Consider an ideal I ⊂ R = C[x 1 ,. .. , x n ] defining a complex affine variety X ⊂ C n. We describe the components associated to I by means of numerical primary decomposition (NPD). The method is based on the construction of deflation ideal I (d) that defines the deflated variety X (d) in a complex space of higher dimension. For every embedded component there exists d and an isolated component...

This paper seeks to explore how a profound consumer understanding may influence the early stages of a new product development (NPD) process. The issue is examined through a qualitative single case study combined with a literature review. The case study shows how the NPD process is structured and executed in a Swedish furniture company as well as the role consumer insight plays in that process. ...

Article history: Received January 4, 2014 Accepted 1 June 2014 Available online June 11 2014 This paper presents an empirical investigation on new product development (NPD) using a hybrid of quality function deployment (QFD) and analytical network process (ANP). The study is accomplished in one of the biggest auto producers in Iran named Saipa. The study examines whether or not NDP influences p...

Pulmonary fluid clearance is regulated by the active transport of Na(+) and Cl(-) through respiratory epithelial ion channels. Ion channel dysfunction contributes to the pathogenesis of various pulmonary fluid disorders including high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Nasal potential difference (NPD) measurement allows an in vivo investigation of ...

We investigated measurement non-invariance of DSM-IV narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) criteria across age and sex in a population-based cohort sample of 2794 Norwegian twins. Age had a statistically significant effect on the factor mean for NPD. Sex had a statistically significant effect on the factor mean and variance. Controlling for these factor level effects, item-level analysis indi...

We present a photoemission study of the electronic properties of organic-inorganic semiconductor heterojunctions formed between the two hole transport materials, N,N8-diphenyl-N, N8-bis~1-naphthyl!-1-18biphenyl-4,49diamine ~a-NPD! and copper-phthalocyanine ~CuPc!, and InP~110!. The highest occupied molecular orbital of a-NPD ~CuPc! is found to be 0.2 eV below ~0.2 eV above! the InP valence band...

Poor project strategy is one of the major causes of project failure. However, many projects do not adequately develop strategy leading to a poor basis in subsequent phases. Thus, implementation of project strategy is critical to the success of any project. The primary purpose of this study was to validate a model for assessing the relationships among implementation of project strategy, new prod...

Most innovations are incremental, and incremental innovations play an important role for the firm. In spite of that, traditional NPD studies most often emphasize moderate to highly innovative product development projects. In this dissertation the overall objective is to increase our understanding of incremental innovation. The dissertation is organized around four essays that emphasize differen...

BACKGROUND The isolation and production of human monoclonal antibodies is becoming an increasingly important pursuit as biopharmaceutical companies migrate their drug pipelines away from small organic molecules. As such, optimization of monoclonal antibody technologies is important, as this is becoming the new rate-limiting step for discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals. The major li...

P architecture and organizational communication play significant roles in complex product development efforts. By using networks to characterize both product structure and communication patterns, we examine the impact of mismatches between these on new product development (NPD) performance. Specifically, we study the vehicle development process of a major auto company and use vehicle quality (w...