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The Transition to Flexibility

Author : Daniel C. Knudsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461314259
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book The Transition to Flexibility written by Daniel C. Knudsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advanced capitalist nations are currently undergoing an enormous economic, social, and political transformation. At the heart of this transformation is the transition between large scale, standardized production (Fordism) and new, more flexible approaches to manufacturing (flexibility), and a concomitant extension of manufacturing to include products both concrete (goods) and ephemeral (services). This volume explores the consequences of this transition from the standpoints of technology, labor relations, firm strategy, education, government programs, and geography. The book is a collection of papers by well-known scholars investigating the current global transition from mass consumption and production to flexible production for niche markets. The book is unique in that it not only discusses standard economic concerns, but also investigates the social and political implications of this transition. Each chapter is concerned with a different aspect of the same restructuring process.

The Flexible City

Author : Tom Bergevoet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462082878
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Flexible City written by Tom Bergevoet and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Europe, the period of great economic and demographic growth is largely over. The physical growth of our urban agglomerations has come to an end. Unlike in Latin America, Asia or Africa, the boundaries of European cities are no longer moving away, but have come to a halt. The spatial assignment of the future European city will be fundamentally different. Building new space outside the city boundaries is no longer necessary. Instead, what exists should be made sustainable. The new spatial assignment involves maintaining, restructuring, densifying or diluting the existing city. This publication analyses this development and describes a toolbox that is able to turn the new assignment into a success. European cities are compared, similarities and trends are identifi ed and concrete examples are described in detail. This creates an inspiring handbook for anyone working on the future of the European city: from administrators and policymakers to developers, designers, builders and users.

Building the Flexible Firm

Author : Henk Wijtze Volberda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198295952
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Building the Flexible Firm written by Henk Wijtze Volberda and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award winning study, Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Offering a wealth of insights and based on extensive interviews with practitioners, Henk Volberda provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness.

Flexible Metal–Organic Frameworks

Author : Susumu Kitagawa
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN 13 : 1839166622
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Flexible Metal–Organic Frameworks by : Susumu Kitagawa

Download or read book Flexible Metal–Organic Frameworks written by Susumu Kitagawa and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexible metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a unique class of porous materials that feature stimuli-responsive flexible structures and dynamic structural transformation behaviours. Exhibiting structural changes in response to physical or chemical stimuli creates related functions that can be developed for practical applications. The specific components and architectures of flexible MOFs are key to their unique properties, so understanding their chemistry is of critical importance for more targeted construction and functional research. This book provides an accessible overview of the historical background of the chemistry of flexible MOFs and their features; in particular, design and synthesis, dynamic structure analysis, flexibility, function and theoretical treatment, and interpretation of the mechanisms as well as their applications. It gives readers a fundamental understanding of this chemistry and will be of great help to young researchers, as well as those already familiar with conventional porous materials in creating new materials.

Modeling, Simulation, And Control Of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Petri Net Approach

Author : Kurapati Venkatesh
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814497789
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Book Synopsis Modeling, Simulation, And Control Of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Petri Net Approach by : Kurapati Venkatesh

Download or read book Modeling, Simulation, And Control Of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: A Petri Net Approach written by Kurapati Venkatesh and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999-01-29 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One critical barrier leading to successful implementation of flexible manufacturing and related automated systems is the ever-increasing complexity of their modeling, analysis, simulation, and control. Research and development over the last three decades has provided new theory and graphical tools based on Petri nets and related concepts for the design of such systems. The purpose of this book is to introduce a set of Petri-net-based tools and methods to address a variety of problems associated with the design and implementation of flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs), with several implementation examples.There are three ways this book will directly benefit readers. First, the book will allow engineers and managers who are responsible for the design and implementation of modern manufacturing systems to evaluate Petri nets for applications in their work. Second, it will provide sufficient breadth and depth to allow development of Petri-net-based industrial applications. Third, it will allow the basic Petri net material to be taught to industrial practitioners, students, and academic researchers much more efficiently. This will foster further research and applications of Petri nets in aiding the successful implementation of advanced manufacturing systems.

