PRUAB Innoget Cloud, nova plataforma de gestió d'oferta i demanda tecnològica

El Parc de Recerca UAB ha posat en marxa aquesta eina tecnològica que permet fomentar i estructurar les col·laboracions en R+D+i entre els més de 4.000 investigadors vinculats al Parc i empreses de la B30, nacionals i internacionals. D'aquesta manera, es pretén impulsar els projectes entre els diferents agents de l'entorn B30 i així incrementar la competitivitat d'aquesta regió

Monitoring the Impact of Health Reform on Americans 50-64: Use of Insurance Marketplaces

This survey found that 9 out of 10 Americans ages 50 to 64 were aware of the new health insurance Marketplace that had been created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The survey found that, despite widespread awareness of the Marketplace among this age group, relatively few who knew about the Marketplace were interested in using it to acquire new coverage. The survey also found that 50- to 64-year-olds' use of the Marketplace varied widely by health insurance status and income. This paper is part of a series that looks at the experiences of 50- to 64-year-olds during the ACA's first open enrollment period

Electronic marketplace-to-marketplace alliances: emerging trends and strategic rationales

The electronic marketplace domain has recently witnessed the joining together of a number of previously independent marketplaces and the formation of collaborative alliances between others. This study seeks to determine the nature or type of cooperative arrangements or alliances that are currently being forged between electronic marketplaces, and the strategic rationale that is leading to this observed alliance formation. The findings of the study are based upon an examination of statements made to the press by marketplaces undertaking strategic alliances. This published data was supplemented with face-to-face interviews with managers at three relevant electronic marketplaces. Three distinct types of alliance are observed; the merger between previously separate marketplaces, the acquisition of one marketplace by another and the formation of an interoperability agreement between two marketplaces. Three rationales for alliance formation were observed: an increase in the number of buyers or suppliers in a given market sector that can access the marketplace (an increase in scale of operations), an increase in the breadth or depth of services that are offered to users of the marketplace (an increase in the scope of operations) and providing the ability to exchange information across multiple tiers of a supply chain. A broader discussion of the findings is given and suggestions for further research are made

From Discovery to Marketplace

UNLV faculty demonstrate that research is actually the mother of invention – although necessity certainly got them thinking

Factors that affect the use of public marketplaces : (case studes on the importance and factors that affect the use of government-established marketplaces in Dili, Timor-Leste : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the Masterate in International Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Since Timor-Leste became independent in 2002, the government has made a number of significant efforts to improve the living conditions of the people. Among the efforts is the initiative for establishing or building public marketplaces throughout the country, including in Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste. Through these public marketplaces, the government expects that people, especially lower income earners, and the poor, will engage in basic economic activities that eventually contribute to better their social and economic life. Despite this well intentioned initiative, many of these public marketplaces have been observed to be underused. Indeed, in Dili, a number of local media reported or raised the issue of vendors’ and buyers’ dissatisfaction and abandonment of government-established public markets, particularly over the past four years. This study, hence, intends to find out what has been actually going on. By focusing on two government-established marketplaces in Dili as qualitative case studies, this study explored market stakeholders’ perceptions on the importance of a public marketplace and factors that may affect the use of such a market. Specifically, this study investigated market stakeholders’ views regarding the government’s initiative for establishing or building public marketplaces, the factors that affect the use of a public marketplace, and how vendors and buyers were involved or participated in the planning process for establishing public marketplaces. This study has found that market stakeholders in general welcomed the government’s initiative for establishing a public marketplace for various reasons. A public marketplace can serve important functions such as a source of livelihood and economic income, particularly for lower income earners and the poor. Dili’s public marketplaces have also provided a mechanism for strengthening, or promoting public order and hygiene, and can be used as a means for pubiic meeting, public education and promoting social cohesion. This study also discovered various factors that affected the use of public marketplaces in Dili. These factors include non-strategic location of public marketplaces: they are far from the population centers and the main roads, and poor transport options. There had been a lack of basic facilities, such as water, electricity and toilets. The security situation in public marketplaces had been non-conducive for doing transactions; procedures for accessing vending stalls in public markets had been unclear and issues of corrupt officials. Furthermore, the vendors’ attitude and custom of selling practices and no participation of vendors and buyers in the planning process for establishing a public marketplace also affected the use of a public marketplace. Based on the findings and discussion, the study concludes that the presence of the government’s public marketplace is important as it has values economically, socially and environmentally. The study also concludes that the interdependences of market facilities (for example, availability of running water, electricity and toilet), location or distance of a market to vendors and buyers, clear regulations, better management, and the involvement of stakeholders, particularly vendors in the planning process for establishing a public marketplace should become the principal guidance in order to optimize the effectiveness of a public marketplace. By taking into consideration these important principles, the problems of abandonment of a public marketplace may be prevented

