... performance management across the business on more tangible measures such as carbon, water and waste emissions management, as well as on intangible assets such as the value of trust, reputation and effective ... Majority of consumers demand products and services that address sustainability challenges 89% 89% 92% Educational systems and business schools develop mindsets and skills to address sustainability 89% ... transparency and sustainable operations, as well as the demand for sustainable products and services, along the supply chain to their suppliers Retailers such as WalMart, through their Sustainability Assessment,...
... countries This was achieved in the Basle Accords (Basle I and II) It had disastrous consequences because of regulation arbitrage Basle I was based on a risk classification of assets and forced banks ... that will minimize this risk De Grauwe argues that this approach is unworkable because the risks that matter for universal banks are tail risks, associated with bubbles and crashes These cannot ... that will minimize this risk We argue that this approach is unworkable because the risks that matter for banks are tail risks, associated with bubbles and crashes These cannot be quantified As a...
... first American books written about Japanese business, Japan s Managerial System, Harvard Business School professor Michael Yoshino explained that the basic building block of Japanese social structure ... Special discounts on bulk quantities of AMACOM books are available to corporations, professional associations, and other organizations For details, contact Special Sales Department, AMACOM, a ... human passions, and manages those passions in its customers, its employees, and its leaders, will create value faster than its competitors DoCoMo is a fantastic example Here sa company that went...
... gets upset,” says Yasuko 18 DoCoMo: Japan s Wireless Tsunami Masako Accessorizes Any good mobile phone user in Japan—whether they use DoCoMo, JPhone, or Au—knows about carrying straps Yasuko has ... we suspect kicks in strongly at times of stress and overload Most important, there sa strong human theme apparent in the customers who made imode a runaway success Think of Yasuko, Masako, and ... invest more and take more risks—does not help them Early adopter satisfaction doesn’t necessarily translate into mass appeal This creates the “chasm” into which your innovation might easily fall...
... it, classical economics was all about inequalities, which had always existed: rich and poor, lords and peasants, samurai and farmers, popes and parishioners Some theorists, like Karl Marx, saw economic ... than ever available before the Asian financial crisis Quadrant Quadrant structural strength U .S Japan Korea Quadrant Quadrant China Low Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Low speculative appeal High Five ... Taking What No One Else Wants In both steel and automobiles, Japan was taking advantage of all of the classic second mover advantages (see Box 2-8) But the Japanese caught up with and surpassed...
... the rest of the world—and that Japan can measure up to this standard Sensing Success Tachikawa believes that Japan can address this new level of inequality and take anew position in the global ... inside After all, the insiders—as at DoCoMo—already know what they can Our favorite example, perhaps because it seems almost as crazy as Tachikawa s 500 percent market penetration, is one of Sam ... company s unparalleled success As his successor, Keiji Tachikawa points out, DoCoMo s success is largely a product of Ohboshi s vision It was Ohboshi who envisioned the potential for a successful...
... costs in the United States In 88 DoCoMo: Japan s Wireless Tsunami essence, this just reflected different cost structures; about three times as many Americans were using cellular phones, so American ... posed an equal threat Although DoCoMo s financial results looked good overall, Ohboshi was concerned about weakening market share in Osaka and Nagoya After a few months it was clear that the market ... analysis is summarized in Appendix A For DoCoMo, Ohboshi saw, this strategy would have implications far beyond marketing As he and his team started to envision what anew “emotional” marketplace...
... ideas about starting a strong, innovative team at DoCoMo, Hashimoto knew how to find the right people The first name on his lips was Mari Matsunaga Matsunaga s background was even less traditional ... realized that Sasakawa s friend just happened to be the president of this potentially huge partner Knowing these inside stories, it s not hard to see someone like Takao Sasakawa—or Mari Matsunaga, who ... described and translate them into business plans that would capture the attention of sophisticated venture capitalists He was also a real salesman, known for stopping just short of exaggeration when...
... symbols of innovation, style, and quality, as obvious in their leadership as Cadillac had been to their parents Naturally, there was a rhetorical response Lest Americans and Europeans panic about ... budgets would make an American CPA blush And it shouldn’t be any surprise to Americans who have visited Japan why this island nation dominates the animation and video game markets—on any subway train ... that s based on self-assessments If you assume that these professionals are fairly accurate in their judgments, then it s clear that a huge amount of potential—the energy to create new value—is...
... generations of literary analysis cannot successfully what Russian peasants did in their spare time Talk with Eliza You’ve probably met this machine-based therapist, or at least heard of her Eliza ... requires flashes of insight Having fun encourages those irreplaceable bursts of learning As Arie de Geus, who at Royal Dutch Shell set new standards for creative strategy, has put it: “Play is the ... innovation is a mysterious process that calls on the deep- est parts of ourselves I The process just plain hurts 168 DoCoMo: Japan s Wireless Tsunami A Long Shot Think about what you’re asking...
