Joan Weiner, who has a degree in social systems sciences, notes that although approaching sustainable innovation in a holistic way holds the challenge of bringing together the complex, interrelated sets of pieces into a new and continually changing system, the benefits are potentially great.
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And it's suited me, and the truth is that anyone that trains under any system, these systems are not sciences.
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We recently bought Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Computer Sciences (CSC).
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The approach mentioned above needs innovations and inventions in core technology areas such as material sciences, electronics, fluid mechanics, power systems and the like.
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It does however remark that, to be fully effective, science curricula need to interact properly with local experiences and systems of traditional knowledge, particularly in the biological and environmental sciences.
Basic Plastics is the largest, responsible for 22.5% of sales, followed by Performance Products (20.9%), Performance Systems (12.4%), Health and Agricultural Sciences (10.2%), Hydrocarbons and Energy (9.6%), Electronic and Specialty Chemicals (9.4%), Coatings and Infrastructure (8.9%), and Basic Chemicals (5.3%).
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