the present study has been done with the aim of exploring the effects of organizational dynamic capabilities on competitive advantage in consulting firms. to do so, a grounded theory method was used which was suitable regarding the explorative nature of the research. seventeen consulting firms were the research sample. the ceos and members of board of directors of these firms were interviewed. ...

Maintenance is what is done in machinery to prevent failure or breakdown. In ancient times no proper planning was carried out to do maintenance with the idea behind being simple machines and easy to control. As time progresses people started to find out that it was necessary to safeguard equipment to reduce costs for continuous growth. Maintenance is best divided its phases by world war two due...

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Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. Program participants--including clients--conduct their own evaluations: an outside evaluator often serves as a coach or additional facilitator depending on internal program capabilities. Empowerment evaluation has three steps: 1) establishing a mission; 2) taking stoc...

We consider the problem of how the CNS learns to control dynamics of a mechanical system. By using a paradigm where a subject's hand interacts with a virtual mechanical environment, we show that learning control is via composition of a model of the imposed dynamics. Some properties of the computational elements with which the CNS composes this model are inferred through the generalization capab...

Research Article Gimun Kim Konyang University [email protected] Bongsik Shin San Diego State University [email protected] Kyung Kyu Kim Yonsei University [email protected] Ho Geun Lee Yonsei University [email protected] More and more publications are highlighting the value of IT in affecting business processes. Recognizing firmlevel dynamic capabilities as key to improved firm performan...

Brain-centered theories of consciousness seem to face insuperable difficulties. While some philosophers now doubt that the hard problem of consciousness will ever be solved, others call for radically new approaches to conscious experience. In this article I resurrect a largely forgotten approach to consciousness known as neorealism. According to neorealism, consciousness is merely a part, or cr...

When agents are liquidity constrained, two options exist — borrow or sell assets. We compare the welfare properties of these options in two economies: in one, agents can borrow (issue inside bonds) and in the other they can sell government bonds (outside bonds). All transactions are voluntary, implying no taxation or forced redemption of private debt. We show that any allocation in the economy ...

Energy usage in many contemporary computing systems is constrained by factors other than computation. The major components of energy use include transferring data onchip in high-performance systems, activating and accessing sensor and display interfaces in wearable and mobile systems, and accessing and refreshing memories in all system types. The relative proportion of energy usage due to facto...