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Gli Antipodi. Troppo lontani. Troppo vicini. Presentazione
No full textpresentazione del convegno e del volume: per riflettere su alcuni aspetti della letteratura italiana e di quella cubana, un convegno a Genova il 3 e 4 giugno 1994: hanno partecipato. 3 giugno Lo stato dei sentimenti: Grazia Cherchi, Miguel Barnet, Filippo La Porta, Rino Genovese, Laura Bosio, Ernesto Franco, Aldo Garzia, Alessandra Berardi, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, interventi registrati di Brett Shapiro e Erri De Luca; 4 giugno: I silenzi delle letterature: Romano Luperini, Desiderio Navarro, Edoardo Sanguineti, Gaetano Cappelli, Pino cacucci, Romano Costa, Marcello Frixione, Bruno Arpaia, Danilo Manera, Tommaso Ottonieri, Marco Tropea, Alessandra Ricci
The role of cost driver analysis in business model design : empirical evidence from automotive industry : the case of E-car
No full textThe aim of this paper is to explore the role of cost driver analysis in the context of business model design. The empirical domain of the paper addresses the automotive industry, and in particular the dynamic and complex scenario of electric cars (e-cars). We explore the potential usefulness of cost driver analysis in validating economic sustainability of a business model in this specific context, where many actors are involved and several marketing and technological aspects are still unclear. To date, the wide diffusion of e-cars is delayed by some reasons; one is the relatively high cost of batteries. No significant technological improvements are foreseen any time soon to make e-cars economically sustainable and more appealing to the masses; hence the design of a new business model or the redefinition of an existing could represent a solution for making e-cars more affordable and boost demand (revenues). This paper analyzes secondary data concerning the Better Place case study, documents concerning the drivers of battery cost and the findings collected by interviews to managers belonging to the automotive sector. Our results suggest cost drivers analysis can provide direction for research of alternative business model design in the attempt to manage the impact of cost drivers in economic sustainability. Furthermore, in the context of e-cars, the total cost of ownership for the final consumers appeared to be a valid way to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives for managing cost drivers
Correspondence: Laura Kephart and Arthur Stupka
No full textThis 1936 correspondence, between Laura Kephart (Mrs. Horace Kephart) and Arthur Stupka, concerns a possible Kephart Memorial. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Arthur Stupka (1905-1999) was the first park naturalist to work at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mindscapes: Laura Riding's poetry and poetics /
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão.Esta tese propõe uma leitura revisionista da poesia contemporânea através do exame do caso de um dos mais esquecidos escritores norte-americanos do século XX: Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991). O objetivo é demonstrar que Riding não apenas possuía uma poética definida e singular, mas que ela permanece uma das instâncias mais extremas e paradoxais do modernismo anglo-americano, a ponto de Riding abandonar a escrita da poesia em 1938. Recorrendo a conceitos de "formação do cânone" bem como às noções de "discurso" e "função do autor", em Foucault, investigo a construção do cânone da poesia moderna anglo-americana, recuperando o contexto e as circunstâncias da ocultação de Riding. Enquanto cubro os "discursos" poéticos em circulação na primeira metade do século XX-o "imagismo" de Pound, a "dissociação da sensibilidade", "impersonalidade" e "tradição" de Eliot, a "unidade orgância" e "ambigüidade" da Nova Crítica-ofereço um panorama crítico de modernismos alternativos sendo articulados à época. Minha intenção é demonstrar que os poemas de Riding são expressões vigorosas de um escritor para quem "a mente pensando se torna a força ativa do poema", para usar a apta formulação de Charles Bernstein. Entre minhas descobertas sobre as várias e complexas razões que levaram à não-canonização de Riding estão a hegemonia da Nova Crítica, o exílio voluntário de Riding da cena literária (onde são feitas ou desfeitas as reputações), sua recusa em ser antologiada, bem como em ser explicada em termos críticos que não os dela. Todos esses fatores, mais a "dificuldade" de sua poesia, contribuíram para fazer de Riding "a maior poeta esquecida da poesia norte-americana", como escreveu Kenneth Rexroth. Ajudado pelos insights de dois importantes críticos de poesia norte-americana, Charles Bernstein e Marjorie Perloff, defendo que a "poesia da mente" de Riding-onde o que está em jogo é que o que pensamos ser a nossa realidade-representa uma mudança radical no paradigma da poética modernista: de uma poesia centrada na imagem para uma poesia centrada na linguagem. Focalizando a experiência consciente e o tempo duracional do pensamento presente em seus poemas, concluo que as "pensagens" de Riding têm o objetivo preciso de constatar um fato universal: enquanto seres humanos e pensantes, estamos numa condição permanente chamada linguagem
Letter, Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869
No full textALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869, about interviewing other first ladies. ALS.Found in:Mss. 65 T97 Additions, Series 1: Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition, 186
Heritage tourism: a case study of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Heritage Site at Pepin, Wisconsin
