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Lean new product introduction: a UK aerospace perspective (2008)
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Purpose: Lean thinking has revolutionised the approach to manufacturing and there are indications that it can do the same for New Product Introduction [NPI] processes. This paper explores the question “Is the application of Lean principles to NPI suf... Read More about Lean new product introduction: a UK aerospace perspective.
Roads and traffic: From 'predict and provide' to 'making best use' (2008)
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Interferential currents (2008)
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The role of management in preventing construction accidents: A systemic analysis (2008)
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Imaginary construction: Filmic processes within the architectural design studio (2008)
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The discussion of architecture and film has often been “framed” by references to set design and backdrop – the glamour or frisson lent by iconic buildings, the documentation of historical periods and styles through the mise-en scène – which, despite... Read More about Imaginary construction: Filmic processes within the architectural design studio.
Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance initiatives: comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences (2008)
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Growth and sustenance of local democracy, enabling public (especially developmental) policy formulation and facilitating direct service delivery to resident population are three complementary expectations that e-governance could be directed to fulfil... Read More about Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance initiatives: comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences.
Current understandings of paedophilia and the resulting crisis in modern society (2008)
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Death as spectacle: the Paris morgue in Dickens and Browning (2008)
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As an object of macabre fascination, the Paris morgue is without parallel in the Victorian imagination. This article explores the representation of visits to the morgue in Dickens’s Uncommercial Traveller and in Browning’s dramatic monologue “Apparen... Read More about Death as spectacle: the Paris morgue in Dickens and Browning.
Marketing politics… saving democracy (2008)
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This chapter explores the challenge that electoral disengagement and negative public perceptions poses for politicians, political parties and democracy as a whole. It discusses potential strategies to address electoral disengagement and identifies a... Read More about Marketing politics… saving democracy.
Flood insurance in the UK: A survey of the experience of floodplain residents (2008)
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Flood insurance, or the lack of it, is one of the factors that determine whether building on floodplains is sustainable. Availability of insurance can provide flood victims with the financial security to restore, maintain and sell their property b... Read More about Flood insurance in the UK: A survey of the experience of floodplain residents.
Own goals: evaluation and accountability in millennium development planning (2008)
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I will argue that international organizations are caught in the middle of a paradox as they seek to implement international goals in local contexts. It is this: that events and phenomena like schools and educational ideas have what appear to be mutua... Read More about Own goals: evaluation and accountability in millennium development planning.
Entry on Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (2008)
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Entry on Eduard Shevardnadze (2008)
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Entry on Andrei Gromyko (2008)
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