Beyond the Moment: The Key to Renewable Competitive Advantage

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Boykin III ◽  
Peter A. Zampino ◽  
Robert C. Graham ◽  
Andrew D. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
The Moment

scholarly journals Time-based management concept on the basis of the organizational-managerial innovations in a logistic company

2018 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 03012
Author(s):  
Lubov Shamina ◽  
Iolanta Borisova
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Execution Time ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Delivery Time ◽  
Logistics Company ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
Time Cycle ◽  
The Moment

Time could be considered as an important competitive advantage of logistics companies. In fact, execution time is the most significant factor affecting the performance of the supply chain. Regarding the issue mentioned above, it seems relevant to develop the economic and organizational-managerial paradigm from value-based thinking to a time- based. The focusing on the reducing the time cycle suspends the competitive advantage, received by the logistics company due to the shortening response time for customer requests. Therefore, we have set the time factor in the basis of the logistics company performance appraisal and the main effort should be focused on reducing the delivery time cycle from the moment of the order receipt to its final delivery to the consumer.

SECURITY AS A FACTOR OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN TOURISM

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-303
Author(s):  
Zoran Kekovic ◽  
Slobodan Markovic
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Hotel Security ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Very High ◽  
Selection Of

: Security and protection demands in tourism industry are very high due to the vulnerability of its infrastructure in light of security challenges and threats. Actual threats appear in the form of endangering the values that compose a train of products and services in tourism – from the moment of buying/selling a package tour, transfer of passengers and luggage to their destination, to stay in hotels and meeting different needs of tourists. This work addresses the criminal, terrorist, and economic threats to hotels. The effects of these and other threats may endanger the foreign investments in tourism industry and the arrival of foreign tourists who, as the newest polls show, prioritize security factor in their selection of tourist destination. The hotel security issue is addressed in light of its preference when selecting tourism supply and services, which is an important indication of competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Asset sources of competitive advantage of SMEs from high-tech sector in the region of greater Poland

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Gajowiak
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Given ◽  
Soft Factors

The article tackles the question of the ever-growing importance of soft factors of production in the process of competitive advantage for contemporary enterprises. This condition has resulted from turbulent environment characterized by increasing competition, generalized uncertainty and information asymmetry. Based on the above assumption during 2013–2014 a research project was carried out on the role of intangible resources in the process of gaining advantage over competitors in high-tech companies from Greater Poland. The study was carried out for the given population and conducted using the CATI method. On the basis of responses to the questions in the survey, one can conclude that these companies implement modern management paradigm and its activities are based largely on soft resources, which are impossible to be copied and on skills in the form of human capital, propensity for learning and the social capital of employees. The findings of the project can serve as a valuable clue for those companies which at the moment do not demonstrate a prospective approach to achieving entrepreneurial categories in practice.

The High Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 316-317
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Ultra High Vacuum ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Imaging Characteristics ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
The Moment

The high resolution STEM is now a fact of life. I think that we have, in the last few years, demonstrated that this instrument is capable of the same resolving power as a CEM but is sufficiently different in its imaging characteristics to offer some real advantages.It seems possible to prove in a quite general way that only a field emission source can give adequate intensity for the highest resolution^ and at the moment this means operating at ultra high vacuum levels. Our experience, however, is that neither the source nor the vacuum are difficult to manage and indeed are simpler than many other systems and substantially trouble-free.

Pinocytotic-Like Forms of Mitochondria From Rat Anterior Pituitary

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 146-147
Author(s):  
Burton B. Silver
Keyword(s):  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Anterior Pituitary ◽  
Dynamic State ◽  
Surrounding Cell ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Cell Medium ◽  
Sectioned Tissue ◽  
State Of Activity

Sectioned tissue rarely indicates evidence of what is probably a highly dynamic state of activity in mitochondria which have been reported to undergo a variety of movements such as streaming, divisions and coalescence. Recently, mitochondria from the rat anterior pituitary have been fixed in a variety of configurations which suggest that conformational changes were occurring at the moment of fixation. Pinocytotic-like vacuoles which may be taking in or expelling materials from the surrounding cell medium, appear to be forming in some of the mitochondria. In some cases, pores extend into the matrix of the mitochondria. In other forms, the remains of what seems to be pinched off vacuoles are evident in the mitochondrial interior. Dense materials, resembling secretory droplets, appear at the junction of the pores and the cytoplasm. The droplets are similar to the secretory materials commonly identified in electron micrographs of the anterior pituitary.

Advances in Stem Instrumentation for Biology

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 362-363
Author(s):  
J. S. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Carbon Films ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Material Deposition ◽  
Active User ◽  
Percent Improvement ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Film Substrate ◽  
High Level

The forte of the Scanning transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) is high resolution imaging with high contrast on thin specimens, as demonstrated by visualization of single heavy atoms. of equal importance for biology is the efficient utilization of all available signals, permitting low dose imaging of unstained single molecules such as DNA.Our work at Brookhaven has concentrated on: 1) design and construction of instruments optimized for a narrow range of biological applications and 2) use of such instruments in a very active user/collaborator program. Therefore our program is highly interactive with a strong emphasis on producing results which are interpretable with a high level of confidence.The major challenge we face at the moment is specimen preparation. The resolution of the STEM is better than 2.5 A, but measurements of resolution vs. dose level off at a resolution of 20 A at a dose of 10 el/A2 on a well-behaved biological specimen such as TMV (tobacco mosaic virus). To track down this problem we are examining all aspects of specimen preparation: purification of biological material, deposition on the thin film substrate, washing, fast freezing and freeze drying. As we attempt to improve our equipment/technique, we use image analysis of TMV internal controls included in all STEM samples as a monitor sensitive enough to detect even a few percent improvement. For delicate specimens, carbon films can be very harsh-leading to disruption of the sample. Therefore we are developing conducting polymer films as alternative substrates, as described elsewhere in these Proceedings. For specimen preparation studies, we have identified (from our user/collaborator program ) a variety of “canary” specimens, each uniquely sensitive to one particular aspect of sample preparation, so we can attempt to separate the variables involved.

Traumatic Brain Injury: A Trauma Surgeon's Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Oscar D. Guillamondegui
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Trauma Team ◽  
The United States ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Injured Brain ◽  
The Moment

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious epidemic in the United States. It affects patients of all ages, race, and socioeconomic status (SES). The current care of these patients typically manifests after sequelae have been identified after discharge from the hospital, long after the inciting event. The purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of identification and management of the TBI patient from the moment of injury through long-term care as a multidisciplinary approach. By promoting an awareness of the issues that develop around the acutely injured brain and linking them to long-term outcomes, the trauma team can initiate care early to alter the effect on the patient, family, and community. Hopefully, by describing the care afforded at a trauma center and by a multidisciplinary team, we can bring a better understanding to the armamentarium of methods utilized to treat the difficult population of TBI patients.

For the moment, let's try collaboration

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 652-652
Author(s):  
Morris J. Paulson
Keyword(s):  
The Moment
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