Hewlett-Packard’s Design for Supply Chain Program By Brain Cargille, Stephen Bear, and Jason Amaral Innovation Summary The concept of “design for supply chain” (DfSC) is not new at Hewlett-Packard (HP). (See: HP’s “Six-Pack” for a summary of DfSC.) For more than ten years the company has evaluated the supply chain impacts of design decisions. Indeed, two early examples—DeskJet localization and LaserJet universality—are described in a wellregarded Harvard Business Review article and in widely
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Early Childhood Research Quarterly 19 (2004) 375–397 The early childhood classroom observation measure Deborah Stipek∗ , Patricia Byler School of Education, Stanford University, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-3096, USA Abstract This study assesses a new measure of early childhood classroom practice in 127 kindergarten- and first-grade classrooms. The measure was designed to be appropriate for classrooms serving children from the age of 4–7 years. It assesses the nature and quality of
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with sincere gratitude that I acknowledge the International Graduate School of Management (IGSM), the members of the Faculty Research Management Committee, and in particular Dr. Karlos Knapp and Professor Dr. Siow Heng Loke, the supervisory panel members, who have worked and continually encouraged me during some trying and challenging times towards the conclusion of
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which we live our lives. Philosophers have been discussing ethics for at least 2500 years, since the time of Socrates and Plato. Many ethicists consider emerging ethical beliefs to be "state of the art" legal matters, i.e., what becomes an ethical guideline today is often translated to a law, regulation or rule tomorrow. Values, which guide how we ought to behave are considered moral values, e.g., values such as respect, honesty, fairness, responsibility, etc. Statements around how these values are
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response, Canadian health research funders and agencies have made KT a priority. This article describes how one funding agency determined its KT role and in the process developed a model that other agencies could use when considering KT programs. Discussion: While ‘excellence’ is an important criterion by which to evaluate and fund health research, it alone does not ensure relevance to societal health priorities. There is increased demand for return on investments in health research in the form of
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contributions to regulatory policy and debate, which are put into the public domain. The CRI focuses on comparative analyses across the regulated industries. CRI activities and outputs include: • • • • • Regulatory statistics, information and analysis Discussion papers and Occasional papers Regulatory Briefs, Reviews and International series Research Reports and Technical papers Seminars, courses and conferences Direct links with regulated industries, the regulators, the academic
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TOURISM SECTOR BREAD AND PASTRY PRODUCTION NC II | |Page No. | | | | | | | |SECTION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOOTWEAR AND LEATHERGOODS SECTOR FOOTWEAR MAKING NC II | |Page No. | | | | |PREFACE | | |FOREWORD
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Authority, Incentives and Performance: Theory and Evidence from a Chinese Newspaper Yanhui Wu London School of Economics Job Market Paper February 2011 Abstract Authority de…nes the formal structure of an organization, and is essential for the allocation of resources inside the …rm. This paper develops a theory of authority in a multiple layer hierarchy, in which the distribution of authority alleviates incentive incompatibilities. To examine the theory, I collect monthly personnel data from
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