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Jouini, L., U. Ouali, S. Ouanes, Z. Rania, R. Jomli, Y. Zgueb, and F. Nacef. "Akathisia: Prevalence and risk factors in patients with psychosis and bipolar disorder." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S330—S331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.271.
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IntroductionAkathisia is probably the most common and one of the most distressing of the movement disorders associated with antipsychotic drugs. Little is known about its prevalence and its risk factors in real-world psychotic and bipolar patients to date.ObjectivesThe main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of akathisia and to determine the risk factors and the treatments associated with it in a sample of Tunisian patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or bipolar disorder.MethodsSeventy-four patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or bipolar disorder were included and assessed with a validated scale: the Barnes Akathisia scale (BAS). Ongoing psychotropic treatments were recorded.ResultsThe global prevalence of akathisia (as defined by a score ≥ 2 on the global akathisia subscale of the BAS) was 20.5%. Akathisia was significantly more common in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder than in patients with Bipolar disorder (27.5% vs 9.4%; P = 0.049). However, the prevalence of akathisia did not differ according to sex, age, the illness duration, the presence of a comorbid anxiety disorder, the number of antipsychotics used, the type of the used antipsychotic (first vs second-generation), the antipsychotic chlorpromazine-equivalent total dosage, the use of benzodiazepines or anticholinergics, or the reported drug compliance.ConclusionsAkathisia seems to be more common in some psychiatric disorders than in others such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Longitudinal studies would be required to draw any firm conclusions concerning the factors involved in the emergence of akathisia.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Tingstad, Vebjørg. "Hvordan forstår vi barn og barndom?" Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk 5 (2019): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/ntpk.v5.1512.
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Denne artikkelen undersøker ontologiske og epistemologiske posisjoner som har hatt en ikke ubetydelig innflytelse på teoretisk perspektivering og metodiske overveielser i barne- og barndomsforskning, spesielt de siste 30 årene. Artikkelen er basert på en tematisk lesning av 4445 sammendrag av artikler publisert i fire tidsskrift (tre internasjonale og ett nordisk) i årgangene 2015, 2016 og 2017, og drøfter fire tema som gikk igjen i dette materialet. Disse temaene konfronteres med og utfordres av forskningslitteratur innen det tverrfaglige forskningsfeltet Childhood Studies med den hensikt å bedre kunne reflektere over og stille spørsmål ved perspektiver en som forsker kan ta for gitt. Temaene er barns stemmer, det kompetente barn, forholdet mellom struktur og aktør og sosial konstruksjonisme. Artikkelen gir innsyn i sentrale posisjoner og kontroverser og viser hvordan begreper som lett blir tatt for gitt, på ingen måte er tydelige eller nøytrale, men ofte både tvetydige og normative. Det argumenteres i artikkelen at dette er en utfordring for forskningsfeltets teoriutvikling.
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Eyana, Shiferaw Muleta, Enno Masurel, and Leo J. Paas. "Discovery behaviour and creation behaviour of Ethiopian entrepreneurs: the implications for the performance of their small tourism firms." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 27, no. 6 (September 4, 2020): 865–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-04-2019-0108.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to assess the effects of discovery and creation behaviour in opportunity identification on firm performance in a developing country context. By doing so, the study adds new knowledge and insights in researching the entrepreneurial behaviour types at the start-up phase and their eventual effects on firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted amongst Ethiopian tour operators (n = 118), which are formally established small tourism firms. A survey questionnaire, which is the main data gathering tool in this study, was prepared based on a distinction between discovery and creation behaviour with regard to the seven entrepreneurial actions described by Alvarez and Barney (2007). Hence, 14 multiple-item measurement scales were derived to define the entrepreneurial behaviour types. Firm performance was measured using four indicators. A regression analysis was conducted to predict the effect of entrepreneurial behaviour at the start-up phase on firm performance.FindingsThe findings of this study provide consistent support for the hypothesis that tour-operating firms in Ethiopia founded through creation behaviour instead of discovery behaviour are performing better in terms of sales, employment, profit and asset size change.Research limitations/implicationsThe theoretical contribution of this study is two-fold. First, it provides a scale for measuring the extent to which discovery and/or creation opportunity identification played a role in the start-up phase of the business. Second, the study assesses the effects of discovery behaviour and creation behaviour in opportunity identification on firm performance in a developing country context.Originality/valueThe entrepreneurs' behaviour through which they identify and pursue new opportunities may have a considerable effect on the subsequent performance of their newly established firms. It is, therefore, important to understand effects, which result from differences in entrepreneurs' behaviour at the start-up phase, in terms of outcomes such as firm performance among small businesses. Nonetheless, there is little empirical research conducted in this regard, particularly in the context of developing countries. This study contributes to the literature of entrepreneurship by applying entrepreneurial behaviour types, i.e. discovery and creation, as determinants of small firms' performance in a developing country context. Furthermore, it is one of the few studies concentrating on formal instead of informal operations in an African context.
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Senaji, Thomas, and Andrew B. Nyaboga. "Knowledge Management Process Capability: Operations Strategy Perspective." International Journal of Management & Information Systems (IJMIS) 15, no. 3 (June 16, 2011): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/ijmis.v15i3.4651.
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According to the resource based view (RBV) of the firm (Wernerfeldt, 1984; Barney, 2004) and distributed knowledge system view of the firm, knowledge is a critical organizational resource that contributes to superior performance if relevant KM capabilities are built and applied to the knowledge resources. The perspective that sound operations strategy applied to knowledge is necessary for a firm to take full advantage of knowledge management programmes is explored in this paper. The objective of this paper is to document empirical evidence from existing literature on the effect of KM process capability on performance of firms and to identify opportunities for further research which can generate more knowledge to help in the understanding of this relationship leading to the improvement of the contribution of knowledge to performance. An empirical literature survey method was used to collect information regarding KM process capability and its effect on performance. The results suggest that knowledge management process operations positively impact performance. Arising from these findings, it is proposed that studies be launched to determine the relative disposition and contribution of each of the KM process capabilities operations to performance. Such studies will guide organizations in building KM process capabilities and carrying out operations which can be leveraged for sustainable superior performance using knowledge resources.
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Baporikar, Neeta. "Information and Communication Technology for SMEs' Competitiveness." International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications 7, no. 3 (July 2016): 41–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsita.2016070103.
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Competitiveness of a firm is its capacity to achieve its targets. These targets are likely to be expressed in a variety of terms depending on the context (Barney 2002). Within a macroeconomic perspective, a competitive firm develops and sustains a level of performance that contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment opportunities, and the wealth of the people. From an entrepreneurial perspective, a competitive firm needs to survive in the market and to achieve market share and profitability. This paper deliberates regarding the theory of competitive advantage and discusses the role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for augmenting SMEs' competitiveness.
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Schraeyen, Senne. "Teken onder weerstand: Over de tekenpraktijk van Matthew Barney en Michelangelo." Forum+ 26, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 48–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/forum2019.1.schr.
