How and when do smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) benefit most from idea generation activities? The answer is perhaps not as straightforward as one might assume. SMEs are subject to size-related liabilities, which often obstruct their efforts in successfully undertaking front-end activities. The front-end period begins when an idea is recognized collectively in the firm as representing a...

Necrosis is a type of cell death often caused by cell injury and is linked to human diseases including neuron degeneration, stroke, and cancer. Cells undergoing necrosis are engulfed and degraded by engulfing cells, their predators. The mechanisms by which necrotic cells are recognized and removed remain elusive. Here we comment on our recent findings that reveal new molecular mechanisms of nec...

Service design is considered to be one of the pivotal components in cultural and creative design industries which has a significant impact on consumer perception of innovation. Despite service design’s recognized importance, cultural and creative industries lack a systematic approach to it. Therefore, based on the “Taiwan experience”, this paper proposes a service innovation design model and pr...

this paper is a study in different kinds of innovations in the product-design field and the way of categorization of them and station point of industrial design in this process. the research process comprised the following five steps: 1. defining the research problem and establishing its methodology; 2.selecting and describing samples; 3. analyzing data and shaping hypotheses; 4. testing the ca...

Once the Nazi scientists convinced each other that the results of their racial "investigations" were correct, then both the ability and the need to apply moral, subjective criteria lessened. After all, when one is dealing with sub-humans the ground rules change; no need for compassion, for concern, for human suffering, when the sufferers are not human. Everyone who attempts to understand the bu...

The contribution of context to phoneme perception is a subject extensive study. In recent years, while the phonemes in and out has become characterized as well-understood, new studies have emerged challenge prevailing wisdom. Findings derived from rigorously controlled stimuli failed hold up when tested against continuous or more naturalistic speech, vowels produced isolation been shown possess...