David Labistour

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David Labistour

Mountain Equipment Co-
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This document contains notes from chapters 2a and 3 of an economics textbook. Key points summarized: 1) In chapter 2a, the wage rate is the independent variable that determines the quantity of labor. It also discusses the positive relationship between income tax owed and annual salary. 2) Chapter 3 discusses how a rise in lobster supply leads to lower prices. It also examines the equilibrium price point for concert tickets and how changing the price would affect demand and shortages. 3) The notes analyze supply and demand curves and equilibrium prices across different markets like Christmas trees and concert tickets.

Immigration Policy in the United States: An UpdateCongressional Budget Office

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The document summarizes key aspects of U.S. immigration policy as outlined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, including: 1) It allows for permanent and temporary legal immigration through categories like family reunification, employment, diversity programs, and humanitarian protection. In 2009, over 1.1 million people received permanent resident status and 5.8 million temporary visas were issued. 2) Legal permanent residents receive green cards and can naturalize to become citizens. In 2009, 744,000 people naturalized, most from Mexico and India. 3) In addition to regulating legal immigration, the law specifies enforcement policies for those without authorization, like arrest, detention, and removal. In 2009, over 393

Preliminary Trendsekoransky

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- The office vacancy rate increased to 15.9% in Q2 2009, up from 15.2% in Q1 2009, as new completions outpaced absorption of occupied space. This marks the sixth consecutive quarter of declining occupied space. - Asking rents fell 1.4% and effective rents fell 2.7% in Q2 2009, the largest declines since the first half of 2002 during the economic impact of 9/11. Continued weakness in labor markets suggests limited upside in the near term. - The national trends indicate the office market remains under pressure with high vacancy rates and falling rents, though the pace of declining occupied space may slow in the second half of the year if stabilization occurs.

Comment on “Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending”Congressional Budget Office

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The document is a presentation by the director of the Congressional Budget Office discussing projections of federal health care spending. It makes three key points: 1. The slowdown in health care cost growth has led the CBO to significantly reduce its projections of future federal health spending for Medicare and Medicaid over the next decade. 2. Growth in federal health care spending, driven by factors like population aging, expanded insurance coverage, and excess cost growth, remains the central long-term challenge to putting the federal budget on a sustainable path. 3. While the recent slowdown in costs has been broad and persistent, warranting lower projections, growth in health spending has been unpredictable and new technologies could still drive future costs higher.

Reshoring lighthouse design centre, glasgow, aug 2013 (1)Mary Rose

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Mike Parsons is a business mentor and innovation coach who advocates for reshoring production back to Western countries from China. He cites evidence from a visit to China of rising costs and labor shortages as reasons for reshoring. Reshoring can overcome higher costs through changing business models, using emerging technologies like 3D printing, and convincing customers higher quality offsets costs. The journey to reshoring will be long but must start now.

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Developing Entrepreneurial behaviourMary Rose

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The document is a wireframe template for a theme around diverse economic opportunities. It includes sections for opportunity recognition, teaching and student placements, interactive workshops and experiential activities, masterclasses, an entrepreneur in residence, innovator in residence programs, case studies on the impacts of similar programs, participant statistics, and testimonials. The template provides an outline for the content, features, and flow of a program focused on fostering diverse economic opportunities.

Collaborative learning and_teaching_in_innovat (1)Mary Rose

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1. The document describes a collaborative course on innovation between Lancaster University Management School and a businessman. It aimed to bring together business, academia, and technology through its design. 2. The course used a combination of lectures, interactive workshops, and online assessments including a wiki and learning log. This blended approach helped develop students' critical thinking and motivation. 3. Over time, the use of the Sakai online platform improved collaboration further. Students began using wikis and forums to work together on group assignments. This led to greater teamwork, competition, and effort across the full term from the students.

Social media and_businessMary Rose

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This document discusses the importance of social media for businesses. It explains how social media has removed geographical limits and allowed customers to be more involved. Some key points made include: - Social media provides both defensive and offensive marketing opportunities for businesses at a lower cost than traditional methods. - The benefits of social media include lower marketing costs, increased reach, generating new leads, and improving communication. The limitations include needing moderation of user-generated content and managing change internally. - The document provides an overview of major social media tools and offers guidelines for businesses getting started, such as defining objectives, creating engaging content, and measuring results.

