Creating, Capturing, and Sustaining Value: The Case of West Michigan Furniture Industry

The office furniture business in West Michigan has been going through the second major postwar slump in its history. The first slump was in the 1950s when America\u27s furniture makers challenged the leadership of West Michigan furniture business by migrating to North Carolina. At the time, the effects on the West Michigan economy were mitigated through diversification, innovation, and niche markets strategies. The effects of the current slump have been far more devastating; more than 100,000 furniture-making jobs have been lost in the U.S. The larger firms have faced far more difficulties, though many smaller ones, such as John Widdicomb — the oldest area furniture business — have even gone out of business

Non-surgical management of chronic periodontitis with two local drug delivery agents-A comparative study

Background: The selective removal or inhibition of pathogenic microbes with locally delivered antimicrobials when combined with scaling and root planing is often an effective approach for the managment of chronic periodontitis. Aim: To compare the clinical efficacy of tetracycline fibers and a xanthan based chlorhexidine gel in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. Methods and materials: Thirty systemically healthy patients in the age group of 30-50 years suffering from generalized chronic moderate periodontitis were selected. For each subject, two experimental sites were chosen that had probing depth >5mm and were located in symmetric quadrants and the sites were randomized at split mouth level with one receiving tetracycline fibers and the other chlorhexidine gel. Plaque score, bleeding score, probing pocket depth and relative attachment level gain was recorded on day 0 and at the end of 3 months. Results and conclusion: In both groups, there was statistically highly significant reduction in all the clinical parameters i.e. plaque score, bleeding score and probing pocket depth and relative attachment level gain was seen at different time intervals. Local delivery of tetracycline and chlorhexidine is a safe, easy and efficacious method along with scaling and root planing in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. Inter-comparison of both local drug delivery agents with respect to clinical changes shows that tetracycline fibers are better than chlorhexidine gel for treatment of chronic periodontitis. Nevertheless, long term studies with more samples are suggested to further evaluate and compare the efficacy of both materials

Comparative genomic analysis of novel Acinetobacter symbionts : A combined systems biology and genomics approach

Acknowledgements This work was supported by University of Delhi, Department of Science and Technology- Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (DST-PURSE). V.G., S.H. and U.S. gratefully acknowledge the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), University Grant Commission (UGC) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for providing research fellowship.Peer reviewe

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Design and Testing of High Speed Multipliers by using Reversible Liner Feedback Shift Register

In recent designs of IC’s (Integrated Circuits) BIST (Built-In Self-Test) is becoming vital for memory where memory is essential part of SoC (System on Chip). BIST design technique allows circuit for self testing. A technique may provide the short test-time as compared to test which applied externally and it allows a use of the low cost test instruments throughout the all production stages. Because of LFSRs randomness properties, it requires less hardware overhead. In particular dissertation, optimization and structure design of BIST design is based on the Reversible LFSRs, which are described. As well Reversible LFSR and Proposed LT LFSR are used to design and test Architecture of different Multipliers such as Array Multipliers and Booth Multiplier

The Rise of the Indian Multinational Corporations and the Development of Firm-Specific Capabilities

Several scholars have strived to explain the rise of emerging MNCs (EMNCs), but a satisfactory understanding of the firm-specific causative factors is still missing. In this paper, we seek to fill this gap in the literature. Since the 1990s, India, like most other emerging markets, has experienced dramatic transformation of her competitive and institutional environment. These transformations have been a catalyst for the rise of Indian multinational corporations (MNCs). We discuss the macro context of the rise of the Indian MNCs during the pre and post reform periods. Then, we analyze the micro foundations of the rise of the Indian MNCs in terms of the development of specialized firm-specific capabilities in the both periods. Finally, we discuss how the profile of the country and firm-specific ownership advantages has evolved, and supported the rise of the Indian MNCs

Globalization And Convergence-Divergence Debate: Strategic Perspectives For Emerging Markets

Globalization calls for a strategic business model that supports creation and sustaining of competitive advantage internationally.  Here, we highlight the significance of a transvergence perspective, which is a transformative reinterpretation and application of the indigenous cultural perspective.  Two case studies of Chinese enterprises highlight the perspective

Strategic fit: microfoundations of firm’s environmental performance

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Strategic fit is known to be an important antecedent to a firm’s performance, but there is little research explaining its influence on firm’s environmental performance. This paper aims to propose that strategic fit is likely to affect two firm-level outcomes: dynamic equilibrium and dynamic disequilibrium. Design/methodology/approach: Prior debate has underlined the role of adaptation vs selection in achieving strategic fit, but we assert that firms vary in their strategic fit. This paper models inter-firm differentials in environmental performance, using survey data from a sample of Chinese small and medium enterprises. Findings: Transformative leadership, operational agility and knowledge-based identity facilitate compensatory fit, while productivity growth, strategic adaptability and low product-market maturity enable strategic fit. Theoretical implications: The authors show how low strategic fit may provide selection advantages via compensatory fit. Some firms do seek to achieve greater fit to the embedded contextual contingencies (dynamic equilibrium) at the cost of their energy. However, others respond to the expectations for green performance that are presently orthogonal to the embedded context to realize compensatory fit using the energy of the context (dynamic disequilibrium). This manifests as differential capabilities for adaptation vs selection. Practical implications: The findings highlight how the firms may use cultural fit pathway for transcending the phenomenological tradeoffs between economic performance-oriented strategic fit and ecological performance-oriented compensatory fit. Originality/value: This paper shows how low strategic fit may provide selection advantages via compensatory fit. Some firms do seek to achieve greater fit to the embedded contextual contingencies (dynamic equilibrium) at the cost of their energy. However, others respond to the expectations for green performance that are presently orthogonal to the embedded context, to realize compensatory fit using the energy of the context (dynamic disequilibrium). This manifests as differential capabilities for adaptation vs selection

Advanced Shift Register Design Using PSDRM Reversible Logic

Reversible logic is one of the most important issues at the moment, with the different areas like low power CMOS devices, quantum computing, nanotechnology, cryptography, optical computing, DNA Computing, digital signal processing (DSP) etc. This can be achieved using reversible logic. The main purpose for designing reversible logic is to minimize cost and throughput. Reversible logic considered as a computing model in which there is one-to-one scaling between their input and output. Power distribution is considered as one of the most important aspects while designing circuit. Reversible logic has become an encouraging technology in low power circuit design. That's because back logic uses only very less power, thus resulting in reduced power dissipation. In this report, we proposed a new reversible gate, and with the help of this gate we have designed our asserted D flip-flop by using the two reversible gates i.e. by using Fredkin and Feynman Gate. The proposed design is better in terms of the average power consumed, number of gates and garbage output than existing. In Shift Register, we introduce a reversible D flip-flop by using FRG and FG gate in the place of existing D flip-flop which used Sayem Gate. The asserted design consumes less energy compare to traditional circuitry. Here we use Pseudo expressions (PSDRM). By using this technology there is an improvement in the factors, such as number of transistors, garbage output, quantum cost and power