This paper investigates the syntax of Japanese restructuring verbs and makes two major claims: (i) there are (at least) three types of restructuring infinitives in Japanese, which is consistent with Wurmbrand's (2001) approach to restructuring infinitives and (ii) there is a general ban on adjunction to complements of lexical restructuring verbs, which is best explained by an interaction of spe...

We describe a practical method to implement the dynamic restructuring of distributed transactional activities with several main advantages. First, it guarantees the correctness of dynamic restructuring operations as well as that of ongoing transac-tional activities. Second, it is general enough to accommodate a wide range of workkow activities' dynamic restructuring requirements. Third, it faci...

The processes involved in analogy solving have been an important investigative area in cognitive psychology. Although problem restructuring has been a central construct in problem solving theory, no restructuring processes have been proposed for analogical reasoning. Yet, the stimulus terms for analogies, as they appear on ability tests, are often ill-structured. That is, they are ordered in a ...

We contribute a novel approach to the existing literature on the effects of restructuring on R&D investment by focussing on a single industry, chemicals. The chemical industry is very research intensive and has experienced thorough restructuring since the early 1980s. By focussing on a single industry we are able to identify the technological and R&D features of its segments. This is important,...

Electricity Market from economic, regulatory and engineering perspective is a very demanding system to control .There is requirement of provision of cost efficiency, lower impact of environment alongwith maintenance of security of supply for use of competition and regulation in the electricity market. Many countries due to failure of its system for adequately management of electricity companies...

This paper presents a framework for quantitatively evaluating the macroeconomic effects of corporate restructuring and applies that framework to Japan. Using firmlevel financial statement data, this paper estimates total factor productivity of individual Japanese firms. Given the estimated distribution of productivity across firms, this paper simulates the effect of optimal restructuring, that ...

Nurses are the largest employee group in health care but continue to lack presence in organizational restructuring processes. This study examines whether nurses’ opportunities to be involved in organizational restructuring are associated with their work ability. Respondents of a survey were asked to identify the organizational changes that had transpired at their workplaces in the previous two ...

This contribution examines companies’ and public-sector organisations’ external restructuring processes, with consideration of emerging or lengthening value chains and network relationships in the service sector. Focusing on three business functions – software development in the IT industry, R&D in the IT industry and IT services for public-sector organisations – the paper describes the types o...

The paper addresses problem of data allocation in two-layer computer storage while taking into account dynamic digraph(s) over computing tasks. The basic version of data file allocation on parallel hard magnetic disks is considered as special bin packing model. Two problems of the allocation solution recon-figuration (restructuring) are suggested: (i) one-stage restructuring model, (ii) multist...

The classification-tree method developed by Grochtmann and Grimm facilitates the identification of test cases from functional specifications via the construction of classification trees. Their method has been enhanced by Chen and Poon through the classification-tree construction and restructuring methodologies. We find, however, that the restructuring algorithm by Chen and Poon is applicable on...