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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"CVC"”.
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UT Southwestern Standardization of IJ CVC Insertion Across Multiple Specialties
… internal jugular(IJ) central venous catheters (CVC). In order to improve clinical training of residents and decrease patient harm, the standardization of IJ CVC insertion was undertaken at UTSW. OBJECTIVE: Standardize IJ CVC Insertion Across All Specialties at UTSW METHODS: Stakeholders were …
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The effect of instructed rehearsal on short-term memory of visually-presented CVC trigrams in deaf students
… consisted of a 5-second exposure to two groups ofCVC trigrams followed by a 15-second rehearsal time. The subjects were then asked to record in writing their recall of the stimulus. Each group received five practice trials I followed by ten test trials. The dependent variable was the number of …
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Corporate venture capital : transforming CVC into an effective corporate strategic tool for seeking innovation and growth in the 21st Century
… growth have launched Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arms with varied success. This thesis focuses on the CVC - the challenges it faces, and the opportunities it brings to the sponsoring organization. I contend that, despite a highly cyclical and mediocre performance over the last 50 years, CVCs …
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THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL ON INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
… the influence of corporate venture capital (CVC) on the innovation of startups. Applying the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and propensity score matching approach to the CVC investment data on China’s listed companies, we document that the CVC investment can determine the innovation …
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Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Western Corporate Venture Capital
Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is one of methods to facilitate open innovation for companies, and the companies have invested in startups by CVC for a long time in the world. In Japan, more and more large companies have established their CVC, and they have invested in the startups in the last five …
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Try Before You Buy: Measuring Innovation Synergy Using Textual Analysis
… strategy by making corporate venture capital (CVC) investments in private firms prior to engaging in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This dissertation investigates the strategic role of CVC using a three-stage framework and applies advanced textual analyses to examine how these investments …
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Try Before You Buy: Measuring Innovation Synergy Using Textual Analysis
… strategy by making corporate venture capital (CVC) investments in private firms prior to engaging in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This dissertation investigates the strategic role of CVC using a three-stage framework and applies advanced textual analyses to examine how these investments …
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The source, cost and prevention of central venous catheter-related infection
… relating to the source of microorganisms causing CVC-associated infection, the cost of such infections and the efficacy of an antimicrobial catheter have been undertaken. Thirty patients who required a CVC as part of their medical management and underwent cardiac surgery had the distal tips of …
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Regional differences in the control of the cutaneous circulation in humans
… Baseline cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) (laser-Doppler flow / blood pressure) was measured at a local skin temperature (Tloc) of 33 °C and 42 °C. All data are expressed as CVC. In study 1, forearm and calf sites were compared to determine if SkBF differed by region. Baseline CVC was …
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Strategic Shareholders and IPO Disclosure: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital
… recent rise in corporate venture capitalists (CVC) to examine the effect of shareholders’ strategic incentives on firms’ IPO disclosure. CVCs’ investments are often driven by both financial and strategic incentives. I argue that, due to their strategic incentives, CVCs may influence their …
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Growth Investment Matrix: A Framework Linking Corporate Venture Capital Investment with Business Growth Strategy
… explores the role of corporate venture capital (CVC) investment in business growth strategy. It is particularly concerned with identifying the CVC investment options for business development and growth. Business growth strategy involves choices of products (and services) or markets for an …
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L' analyse en facteurs des mesures traditionnelles de l'intelligibilité des trigrammes CVC et de mesures provenant de la théorie d'information
… (Hf) et d'un texte anglais (Ha) pour chaque 2480 CVCs. Ces valeurs ont été mises en corrélation avec 11 autres échelles qui ont évalué plus de 1000 CVCs. Afin de connaître quels sont les facteurs communs entre ces 13 échelles, une analyse en facteurs a été effectuée. De cette analyse, trois …
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Architecting a Corporate Venture Capital Firm for a Commodity Enterprise
… early 1950s. These Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firms can be architected to deliver strategic value, financial value, or a combination of both strategic and financial value. For a commodity enterprise looking to enhance innovation, the CVC firm would pursue a strategic objective. However, …
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Phonetic and Functional Bases of Syllable Weight for Stress Assignment
… unexplained asymmetry between heavy CVV and CVC syllables in their distribution: CVV counts as heavy in any position of a word, while CVC counts as heavy only in languages with phonemic vowel length synchronically or historically; and CVC counts as heavy only in three positions---initial, …
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Empowering Patients with Central Venous Catheters: Utilizing Evidence-Based Video-Assisted Education to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
<p>An evidence-based Central Venous Catheter (CVC) dressing change video was created to enhance patient independence, and to increase resource efficiency among nursing staff in an inpatient pediatric setting in which Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) rates were rising. …
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Caracterización de los pacientes con catéter venoso central en un hospital universitario de cuarto nivel en Bogotá 2011 - 2013
… La utilización de catéteres venosos centrales (CVC) en la unidad de cuidado intensivo tiene gran importancia y amplio uso, son fuente de apoyo para la realización de varia actividades, pero con un gran potencial de complicaciones, por lo cual es fundamental conocer todos los aspectos …
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Estimation and prediction problems in mixed linear models for maternal genetic effects
… direct and maternal (co)variance components (CVC) using an animal model (MAM) and genetic grouping for weaning weight in beef cattle, (3) to extend the theory of genetic grouping in models with maternal effects allowing for differential criteria to be used when assigning groups for direct and …
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Outside Inside, Inside Around : Leveraging External Innovation Through Strategic Investment
… can implement a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Team to evaluate, transition, and develop external innovation for internal company growth. A successful CVC understands the needs of the parent company, captures external venture capital (VC) opportunities, and facilitates the transition of new …
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Corporate Venture Capital: How established firms use external resources to create new competencies
… to investments in corporate venture capital (CVC) as means to create new competencies and foster the search for competitive advantage through the use of external resources. CVC is generally defined as the practice by non-financial firms of placing equity investments in entrepreneurial …
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