It involves problem identification and information gathering activities about the societal, the competitiveness, and the organisational environments.
Future directions of membrane science in sustainable marketplaces, including societal challenges, industrial competitiveness and excellence in science, are also examined.
Examples of success stories and of the role of the biotechnology programmes in addressing societal issues and industrial competitiveness are also presented.
For instance, a detailed German study suggested that standards have a positive effect on trade, enhance international competitiveness, and provide societal benefits beyond those to individual companies [ 19].
In what some describe as the Industry 4.0 of interconnected industry and systems it points towards new ways to build competitiveness, productivity automation and social and societal experiences and sustainability that will define the Digital Economy of the next decades to come.
Creative competitions involve varying degrees of competitiveness.
Much like Von Schomberg ([2013]), the report frames the need for societal involvement and assessment in terms of innovation and competitiveness.
Yet people continue to interpret diversity through the lens of "race relations" rather than find ways to transition our societal melting pot into an economic mosaic for global competitiveness.
Germany and other "euro-optimists" hoped that the introduction of a common currency and the global economic competitiveness it spurred would quickly lead to sweeping economic and societal modernization across the union.
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), who struck the compromise with Hutchison, says the words are intended to reflect "the importance of the social sciences to U.S. economic competitiveness" and their value in applying the latest technology to societal needs.
