The transition to New Economy and knowledge-based economy in the 1990s and early 21st century created an atmosphere that entrepreneurs and SMEs became crucial engines of economic growth. It was conjectured that such trends were brought about various changes in global business environment. These changes include technological changes, increased globalization, employment flexibility, consumer dive...

Multiproxy reconstructions of monthly and seasonal surface temperature fields for Europe back to 1500 show that the late 20th- and early 21st-century European climate is very likely (>95% confidence level) warmer than that of any time during the past 500 years. This agrees with findings for the entire Northern Hemisphere. European winter average temperatures during the period 1500 to 1900 were ...

Simulations of the Greenland Ice Sheet are carried out with a high-resolution version of the ice-sheet model SICOPOLIS for several global-warming scenarios for the period 1990–2350. In particular, the impact of surface-meltwater-induced acceleration of basal sliding on the stability of the ice sheet is investigated. A parameterization for the acceleration effect is developed for which modelled ...

Based on presentations to the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee and the Potomac Technical Processing Librarians, this paper explores the relationship of technology to productivity, describes early 21st century demands on library technical services, and evaluates the application of an organizational change model called “Future Search” to technical services at the Cornell University Library....

Information on the early Holocene climate constrains the summer sea ice projections for the 21st century H. Goosse, E. Driesschaert, T. Fichefet, and M.-F. Loutre Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut d’Astronomie et de Géophysique G. Lemaı̂tre, Chemin du Cyclotron, 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Received: 15 August 2007 – Accepted: 23 August 2007 – Published: 24 August 2007 Corresponden...

The purpose of this article is to present the issue of 'lifelong learning' to public discussion, from the aspects of right and duty and the benefit and the responsibility; and to promote progression towards a national policy in this field. In the early 21st century, in the era of information and knowledge, the all encompassing definition of 'lifelong learning' seems to be a central motif in the...