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Entrepreneurs and Growth : An Option, Obligation or Obsession?

2018

“Growth” as a word carries a positive tone in it; human beings grow and mature, gaining new knowledge and resources, and so do companies. Growth, however, has never been for all. In competitive markets, some grow and others do not—or grow at slower pace than others. Furthermore, growth is a process that strains the capabilities and resources of an individual, company, and its acting entrepreneurs to their extreme. Growth means also learning and leaving behind something learned of possessed before. Growth disrupts the history and path of a single company and its entrepreneur. The text synthetizes the scattered literature in growth and entrepreneurship. A case study shows how growth is viewed…

Triggering sustainability communication in a B2B context: combining action research and sensemaking

2021

PurposeThe paper explores processes associated with the adoption of corporate sustainability communication in a B2B context. It employs a combined action research and sensemaking approach to document moments that precede the initiation of external sustainability communication.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is the outcome of an action research project, where we examine the case of one industrial company that was silent on its multiple sustainability-related practices, but recently decided to become more transparent to the outside world. A processual approach to sensemaking is adopted to show how organisational and non-organisational members actively participated in meaning co-construct…

The use of social media for knowledge acquisition and dissemination in B2B companies: an empirical study of Finnish technology industries

2019

Scholars and practitioners of knowledge management have paid increasing attention to the adoption of social media in business-to-business (B2B) setting for knowledge sharing; however, both the theoretical and empirical research in this domain are quite fragmented. The aim of this research is to deepen the understanding about the B2B companies’ awareness of the potentials of social media in improving their absorptive capacity and, consequently, if and how such companies deploy knowledge strategies based on social media adoption. We carried out an empirical survey of Finnish technology companies operating purely in B2B markets. Results highlight that social media adoption is still in a prelim…

Akadēmiskā Dzīve, 49.krājums 

2013

Search for the Decay of the Higgs Boson to Charm Quarks with the ATLAS Experiment

2018

A direct search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to a pair of charm quarks is presented. Associated production of the Higgs and Z bosons, in the decay mode ZH→ℓ+ℓ−c¯c is studied. A data set with an integrated luminosity of 36.1  fb−1 of pp collisions at √s=13TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC is used. The H→c¯c signature is identified using charm-tagging algorithms. The observed (expected) upper limit on σ(pp→ZH)×B(H→c¯c) is 2.7 (3.9+2.1−1.1) pb at the 95% confidence level for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, while the standard model value is 26 fb.

DISCIPLINA INTERNA E DIMENSIONE SOVRANAZIONALE DEL “GIUSTO PROCESSO” IN MATERIA TRIBUTARIA

2012

Integrated Activities for the High Energy Astrophysics Domain

High-energy astrophysics is the study of the most energetic and extreme processes in the universe, processes that are impossible to replicate in experiments here on Earth. These processes are associated with objects like exploding stars and supermassive black holes, and their understanding not only helps us answer fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of our cosmos but also fosters technological developments in other areas. Further, it prepares us to optimise space exploration expeditions for maximum impact. Teamwork is necessary for success and the EU-funded AHEAD2020 project is team building to achieve this. A key focus is integration of national efforts while enhancing foc…

Biophotonics Laboratory

Main directions of scientific work: Development of optical methods and devices for medical and technological applications. early non-invasive skin cancer diagnostics and classification of skin lesions using multispectral diffuse reflectance and autofluorescence imaging techniques combined with artificial neural network analysis; early detection of sepsis on the knees using multispectral imaging techniques; contactless photoplethysmography imaging to monitor the time of exposure to anesthesia; assessment and presentation of oxygen saturation in the skin; laser beam contrast imaging for microbial growth analysis; time-resolved diffuse reflectance and in vivo skin autofluorescence using time-d…

UL Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine

The Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine of the University of Latvia (UL) was founded to develop research in the fields of oncology and preventive oncology, as well as tuberculosis and septicemia; to carry out organised pilot studies to optimize cancer screening, and to carry out a unique population study in Europe for gastrointestinal cancer prevention (GISTAR). The Institute develops common patients’ with tumours and other patients’ biobanks intended to be part of the National Biobank structure. Workplaces for doctoral students, post-doctoral scientists and other new scientists are created on the basis of the Institute. Residents and students are attracted to research work. The I…

Digital contents and communication flows

MEDIAFLOWS is focused on the analysis of the changes and mutations caused by the process of digitization in the content and structures of media and in the public. The group's origin is the activity of most of its researchers since 2007, within the framework of the "Valencian Digital Media Analysis Group" (since 2007), which has resulted in the achievement of three R&D projects (financed by the Generalitat Valenciana and the University of Valencia) and an annual conference (Digital Communication Congress in the Valencian Community) that began to be held in 2009. As a result of all this, five monographs and a large number of partial publications in congresses, journals and book chapters have …