Online collaboration where_social_con_and_tec.sldeMary Rose

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This document discusses online collaboration and how social, content, and technology intersect. It provides examples of collaborative tools and platforms that can be used to collaborate both within and outside a company. The key benefits mentioned are tapping into external smart people, higher project success rates, more innovation, and being able to get to market earlier. However, it also cautions that collaboration requires trust, shared experiences, and aligning on vision and practices. It outlines some collaborative processes and stresses the importance of community cultivation for successful collaboration.

Day 2 sustainability is a_journey_not_a_destination[1]Mary Rose

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This document discusses sustainability in the outdoor industry. It provides an overview of the sustainability journey, from early environmental protection efforts to current international initiatives. It defines sustainability using the three pillars of economy, environment and equity. Various tools for measuring sustainability impacts are presented. The challenges currently facing the outdoor industry, such as rising manufacturing costs and "push" production systems, are examined. The importance of sustainability for business profitability and the need for education are emphasized. Developing a holistic understanding of sustainability that closes the gap between perceptions and reality is presented as an ongoing challenge.

Ebin 10course wrkshp1_introductionMary Rose

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1. The document introduces an innovation course that uses active and collaborative learning methods including group work, workshops, and online discussions. 2. Students are divided into groups to research innovation articles and post summaries on a group wiki, which counts for 50% of the grade. 3. In addition to group work, students must maintain an individual learning log reflecting on their experience and analyzing course concepts, counting for the other 50% of the grade. 4. The document provides guidance on course assignments including the innovation search wiki, workshop preparation and discussion, and creating an effective personal learning log.

Innovative connections final.2010pptMary Rose

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This document discusses innovation and innovative connections. It provides an overview of innovation, what innovation is and is not, and how inventions become innovations through networks and connections between individuals, firms, and organizations. Examples are given of innovative individuals and companies throughout history that achieved success through these connections, as well as the importance of both past and present knowledge in innovation. The implications of radical innovations that have shifted economic systems are also discussed, along with the challenges of global warming and the need for a new style of capitalism focused on sustainability.

Engage 2010Mary Rose

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This document discusses the history of attitudes towards entrepreneurship education and university business engagement in the UK since 1960. It describes how entrepreneurs became idealized in UK ideology from the 1970s onward. It also outlines the expansion of UK universities from the 1960s-70s, and the introduction of entrepreneurship education in the 1980s under Thatcher. The paper analyzes this historical context and presents case studies of three universities, examining how their histories shaped their engagement with businesses and approach to entrepreneurship education. It finds both opportunities and contradictions in attitudes, with engagement deepening understanding but also revealing barriers between academia and industry.

Alberti.innovex ppMary Rose

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The document outlines a project for a cohort of 8th grade students selected for their giftedness in product design. Students will conduct primary research on outdoor activities and existing products, then create a specification and mood boards to develop an original, eco-friendly garment for a specific function. The goal is to develop the students' skills in creativity, self-belief, risk-taking, energy, and leadership. The project aims to prepare students for the future by trying something new, as traditional education may not equip them for new job sectors focused on innovation and a low-carbon economy.

Management and Entrepreneurship, Lancaster UniversityMary Rose

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The document summarizes the entrepreneurship program at Lancaster University. It outlines the vision of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development to be a leader in entrepreneurship research and education through interdisciplinary research, partnership programs, and relationships. It describes the 4-year undergraduate program structure with core courses in the first year and options in entrepreneurship topics in later years. Contact information is provided for the program directors and administrators.

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This document outlines an experiential learning experience called "Experiencing NetsLorenz" that aims to raise awareness of networks and nets. It involves participants mapping their existing company networks, identifying past and future problem-solving nets, and developing an action plan. The activities generate data for analysis and a bespoke report. Participant feedback found it highly relevant for businesses in enabling immediate networking benefits, increased awareness of network strengths and weaknesses, and specific actions to implement.