No full textPlan BMany things must be taken into consideration when developing a heritage tourism site. It can be a wonderful opportunity for the community involved to benefit economically and historically. Heritage tourism can keep alive the heritage and traditions of the communities past. When it is discovered that a heritage site exists, the first step is to consult with the community. A site will not succeed without the acceptance and assistance from the community involved. Once the interest is known, the development process can proceed. After determining that there is a heritage tourism site possibility in their area, a commumity must do research to determine the feasibility of the site, what will make it a success, and how to obtain that success. This study will examine a community with a heritage tourism site that has been successful in developing and maintaining it's site. By conducting this study, other communities seeking information for developing their site will have an example and tool to work with. The site chosen for this study is the Laura Ingalls Wilder site in Pepin, Wisconsin. The town is rich with it's heritage associated with Laura Ingalls Wilder. The development and success for this town will be documented through this study. Laura Ingails Wilder is a perfect choice for examining heritage tourism. The author of many American Pioneer books, she has become famous all over the world. In turn all places that she or her family members lived are or are becoming heritage tourism sites. There are older ones that have been in progress for some years, such as the one in Pepin, and there are ones that are being discovered through the popularity of new books written about Laura's family. These communities would benefi greatly from the information this study will produce. Without the bene-fit of this knowledge communities who are unaccustomed to tourism or the way the other Laura Ingalls Wilder sites operate, may make terrible errors in development, tarnishing the site. This may also reflect badly on the other Laura Ingalls Wilder sites. It is important for new Wilder sites to examine all information and know exactly what they are doing when developing the site. If all the Laura Ingalls Wilder sites can benefit from each other's knowledge and experience it will greatly increase the market for all sites. The more detailed and expansive the sites are about their knowledge and sites to see, the more people are going to want to travel to as many sites as possible, learning all they can about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. These sites not only attract Laura Ingalls Wilder fans but all people that are interested in the American Pioneer period of the United States history. This study will provide the knowledge for communities who are developing heritage tourism sites, especially those focusing on Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is a very important study for tourism and especially heritage tourism. When a heritage site is discovered communities run into the barrier of not having the experience and knowledge to develop the site properly. This study will analyze tourism in Pepin, Wisconsin to determine it's successfulness due to the fact that it is a Laura Ingalls Wilder heritage tourism site, and Wfit was developed in a way to provide tourists with a view of Laura Ingalls Wilder's past and the past of many Pioneer Americans. By studying this subject it will allow for many people to benefit. Tourist who are seeking the pleasure of the knowledge of the past, and communities who want to preserve their past and profit from tourism
Cost management and sustainability in new product development: a research note
No full textThis paper explores the role played by cost management in new product development activities when a firm pursues a sustainability strategy. The study aims to contribute to the growing knowledge on this topic and to verify, through a case study, previous research findings (Giannetti and Marelli, 2016), which showed that firms more oriented to sustainability use more cost management tools in new product development. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the reasons that push firms oriented to sustainability toward a systematic use of cost management in new product development. The case study belongs to the automotive industry, where regulations about environmental issues and stakeholder pressures force the companies to take care of their activities according to the environmental, social and economic dimensions. Main findings show that within this company cost information is systematically used to coordinate and to manage the achievement of different goals within the organization, shaping all organizational activities towards pursuing jointly the environmental, social and economic sustainability. Furthermore, empirical evidences highlight the relevance of competition and technology sector features in constraining or fostering the use of cost management when the firm pursues a strategy oriented to sustainability
Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance
No full textReviews the historical context of core journal lists, current uses in collection assessment, and existing methodologies for creating lists. Outlines two next generation core list projects developing new methodologies and integrating novel information/data sources to improve precision: a national-level core psychology list and the other a local institutional core list for the interdisciplinary field of urban studies and planning. The paper is based on the authors’ panel presentation at the 2009 ACRL National Conference (Seattle, Washington) titled “Core Journal Lists Re-viewed and Re-imagined.”This is an electronic version of an article published in Robin A. Paynter, Rose M. Jackson & Laura Bowering Mullen (2010): Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 29:1, 15-31. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639260903571096Peer reviewe
Managing costs by changing focus of business model from goods to service: the case of Electric Car
No full textGli Antipodi. Troppo lontani troppo vicini
No full textPer riflettere su alcuni aspetti della letteratura italiana e di quella cubana, un convegno a Genova il 3 e 4 giugno 1994: hanno partecipato. 3 giugno Lo stato dei sentimenti: Grazia Cherchi, Miguel Barnet, Filippo La Porta, Rino Genovese, Laura Bosio, Ernesto Franco, Aldo Garzia, Alessandra Berardi, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, interventi registrati di Brett Shapiro e Erri De Luca; 4 giugno: I silenzi delle letterature: Romano Luperini, Desiderio Navarro, Edoardo Sanguineti, Gaetano Cappelli, Pino cacucci, Romano Costa, Marcello Frixione, Bruno Arpaia, Danilo Manera, Tommaso Ottonieri, Marco Tropea, Alessandra Riccio
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