Store brands are the only brands for which the retailer is responsible not only for promotion, shelf placement, and pricing, but also for positioning the brand in product space. We argue that retailers strongly value control over store brand positioning because they will be unable to source a national brand with their desired product positioning. This is because retailers have an incentive to p...

Tidal stream energy has the potential to make a significant contribu‐ tion to energy mix in the future. Accurate modelling and visualisation of both tidal resource and array layout enhances understanding of in-stream tidal behav‐ iour leading to improvements in site identification and optimal positioning of individual turbines. A realistic representation of blade loading conditions will aid des...

Current work has highlighted the importance of institutional theory as a useful lens to examine how public systems, policies and actors both shape and are shaped by the environment within which they exist. Technologically-driven models of adoption fail to explain public sector reactions to ICTs and a growing number of studies have advocated that successful ICT adoption needs to be institutional...

The present paper analyzes a learning experience run at University of Macerata, during a post degree course for in service teachers and mature students. The course was delivered entirely on line, using a dedicated on line learning environment and proposed active and collaborative learning strategies to perform tasks and related activities. The whole course lasted one academic year and most of t...

When creating datasets for modelling of human grasping and manipulation skills based on training examples from human motion one can encounter the problem that the kinematics of the robot does not match the human kinematics. We present a simple method of bypassing the explicit modelling of the human kinematics.

F. Matichard1,2,*, B. Lantz3, K. Mason1, R. Mittleman1, B. Abbott2, S. Abbott2, E. Allwine5, S. Barnum1, J. Birch4, S. Biscans1, D. Clark3, D. Coyne2, D. DeBra3, R. DeRosa6, S. Foley1, P. Fritschel1, J.A. Giaime4,6, C. Gray5, G. Grabeel5, J. Hanson4, M. Hillard1, J. Kissel5, C. Kucharczyk3, A. Le Roux4, V. Lhuillier5, M. Macinnis2, B. O’Reilly4, D. Ottaway1, H. Paris5, M. Puma4, H. Radkins5, C....

In this paper, we will present some prospective ideas which should allow firms’ strategic positioning of the market by using knowledge as a key strategic leverage. After presenting the three basic theories underlined design for learning and teaching, paper continues by describing the basic model based upon which we will develop our unique model; knowledge ingenition process. A generic framework...

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