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Abstract Net zoals een kunstenaar als Michelangelo Buonarroti (1476-1564) zich profileerde als beeldhouwer, schilder, architect en poëet, laveert Matthew Barney (1967) moeiteloos tussen verschillende hedendaagse kunstvormen.Het oeuvre van de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Matthew Barney bestaat uit performance, fotografie, tekeningen, designobjecten en film. Niet toevallig werd hij in 1989 door een kunstcriticus omgedoopt tot “De Michelangelo van de genitale kunst”. Dit had niet alleen te maken met de vele naakte atletische lichamen in zijn oeuvre. De verwantschap tussen Barney (1967) en Michelangelo (1476-1564) is groter dan men zou verwachten. Senne Schrayen trekt in dit artikel een parallel tussen de lopende performancereeks Drawing Restraint (gestart in 1987) van Barney en de presentatietekeningen van Michelangelo uit 1532 vanuit een transhistorische invalshoek en met aandacht voor het maakproces van de tekeningen. Just as Michelangelo Buonarroti (1476-1564) worked as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet, Matthew Barney (1967) switches smoothly between various contemporary art forms. The oeuvre of this US artist includes performance, photography, drawing, design and film. Not coincidentally an art critic, writing in 1989, dubbed him 'The Michelangelo of genital art' and this was not just because of the many athletic nudes that people his oeuvre. The parallels between Barney (1967) and Michelangelo (1476-1564) are greater than one might think. In the article Senne Schrayen makes a comparison between Barney's current series of performances (started in 1987) called Drawing Restraint and Michelangelo's drawings of 1532 from a transhistorical perspective and giving close attention to the process of making the drawing.
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Fell, John. ": Pioneers of the British Film Vol. 3 . John Barnes." Film Quarterly 42, no. 4 (July 1989): 46–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/fq.1989.42.4.04a00220.
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Gulino, R., S. Bair, W. O. Winer, and B. Bhushan. "Temperature Measurement of Microscopic Areas Within a Simulated Head/Tape Interface Using Infrared Radiometric Technique." Journal of Tribology 108, no. 1 (January 1, 1986): 29–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3261139.
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This study concerns the infrared measurement of steady-state and transient temperatures of microscopic areas within the contact region formed by a magnetic tape passing over a simulated recording head. This research demonstrates that the tape surface temperature can be measured within specific limits of response time and sensitivity. Due to its high tranmissivity in the relevant infrared band, sapphire was chosen as the material to be used in the fabrication of a simulated recording head. A Barnes RM2A infrared microscope was the principle radiometer used, while a best effort was made in scanning with an AGA Thermovision 750. The friction force versus load characteristics of the head-magnetic tape interface were also observed. The high speed measurements were divided into two regimes; non-contact hydrodynamic film region, and tape-head contact regime. The temperature measurements displayed a strong correlation with the measured friction force versus load curve. Almost no temperature rise was found in the noncontact hydrodynamic film region while a temperature rise of a few degrees Celsius was found when there was tape-head contact. The results with the AGA Thermovision 750 were consistent with the measurements obtained with the Barnes RM2A.
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Ferrary, Michel. "Investing in transferable strategic human capital through alliances in the luxury hotel industry." Journal of Knowledge Management 19, no. 5 (September 14, 2015): 1007–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkm-01-2015-0045.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is explore an organizational design that allows firms to invest in transferable strategic human capital. Strategic human capital requires considerable investment in training costs, effective compensation, opportunities for professional development and expectancy of long employment relationship within a firm. A firm can undertake investment in strategic knowledge and workers can engage in learning only in these circumstances. However, there are a number of risks that are associated with investment in strategic human capital within a firm. In this paper, the author argues that providing strategic human capital to other firms within alliances could be a strategy for leveraging resource. Strategic knowledge facilitates transactions between firms possessing co-specialized human capital and tangible resources. Organizational design of an alliance based on co-specialization allows to balance costs and returns for the human capital supplier, as well as for beneficiary and workers. Within an alliance, the human capital supplier provides workers to a beneficiary firm and coordinates their activities. Supplier specialized in human capital investment ensures improved performance, productivity and efficiency of workers. Possibility to form a greater pool of labor force and to centralize training allows optimizing cost and sharing risks associated with investment activity among alliance participants. Human resource practices in an alliance system foster long-term employment relationship. Entering an alliance increases number of job positions, professional development opportunities through horizontal mobility, promotion and learning opportunities for workers. Finally, alliances allow leveraging investment in human capital beyond a single organization. Design/methodology/approach – This paper conceptualizes the use of alliance based on co-specialization as a strategy to optimize investment in strategic human capital resource. It draws upon the resource-based view (Barney, 1991; Wernerfelt, 1995) and transaction cost theory (Coase, 1937; Williamson, 1981) to examine an alliance as a strategy for leveraging the human capital resources for accessing new markets, building reputation and sharing the risks across more than one organization. Findings – First, the paper reviews the theoretical literature on human capital as a strategic resource (Becker, 1962; Coff, 1997), its sourcing on internal and external labor markets and respective employment systems (Delery and Doty, 1996; Doeringer and Piore, 1971). Second, it focuses on the features of human capital resource (Barney, 1986; Chi, 1994; Doz and Hamel, 1998). Third, it conceptualizes the use of alliances based on co-specialization as organizational structures for investment in human capital across organizations and examines respective employment system and HR practices (Delery and Doty, 1996; Doeringer and Piore, 1971). As result, the author argues that an alliance can be an alternative mean to optimize returns on investment in human capital with strategic transferable knowledge. By consequence, the author describes an alliance employment system and illustrates the arguments with a case of human capital trading in a co-specialization alliance under a long-term management contract in the luxury hotel industry. Originality/value – This paper discusses collaborative ventures as a sourcing strategy of the human capital. An alliance strategy is relevant for sourcing the strategic human capital resources. Human capital resource can be accessed by firms through transfer of skills and organizational routines within collaborative agreements, such as alliances based on co-specialization. In this case, alliance is an organizational architecture between organizations that improves the efficiency and productivity, reduces marginal cost on training due to larger scale of operations and reduces risk by splitting investment in human capital and by offering more career and development opportunities for strategic knowledge workers.
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Vargas-Hernández, José G., and Francia Contreras Garcia. "The Link Between a Firm´s Internal Characteristics and Performance: GPTW & VRIO Dimension Analysis." Revista de Administração IMED 8, no. 2 (December 11, 2018): 222. http://dx.doi.org/10.18256/2237-7956.2018.v8i2.2990.
