A country of perpetual pilot projects

A Comparative Study of Automotive NPD’S Performance Indicators between Industry and University Based Projects in a Developing Country.

New product development (NPD) is described in the literature as the transformation of a market opportunity into a product available for sale [ ]. In the automotive industry, within the context of ISO/TS (the automotive quality management system international standard), consists of Three main phases such as planning, Implementation and sales. There are also five sub phases called “Plan...

A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Educational Techniques in Teaching Basic Arthroscopic Skills in a Low-Income Country

Background: Little is known about how to introduce complex technologies like arthroscopy into low-income countries. Thus, we compared low- versus high-resource intensive methods of teaching basic arthroscopic skills in a randomized controlled trial in Haiti. Methods: Forty-eight Haitian orthopaedic surgeons and residents attending an orthopaedic conference in Haiti were block randomized to rec...

Pilot Projects in Water Management

Pilot projects appear in many forms in policy making and management. In an effort to understand the nature and use of pilot projects and improve their effectiveness, we undertake a practicebased and theoretical study of the pilot project phenomenon. First, we examine the roles assigned to pilot projects in the policy development literature and explore their use in a Dutch water innovation platf...

Lessons Learned on Mainstreaming Pilot Projects into Larger Projects

List of Cehs Standard Pilot Projects Awards

The mechanism by which ultraviolet (UV) light aggravates the symptoms of the autoimmune disorder lupus erythematous (LE) is not clear. This is a problem because it signifies a lack of understanding of LE photosensitivity and represents a barrier to predicting patient disease outcomes. The objective of this interdisciplinary, collaborative pilot project is to examine how the small, excised, dama...