548 research outputs found
Benjamin F. Packard
No full textBenjamin F. Packard was a well-known down easter on both coasts largely because of the ship’s unusual longevity. Built for the California trade, the Benjamin F. Packard sailed routinely around Cape Horn until 1908. Northwestern Fisheries purchased the ship and Benjamin F. Packard joined the A. J. Fuller, Abner Coburn and many others in that occupation and trade.
Later the Benjamin F. Packard had a checkered career as a museum ship, a carnival ship and in several other dubious venues. In 1939, a tug towed the Benjamin F. Packard off Long Island and she was sunk.
The Benjamin F. Packard chartered for the salmon pack in Chignik Bay, but whether this was with the Alaska Packers Association or another packer I have yet to determine. Mr. Packard’s home is a restored relic in Bath, Maine. The restored main cabin of the Benjamin F. Packard is part of the Mystic Seaport Museum.
Photograph 22a shows Benjamin F. Packard in the twentieth century sailing north to the fishing grounds. The next photograph reveals the shapely sheer of the old down easter.Ship Name:Benjamin F. Packard; Sailed: 1883-1939; Type: Wood 3-masted; Built by: Bath, Maine by Goss, Sawyer & Packard; Dimensions: 244.2' x 43.3' x 26.8'; Tonnage: 2130 tons
1908 Packard 30 Model UA with driver Barney Oldfield and C. Arthur Benjamin
No full text8x10 black and white copied from a glass negative of a 1908 Packard 30 Model UA parked on city street with crowd of onlookers, in front of The Yates. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 108-inch wheelbase, 2/3-person runabout, driver Barney Oldfield, passenger C. Arthur Benjamin, a Packard distributor in Syracuse, N.Y
The Impact of strategic implementation on the employees and contractors of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
No full textConducted within the global corporation of the Hewlett-Packard Company, (HP),this research examines employee and contractor responses to strategic implementation. The research environment is a relatively small UK group withinthe corporation that has continuously experienced significant change as new strategies were implemented. Employee and contractor responses to three separate cycles of change are analysed together with data drawn from the wider corporation by using a psychological contract framework, semi-structured interviewing, a research diary and secondary data from the literature and electronic sources. The research is essentially qualitative but draws on quantitative data where appropriate. A case study approach within an action research paradigm is the chosen methodology to allow consideration and triangulation of multiple sources of data relevant to the natural workplace setting. The research has confirmed a change from old or original psychological contracts to new contracts where employees and contractors are more insecure in, and more cynical of, their employment. This change is perceived as a
violation of their psychological contract and is causing employees and contractors to adopt a more mercenary approach to their employment with HP. The special bond between HP and its employees generated by the values and
egalitarian working environment created by its founders has been broken by new leadership. Acquisition of the Compaq Computer Company has further impacted employees and contractors resulting in declining morale and increasing scepticism about its proposed benefits. Indeed the very legitimacy of the acquisition and the leadership of HP are being questioned as HP changes to a new form. According to the founders, the values established that made HP successful in its first fifty years were expected to continue for at least another fifty years. This research shows how changing these values has collectively impacted
employees and contractors resulting in a major threat to the continuing existence of HP in its present form
Vance Packard speaks at New Mexico State University
No full textVance Packard, popular non-fiction author, speaks at New Mexico State University; Vance Packard talks with hostesses of a reception in his honor at NMSU2nd article, Photo not include
Corruption in Developing Countries
No full textRecent years have seen a remarkable expansion in economists' ability to measure corruption. This in turn has led to a new generation of well-identified, microeconomic studies. We review the evidence on corruption in developing countries in light of these recent advances, focusing on three questions: how much corruption is there, what are the efficiency consequences of corruption, and what determines the level of corruption? We find robust evidence that corruption responds to standard economic incentive theory but also that the effects of anticorruption policies often attenuate as officials find alternate strategies to pursue rents.Hewlett-Packard CompanyGreat Britain. Dept. for International DevelopmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (Governance Initiative
UML specification of distributed system environments
No full textThe specification of distributed systems is a complex task, which is made easier by the use of object-oriented design methodologies. With the advent of UML as a standard notation for object-oriented software design, the application of this notation to the design of distributed systems is appropriate. The design of distributed systems involves both software and hardware specifications, however, the UML notation is primarily directed at the design of the software within a system and the facilities directed towards the specification of the physical environment are limited. Specification of the physical environment using UML can be achieved, but by using alternative parts of the notation to the proposed implementation diagrams. Using the alternatives presented in this paper enables a satisfactory specification, which is for example, detailed enough for the automatic generation of performance models
Biologically-Inspired Computing Approaches To Cognitive Systems
No full textAn excellent background of some of the most significant developments in artificial life and intelligence is given in a 56-page paper from Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. The author discusses many different issues, including neural networks and software agents, and concludes by alluding to future application areas
Selecting and employing a CRM process to improve the SPS – printing service for Hewlett Packard
No full textThe purpose of this thesis was to study and execute a CRM-process to efficiently acquire data re-garding the functioning of the Smart Printing Services (SPS) for Hewlett Packard Finland. The idea was to collect as much qualitative data as possible to produce a presentation for Hewlett Packard Europe and then for the author to present the findings to them through a conference call. The initial goal would be to improve the Smart Printing Services based on the findings from the survey.
The study was implemented using a customer satisfaction survey via a direct one-to-one telephone conversation with a total of 26 end-customers of the SPS printing service. The method was decided by the author of the thesis but the original idea came from the manager of the author in Hewlett Packard during the time the author spent there as a trainee. The author used CRM theories, such as quality and methods of data collection, from a selection of books and articles and applied them in the method selection process. This resulted in selecting the CRM method (the survey) to collect data regarding improvements to be made to the service.
