Search results for " Strategy"

Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: experiences of women fish-processing groups in the Lake Chi…

2016

Abstract. In recent years, research on climate change and human security has received much attention among policy makers and academia alike. Communities in the Global South that rely on an intact resource base and struggle with poverty, existing inequalities and historical injustices will especially be affected by predicted changes in temperature and precipitation. The objective of this article is to better understand under what conditions local communities can adapt to anticipated impacts of climate change. The empirical part of the paper answers the question as to what extent local women engaged in fish processing in the Chilwa Basin in Malawi have experienced climate change and how they …

DEFINING ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WITHIN THE GENERAL STRATEGY OF THE MODERN ORGANIZATION

2013

The field of human resources requires the presence and action of several categories of persons and managerial structures interested in the quality of human resources and the activities developed by them. Besides managers and employees there are also the shareholders, the unions, the customers, the different national or local agencies, the local community, etc., with major interests regarding decisions in the human resources area. In order to harmonize their activities and achieve an optimal perspective within the evolution of Human Resource Management, special attention is paid to the strategy of human resources management. According to many specialists, strategies in the field of Human Res…

Genome-Wide Inhibition of Pro-atherogenic Gene Expression by Multi-STAT Targeting Compounds as a Novel Treatment Strategy of CVDs.

2018

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including atherosclerosis, are globally the leading cause of death. Key factors contributing to onset and progression of atherosclerosis include the pro-inflammatory cytokines Interferon (IFN)a and IFN? and the Pattern Recognition Receptor (PRR) Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Together, they trigger activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT)s. Searches for compounds targeting the pTyr-SH2 interaction area of STAT3, yielded many small molecules, including STATTIC and STX-0119. However, many of these inhibitors do not seem STAT3-specific. We hypothesized that multi-STAT-inhibitors that simultaneously block STAT1, STAT2, and STAT3 activit…

Regenerative Medicine as an Emergent Cluster in Tampere Region

2015

[EN]: Clusters are important for regional economies and emergent clusters are in a key position, as a means of adding more diversification to the current economic activity by involving new technologies and industries. Science-based industries may be the most promising in this regard since they are encouraged to develop and enhance the economic imaginaries of territories under the umbrella of radical innovations or in the name of broadening the current economic model based on mostly traditional industries. Regenerative medicine (RM) could be an example of these so-called emergent clusters. Regenerative medicine is highly dependent on academic research, which means that local territories must…

A NEW TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF RESONANCE IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION

2014

The objective of this study is to present a computer-based project, for which our program POLAR and our version of PAPID were written for the study of the subject of resonance in chemistry. Both algorithms allow a better didactic strategy and methodological adaptation for the study of molecular properties in chemical education. Teachers will find the options of POLAR and PAPID useful for demonstrations. It is still to be explored the methodological application of these computational programs enriching the present teaching techniques. Implementing new algorithms in learning situations is technically simple, but checking their usefulness in teaching practice is extraordinarily complex and req…

Foreign language learning difficulties and learning strategies : four cases

2008

Strategie podmiotu instytucjonalnego w powojennym dyskursie prawnoustrojowym

2020

The objective of this paper is to describe strategies used by the institutional subject in the legał and political discourse after World War II. The materials constituting the basis for this paper comprise representative texts for the above-mentioned discourse of this period, i. e. Bolesław Bierut’s report entitled On the Constitution of the Peoples Republic of Poland and presented at a session of the Constituent Sejm, and the preamble to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Poland of 1952. The point of view of the institutional subject was not coincident with that of the collective subject - the whole of Polish society did not identify with the socialist State and its strongly cent…

Dalla tessitura del presente alle reinvenzioni spaziali. Un caso di studio a Raccuja (Me)

2022

Il saggio di Santo Giunta riflettere sul rapporto tra restauro e rifunzionalizzazione di un edificio storico, focalizzando l’attenzione su un’opera di Pasquale Culotta a Raccuja (ME). Il saggio è pubblicato in un libro, curato da Calogero Marzullo, che nasce dalla volontà di rileggere alcune riflessioni su ricerche e sperimentazioni di diversi autori che dialogano tra loro per tentare di definire il valore del progetto di architettura. Nel caso di studio in esame il progetto non è solo la rispondenza funzionale di elementi riconoscibili tra le proposte strutturali e culturali, ma tiene conto delle forme della vita contemporanea, di una socialità interagente e di confine. La qualità emotiva …

Business Models and Market Entry Mode Choice of Small Software Firms

2007

So far the critical choice of the entry mode for a target country has been examined ignoring the special features of firms. Particularly, the impact of the wide variation of business models of software firms has been ignored. This multi-case study investigates the relation between the business model and the entry mode of eight software firms. The results imply that the product strategy and the service and implementation model of a software firm are closely connected to the entry mode choice, while the distribution model of intangible software products does not seem to have impact on the operation mode. peerReviewed

Does business strategy and management control system fit determine performance?

2021

PurposeThis study examines the relationship between business strategy, management control system (MCS) type and performance. Does the alignment of organisation business strategy and MCS fresult in better performance?Design/methodology/approachThis study draws on the business strategy and MCS type literature to identify business strategies and MCS types. A scoring method was used to identify business strategy types and cluster analysis to identify MCS types from a sample of 80 firms and 621 firm-years of data. Analysis of variance was used analyse the differences.FindingsFour types of MCS were identified and were labelled clan, adhocracy, market and hierarchy. The sample was split into defen…