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Personas in the Design Process: A tool for understanding others
Williams, Karen Lindsay - 2006
Personas, fictional user profiles based on research data, have gained popularity in the design field over recent years. These profiles include names, personalities, behaviors, and goals that are representative of a unique group of individuals. This paper examines the creation and utilization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475974
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Youth Employment and Education: The Realities of European Union and Georgia
Silagadze, Salome - 2019
Education has always been linked to success. However, after the global economic crisis (in 2008) young people all over … focused on examining the relationship between tertiary education and work attainment in Europe. The paper provides theoretical … reflects on aspects like how much time is needed for a young person to find job and if the level of formal education defies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064040
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Sustainable supply chains – a framework for best practice assessment: results of the pilot study, BestLog project.
Piotrowicz, Wojciech; Cuthbertson, Richard; Islei, Gerd
This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project. BestLog (www.bestlog.org) is a research project initiated by the European Commission (EC) and financed from the 6th Framework Programme. One of the project goals is to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441420
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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE MEMBER STATES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY
Harja, Irina Geanina - 2020
The Europe 2020 strategy, the main instrument for implementing the Lisbon Treaty, has emerged from the impact that the economic and financial crisis has had on the European economy. Through this strategy, the European Union pursues the progress of the concepts of smart, sustainable and inclusive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271280
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BIOECONOMY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. ANALYSIS OF KEY STRATEGIES AND INDICATORS
Branza, Gratiela - 2022
A new concept promoted in the European Union, the bioeconomy, can contribute to sustainable economic growth, which respects the environment and promotes renewable resources. The transition to a sustainable economy, supported by bio principles is based on technology, economic profitability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013278866
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Sustainability Evaluation of the European Union based on the Ecological Footprint
Drastichová, Magdaléna - 2017
Recent production and consumption activities impose a heavy burden on the Earth's current and future capacity. Therefore, it is inevitable to deal with the impacts of the economic activities on the natural resources which determine our future well-being and the survival by itself. The indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012165519
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Fixing the system? The experience of service users of the quasi-market in disability services in Australia
Spall, Pamela; McDonald, Catherine; Zetlin, Diane - 2005
A qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 31 people with disabilities and 32 carers in the state of Queensland, Australia, found that their experience of supportive service delivery had not improved despite reforms of the service delivery system driven by a version of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447859
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Towards strategic intent: Perceptions of disability service provision amongst hotel accommodation managers
Darcy, Simon; Pegg, Shane - 2011
ascertain the perceptions of managers in the accommodation sector towards disability service provision with a view to … people with a disability to communicate their needs to the hotel; perceptions of accessible rooms by the general public; and … included: legislative responsibility, policy and building codes; disability as a market segment; staff awareness/training; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448795
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Are workers with a disability less productive or less understood? An empirical investigation from an entrepreneurial business planning perspective
Hindle, Kevin; Noble, Jock; Phillips, Brian - 1999
group between workers with a disability and workers without a disability. On five measures of productivity, no significant … differences were discernible but on a sixth measure, length of employment, it was found that disability workers remained in … employment significantly longer. These results strongly refute the ‘intuitive wisdom’ that workers with a disability are less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483816
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Identity and ownership : Since I came to work at dal I don?t have a disability
Marks, Genee - 2006
receive federal or state disability funding, and about half as many support staff. Rather than being seen as an agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484592