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Science Parks and Business incubators: The Portuguese Case
(University of Twente, 2007)Science Parks (SP) and Business Incubators (BI) have been established all over the industrialised and developing world as a pledge for economic development. Although in economic theory, location of R&D is not a critical ... -
SCOTUS Delivers Color Blind Ruling: The Dismantling of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Security, Legal, and Ethical Implications of Using Virtual Worlds
(Towson University, 2010-01)Technologies such as virtual worlds have become an increasing area for research over the past several years. Many active internet users are using virtual worlds like Second Life for social interactions of all kinds. These ... -
Segmenting the toy industry: A study of pre-teen Millennials
(Emerald, 2012)Purpose – The purpose of the study is to investigate the preferences of young Millennials for a salient product category (toys) and to investigate possible within-group differences that have relevance for marketers. ... -
Self‐Silencing to Sexism
(The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 2010)Women's endorsement of beliefs that prioritize others’ voices over their own (i.e., self-silencing beliefs) predicted behaviorally self-silenced to everyday, interpersonal forms of sexism. Self-silencing beliefs, which are ... -
Service Innovations: What the Managers Believe and What the Customers Say
(Routledge, 2016)Service innovation has become a critical organizational capability. It is crucial to understand not only what service innovations service managers introduce, but also what service innovations help improve customers’ ... -
SETTING COUNTRY LIMITS FOR INTERNATIONAL LENDING
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Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Incremental Progression or Radical Change?
(Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 2014)This manuscript provides a critical historic analysis of the status of sexual orientation nondiscrimination within the context of the mental health profession. The declassification and reclassification of homosexuality ... -
The Shape of Protest Actions in Virtual Worlds
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The Sharing Economy with Heart: Developing a Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Patients and Their Families Traveling for Medical Care
(2018-05)Hosts for Humanity is a non-profit organization that connects patients and their families traveling for medical care with volunteers willing to host them. Currently, patients and hosts are matched manually; however, for ... -
The Significance and Benefits of Open Education in Academic Libraries
(Journal of LIBR287 Seminar in Information Science: The Open Movement and Libraries, 2011-12)This article describes what Open Education (OE) and Open Education Resources (OER) are and explains how faculty members working with librarians in an academic library can help students, and communities learn by providing ... -
Similarities and Differences in Human Values between Nurses in Four Countries
(International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 2002)Data on human values were collected from 1410 nurses from Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Multivariate analysis of covariance, using the mean rating of all 57 individual values, sex, marital ... -
Simulating religious faith
(Intellect Limited, 2011)This article surveys various differing approaches to religious simulation in gaming and interactive art, and reports on the design of a specific faith-based game from the designer’s perspective. It looks in-depth at one ... -
Skills Gap Estimates for Institutional and Individual Decision-Making: a Progress Report
(Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and Jacob France Institute, 2014-06)This report is intended to narrow a communication gulf about the popular skills gap topic. The main communities of interest and action the authors seek to reach through this report are public and non-profit education, ... -
Small Firm Mutual Funds: Additional Evidence on the Small Firm Effect.
(Springer, 1992)Returns generated with small firm mutual fund data are used to examine the extent to which identification of a "small firm effect" is due to the difficulty in measuring the direct and indirect transaction costs involved ... -
Smart wearables: utilizing persuasive devices to reduce sedentary time
(2016-12)This research studied the effectiveness of alerts from smart wearables on health. Topics include sedentary behavior, smart wearables, and behavior modification. Building on work that shows alerts to be effective in various ... -
Social Class and Socioeconomic Status: Relevance and Inclusion in MPA/MPP Programs
(Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2011)Social equity has been challenged in recent years through increasing income inequality. The widening gap between the rich and the poor contributes to economic segregation among regions and neighborhoods and has a direct ... -
Social Equity in the Academy: state policy and diversity in higher education
(2010-12)This study examines the implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 438 and House Bill (HB) 905, Institutions of Higher Education -Plans for Programs of Cultural Diversity in its first and earliest stages. The central research ... -
Social Relationships and Group Dynamics Inside a Community Correction Facility for Women
(Sage, 2015)This article presents research on women’s perceptions and experiences residing in a female community correction facility. Qualitative interview data and field observations are used to examine resident relationships, ...