... hyperisland approach has always provided: safety So it shouldn’t surprise us that a Japanese citizen, a businessman, even, might perceive the outside world as a dangerous and unpredictable ocean ... outspokenness and his hard-driving nature He has a reputation for managing in a particularly hard-nosed “Western” manner But among 200 DoCoMo: Japan s Wireless Tsunami all the Western and Japanese managers ... already has an impressive past, built by skillful and fortunate use of human passions But that, in the end, is history As always, you can draw lessons from it that may improve your own decisions Ultimately,...
... live all over Japan At first glance, it sa funky, almost trivial idea—mobile phones and vending machines? Almost as weird as…cartoon screensavers Serious analysis of the trials has shown that ... diversify the way mobile telephones are used in one step Usage of data transmission and facsimile transmission has started increasing already Karaoke on demand using mobile telephones and use of ... multimedia Access,” as DoCoMo calls its 3G service), is proceeding rapidly, with 100,000 subscribers as of April 2002 FOMA is already available in most major Japanese cities and, at current rates,...
... postpartum psychiatric caseness 10% depressive illness, anxiety disorders Results General Health Questionnaire 28, Psychiatric Assessment Schedule at 6–8 weeks postpartum Goldberg s Standardised ... A, eds., Psychosocial aspects of depression New Jersey, Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates Kumar R (1994) Postnatal mental illness: a transcultural perspective Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric ... Project, Tanzania; Mary Jane Alexander, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, USA; Faiza Anwar, Women s Health Educator, Australia; Victor Aparicio Basauri, WHO Collaborating Centre, Spain;...
... a system of global missile defenses is but the first task of transformation; the need to reshape U .S conventional forces is almost as pressing For, although American armed forces possess capabilities ... United States must In Southeast maintain and Asia, American tighten its ties forces are too with the Republic of Korea sparse to address and Japan In rising security Southeast Asia, requirements only ... generally at peace, the new strategic center of concern appears to be shifting to East Asia The missions for America s armed forces have not Today, America diminished so spends less than much as shifted...
... experiments are in progress to assay its activity towards an open hydroxychalcone structure and to analyse other fundamental aspects of the enzyme–substrate interactions Acknowledgements This research ... Activity was measured using 100 lM kaempferol as substrate at saturating concentrations of S- adenosyl-L-methionine and expressed as nkatÆmg protein)1 Values are the mean of 10 different measurements 4¢-OMT ... solvent at a flow rate of 0.5 mLÆmin)1 The enzyme molecular mass was then re-checked through flatbed PAGE, using a PhastSystemTM (Amersham) electrophoresis system and precast high density PhastGel slabs...
... assayed for activity SDTG was also analysed by positive ionization nanoelectrospray MS using the Q-Tof (Micromass UK Ltd, Manchester, UK) mass spectrometer A capillary voltage of 1000 V and a sampling ... of mutants was also performed as described by Labrou et al [14], but purification was achieved by using the affinity adsorbent Cibacron blue 3GA–Sepharose, adsorbed at 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer, ... product was assessed by ascending analytical TLC on silica gel 60 plates with a fluorescent indicator, using propan-2-ol/acetic acid/water (4 : : 1, v/v/v) as the solvent system, and by HPLC on a C18...
... conformity assessment system Standard compliance is an important element of export diversification strategy Standards serve as a catalyst for technical and administrative change, enabling industries to ... International Trade Classification Sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures State Statistics Committee of Ukraine Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States Integrated Tariff ... Overall, the Ukrainian export structure is heavily biased toward so-called “sensitive commodities,”such as metals and chemicals, that are particularly exposed to protectionism in global markets and...
... periphery, sPLA2-IIA is regarded as an inflammatory protein, and is involved in inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, atherosclerosis, acute lung injury, sepsis and cancer [25,29-32] Secretory sPLA2-IIA ... Total sPLA2-IIA-positive astrocytes Plaque-associated sPLA2-IIA-positive astrocytes2 CA3 region Inferior temporal gyrus 1Astrocyte counts are given as percent of all GFAP-positive astrocytes Values ... transcribed with random hexamers using Superscript III reverse transcriptase (Invitrogen, CA) as previously described [13,39] RT-PCR was carried out to assess sPLA2-IIA mRNA expression in astrocyte...
... bienestar Madrid: Pirámide Psicolog a; 2005 Lazarus RS, Folkman S: Estr s y procesos cognitivos (Spanish translation of Stress, appraisal and coping) Barcelona: Martínez Roca; 1984:46 Lazarus R: ... procedure was observed A team of researchers comprising a native translator, two clinical psychologists and a psychiatrist worked together to achieve the translation of Farber 's texts into Spanish and ... Farber BA San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers; 1991:72-97 Farber BA: Idealism and Disillusionment: Who Teaches, Who Leaves, and Why In Crisis in Education Stress and Burnout in the American Teacher...