The rise of emerging markets is restructuring the global economic and social landscape. It requires a new paradigm of global innovation strategy to meet this challenge. After reviewing possible trends in today’s world, it is suggested that the objective of innovation is to create an inclusive-and-sustainable future. To achieve this goal, this paper is concerned with the use of the Problem Struc...

Navigation systems are in common use by drivers and typically present information using either audio or visual representations. However, there are many pressures on the driver's cognitive systems in a car and navigational systems can add to this complexity. In this paper, we present two studies which investigated how vibro-tactile representations of navigational information, might be presented ...

this study presents a detailed analysis of cost management for intensive cultivation activity in terms of tomato production. the main objective was to provide qualitative and quantitative costs obtained in the intensive cultivation of tomato. this methodology was structured by activity costs (soil preparation and planting, crop monitoring, harvesting, selling, etc.) through a study in greenhous...

1 RESUMO 5 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 9 Estuaries: drivers, pressures and responses 9 Estuarine fish fauna 11 Recruitment variability of marine species 13 Climate forcing and systems’ changes 16 Assessing ecological status of transitional waters 18 Study site – the Mondego estuary 21 References 24 GENERAL AIM AND THESIS OUTLINE 35 CHAPTER I The influence of an extreme drought event in the fish commun...

background: musculoskeletal disorders represent a substantial cause of morbidity worldwide. the contribution of work to these disorders has been well established by various epidemiological and laboratory-based researches. the aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of musculoskeletal disorders in truck drivers. materials and methods: this cross sectional study ...

intellectual capital is known as a key strategic asset for organizational performance and innovative solutions; and its management is critical for maintaining competitive advantage. this paper analyzes the relationship between intellectual capital, competitive advantage and innovation drivers in 8 factories in rubber and plastics industry. to assess these factors, the views of 246 managers and ...