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    The Marketing of Political Candidates: Current Tactics and Future Strategies

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    Alexander Haig, Jr., a 1988 presidential hopeful, remarked, concerning campaign politics: I have learned the secret of life--it\u27s in marketing (1986). The emergence of marketing in non-business organizations, so well documented in recent writings, is accented by its ascendancy in politics (Laczniak and Caywood 1987; Four More years 1985; Mauser 1983; Rothschild 1978). Any campaign manager interested in applying orthodox marketing principles to his or her craft will find the use of marketing techniques in the political sphere particularly instructive

    It's all action, it's all learning: Action learning in SMEs

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    Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to argue that action learning (AL) may provide a means of successfully developing small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach - The literature around SME learning suggests a number of processes are important for SME learning which similarity, it is argued, are encompassed in AL. AL may therefore offer a means of developing SME. This argument is then supported through the results of a longitudinal qualitative evaluation study conducted in the north-west of England, which involved the use of AL in 100 SMEs. Findings - The paper finds that the discursive and critical reflection aspects of the set environment appeared to be of great utility and importance to the SMEs. Sets also had an optimum level of which helped them find "common ground". Once common ground was established set members often continued to network and form alliances outside of the set environment. SME owner-managers could discuss both personal and business. Finally, AL offered the opportunity to take time out of the business and "disengage" with the operational allowing them to become more strategic. Practical implications - In this paper both the literature review and the results of the evaluation suggest AL may offer a means of engaging SMEs in training, which is relevant and useful to them. AL offers a way for policy makers and support agencies to get involved with SME management development while retaining context and naturalistic conditions. Originality/value - This paper attempts to move beyond other articles which assess SME response to government initiatives, through examining the literature around SME learning and constructing a rationale which proposes that AL encompasses many of the learning processes suggested in the literature as effective for SME development. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited

    A space communication study Progress report, 15 Sep. 1966 - 15 Mar. 1967

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    Space communications studies of optimal signal reception, threshold extension, signal detection against noise, channel simulation, and synchronization technique

    A space communications study Status report, 15 Dec. 1968 - 15 Mar. 1969

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    Harmonic distortion in frequency demodulator using feedback, delta modulation, recursive signal processing techniques, and multipath fadin

    A space communication study Final report, 15 Sep. 1967 - 15 Sep. 1968

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    Transmitting and receiving analog and digital signals through noisy media - space communications stud

    A Space Communications Study Final Report, Sep. 15, 1965 - Sep. 15, 1966

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    Reception of frequency modulated signals passed through deterministic and random time-varying channel

    A space communications study Final report, 15 Sep. 1968 - 15 Sep. 1969

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    Analog and digital signal reception problems through noisy channels, and computerized digital TV system for space communication
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