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No More Baseball Giveaways, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

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Broadband And Unbundling Regulations In Oecd Countries, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

Broadband penetration and available speeds vary widely across OECD countries. Policymakers around the world, and especially in countries like the U.S. that lag in the rankings, are searching for policies to narrow those gaps. Relatively little empirical work tests possible reasons for these differences. In this paper I test the impacts of regulations and demographics on broadband development in a panel dataset across countries. In addition to adding to the meager empirical literature on broadband across countries, this paper is novel in two ways. First, it explicitly takes into account the many different types of unbundling regulations that countries have …

A Non-Credit Model For Real-Life Technology Transfer Experience For Cross-Disciplinary Student Teams, Paul Swamidass, Brian Wright

Paul Swamidass

This paper addresses several major issues of interest to ASEE’s Entrepreneurship Division. It covers (1) university technology transfer; (2) introducing technology IP protocol management to students; and (3) a model of working relationship with university technology transfer officers for the mutual benefit of university technology transfer and the training of university graduates with real-life technology transfer problems. Student reported benefits are included.

The Brave New World Of Ambient Intelligence: An Analysis Of Scenarios Regarding Privacy, Identity And Security Issues, Michael Friedewald, Elena Vildjiounaite, Yves Punie, David Wright

Michael Friedewald

The success of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) will depend on how secure it can be made, how privacy and other rights of individuals can be protected and how individuals can come to trust the intelligent world that surrounds them and through which they move. This contribution presents an analysis of ambient intelligence scenarios, particularly in regard to AmI's impacts on and implications for individual privacy. The analysis draws on our review of more than 70 AmI projects, principally in Europe. It notes the visions as well as the specifics of typical AmI scenarios. Several conclusions can be drawn from the analysis, …

Telecommunications Regulation In U.S. States: Its Rise And Impacts In The Early Twentieth Century, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

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El Resurgimiento De La Sociología Pública, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

En este trabajo se realiza un análisis de la corriente llamada «sociología pública» surgida recientemente en los EE UU en el entorno de la American Sociological Association. Para ello se utiliza el enfoque de la sociología de la ciencia. Se estudia a la sociología pública como un movimiento organizado en el ámbito de una disciplina, a saber, un conjunto de ideas y conocimientos que pretenden ocupar un espacio de atención y que están sustentados por redes de trabajadores intelectuales situados en contextos sociales concretos. En el primer apartado se define qué es la sociología pública acudiendo a sus principales nociones …

El Sistema De Incentivos Y Recompensas En La Ciencia Pública Española, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Manuel Pérez-Yruela, Carmen Merchán-Hernández

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

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How Policymakers Define Their Jobs: A Netherlands Case Study., Robert Hoppe, Margarita Jeliazkova

Robert Hoppe

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What Affects The Quality Of Economic Analysis For Life-Saving Investments?, Robert Hahn, Katrina Kosec, Peter Neumann, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

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Universal Telecommunications Service In India, Roger G. Noll, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

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Safeguards In A World Of Ambient Intelligence, Ioannis Maghiros, Yves Punie, Sabine Delaitre, Paul De Hert, Serge Gutwirth, Anna Moscibroda, Wim Schreurs, Michael Friedewald, Ralf Lindner, David Wright, Elena Vildjiounaite, Petteri Alahuhta

Michael Friedewald

Intelligent devices embedded everywhere and inter-connected with always-on capability will enable new services and applications to emerge but also greatly magnify the risk of abuse of the exchanged data. This article will present the need to develop safeguards in order to protect valuable assets if society at large is to benefit from AmI. Since the challenge lies in identifying safeguards for threats and vulnerabilities that are yet to be defined, the dark scenarios developed by the SWAMI project (Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence) , will be presented as a tool to help illustrate risks that need to be …

Wild Capitalism: Environmental Activism And Postsocialist Political Ecology In Hungary, Krista Harper

Krista M. Harper

"Wild Capitalism" examines environmental issues in the "New Europe" of the twenty-first century. Specifically, it looks at how the meanings of "civil society" and "environment" have changed as environmentalists encounter the political and ecological realities of life after state socialism. Although environmentalism is a global social movement, environmental politics is a grassroots process in which activists creatively translate environmental issues into cultural idioms and political processes.

Dilthey And Simmel: A Reading From/Toward Buber's Philosophy Of History, Jules Simon

Jules Simon

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Hegels Familienbegriff – Vermittelt Durch Rosenzweig: Darstellung Einer Eigentuemlichen Geschichte, Jules Simon

Jules Simon

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"Information Technology", Kelly Barrick Hovendick

Kelly M. Barrick

Policy Challenges From The "White" Senate Inquiry Into Workplace-Related Health Impacts Of Toxic Dusts And Nanoparticles, Thomas A. Faunce, Haydn Walters, Trevor Williams, David Bryant, Martin Jennings, Bill Musk

Thomas A Faunce

On 22 June 2005 the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia voted to establish an inquiry into workplace harm related to toxic dust and emerging technologies (including nanoparticles). The inquiry became known as the "White" Inquiry after Mr Richard White, a financially uncompensated sufferer of industrial sandblasting-induced lung disease who was instrumental in its establishment. The "White" Inquiry delivered its final report and recommendations on 31 May 2006. This paper examines whether these recommendations and their implementation may provide a unique opportunity not only to modernize relevant monitoring standards and processes, but related compensation systems for disease associated with workplace-related …

Los Jóvenes Y La Creación De Empresas, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Se suele considerar emprendedor a aquél que asume un riesgo creando un negocio. Desde este punto de vista, el fenómeno emprendedor es el proceso de creación de nuevas entidades económicas –generalmente pequeñas y medianas empresas– por el que algunas personas intentan explotar oportunidades de negocio combinando los recursos que tienen a su alcance. Este libro trata del fenómeno emprendedor en el colectivo juvenil en Andalucía. Se ocupa de los aspectos sociales relacionados con el autoempleo y la creación de empresas por parte los jóvenes, prestando especial atención a aquellos que parten de una situación caracterizada por una falta relativa de …

The Blogosphere And The New Pamphleteers, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

The future of the free dissemination of information lies in the blog, some may say. The internet has entirely transformed how we receive and consume information. It’s the newest incarnation of information dissemination. From the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville, “Feelings and opinions are recruited, the heart is enlarged, and the human mind is developed only by the reciprocal influence of men upon one another.” Bloggers are a powerful force in the distribution of information and ideas and the creation of communities of conversation. Throughout history, the dissemination of information, news, opinions, and ideas has continuously transformed. In the 18th …