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Through an empirical study of working time in the United Kingdom, we explore the scope for initiatives based on corporate social responsibility (CSR) to engender voluntary action by employers to raise labour standards. Our evidence suggests that a CSR-based approach faces considerable problems of implementation in this area, in large part because the legal mechanisms which might underpin CSR ('reflexive
Plant Science
Redundancy is sometimes seen only by the uncritical: Does Arabidopsis need six malic enzyme isoforms?2009 •
Working Papers of Centre for German and European Studies
Intra-Organizational Communication Networks and Success in Innovation Projects: Comparing the Cases of German Mechanical Engineering Companies2012 •
A key source of innovation is collaboration of actors within and between organizations. A deeper understanding of the relations between innovation and collaboration implies revealing the linkages between various types of communication structures and innovation success. In our contribution we empirically explore how intra-organizational network communication structures influence the success of innovation projects. To do that we run a cross-case analysis of 4 German medium-sized mechanical engineering companies, which are successful innovators and market leaders. First, drawing on 57 guideline- oriented interviews we map network communication structures developed by project participants of each company in the product innovation process. Second, we identify profiles of companies’ innovation success categorized in ‘economic’, ‘technical’, ‘social’, and ‘organizational’ dimensions. Third, comparing the cases, we look for interdependencies between the dimensions of innovation success and specific network configurations using such measures as centrality and centralization, constraint, density, as well as the relation of strong and weak ties, both for formal and informal communication structures. The results question the existing consensuses and show that sometimes a large amount of communication lowers success in innovation, decentralization does not always benefit innovation projects, while higher constraint levels may raise the innovativeness of actors. We also establish which actors take the key positions in the communication networks of successfully innovating companies. Additionally, we discuss the results of correlation and regression analysis carried out to give an insight into the relations between informal and formal networks and the success of innovation projects.
Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Advanced oxidation process by electron-beam-irradiation-induced decomposition of pollutants in industrial effluents2002 •
Electron-beam irradiation considered on advanced oxidation process induces the decomposition of pollutants in industrial effluent. Experiments were conducted using a radiation dynamics electron beam accelerator with 1.5MeV energy and 37kW power. The effluent samples from an industrial complex were irradiated using the IPEN's liquid effluent irradiation pilot plant. The experiments were conducted using one sample from each of eight separate
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Journal of Natural Products
Dereplication, Residual Complexity, and Rational Naming: The Case of the Actaea Triterpenes2012 •
Environmental Chemistry
Comparative evaluation of iron leach from different sources of fly ash under atmospherically relevant conditions2016 •
Environmental contextIron, a limiting nutrient of plankton in the ocean, is deposited to the sea from atmospheric aerosols. In particular, atmospheric acidic conditions promote dissolution of iron from fly ash, a by-product of coal-fired power plants. Here, we report that the iron leached from fly ash depends on its source region, and that the type of combustion process may influence the iron species mobilized. Fly ash, an iron-containing by-product of coal-fired power plants, has been observed in atmospheric aerosol plumes. Under the acidic atmospheric conditions resulting from the uptake of atmospheric gases, iron leached from fly ash can impact global biogeochemical cycles. However, the fly ash source region, as well as its generating power plant, plays an important role in the amount, speciation and lability of iron. Yet no comparative studies have been made on iron leached from fly ash from different sources. This study reports the iron mobilisation by proton-promoted dissoluti...
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Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Metastable states, relaxation times and free-energy barriers in finite-dimensional glassy systems2006 •
Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International
Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Properties of Malpighiaceae Family and Its Potential Impact for Oral Cavity Infectious Diseases2020 •
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Activation of Hes1 and Msx1 in Transgenic Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Increases Differentiation into Neural Crest Derivatives2018 •
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Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
Densidade de um planossolo sob sistemas de cultivo avaliada por meio da tomografia computadorizada de raios gamaO Público e o Privado
Tráfico de pessoas, órgãos e partes de corpo humano em MoçambiqueNew Journal of Physics
The influence of x-ray pulse length on space-charge effects in optical pump/x-ray probe photoemission2019 •
arXiv (Cornell University)
Concordance and isotopy of metrics with positive scalar curvature2012 •
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Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis Of Disease
Cyclic GMP catabolism up-regulation in MRL/lpr lupus-prone mice is associated with organ remodeling2014 •