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A Competency-Based Lens for Exploring Higher Education Opportunities
In the current fast-paced environment, learners want flexibility in timing and content as they seek relevant credentials to be successful. For institutions of higher education (IHEs) to be relevant, they must address the...
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Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A Semantic File System for Integrated Product Data Management
A mechatronic system is a synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, electronic and software technologies into electromechanical systems. Unfortunately, mechanical, electrical, and software data are often handled in...
Information Requirements Analysis for Holonic Manufacturing Systems in a Virtual Environment
The design and development of holonic manufacturing systems requires careful, and sometimes risky, decision making to ensure that they will successfully satisfy the demands of an ever-changing market. In this paper, the authors...
Public good provision and ancillary benefits
Several studies found ancillary benefits of the provision of public goods to be of considerable size. If these additional private benefits were noticed, they would imply not only higher cooperative but also non-cooperative...
Structural and relational interdependence and entrepreneurial orientation in small and medium-sized enterprises
This article examines the intermediary role of internal knowledge-sharing in the relationship between two aspects of small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) internal organisational context: structural and relational...
Smart manufacturability analysis for digital product development
Cloud-Based Design and Manufacturing is a service-oriented networked product development model in which service consumers are enabled to configure, select and utilize customized product realization services ranging from...
Aligning orthodontic education
INTRODUCTION: General dentists are qualified to manage orthodontic emergencies within their scope of practice. This may involve advice, hands-on intervention or referral to a specialist orthodontist. This study aimed to assess...
When good conflict gets better and bad conflict becomes worse
This research investigates the moderating effect of social capital on the conflict-innovation relationship and poses the argument that social interaction amplifies the beneficial effect of task conflict and the harmful effect of...
Software-defined cloud manufacturing for industry 4.0
Many of the world’s leading industrial nations have invested in national initiatives to foster advanced manufacturing, innovation,and design for the globalized world. Much of this investment has been driven by visions such as...
Perceptions of adverse work conditions and innovative behavior
This study investigates how employees' perceptions of adverse work conditions might discourage innovative behavior and the possible buffering roles of relational resources. Data from a Mexican-based organization reveal that...
An Investigation into Utilizing Current Information Technologies to Provide Engineering Education to Sub-Saharan Africa
Engineering education is one of the key factors for the development of any nation. Nowhere is this
more true than in Sub-Saharan Africa, where a dearth of engineers has contributed to the lowest
regional standard of...
more true than in Sub-Saharan Africa, where a dearth of engineers has contributed to the lowest
regional standard of...
State-of-the-art cooling and lubrication for machining Inconel 718
Inconel 718 is the most used nickel superalloys with applications in aerospace, oil&gas, nuclear and chemical industries. It is mostly used for safety-critical components where the condition of the surface is a significant...
Descriptive Norms and Guilt Aversion
It has been argued that guilt aversion (the desire to meet others’ expectations) and the social norm compliance (the desire to act similarly to other individuals in the same situation) are important drivers of human behavior....
On Servitization of the Manufacturing Industry in the UK
For a number of years, an increase in manufacturing-related service activities being provided by third parties rather than “in-house”
departments has been observed. This trend appears to be strengthening in the context of...
departments has been observed. This trend appears to be strengthening in the context of...
Guidelines for successful crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is defined as the process of taking a project or business, in need of investment, and asking a large group of people to supply this investment. This phenomena has exponentially increased in popularity over the last...
COVID‐19 and the future of CSR research
Research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) flourished pre-COVD-19 and could reasonably claim to be one of the most widely read and cited sub-fields of management. However, the pandemic has clearly challenged a number of...
On Servitization of the Manufacturing Industry in the UK
For a number of years, an increase in manufacturing-related service activities being provided by third parties rather than “in-house”
departments has been observed. This trend appears to be strengthening in the context of...
departments has been observed. This trend appears to be strengthening in the context of...
Social product development
With increasing globalization and 21st century trends such as the personalization and commoditization of technology, product design has become a level playing field for both engineering professionals and members of the maker’s...
COVID‐19 and the future of CSR research
Research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) flourished pre-COVD-19 and could reasonably claim to be one of the most widely read and cited sub-fields of management. However, the pandemic has clearly challenged a number of...
Social product development
With increasing globalization and 21st century trends such as the personalization and commoditization of technology, product design has become a level playing field for both engineering professionals and members of the maker’s...
Experimental and computational investigations on the effects of deep-temperature emulsion on the turning of Inconel 718 alloy
Nickel-based superalloys, for instance Inconel 718, are applied in extreme conditions due to their excellent high-temperature strength. However, the same thermomechanical properties make the machining of Inconel 718 a challenge....
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