A Case Study and Survey-based Assessment of the Management of Innovation and Technology

This paper provides a case study of a real-world organization and its management of technology and innovation (MTI). The study examines the structure, environment, and resources of the organization as they pertain to the MTI. Specifically, the organization is examined for the alignment of the MTI to the strategy and the competitive advantages. Subjective assessment of the state of MTI is made based on this examination. To support the assessment, the case study is augmented with survey data that examines perceptions of employees to the MTI, the alignment of the MTI as stated above, and several documented antecedents of creative and innovative organizations. The research concludes with recommendations for improvement based on propositions regarding the antecedents and correlation to the state of the MTI

Extensible Markup Language: An Enterprise Integration Web Delivery System

This study investigates XML technology as a standard format for data transfer on the Web. It describes several compelling reasons why XML is a particularly useful technology for representing structured systems management information. XML is a markup language used for data structure in a textual form. A specific goal of XML is to keep most of the descriptive power of SGML, while removing as much of the complexity as possible. XML is similar in concept to HTML, but whereas HTML is used to convey graphic information about a document, XML is used to represent structured data in a document. It is no wonder, global businesses are rushing to implement XML technology

Chinese Cultural Implications for ERP Implementation

Implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in a global environment can be fragmented due to the internal enterprise culture, which is representative of societal culture. In China, this is especially true due to the nationalistic culture of business. The way ERP systems are perceived, treated, and integrated within the business plays a critical role in the success or failure of the implementation. When a Western developed ERP system is implemented in a country where the culture differs greatly from that of the developer, implementation may require localization in order to be successful. In doing so, strategic benefits of ERP systems may be diminished. This research paper looks into the characteristics of Chinese localization by Western vendors and the implications to the Chinese enterprise. Keywords: ERP, Chinese Cultural Implications, Societal Culture, StrategyImplementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in a global environment can be fragmented due to the internal enterprise culture, which is representative of societal culture. In China, this is especially true due to the nationalistic culture of business. The way ERP systems are perceived, treated, and integrated within the business plays a critical role in the success or failure of the implementation. When a Western developed ERP system is implemented in a country where the culture differs greatly from that of the developer, implementation may require localization in order to be successful. In doing so, strategic benefits of ERP systems may be diminished. This research paper looks into the characteristics of Chinese localization by Western vendors and the implications to the Chinese enterprise. Keywords: ERP, Chinese Cultural Implications, Societal Culture, StrategyImplementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in a global environment can be fragmented due to the internal enterprise culture, which is representative of societal culture. In China, this is especially true due to the nationalistic culture of business. The way ERP systems are perceived, treated, and integrated within the business plays a critical role in the success or failure of the implementation. When a Western developed ERP system is implemented in a country where the culture differs greatly from that of the developer, implementation may require localization in order to be successful. In doing so, strategic benefits of ERP systems may be diminished. This research paper looks into the characteristics of Chinese localization by Western vendors and the implications to the Chinese enterprise. Keywords: ERP, Chinese Cultural Implications, Societal Culture, Strateg

Simulation based Evaluation of Attribute Aware Scheduling in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks

In many applications of sensor networks, it is required to sense multiple physical parameters of the same region. So multiple different types of sensors are deployed. Such networks are known as heterogeneous networks. In tree based heterogeneous networks, complete aggregation is not possible at every node. The reason is that parent and child node may be of different types. The term Attribute is used to refer to type of packet. When objective is to maximize aggregation, parent selection should be done such that packet sent by given node should be aggregated as soon as possible in its path towards the sink. This approach would result in reduction in schedule length of the tree. Such an algorithm is known as Attribute Aware Scheduling Algorithm. In this work, one such algorithm is evaluated through simulations. It is found that Attribute Aware Scheduling results in better aggregation, smaller schedule length, and reduction in energy consumption. The reduction in schedule length means smaller latency and reduction in energy consumption means extended network lifetime

METHODS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF HIGHLY-RELIABLE / ULTRA-RELIABLE APPLICATIONS USING COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TECHNIQUES

Existing Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) mechanisms do not take into account reliability aspects of ongoing URC (or URLLC) services effectively. Presented herein are techniques that involve enhancing or optimizing CoMP mechanisms for applications that involve Ultra-Reliable Communication (URC) or Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) services. These optimizations can also help to support a higher Highly Reliable Communication (HRC), URC, URLLC, and other Quality of Service (QoS) -aware applications in a network. Further, optimizations are proposed to provide URC or URLLC services over a single Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session in order to save Radio Access Network (RAN) and/or core network resources by tearing down redundant PDU sessions or for user equipment (UE) devices that do not support Redundancy Handler or Dual Connectivity capabilities but still require URC or URLLC services

Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage

This paper analyzes cross-industrial best practices and future trends in the context of the contemporary resource based competitive advantage model of the firm. It identifies key managerial levers, tools and systems that can be used to build and sustain a Hi-Technology company’s core competences in order to facilitate a more innovative, collaborative 21st century corporate culture. A qualitative and quantitative assessment is made of how a firm’s leadership, human capital management, organizational culture, design and systems can all collectively merge to create a more dynamic and responsive organization which is far more adept at building unique resources and capabilities, which can then be leveraged to create new market opportunities with high competitive entry barriers

Controlling the size distribution of nanoparticles through the use of physical boundaries during laser ablation in liquids

A simple, yet effective method of controlling the size and size distributions of nanoparticles produced as a result of laser ablation of target material is presented. The method employs the presence of physical boundaries on either sides of the ablation site. In order to demonstrate the potential of the method, experiments have been conducted with copper and titanium as the target materials that are placed in two different liquid media (water and isopropyl alcohol). The ablation of the target material immersed in the liquid medium has been carried out using an Nd:YAG laser. Significant differences in the size and size distributions are observed in the cases of nanoparticles produced with and without confining boundaries. It is seen that for any given liquid medium and the target material, the mean size of the nanoparticles obtained with the boundary-fitted target surface is consistently higher than that achieved in the case of open (flat) targets. The observed trend has been attributed to the plausible role(s) of the confining boundaries in prolonging the thermalisation time of the plasma plume. In order to ascertain that the observed differences in sizes of the nanoparticles produced with and without the presence of the physical barriers are predominantly because of the prolonged thermalisation of the plasma plume and not due to the possible formation of oxide layer, select experiments with gold as the target material in water have also been performed. The experiments also show that, irrespective of the liquid medium, the increase in the mean size of the copper-based nanoparticles due to the presence of physical boundaries is relatively higher than that observed in the case of titanium target material under similar experimental conditions.Comment: 24 pages, 9 figures, a part of this work has been published in Photonics Prague 2017, (Proc. SPIE 10603, Photonics, Devices, and Systems VII, 1060304) titled "A novel method for fabrication of size-controlled metallic nanoparticles

Categorizing Top Fortune Company Mission And Vision Statements Via Text Mining

Purpose - The paper seeks to categorize mission and vision statements into clusters and demonstrate how these clusters can be profiled in the context of Globalization, Innovation and Strategy Centric features for assessment of strategic alignment, positioning and direction. Based on text mining methodology, mission and vision statements of the top 772 Fortune companies were analyzed to understand: 1) How mission and vision statements can be meaningfully categorized into clusters, 2) How attributes of each cluster can be meaningfully evaluated in the context of the degree to which Globalization, Innovation and Strategy Centric Mission and Vision statements are discovered. Clustering Toolkit (CLUTO) software was used for text mining the data collected from two websites. A recursive bisection approach has been followed to reach the desired number of six clusters, which were further analyzed through Wordle software for visual representation. The study clustered the companies in the dataset into groups in which globalization, innovation, and strategy issues were dominant. The epistemological contribution of this research includes how text mining can be used to meaningfully categorize a large dataset consisting of mission and vision statements of 772 Fortune corporations, how knowledge contained in a large dataset can be managed through the use of text mining in analyzing cluster attributes, and how these clusters can be profiled in the context of Globalization, Innovation and Strategy Centric features for assessment of strategic alignment, positioning, and direction

SELECTION OF A SUITABLE ACCESS TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE WITH AN IOT DEVICE IN A COMBINED 5G AND 802.11AX/BE/BA NETWORK

This proposal provides efficient techniques to communicate with user equipment (UEs), such as Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices running critical applications in harsh environments, for combined 5G and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11ax/be/ba networks, while also reducing power consumption and/or meeting other performance constraints for such devices

Delayed Diagnosis of Hemophilia B Presenting with Hematemesis

A 36-year-old nonalcoholic gentleman presented with history of moderate-amount hematemesis. He received multiple blood transfusions. upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was done which showed no evidence of varices, but a tiny bleeding ulcer was seen in lower end of esophagus; sclerosing agent was injected at the base of ulcer. All the blood investigations were normal. A diagnosis of Dieulafoy’s lesion was made. After two months, he developed hemarthrosis after sustaining injury in right knee. Again investigations were done and coagulation profile revealed raised activated partial thromboplastin time and normal prothrombin time. Factor VIII and IX assay were sent in view of raised aPTT. Factor VIII and IX was 120% and 4% of normal respectively. Von Willebrand factor levels were within normal limits. Revised diagnosis of moderate hemophilia B was made