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From the history of modern design, we can see the facts which could not be ignored are that the language of traditional culture has been already expressed in the design, and the awareness of national traditions in the design culture is becoming more and more important in global economy and culture environment. This paper has re-examined the national traditional culture in the contemporary design from...
This paper discusses our ongoing efforts on developing, and conducting, senior design projects that involve undergraduate students working together on entrepreneurial, innovative projects. The students are from multiple universities, some of which are abroad. The goal is to emulate the main elements of global engineering teams that develop complex, multidisciplinary designs while targeting market-related...
In a variety of modes of transport, the container transport not only occupies an increasingly important position in the international transport system, but also plays an important role in regional economic, trade and logistics development with its own superiority. Although it is nearly 20 years later than the world beginning when China started its container transportation, with an average annual increase...
Nowadays, services have become the major growth-driver of many economies. In fact, about 75% of GDP of developed countries comes from the service sector so that the global economy is dominated by this sector. A thorough understanding as well as innovative approaches, such as new methods, models and frameworks for a network of services systems is needed in order to succeed in the global economy. For...
Since the beginning of deep impression in the late 2008. It could be the most severe recession since World War II, the global economy is projected to shrink by 1.3 percent in 2009, with a slow recovery expected to take hold next year, according to the IMF's April World Economic Outlook (WEO). Therefore, some small video production units are thinking a dynamic, reasonable price with good quality DSLRs...
The global economy is pressurizing organisations to improve productivity of their business processes. Competition is forcing organisations to focus their energy on ldquocore competencies.rdquo Like many industries, the clothing industry is witnessing changes in technology, diversification of labour, managerial implications while competing on the global market. The South African clothing and textile...
Under the adverse conditions occurring in global economy at present, how to boost branch post offices marketing insurance is a difficulty confronted to all the management decision-makers in China Post because supplying insurance is an important operation for them. To break away from the plight, it is a key to evaluate the ability of the branch offices in supplying insurance and data-mining technology...
Internet is creating a borderless world. The Internet economy is a global economy. It requires co-ordination between countries to take advantage of the large opportunities on a global scale. Developing countries like India are increasingly challenging the traditionally developed nations. The innovation of the Internet has major impact from both technology and business point of view. With the rising...
Corporate innovation continues to be the subject of heightened interest in the business press and the increasing focus of international conferences. In addition, there has been increased attention paid to technology management in the services sector, as evidenced by a recent series of international technical conferences. In this paper, two recently published studies on innovation are analyzed to ascertain...
Each year, FORTUNE undertakes a study aimed at identifying the 100 best companies to work for. The results of the FORTUNE survey for the period 1998 to 2005 were further examined. Using a technique called "data surface mining" (DSM), these previously published data were analyzed to characterize the similarities and differences between the goods and service sectors; the results of the analyses...
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