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GLOBAL WATCH MISSION REPORT Biomimetics: strategies for product design inspired by nature – a mission to the Netherlands and Germany JANUARY 2007 Global Watch Missions DTI Global Watch Missions have enabled small groups of UK experts to visit leading overseas technology organisations to learn vital lessons about innovation and its implementation, of benefit to entire industries and individual organisations. By stimulating debate and informing industrial thinking and action, missions have

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How does the classroom environment influence creativity? So what is a “creative strategy” for a teacher? What about the creative teacher? What can and can’t the sciences of the mind and brain tell us about creativity? Summary References Illustrations 4 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 3 DISCUSSIONS IN EDUCATION SERIES Introduction The UK government presently considers creativity to be a key “employability” skill in terms of the creative industries and beyond, including within…

BRAND YOUR WAY OUT OF EXTINCTION! Having been on a six-month city-to-city journey had tired me immensely. I definitely needed time away from airplanes, hotels, traffic, skyscrapers, noise, pollution, and all the other hassles city life repeatedly places in front of you. While in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I decided to take some time off from my project and just head nowhere, with no schedule, map, or place to be or see the next morning… As I sat on the bus I spotted a native-looking…

What are the main factors that affect employee retention in Multinationals? Abstract: Retaining talent is a difficulty in all companies, regardless of their size, because people tend to spend more time working on better and more motivating companies, which already is a major competitive advantage today. This research aims to outline factors that affect employee retention in Multinationals. Background: Globalization brought changes in the internal and external environment of companies

paper, in the first chapter summarizes the state of the art in SCM, showing the evolution along the last 25 years. Chapter 2 shows the current issues and current research work under way in the area. In chapter 3, the challenges SCM has to take up, as well as SCM future research are discussed. Keywords Software configuration management, Version control, process support, concurrent engineering, federation, interoperability, architecture. 1 WHAT IS SCM? Current definition would say that SCM…

Carlos Henrique Andrade de Sousa THE USE OF POSTERS BY THE SOVIET POLITICAL PROPAGANDA Fortaleza - Ceará 2013 ABSTRACT This paper presents an analyze of the way the Soviet party used posters to spread the Socialist ideology with the aim of finding out why it was so important to use posters and how the propaganda helped the party to reach its goals. For that, bibliographical research was used. Altogether posters were analyzed to show their function during the Soviet revolution.…

This study examines one of the most debated topics in the sociology of culture: Does music taste affirm one’s class? Using Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of “habitus” and “cultural capital” against Richard Peterson’s theory of the “cultural omnivore”, I aim to investigate whether a difference can be identified in music tastes and consumption between people from different social classes. I build on the works of the Centre for Research on SocioCultural Change (CRESC) and the data collected…

Modeling Through: A Rough Guide to Modeling Michael Pidd Department of Management Science The Management School Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YX United Kingdom Skill in modeling is one of the keys to success in OR/MS practice. This has been recognized for many years, but we often give it only lip service. Models are used in many ways in OR/MS practice. A few simple principles of modeling may be useful. The six principles discussed here cover simplicity versus complexity; model…

and accessibly are the words which can define this third chapter. Even though the whole book has a focus in the sustainable side of transport, in this session the author chose for a moment to put this matter aside in order to speak with more freedom about the aspects mentioned above. Starting with equity, as pointed in the text, it can be seen from several perspectives, making sometimes its meaning contradictory. As an example, comparing the types of equity “Return to source” to the…