François Jacob studied bacteria and bacteriophages at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, in the second half of the twentieth century. In 1965, Jacob won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [3] with André M. Lwoff and Jacques L. Monod for their work on the genetic control of enzyme synthesis. Jacob studied how genes [4] control and regulate metabolic enzymes in the bacterium Escherichi...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Juhana Peltonen Name of the doctoral dissertation Strategic Management of Entrepreneurial Firms during Recession Publisher School of Science Unit Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 194/2014 Field of research Venture Capital and Private Equity, G...

In his essay "Evolution and Tinkering," published in Science in 1977, François Jacob argues that a common analogy between the process of evolution [4] by natural selection [5] and the methods of engineering is problematic. Instead, he proposes to describe the process of evolution [4] with the concept of bricolage (tinkering). In this essay, Jacob does not deny the importance of the mechanism of...

In his essay "Evolution and Tinkering," published in Science in 1977, François Jacob argues that a common analogy between the process of evolution [4] by natural selection [5] and the methods of engineering is problematic. Instead, he proposes to describe the process of evolution [4] with the concept of bricolage (tinkering). In this essay, Jacob does not deny the importance of the mechanism of...

In his essay "Evolution and Tinkering," published in Science in 1977, François Jacob argues that a common analogy between the process of evolution [4] by natural selection [5] and the methods of engineering is problematic. Instead, he proposes to describe the process of evolution [4] with the concept of bricolage (tinkering). In this essay, Jacob does not deny the importance of the mechanism of...

Contact: Douglas Sipp [email protected] TEL: +81-78-306-3043 RIKEN CDB, Office for Science Communications and International Affairs Something fold, something new: Evolutionary morphology of the turtle shell July 10, 2009 – The elephant’s trunk, the giraffe’s neck, the bat’s wing all provide examples of how evolution tinkers with preexisting body parts, giving rise to adaptations that are simult...

In the cross-border e-commerce industry, millions of small and medium-sized sellers have emerged in recent years. With empowerment Internet platform, these grassroots entrepreneurs, which are generally disadvantaged terms resources, capabilities, costs, etc., overcome a number barriers acquired more equitable participation opportunities fierce market competition. This study explores performance...

This paper is motivated by the pressing need to understand how water use and irrigated agriculture can be transformed in interests of both social environmental sustainability. How such change come about? In particular, given generally mixed results simplified, state-initiated projects engineering, what potential for transformations societal regimes governance anchored everyday practices farmers...