Today, commercialization, or “going to market” (Friedman, 2002), is particularly challenging, especially given the pressure to do it quickly. Indeed, it has been claimed that the need for speed in development and speed in going to market have a tremendous impact on the dynamics of technology transfer and is the most important driver of change, which means that a firm’s ability to develop and ma...

2014 A transition between a smectic A phase and a smectic A antiphase (SÃ) is observed for the first time in a pure compound : the nitrobenzoyloxybenzoate of heptylphenyl. So far, the anomalies of periodicities which are connected to this type of transition were only detected in cyano systems. Moreover, the solid phase of the inferior homologue of this nitro series is surprisingly influenced by...

I report on two years of participant observation of traditional musicians in Dublin, Ireland. In Irish traditional music, players from all walks of life gather at pub sessions to play tunes together. Due to the ethos of traditional music, the representation of tunes is a constant aesthetic concern. Drawing on the aesthetics of reception, I show how arriving at the proper ‘‘text’’ of a tune pose...