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Adding Latin America to the Global Projection Model
by Charles Freedman Douglas Laxton Roberto Garcia-Saltos Jorge Canales Kriljenko Marianne JohnsonAdding Latin America to the Global Projection Model
Adding Prestige to Your Portfolio: How to Use the Creative Luxury Process to Develop Products Everyone Wants
by Drew BoydExpand your existing portfolio by using the creative luxury process to elevate specific products and provide greater value to customers.Contrary to popular belief, luxury is a well-defined code that can be reapplied to any other product or service to enhance its value. Adding Prestige to Your Portfolio reveals how non-luxury companies can apply the principles of luxury and creativity to transition parts of their portfolio to luxury status.Adding Prestige to Your Portfolio describes how companies can elevate any product or service at each step of the customer buying journey (awareness, search and compare, purchase, use, advocate). By applying the creativity technique Closed World Principle, readers can determine which luxury benefits (security, fun, self-respect, self-fulfillment, accomplishment, recognition, relationships or belonging) would best map to their product or service and garner the greatest business impact at that particular stage of the customer buying journey.Illustrated with examples from industries as diverse as healthcare and industrial equipment, Adding Prestige to Your Portfolio shows companies how to borrow the elements of luxury and sprinkle them throughout the customer experience in order to strengthen loyalty and increase their appeal to potential new customers. Online resources include sample syllabi, templates to aid in application of framework, case studies and discussion questions.
Adding Value: Brands and Marketing in Food and Drink (Routledge Library Editions: Marketing)
by Geoffrey Jones Nicholas J. MorganAn international group of scholars, drawn from the United States, Europe and Australia and from a number of academic disciplines, explores the history of marketing in the food and drink industries, focusing on the meaning of brands, the ways in which they add value and the surrounding business strategies.
Additions to Market Indices and the Comovement of Stock Returns Around the World
by Stijn Claessens Yishay YafehAdditions to Market Indices and the Comovement of Stock Returns Around the World.
Additive Manufacturing (AM): Entwicklung eines Informationsversorgungskonzepts zur Unterstützung des AM-Produktentstehungsprozesses
by Dominik MorarDie Fertigungstechnologie Additive Manufacturing (AM) erfreut sich zunehmender Beliebtheit und steigender Verbreitung in der produzierenden Industrie. Neben produktbezogenen Anwendungspotenzialen eröffnet AM weitreichende Möglichkeiten, die die Kollaboration in der Produktentstehung betreffen. So eignet sich AM zur orts- und zeitunabhängigen Produktion in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken. Hierfür ausschlaggebend ist der hohe Digitalisierungsgrad im Produktentstehungsprozess. Folglich wird AM als eine Schlüsseltechnologie der digitalen Transformation produzierender Unternehmen verstanden. Zur proaktiven Gestaltung dieser Transformation kommt der Nutzung der Ressource Information eine zentrale Rolle zu. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Konzeption einer bedarfsgerechten Informationsversorgung für den Entstehungsprozess von AM-Produkten durch eine angemessene Integration von Informationssystemen. Das entwickelte Informationsversorgungskonzept basiert auf einer Exploration unter AM-Anwendern. Den Kern des Konzepts bildet das digitale AM-Produktmodell, das eine AM-gerechte Struktur für den Informationsaustausch im AM-Produktentstehungsprozess bildet.
Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing
by David Rosen Ian Gibson Brent StuckerThis book covers in detail the various aspects of joining materials to form parts. A conceptual overview of rapid prototyping and layered manufacturing is given, beginning with the fundamentals so that readers can get up to speed quickly. Unusual and emerging applications such as micro-scale manufacturing, medical applications, aerospace, and rapid manufacturing are also discussed. This book provides a comprehensive overview of rapid prototyping technologies as well as support technologies such as software systems, vacuum casting, investment casting, plating, infiltration and other systems. This book also: Reflects recent developments and trends and adheres to the ASTM, SI, and other standards Includes chapters on automotive technology, aerospace technology and low-cost AM technologies Provides a broad range of technical questions to ensure comprehensive understanding of the concepts covered
Additive Manufacturing for Plastic Recycling: Efforts in Boosting A Circular Economy (Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies)
by Rupinder SinghThis book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of breakthroughs on additive manufacturing for plastic material recycling to boost a circular economy. It offers new ideas of combining/hybridizing processing methods that work as a source of information for manufacturers in making new and strategic product development plans. Additive Manufacturing for Plastic Recycling: Efforts in Boosting a Circular Economy provides a critical, comprehensive, methodological, and strong state-of-the-art work on the processing of thermoplastic and thermosetting along with new directions and applications. It describes the common and hybrid approaches of recycling processes and includes theoretical and practical ideas of combining/hybridizing processing methods with the use of fused deposition modelling, which is one of the low-cost additive manufacturing techniques. The book also discusses mechanical twin-screw extrusion followed by case studies for developing hybrid composite structures for biomedical and structural applications. Recent innovations in melt processing for recycling and the fundaments, process parameters investigations, and applications for new product development are also presented. This book is a first-hand reference source of information for academic scholars and commercial manufacturers for making strategic development plans for new product development.
Additive Manufacturing of Metals: The Technology, Materials, Design and Production (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing)
by Francisco Medina Li Yang Keng Hsu Brian Baughman Donald Godfrey Mamballykalathil Menon Soeren WienerThis book offers a unique guide to the three-dimensional (3D) printing of metals. It covers various aspects of additive, subtractive, and joining processes used to form three-dimensional parts with applications ranging from prototyping to production. Examining a variety of manufacturing technologies and their ability to produce both prototypes and functional production-quality parts, the individual chapters address metal components and discuss some of the important research challenges associated with the use of these technologies. As well as exploring the latest technologies currently under development, the book features unique sections on electron beam melting technology, material lifting, and the importance this science has in the engineering context. Presenting unique real-life case studies from industry, this book is also the first to offer the perspective of engineers who work in the field of aerospace and transportation systems, and who design components and manufacturing networks. Written by the leading experts in this field at universities and in industry, it provides a comprehensive textbook for students and an invaluable guide for practitioners
Additive Manufacturing: Design, Processes and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Panagiotis StavropoulosThis book is a comprehensive guide to Additive Manufacturing (AM) product development. It offers a practical, reader-friendly approach to integrating the stages of product development. It covers current design and manufacturing strategies with a step-by-step approach, divided into three pillars: design, processes, and applications.The book addresses the challenges hindering the industrial application of AM and provides a roadmap for its successful implementation. It discusses specific AM case studies and hybrid AM cell and production line setups, with the goal of achieving high-quality, low-cost products that are both flexible and productive. The book concludes with an examination of Industry 4.0 capabilities in decentralized manufacturing.It is aimed to be read by researchers and professionals in industry who are interested in the development and potential of additive manufacturing, and will help to lead to wider adoption of AM.
Addressing Corruption in The Police Service: The Thick Blue Line (Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies)
by Brendan BrookshawThis book offers an autoethnographic examination of the author's last three years as a serving police officer and as Head of the Professional Standards Department, recorded in personal journals. It analyses the emotional and philosophical impact arising from day-to-day interactions with police officers and reflects on corruption and how it is perceived both inside and outside the service. This book posits a model of the kakistocratic police milieu as a theoretical framework for analysis of the police in contemporary neoliberal liquid modernity which could be used to explore other police phenomenological research data. This autoethnographic insider research provides a rare addition to the knowledge on police corruption. It speaks in particular to those doing professional policing degrees and police practitioners.
