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2. Clusters of Innovation - Wikipedia

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   There are considerable economic, political, cultural and institutional differences between geographic areas which strongly influence the shape and development of clusters. A clear and strong commitment towards entrepreneurship and innovation is not sufficient without fertile ground in respect of infrastructure, education, social values, legal ...

3. Communities of innovation - Wikipedia

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   The Pig Iron industry of Cleveland in the UK during 1850–1870 is a prime example of it. [17] In recent decades, the software industry has exhibited the most significant presence of CoIs. 96% of software products developed in 2016 used open source software. Particularly, in software that runs the computing infrastructure of the internet, open ...

4. Export-oriented industrialization - Wikipedia

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   Export-oriented industrialization (EOI), sometimes called export substitution industrialization (ESI), export-led industrialization (ELI), or export-led growth, is a trade and economic policy aiming to speed up the industrialization process of a country by exporting goods for which the nation has a comparative advantage. Export-led growth ...

5. Import substitution industrialization - Wikipedia

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   Import substitution industrialization (ISI) is a trade and economic policy that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. [1] It is based on the premise that a country should attempt to reduce its foreign dependency through the local production of industrialized products.

6. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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   OCM – offshore construction manager; OCS – offshore construction supervisor; OCTG – oil country tubular goods (oil well casing, tubing, and drill pipe) [23] OD – outer diameter (of a tubular component such as casing [citation needed]) ODT – oil down to; OFE – oil field equipment; OFST – offset vertical seismic profile

7. Engineering, procurement, and construction - Wikipedia

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   The EPC contractor coordinates all design, procurement and construction work and ensures that the whole project is completed as required and in time. They may or may not undertake actual site work. EPC companies are often used in large-scale projects, such as power plants, refineries, chemical processing facilities, infrastructure projects, and ...

8. Industrial and production engineering - Wikipedia

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   The roots of the industrial engineering profession date back to the Industrial Revolution.The technologies that helped mechanize traditional manual operations in the textile industry including the Flying shuttle, the Spinning jenny, and perhaps most importantly the Steam engine generated Economies of scale that made Mass production in centralized locations attractive for the first time.

9. Australian Construction Contracts - Wikipedia

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   Australian Construction Contracts govern how the parties to a construction contract behave and how the project manager and the contract manager administer the relationship between the parties. [1] There are several popular standard forms of construction contracts that are currently used in Australia .