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Pierce, Edward C
No full textEdward C. Pierce age 24 joined the 3rd Maine infantry and was mustered in August 8, 1861. He was promoted to first lieutenant in Company B. He was promoted Captain December 22, 1862, then detached to the Signal corps with the 6th Corps. He later commanded Company B, till mustered out on June 28, 1864..https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_cw_cdv/1018/thumbnail.jp
Salmon P. Chase portrait
No full textPhotograph of Salmon P. Chase, ca. 1865 - 1870. He served two, two year terms as Ohio Governor from 1856-1860. Abraham Lincoln appointed Chase Secretary of the Treasury in 1860 and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1864
Ada Isaacs Menken photograph
No full textCarte de visite portrait of actress Ada Isaacs Menken, ca. 1860-1868
Can a cybernetic lens contribute to the business strategy domain?
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the strategy literature in such a manner as to identify the key approaches and themes of current interest and thus provide a platform to position organisational cybernetics, in particular, the viable system model (VSM), as a complement to these established approaches.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the dominant themes of three conceptual strands to the business strategy domain (the resource-based view, the strategy-as-practice approach and the strategy-structure debate) to ascertain how they inform about the notion of strategy as the content of the process of strategising. Concepts from organisational cybernetics are examined to reveal how they can enrich our understanding of strategy, and complement the strategy domain conceptualisations.Findings – This analysis presents the view of strategy as discourse for action. The VSM provides a device to support discussions about the organisational implications both of the process of strategising, as well as of considered strategies.Research limitations/implications – The different themes found within the strategy literature (e.g. the process of strategising, internationalisation, collaborative ventures and mergers and acquisitions) offer a rich domain within which organisational cybernetics and the VSM can enrich through its systemic epistemology. Likewise, the strategy domain can inform interpretations of the VSM. Together, this offers the opportunity for a new stream of enquiry.Practical implications – The insights provided suggest that assistance can be given to organisations for them to improve, not only their strategy-related activity, but also how they evaluate the organisational implications of considered strategies.Originality/value – The paper bridges the two conceptual domains of strategy and organisational cybernetics to promote the view that they usefully enrich each other when attempting to understand strategy
Researching strategy practices: a genealogical social theory perspective
Get PDFThis paper explores the meaning and significance of the term `social practice' and its relation to strategy-as-practice research from the perspective of social theory. Although our remarks are also applicable to other practice-based discussions in management, we discuss strategy practices as a case in point and thus contribute to the strategy-as-practice literature in three ways. First, instead of simply accepting the existence of a unified `practice theory', we outline a genealogical analysis revealing the historical-contingent conditions of its creation. This analysis shows that social practices in general and strategy practices in particular can be approached from either a neo-structuralist and/or neo-interpretative perspective. Second, based on this theoretical argument, we discuss different characteristics of strategy practices and emphasize those aspects not yet fully considered by strategy-as-practice research (e.g. the physical nature of practices). Third, we show that, when studying strategy practices, given an understanding of the alternative theoretical approaches available, the practice of strategy research itself needs to be adjusted so as to accommodate a stronger emphasis on an ethnographic approach that is directed towards uncovering the contextual and hidden characteristics of strategy-making
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No full textFollowing publication of the original article [1], the authors identified that the collaborating authors part of the collaborating author group CCCC Consortium was missing. The collaborating author group is available and included as Additional file 1 in this article
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF LARGER BENZENE- HYDROGEN-BONDED CLUSTERS: EVIDENCE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University; Department of Chemistry, University of PittsburghOne color resonant two-photon ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (R2PI-TOFMS), ultraviolet hole-burning, and resonant ion-dip infrared spectroscopy (RTDTRS) have been used 10 assign and characterize selected benzene- clusters formed in a supersonic molecular beam. The double resonance technique of RIDIRS utilizes a combination of a Nd: YAG -pumped OPO system and R2PI-TOFMS, and thus affords birth wavelength and mass selectivity in recording the OH stretch spectrum (2900 to of a chosen chosen. The OH stretch is a powerful probe of hydrogen bonding since its vibrational frequency and infrared infrared sensitively depend on the number, type, and strength of hydrogen bonds in which each OH group participates. The hydrogen-bonding topology of each cluster is obtained with the assignment of OH stretch vibrations and a comparison to {ab initio} calculations. The benzene- cluster exists as a ``cage” typo water sub-cluster to which benzene is -Hydrogen board to one of the free OH groups. A similar 3-dimensional network occurs in benzene-. Furthermore several weaker, transitions present in the electronic spectroscopy are tentatively assigned to other benzene-, conformers
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Bridging the 'gap‘ between migrants and the banking system: an innovative business model promoting financial integration, financial stability, and profitability
No full textThe thesis probes a specific area - the banking system and the business niche concerned with migrants' remittances - and considers the flows of these people and their money in today‘s global economy (over 3% of the world's population). It argues that the banking system has failed to understand the changing "paradigm" of the migrant market and thus has not updated its business plan or business model for this business segment in response. In failing to harness the liquidity of the migrant market, the author argues, the banking industry is missing out on a potentially profitable business segment that could create financial stability within the industry and the world's economies. Furthermore, by ignoring the "gap" that exists between the financial products on offer to the migrant sector and their needs in this respect in both the host and origin countries - providing a service at "both ends of the corridor" - the industry is also in danger of losing site of its commitment to social responsibility and the financial integration of migrants. At the heart of the argument for financial stability and financial integration is the proposition that there is a lack of communication among stakeholders, namely academic and financial institutions, governments, Diaspora associations and other decision makers
Towards objective endoscopic diagnosis of Barrett's associated early neoplasia using fibre-optic Raman Spectroscopy
Get PDFThis translational research evaluates a novel, custom-built Raman probe for potential
application as an in vivo diagnostic tool in the oesophagus. Raman spectroscopy (RS) is a
well established analytical technique which is capable of probing the biochemical changes
associated with neoplastic progression in oesophageal tissue. RS relies on measurement of
subtle inelastic scattering signals following monochromatic laser excitation.
Clinical utilisation of RS within hollow organs requires accurate collection and transmission
of signal through fibre-optic cables. This research aims to evaluate the ability of a custom
built fibre-optic Raman probe, in conjunction with multivariate classification models, to
differentiate between benign and neoplastic oesophageal pathologies ex vivo. The need for
spectral stability and reproducibility are addressed, as are difficulties associated with multisystem
reliability. In addition, the biochemical basis of spectral classification is evaluated and
discussed. Cont/d
A Context-sensitive Approach to Analysing Talk in Strategy Meetings
Get PDFThe talk of managers in meetings is central to organizational life and crucial to research in strategic management, as well as managerial and organizational cognition, sensemaking and decision-making. To achieve full understanding, both the text and the context of discussion require systematic analysis, but most approaches treat context as everything that is known and observed beyond the immediate text. This obscures different readings of the text of meetings. To resolve this problem, the discourse historical approach (DHA) to critical discourse analysis is outlined as a framework within which researchers can analyse the text and context of talk in meetings. The primary contribution of this paper is to isolate four ‘levels of context’ as a heuristic framework within which discursive practices, strategies and texts can be located. By making explicit the levels of contextual analysis that are implicit in other methods, and illustrating the DHA using an episode of strategic discussion from a multinational company, this paper shows how researchers can use the approach to analyse the naturally occurring talk of senior managers in meetings, which is arguably the most important but yet under-explored venue for strategizing