Addressing Inequality in South Asia
by The World BankInequality in South Asia appears to be moderate when looking at standard indicators such as the Gini index, which are based on consumption expenditures per capita. But other pieces of evidence reveal enormous gaps, from extravagant wealth at one end to lack of access to the most basic services at the other. Which prompts the question: How bad is inequality in South Asia? And why would that matter? This book takes a comprehensive look at the extent, nature, and drivers of inequality in this very dynamic region of the world. It discusses how some dimensions of inequality, such as high returns to investments in human capital, contribute to economic growth while others, such as high payoffs to rent-seeking or broken aspirations, undermine it. Drawing upon a variety of data sources, it disentangles the contribution that opportunity in young age, mobility in adult years, and support throughout life make to inequality at any point in time. Equally important, the book sheds light on the prospects of escaping disadvantage over time. The analysis shows that South Asia performs poorly in terms of opportunity. Access to basic services is partial at best, and can be traced to characteristics at birth, including gender, location, and caste. Conversely, the region has had a robust performance in terms of geographical and occupational mobility despite its cluttered urbanization and widespread informality. Migration and jobs have served disadvantaged groups better than the rest, highlighting the importance of the urbanization and private sector development agendas. Support falls somewhere in between. Poverty alleviation programs are pervasive. But the mobilization of public resources is limited and much of it is wasted in regressive subsidies, while inter-government transfers do not do enough to mitigate spatial inequalities.
Addressing Korea's Long-Term Fiscal Challenges
by Tarhan Feyzioğlu Michael Skaarup Murtaza SyedAddressing Korea's Long-Term Fiscal Challenges
Addressing the Human Capital Crisis in the Federal Government: A Knowledge Management Perspective
by Jay LiebowitzPresident Bush's number-one management initiative for the federal government is the Strategic Management of Human Capital. According to Knowledgeworkers.com, human capital is the accumulated value of an individual's intellect, knowledge, and experience. In the U.S. federal government, a human capital crisis exists. The factors contributing to a human capital dilemma include a knowledge bleed due to retirement eligibility, changing perspectives on work, and escalating knowledge loss. According to a Joint Hearing on the Federal Human Capital, by 2005, more than half of the 1.8 million non-postal civilian employees will be eligible for early or regular retirement. An even greater percentage of the Senior Executive Service, the government's core managers, will be eligible to leave.All government agencies are required to develop a human capital strategy by 2005. Many of these agencies have scored a "red" (lowest rating) on the Government Scorecard in the way they are approaching their strategic management of human capital. This book is an executive briefing on developing a successful human capital strategy based on lessons learned from analyzing existing strategies at government agencies such as NASA.Using a knowledge management perspective, Liebowitz identifies four pillars of an effective strategy and gives examples of these in practice.
Addressing: Leveraging the Seductive Power of Interpreters--Bringing Radical Innovations to Market
by Roberto VergantiAfter you have defined a new vision for a product family in the research phase of design-driven innovation, you must effectively propose that vision and product to the market. There are many known challenges. People may be confused by a radical new proposal, even though they may eventually convert and become passionate about it. Design-driven innovation implies a change in socially accepted paradigms: if it is successful, the market--and consumption culture--will not be the same. Thus, rather than simply launch the product and wait for customers to embrace it, a firm needs to support this paradigm shift through proactive investments aimed at facilitating the understanding, assimilation, and adoption of the new meaning that the product proposes. This chapter looks at how firms, both big and small, can leverage the insights and influence of the very designers who worked on a game-changing product or service to bring these radical innovations to market. This chapter was originally published as chapter 9 of "Design-Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean."
Adecco SA's Acquisition of Olsten Corp.
by Peter Tufano Simi KediaIn the summer of 1999, Adecco SA, one of the world's leading staffing companies, was in the midst of attempting to acquire the staffing operations of Olsten Corp., a U.S. firm. This case analyzes the economics of the staffing industry, basic valuation, cross-border issues including tax arbitrage, valuation of minority interest, and the importance of financial health in merger negotiations.
Adelphia Communications Corp.'s Bankruptcy
by Stuart C. Gilson Belen VillalongaIn 2002, a massive accounting fraud and corporate looting scandal involving the founding Rigas family made Adelphia the 11th largest bankruptcy case in history, and the third--after WorldCom and Enron--among those triggered by fraud. Set in 2005, when Adelphia is contemplating several options to emerge from bankruptcy, including a $17.6 billion cash-and-stock offer from Time Warner and Comcast, a $17.1 billion cash-only offer from Cablevision, and a $15 billion cash-only offer from KKR and Providence. The fact that both Comcast and Cablevision are themselves family-controlled and with a large wedge between the family's ownership and control rights further complicates the decision.