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O seguinte artigo discute os modelos Doutor Jay Barney Autor do artigo: “Recursos firme e vantagem competitiva sustentada” e Robert Levering, autor de “A Great Place to Work”, lidando com as características internas de empresas e como eles impacto sobre o desempenho dele. Analisamos as dimensões de valor, raridade, imitação e uso do modelo VRIO Dr. Jay Barney e tamanho do Respeito, Credibilidade, Imparcialidade, Orgulho e Camaradagem através do Modelo de confiança Robert Levering, como indicadores de desempenho da empresa. Este documento descreve conceitualmente argumentos teóricos destes autores, porque as organizações precisam se concentrar em suas características internas, a fim de melhorar seu desempenho. A hipótese é que as características internas da organização e seu impacto gestão do desempenho da empresa. As características internas, propostas por esses autores, determinam a eficiência e eficácia de uma empresa.
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Rollin, Henry R. "Sketches from the history of psychiatry." Psychiatric Bulletin 13, no. 4 (April 1989): 188–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.13.4.188.
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Gupta, Seema, Moutusy Maity, and Satish C. Pandey. "Sponsor, Ambusher, and Other: Consumer Response to Three Strategies." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 39, no. 1 (January 2014): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920140105.
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Sponsorship, in advertising and marketing, has enjoyed considerable currency with managers, especially in the context of sporting events. However, this strategy option is constantly challenged by ambush marketing (which seeks an unofficial association with the event) as well as by a neither strategy (i.e. firms not undertaking either sponsorship or ambush marketing). At the core of all the three strategies is the expectation that a firm's association (official or unofficial) or non-association with a sporting event will result in certain benefits for the brand. This study measures and compares consumer responses to the three strategy options available to a firm for a sporting event. This research uses the Resource Advantage (RA) Theory to examine the interrelationships among the three types of firms and the environment in which these firms compete. RA theory posits that when a firm has a resource that is rare among competitors, then that resource has the potential for producing competitive advantage for that firm (Barney, 1991). The Hierarchy of Effects (HOE) model is used to formulate hypotheses regarding the possible consumer responses to the three strategy options. The HOE model predicts that consumers usually go through the stages of cognition, affect, and purchase intention after being exposed to a piece of promotion (i.e. communication). Sponsorship can be a source of competitive advantage as it may lead to greater consumer awareness, positive attitude, and a higher intention to purchase. Some firms may try to engage in ambush marketing. On the other hand, some other firms may choose to follow a neither strategy. This study is set in the context of an international sporting competition, the ICC Cricket World Cup held in South Africa, in 2003. It finds that while sponsorship is effective in creating awareness, it does not lead to liking and⁄or preference for the brand. Others are able to break the clutter in the world of intense competition where event-related promotions are seen as a means of fulfilling marketing objectives. Moreover, the relationship between attitude and intention to purchase is not significant for any of the three strategy options. These findings indicate that any association with an event provides scope for elementary messages which may be suitable for increasing awareness but does not lead to higher order effects of building positive attitude and intention to purchase.
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Fell, John. "Review: Pioneers of the British Film Vol. 3 by John Barnes." Film Quarterly 42, no. 4 (1989): 46–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1212840.
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Hogsnes, Hilde Dehnæs, Ann-Katrin Svensson, Marianne Eskebæk Larsen, and Ulla Damber. "Litteraturens og høytlesingens plass og hensikt i nasjonale policydokumenter for barnehagen og barnehagelærerutdanningen i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige." BARN - Forskning om barn og barndom i Norden 38, no. 4 (March 21, 2021): 15–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5324/barn.v38i4.3992.
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Basert på et sosiokulturelt perspektiv der barnehagens sosiale, kulturelle og historiske praksis blir sett på som vesentlig for barns møte med og forhold til barnelitteratur og lesing, er det viktig å studere lesingens plass i barnehagen. Studien undersøker hvilke føringer policydokumentene for barnehagen i Danmark, Finland, Norge og Sverige legger for arbeidet med barnelitteratur og lesing. Nasjonale retningslinjer for barnehagelærerutdanningen studeres også der disse finnes, det vil si i Danmark, Norge og Sverige. Gjennom dokumentanalyse undersøkes likheter og ulikheter i policydokumentene i de fire landene, og resultatene diskuteres i lys av beskrivelsen av en nordisk barnehagetradisjon preget av et holistisk læringssyn med vekt på barns interesser og lek. Analysene viser at lesing av barnelitteratur beskrives i begrenset grad, at den tillegges ulik betydning og at så vel barnehagelærere som barnehagelærerutdannere i de fire landene vil kunnemøte motstridende forventninger. Det argumenteres for at det må utdannes barnehagelærere som kan bidra til at alle barn gis forutsetninger for aktiv deltakelse i et lesefellesskap, og som har en bevissthet om at barns interesser og ønske om å lese er selve drivkraften i deres videre karriere som lesere.
Nøkkelord: Litteratur, høytlesing, barnehage, barnehagelærerutdanning, holistisk læringssyn.
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Gillen, Mark C., and Ed Chung. "An Initial Investigation of Employee Stress Related to Caring for Elderly and Dependent Relatives at Home." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 25, no. 9 (September 1, 2005): 78–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443330510791199.
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It is recognised that a sustainable competitive advantage is a necessary condition for a firm to survive and prosper. Specifically, companies need to embark on real, substantive business initiatives that will accrue to the company an asymmetrical, firm‐specific resource that will not be perfectly imitable by competitors, to borrow from Barney’s (1986) parlance. Barney’s notion of imperfect imitability is see as crucial in ascertaining the long run efficacy of any potential source of competitive advantage. A sustainable competitive advantage is one which is of value, is rare, has few if any substitutes, and in particular is not easily copied (Barney, 1986). The acquisition of such a sustainable competitive advantage is seen as the whole point of planning and executive business level strategies.
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Ramos, André Luiz, Otávio Bandeira De Lamônica Freire, and Marcelo Moll Brandão. "Value of the Company and Marketing Metrics." Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia 12, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 235–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/ijsm.v12i4.2044.
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Thinking marketing strategies from a resource-based perspective (Barney, 1991), proposing assets as either tangible, organizational and human, and from Constantin and Luch’s vision (1994), where strategic resources can be tanbigle or intangible, internal or external to the firm, raises a research approach on Marketing and Finance. According to Srivastava, Shervani and Fahey (1998) there are 3 market assets types, which generate firm value. Firm value can be measured by discounted cashflow, compromising marketing activities with value generation forcasts (Anderson, 1982; Day, Fahey, 1988; Doyle, 2000; Rust et al., 2004a). The economic value of marketing strategies and marketing metrics are calling strategy researchers’ and marketing managers’ attention, making clear the need for building a bridge able to articulate marketing and finance form a strategic perspective. This article proposes an analytical framework based on different scientific approaches envolving risk and return promoted by marketing strategies and points out advances concerning both methodological approaches and marketing strategies and its impact on firm metrics and value, usgin Srinivasan and Hanssens (2009) as a start point.
