Life cycle models have become important in explaining the changing size structure of firms based on the carrying capacity of regions or industries. In particular, the population ecology model predicts stages of growth, maturity and eventually decline in the number of firms in an industry. There...

his paper contains a warning for investors, executives, analysts and scientists about the sustainability of the biotechnology industry. The study upon which the paper is based examines the impact of market forces on the biotechnology industry and argues that the short-term focus of market driven...

Photon correlation data of the molecular glass-forming materials 2-picoline, dimethylphthalate (DMP) and salol are compared with their dielectric loss spectra in the time-frequency range where the dielectric data reveal secondary relaxations. Slow secondary relaxation processes in molecular...