New Hampshire University Research and Industry Plan: A Roadmap for Collaboration and Innovation

This University Research and Industry plan for New Hampshire is focused on accelerating innovation-led development in the state by partnering academia’s strengths with the state’s substantial base of existing and emerging advanced industries. These advanced industries are defined by their deep investment and connections to research and development and the high-quality jobs they generate across production, new product development and administrative positions involving skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)

Semantic discovery and reuse of business process patterns

Patterns currently play an important role in modern information systems (IS) development and their use has mainly been restricted to the design and implementation phases of the development lifecycle. Given the increasing significance of business modelling in IS development, patterns have the potential of providing a viable solution for promoting reusability of recurrent generalized models in the very early stages of development. As a statement of research-in-progress this paper focuses on business process patterns and proposes an initial methodological framework for the discovery and reuse of business process patterns within the IS development lifecycle. The framework borrows ideas from the domain engineering literature and proposes the use of semantics to drive both the discovery of patterns as well as their reuse

Improving relationships between public transit authorities and medical centers : case studies and applications to the Illinois Medical District (Chicago, Illinois) and Centro Medico (Sun Juan, Puerto Rico)

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-66).This thesis addresses transportation and mobility at urban medical centers, concluding that prioritizing transit access at medical centers has the potential to fundamentally transform the hospital experience by reducing congestion, increasing efficiency, improving the built environment, avoiding the deadening effect of parking garages, and improving quality of care. The thesis considers the implications of improved public transportation on medical centers, as well as the impact of hospital ridership on transit authorities via a softened peak service period, increased off-peak ridership, and the availability of origin-destination data. The institutional structure and physical design of four major medical research centers are examined for successes and flaws, as are the policies and service of the associated transit authority. Observations from these case studies are then applied to Chicago's Illinois Medical District and San Juan's Centro Medico, areas currently undergoing major capital investments in transportation infrastructure.by Lillian C. Shuey.M.C.P

A Call to Action: Organizing to Increase the Effectiveness and Impact of Foundation Grantmaking

Many nonprofit organizations are constantly struggling to find enough resources to make their organizations more effective and sustainable. A Call to Action illustrates how the lack of core operating support is at the center of this struggle. It tells of the needs and aspirations of nonprofits by enabling them, in their own words, to share their stories

A social media approach to evaluating heritage destination perceptions: the case of Istanbul

Marketing strategies have long been considered essential for the development of successful destination brands. Their success, however, lies not upon the plans decided in closed boardrooms between tourism stakeholders, but upon the position the destination holds in the minds of actual and potential travellers. This may lead either to a competitive advantage and positive word-of-mouth or, alternatively, to pricy yet unsuccessful investments. Particularly heritage destinations often find themselves struggling to reinvent themselves and balance between current consumer trends and their local culture, which national stakeholders often believe to preannounce the success of their branding strategies. Within these lines, destination image from the tourists' point-of-view, offers a valuable evaluation and potential strategic tool, especially when assessed through its reflections on popular online media. Given the prioritization of culture and heritage for Istanbul as a tourism destination, their importance for tourists posting online is put on the scope as well. Destination image and online marketing are both popular research domains in the tourism literature. Still, limited studies attempt to assess destination image as reflected through actual tourists’ evaluations and reviews on social media. The current study contributes towards this direction, and embarks upon to analyse the three image components (i.e. cognitive, affective, conative) in the case of Istanbul. The destination image concept is presented from the tourists’ point-of-view, as they review Istanbul on TripAdvisor throughout the summer in 2013. Findings describe the destination image factors influencing online behavior, thereby contributing to extant knowledge. Finally, the study provides practitioners with a better understanding of travelers' image perceptions

Mobility on Demand in the United States

The growth of shared mobility services and enabling technologies, such as smartphone apps, is contributing to the commodification and aggregation of transportation services. This chapter reviews terms and definitions related to Mobility on Demand (MOD) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS), the mobility marketplace, stakeholders, and enablers. This chapter also reviews the U.S. Department of Transportation’s MOD Sandbox Program, including common opportunities and challenges, partnerships, and case studies for employing on-demand mobility pilots and programs. The chapter concludes with a discussion of vehicle automation and on-demand mobility including pilot projects and the potential transformative impacts of shared automated vehicles on parking, land use, and the built environment

Steinbach Public Transportation Study

report: 89 pp.; ill., digital file.This document constitutes the final report for the Steinbach Transportation Project Steering Committee (STPSC). This report includes a demographic profile of Steinbach; a literature review dealing with many of the relevant issues related to public transportation; several case studies of communities that that range from populations of 6,000 to 28,000; conclusions; and recommendations for pursuing future public transit initiatives for Steinbach. While this report is not a sustainable transportation strategy per se, it is a focused look at one aspect of it: public transportation in the context of small towns and rural areas. More small urban centers in the United States and Canada are now using, developing or considering public transportation solutions, and given its growth and considerable economic activity, Steinbach may be well situated to be included among them

East Asian SME Capacity Building, Competitiveness and Market Opportunities in a Global Economy

Over the past decade the economies of East Asia, and APEC more generally, have been opening up their markets and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economic growth. In conjunction with this increased economic integration there has been increased recognition by regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by small businesses in the generation of regional income, employment, exports, investment and expanded economic growth. Advances in information and communications technology add credence to this potential. In addition, developing economies are especially seeing small businesses as potential instruments for the alleviation of poverty. This viewpoint has been given further stimulus since the financial and economic crisis of 1997-98, arising from which there has been a growing recognition of the need for the East Asian economies to engage in comprehensive restructuring of their corporate sectors, with the objective of achieving transparency, improving corporate governance and developing globally competitive enterprises. The small and medium enterprise (SME) sector can play a key role in the attainment of such objectives. This paper reviews the contribution of the SME sector to the growth and development of the regional (East Asian) economies, and their increasing importance in the attainment of a sustained recovery of the region in terms of economic growth, employment, trade and investment and the development of globally competitive economies. It also identifies: barriers to their development; key factors essential for their capacity building; strategies to enhance their competitiveness in the global marketplace; and key components relating to their export success.East Asia, small and medium-sized enterprises, competitiveness, export success