Download or read book Come Close and Co create written by Sandra Phlippen and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to relevant external knowledge is crucial for a firms' competitiveness in innovation-driven industries. This thesis focuses on how different forms of proximity affect a firm's ability to access such knowledge. We consider the influence of being co-located in space, of being embedded in a network, and of being active in similar knowledge domains. By integrating these three proximity perspectives, we contribute to various disciplines such as economic geography, organizational sociology and innovation studies. Further, we investigate the make, buy or ally strategies that pharmaceutical firms employ to maximize the probability of innovation (finding new drugs). Our findings suggest that firms employ multiple governance structures simultaneously, even when targeting similar innovations. These insights contribute to our understanding of the boundaries of the firm.
Download or read book Co Create written by David Nour and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if your customers had a vested interest in guiding your company toward greater success? What if your employees had a personal as well as professional commitment to elevating your organization? Imagine how different your results would be if investors, vendors, and even analysts treasured the relationship they have built with you? Most important . . . is your company capable of setting aside a bit of its own self-interest to become part of dramatically more rewarding collaborative effort? That’s the provocative and ultimately earthshaking question David Nour poses. He argues that co-creation is a transformational journey that naturally leads to growth and evolution . . . because it gives birth to shared interests that dwarf anything that existed previously. In Co-Create, David Nour makes the case that co-creation leads to Market GravityTM, a force that attracts stakeholders to your business because they recognize that many others have also united their interests with yours. It’s the sense—backed by tangible metrics—that this is bigger than any of us imagined . . . except that you imagined precisely such an outcome. That’s the power of co-creation.
Download or read book The Parousia written by Sarah Ince and published by Sarah Ince. This book was released on 2006-08-18 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parousia is a completion of Fifteen Workshops of divine anchorage of spiritual blueprints that took place from 2002 to 2006, a living hologram through this world and the next - a multidimensional form for transformation. The Parousia is channeled directly from source and those connected to this level, to Almighty God, Shekinah (female God presence), Christ Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and Mother Mary. Includes activational meditations, invocations, practical healing insights, and information channelled from angels. The Parousia is a healing book of awakening attunement and initiation to uncover and rediscover your total being - living your full self in this lifetime - your multidimensional self. Beginning with explanations of how we have come to need Ascension, through to key core material for transformation, finalising with divine recoding to the new realities.
Download or read book Stargate 2012 Alignment written by Sarah Ince and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stargate 2012 Alignment: - 44 Levels of Ascension Lightwork pave the light path to ascension into the light, for entry to the Golden Age on Earth. The earth pole shift is coming up in 2012, and a unique galactic shift willl occur, opening the Stargate of Ascension for those who are prepared vibrationally
Download or read book Brand Together written by Nicholas Ind and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any business that wants to continue growing has to consider new ways of developing and engaging with customers and clients. Innovation and co-creation have emerged as the key topics in the post-recession business environment. Brand Together will show you how to involve all stakeholders in the process of creativity - providing inspiration on how to revitalize brands and enable them to succeed in the new world of customer engagement and participation. Brand Together demonstrates how to truly intertwine innovation with brand strategy, with expert guidance on how to co-create with customers from a brand perspective. Drawing on case studies including Barclays, Mozilla, [yellow tail], Kraft Foods, Virgin Media and Danone, it provides valuable insights for marketing and branding professionals, and for anyone who wants to grow their business and brand.
Download or read book Four essays on applied microeconometrics written by Marta Isabel López Yurda and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays on Consumer Search and Interlocking Directorates written by Silva Deželan and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information is crucial to make good decisions, but obtaining and providing information often comes at a cost. Consumers and firms both need to balance these costs and benefits of obtaining and providing information in order to make the best decisions. The research in this thesis investigates several questions that pertain to the acquisition and provision of information. In the first part of this thesis it is assumed that consumers are not fully informed about the prices or availability of a product they want to buy. Consumers can search for information, but this comes at a cost. At the same time, shops can influence these costs. In the first two studies in this part, shops have the possibility to advertise. An advertisement provides information to consumers and reduces the search costs. We investigate, among other things, the pricing behavior of shops and the relation between search and advertising. The third study in this part of the thesis considers the location choice of shops. Locating together in a shopping mall reduces the search costs of consumers. This increases the competition between shops and lowers the prices, but we show that at the same time the sales volume increases. The total effect of locating together on profits is generally positive. The second part of this thesis considers director ties (also named interlocks). A director who has several directorships in different firms can serve as an information bridge between the different firms. At the same time, interlocking directors are busy and form a homogenous group. Data from the Netherlands show that in The Netherlands the positive information providing effect of interlocks is outweighed by a negative busyness and homogenous group effect.