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Ghazinoory, Sepehr, Rahman Mahdiani Khotbesara, and Sedigheh Rezaeian Fardoei. "MANUFACTURING STRATEGY FORMATION PROCESS: CASE STUDY OF IRANIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES / GAMYBOS STRATEGIJOS FORMAVIMO PROCESAS IRANO GAMYBOS ĮMONĖSE." Technological and Economic Development of Economy 17, no. 4 (January 18, 2012): 627–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20294913.2011.603475.
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This paper describes case study research undertaken in six Iranian manufacturing companies aimed at advancing the understanding of the manufacturing strategy formation process. As shown in this study, culture, leadership, policy and incrementalism have their own undeniable roles in manufacturing strategy formation. Cultural factors impact on political factors, and political factors impact on individual factors. It could be useful To utilize formal business planning for firms interested in deliberative manufacturing strategy. In this study, we use Barnes's manufacturing strategy formation process as frameworks with some new changes. Also a case study methodology was used to investigate the process of formation of manufacturing strategy in six small manufacturing companies in Iran like Barnes did in the UK. The results of this study are the main features of the process of manufacturing strategy formation and manufacturing strategy formation model in the case companies. In the case study method, external validity is inevitably compromised due to the limited number of companies that can be studied. The demonstrated model in this study offers a comprehensible view in organizational and external contexts that can be used by manufacturing decision makers. Santrauka Straipsnyje aprašomi šešiose Irano gamybos įmonėse atlikti moksliniai tyrimai, įrodantys gamybos strategijos formavimo proceso reikšmę. Tyrimas nustatė, kad kultūra, vadovavimas ir politika turi savo neginčijamą įtaką gamybos strategijos formavimo procese. Kultūriniai veiksniai daro įtaką politiniams veiksniams, o politiniai veiksniai veikia individualius veiksnius. Gali būti naudinga naudoti formalų verslo planavimą formuojant įmonės gamybos strategiją. Šiame tyrime buvo naudojamas modifikuotas Barnes gamybos strategijos formavimo procesas. Barnes pavyzdžiu buvo siekiama ištirti gamybos strategijos formavimo procesą šešiose nedidelėse Irano gamybos įmonėse. Šio tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė tiriamų įmonių gamybos strategijos formavimo proceso ypatumus. Tyrimui neišvengiamo subjektyvumo suteikia ribotas ištirtų įmonių skaičius. Pasiūlytas modelis leidžia visapusiškai ištirti vidinę ir išorinę organizacijos aplinkas bei pasiūlyti sprendimus gamybos planuotojams.
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Sopocy, Martin. ": British Film History: Pioneers of the British Film . John Barnes. ; British Film History: The British Film Catalogue, 1985-1985 . Denis Gifford." Film Quarterly 42, no. 3 (April 1989): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/fq.1989.42.3.04a00200.
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Hansen, Ellen Sæter. "Fødselen kom som et sjokk. Ni foreldrepars opplevelse av for tidlig fødsel." Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning 6, no. 1 (August 17, 2010): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/14.805.
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Artikkelen presenterer og diskuterer funn fra kvalitative intervjuer med 9 foreldrepar når det prematurt fødte barnet er tre måneder korrigert alder. Intervjuene har fokus på begge foreldres opplevelse av for tidlig fødsel, og hvordan dette påvirker samspillet i familien. Det benyttes en metodologisk tilnærming inspirert av grounded theory. Funnene inndeles i fire hovedkategorier: 1. Følelseskaos 2. Følelsemessig støtte 3. Nærhet til barnet 4. Bli en familie. Mødre og fedre synes å uttrykke en tilsvarende følelsesmessig opplevelse av for tidlig fødsel, men tar ulike roller i situasjonen.
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Lado, Augustine A., and Michael J. Zhang. "Expert Systems, Knowledge Development and Utilization, and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based Model." Journal of Management 24, no. 4 (August 1998): 489–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014920639802400402.
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In this paper, we propose a resource-based model to explain how expert systems generate sustained competitive advantage for a firm. Speciftcally, we analyze the extent to which expert systems (ESs) exhibit the attributes of value, rareness, imperfect imitability, and non substitutability associated with a rent-generating resource (e.g., Barney, 1991). Then, we discuss how expert systems yield sustainable competitive advantage through fostering organizational knowledge development and utilization. Finally, we examine the role of ESs in engenden’ng a reciprocal, mutually enhancing relationship with organizational competencies, leading to sustained competitive advantage. Propositions are ofleered to facilitate future research.
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MARSTON, CLAIRE. "FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND ANALYST FOLLOWING IN THE UK." British Accounting Review 29, no. 4 (December 1997): 335–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1996.0049.
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Ployhart, Robert E. "Resources for What? Understanding Performance in the Resource-Based View and Strategic Human Capital Resource Literatures." Journal of Management 47, no. 7 (April 15, 2021): 1771–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01492063211003137.
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Barney’s presentation of the resource-based view (RBV) profoundly shaped the trajectory of management scholarship. This article considers the RBV’s impact specifically on the field of strategic human capital resources. Although Barney is still highly relevant, I suggest that research has not sufficiently appreciated the role that individual and collective performance behavior and outcomes play in linking human capital resources to competitive advantage. An alternative, what might be called RBV2.0, posits that research needs to recognize that human capital resources are distinct from performance behavior and outcomes. Such an observation raises the question, “Resources for what?” Answering this question leads to several important insights. First, a given type of human capital resource is only important to the extent it is related to performance behavior and outcomes that contribute to competitive advantage. Second, performance behavior is largely strategy-specific and thus firm-specific. Third, firm specificity is not a characteristic of human capital resources but rather a function of the proximity of the resource to firm-specific performance behavior and outcomes. Consequently, “Performance” is the answer to the question, “Resources for what?” This emphasis on understanding human capital resource-performance relationships adds considerable precision into the RBV, helps resolve puzzles in the strategic human capital literature relating to firm specificity and performance mobility, and promotes a deeper understanding hiding latent within Barney’s original view.
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Victer, Rogerio. "The strategic implication of knowledge attributes." Management Decision 52, no. 3 (May 13, 2014): 505–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2013-0235.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to refine the resource-based theory of the firm. It intends to deal with key theoretical issues affecting the development of a model that empirically captures the relevance of knowledge to performance. The research task is not only to look inside the firm in search of candidates for a strategic resource, but also to better understand how a resource becomes strategic as the consequence of specific attributes. This approach has the potential of providing a relevant insight into the characteristics that resources must possess as well as a more effective way to compare their relative relevance to competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses are tested by a comprehensive panel data of 29 AIDS/HIV drugs from 1997 to 2010, covering the performance trajectory of more than 90 percent of all branded products in this segment. Findings – Based on the VRIO framework (Barney 1991, 2001a), which asserts that resources need to be valuable, rare, inimitable, and difficult to organize in order to become a source of sustainable competitive advantage, the paper derives seven empirical constructs of technological knowledge. Five of these constructs are statistically significant, explaining up to 36 percent of the variance in sales outcomes. Results show that the most important resource attributes are value and organizational capabilities. Inimitability is partially relevant, but rarity is not. Practical implications – Results suggest that the best way to generate competitive advantage is through continuous improvement of technological knowledge. This conclusion shows that knowledge heterogeneity is more strategically relevant to performance than knowledge immobility. Originality/value – Differently from previous papers, instead of measuring how much a resource (or its accumulated stock) influences competitive advantage, this paper identifies and measures the attributes through which the resource matters to market outcomes. It is not the resource itself, but its strategic attributes which actually generate differential benefits to firms.
