EOS Science Poster Series: AIR-Our Outer Atmosphere

This poster depicts how NASA scientists are working to understand the outer atmosphere (air). Satellite images, graphs, and pictures complement the fact-filled information. The poster can be ordered from the Web site; this site also includes PowerPoint and PDF files with the poster information. Educational levels: Middle school, High school, Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional

Service Implementation Framework in Manufacturing Firms: A Case Study

The culture and the operational methods of service management have become a formidable competitive weapon even for manufacturing firms. The term "service factory" has been proposed for identifying that particular integration of products and services, achieved by the excellent manufacturing firm, where "service is a multidimensional concept". The creation of a service factory necessarily implies a radical change in the operational and organizational characteristics of the firm. In order to support manufacturing firms in adopting a service strategy, it is relevant on the one hand to identify the bundle of services which have to be provided for the customers and, on the other hand, to understand the implications for firm management model. As regards the first point, the paper proposes a framework which classifies the services along with two dimensions: Timedimension and target-dimension. The proposed framework is of interest for manufacturing firms because it allows a better recognition of services that are more perceptible for the customers. In the second part of the paper, authors discuss the implications of a service strategy adoption on the management model of manufacturing firms. In order to carry out this analysis, authors propose a model that combines four service dimensions with three decision-making categories (Organization, Methodologies and Technologies). In the end, the proposed framework has been applied in a sample of Italian hot water heater manufacturers and a case study analysis has been carried out

Remarks by Former Senator O\u27Mahoney at a Luncheon Meeting

Following is text of remarks by former Senator Joseph c. 0 1Mahoney of Wyoming at a luncheon meeting in the Fairfax Room of the Willard Hotel on June 5, 1953 for use on Monday, June 8, 1953

Entrepreneuring as performance: understanding entrepreneurship as a process of becoming.

This research sought to explain how musicians became entrepreneurs in the city of Dundee, by considering the career transitions of twenty musicians-come-entrepreneurs. It focussed on exploring processes of becoming from their early childhood, throughout their music careers, to current endeavours as entrepreneurs in the city. This pre-start-up exploration was adopted out of curiosity, but also addressed a call to focus on situations, experiences and relationships that contribute to the making of an entrepreneur (Berglund 2015). The initial problem was concerned with culture to commerce transitions, as - at first glance - music and entrepreneurship appear to occupy diametrically opposite spheres in terms of practice, ethos and institutional engagement. From a phenomenological perspective, life histories were employed to capture stories that uncovered processes of entrepreneurial becoming. Process theory allowed data to be interpreted as an unfolding story and guided development of a directional, descriptive framework (Langley 1999). Context was also important, and Zilber et al.'s, (2008) three-level framework was adapted to allow exploration of micro, meso and macro social processes. These organising tools reduced complexity in the analysis phase of the research and enabled a collective "story of stories" to emerge. Findings confirmed that becoming entrepreneurial is not bound by business parameters and that processes of becoming entrepreneurial can start early in life. Entrepreneuring is rooted in past experience and, in this case, by developing and building on a listening grammar early in life. Through musical development, attitudes, non-formal learning, tacit knowledge and practice were linked to entrepreneuring - that is, activities that could be named in entrepreneurial terms. It was not merely a case of music being entrepreneurship, but rather an unfolding of entrepreneurial becoming over time. This brought to the fore questions of what differentiates the entrepreneur from anyone else (Moroz and Hindle 2011). To conclude, it was found that the key differentiating factor was the nature of the dialectic between actor and audience, and so processes of becoming were linked to social performance. In short, entrepreneurial becoming is performed experience

Remarks by Senator O\u27Mahoney at Aviation Writers Association

Following is text of remarks by former Senator Joseph C. O\u27Mahoney, Member of the Board of Directors of North American Aircoach Systems, Inc. of Burbank, California, at the June luncheon meeting of the Washington region of the Aviation Writers Association. in the Burlington Hotel