Prometheus. Critical Studies in Innovation

Prometheus

Volume 6, Issue 1

Issue date: 01 June 1988

Journal: Prometheus. Critical Studies in Innovation

ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE SELECTION OF GENERIC TECHNOLOGIES Brian L. Johns	5
COMMUNICATIONS — AN ANTIPODEAN EXERCISE Michael Kirby	20
SELECTIVITY IN FUNDING: EVALUATION OF RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA J. Jeffrey Franklin	34
THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: COMPUTOPIA, DYSTOPIA, MYOPIA Antony Bryant	61
R&D PROJECT ASSESSMENT AS AN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION PROCESS Larry Dwyer	78
A ‘MULTI-FUNCTION-POLIS’ FOR AUSTRALIA T. D. Mandeville	94
NEW MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY: ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN LOST OPPORTUNITY? Tom Forester	107
THE EFFECTIVE PATENT LIFE OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN NEW ZEALAND — A SIMULATION John Parker	120
SCIENCE POLICY MANAGEMENT Anne B. Pedersen	134
ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY Peter E Earl	142
AUSTRALIA RECONSTRUCTED: A SYMPOSIUM; AUSTRALIA RECONSTRUCTED: AN AMBITIOUS REPORT Edward M. Davis	150
AUSTRALIA RECONSTRUCTED: A EUROPEAN VIEW R. F. Elliott	159
AUSTRALIA RECONSTRUCTED: STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES FOR STAKEHOLDERS Arthur D. Shulman	167
How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World by Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Bridzell (I.B. Tauris, London, 1986), pp. xii + 353. $70. ISBN 1-85043-016-0 Peter E. Earl	174
Financial Incentives and Entrepreneurial Medicine: Problems and Solutions by J. Richardson School of Health Administration, Sydney, 1987, pp.vi + 127 Malcolm C. Brown	176
Electronics and Industrial Policy: The Case of Computer Controlled Lathes by Staffan Jacobsson. (Allen & Unwin, London, 1986) pp. XX + 252, $87, ISBN 0-04-338138-3 Peter Stubbs	180
International Industry and Business: Structured Change, Industrial Policy and Industry Strategies by R.H. Ballance (Allen & Unwin, London, 1987) pp. xxi + 357, Paper $45, ISBN 0-04-339038-2 John Forster	182
Democracy in Australian Unions: A Comparative Study of Six Unions by E.M. Davis (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1987) pp. xvi + 243. ISBN 00-4-320205-5. $19.95 H. Richards	183
Land Degradation Problems and Policies edited by Anthony Chisholm and Robert Dumsday (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1987) 404 pp., $39.50 hardcover, ISBN 0521-340799 Brian Roberts	185
Work, Leisure and Technology edited by R. Cassell, D. Lewis and J. Mangan (Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1986) pp. 273. ISBN 0 582 71151 7 N. Whiteside	186
Telecommunications and Equity: Policy Research Issues edited by James Miller (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1986) pp. vii + 348, ISBN 0-444-70013-7 Chris Trengove	188
Technology Assessment in Australia by Senate Standing Committee on Science, Technology and the Environment. (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1987) pp. 111. ISBN 0-644-05265-1 Stewart Carter	190
Marketing of Technology: An Australian Perspective by Peter Link (Nelson Wadsworth, Melbourne, 1987), pp. xiv + 285, ISBN o-1700703-4 Lawrence S. Welch	192
Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal 1985 edited by R. Simon (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986) pp xi + 734, $178.50, ISBN 0-521-32580-3 Ian Lowe	194
The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society by James R. Beniger (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1986), pp. 493. ISBN 0-674-16985-9 Ann Moyal	195
Australian Made: Success Stories in Australian Manufacturing since 1937 by Brian Carroll (Institution of Production Engineers Australian Council, Parkville, Victoria, 1987) pp. ix + 230, ISBN 0-909546-10-X Jhon Laurent	197
Computerization and Development in Southeast Asia — A Study of Five Asean Countries by Syed A. Rahim and Anthony J. Pennings (Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre, Singapore, 1987) pp. xi + 165, S$15 (Asia), US$11 (Others). ISBN 9971-905-27-2 Per Lind	200
The Legal Implications of Disclosure in the Public Interest: An Analysis of Prohibitions and Protections with Particular Reference to Employers and Employees by Yvonne Cripps (ESC Publishing Limited, Oxford, 1987) pp. xx + 299, 35.50 pounds, ISBN 0-906214-40-8 M. D. Kirby	201
Dilemmas of Development by John Toye (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1987) pp. ix + 177, $29.95 paper, ISBN 0-631-14571-0	206
Scitech Technology Directory, 1987-88 Edition, compiled by Jane Ford ISSN 1030-4649. Available from Scitech Publications Pty Ltd, GPO Box 1915, Canberra, ACT 2601	206
Microcomputers and Financial Management for the Smaller Business by June Gleeson (Longman, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1986) pp. xv + 247, ISBN 0-582-93958-5	206
Microcomputers and Financial Management for the Smaller Business: Solutions Manual by June Gleeson (Longman, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1986), pp. ii + 22, ISBN 0-582-93963-1	206
Usage of Endoscopy in Australia by The National Health Technology Advisory Panel (Australian Institute of Health, Canberra, 1987) pp. vi + 36, ISBN 0-642-12165-6	207
Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A Technology Update by The National Health Technology Advisory Panel (Australian Institute of Health, Canberra, 1987) pp. vi + 7, ISBN 0-642-13183-X	207
Introducing the European Foundation	208