Patrimoine et territoire, les nouvelles ressources du développement by Pierre-Antoine Landel, Nicolas Senil

“…It proposes a second reading of the various works engaged on this notion, tries to bring it some additional elements and confronts these theoretical propositions with a first analysis of the files deposited by the 342 territories having answered the call to project "Pôles d'excellence rurale" launched by the Interministerial Delegation for Territorial Planning and Competitiveness (DIACT) in December, 2005. The analysis of the projects of development, allows in the end to propose an interpretation ofthe notion of sustainable development. …”
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Internationalization strategy and foreign distribution channels: analysis of the brazilian cosmetics company Natura by Silvia Novaes Zilbe, Carlos Henrique Mora Júnior, Francisco Lourenço da Silva

“…This paper describes the internationalization process of the Brazilian company Natura Cosméticos S.A., whose competitive differential is the development of products based on the biodiversity of Brazilian flora. …”
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Long Bean—an Asian Vegetable Emerging in Florida by Kshitij Khatri, Guodong Liu, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Bonnie Wells

“…To diversify vegetable products and increase the Florida vegetable industry's competitiveness, a number of new vegetable crops are rapidly emerging in the state. …”
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Long Bean—an Asian Vegetable Emerging in Florida by Kshitij Khatri, Guodong Liu, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, David Dinkins, Bonnie Wells

“…To diversify vegetable products and increase the Florida vegetable industry's competitiveness, a number of new vegetable crops are rapidly emerging in the state. …”
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Differences in Physical and Psychological Parameters in Sub-Elite, Male, Youth Soccer Players with Jumper's Knee Following Physical Therapy Compared to Healthy Controls: A Longitud... by Marc Niering, Thomas Muehlbauer

“…Moreover, the JK group showed significantly higher incident rates for non-contact lower limb injuries (*d* = 0.69; *p* = 0.049) per 1,000 hours (i.e., practices/competitions), injury-related rest periods (*d* = 2.06; *p* = 0.043), and pain-related training interruptions (*d* = 1.35; *p* \< 0.001)…”
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Outsourcing of IT and Absorptive Capacity: A Multiple Case Study in the Brazilian Insurance Sector by Valter Moreno, Marcello A. S. Coelho, Claudio Pitassi

“…Besides this, companies that neglect outsourcing of IT to leverage their absorptive and innovative capacity can suffer significant harm regarding the use of resources, agility, and competitiveness.…”
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Development And Validation of A Customer Relationship Scale For Airline Companies by Gisela Demo, Kesia Rozzett, Natasha Fogaça, Taila Souza

“…Therefore, it is relevant to study the relationship between customers and airline companies, given that the aviation industry is highly competitive and relatively commoditized. Thus the aim of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure customer’s perception of relationship with airline companies. …”
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Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops by Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Michael D. Dukes

“… Improving irrigation efficiency can contribute greatly to reducing production costs of vegetables, making the industry more competitive and sustainable. Through proper irrigation, average vegetable yields can be maintained (or increased) while minimizing environmental impacts caused by excess applied water and subsequent agrichemical leaching. …”
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La Lutte des classes face à l'internationalisme sportif. by Lorenzo Jalabert D'Amado

“…This important sporting event, scarcely studied by current historiography, is yet fundamental given its leading role in the establishment, during the interwar period, of world's biggests sports competitions.…”
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Competencies and Interactions in Design Management by Cláudia de Souza Libânio, Fernando Gonçalves Amaral

“…The inclusion of design in corporate strategies has been a recurring research theme, and organizations are using it as strategic element for gaining competitive advantage in the long term. Thus, it becomes evident the need to manage design activities, making use of concepts related to competencies, learning, dynamic capabilities and other aspects. …”
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Enhanced zebra optimization algorithm and applications of power allocation in SDWN by LI Jiajia, DONG Ligang, JIANG Xian

“…Experimental results demonstrate that EZOA exhibits superior competitiveness compared to six other well-established algorithms on the IEEE CEC 2014 benchmark function set. …”
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Eco-Innovation in Global Hotel Chains: Designs, Barriers, Incentives and Motivations by Vanessa de Oliveira Menezes, Sieglinde Kindl da Cunha

“…In the respondents´ view, there are more barriers than incentives for the development of this type of innovation and the development is driven in large part as a mean to gain competitive advantage.…”
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Depuis les podiums des reines de beauté : se produire comme femme trans en Bolivie by Pascale Absi

“…Inspired by the conventional Miss competitions, the aim of these contests is to assert the existence and claim the rights of another category of women. …”
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Writing Against Culture with Online Poker by Jukka Jouhki

“…It suggests a highly competitive recreational venture, a postmodern Darwinist challenge. …”
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Effective Attentional Focus Strategies after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Commentary by Harjiv Singh, Alli Gokeler, Anne Benjaminse

“…Individuals after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) have a high rate of reinjury upon return to competitive sports. Deficits in motor control may influence reinjury risk and can be addressed during rehabilitation with motor learning strategies. …”
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Environmental Regulations, Green Innovation and Performance: An Analysis of Industrial Sector Companies from Developed Countries and Emerging Countries by Jaluza Maria Lima Silva Borsatto, Camila Bazani, Lara Amui

“…The main results were that the strictness of the countries’ environmental regulations, and the size of the companies had a statistically significant positive impact only on construct GI2, composed of the variables Global Compact and environmental investments. Countries competitiveness did not positively influence companies’ GI efforts, and the degree of internationalization of companies had no significant effect on any of the GI constructs. …”
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The Economic Impact of the 2011 Florida BASS Federation Tournament to Osceola County and the Event’s Economic Value to Participants by Sherry Larkin, Jessica Georges, Alan Hodges, Michael Allen, Dale Jones

“…Each the state Championship tournament attracts anglers to a competitive event in which participants seek to catch the largest cumulative weight of bass over two days. …”
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BUILDING RESILIENCE: A HOLISTIC APPROACH MAPPRING RISKS IN PORT TERMINALS by Attila Akac, Afroditi Anagnostopoulou

“…The primary goal of the contemporary port industry is to mitigate risks arising from the dynamic competitive landscape. To achieve this, a range of decision-analysis tools, encompassing qualitative and quantitative methods, have been devised based on a comprehensive hazard classification system for global applicability. …”
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Communicating About Water in the Floridan Aquifer Region: Part 3— How the Right Messages and Messengers Can Increase Bipartisan Support for Water Policy by Sadie Hundemer, Shenara Ramadan

“…They may argue that the public should vote “no” because the policy is not fair or is disloyal to impacted communities. In competitive policy scenarios like these, at least two factors affect public support for the policy – moral arguments and the identities of the communicators. …”
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ANALISIS DINAMIKA BAGI HASIL DEPOSITO MUDHARABAH, SUKU BUNGA DAN INFLASI TERHADAP JUMLAH DEPOSITO MUDHARABAH PADA PT. BANK MUAMALAT INDONESIA (2018-2023) by Audiatul Manzilah, Suprihadi Suprihadi

“…This study globally reveals the dynamics of Mudharabah deposits, there by aiding in formulating strategies to enhance the competitiveness of Islamic banks. …”
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