We present the Medimate Multireader, the first point-of-care lab on a chip device that is based on capillary electrophoresis. It employs disposable pre-filled microfluidic chips with closed electrode reservoirs and a single sample opening. Several technological innovations allow operation with closed reservoirs, which is essential for reliable point-of-care operation. The chips are inserted int...

Over the past 15 years, much of my time has been spent developing a new generation of endogenous growth theory, together with Philippe Aghion. Our original contribution was Aghion and Howitt (1992). We have since generalized the simple model of that paper considerably and applied it to a variety of different questions. Most of what we have done is contained in our recent book (Aghion and Howitt...

Pressure to change business education is rising. Lectures, where students listen to an expert academic should be the exception rather than the rule. A reliance on passive learning tasks reflects an informationtransmission concept of teaching which produces inferior learning outcomes. Incorporating new learning and assessment tasks can improve learning outcomes. Since technology is one source of...

The article discusses the institutional diversity of industrial networks, associating this diversity with the ‘complexity’ of the technological environment in which these networks are inserted. The analysis is organized in three stages. The first involves the definition of an objective criteria to map the institutional diversity of industrial networks, specifically associated with the ‘complexi...

During the past decade, technological innovations based on new knowledge of the principles underlying separations processes have transformed column liquid chromatography, the oldest chromatographic technique, into a sophisticated tool for rapidly achieving the most difficult of separations and analyses. Applications of this modern version called High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) are...

Despite the fact that ERP systems have become the defacto standard in several industries, they still represent a major issue for both practitioners and researchers. ERP systems failures can have different degrees and can occur at different instances of the ERP life cycle. System underutilization has been argued to be one of the primary causes of ERP failure. This raises questions about the syst...

A new mathematical approach to the diffusion of energy-efficient technologies is presented using the diffusion of natural processes as an analogy. This approach is applied to the diffusion of the electric arc furnace in Japan. The main advantage offered by the new approach is the incorporation of an average effect of barriers to, and support measures for, innovation. This approach also incorpor...

Structured Abstract Purpose – This paper is an extension to a previous empirical study that modelled the process of innovation diffusion in Australian architectural and engineering design (AED) firms. The present study utilised explanatory case studies to assist in the verification of this empirical model, which depicted pathways that explain the role of enabling 'climate for innovation' constr...

Prior literature on innovation diffusion or acceptance has almost exclusively concentrated on consumers’ positive attitudes and behaviors for new products/services. Consumers’ negative attitudes or behaviors to innovations have received relatively little marketing attention, but it happens frequently in practice. This study discusses consumer psychological factors when they try to learn or use ...

The practice of outpatient type 2 diabetes management is gradually moving from the traditional visit-based, fee-for-service model to a new, health information communication technology (ICT)-supported model that can enable non-visit-based diabetes care. To date, adoption of innovative health ICT tools for diabetes management has been slowed by numerous barriers, such as capital investment costs,...