Creativity Research Journal 2005, Vol. 17, No. 1, 51–65 Copyright © 2005 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Feeling Creative, Being Creative: An Empirical Study of Diversity and Creativity in Teams Terri R. Kurtzberg Rutgers University ABSTRACT: Two empirical studies explored objectively measured creative fluency and subjectively perceived creativity in cognitively diverse teams. Results indicate that cognitive diversity may be beneficial for objective functioning but may damage team
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creates social isolation, and that it causes superficial interactions. Adding to the difficulties in reaching a clear conclusion about this matter is the fact that many, if not most of the studies about the effects of social media on friendships and social interactions have been done on the young. Even for studies about the young, it is not entirely certain if a broader social network encourages adoption of social media, or if adoption of social media encourages a broader social network. Judging from
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Running head: Fujiyama Electronics, Inc. CASE STUDY Fujiyama Electronics, Inc. Case Study DeVry University, BSOP 326 Fujiyama electronics INTRODUCTION Problem 1. Fujiyama electronics has had difficulty with their circuit board manufacturing and has attempted to determine the problem. Thirty samples were taken of four boards each due to unacceptable variability and the results from each data set were placed in a chart. (Staff Writer, 2010) CHART 1 – Sample Data DATA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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PAPER 28 THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT FROM THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY READING LIST: 2012-13 C. A. Bayly cab1002@cam.ac.uk 1 The History of The Indian Subcontinent From The Late Eighteenth Century To The Present Day A fifth of the world's population lives in the Indian subcontinent. While today the region’s place in the global world order is widely recognised, this is in fact only the most recent chapter in a longer history. This paper offers an understanding
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------------------------------------------------- The Rise of Finland’s Nokia Case Study No. 4 By: Maria Cristina C. Caymo, PhD-M Student FACTS: The case deals with the rise of the Nokia Corporation, from the relatively small country Finland, to global leader in the mobile phone market. The original Nokia Company was founded in 1865 to produce paper from wood pulp. In 1967, three companies, Nokia, Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works in Finland merged to form the Nokia Corporation
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An Evaluation of Micro-Finance Programmes in Kenya as Supported through the Dutch Co-Financing Programme With a focus on KWFT Otto Hospes Muli Musinga Milcah Ong’ayo November 2002 Study commissioned by: Steering Committee for the Evaluation of the Netherlands’ Co-financing Programme 3 Contents List of contributors List of abbreviations Acknowledgements 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2 Introduction Background and objectives Legitimization and overall objective of Dutch CFAs to support
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HBS Case Study : Interco 9-291-033 HBS Case Study : Interco 9-291-033 * Started out as shoe company – been around a long time * •Business has spread to other consumer products / services through acquisitions * •Fairly conservative financially, debt level is relatively low * Interco has moved away from apparel and general retail (went from 59% to 40% of total sales)• * Placed more emphasis on the footwear division. (acquired Converse in 1986)• * Placed much more emphasis
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still controversial. The aim of our retrospective autopsy study was to assess the impact of TBE and ApoE allele frequency on the development of AD. Material and Methods: We examined 1. the incidence of AD pathology (Braak stageing, CERAD, NIA-Reagan Institute criteria) in 58 consecutive patients (mean age ± SD 77.0 ± 6.8 years) with residual closed TBI lesions, and 2. the frequency of TBI residuals in 57 age-matched autopsy proven AD cases. In both
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2006). To date, there has been minimal quantitative research on the cross-cultural validity of psychopathic personality issue (Cooke, 1996). A few studies have inspected the dispersion of test scores or commonness of analyses crosswise over cross-cultural cultural groups (Alarcón, Foulks and Vakkur, 1998). Exploration of this sort is in some cases alluded to as the ''vehicle and-test'' methodology (Alarcón, Foulks and Vakkur, 1998) analysts take a current measure, make an interpretation of it
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success (LPS): The case of the Malaysian automotive and logistics industry Nor Aida Abdul Rahman a,⁎, T.C. Melewar b,1, Amir M. Sharif c a b c Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT), Lot 2891, Jalan Jenderam Hulu, 43800 Dengkil, Selangor, Malaysia The Business School, Middlesex University London, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, United Kingdom Brunel Business school, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom a r t i c l e
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