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Sopocy, Martin. "Review: British Film History: Pioneers of the British Film by John Barnes; British Film History: The British Film Catalogue, 1985-1985 by Denis Gifford." Film Quarterly 42, no. 3 (1989): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1212614.
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Laing, Dellores. "River of Fundament. A Film by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler." Luxury 2, no. 1 (January 2015): 101–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20511817.2015.11428567.
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Mullatahiri, MSc Vjosa, MSc Lorik Abdullahu, and MSc Ganimete Podvorica. "The Approach of Local Firms towards E-Banking." ILIRIA International Review 5, no. 1 (June 30, 2015): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.21113/iir.v5i1.14.
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There is a visible demand to increase the awareness for the efficacy and the advantages that e-banking has to offer to small enterprises; however, many other enterprises cannot conceive the possibility of running their business without e-banking. This study on approach of local firms towards e-banking is conducted by applying the Grounded Theory of Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss and the Critical Incident Technique, in order to identify the factors influencing the satisfaction of the business clients when using e-banking services. The empirical data were gathered through interviews. Factual findings establish the foundation for a more extended research aiming to reveal the satisfaction of the business clients with service of e-banking, simultaneously exploring opportunities which banks have to adopt in order to succeed in attracting and retaining the business clients.
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LENT, LAURENCE VAN. "THE ECONOMICS OF AN AUDIT FIRM: THE BENEFITS OF PARTNERSHIP GOVERNANCE." British Accounting Review 31, no. 2 (June 1999): 225–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1998.0087.
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VAFEAS, NIKOS, and ELENA THEODOROU. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOARD STRUCTURE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN THE UK." British Accounting Review 30, no. 4 (December 1998): 383–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1998.0075.
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COOKE, TERRY, and MARK TIPPETT. "DOUBLE ENTRY BOOKKEEPING, STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND THE VALUE OF THE FIRM." British Accounting Review 32, no. 3 (September 2000): 261–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.2000.0135.
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Bergem, Helen. "Barns erfaringer rundt mening og sammenheng i barnehagehverdagen. En analyse av tematisk innhold i samspillet mellom barn og barnehagelærer." BARN - Forskning om barn og barndom i Norden 38, no. 1 (May 7, 2020): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5324/barn.v38i1.3578.
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Artikkelen bygger på en studie som har undersøkt hva barn i alderen 1– 3 år og barnehagelæreresamspiller om i det daglige, og som har betydning for barns muligheter til å erfare sammenhengi hverdagen. Observasjonssekvenser av samspill er analysert over et tidskontinuum for å kunneidentifisere hvordan det som kan fremstå som situert og av mer trivielt tematisk innhold i samspiller koblet til andre og mer abstrakte dimensjoner av barns institusjonskulturelle læring. Fire områderfrem som representerer mer grunnleggende interesser i samspillet er analysert. Disse er:1) Tidsperspektiver, 2) natur som grunnlag for handling, 3) relasjoner og følelser, og 4) kulturellekoder og regler. I artikkelen presenteres eksempler på disse tematiske områdene for å synliggjørehvordan konkrete initiativ i samspillet, som ofte handler om materielle ting (klær, leker), er koblettil mer abstrakte fenomener. Diskusjonen handler om hvordan slike samspill representerer erfaringerav forutsigbarhet, belastningsbalanse og innflytelse, som er viktige betingelser for å opplevesammenheng i tilværelsen, slik Aron Antonovsky beskriver det. Studien bidrar til å nyansereforståelsen av begrepet livsmestring i lys av det ansvaret som ligger hos ansatte som jobber medde yngste barna i barnehage.
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BAKER, R., and R. J. LIMMACK. "FIRM SIZE, MONTHLY SEASONALITIES AND TAX-LOSS SELLING: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM THE UK." British Accounting Review 30, no. 3 (September 1998): 221–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1997.0067.
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TOMS, J. S. "FIRM RESOURCES, QUALITY SIGNALS AND THE DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL REPUTATION: SOME UK EVIDENCE." British Accounting Review 34, no. 3 (September 2002): 257–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.2002.0211.
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Kozłowski, Ryszard, Kajetan Pyrzyński, Agnieszka Michalska, Małgorzata Muzyczek, Krzysztof Sałaciński, and Jacek Rulewicz. "Wooden heritage buildings and preventing them against fire." Budownictwo i Architektura 14, no. 4 (December 8, 2015): 079–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1538.
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The protection of wooden heritage buildings against fire, biodeterioration, robbery and vandalism is one of the most important tasks in the field of cultural property preservation. In Poland and other European countries, the most popular wood-made objects are historical wooden churches (Catholic and Orthodox ones), rural huts, cottages, sheds, barns and wooden wind mills which are like open air museums. Wood is the most common raw material that was used for the construction of these objects since ancient times. Generally these wooden objects are wholly combustible, they are mostly located beyond towns and difficult to guard and exposed to risk of setting on fire. Not everywhere there is a sufficient supply of water from water tanks and fire hydrant network. Moreover, there is a lack of good access ways for fire brigade vehicles and no fire detecting systems were installed in many of these objects. Unfortunately, fire retardant application is insufficient or totally absent in these heritage buildings. This manuscript presents general possibilities of the application of modern technology of fire retardancy systems intended for the protection the heritage objects against fire disaster. None or only minimal influence on an ancient object wood is the advantage of the above systems. The fire safety strategy for wooden buildings and historical sites requires an agreement and compromise between the point of view of art. Historians and conservators and that of fire-fighting experts.
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Figueiroa Zica, Roberto Marinho, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves, Henrique Cordeiro Martins, and Marcio Augusto Gonçalves. "The resource-based theory and its adherence to a superior performance strategy: An analysis in small companies in Brazil." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 3 (2016): 434–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i3c3p2.
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This article aims to present cases where the adoption of emphasis on the strategy implementation in micro and small firms within the dominant paradigm of the Resource-Based View theory, a functionalist explanatory model, which reproduces sense making for superior and sustainable performance in high competitiveness sectors . According to Barney (1991), a response to superior performance is causal support within the Resource-Based View, later raised to the status of Resource-Based Theory. This theory is a superior explanatory basic model that explains that a firm’s performance can be explained by the way its remarkable resources are managed. This understanding guides the managers’ strategic thinking and explains why firms can, over time, expand markets, strengthen the brand, achieve higher profits and maintain competitive advantages, while others do not get the same success, even acting within the same industry. The research was qualitative through interviews of the firms’ leaders, using the method of multiple cases in micro and small firms of the industry, trade, services and agribusiness sector. As a contribution, the work identified that the strategy practices have a connection with the RBV theory and principles of emphasis on inside out management based on the VRIO theory (resources that are: Valuable, Rare, of difficult Imitation and can rely on Organization to effective management).
