, Bill Martin and Dieu Lam

Technology investment strategy in the presence of competitor entry: Broadband deployment in the US telecommunications industry pp. 422-430

Sumit K Majumdar, Birendra Mishra and Hsihui Chang

Broadband in India: Strategic investment opportunities pp. 431-440

Venkata Praveen Tanguturi and Fotios C. Harmantzis

Dynamics in socio-technical systems: Typology of change processes and contrasting case studies pp. 441-455

Frank W. Geels and Rene Kemp

Technological change as a trade-off between social construction and technological paradigms pp. 456-468

Odd Einar Olsen and Ole Andreas Engen

Information technology diffusion in higher education pp. 469-482

Hersi Ahmed, Tugrul Daim and Nuri Basoglu

Effects of China's communication industry policy on domestic cellphone manufacturers pp. 483-489

Jin-Li Hu and Yu-Hsueh Hsu

Reverse electronic auctions: Cases in Taiwan's high-tech industry pp. 490-496

Shih-Chi Chang

Volume 29, issue 3, 2007

Solar thermal energy: The forgotten energy source pp. 261-270

Reuel Shinnar and Francesco Citro

Robots and humans in space flight: Technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel pp. 271-282

Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy

Nationalist rhetoric and technological development: The Indonesian aircraft industry in the New Order regime pp. 283-293

Sulfikar Amir

Making sense of the failure of rapid industrialisation in the Philippines pp. 295-306

Elisa B. King

Patently obvious: Intellectual property rights and nanotechnology pp. 307-315

Diana M. Bowman

Science and technology policy reform and its impact on China's national innovation system pp. 317-325

Zhong Xiwei and Yang Xiangdong

Can technologies represent their publics? pp. 327-338

Mark B. Brown

A segment-based analysis of Internet service adoption among UK households pp. 339-350

Alastair Robertson, Didier Soopramanien and Robert Fildes

Water-flushing toilets: Systemic development and path-dependent characteristics and their bearing on technological alternatives pp. 351-360

Maj-Britt Quitzau

The impact of technological developments on the daily life of the elderly pp. 361-368

(Boni) Li, Yushi and Amanda Perkins

Volume 29, issue 2, 2007

Interdisciplinary studies in science, technology, and society: “New Directions: Science, Humanities, Policy” pp. 145-152

Robert Frodeman, Julie Thompson Klein, Carl Mitcham and Nancy Tuana

Environmental justice, local knowledge, and after-disaster planning in New Orleans pp. 153-159

Barbara L. Allen

Flood hazard science, policy, and values: A pragmatist stance pp. 161-168

Victor R. Baker

Geography, philosophy, and the build/no-build line pp. 169-172

Richard Campanella

Environmental justice in a landscape of tragedy pp. 173-179

Craig E. Colten

Hurricane Katrina, contamination, and the unintended organization of ignorance pp. 181-188

Scott Frickel and M. Bess Vincent

Engineering failures exposed by Hurricane Katrina pp. 189-195

Griffis, F.H. (Bud)

Understanding one's place in the watershed: How earth science can inform perceptions about the future of the New Orleans region pp. 197-203

Thomas W. La Point

Saving Venice: Engineering and ecology in the Venice lagoon pp. 205-213

Dimitri D. Deheyn and Lisa R. Shaffer

Lessons of the Lower Ninth: Methodology and epistemology of video ethnography pp. 215-225

Wesley Shrum, Ricardo Duque and Marcus Ynalvez

Geomorphology, geography, and New Orleans after Iberville and Bienville pp. 227-237

R. Eugene Turner

Flood safety in the Netherlands: The Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina pp. 239-247

Anna J. Wesselink

Vulnerability and all that jazz: Addressing vulnerability in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina pp. 249-255

Brent Yarnal

Epilogue: After Katrina, lessons not only to be learned, but to be used pp. 257-260

Anthony J. Wiener

Volume 29, issue 1, 2007

The co-evolution process of technological innovation—An empirical study of mobile phone vendors and telecommunication service operators in Japan pp. 1-22

Chaojung Chen, Chihiro Watanabe and Charla Griffy-Brown

Emerging wireless technologies for developing countries pp. 23-42

Vinoth Gunasekaran and Fotios C. Harmantzis

Nanotechnologies: What we do not know pp. 43-61

Vuk Uskoković

Social sustainability and social acceptance in technology assessment: A case study of energy technologies pp. 63-78

