"It's about control of the technology, and as soon as you're talking about applications on other devices, you're allowing someone else to be dictating that environment," he said.
In this regard, Bergek et al. [26, 33] define the three main elements of technological innovation systems as actors, including firms, users, suppliers, investors and other organisations; networks, defined as the channels for the transfer of tacit and explicit knowledge; and institutions, the entities that govern and dictate the environment within which all actors operate.
An ethnic group's culture is derived from its unique living environment as well as the means of livelihood dictated by that environment.
Development of the north demands an understanding of and the ability to cope with problems of the environment dictated by permafrost.
Psychologists and sociologists particularly like it because gene expression or suppression is to some degree dictated by the environment and plays at least as large a role as genes do in the development of a person's temperament, body shape and predisposition to disease.
The conservative Family Research Council, which filed a brief opposing gay marriage, blamed "a corporate environment dictated by wealthy, pro-homosexual activists" for the growing corporate support of same-sex marriage and added, "We applaud Exxon Mobil for refusing to cede the moral high ground to the special interests of the left".
But society will have to wrestle with the questions of how much of our makeup is dictated by the environment, how much is dictated by our genetics, and how much is dictated by our own will and determination" (pp. 96 97).
The Interdependence Theory addresses these issues from a different fundamental perspective, which assumes that grain formation is the result of the interdependence between nucleation and growth acting in concert within an environment dictated by the alloy chemistry.
This change from a voluntary cruising speed at low currents to a swimming speed solely dictated by the environment at intermediate to high currents could become a significant stress factor if chronically exposed.
In turn, viruses may evolve to be more or less prone to reassort according to the benefits and costs dictated by the environment [ 15].