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ANTLE, RICK. "ACCOUNTING FIRMS, THE ACCOUNTING INDUSTRY, AND ACCOUNTING RESEARCH." British Accounting Review 31, no. 1 (March 1999): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1998.0092.
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PAVKOV, M., M. ŠKRINJAR, D. KAPOR, M. PANTIĆ, and S. STOJANOVIĆ. "INFLUENCE OF TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY OF FERROMAGNETIC SUPERLATTICES IN THE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY EXCITATIONS." International Journal of Modern Physics B 15, no. 17 (July 10, 2001): 2369–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979201007014.
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Elementary excitations in ferromagnetic superlattices are analyzed theoretically using the transfer matrix method. The method is extended to enable the study of the cases when the boundaries are not consisting of a single plane, but of a complete cell. In this way, semi-infinite superlattice, the interface between two superlattices and the film built of a superlattice are treated. However, it is shown that the choice of the transfer matrix strongly depends on the translational symmetry of the remaining part of the system. Energies of localized excitations are derived and compared both with bulk and the results of standard transfer matrix treatment proposed by Barnas. Also, a special Ansatz for spin amplitudes is proposed leading to identical results with the transfer matrix method and introducing large simplifications.
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Henderson, Julia. "Staging Age: The Performance of Age in Theatre, Dance, and Film Edited by Valerie Barnes Lipscomb and Leni Marshall." Theatre Journal 66, no. 2 (2014): 307–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tj.2014.0037.
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Foran, Garry J., Richard F. Garrett, Ian R. Gentle, Dudley C. Creagh, Jian Bang Peng, and Geoffrey T. Barnes. "Focusing monochromator and imaging-plate camera for grazing-incidence diffraction studies of thin films." Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 5, no. 3 (May 1, 1998): 500–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0909049597017287.
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A multiple-imaging-plate detector system and focusing monochromator have been developed and successfully applied to the time-resolved study of phase transitions in Langmuir–Blodgett films by grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD). The monochromator described here combines fixed-exit-beam height with sagittal focusing of the second crystal. The design is similar to that of Matsushita et al. [Matsushita, Ishikawa & Oyanagi (1986). Nucl. Instrum. Methods, A246, 377–379], with the exception that the motion of the first crystal is achieved via a computer-controlled X-Y translation table rather than a set of cams. The second crystal is a ribbed Si(111) wafer mounted in a four-point bending mechanism. The first reported application of imaging plates to a GIXD study was carried out by our group and proved to be very successful in the determination of thin-film structure [Foran, Peng, Steitz, Barnes & Gentle (1996). Langmuir, 12, 774–777]. To extend the capabilities of this system, an imaging-plate camera was designed and built which can accommodate up to 13 imaging plates (40 × 20 cm) inside the vacuum chamber of the main diffractometer at the Australian Beamline at the Photon Factory.
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Michalik, Damian Arkadiusz, Paweł S. Jung, Bartłomiej W. Klus, Andrzej Kowalik, Anna Rojek, Urszula A. Laudyn, and Mirosław A. Karpierz. "Chromium plasmonic polarizer for high intensity light." Photonics Letters of Poland 9, no. 3 (September 30, 2017): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.4302/plp.v9i3.767.
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In this work, we investigate a thin-film polarizer for a high intensity of the electromagnetic (EM) beam based on Cr nano wire arrays. Commonly used thin-film polarizing components are very sensitive for high power of EM waves and can be easily damaged by focused beams. The solution to this problem could be the thin-film polarizer based on metallic subwavelengths structures. This type of optical element has huge resistance comparing to typical thin-film polarizers. However, designing such an optical element for proper wavelength of EM wave and transmissions is not easy task. In this paper we present numerical as well as experimental results for specially designed chromium thin-film polarizer for wavelength 532nm Full Text: PDF ReferencesW. Zhou, K. Li, C. Song, P. Hao, M. Chi, M. Yu and Y. Wu, "Polarization-independent and omnidirectional nearly perfect absorber with ultra-thin 2D subwavelength metal grating in the visible region", Opt. Express 23, 11 (2015). CrossRef W. L. Barnes, A . Dereux, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics", Nature 424, 824-830 (2003). CrossRef C. Lee, E. Sim, D. Kim, "Blazed wire-grid polarizer for plasmon-enhanced polarization extinction: design and analysis", Opt. Express 25, 7 (2017). CrossRef A. Lehmuskero, Metallic thin film structures and polarization shaping gratings (University of Eastern Finland 2010).Y. Leroux, J. C. Lacroix, C. Fave, V. Stockhausen, N. Felidj, J. Grandm, A. Hohenau, J. R. Krenn, "Active plasmonic devices with anisotropic optical response: a step toward active polarizer", Nano Lett. 5, 9 (2009). CrossRef R. T. Perkins, D. P. Hansen, E. W. Gardner, J. M. Thorne, A. A. Robbins, Broadband wire grid polarizer for the visible spectrum, US 6122103 (2000). DirectLink D. M. Sullivan, Electromagnetic simulation using the FDTD method, New York: IEEE Press Series (2000). CrossRef J. P. Berenger, Perfectly Matched Layer (PML) for Computational Electromagnetics, Morgan & Claypool Publishers (2007). CrossRef Yu, W., and R. Mittra, "A conformal FDTD software package modeling antennas and microstrip circuit components", IEEE Antennas Propagat. Magazine 42, 28 (2000) . CrossRef L. W. Bos, D. W. Lynch, "Optical Properties of Antiferromagnetic Chromium and Dilute Cr-Mn and Cr-Re Alloys", Phys. Rev. Sect. B, 2, 4267 (1970). CrossRef
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Hung, Yi-Chun, and Hung-Bin Ding. "Green Creativity and New Product Performance from Taiwanese High-Tech Sectors: The Moderating Role of Family Involvement." Journal of Enterprising Culture 29, no. 01 (March 2021): 41–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495821500035.
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This study examines the influence of green creativity to the green new product performances. Creativity is a key source of organization’s competitive advantage (Barney, 1991) and increases the likelihood of new product success by providing effective product differentiation (Song, 2018). Building on the thesis of Natural Resource-based view (Hart, 1995), we study the impact of green creativity on the performances of green new products. This study also shows that family involvement plays a role in the green performances of family businesses. We pay particular attention to family firms because of two reasons. First, family businesses represent a significant proportion of the corporate sector in both developed and developing countries (Faccio and Lang 2002). Second, family firms have different behavioral patterns when reacting to stakeholders’ pressures (Huaang, Ding, and Kao, 2009; Sharma and Sharma, 2011) for better environmental management practices. This study surveyed 134 family-owned, high-tech manufacturers in Taiwan. The findings show that the green creativity is positively and significantly related to green new product performances. Our analytical results also show that family involvement moderates the relationship between green creativity and green new product performances.