G. Assefa and B. Frostell

Men, money and mobile phones: Tracing the technology discourse in Finnish newspapers pp. 79-91

Jussi S. Jauhiainen

Information technology capability and value creation: Evidence from the US banking industry pp. 93-106

Bou-Wen Lin

Are engineers instrumentalists? pp. 107-119

Byron Newberry

The impact of business environments on software piracy pp. 121-141

Deli Yang

Volume 28, issue 4, 2006

Managing the global talent pool: Sovereignty, treaty, and intergovernmental networks pp. 421-434

David M. Hart

Major system change through stepwise reconfiguration: A multi-level analysis of the transformation of American factory production (1850–1930) pp. 445-476

Frank W. Geels

“Connectivity” in urban rivers: Conflict and convergence between ecology and design pp. 477-488

Rachel May

Taming monsters: The cultural domestication of new technology pp. 489-504

Martijntje Smits

Challenges in providing technical information for societal use: Examples from the gas resource assessment community pp. 505-516

John B. Curtis and Maeve A. Boland

Technology and religion: A metaphysical challenge pp. 517-531

Theodore John Rivers

Action strategies for strengthening industrial clusters in southern Taiwan pp. 533-552

Ting-Lin Lee

Volume 28, issue 3, 2006

Improving the understanding of science and technology pp. 275-279

Kenneth H. Keller

Time and technological innovation: Implications for public policy pp. 281-301

Robert W. Rycroft

Promoting industrial development through technology policy: Lessons from Japan and China pp. 303-320

Peilei Fan and Chihiro Watanabe

Economic considerations in cooperative research and development agreements (CRADA): The case of Taxol, NIH, and technology transfer pp. 321-331

Thomas A. Hemphill

Building global logistics competence with Chinese OEM suppliers pp. 333-348

Po-Chien Li and Bou-Wen Lin

Competitive strategies for Taiwan's thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) industry pp. 349-361

Shiu-Wan Hung

Demographics and behavior of Internet users in China pp. 363-387

Xiang Fang and David C. Yen

A note on social engineering and the public perception of technology pp. 389-392

Sven Ove Hansson,

The importance of social context influences on new farm technology sustainability: community and sub-community characteristics in Jamaica pp. 393-406

Robert L. Moxley and K. Brandon Lang

Between traditions and modernity: Technological strategies at three tequila firms pp. 407-419

Rosalba Casas

Volume 28, issue 1, 2006

Sustainability: A practitioner's reflection pp. 3-18

Albert F. Appleton

Urban sustainability: Dilemmas, challenges and paradigms pp. 19-26

George Bugliarello

Land-use, transportation and sustainability pp. 27-43

William B. Shore

Quantitative guidelines for urban sustainability pp. 45-61

E. Walsh, O. Babakina, A. Pennock, H. Shi, Y. Chi, T. Wang and T.E. Graedel

Urbanization in developing countries: Current trends, future projections, and key challenges for sustainability pp. 63-80

Barney Cohen

How to fall in love with your hometown pp. 81-93

Jay Walljasper

To what extent can technology compensate for institutional failure in an urban environmental management setting: The case of China pp. 95-104

Jack J. Fritz and Derek Vollmer

Case studies in quantitative urban sustainability pp. 105-123

Y. Chi, E. Walsh, T. Wang, H. Shi, O. Babakina, A. Pennock and T.E. Graedel

Infrastructure conundrums: Investment and urban sustainability pp. 125-135

Michael F. Bobker

Mainstreaming high performance building in New York City: A comprehensive roadmap for removing the barriers pp. 137-155

Allen J. Zerkin

Environmental psychology and sustainability in high-rise structures pp. 157-167

Richard Wener and Hannah Carmalt

Social capital of cities: Emerging networks of horizontal assistance pp. 169-181

Hilda Blanco and Tim Campbell

How can EcoCity get its food? pp. 183-193

Paul E. Waggoner

The impact of HIV on cities in the era of treatment: A global perspective pp. 195-223

Denis Nash and Batya Elul

Sustainable cities: Safety and security pp. 225-234

Lewis M. Branscomb

The relationship of sustainability to telecommunications pp. 235-244

Mitchell L. Moss, Sarah M. Kaufman and Anthony M. Townsend

New York City's broadband problem and the role of municipal government in promoting a private-sector solution pp. 245-259

Bruce Lai and Gale A. Brewer

Sustainable urban transport: Four innovative directions pp. 261-273

Todd Goldman and Roger Gorham