Growth and Adjustment in IMF-Supported Programs

Author : International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513594478
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Growth and Adjustment in IMF-Supported Programs written by International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This evaluation assesses how well IMF-supported programs helped to sustain economic growth while delivering adjustment needed for external viability over the period 2008–19. The evaluation finds that the Fund’s increasing attention to growth in the programs has delivered some positive results. Specifically, it does not find evidence of a consistent bias towards excessive austerity in IMF-supported programs. Indeed, programs have yielded growth benefits relative to a counterfactual of no Fund engagement and boosted post-program growth performance. Notwithstanding these positive findings, program growth outcomes consistently fell short of program projections. Such shortfalls imply less protection of incomes than intended, fuel adjustment fatigue and public opposition to reforms, and jeopardize progress towards external viability. The evaluation examines how different policy instruments were applied to support better growth outcomes while achieving needed adjustment. Fiscal policies typically incorporated growth-friendly measures but with mixed success. Despite some success in promoting reforms and growth, structural conditionalities were of relatively low depth and their potential growth benefits were not fully realized. Use of the exchange rate as a policy tool to support growth and external adjustment during programs was quite limited. Lastly, market debt operations were useful in some cases to restore debt sustainability and renew market access, yet sometimes were too little and too late to deliver the intended benefits. The evaluation concludes that the IMF should seek to further enhance program countries’ capacity to sustain activity while undertaking needed adjustment during the program and to enhance growth prospects beyond the program. Following this conclusion, the report sets out three recommendations aimed at strengthening attention to growth implications of IMF-supported programs, including the social and distributional consequences.

Flexible Flat Panel Displays

Author : Darran R. Cairns
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118751116
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Flexible Flat Panel Displays written by Darran R. Cairns and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexible Flat Panel Displays A complete treatment of the entire lifecycle of flexible flat panel displays, from raw material selection to commercialization In the newly revised Second Edition of Flexible Flat Panel Displays, a distinguished team of researchers delivers a completely restructured and comprehensive treatment of the field of flexible flat panel displays. With material covering the end-to-end process that includes commercial and technical aspects of the technology, the editors have included contributions that introduce the business, marketing, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property content relevant to flexible flat panel displays. This edited volume contains a brand-new section on case studies using the Harvard Business School format that discusses current and emerging markets in flexible displays, such as an examination of the use of electronic ink and QD Vision in commercial devices. From raw material selection to device prototyping, manufacturing, and commercialization, each stage of the flexible display business is discussed in this insightful new edition. The book also includes: Thorough introductions to engineered films for display technology and liquid crystal optical coatings for flexible displays Comprehensive explorations of organic TFT foils, metallic nanowires, adhesives, and self-healing polymer substrates Practical discussions of flexible glass, AMOLEDs, cholesteric displays, and electronic paper In-depth examinations of the encapsulation of flexible displays, flexible batteries, flexible flat panel photodetectors, and flexible touch screens Perfect for professionals working in the field of display technology with backgrounds in science and engineering, Flexible Flat Panel Displays is also an indispensable resource for professionals with marketing, sales, and technology backgrounds, as well as senior undergraduates and graduate students in engineering and materials science.

Flexible Test Automation

Author : Pasquale Arpaia
Publisher : Momentum Press
ISBN 13 : 1606503855
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Flexible Test Automation written by Pasquale Arpaia and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In laboratory management of an industrial test division, a test laboratory, or a research center, one of the main activities is producing suitable software for automatic benches by satisfying a given set of requirements. This activity is particularly costly and burdensome when test requirements are variable over time. If the batches of objects have small size and frequent occurrence, the activity of measurement automation becomes predominating with respect to the test execution. Flexible Test Automation shows the development of a software framework as a useful solution to satisfy this exigency. The framework supports the user in producing measurement applications for a wide range of requirements with low effort and development time.

Flexible Query Answering Systems

Author : Alfredo Cuzzocrea
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030276295
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Flexible Query Answering Systems written by Alfredo Cuzzocrea and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems, FQAS 2019, held in Amantea, Italy, in July 2019. The 27 full papers and 10 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers present emerging research trends with a special focus on flexible querying and analytics for smart cities and smart societies in the age of big data. They are organized in the following topical sections: flexible database management and querying; ontologies and knowledge bases; social networks and social media; argumentation-based query answering; data mining and knowledge discovery; advanced flexible query answering methodologies and techniques; flexible query answering methods and techniques; flexible intelligent information-oriented and network-oriented approaches; big data veracity and soft computing; flexibility in tools; and systems and miscellanea.

