03457nam 2200685Ia 450 991046552000332120200520144314.01-283-16263-697866131626321-84150-444-0(CKB)2560000000072745(EBL)685161(OCoLC)714572255(SSID)ssj0000537149(PQKBManifestationID)11362118(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537149(PQKBWorkID)10552611(PQKB)10689140(MiAaPQ)EBC685161(Au-PeEL)EBL685161(CaPaEBR)ebr10465912(CaONFJC)MIL316263(EXLCZ)99256000000007274520110324d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal technological change[electronic resource] from hard technology to soft technology /Zhouying Jin ; translated by Kelvin W. Willoughby and Ying Bai2nd ed.Bristol, UK ;Chicago, USA Intellect20111 online resource (368 p.)"Translated from the second Chinese edition published by Peking University Press in Beijing, July 2010".1-84150-376-2 Includes bibliographical references.Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface to the English Edition: Theodore Gordon; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: What is Technology?; Chapter 2: Historical Antecedents of Soft Technology; Chapter 3: Soft Technology and Technological Competitiveness; Chapter 4: Soft Technology and Innovation; Chapter 5: Soft Industries; Chapter 6: Soft Technology and the Fourth Generation of Technology Foresight; Postscript: The Principles for Development in the Twenty-first Century - Harmony, Balance, and Coexistence; About the Author; Bibliography; Back CoverThis revised and updated second edition of ""Global Technological Change"" reconsiders how we make and use technology in the twenty-first century. With human-centred 'soft technology' driving machine-based 'hard technology' in ever more complex ways, Zhouying Jin provides a much-needed understanding of the human dimension of technological advancement. Through a theoretical framework that incorporates elements of both Eastern and Western philosophy, she offers insight into the dynamic between the two as it relates to a variety of technological innovations. More relevant than ever, Global TechnoAppropriate technologyEconomic aspectsAppropriate technologySocial aspectsTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsTechnological innovationsSocial aspectsTechnologyEconomic aspectsTechnologySocial aspectsElectronic books.Appropriate technologyEconomic aspects.Appropriate technologySocial aspects.Technological innovationsEconomic aspects.Technological innovationsSocial aspects.TechnologyEconomic aspects.TechnologySocial aspects.338.9Jin Zhouying858095MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465520003321Global technological change1915819UNINA