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From funeral to christening: OPAC rites of passage

Koehler Goolsby, Mary; Schuetz, Carol L.; Jones, Phillip J. - In: The Bottom Line 13 (2000) 1, pp. 34-36

This article depicts how the Baylor libraries staged two cost‐effective celebrations to address challenges of migrating to a new online catalog. A New Orleans‐style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid...

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Practical change management in financial services

Ockenden, Mike - In: Executive Development 8 (1995) 5, pp. 3-5

Presents a case study of the financial services industry which is entering a period of unparalleled change that will see some very definite winners and losers. The effective management of change in the practical rather than theoretical world will determine who the winners will be. Suggests that...

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Keynes and the future

Fontela, Emilio - In: Foresight 5 (2003) 2, pp. 5-10

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes explored long‐term economic growth, anticipating that the economic problem of scarcity was likely to vanish in a century’s time. The Keynes’ scenario is confronted with current developments related to the growth of services and to the distributional and...

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Value chain development : An account of some implementation problems

Barker, R.C. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 10, pp. 23-36

Describes the problems recorded between 1991 and 1995 when attempting to re‐engineer the value chains of a medium‐sized electrical equipment manufacturing company in the UK. To provide guidance during the re‐engineering process a time‐based framework for analysis has been developed; this...

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The role of inter-organizational networks in enabling or delaying disruptive innovation: a case study of mVoIP

Hynes, Niki; Elwell, Andrew David - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 31 (2016) 6, pp. 722-731

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of inter-organizational networks in the emergence of a disruptive technology by taking a snapshot view of the UK market for mobile voice over internet protocol (mVoIP) technologies. By delineating the technologies required for an mVoIP...

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Digital artefacts of rural tourism: the case study of Poland

Król, Karol; Zdonek, Dariusz - In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 73 (2022) 3, pp. 258-273

Purpose Rural tourism facilities in Poland were very keen on amateur websites to promote their hospitality services from 2000 to 2018. In most cases, the websites were nonprofessional, hosted on free servers and made by family members or friends of the holding. After search engine algorithms...

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Learning by doing : Lifelong learning through innovations projects at DASS

Durrani, Shiraz - In: Aslib Proceedings 59 (2007) 2, pp. 187-200

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in the way information management is taught at the Department of Applied Social Science (DASS) in the context of a fast‐changing world situation. It looks at the way reflective learning is being incorporated in teaching and...

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Industrial innovation: case study of the Claerwen dam

D. Holt, Gary - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 4 (2014) 2, pp. 146-165

Purpose – Societal needs produce infrastructural demands that often, require innovative industrial solutions to optimally satisfy them. One such need is fresh clean water and this has been met in part, by a global infrastructure of dams and reservoirs. Dams have borne witness to their...

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Strategic decisions as drivers of innovation: the case of MicroLink

Kask, Triin - In: Baltic Journal of Management 6 (2011) 3, pp. 300-319

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to find out how strategic decisions have resulted in innovation in the context … of the organizational environment. The author studies connections between strategic decision making and innovation to … capabilities; and innovation into product, process, marketing and organizational innovation. The study uses qualitative research …

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The promotion of strategic community management utilizing video‐based information networks

Kodama, Mitsuru - In: Business Process Management Journal 8 (2002) 5, pp. 462-489

This paper describes the importance of strategic community creation as a new management style. It verifies that video‐based information networks utilizing information and multimedia technologies enhance the quality of competencies and knowledge possessed by strategic communities, and it also...

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