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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"Critical Mass"”.
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Here's an idea : knowledge sharing among competitors to build a critical mass
… sharing among competitors, especially when a critical mass is needed.
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A 'Critical Mass' Approach to Negotiations in the WTO: A Case Study Analysis
The thesis examines the viability of the ‘critical mass’ approach to negotiations as a proper substitute for conventional negotiating formats in present and future World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The thesis provides an overview of the traditional negotiating formats in the WTO …
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Critical Mass of Women on Biotech Corporate Boards and Its Implication For Firm Performance: A Mixed Method Explanatory Sequential Study
<p>This study examined the influence of demographic, functional, and cognitive diversities on firm performance of North American Biotech companies using a mixed method explanatory sequential approach. One-year cross-sectional data of 100 companies was analyzed followed by purposeful semistructured …
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A Multidisciplinary Study Of Antecedents To Voluntary Knowledge Contribution Within Online Forums
… have identified online trust and perceived critical mass as antecedents of online knowledge contributions. However, the dynamic aspects of antecedents are little investigated. Moreover, how the dynamics together impact on members’ willingness to contribute knowledge is an open question to be …
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Teacher Perceptions of English Language Learners in Physical Education
… and Google Scholar were used to obtain the critical mass of research. The search included key terms including “English Language Learners in physical education”, “ELL physical education”, perceptions of ELL in physical education”, and others, along with certain criteria of inclusion allowed …
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Uranium dioxide and urania-thoria fuel cores for the UTR-10 reactor
Theoretial calculations of critical mass, temperature coefficient, and transient behavior have been made for proposed uranium dioxide and urania-thoria fuel cores for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute UTR-10 Reactor.
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A woman's worth: the impact of board bender diversity on company performance - a cross-country analysis
… environmental performance. Studies suggest that critical mass may influence the impact that a woman on the board may have on company performance. Existing studies have observed behavioural changes in female directors when there are three or more women on the board compared to when there are less …
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Network goods, piracy, and firm strategies in the global economy
… topics are included. First, income effect on critical mass and sustainable prices in the presence of network effects is studied theoretically. Second, how piracy changes critical mass and sustainable prices is investigated. Third, the existence of the direct income effect on the software …
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How do practitioners engage in an online community of practice?
… of which were identified as being part of the “critical mass” which sustain the community. Longer answers are preferred by community members. Research limitations/implications: The methodology used does not provide the motives of why the practitioners engage with the Online Community of Practice …
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Ignition limits of explosively dispersed fuel
… different facility on campus. The charge-to-fuel mass ratio was varied, while holding the fuel mass constant, to determine a relationship between the mass ratio and fuel burn fraction. A primary motivation of this study is to find a critical mass ratio at which the fuel does not burn It was …
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Peace Corps Service to Develop Community Capacity for Sustainability Planning: The Experience of Areguá, Paraguay
… adopted to assist Areguá in securing the critical mass of community capacity necessary to engage in sustainability planning. The paper concludes with an outline of continuing challenges for sustainability in Areguá and a description of means by which those concerns might be addressed.
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Critical Evaluation of Leadership Gender Diversity as a Driver of ESG Disclosure: A Case Study of Companies Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… signalling, gender socialisation, and critical mass theories, the research adopts a positivist, quantitative approach. It utilises homogeneous, AI-powered ESG GPS® ratings and board composition data for the JSE Top 100 companies over a period of 2019–2022. Multiple dimensions of gender …
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Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa: Realising Māori Aspirations
… relevant to Aotearoa. The key themes of context, critical mass, and mechanisms to support indigenous psychology development are identified as being relevant to Aotearoa. Part Three explores indigenous psychology development in Aotearoa. Data from a range of sources is qualitatively analysed to …
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Science and technology driving change in drug R&D : some lessons for the Japanese pharmaceutical industry
… the savings. These attitudes indicate that the critical mass of the industry will increase rapidly. Similar technological change is occurring in Japan. In addition, other changes in the Japanese pharmaceutical industry are also having a significant effect, such as the national health insurance …
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Modeling and simulation of The Transient Reactor Test Facility using modern neutron transport methods
… we build a Monte Carlo model of TREAT's Minimum Critical Mass core to examine the effects of fuel impurities, calculate a reference solution, and analyze a number of multigroup cross section generation approaches. Several method of characteristics (MOC) simulations employing these cross sections …
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The Impact of Board Characteristics on Earnings Management: Evidence From South Africa
… non-executive, co-opted independent directors, a critical mass of female board of directors and board ethnic minority directors are effective in constraining accrual-based earnings management practices. The findings also show that co-opted female directors in the SEC, co-opted independent …
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The Impact of Forced Retirement on Professional Athletes
… of gathering information there was a total of 10 critical mass peer reviewed articles that included a total of 469 participants. Researchers used various data collection methods to gather information. Findings indicated a variety of important variables that coexist throughout the process of forced …
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