The purpose of this study is to extend the existing knowledge of inter-firm knowledge transfer research and provide a deeper understanding of knowledge transfer practice in an alliance context, as well as the reasons for such a practice. This study reports on relevant results derived from semi-structured interviews with 16 top managers in a Chinese international joint venture (IJV) formed by tw...

A total of 252 water samples were collected from 42 sites across the upper Han River basin during the time period from 2005-2006. Major ions (Cl(-), NO3(-), SO4(2-), HCO3(-), Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+), Si, water temperature, pH, EC and TDS were determined and consequently correlation matrix, analysis of variance, factor analysis and principal component analysis were performed in order to identify...

This paper investigates whether remote sensing evapotranspiration estimates can be integrated by means of data assimilation into a distributed hydrological model for improving the predictions of spatial water distribution over a large river basin with an area of 317,800 km2. A series of available MODIS satellite images over the Haihe River basin in China are used for the year 2005. Evapotranspi...

We consider the problem of sharing water among agents located along a river. Each agent’s benefit depends on the amount of water consumed. An allocation of water is efficient when it maximizes total benefits. To sustain an efficient water allocation the agents can compensate each other by monetary transfers. Every water allocation and transfer schedule yields a welfare distribution, where an ag...

More than 1.5 million people live in the Kathmandu valley. The valley is facing an extreme shortage of water supply. At the same time the demand is escalating rapidly. To address this issue of scarcity of water, the government of Nepal has proposed a project of inter-basin transfer of water from Melamchi River located 40 km north-east of the Kathmandu valley. The project will cover two district...

The dynamics of hydration-water in several phospholipid membranes of different compositions is studied by 2D (1)H-(31)P heteronuclear correlation NMR under magic-angle spinning. By using a (1)H T(2) filter before and a (1)H mixing-time after the evolution period and (31)P detection, inter-bilayer water is selectively detected without resonance overlap from bulk water outside the multilamellar v...

This study introduces the California Food-Energy-Water System (CALFEWS) simulation model to describe integrated, multi-sector dynamics that emerge from coordinated management of surface and groundwater supplies throughout California's Central Valley. The CALFEWS framework links operation state-wide, interbasin transfer projects (i.e., State Water Project, Valley Project) with water strategies a...