The Contribution of Technology to Added Value

By Antonio S.C. Fernandes

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447150007
• ISBN13: 9781447150008
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"