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Thompson Reuters / University of Michigan - Surveys of Consumers

Survey Research Center <Ann Arbor, Mich.>

The Surveys of Consumers has been conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan since 1946. Each month, 500 individuals are randomly selected from the contiguous United States (48 states plus the District of Columbia) to participate in the Surveys of Consumers. The...

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Mobile Support for Lifestyle Communities

Koch, Michael; Groh, Georg; Hillebrand, Christian; … - 2002

Community support and (location-based) mobile services are two prominent topics in research and development currently …. However, they are usually not combined - there is little work on mobile community support services.(...) …

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Collaborative Engineering Communities - Architecture and Integration Approaches

Gronau, Norbert - 2003

Regarding the growing task distribution in the area of design and product development (engineering) the idea of communities gets more importance next to the creation of classical development partnerships in engineering. Communities are known as a new organizational kind for users of electronic...

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The Significance of Distinctiveness : A Proposal for Rethinking Organizational Knowledge

Schreyögg, Georg; Geiger, Daniel - Berlin / Universität <Freie Universität> / …

In this article we attempt to provide some reorientation for theuse of the concept of knowledge within management studies. The point ofdeparture is the striking discrepancy between the great importance nowadaysattributed to knowledge (knowledge economy, knowledge resources,knowledge societies,...

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Travelling in the Social Science Community: Assessing the Impact of the Indian Green Revolution Across Disciplines

Howlett, Peter - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

The Indian Green Revolution, which began in the late 1960s,offers an exemplary case for studying the nature of evidence andhow it travels between academia and the public sphere, betweendifferent academic disciplines and over time. Initial assessmentsof the Green Revolution’s effects were...

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East Enders: Family and community in East London

Mumford, Katharine; Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

East Enders tells the story of a hundred families who live in two of the lowestincome areas in the East End of London, Hackney and Newham. The East Endhas the biggest concentration of poverty in the capital. It lies at the heart of theThames Gateway, London’s major growth area.Nearly half the...

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Talking to Families in Leeds and Sheffield

Bowman, Helen - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

diverse area, stretching out of Sheffield city centre.Three-quarters of the families in both areas felt that community spirit … families wanted to know that they could relyon their local community in times of need.All families shared worries about their … children, but most families valued theirlocal community.[...] …

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Low income housing estates: a report to HammersmithUnited Charities on supporting communities, preventingsocial exclusion and tackling need in the London Boroughof Hammersmith and...

Lane, Laura; Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

This report provides information on the levels of deprivation and need in 4 estates within theLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. These estates are:Edward WoodsWhite CityWilliam ChurchOld Oak[...]

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Report to Incommunities on the About Turn Project

Power, Anne T.; Lane, Laura; Serle, Nicola - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

This is an independent account of the work of the Incommunities About Turn project to support households in difficulty with their tenancy. The project has run for 3 years and has a track record in dealing with difficult tenancies. LSE Housing has examined the tenancy records, evidence from staff...

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Tenants and their communities: summary Report to the Department for Communities and Local Government on the consultation with tenants at Trafford Hall on the Future Roles of Social...

Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

Communities and Local Government identified four key questions that they wanted tenants’ ideas on. They also wanted to sound out proposals. The core questions were:•How could social landlords involve tenants more in improving the social housing stock?•How could social landlords, working...

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