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Showing 1 to 20 of 4232 for “"initiatives"”.
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Operational initiatives in the food industry
… take advantage of operational improvement initiatives to stay competitive in today's global market, the development of a lean approach comprising of lean principles, lean practices and lean vision for the food industry which would enable the managers to transform their plants into lean …
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New York City HIV Testing Initiatives
… engagement in the New York City HIV Testing Initiatives Program. The USF MPH Program coursework and commitment to social justice has honed my skills and equipped me to apply theory into practice through this culminating experience. This fieldwork placement provided an excellent opportunity to …
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New Business Initiatives and Financial Performance
… financial performance with use o f new business initiatives such as JIT, TQM, and ABC. The investigation is organized into three areas o f inquiry that telescope from the general to the specific to reach a conclusion regarding the efficacy of initiatives. The first two studies contain regression …
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Manufacturing initiatives in a decentralised company
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001.
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Exploring Educational Initiatives in Nanotechnology Networks
Nanotechnology has captured the attention of governments and corporations around the globe. It has become the subject and context for numerous conferences, media articles, websites and scientific research papers. Nano enthusiasts and government officials claim that it is an area that promises new …
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Voluntary Environmental Initiatives: Sponsorship and Stakeholder Involvement
Voluntary environmental initiatives (VEIs) promise to provide firms and facilities additional flexibility and motivation in managing their environmental affairs in part by reducing compliance and enforcement costs and improving their public image. As a result, since 1990, over 13,000 organizations …
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A methodology for planning sustainable supply chain initiatives
… for planning sustainable supply chain initiatives, consisting of three scopes, each with its appropriate mechanism and background theory. The first one “Acting In” structures organizational practices in a “Framework for Managing Sustainable Supply Chain Practices”. The second scope …
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Cross-sectional analysis of university technology commercialization initiatives
… property policies and commercialization initiatives at research universities affect their commercialization activities and intensity. The ability of universities to engage in commercialization activities is dependent on the willingness of the researchers to disclose their inventions. We …
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Power and community in Scottish community land initiatives
… the emergence of a series of distinctive local initiatives in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Initially labelled “community buyouts” (and so counter posing them to the 1980s “management buyouts” of company shareholdings), they combined the creation of new place-based community organisations …
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Blockchain for civic initiatives in the urban space
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Physical Activity Initiatives: Implications for Physical Activity Promotion
… for increased physical activity. Both initiatives offer valuable strategies in promoting physical activity among American citizens. However, little empirical research on these initiatives has been evaluated. Study I is entitled,Perceptions of the Exercise is Medicine®Initiative in a …
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Employer engagement with government employment and skills initiatives
This PhD thesis is a critical realist multiple case study of employers in England, to establish why employers engage in Active Labour Market Policies (ALMP). The policy background is government employment policies designed to help at the margins of the labour market where job entry barriers are …
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Regional higher education initiatives lessons for Southern Africa
This thesis critically analyses the state of regional higher education cooperation with the goal of extrapolating lessons from Europe through the Bologna Process and South America through the MERCOSUR-Educativo project for future regional higher education arrangements broadly and southern Africa …
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The intelligent container concept : issues, initiatives, and implementation
… parties involved, the relevant and significant initiatives underway or completed, and the issues surrounding implementation.
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Elder perspectives: leveraging digital tools in language revival initiatives
… Indigenous knowledge. Without language revival initiatives, ancestral languages in FNMI communities are at risk of extinction. Leveraging digital technologies while collaborating with Elders can support revival initiatives. Through semi-structured interviews and qualitative analysis, this study …
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Opening spaces for the emergence of community economy initiatives
… the UK, and the emergence of community housing initiatives as a response. There are enabling organisations which provide support, but despite an increasing recognition of the contribution that housing makes to carbon emissions, affordability rather than sustainability remains the primary focus. …
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Raising Student Achievement Through Programmatic Initiatives and Instructional Improvement
… <p>The program evaluation studies the impact of initiatives implemented at an elementary school near a large city in Illinois using a case study methodology. The school was required to restructure during the 2013-2014 school year as a result of the performance mandates outlined in the No Child …
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