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Kochan, Anna - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 29 (2002) 5, pp. 399-403

Reports from the Hanover Fair on new developments in robotic automation, outlines the latest robot hardware and software innovations to be launched on the market, and describes new applications being taken up by industry.

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Industrial applications of automatic manipulation of flexible materials

Saadat, Mozafar; Nan, Ping - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 29 (2002) 5, pp. 434-442

Flexible materials are used extensively in a wide range of industrial applications including the manufacture and assembly of garment and footwear products, the packaging industry and aircraft manufacturing. These applications are often extremely labour intensive requiring fast and accurate...

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Robotics innovations at the 2009 Assembly Technology Expo

Bloss, Richard - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 37 (2010) 5, pp. 427-430

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the robots at the Assembly Technology Expo. Assembly Expo is the feature show, which is combined with five other manufacturing shows at the same time at the same venue in Chicago. Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth interviews with...

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Autonomous unmanned vehicles take over on land, sea and in the air

Bloss, Richard - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 40 (2013) 2, pp. 100-105

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the most recent AUVSI unmanned vehicle show, with emphasis on the new robot innovations and applications on display. Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth interviews with exhibitors of unmanned vehicles. Findings – Unmanned vehicles are...

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Honda develops robotized FSW technology to weld steel and aluminum and applied it to a mass‐production vehicle

Kusuda, Yoshihiro - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 40 (2013) 3, pp. 208-212

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the fundamental concept of Honda's robotized friction stir welding (FSW) technology, its implementation to mass produced vehicles and the future impact on the automobile industry. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an interview with...

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Crafting a local‐global nexus in the Australian wine industry

Aylward, David; Clements, Michael - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 1, pp. 73-87

Purpose – To examines strategies that have locked the Australian wine industry into a price‐sensitive, commodity wine market. The paper seeks to explain the inherent weakness of these strategies and their inability to address current challenges and opportunities. Design/methodology/approach...

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Indigenous women as entrepreneurs in global front line innovation systems

Ude´n, Maria - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 3, pp. 225-239

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate an entrepreneurial process with unusual characteristics, focusing on Sámi micro and mezo level entrepreneurial logics and terms. Design/methodology/approach – The case study is a Sámi community in Sweden, where a gender equality project...

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Environmental dynamism, innovation, and dynamic capabilities: the case of China

Jiao, Hao; Alon, Ilan; Cui, Yu - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 5 (2011) 2, pp. 131-144

aims to consider environmental dynamism as a moderating variable, to build a theoretical model for innovation strategy and … for innovation strategy is positive and significant for dynamic capabilities. However, it also finds that the interaction … term between innovation strategy and environmental dynamism is not significant in predicting dynamic capabilities …

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Inuit culture and opportunity recognition for commercial caribou harvests in the bio economy

Meis Mason, Aldene H.; Anderson, Robert B.; Dana, Leo‐Paul - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 6 (2012) 3, pp. 194-212

Purpose – This case study aims to explore the affect of Canadian Inuit culture on recognizing opportunities from caribou when participating in the bio economy and decision making and benefit sharing considerations for Inuit partnerships arsing from the northern bioeconomy....

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The role of management innovativeness in modern organizations

Nedelko, Zlatko; Potocan, Vojko - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 7 (2013) 1, pp. 36-49

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to emphasize the role and importance of management innovativeness for development of innovative working and behavior of organization and its employees. Design/methodology/approach – General management literature quotes a plethora of reasons for the...

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