A Success Story Revisited: Base Funding for Horticultural Research

A Knowledge Base for Information Systems Success Research

A knowledge base representing the state of information systems success research in the MIS formative period of 1981-87 was published previously. The knowledge base relates five independent variables (organizational environment, user environment, IS operations environment, IS development environment and information systems) to information systems success. This chapter enhances the knowledge base...

Research and Development of Seabuckthorn in Canada - A Success Story

Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) has been used to a limited extent in North America for conservation plantings and shelterbelts. Recently, the use of food and non-food products from seabuckthorn, with great potential markets, has been pursued. This multipurpose and valuable plant is currently being domesticated in various parts of the world including Canada. Seabuckthorn is easily propaga...

Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research: A Not-So Glamorous Success Story

I grew up in Pest (and not in Buda, as my wife did; but I promised her not to make jokes anymore about the cultural differences in the two parts of the city observed that time), and was raised behind the iron curtain. Probably I realized soon that there are hidden sad family stories related to the war. Love of science and of literature came from my parents, and the "gymnasium" in the early sixt...

European Union support of gene therapy research: a success story.

Polyolefins, a Success Story

This paper reports the principal discoveries which have played a major role in the polyolefin field and have positioned polyolefins as the most produced plastics. The early development of polyolefins covering the production of LDPE (Low density polyethylene) at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) and the discovery of Phillips or Ziegler-Natta catalysts are highlighted in the first section. In th...