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Romano, Claudio A., and Janek Ratnatunga. "Growth Stages Of Small Manufacturing Firms: The Relationship With Planning And Control." British Accounting Review 26, no. 2 (June 1994): 173–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1994.1012.
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Della Corte, Valentina. "The light side and the dark side of inter-firm collaboration: How to govern distrust in business networks." Corporate Ownership and Control 6, no. 4 (2009): 407–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv6i4c3p6.
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In front of globalization, hypercompetition and turbulence (D’Aveni, 1994, 1995), it’s more and more frequent to see inter-firms relationships increase exponentially: alliances, partnerships, social groups, clans. Networks are becoming a prevailing organizational form in the21st century (Cravens, Piercy, 1994). The unit of analysis, in this article, is the strategic systems and more precisely the strategic network that develops within a territory (business districts, destinations) or a virtual set and that is even denser and more complex than ordinary networks: local resources can be relevant for the whole aggregate and relations are also physically or virtually particularly closed. Strategic networks and inter-firm collaborations have often been analysed with respect to their main success factors. Less attention has been paid to the more obscure and less satisfying aspects that someway explain why, in some cases, they fail or at least do not take off. Even theoretical frameworks usually adopted as Resource-Based Theory (Rumelt, 1982; Wernerfelt, 1984; Barney, 1991, 2007) Transaction Cost Economics (Williamson, 1975, 1981) and Social Network Theory (Granovetter, 1973, 1982; Lieberskind et al., 1996, Wasserman, Faust, 1999) are used according to a positive approach, aimed at finding and analyzing mainly successful initiatives. The aim of this article is to analyse, in particular, situations of distrust, that can either continue pushing firms not to cooperate or rather evolve towards more trustful situations and therefore with more chances of really developing business networks. A specific model is proposed, to manage distrust and to evolve towards trustful situations. The process, however, requires a specific intervention of a network governance actor, that can stimulate it. This actor must have distinctive capabilities and competences to manage the process. The proposed model is developed with the help of Game Theory (Fudemberg, Tyrole, 1991; Gibbons, 1992; Myerson, 2002, 2006) and can be applied empirically to verify what prevents actors from cooperating and how the governance actor can lead the process towards trust situations. Game theory is also used to study the possible level of coopetition (Brandenbruger, Nalebuff, 1996), that is the collaboration that can be put forward among competitors. Firms involved in these processes vary their own approaches both in terms of realizing the opportunities brought about by collaboration and of assuming a positive vs opportunistic behaviour. But the latter often prevails….The results offered by the model will also have some managerial implications since they should be able to give useful hints to decision makers on how to govern distrust. The model will be tested empirically on a sample of firms operating in tourism sector in Southern Italy, involved in local networks. In tourism industry, cooperation between players operating in the same destination is something needed to compete against global destinations. It will be then applied to other industries characterized by small and medium enterprises that have invested in the same area/district, with a high potential for collaboration.
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Hooke, Roger LeB, Gerald W. Johnson, Keith A. Brugger, Brian Hanson, and Gerald Holdsworth. "Changes in mass balance, velocity, and surface profile along a flow line on Barnes Ice Cap, 1970–1984." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 24, no. 8 (August 1, 1987): 1550–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-151.
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On a number of occasions between 1970 and 1984, measurements of mass balance, surface velocity, and surface elevation were made along a 10.2 km flow line extending from the divide to the margin on Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada. The average mass balance rate on this Arctic ice cap appears to be controlled principally by summer temperature. Years of negative mass balance dominated during the 14 year period of the study; according to our measurements, this should have resulted in a thinning of an average of 2.65 m along the flow line. Surface-elevation measurements, however, suggest that the glacier thinned only ~ 1.7 m during this time period. The slightly compressive mean transverse strain can account for ~ 0.20 m of the discrepancy between these two figures. The rest is attributed to errors in mass balance. In particular, increases in density of old firn and freezing of water in crevasses could not be evaluated adequately from our measurements.The thinning was not uniform. Near the margin the glacier thinned ~ 5 m and near the divide, ~ 2.5 m, but between 3.5 and 5.5 km from the divide there seems to have been no substantial change in thickness. Thus, along the down-glacier half of the flow line the decrease in thickness was accompanied by an increase in slope.Within 4 km of the margin the decrease in thickness resulted in a decrease in horizontal velocity of up to ~ 15%, despite the increase in slope. Higher on the glacier, however, the horizontal velocity increased ~ 5%. These changes are broadly consistent with those estimated from the changes in shear stress calculated using the hydrostatic approximation.
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FOGARTY, TIMOTHY J. "QUESTIONING THE ASSUMED HOMOGENEITY OF THE BEHAVIOURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ACCOUNTING FIRMS: SOME EXPLORATORY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE." British Accounting Review 27, no. 1 (March 1995): 45–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bare.1995.0004.
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Picard, G., L. Brucker, A. Roy, F. Dupont, M. Fily, and A. Royer. "Simulation of the microwave emission of multi-layered snowpacks using the dense media radiative transfer theory: the DMRT-ML model." Geoscientific Model Development Discussions 5, no. 4 (November 14, 2012): 3647–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-5-3647-2012.
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Abstract. DMRT-ML is a physically-based numerical model designed to compute the thermal microwave emission of a given snowpack. Its main application is the simulation of brightness temperatures at frequencies in the range 1–200 GHz similar to those acquired routinely by space-based microwave radiometers. The model is based on the Dense Media Radiative Transfer (DMRT) theory for the computation of the snow scattering and extinction coefficients and on the Discrete Ordinate Method (DISORT) to numerically solve the radiative transfer equation. The snowpack is modeled as a stack of multiple horizontal snow layers and an optional underlying interface representing the soil or the bottom ice. The model handles both dry and wet snow conditions. Such a general design allows the user to account for a wide range of snow conditions. Hitherto, the model has been used to simulate the thermal emission of the deep firn on ice sheets, shallow snowpacks overlying soil in Arctic and Alpine regions, and overlying ice on the large ice-sheet margins and glaciers. DMRT-ML has thus been validated in three very different conditions: Antarctica, Barnes Ice Cap (Canada) and Canadian tundra. It has been recently used in conjunction with inverse methods to retrieve snow grain size from remote sensing data. The model is written in Fortran90 and available to the snow remote sensing community as an open-source software.
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Campbell, JS. "Tobacco and the Environment: The Continuous Reduction of Worldwide Energy Source Use for Green Leaf Curing." Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International/Contributions to Tobacco Research 16, no. 3 (July 1, 1995): 107–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0637.