The study includes thorough analysis of a CRM process and an overview regarding the existing SPS customer base in Finland. A telephone survey would increase customer loyalty and contract renewal rate for SPS. Each time if the author found one of the customers had an issue regarding the SPS contract, this matter would be taken directly into management and handled however necessary by the author and the other SPS employees in Hewlett Packard.
Based on the findings form the study, most customers were indeed satisfied with the SPS printing service offered by HP. The significance of the utilization of the CRM process in the Smart Printing Service is that HP Finland now has a nation-wide service improvement process that can be used on a quarterly basis to gather feedback from the service users. The immediate response from the SPS management was to: upsell more devices within the existing customer base, expand sales through partners and to provide more visibility and training for their sales force and to identify new partners and customers for SPS. The thesis went through specific customer responses as well as through general analysis by the author and SPS staff regarding their responses.Opinnäytetyön tavoitteena oli suunnitella ja toteuttaa CRM eli asiakkaiden hallintamenetelmä SPS (Smart Printing Services)- tulostuspalvelujen tehokkaaseen parannusehdotusten keräämiseen ja analysoimiseen Hewlett Packard( HP) Finlandille. Tarkoituksena oli kerätä mahdollisimman paljon kvalitatiivista tietoa selvityksen tuottamiseen HP Europelle ja kirjoittajan esitykseen ja tulosten esittelyyn konferenssipuhelun avulla HP:n Euroopan pääkonttorille.
Tutkimus toteutettiin käyttämällä asiakastyytyväisyyskyselyä. Asiaaksatyytyväisyyskysely tehtiin puheilimitse 26:lle SPS- tulostuspalvelun loppukäyttäjälle. Kirjoittaja päätyi itse tähän tutkimukseen ja tutkimusmenetelmään opinnäytetyötä varten, mutta alkuperäinen ajatus tutkimuksen aiheesta tuli esimieheltän HP:llä, jolloin kirjoittaja oli siellä harjoittelujaksolla.
Tutkimusta varten hyödynnettiin CRM-teorioita, kuten laatu- ja tiedonkeruumenetelmiä, lähteenä kirjallisuus ja artikkelit, menetelmän valintaprosessiin. Tämän perusteella valittiin CRM- menetelmän tutkimuksen tiedonkeruuseen koskien palveluun tehtäviä parannuksia. Tutkimus sisältää kattavan analyysin soveltuvasta CRM- menetelmästä ja analyysin koskien olemassaolevaa SPS- asiakaspohjaa Suomessa.
Puhelintutkimus lisäsi asiakasuskollisuutta ja lisäsi sopimuksen uusintamääriä SPS:lle. Joka kerta jos tutkimuksen aikana löytyi asiakkas, jolla ongelmia SPS- sopimukseen liittyen, kirjoittaja tiedotti siitä itse eteenpäin, tai muut SPS- vastaavat työntekijät, esimies-johtajatasolle.
Tutkimuksen löydöksenä suurin osa asiakkaista oli tyytyväisiä HP:n tarjoamaan SPS- tulostuspalveluun. Kuitenkin tämä palvelu ei joidenkin asiakkaiden mielstä näyttänyt tulevan riittävästi esille ja tämä oli tärkeä löydös, joka otettiin pohdittavaksi HP Europelle. Välitön vastine SPS- johdolta oli myydä enemmän laitteita jo olemassa olevalle asikaspohjalle, laajentaa myyntiä partnereiden kautta ja tuottaa enemmän näkyvyyttä ja koulutusta myyntihenkilöstölle sekä löytää uusia partnereita ja asikkaita SPS:lle. Opinnäytetyössä käytiin läpi asiakaspalautteita ja yleistä analyysia opinnäytetyön tekijän ja SPS-teamiläisten kesken
Navigating Religious Identity and Diversity Among Gen Z in a Post-Pandemic World
No full textThe future of the religion lies with young people, whose lives are now riddled with uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this presentation, Dr. Josh Packard will draw from Springtide Research Institute’s annual State of Religion & Young People study to explain the spiritual lives of Gen Z and how we need to re-think everything when it comes to how we engage the most diverse generation in history. Rev. Neil Ellingson will moderate the Q & A period.
Dr. Josh Packard is Executive Director of Springtide Research Institute, which maintains the largest dataset on young people and their spirituality in the U.S. Josh has a doctorate in sociology from Vanderbilt and he’s the author of several books including Meaning Making: 8 Values that Drive America’s Newest Generations and Church Refugees: Why People are Done with Church but Not their Faith. Josh is a sought-after speaker and author and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CBS, USA Today, and more.
Pastor Neil Ellingson is Associate Chaplain in Campus Ministry at the University of St. Thomas. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Ellingson holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School. He founded Root and Branch, a “dinner church” in Chicago, which continues to flourish.
Sponsored and organized by the Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies in collaboration with the Department of Theology, Campus Ministry, Student Diversity & Inclusion Services, and the Office of Human Resources at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota, USA) with generous support from the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota
Genetic Algorithms: Genesis of Stock Evaluation
No full textThe uncertainty of predicting stock prices emanates pre-eminent concerns around the functionality of the stock market. The possibility of utilising Genetic Algorithms to forecast the momentum of stock price has been previously explored by many optimisation models that have subsequently addressed much of the scepticism. In this paper the author proposes a methodology based on Genetic Algorithms and individual data maximum likelihood estimation using logit model arguing that forecasting discrepancy can be rationalised by combined approximation of both the approaches. Thus this paper offers a methodological overture to further investigate the anomalies surrounding stock market. In the main, this paper attempts to provide a temporal dimension of the methods transposed on recurrent series of data over a fixed window conjecturereGenetic Algorithms, Individual Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Stock Price
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