7月 29th, 2008
http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/annual-reports-essays/presidents-essays/scholarly-publishing-initiatives/ “This essay is intended to provide some background by focusing on the factors that prompted staff to direct Foundation resources in these particular ways. It begins with an overview of the conditions under which scholarly publishing is currently carried out in university presses. This summary is followed by a brief outline of historical concerns about the role and functions of university presses and a discussion of previous Foundation efforts to support scholarly publishing. Finally, this essay turns to the two new initiatives and considers their objectives in the broader context outlined in the previous two sections. …” (rom the site)
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7月 20th, 2008
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7月 18th, 2008
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/update/01/index.htm “…The strong global expansion is continuing, and projections for global growth in both 2007 and 2008 have been revised up to 5.2 percent from 4.9 percent at the time of the April 2007 World Economic Outlook. Risks to this favorable outlook remain modestly tilted to the downside….”(from the site)
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7月 9th, 2008
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/ Very informative…reviews issues in the scholarly communication/technology industry…
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7月 4th, 2008
http://www.nistep.go.jp/index-j.html 「…
科学技術政策研究所では、平成19年度科学技術振興調整費調査研究として、「
イノベーション測定手法の開発に向けた調査研究」を実施しました。約3000社の企業を分析し、研究開発やイノベーション活動がTFPの上昇に有意に寄与していることが明らかになりました。また、特定の技術的イノベーションが産業に及ぼした経済効果を分析する手法を開発し、1960年代の鉄鋼産業の場合、新技術が約23％の生産量増加に寄与したことが明らかになりました。｝(from the site)
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6月 21st, 2008
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