Papers

Ordino has a number of papers available on this site. The papers are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format; if you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed simply click on the paper title to view that paper, to get the Acrobat Reader click here. To save a paper for offline viewing, right click on the title and choose "save target as...." from the menu.

NINT(National Institute for Nanotechnology) - Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector Workshop - 12th February 2003
Full report on the February 12th meeting. The objective of the meeting was to engage business interests in the ICT sector, to obtain their views on what aspects of nanotechnology would be most beneficial to them, and to inform them of research being done in nanotechnology in the universities in Alberta, and by other institutes of the NRC.

An Overview of Technology Management
Technology management is a broad subject which impacts as many different areas as does technology itself. This paper reviews all of the aspects of Technology Management from high level strategy to the nuts and bolts of project management.

Commercialization of R&D Results lecture
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This was presented to the 1998 APEC R&D Training Program: it provides an overview of the issues faced in commercialization and the characteristics of successful technologies. Specific topics include the commercialization context, commercialization process overview, stage gating, competitive advantage model, new product screening model, types of risk and risk management, and combining multiple technologies.

Project Management lecture
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This was presented to the 1998 APEC R&D Training Program: this addresses some project management issues which arise specifically in the R&D context. The paper covers topics such as Key Questions for R&D Management, the Management Intervention Cycle, and Project Resource Estimation.

Out from the Summit
This report was prepared as a summary of discussions on the interactive multimedia industry held at the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, during the summer of 1997. It examines the structure of the possible industry sector and some of the key issues if faced then and still faces, particularly in the area of technology development.

Web Software Report
This report reviewed the opportunities that the emerging Internet offered software companies in 1997. There have been considerable changes in the industry since that time but the report still provides a useful view of industry structure.

Business Incubators
Ordino Inc. has a completed study on Business Incubators available to individuals on payment of $500.00 Cdn. The purchaser must sign and mail the CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT, provided, together with payment of $500.00 Cdn. The report will be couriered to the address given on the agreement.

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An Investigation of R&D Program Elements
This paper describes some research undertaken on the impact of different national R&D programs in a group of APEC countries and the relationship they have to the growth in GDP for those countries. The analysis is based on the period 1998 - 2001. The results suggest which types of support by governments for R&D appear to have the most beneficial impacts on economic growth. The paper is preliminary and the study is being extended to enhance and extend the model.

National R&D Program Planning and Evaluation
This was presented to the 2002 APEC R&D Training Program: it looks at the policy options which exist for governments in deciding how they will support R&D with the eventual goal of stimulating economic performance. It also provides some comparative data for programs in different countries and assesses the net impact of these.

In addition to these papers, Ordino occasionally publishes a free newsletter. This occasional newsletter highlights and reviews some of the interesting trends in technology and technology management. To receive the newsletter by email please fill in the following form.