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R&D service firms: The hidden engine of the high-tech economy?
No full textR&D service firms are highly innovative knowledge-intensive businesses. They constitute an important component of the knowledge economy, but one that is often in the shadow of the role normally attributed to universities and other public research organisations in the growth of high tech clusters and, more broadly, innovation systems. In this paper we present evidence from an in-depth analysis of the strategy, practice and impact of a sample of R&D service providers long active in the Cambridge area, the leading science and technology cluster in the UK. Based on an extensive programme of interviews with companies' CEOs and managers, we analyse: the main features of the R&D contract and the way in which this allows firms to de-risk the uncertain process of early technology development and to meet customer's needs; the services' typical organisational features and development stages; the variety of observed growth paths. We provide evidence of the significant direct and indirect contribution to innovation of these service firms and conclude by discussing the implications of this original model of technology development in relation to the early-stage financing and university-led growth debates. © 2013 Elsevier B.V
Overcoming the Innovation Barrier: A Search-Selection Model of Breakthrough Innovation in Large Firms
No full textIn this chapter we explore mechanisms through which established firms can harness these fundamental enablers through adopting selection regimes that counteract the tendency to stifle or eliminate radical novelty. We begin by providing an overview of the main factors that cause established firms to oppose breakthrough innovation projects. We then conceptualize the generation of breakthrough innovation as a two stage search-selection process. The first stage, search, is aimed at increasing the likelihood of coming across new opportunities by prompting experimentation. The second stage, selection, is aimed at sifting out and supporting the implementation of the most valuable opportunities. Focusing on the selection phase, we propose three types of regime that established firms can adopt to overcome innovation barriers: (1) individual driven, (2) lead user driven and (3) application domain driven. Examples from BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and ARM are used to illustrate the effectiveness of these selection regime
2025 Westview Festival with Keynote Speaker David R. Slayton
No full textThe annual Westview Festival was on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) in Weatherford, Oklahoma, featuring fantasy author David R. Slayton.
Westview is published semiannually by the Language Arts Department of Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Publications include previously unpublished short fiction, poetry, prose poems, creative nonfiction, and artwork.
David R. Slayton is a fantasy author from Guthrie, OK. He is the author of such books as the Adam Binder series (White Trash Warlock, Trailer Park Trickster, and Deadbeat Druid) as well as the Gods of Night and Day series (Dark Moon, Shallow Sea)
Wright Radio Interview About Westview Festival and David R. Slayton
No full textSWOSU President Dr. Diana Lovell and University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Phillip Fitzsimmons were interviewed by Todd Brunner at Wright Radio on March 27th, 2025 from 7:00-7:30 AM
The interview focused on the upcoming annual Westview Festival and keynote speaker David R. Slayton.
The annual Westview Festival will be on Wed. April 16th from 6:00-7:00 PM at the SWOSU Hilltop Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
David R. Slayton is an adult fantasy author from Guthrie, OK. and has written such titles as White Trash Warlock and Dark Moon Shallow Sea
Should i publish in an open access journal?
No full textAn “author pays” publishing model is the only fair way to make biomedical research findings accessible to all, say Matthew Kurien and David S Sanders, but James J Ashton and R Mark Beattie worry that it can lead to bias in the evidence base towards commercially driven results
Cult: A Composite Novel
No full textCult (redacted)
The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Kabbalah - Jewish mysticism, meaning and influence: a presentation by Philip David
No full textU okviru susreta "Zoom Šabat" koji se za vreme trajanja pandemije korona virusa održavao redovno svakog petka preko zoom platforme, 7. maja 2021. godine održan je susret pod naslovom "Kabala - jevrejski misticizam, značenje i uticaj". Tom prilikom predstavljeno je izdanje prvog i drugog toma knjige "ZOHAR - Knjiga sjaja" koju je objavila "Metafizika" iz Beograda. Kao moderator predavanja uvodnu reč dao je Davor Salom. Gosti na predavanju bili su Dražen Zev Pekušić, inženjer informacionih tehnologija i programer i veliki zaljubljenik u pisanu reč judaizma i književnik Filip David. Dražen Pekušić koji je u Zohar projekat uključen kao redaktor hebrejskih/aramejskih reči i izraza i autor predgovora, predstavio je ovaj projekat ujedno najavljujući objavljivanje ukupno 23 toma ovog izdanja na srpskom jeziku. Potom je Filip David govorio o ovoj knjizi, kao i o svom ličnom iskustvu i prvim kontaktima sa Kabalom i misticizmom i njihovom prisustvu u književnosti brojnih pisaca. O Kabali, njenom sistemu, rabinima koji su se njome bavili i, posebno Martinu Buberu, govorili su i drugi učesnici ovog susreta.As part of the "Zoom Sabbath" meeting, which was held regularly every Friday during the Coronavirus pandemic via the zoom platform, on May 7, 2021, a meeting entitled "Kabbalah - Jewish Mysticism, Meaning and Influence" was held. On that occasion, the edition of the first and second volumes of the book " ZOHAR - The Book of Shine" published by "Metafizika" from Belgrade was presented. Davor Salom gave the introductory speech as the moderator of the lecture. The guests at the lecture were Dražen Zev Pekušić, an information technology engineer and programmer and a great lover of the written word of Judaism and writer Filip David. Dražen Pekušić, who is involved in the Zohar project as an editor of Hebrew / Aramaic words and expressions and the author of the preface, presented this project, also announcing the publishing of a total of 23 volumes of this edition in the Serbian language. Then Philip David spoke about this book, as well as about his personal experience and first contacts with Kabbalah and mysticism and their presence in the literature of numerous writers. Other participants in this meeting also spoke about Kabbalah, its system, the rabbis who dealt with it, and especially Martin Buber.Trajanje 32:52 minuta (duration 32:52 minutes)
Dark Moon Shallow Sea (The Gods of Night and Day Series, vol. 1) by David R. Slayton
No full textBook review of Dark Moon Shallow Sea (The Gods of Night and Day Series, vol 1) by author David R. Slayton. Book review by Phillip Fitzsimmons
A defence of Mr. Garrick, in answer to the letter-writer. With remarks upon plays and players, and the present state of the stage. By a dramatic author [electronic resource].
No full textThe letter-writer = H. W., i.e. Edward Purdon, author of 'A letter to David Garrick, Esq; on opening the Theatre' published 13 October, 1759.Price from imprint: price One-Shilling.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
Author Correction: Host-associated niche metabolism controls enteric infection through fine-tuning the regulation of type 3 secretion
No full textCorrection to: Nature Communications. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06701-4; published online 10 Oct 2018
The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author David Ruano-Gallego, which was incorrectly given as David R. Gallego. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article
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