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An Appreciation of the Research Career of Mike Wright (1952-2019)
No full textThis is a special tribute to Professor Mike Wright (1952–2019). It contains essays prepared by the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellows, edited by David B. Audretsch, Donald F. Kuratko, and Albert N. Link, with a special introductory dedication to Mike Wright’s research career by Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz, and Nicholas Wilson
sj-docx-1-jom-10.1177_0149206321994182 – Supplemental material for The Evolution of Resource-Based Inquiry: A Review and Meta-Analytic Integration of the Strategic Resources–Actions–Performance Pathway
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jom-10.1177_0149206321994182 for The Evolution of Resource-Based Inquiry: A Review and Meta-Analytic Integration of the Strategic Resources–Actions–Performance Pathway by Laura D’Oria, T. Russell Crook, David J. Ketchen, David G. Sirmon and Mike Wright in Journal of Management</p
State capitalism in Western Europe
No full textNotwithstanding the intense wave of privatizations which has deeply transformed the physiognomy of
Western European economies since the mid-1980s, Governments are still playing a relevant role as
direct owners of companies in several industries, particularly those with a strategic relevance. What
has changed is, however, both the structure of state involvement in the companies’ ownership, and
also the strategic orientation of the companies themselves
Elective Identities, (Culture, Identization and Integration)
No full textMost of contemporary individual and social identities (constructedwith societal, cultural and technological resources) are radicallyautonomous, nomadic and virtual - i.e. they are de-traditionalized,open to negotiation and not based on a single interpretation of atradition. Identizations can be recycled - elements of formeridentities are being re-used in constructing later ones or identitiesemerging in one context can be implanted in another or hybridised - anation state as a model for socio-political identity is a case inpoint (and so is its recent crisis). Values, political, cultural andsocial identities - elective identities of "nomads of the present",often emerging out of new social movements or informal networks - playan important role in determining choices of information codes, imagesand identities. Theories of clashes of civilizations and offundamentalists versus modernists should be seen against thebackground of increasingly complex and successful attempts at globalgovernance and increasing criticism of the ideologies of status quo.They may testify to the success of globalization instead ofdemonstrating its failure. The rise of religious fundamentalism andthe emergence of network types of organization contribute to furtheracceleration of identization processes. "Girotondi della liberta" inBerlusconi's Italy and radical re-evaluation of cosmopolitanism as afamily of images of representation are cases of emergent identizationswith unclear but potentially critical political implications.clash of civilizations;globalism;processual;recycled and virtual identities;fundamentalism
Displaying desire and distinction in housing
No full textThe article discusses the significance of cultural capital for the understanding of the field of housing in contemporary Britain. It explores the relationship between housing and the position of individuals in social space mapped out by means of a multiple correspondence analysis. It considers the material aspects of housing and the changing contexts that are linked to the creation and display of desire for social position and distinction expressed in talk about home decoration as personal expression and individuals' ideas of a `dream house'. It is based on an empirical investigation of taste and lifestyle using nationally representative survey data and qualitative interviews. The article shows both that personal resources and the imagination of home are linked to levels of cultural capital, and that rich methods of investigation are required to grasp the significance of these normally invisible assets to broaden the academic understanding of the field of housing in contemporary culture
Twentieth-century poetry and science : science in the poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid, Judith Wright, Edwin Morgan, and Miroslav Holub
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to arrive at a characterisation of twentieth century poetry and science by means of a detailed study of the work of four poets who engaged extensively with science and whose writing lives spanned the greater part of the period. The study of science in the work of the four chosen poets, Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 – 1978), Judith Wright (1915 – 2000), Edwin Morgan (1920 – 2010), and Miroslav Holub (1923 – 1998), is preceded by a literature survey and an initial theoretical chapter. This initial part of the thesis outlines the interdisciplinary history of the academic subject of poetry and science, addressing, amongst other things, the challenges presented by the episodes known as the ‘two cultures’ and the ‘science wars’. Seeking to offer a perspective on poetry and science more aligned to scientific materialism than is typical in the interdiscipline, a systemic challenge to Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) is put forward in the first chapter. Additionally, the founding work of poetry and science, I. A. Richards’s Science and Poetry (1926), is assessed both in the context in which it was written, and from a contemporary viewpoint; and, as one way to