Front. Mech. Eng. 2013, 8(3): 215–243 DOI 10.1007/s11465-013-0248-8 REVIEW ARTICLE Nannan GUO, Ming C. LEU Additive manufacturing: technology, applications and research needs © Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for more than 20 years. Rather than removing materials, AM processes make three-dimensional parts directly from CAD models by adding materials layer by layer, offering
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on consumer purchase decision has been studied. The different approaches of influencing market positioning of the company and product through promotion have been discussed herein. The methodology incorporated includes both primary and secondary research data, pertaining to directly and exclusively collected information and views from Dove users and employees and results or analysis from credible magazines, online portals, discussion forums, journals etc. respectively. The data sampling has been
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transmit as far as the next node. Wireless mesh networking could allow people living in the remote areas and small businesses operating in rural neighborhoods to connect their networks together for affordable Internet connections. Here we discuss a hybrid routing algorithm for wireless mesh networks. In HRPU, the mesh portal periodically broadcasts a mesh update message, which allows all nodes to have a route towards the mesh portal stored semi permanently in their routing table. Whenever a node has
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Godbole, Mukesh K. Mohania IBM India Research Lab, India {lvsubram,ftanveer,shajmoha,shantanugodbole,mkmukesh}@in.ibm.com Abstract— In this paper, we present a first of a kind system, called Business Intelligence from Voice of Customer (BIVoC), that can: 1) combine unstructured information and structured information in an information intensive enterprise and 2) derive richer business insights from the combined data. Unstructured information, in this paper, refers to Voice of Customer (VoC)
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Christmas parties. Perquisites - which are benefits that tend to provided to discrete categories of employees, such as a company car/car allowance, private healthcare or concierge service. 2 Reward Today More recently, this divide between which parts of reward are best suited for attraction and recruitment, retention and motivation has broken down. Modern research shows that individuals are attracted, retained and engaged by a whole range of financial and non-financial rewards and that these
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Marketing Management 555 Assessment 1 Greenwashing Ursula Dixon Student 15413677 Greenwashing Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to outline the term ‘Greenwashing’, describe the effect of the practice of corporate greenwashing on consumer confidence and how in the long term this will affect the environment. Greenwashing is the systematic deception of the buying public about the ‘greenness’ of a product or service. It is a deeper issue than a logo on a product
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Global perspectives on governance: lessons from east and west While the core principles of governance are the same throughout the world, the Asian model places particular emphasis on trust and relationships. This paper discusses the key differences between the western and Asian approaches to help business leaders explore the best aspects of both. Conclusions 1. The corporate governance model that’s familiar in Asia, Africa and most developing nations places strong emphasis on trust
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The inclusion of a brief summary (‘Executive Summary’) is standard reporting practice and is meant to act as a guide to the contents of the report and to highlight major conclusions and recommendations. The Executive Summary derives its name from the practice of providing the executives of an organisation, that is, those responsible for making decisions and taking appropriate action, with a concise outline of the major points in a report to save them time. The detail can be pursued in more
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1.0 Significant of Study This study is significant on discussing about how freight transport would bring to critical environmental issue to the society. 2.0 Problem Statement Freight transport has been identified that are causing three major problems, which are stated as below, (1) Increases of the road freight transport increase environmental issues along, (2) Some controversy relationship issue between transport growth and economic development, environmental and political factors, (3)
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Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh Dr. S M Ahsan Habib Professor and Director (Training & Research), BIBM The paper was presented at a seminar on Green Banking at BIBM on October 14, 2010 Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh I. Introduction Banks that were once seen only as profit motive institutions have been adjusting to a more demanding market and to a more conscious society
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