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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Environmental Scanning"”.
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Environmental scanning : an individual and organizational level analysis
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1985.
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Transmission-mode imaging in the environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM)
Electron microscopy was first conducted in the 1930s with the advent of the TEM and later the STEM. In 1969, the first commercial SEM was released, with the possibility of retrofitting it to behave like a STEM following soon afterwards. In 1979, Danilatos and Robinson advanced electron microscopy …
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Strategy, environmental scanning, and their effect upon performance: an exploratory study of the food service industry
… was to examine the relationship of strategy and environmental scanning to performance. Porter’s (1980) strategic typology was utilized to classify foodservice firms by strategic orientation; and, an analysis of variance was performed to determine the differences in their performance. …
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The information needs of finance executives in the hospitality industry
… investment decision making. The amount of environmental scanning currently being conducted for use in the strategic capital investment decision making process was also investigated. A survey questionnaire was used to gather information from 200 Chief Financial Officers. 46 questionnaires …
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Informing decisions to influence change: the changing role of the in-house practioner in the Ministry of Defence
… Literature Review presents an evaluation of environmental scanning and its relationship with occupational psychology; arguing that environmental scanning is a vital higher order skill for psychology practitioners to understand external contexts. Finally, the Empirical Project presents the …
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Test Development and Material Characterization of Hot Poured Crack Sealant at Low Temperature
… were also investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM), gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). These techniques reveal the composition of …
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TOWARD A MODEL OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: SCENARIO BUILDING FROM A PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSPECTIVE
… technique that projects multiple future environmental situations for an organization to improve its understanding of the environment and to develop strategies based on alternative outlooks. Strategic management, scenario planning, issues management, environmental scanning, and the …
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Mobile Business as Strategic Tools in the US Airline Industry
… as in the micro-environment are analyzed using environmental scanning as systematic technique. Exploratory data obtained from a focus group interview is added to the analysis in order to assess opportunities and threats and to extract the key success factors for airline m-business, which is …
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Condensation on superhydrophobic copper oxide nanostructures
… characterized using an optical microscope and an environmental scanning electron microscope by quantifying the distribution of nucleation sites and droplet growth behavior. Using the knowledge gained from these studies, an experimental test bed was designed and fabricated to measure macro-scale …
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A nanomechanical investigation of the crack tip process zone of marble
… assess the macrostructure and crack formation, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM), to visually assess microstructure, and nanoindentation, to yield nanomechanical properties and assess nano/microheterogeneities. Nanoindentation testing was comprised of lines and grids of single …
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Strategic managment.The case of NGOs in Palestine.
… management approach are more adjustable to environmental factors. The environmental awareness of managers in NGOs is very important. The managers` strategic awareness and their perception of the III benefits coming from a formal strategic planning approach within the NGO considerably impacts …
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Exploring the possibility of low temperature glazing in faience from the Djoser Step Pyramid through compositional analysis
… results using methods of x-ray fluorescence, environmental scanning electron microscopy, x-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and microcomputed tomography. It appears that the tile was glazed by the method of "application." There is evidence that may support hypotheses of …
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An investigation on the effect of solution concentration, applied voltage and collection distance on electrospun fibres of PVA solutions
… of nanofibres formed were analysed under the Environmental Scanning Environmental Microscope (ESEM). The deposition rate and area were also analysed. At lower concentrations of PVA 4% and PVA 6% beaded fibres were formed. The average fibre diameter with PVA 4% ranged from 43-92nm, PVA 6% …
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Laboratory characterization of a highly weathered old alluvium in San Juan, Puerto Rico
… also used a variety of techniques including environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM), slaking tests, CEC, and SCD of Fe-oxides. The results reveal an aggregate structure comprising groups of clay platelets, which each consist of clay particles associated with face-to-face contact. …
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Petrology of Mineralized and Non-Mineralized Samples from the Railroad District within the Carlin Trend, Elko, NV
… were analyzed using standard petrography, Environmental Scanning ElectronMicroscope (ESEM), and cathodoluminescence to identify the relationship betweenhost rock and gold mineralization fluids. The Railroad District, southwest of Elko,Nevada, is part of the Carlin Trend, an area known from …
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Morphology Tuning and Mechanical Properties of Nanoporous Gold
… to 30 nm using in situ tensile testing under an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). A specially designed tensile stage and sample holders are used to deform the sample inside the ESEM, allowing us to observing both the macro and microscopic structure changes. Our experimental …
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Thermophysical Properties and Microstructural Changes of Composite Materials at Elevated Temperature
… were measured with a simultaneous differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) / thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). Experimental techniques were developed for quantitative specific heat measurement based on ASTM standards with modifications for accurate measurements of decomposing materials. An …
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The role of cultural sensitivity and trust in relational marketing: an analysis of buyer/seller relationships in the Asian Pacific Rim
… emic (insiders') procedural knowledge, and (4) environmental scanning. In addition, the process of cultural sensitivity was found to have the following four stages: (1) The Honeymooner; (2) The Worker; (3) The Outsider; and (4) The Transspector. Each stage was shown to vary in terms of four …
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Nanoscale surface modification of wood veneers for adhesion
… for polyelectrolyte adsorption. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) were used to characterize adsorbed LbL multilayers of poly(acrylic) acid (PAA) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH). Cross-linking between PAA and PAH at various …
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Composite Films for Modifying Evanescent Wave Characteristics in Long-Period Grating Biosensors
… of the hydrogel was estimated to be 500 nm using Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy. The affinity film was probed by an evanescent wave to detect changes in refractive index due to the binding of anti-BSA IgG. Under these conditions, the sensor yielded a signal ratio of approximately 10-4 …
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