understand science in poetry, a theory of the creative misreading of science is developed, loosely based on Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence (1973). The detailed study of science in poetry commences in Chapter II with Hugh MacDiarmid’s late work in English, dating from his period on the Shetland Island of Whalsay (1933 – 1941). The thesis in this chapter is that this work can be seen as a radical integration of poetry and science; this concept is considered in a variety of ways including through a computational model, originally suggested by Robert Crawford. The Australian poet Judith Wright, the subject of Chapter III, is less well known to poetry and science, but a detailed engagement with physics can be identified, including her use of four-dimensional imagery, which has considerable support from background evidence. Biology in her poetry is also studied in the light of recent work by John Holmes. In Chapter IV, science in the poetry of Edwin Morgan is discussed in terms of its origin and development, from the perspective of the mythologised science in his science fiction poetry, and from the ‘hard’ technological perspective of his computer poems. Morgan’s work is cast in relief by readings which are against the grain of some but not all of his published comments. The thesis rounds on its theme of materialism with the fifth and final chapter which studies the work of Miroslav Holub, a poet and practising scientist in communist-era Prague. Holub’s work, it is argued, represents a rare and important literary expression of scientific materialism. The focus on materialism in the thesis is not mechanistic, nor exclusive of the domain of the imagination; instead it frames the contrast between the original science and the transformed poetic version. The thesis is drawn together in a short conclusion
Institutional determinants of university spin-off quantity and quality: a longitudinal, multilevel, cross-country study
No full textThe creation of spin-off firms from universities is seen as an important mechanism for the commercialization of research, and hence the overall contribution from universities to technological development and economic growth. Governments and universities are seeking to develop framework conditions that are conductive to spin-off creation. The most prevalent of such initiatives are legislative changes at national level and the establishment of technology transfer offices at university level. The effectiveness of such initiatives is debated, but empirical evidence is limited. In this paper, we analyze the full population of universities in Italy, Norway, and the UK; three countries adopting differing approaches to framework conditions, to test whether national- and university-level initiatives have an influence on the number of spin-offs created and the quality of these spin-offs. Building on institutional theory and using multilevel analysis, we find that changes in the institutional framework conditions at both national and university levels are conductive to the creation of more spin-offs, but that the increase in quantity is at the expense of the quality of these firms. Hence, the effect of such top–down changes in framework conditions on the economic impact from universities seems to be more symbolic than substantive
Grangeville crew portrait, 1985
No full textA group portrait of the crew for the Grangeville Smokejumper base.
FRONT ROW: NEIL WALSTAD (AIR CNTR MNGR), BRAD MCBRATNEY, GEOF HOCHMUHT, CORBIT ELLENWOOD, ROBIN EMBRY, BRIAN HOLT.
MIDDLE ROW: BILL MARTIN, GENE MINNICH KURT WERST, BRAD MORIGEAU, DOUG SIMLER.
BACK ROW: ALEX SMITH, DAN PAULSON (T. OTTER PILOT), FRANK HILL, GREG HILL (206 PILOTS), BOB BUCK (B26 PILOT), MIKE BRICK, DICK HULLA, PAT WILSON, LARRY WRIGHT, MIKE BLOOM, JON FOLAND (FORMAN).https://dc.ewu.edu/nsa_crewpics/1377/thumbnail.jp
High Tides V.1:No.4 [September-October, 1981]
No full texthttps://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/25937/HighTidesSepOct-1981.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=yCougar sighted rumours abound / Paul Bailey -- "New life and a new look" -- [Inari]-gushi -- Wild woman / T. Woods -- DIRCS news / Dianne Radcliffe -- Contributors this issue -- Wild oats / Stephen Schacht -- Voice from the beach / Hillel Wright -- The attempted slaying of Gerry (age 10) / Paul Bailey -- Come join the whiners club / Hamish Tait -- [crossword] -- Tuna blues / Hillel Wright -- The thousand fathom edge / Hillel Wright -- The Denman Community Library is now open for your enjoyment -- Orchids & onions -- Comics -- The philosopher's corner -- Business directory -- The book shelf / Hamish Tait -- Fire department news / Mike Radcliff
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Citrus Peel Miner Marmara salictella Monitoring Techniques and Control Measures 1996-1997
No full textCitrus peel miner populations were monitored to evaluate various methods of trapping citrus peel miners. Observing 25 fruit per tree and 10 trees per block on the lower three feet of the tree canopy provided the best technique for determining the level of citrus peel miner infestations. The use of oleander plants, clear plates and green 3 inch diameter balls sprayed with Tangle-Trap were not effective in trapping citrus peel miner. In 1996, the first of September citrus leaf miner populations rose above the 10% infestation level. Success, Lorsban, Alert and Agri-Mek provided the highest mortality levels of citrus peel miner larvae. In citrus fruit, Success, Lorsban and Alert had the greatest efficacy of citrus peel miner larvae.Sponsored by the Arizona Citrus Research Counci
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