Download or read book Transformation Literacy written by Petra Künkel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book brings science and practice together and inspires a global movement towards co-creating regenerative civilizations that work for 100% of humanity and the Earth as a whole. With its conceptual foundation of the concept of transformation literacy it enhances the knowledge and capacity of decision-makers, change agents and institutional actors to steward transformations effectively across institutions, societal sectors and nations. Humanity is at crossroads. Resource depletion and exponential emissions that not only cause climate change, but endanger the health of people and planet, call for a decisive turnaround of human civilization. A new and transformative paradigm is emerging that advocates for regenerative civilizations, in which a narrative of systemic health as much as individual and collective vitality guide the interaction of socio-economic-ecological systems. Truly transformative change must go far beyond technical solutions, and instead envision what can be termed ‘a new operating system’ that helps humankind to live well within the planetary boundaries and partner with life’s evolutionary processes. This requires transformations at three different levels: ̈ Mindsets that reconnect with a worldview in which human agency acknowledges its co-evolutionary pathways with each other and the Earth. ̈ Political, social and economic systems that are regenerative and foster the care-taking for Earth life support systems. ̈ Competencies to design and implement effective large-scale transformative change processes at multiple levels with multiple stakeholders. This book provides key ingredients for enhancing transformation literacy from various perspectives around the globe. It connects the emerging practice of stewarding transformative change across business, government institutions and civil society actors with the most promising scientific models and concepts that underpin human action to shape the future collectively in accordance with planetary needs.
Download or read book Essays on finite mixture models written by Abram van Dijk and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finite mixture distributions are a weighted average of a finite number of distributions. The latter are usually called the mixture components. The weights are usually described by a multinomial distribution and are sometimes called mixing proportions. The mixture components may be the same type of distributions with di®erent parameter values but they may also be completely different distributions. Therefore, finite mixture distributions are very °exible for modeling data. They are frequently used as a building block within many modern econometric models. The specification of the mixture distribution depends on the modeling problem at hand. In this thesis, we introduce new applications of finite mixtures to deal with several di®erent modeling issues. Each chapter of the thesis focusses on a specific modeling issue. The parameters of some of the resulting models can be estimated using standard techniques but for some of the chapters we need to develop new estimation and inference methods. To illustrate how the methods can be applied, we analyze at least one empirical data set for each approach. These data sets cover a wide range of research fields, such as macroeconomics, marketing, and political science. We show the usefulness of the methods and, in some cases, the improvement over previous methods in the literature.
Download or read book Life Lines written by Amir Ali Siassi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-20 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I’m twenty-nine years young, plenty rhymes careers begun! LA RIMA Si’s music moves rides Amir Ali’s book Life Lines Volume 1 is done Also RECorded about 70 songs in around 2 years time. No doubt, it took may routes to arrive and land on this following line of writing a book and living divine knowing way of life. Rays of light trained brain waves to change shape and length. The Heart’s Art of rights designed my mind state to that of grace and strength. So truly unite black/white to get back to happy, gay gate of gray. Where the light blue sky’s infinite and the dark blue hued ocean’s the limitless space. There where we’re fused, issues diffuse, problems dissolve and bubbly celebration is the case. To be opened no closing nothing’s rude just the good moods we pursue with soothing responses. In tune to increase positive vibrations which generate elevated states producing more consciousness."
Download or read book Messages from Gaia written by Mary Kirkpatrick and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For countless generations people have talked of our Mother Earth. Now she speaks to us, sharing words of wisdom, tenderness and deep love. We live in challenging times when the rapidity of change can feel overwhelming. These Messages from Gaia, received and written by author Mary Kirkpatrick, provide light for the path that is surely needed as we navigate into the future. In them, Gaia, our Earth Mother, shares the love pouring from her heart to ours, only love, always love, love overflowing. Mary Kirkpatrick has captured the heart of Gaia through her own heart. Every message reflects the deep love and understanding that dwells within the human/Gaia relationship. The messages are affirming, poignant and beautiful. This book is a keeper! ~Nancy Joy Hefron author of The Wounded Heart www.heartlights.net Messages from Gaia gives us a glimpse into the heart of the planet, and the peace that comes from opening our eyes to all the life around us. ~Cindy Reed Cindy Reed RN, PhD, Infinity Health Solutions and Energy Medicine Maven
Download or read book Dynamic econometric analysis of insurance markets with imperfect information written by Tibor Zavadil and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kahnemann and Tversky and the making of behavioral economics written by Floris Heukelom and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three essays on real estate finance written by Xiaolong Liu and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender and Information Technology Moving Beyond Access to Co Create Global Partnership written by Kirk, Mary and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the decline in female involvement in technology and other discrimination related to the industry"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Efficient simulation algorithms for optimization of discrete event systems based on measure valued differentation written by Taoying Farenhorst-Yuan and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Healthy Aging YOU written by Nicholas S Prukop and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
