this article considers the many developments in technology and practice that are making libraries more connected and interdependent. it looks at new integrated online services and reviews the increasing importance of both formal and informal standards. global centralized web services are discussed. the relationships between information industry companies and libraries are considered. virtual re...

Addressing the issue of specialisation in the R&D and innovation is particularly crucial for regions/countries that are not leaders in any of the major science or technology domains. Many would argue that these regions/countries need to increase the intensity of knowledge investments in the form of high education and vocational training, public and private R&D, and other innovation-related acti...

since the collapse of the soviet :union:, russia has been affected by intensifying regional and international developments than ever before. because of new opportunities and threats caused by these developments, russia faced with the problem of structural adoption whit systemic new realities, accompanying whit redefinition of its position and review of foreign policy approaches. conceptual and ...

the changing context for agricultural development has highlighted a strong need to understand and adoptinnovation systems thinking. science, technology and innovation policy has equated rural development toagricultural development. the main objective of this paper was to examine the role of innovation capacity inagricultural sector. with the growing diversification of rural livelihood options i...