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ISM AND ISEG MBA - Développement durable

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change convention, is taken as the driver. One of the resulting demands is increased energy<br />

efficiency and eco-efficiency. By evaluating what is, or will soon be, in demand, as well as the<br />

products or technologies currently on the market, the companies can assess which technology<br />

they should develop.<br />

The technologists, the innovators, and the researchers can use technology trees to identify the<br />

relationship between a technology they may be developing and the international agreements that<br />

will drive the new technologies: is there a place for their technology on one of the trees? They<br />

can gauge the importance of their technology to particular sustainable development goals. They<br />

can identify competing technologies that occupy the same niche, then compare cost and<br />

performance, and identify unmet needs for technical innovation.<br />

The companies in small and medium-sized businesses can use technology trees to identify<br />

promising technologies that can leapfrog existing control strategies, to obtain an initial idea of the<br />

likely market for a particular technology and to identify technologies that are competing for a<br />

particular niche and select the one with the most technical, financial, and marketing advantages.<br />

The investors and the financiers can use technology trees to situate a proposed technology<br />

relative to market drivers and mandated goals, to identify competing technologies and evaluate<br />

any competitive advantage, to identify potential markets for a new technology.<br />

The policy planners can use technology trees to survey possible technology responses and<br />

identify opportunities for accelerating market penetration, to orient government activities, in the<br />

fields of industrial strategy, environmental regulation, research, and training, towards<br />

technologies that promote sustainable development, and to identify technologies that merit a<br />

government support.<br />

There are four generations of environmental technology, ranging from remediation to sustainable.<br />

Some technologies can be modified in order to reach the next step along the evolutionary path.<br />

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