Flexible Work and the Family

Author : Anja-Kristin Abendroth
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1804555924
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Flexible Work and the Family written by Anja-Kristin Abendroth and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the recent global escalation of the remote work phenomenon, Flexible Work and the Family provides timely insights into flexible work’s implications for the increasingly blurred work-life divide.

Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals

Author : Arthur N. Chester
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468491512
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals written by Arthur N. Chester and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nato Advanced Study Institute "Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals" was held May 2-12, 1991, in Erice, Sicily. This was the 16th conference organized by the International School of Quantum Electronics, under the auspices of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The subject of "Liquid Crystals" has made amazing progress since the last ISQE Course on this subject in 1985. The present Proceedings give a tutorial introduction to today's most important areas, as well as a review of current results by leading researchers. We have brought together some of the world's acknowledged experts in the field to summarize both the present state of their research and its background. Most of the lecturers attended all the lectures and devoted their spare hours to stimulating discussions. We would like to thank them all for their admirable contributions. The Institute also took advantage of a very active audience; most of the students were active researchers in the field and contributed with discussions and seminars. Some of these student seminars are also included in these Proceedings. We did not modify the original manuscripts in editing this book, but we did group them according to the following topics: 1) "Theoretical Foundations"; 2) "Thermotropic Liquid Crystals"; 3) "Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals"; 4) "Polymeric Liquid Crystals"; and 5) "Lyotropic Liquid Crystals".

Flexibility and Lifelong Learning

Author : Katherine Nicoll
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134192401
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Flexibility and Lifelong Learning written by Katherine Nicoll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to develop different approaches to policy analysis through a discursive and rhetorical engagement with the themes of flexibility and lifelong learning.

Petri Nets in Flexible and Agile Automation

Author : MengChu Zhou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461522315
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Petri Nets in Flexible and Agile Automation written by MengChu Zhou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, research in the theory of Petri nets and the development of graphical tools has yielded a powerful methodology. The contributions in Petri Nets in Flexible and Agile Automation present theoretical development of Petri nets as well as in industrial applications to areas such as discrete- event control design, scheduling, performance evaluation and deadlock avoidance. These contributions also include comparative studies of Petri nets and other approaches. A primary theme of this book is to provide a unified approach to the applications of Petri nets in flexible and agile automation and, in that regard, a common notation and terminology is used. The book also allows readers to evaluate the benefits and applicability of state-of-the-art Petri net methods and apply CAD tools to problems of interest. Petri Nets in Flexible and Agile Automation is not only an essential reference for researchers, it is also a very useful tool for engineers, analysts and managers who are responsible for the design, implementation and operation of the next generation of manufacturing systems.

The Library Collaboration and Flexible Scheduling Toolkit

Author : Andria C. Donnelly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Library Collaboration and Flexible Scheduling Toolkit written by Andria C. Donnelly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriate for experienced elementary librarians as well as students in school library preparation programs, this powerful book explains the advantages of utilizing a flexible schedule with collaboration as compared to a fixed schedule without collaboration. The aptly titled The Library Collaboration and Flexible Scheduling Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started takes readers step by step through the process of considering collaboration as a method to deliver library services. Authored by an experienced elementary librarian and author for School Library Monthly and School Library Connection, the text begins by explaining the relevant research and underscoring the importance of being able to articulate the meaning of the research to library stakeholders. Next, readers learn how to gain support from administration and to train the staff in effective collaboration to impact student achievement. The book provides a complete answer to the complex question that many librarians and librarians in training have: "How do I go about putting collaboration and a flexible library schedule into place in my library?" Specific methods and solutions for handling problems that may come up—such as ways to win over a reluctant staff, or what to do in situations where a library assistant is not available—are provided to lend the author's real-world experience to the challenges that the librarian might encounter in undertaking collaboration.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Author : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by United States. Patent and Trademark Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fields of Logic and Computation II

Author : Lev D. Beklemishev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319235346
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Fields of Logic and Computation II written by Lev D. Beklemishev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Festschrift is published in honor of Yuri Gurevich's 75th birthday. Yuri Gurevich has made fundamental contributions on the broad spectrum of logic and computer science, including decision procedures, the monadic theory of order, abstract state machines, formal methods, foundations of computer science, security, and much more. Many of these areas are reflected in the 20 articles in this Festschrift and in the presentations at the "Yurifest" symposium, which was held in Berlin, Germany, on September 11 and 12, 2015. The Yurifest symposium was co-located with the 24th EACSL Annual Conference on Computer Science Logic (CSL 2015).