The Future of Digital Public Media
Public broadcasting executives and producers discuss their changing roles as digital technology transforms the news and entertainment industries, and provides individuals with powerful tools for shaping their communities. Moderator Jake Shapiro asks panelists to discuss ventures that illustrate new dimensions of public medi
Pharmaceutical Industry: Origin and Evolution
Tilli Tansey, Professor of History of Modern Medical Sciences, University College London traces the evolution of the modern pharmaceutical industry from the mid nineteenth century to the final decades of the twentieth century. The strong focus on British companies is not exclusive, and a large cast of characters including manufacturers, doctors, scientists and patients are considered. Several themes are explored, including the role of innovation in relation to production technology, marketing an
Service-delivery innovations: Perspectives on medical innovation in the UK
Innovations in service-delivery can improve efficiency, but they may be resisted before they are accepted. What can be done to manage this? The Medical Innovation lecture series has been conceptualized to bring together students, researchers, academics, practitioners and managers to debate the cross-cutting issue of innovation in the healthcare sector. The lectures explore the challenges of innovation within complex healthcare organisations and provided nuts-and-bolts advice for healthcare profe
Technological innovations: Perspectives on medical innovation in Less Industrialised Countries
Technological innovations can bring health benefits to many people in Less Industrialised Countries. How do you find the right organisations to partner with? The Medical Innovation lecture series has been conceptualized to bring together students, researchers, academics, practitioners and managers to debate the cross-cutting issue of innovation in the healthcare sector. The lectures explore the challenges of innovation within complex healthcare organisations and provided nuts-and-bolts advice fo
Web 2.0/ Social Media: Auswirkungen auf das HR Management
Workshop-Input vom 25. Oktober 2010
social media netnography presentation IBM information on demand, nov 2010
Word-of-mouth is the key driver of growth. Managing it is the challenge for the future. By observing, facilitating and joining the conversation you can actually lead it. This presentation is about the first step: how to observe conversations on social media.
E-learning Environment Design and Creative 
Use of Social Media
My presentation at KATHO, Belgium (online)
Freshwater and International Law: Universal and Regional Perspectives
Professor de Chazournes delivers the 2009 Louwes Lecture on the development of International and National Law concerning the use of freshwater, environmental issues and the international laws protecting people's human rights to fresh water.
Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media
Can Web 2.0 tools (eg blogs, social networking and wikis) enhance our democratic freedoms? Or can we dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of these social media? Have any significant social impacts been ignored so far? Theorists such as Yochai Benkler have suggested that the accessibility and inherently social nature of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, social networking and wikis mean that we might expect them to enhance our democratic freedoms through the opening of
Pharmaceutical Industry: Origin and Evolution
Tilli Tansey, Professor of History of Modern Medical Sciences, University College London traces the evolution of the modern pharmaceutical industry from the mid nineteenth century to the final decades of the twentieth century. The strong focus on British companies is not exclusive, and a large cast of characters including manufacturers, doctors, scientists and patients are considered. Several themes are explored, including the role of innovation in relation to production technology, marketing an
Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media
Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of social media. Have they lived up to the promises? Theorists such as Yochai Benkler have suggested that the accessibility and inherently social nature of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, social networking and wikis mean that we might expect them to enhance our democratic freedoms through the opening of new channels for debate and collaboration. Academic research suggests
Understanding the South, understanding modern America: the American south in regional, national, and
This website, from the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, at the University of Manchester, presents free online access to details of a conference held at Manchester in May 2008 on 'Understanding the South, Understanding Modern America: The American South in Regional, National, and Global Perspectives'. The website presents information about the conference's programme and some background details. Of more significance, however, is the information presented on each speaker and paper presente
Union Men Competing Against Each Other: Anne and Al Filardo Describe the Construction Industry in Ne
House building came to a virtual standstill during the depression and war years, a lull that gave way to a massive construction boom that reached far into the postwar period. By that time, however, the nature of the construction industry was undergoing rapid changes. The introduction of new technologies ...
"They Have Largely Destroyed The Pride Of Craft:" Helen Zalph Describes Automation in the Printing I
The introduction of new technologies has always altered the relationship between managers and workers, often by eliminating the need for skilled laborers. Helen Zalph and her colleagues in the printing division of the New York Daily News discovered this fact for themselves when computers revolutionized ...
27th EuroCHRIE Annual Conference : From Services to Experiences in Tourism and the Hospitality Indus
Organised by EuroCHRIE, to be held at Helsinki Finland from 2009-10-22 to 2009-10-24
A Single Market for the 21st Century: Challenges and Perspectives
Organised by Liverpool Law School, to be held at Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool United Kingdom from 2009-06-25 to 2009-06-25
Ed-Media : world conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications
Organised by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, to be held at Honolulu, Hawaii United States from 2009-06-22 to 2009-06-26
Journal of Economic Perspectives
The Journal of Economic Perspectives is published by the American Economic Association. It aims to publish articles that will serve several goals: to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research; to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the fields of thinking; to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art economic thinking; to suggest directions for future research; to provide insights an
The restaurant industry : business cycles, strategic financial practices, economic indicators, and f "This study supports the view that the cyclical fluctuations of the growth of the restaurant industry can be projected by measuring and a
This PhD thesis on the restaurant industry by Jeong-Gil Choi was submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1999. Continuing from previous studies, it developed business cycle models for the restaurant industry and examined financial practices of the high and low performing firms in the US between 1970 and 1998.