Adeo Health Science: Turning a Product into a Brand
by Jill Avery Elizabeth A. KeenanFor decades, American parents were warned to avoid introducing potential allergens to their babies prior to their first birthday. But two influential clinical studies caused the medical establishment to radically reverse their position. Parents were now warned that delaying the introduction of these types of foods increased a baby's risk of food allergies. Adeo Health Science was ready, with patents filed for a baby food that made it simple for parents to introduce allergens. Now, the new company had to turn its product into a brand and map its go-to-market strategy, including creating a compelling value proposition, choosing a path to market that was either direct-to-consumer, through grocery retailers, or via the physician channel, and planning its marketing communications and sales strategy. As a new startup with constrained resources, the company knew its marketing decisions would make or break the new product.
Adhesives, Coatings and Consolidants (Science for Conservators)
by Joyce H. TownsendThis new edition titled Adhesives, Coatings and Consolidants discusses the chemical, physical, and optical properties that influence the selection of adhesives, coatings, and consolidants used in the conservation of cultural heritage objects made from a wide range of materials.The structured text guides readers through the concepts that underpin the selection of the material to use for a given object, when making a join, applying a coating, or consolidating a fragile surface. Widely used conservation materials today are mentioned in the context of the desirable properties that account for their popularity, while examples of those used in the past and likely to be found on previously treated objects are also discussed. This volume is not a recipe book. It is a basic primer and an aid to the assimilation of concepts that will become embedded in decision-making by conservation professionals. Adhesives are discussed first and in the most detail, followed by coatings. The section on consolidants has been extended to reflect developments in treatment and ongoing research into more effective and more sustainable products, such as nanomaterials, that offer new possibilities for the treatment of challenging objects. A list of further reading and some practical exercises are included, along with a comprehensive index.Thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent research, Adhesives, Coatings and Consolidants remains a crucial resource for those beginning a course of study in practical conservation and as a refresher for emerging and mid-career conservators.
Adhunik Karyaliyin Vyavasthapan-1 First Semester FYB.COM New NEP Syllabus - SPPU: आधुनिक कार्यालयीन व्यवस्थापन-1 प्रथम सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.कॉम नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे यूनिवर्सिटी
by Dr Dnyandev Laxman Nitve Dr Rupali Bipin Sheth Dr Yashodhan Manohar Mithare'आधुनिक कार्यालयीन व्यवस्थापन-1' हे पुस्तक सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे विद्यापीठाच्या एफ.वाय.बी.कॉम प्रथम सत्राच्या नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रमानुसार तयार केलेले आहे. या पुस्तकात कार्यालय व्यवस्थापनाच्या विविध पैलूंवर सखोल माहिती दिली आहे. प्रमुख विषयांमध्ये आधुनिक कार्यालयीन सेवा, कार्यालय स्वयंचलन (ऑटोमेशन), कार्यालयीन कार्यपद्धती आणि कार्यालयीन कामाचे मानकीकरण, तसेच कार्यालयीन नियमावली आणि मानक कार्यपद्धती यांचा समावेश आहे. या पुस्तकाचे लेखक डॉ. यशोधन मनोहर मिठारे, डॉ. ज्ञानदेव लक्ष्मण निटवे, आणि डॉ. रुपाली बिपीन शेठ आहेत. पुस्तकाची पहिली आवृत्ती जून 2024 मध्ये प्रकाशित झाली असून, त्यात एकूण 170 पृष्ठे आहेत. पुस्तकातील प्रकरणांमध्ये आधुनिक कार्यालयीन सेवा, कार्यालय स्वयंचलन, कार्यालयीन कार्यपद्धती आणि कार्यालयीन कामाचे मानकीकरण, तसेच कार्यालयीन नियमावली आणि मानक कार्यपद्धती यांचा समावेश आहे.