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This document summarizes an entrepreneurial networking program that comprises three interactive workshop programs plus additional support for high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Each workshop focuses on a different topic and consists of 4-6 sessions for cohorts of 15-20 companies. The workshops help SMEs map their networks, identify different types of contacts, and construct networks to solve specific problems. Analyzing data collected from the workshops, the research finds that SMEs use different contacts for different problems, and the presence of core local contacts with strong ties remains important, with more than one core contact appearing in problem-solving processes. Two weeks after each workshop, SMEs receive a tailored report on their network characteristics to help

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Lisa Alberti.Proposed Linked Design Project 1Mary Rose

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Five gifted year 10 students at North Manchester High School for Boys will develop concepts for an original, eco-friendly and functional garment designed for extreme weather conditions as part of a linked design project. The students will conduct research on outdoor activities and environments, existing products, and performance fabrics before creating initial designs. They will then model, test, and select viable designs to take through production. Finally, the students will present on existing products and fabrics, and field test their garment prototypes.

Phil Reeves Innov_ex 09Mary Rose

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The document discusses rapid manufacturing (RM) and its potential applications in outdoor industries. RM uses additive layer manufacturing to build 3D objects by depositing material layer by layer. It offers benefits like enabling complex geometries, functional customization, and distributed manufacturing. Current successful RM applications tend to be people-centric and driven by consumer needs. Examples highlighted include customized snowboard bindings, protective equipment, footwear and orthotics. Outdoor industries represent niche opportunities for high value, low volume, customized products where RM could provide benefits like sustainability, product differentiation and meeting consumer demands. However, more applications still need to be identified and developed.

Jason Jones 090506 Innovation4extremes V1Mary Rose

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This document discusses using digital manufacturing techniques to create customized motorcycle seats. It proposes using 3D scanning and pressure mapping of riders to collect empirical and subjective data on their comfort needs. This data would then be used in computer modeling to design seats with graded stiffness zones tailored to individual riders. The customized designs could be fabricated using laser sintering to produce seats offering improved ergonomics and comfort.

Robert Lomax Innov_ex 09 Mary Rose

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The document discusses cotton and polyester fibers, debunking common myths about each. It notes that while cotton is often considered natural and environmentally friendly, cotton production requires large amounts of resources. Polyester, while derived from oil, accounts for a small portion of oil usage globally and production has improved environmental footprints. Both industries have potential to innovate further to reduce impacts. The document provides details on production and properties of various natural and synthetic fibers.

Redwood Cradle to cradle Innov_ex 09 Mary Rose

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Bluesign Innovation For Extremes 06.05.2009Mary Rose

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- The document discusses the bluesign standard, which aims to create transparency and sustainability across the textile industry supply chain by focusing on reducing the environmental impact of input streams and optimizing resource use. - The bluesign standard establishes criteria for approving chemical and material inputs and provides tools to help textile manufacturers select approved materials, track performance, and implement best practices. - Adopting the bluesign standard helps manufacturers control costs by reducing resource use while ensuring product safety and compliance with regulations.

Aim Workshop Wodak Narratives190309Mary Rose

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This document discusses approaches to analyzing narratives. It defines narratives as stories, accounts or examples involving interconnected events and agents. Narratives are important to study as they are how humans make sense of the world. Narratives shape identities by relating the past, present and future in certain ways. Myths and stories provide sense-making frameworks. Narratives can be analyzed at various levels from narratemes to broader contexts. Different types of narratives have become genres with their own structures and conventions.

Literary Frameworks For Narrative Analysis Fox Hamilton LartyMary Rose

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The document discusses the use of narrative frameworks from early Western literary traditions to analyze entrepreneurship research. It presents the tale of two researchers who adopted different analytical frameworks: Researcher 1 used McAdams' framework of seven narrative features as well as concepts from Ricoeur and Aristotle to analyze interviews. Researcher 2 used McAdams' framework combined with Gergen's concepts of progressive and regressive narratives and Frye's romantic comedy archetype. The document concludes by comparing three different types of narrative data sources and the communicative contexts that shape the narratives.

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