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UNINA9910828723803321 |
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Titolo |
Engineering as a social enterprise / / Hedy E. Sladovich, editor |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-21176-8 |
9786610211760 |
0-309-57236-3 |
0-585-00196-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (123 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SladovichHedy E |
HollomonJ. Herbert (John Herbert) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Engineering - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Papers presented during the 1990 Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering in a symposium dedicated to the memory of J. Herbert Hollomon." |
"Presented ... during the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting ... 3 October 1990, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Engineering As A Social Enterprise -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Engineering As A Social Enterprise -- Introduction -- 1-Systems Perspectives -- FROM DETERMINISTIC DYNAMOS TO SEAMLESS-WEB SYSTEMS -- The Shift Away From Internalism And Determinism -- Technology as Systems -- Dynamics of Technological Change -- Involving the Visible Hand -- Geographical Determinism -- Political Factors -- Social Construction Of Technology -- Technology-Science Relationship -- Conclusion -- CULTURAL AND SOCIOTECHNICAL VALUES -- Risk, Uncertainty, And Public Trust -- Human Progress -- 2-Organizational Perspectives -- BUSINESS, CONSUMERS, AND SOCIETY-AT-LARGE: NEW DEMANDS AND EXPECTATIONS -- Product Demands And Expectations In The Auto Industry -- Global Economic Interdependence and Competition -- The Need to Set World Standards -- Growing Societal Demands on the Product -- Market Incentives versus Command-and-Control Regulation: The Environmental Example -- Costs of Environmental Progress -- The Engineer in the Eye of the |
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