It is useful to consider the trajectory of both scientific and literary publishing on the gridgroup plane defined by Mary Douglas which arranges attitudes along two axes: one ranging from the hierarchical to the egalitarian, and the other spanning individualistic to communitarian (figure 1). I would contend that, in both cases, there has been a move from the hierarchical/communitarian quadrant ...

This paper studies the role of geographic proximity for interaction on R&D, by exploring the special case of university-industry contacts. While numerous studies find that geographic proximity facilitates spillover effects between university and industry by utilising evidence from e.g. patenting and publishing activities, the geographical dimension is largely understudied in studies that report...

Labour Productivity in the British and South Wales Coal Industry, 1874-1914 Author(s): Barry T. Hirsch and William J. Hausman Reviewed work(s): Source: Economica, New Series, Vol. 50, No. 198 (May, 1983), pp. 145-157 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The London School of Economics and Political Science and The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disc...

EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization of intangible assets) has increased at a compound annual rate of 26%. The Class A Common Stock price has grown in value at a compound annual rate of 27%. By effectively implementing our strategies and delivering value, we have achieved one of the strongest growth records in the publishing industry. How does a firm's optimal output choice ...

Opportunities exist for publishers of opticaLbased information products In two arenas: (1) niche marketing of high-den&y information products in CDROM format, and (2) micro-marketing of tailored information products to a small number of customers. The rnkYcF market publishers will represent a larger industry than the nfche market publishers by 1993. Tomorrow’s products will be built on a techno...

proceedings in India supply a large amount of curious and interesting medico-legal experience, much of which, we fear, is irretrievably lost by burial iu official files and musty accumulations of quickly-forgotten records. It were very desirable that Dr. Mackenzie's industry in preserving notes of his medico-legal postmortems and compiling and publishing them were imitated by Civil Surgeons in ...

Referring to the period prior to the establishment of the then Bureau of Chemistry in 1906 as the snake oil era may seem unkind, but it is not far from the mark. Few nostrums were effective, and fewer still had actual evidence of efficacy. Unrestricted claims of magical cures burst from the pages of newspapers and magazines, to the point that some of the most bellicose voices opposing advertisi...

This paper examines innovation within the UK magazine publishing industry. We find that publishers are able to engage with niche interest groups in order to supply a high value-added product. The paper attempts define the characteristics of the industry and to examine the drivers of innovation through a survey and an exploratory approach to data analysis. We suggest that the frequently employed...

Electronic publishing is one part of a much larger process. There is a research lifecycle from creation of a programme for funded research through research proposals, projects, outputs (including publications), exploitation (both for further scholarly work and for commercial or quality of life benefits) and creation of the next programme. Throughout this lifecycle information is the lifeblood; ...