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AbstractAir-, flue-, fire-, and sun-cured, tobacco types require post-harvest curing of green leaves to produce optimum subjective and objective qualities for storage and subsequent processing and manufacture. Materials for construction of curing barns vary widely between countries. The major use of heating fuels within such structures is for flue-cured tobacco. Choice of energy sources, coal, wood, oil or gas depends on local availability, cost, and relative efficiencies. The vital importance of reducing such materials to a minimum has been recognised for many years by research into improving barn and furnace design and construction. Consumption of wood for curing has been shown to represent a minute proportion of total world wide consumer use. To ensure local availability, the growing of trees by flue cured farmers on a personal, self-sufficient, sustainable basis is well underway in parts of Africa, Asia, and South and Central America. Tobacco production, within an environmental farming system, on an economic basis, is discussed and strongly stressed.
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Picard, G., L. Brucker, A. Roy, F. Dupont, M. Fily, A. Royer, and C. Harlow. "Simulation of the microwave emission of multi-layered snowpacks using the Dense Media Radiative transfer theory: the DMRT-ML model." Geoscientific Model Development 6, no. 4 (July 26, 2013): 1061–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-1061-2013.
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Abstract. DMRT-ML is a physically based numerical model designed to compute the thermal microwave emission of a given snowpack. Its main application is the simulation of brightness temperatures at frequencies in the range 1–200 GHz similar to those acquired routinely by space-based microwave radiometers. The model is based on the Dense Media Radiative Transfer (DMRT) theory for the computation of the snow scattering and extinction coefficients and on the Discrete Ordinate Method (DISORT) to numerically solve the radiative transfer equation. The snowpack is modeled as a stack of multiple horizontal snow layers and an optional underlying interface representing the soil or the bottom ice. The model handles both dry and wet snow conditions. Such a general design allows the model to account for a wide range of snow conditions. Hitherto, the model has been used to simulate the thermal emission of the deep firn on ice sheets, shallow snowpacks overlying soil in Arctic and Alpine regions, and overlying ice on the large ice-sheet margins and glaciers. DMRT-ML has thus been validated in three very different conditions: Antarctica, Barnes Ice Cap (Canada) and Canadian tundra. It has been recently used in conjunction with inverse methods to retrieve snow grain size from remote sensing data. The model is written in Fortran90 and available to the snow remote sensing community as an open-source software. A convenient user interface is provided in Python.
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Buysse, Beverly A. "PORT PARTNERSHIPS IN TAMPA BAY1." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 2001, no. 2 (March 1, 2001): 1163–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2001-2-1163.
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ABSTRACT In August 1993, Tampa Bay, Florida was the scene of a devastating collision between a freighter and two barges. All three vessels came together in a moment of panic that left Tampa Bay looking like a war zone of burning and sinking wrecks. Parts of Tampa Bay were strewn with heavy fuel oil after the August 10 accident between the 345-foot Philippine-flagged freighter Balsa 37, which had been headed out of Tampa Bay, and two tug/barge units, Seafarer/Ocean 255 and Fred Bouchard B. No 155. This collision resulted in an explosion that burned out of control until the Tampa Fire Department extinguished it later that evening. Since the time of this collision, there have been major improvements made in firefighting response capabilities in the Tampa Bay area. The multi-level response community has been exercised extensively, including an exercise involving the evacuation of a cruise ship. Another exercise noted improvements to the response resources and capabilities in a field training exercise where the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) Tampa, Tampa Fire Department, Tampa Port Authority, and Hvide Marine Towing deployed equipment to the scene of a simulated shipboard fire. The Tampa Port Authority supplied a 210-foot roll on-roll off (ro-ro) barge with a 78-foot beam capable of loading 73,230 pounds (32.1 long tons). The barge provided easy mobilization for the Tampa Fire Department to load four engine companies, a foam trailer, one Emergency Medical Service (EMS) vehicle, and all had sufficient room to work. Hvide Marine Towing provided a tug to deploy the ro-ro barge in a stern tow. This exercise demonstrated the joint cooperation and partnership between federal, state, city, and private industry to work together and improve the marine firefighting response posture in Tampa Bay. With every level of government under budget constraints, it is important to look for multi-purpose equipment and resources that will get the job done. Tampa Port Authority's ro-ro barge has presented itself as a unique firefighting resource that can be used as a platform to carry the fire engines from the city or county. The barge can reach any part of the port quickly and can handle a vessel or waterfront situation, thus improving the marine firefighting response posture in the port.
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Hartley, Jane M., and Donald F. Hamera. "RESPONSE TO A MAJOR GASOLINE RELEASE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER1." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 1995, no. 1 (February 1, 1995): 453–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1995-1-453.
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ABSTRACT On January 18, 1994, unleaded gasoline began entering the Mississippi River through the bank adjacent to an oil distribution/storage facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Reported as a minor, per the National Contingency Plan, it developed into a major discharge. Of the 364,930 gallons lost, 140,000 gallons discharged into the river. The amount of product recovered from all sources was 107,000 gallons. The emergency phase of the response ran from January 18 to 24. Not until January 24 was the cause determined to be a 10.7 ft by ¼ in fracture near the center of the floor of a two million gallon tank. Secondary containment showed no evidence of the catastrophic release. The extreme cold permitted the initial booming of the gasoline, but recovery was complicated by flowing river ice, ice shelves, temperatures that froze equipment, and access down 45 feet of snow-covered riprap. Elastol, fire-fighting foam, barges, weir and barrel skimmers, and vacuum trucks were utilized for water and land recovery operations. Safety concerns were paramount for the federal, state, and local personnel and yet there was a demonstrated weakness in timely development and enforcement of the comprehensive site safety plan. This unusual spill heightened the awareness of many prevention and response issues.
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Valenti, Michael. "Double Wrapped." Mechanical Engineering 121, no. 01 (January 1, 1999): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.1999-jan-2.
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This article discusses that a probabilistic study showed that the use of double-hulled shuttle tankers could reduce the probability of spillage resulting from collisions, contact with non-ship objects, and groundings by 75 percent. American petroleum companies are already using double-hulled tankers. The efficacy of double-hulled vessels in preventing environmental threats was borne out in October 1997 by Conoco Inc.’s tanker Guardian. Conoco, based in Houston, has operated a 100 percent double-hulled U.S. tanker fleet since August 1998. Indeed, the company decided to build only double-hulled tankers months before Congress passed OPA 1990. Two new craft will join Conoco’s flotilla of four twin-hulled vessels in 1999. Conoco engineers met a number of challenges when they embarked on building a double-hulled fleet. Double-hulled vessels are inherently more expensive than single-hulled vessels. Maritrans Operating Partners LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Maritrans Inc. in Philadelphia, operator and owner of one of the nation’s largest fleets of oil tankers, tugboats, and oceangoing petroleum tank barges, found a way to reduce those costs, which may serve as a model for other shipping firms. The 65-year-old company converted a two-decade-old single-hulled tank barge into a double-hulled vessel.