Adiós a los bancos
by Miguel Fernández Ordóñez¿Qué razón hay para impedir a los ciudadanos el acceso a depósitos públicos y seguros? ¿Qué lleva a los estados a proteger a los bancos privados en vez de fomentar competencia e incentivar la innovación? ¿Dónde estriba la fragilidad de los depósitos en los bancos privados? La gran crisis de 2008 puso de manifiesto la debilidad del dinero usado en los países desarrollados. Millones de trabajadores arrojados al paro y millones de euros dedicados a salvar los bancos son algunos de los daños gigantescos que causan las crisis bancarias. El diagnóstico mayoritario atribuyó la crisis a un mal funcionamiento de los mercados, que llevó a un aumento aún mayor de las regulaciones y de la protección de los bancos. Fernández Ordoñez presenta la visión, diametralmente opuesta, de otros economistas que defienden que el sistema actual de dinero privado es muy frágil y que sus problemas no podrán resolverse con más regulaciones. Estos estudiosos proponen usar el dinero público y seguro que ya existe: los depósitos en los bancos centrales. El tsunami de la digitalización y de las nuevas tecnologías también está exigiendo la liberalización de las actividades bancarias, y hoy se cuestiona con fuerza el sistema actual del dinero y la banca. Este libro, por su sencillez y claridad, ayuda a entender este debate.
Adjacent Learning: Using Insights from Outside the Organization to Develop Workplace Performance
by David Hayden Steve GeorgeUse insights from outside the business to rethink workplace learning in order to drive individual and team performance.Workplaces are not the only setting where employees learn. They are learning constantly in all areas of their lives. The problem is that learning and development (L&D) practitioners don't know how to apply the experiences from outside the traditional business setting to improve employee learning and drive business results. Adjacent Learning is a practical guide which solves this problem. Topics covered include acting, difference and emotion through to language, observation and storytelling and explains how these can be used to deliver more effective workplace learning. There is also expert guidance on the importance of employees understanding the 'why' of learning as well as just the 'how' as well as why it's essential to consider experiences from other countries and industries to create diversity of thought which generates the best possible results. Reflection points and key takeaways are included in every chapter as well as interviews with leading figures in the L&D industry. This practical guide is also full of advice, tips and examples throughout to help L&D professionals design a robust learning strategy that will allow employees and the business to thrive.
Adjudicating Employment Rights
by Susan Corby Pete BurgessAdjudicating Employment Rights compares and analyses institutions for resolving employment rights disputes in ten countries. In addition to detailed individual chapters, the study offers a theoretical perspective and an evaluation of national institutions against key yardsticks.
Adjudicating Global Business in and with India: International Commercial and Investment Disputes Settlement (Routledge Research in Corporate Law)
by Leïla Choukroune and Rahul DondeThis edited collection on international commercial and investment disputes in, and with, India examines past and present landmark legislative and regulatory reforms initiated by the Indian government, including the 2015 new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) model, the 2015 amendments to the 1996 Arbitration Act and the 2013 amendments to Section 135 of the Companies Act on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as well as the most recent amendments to the same. The book also includes recent developments in the dispute resolution arena, regional, and international negotiations involving India, the legal profession’s response to these developments, and civil society’s comments. In addition, it addresses contemporary problems of key importance and at the centre of today’s discussions, from the legitimacy and relevance of Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) to the denunciation of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and the role arbitration should play in emerging economies now leaders in world trade. In creating bridges between commercial and investment arbitration, it also renews the conceptual approach to these too often artificially isolated fields of law. The volume provides an accurate and updated account of the many fascinating conceptual and practical evolutions, which already impact the world of international dispute resolution far beyond the borders of India. This unique and exhaustive study will be of great appeal to a vast range of readers from practitioners to academia.
Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets
by Stuart C. Gilson Steven R. FensterThis case provides an explanation of the adjusted present value method for valuing capital assets. The authors believe this approach is generally simple and better for the complicated and changing capital structure found in restructuring.