Knowledge and innovation management model in the mezcal industry in Mexico by Antonia Terán-Bustamante, Sandra Nelly Leyva-Hernández, Antonieta Martínez-Velasco

“…A model is made in which the critical factors that impact is identified and quantified to optimally manage the knowledge that generates value and translates into innovation and competitive advantages. The results show that the most relevant factors to adequate knowledge and innovation management are commercialization and marketing capacity, value system model, ancient knowledge, strategic business model, process management, competencies, Business structure model, Facilitators governments, universities, mezcaleros, and indigenous communities.…”
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Estimation of Ask and Bid Prices for Geometric Asian Options by Tao Chen, Kaili Xiang, Xuemei Luo

“…However, in highly competitive financial markets, we observed two prices which are called bid and ask prices; then the unique risk-neutral price fails to hold. …”
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Explicit Design of Innovation Performance Metrics by Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Expansion by Song-Kyoo Kim

“…This new framework of innovation measurement is targeted for implementation at the actual analysis for innovation competitiveness of companies and expected to provide the milestones of measuring the innovation more effectively.…”
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Le rituel du toro-tinku. Systèmes symboliques et structures sociales dans les Andes boliviennes by Claude Le Gouill

“…The toro-tinku thus appears as a new form of competitive game which reveals how the mestizos drew symbolic elements from the comunarios to assert their domination in the troubled agrarian reform context (1953).…”
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Forked Fungus Beetle (suggested common name) Bolitotherus cornutus (Panzer) 1794 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by Ummat Somjee, Andrea Lucky

“…Males use these horns in competitions with rivals for access to reproductive opportunities with females. …”
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La teoría de la regulación: aportes para comprender las dinámicas de desarrollo económico y crisis en el capitalismo industrial del siglo XX by Emilia Ormaechea, Joel Sidler, Julieta Almada

“…Particularly, the configuration of the «golden years of capitalism» is explained by addressing the transition from an extensive accumulation regime to an intensive one, as well as by analyzing the shift from the competitive to monopolistic mode of regulation. Finally, the inherent contradictions within the monopolistic-intensive mode of development are exposed, which affected the previous institutional stability and gave rise to a new crisis of capitalism towards the 1970s.…”
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Learning through mistakes in crisis management as a strategy of low losses in conditions of continuous uncertainty by T. V. Mokeeva

“…It is considered how leaders and the organisations they lead can maintain reputation, financial and operational strength, and competitive advantage in a crisis. The basics of understanding the essence of the crisis, its main factors and origins, are analysed. …”
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A PSO-Based Hybrid Metaheuristic for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problems by Le Zhang, Jinnan Wu

“…Computational results on benchmark instances show that the proposed PSO-based hybrid metaheuristic is competitive with other powerful metaheuristics in the literature.…”
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Value-Competence Based Synergy in the Design and Implementation of University Educational Programs by V. M. Florea, O. A. Volkova, L. A. Kravtsova

“…The value-competence based approach is designed to provide training of highly professional specialists who are in demand by employers and are competitive in the labor market. The University aims at creating a convergent path for the implementation of learning and educational processes. …”
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Pushing Heterojunction Technology Further: Novel Metallization Processes and Architectures by Nicola Frasson, Marco Galiazzo

“… This work provides an overview on the different approaches to make Silicon Hetero-Junction cell (SHJ) production more scalable by investigating alternative metallization processes which can potentially be competitive with the standard Ag-based processes (Ag micro-size). …”
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Technology Transfer Through Company Takeovers by Chinese Investors by Jürgen Matthes

“…Such concerns are exacerbated by the continuing competitive distortions of Chinese state capitalism. …”
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Forked Fungus Beetle (suggested common name) Bolitotherus cornutus (Panzer) 1794 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by Ummat Somjee, Andrea Lucky

“…Males use these horns in competitions with rivals for access to reproductive opportunities with females. …”
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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE FAMILY POLICY IN MODERN RUSSIA by S. Kuzin, O. Kuchmaeva

“…From the impact of family policy depends on the decision of all without an exception of problems - from security, to solve the problem of population reproduction, to the formation of human capital in ensuring the competitiveness of the economy and, ultimately, problem solving, historical survival. …”
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Screening and identification of vascular endothelial cell targeting peptide in gastric cancer through novel integrated in vitro and in vivo strategy by Yan-ting Zhang, Sheng-hui Wang, Li Zhao, Hui-min Wang, Lin Wang, Rong-rong Shi, Si-chao Liang, Bao-feng Li, Bei Chen

“…As the concentration increases, the competitive inhibition rate can be incrementally raised to 93% (p < 0.05). …”
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Il ritorno dell’ordoliberalismo in Europa by Massimo Pendenza

“…Intertwined since the Lippmann Conference in 1938, the two currents, while agreeing on the establishment of a competitive economic order, nevertheless have always held different views on the functioning of the economy. …”
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Florida 4-H Shotgun Record Book by Julie P. Dillard, Gerald Culen

“… This 11-page project book discusses goals of the National 4-H Shooting Sports Program and allows 4-H members to record goals and objectives for the year, 4-H Shooting Sports activities, learning experiences, community service, service, learning, and leadership, equipment inventory, finances related to their projects, practice sessions, competitions, and placings in order to help them document their growth, development, and progress. …”
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Country image and branding of Slovakia by Katarína Kleinová, Johana Űrgeová

“…The paper points at some points of country marketing, for example how European countries could be successful in the situation of global competitiveness, not only taking into account their history or culture but also in the area of product image, such as a country of origin. …”
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A Convolutional Neural Network for Nonrigid Structure from Motion by Yaming Wang, Xiangyang Peng, Wenqing Huang, Meiliang Wang

“…The proposed RONN achieves competitive accuracy on several tested sequences and high visual quality of various real video sequences.…”
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Project 27: Insights Into a Production-centred Study on Art Direction and Love by Contreras Sandra V.

“…For over half a century art directors within the advertising industry have been adapting to the changes occurring in media, culture and the corporate sector, toward enhancing professional performance and competitiveness. These professionals seldom offer explicit justification about the role images play in effective communication. …”
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Trunk Shaker Mechanical Harvesting Systems by Stephen H. Futch, Fritz M. Roka

“…Trunk shake systems are a viable mechanical harvesting system which growers should consider in an effort to lower harvesting costs, increase fruit returns, and remain competitive. This document is HS1005, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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