CEO Compensation and US High-tech and Low-tech Firms’ Corporate Performance

High Tech versus Low Tech Training

The United States Marine Corps has some of the most advanced weapons systems and training in the world, yet they make extensive use of “low tech” training tools. Sand table exercises and tactical decision games are used by Marines all over the world, at sea and on land. Although the U.S. Department of Defense has a nearly $18 billion annual training budget, the Marines choose to teach decision ...

9. Knowledge Management of High- Tech Firms

Based on an analysis of six high-tech firms in mainland China, this chapter examines knowledge management issues by focusing on its acquisition, dissemination, and commercialization. We found that most firms emphasized knowledge acquisition. SOE-based firms relied more on their parents for early key technologies, confirming that institutional support and social capital are influential in knowle...

Electronic Procurement in Today’s High-Tech Firms

Once again high tech meets low tech on chromosome 6.

1 are to be congratulated on their research of the autosomal dominant Stargardt disease gene (STGD3). This study contains some extremely complex issues that require some clarification , as well as some basic and simple findings that should be emphasized. The basic issues center on gene-alogy, phenotype classification (lumping vs splitting), genotype and haplotype analysis, and statistics. Since...

Healing Touch: a low-tech intervention in high-tech settings.

Healing Touch is a complementary therapy that can be used as a nursing intervention for patients in critical care settings. Use of healing touch may facilitate positive patient outcomes. However, further research is needed to adequately evaluate the effectiveness of healing touch in the critical care setting. The use of Healing Touch in critically ill patients is explored in this article.