Promoting Journalism as Method

The marketplace of ideas has been a centerpiece of free speech jurisprudence for a century. According to the marketplace theory, the vigorous competition of ideas, free from government interference, is the surest path to truth. As our metaphorical marketplace has moved online, the competition has never been so heated. We should be drowning in truth. Yet, in reality, truth has perhaps never been more elusive. As we struggle to promote democratic debate and surface truth in our chaotic networked public sphere, we are understandably drawn to familiar frames and tools. These include the source of the marketplace of ideas theory—the First Amendment—as well the institutional press, once a key gatekeeper of that marketplace. Yet, both the institutional press and the First Amendment have limitations that hamper their ability to spark transformative change. Instead, this Article proposes that we look to journalism. Journalism is not the press or a journalist. Rather, it is a method and a practice—an evolving system for gathering, curating, and conveying information. Among its aims are accuracy and truth, the checking of power, and the creation of spaces for criticism and compromise. Seeding and propagating journalism could have numerous benefits. It could help to provide some of the norms desperately needed for our new information environment. It might inject democratic values into an information ecology that is driven by profit-seeking. It could create friction where speed and scale now reign. Finally, it could help reinvigorate and even repopulate an institutional press in desperate need of reinforcement

Lessons From The Marketplace: Four Proven Progressive Policies from DMI's Marketplace of Ideas

In Maine, moderate-income residents buy prescription drugs for as little as half the retail price. In San Francisco, some violent criminals are 82 percent less likely to commit new crimes after their release from prison. In Minnesota, the public can reclaim subsidies when economic development incentives don't produce the promised results. In Oklahoma, 92 percent of four-year-olds attend a high-quality public preschool. Ideologues of the right like to claim that progressive policies will kill jobs, squander tax dollars, suppress innovation and let axe-wielding criminals run free. But the successful progressive policies described above have done none of those things. Instead, they've worked as intended to make people's lives better. And they can be replicated in New York and across the nation. The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy's Marketplace of Ideas showcases each of these policies - and many others. DMI brings policymakers from around the country to New York City to speak about their policy success, its impact, and their on-the-ground experience getting the policy enacted. Here they engage with an expert panel of New Yorkers, including city and state legislators, advocates, business representatives, religious leaders, and academics, to further discuss the policy and its implications for New York City and State. Lessons from the Marketplace presents the fruits of DMI's Marketplace of Ideas discussions, describing four policies from Maine, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and San Francisco in detail and examining how each addresses a real and pressing problem in New York State

ReQwip : business plan and go-to-market strategy

textThe nature of this Report is to outline the proposed business opportunity for reQwip -- an online marketplace for buying, selling and renting sports equipment -- and the go-to-market strategy for this young startup. reQwip is an Austin, Texas-based technology company founded by students and alumni of The University of Texas at Austin for the purpuse of creating a mobile, peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace for buying, selling and renting new and used sports equipment. ReQwip is launching its minimum viable product (MVP) in Spring 2014. The MVP is a liquid marketplace focused specifically on buying and selling new and used cycling and triathlon gear in Austin,TX and greater Central Texas. This MVP is our gateway into a sporting goods industry worth $150 billion in sales worldwide and$54 billion in the United States, of which $1-3 billion is used gear sales in the U.S.AdvertisingBusiness Administratio