The Contribution of Technology to Added Value
By: by António S.C Fernandes
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer London; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781447150015
Subjects: Engineering; Engineering design; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Engineering economy
Description: There is a wide consensus that introduction of technology to the production process contributes to an overall economic value, however, confusion between technology, knowledge and capital often makes value calculations ambiguous and non-objective. The Contribution of Technology to Added Value addresses not only this issue of definition but also provides a production model to assess the value contribution of technology within the production process.A clarification  of fundamental semantics  provides a significant taxonomy for technology dependence, and allows understanding and modeling of how knowledge, technology and capital individually contribute to production and to value adding. A new technology dependence taxonomy is proposed and assessed following chapters explaining growth models, the KTC model and technology index values.Balancing theoretical knowledge with real-world data and applications The Contribution of Technology to Added Value clarifies the issue of value adding for a range of different viewpoints and purposes; from academic to industry and service across engineering, economics and management.
Table of contents: title: 1.Introduction; title: 2.Technology in Growth Models; title: 3.A Model to Measure Technology; title: 4.The Value Added by Technology; title: 5.Technology Dependence Taxonomy; title: 6.Value Representing Technology and Knowledge; title: 7.Key Conclusions.