Mammalian cell cultures are intrinsically heterogeneous at different scales (molecular to bioreactor). The cell cycle is at the centre of capturing heterogeneity since it plays a critical role in the growth, death, and productivity of mammalian cell cultures. Current cell cycle models use biological variables (mass/volume/age) that are non-mechanistic, and difficult to experimentally determine,...

This is a longitudinal case study that explored the relationship between use of organizational memory and knowledge, knowledge management, and knowledge worker productivity within the engineering group at a nuclear power plant. Three data points were taken over 5 years. The group used a knowledge management system (KMS) and it was found that the system improved effectiveness/productivity of the...

Capacity management in services to match supply and demand has a direct influence on the ability of the service delivery system to achieve service quality and resource productivity targets. The paper examines some of the propositions for influences of capacity management on quality and resource productivity and for managing capacity. In addition to the “Chase” and “Level” strategies for managin...

measuring the performance of a production system has been an important task in management for purposes of control, planning, etc. lord kelvin said :“when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.” hence, manageme...

This paper exploits a unique dataset to examine the impact of risk management on productivity. I use crop yields as a measure of productivity and crop insurance data to capture risk management practices. An instrumental variables approach suggests that the exogenous portion of the choice to manage risk secures capital which producers use to finance productivity-enhancing investments. This resul...

Japanese Dairy Cattle Productivity Analysis is carried out based on Bayesian Network Model (BNM). Through the experiment with 280 Japanese anestrus Holstein dairy cow, it is found that the estimation for finding out the presence of estrous cycle using BNM represents almost 55% accuracy while considering all samples. On the contrary, almost 73% accurate estimation could be achieved while using s...

Convergence is occurring in the fields of architectural and engineering design, construction, and GIS. The primary goal is to ensure that everyone working on a building, road or highway, and infrastructure project has a seamless flow of design information. The primary business drivers for this transformative technology advance are productivity and efficiency in the design, construction and faci...

this paper talks about the measurement of efficiency and productivity of non-life insurance firms in india. this study is focused on twelve private non-life insurance firms and four public sector non-life insurance firms of india in the period 2008-09 to 2012-13. data envelopment analysis (dea) coupled with malmquist productivity index is used in measuring the efficiency as well as productivity...

“Glass ceilings” and “sticky floors” are typical explanations for the low representation of women in top executive positions, but a focus on gender differences in promotions provides only a partial explanation. We consider the life-cycle of executive employment, which allows for a full characterization of the gender composition of executive management. We establish that there are few women in e...