designing for complexity and growth

Designing for Sensors and the Future of Experiences

Designing for Sensors and the Future of Experiences

Ngày tải lên : 03/07/2014, 14:01
... Thinking refers to the methods and processes for investigating ill-defined problems, acquiring information, analyzing knowledge, and positing solutions in the design and planning fields As a style ... considered the ability to combine empathy for the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of insights and solutions, and rationality to analyze and fit solutions to the context http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking ... http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/27/back-to-the-future-in-lego/ futurist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling “Design and Futurism are not the same thing - design is a method of action and futurism is a method of vision.” http://www.core77.com/blog/events/notes_from_bruce_sterling_at_cca_4659.asp...
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House Prices, Credit Growth, and Excess Volatility: Implications for Monetary and Macroprudential Policy pptx

House Prices, Credit Growth, and Excess Volatility: Implications for Monetary and Macroprudential Policy pptx

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 08:20
... Rứisland, Anders Vredin, seminar participants at the Norges Bank Macro-Finance Forum, the 2012 Meeting of the International Finance and Banking Society, and the 2012 Meeting of the Society for ... Shiller (1981) and LeRoy and Porter (1981) have shown that stock prices See, for example, Roxburgh, et al (2012) Examples include Iacoviello (2005), Iacoviello and Neri (2010), and Walentin and Sellin ... knowledge is imperfect 12 See, for example, Kannan, Rabanal and Scott (2009), Angelini, Neri, and Panetta (2010), Christensen and Meh (2011), and Lambertini, Mendicino and Punzi (2011) then, the...
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brave nui world designing natural user interfaces for touch and gesture

brave nui world designing natural user interfaces for touch and gesture

Ngày tải lên : 30/05/2014, 23:29
... languages to format text; as a result, the text was just a series of commands and text objects The commands controlled layout and appearance and thus manipulated the output space GUIs and the generation ... created opportunities for the growth of computing and its adoption into many aspects of our lives As computers have increased in power and decreased in size and cost, new form factors have been ... (pulldown menus) and forms (dialog boxes and property sheets) In some cases, such as spreadsheets, the interaction style includes command-like elements, that is, complex formulas and sophisticated...
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designing forms for sharepoint and infopath elektronisk ressurs using infopath designer 2010

designing forms for sharepoint and infopath elektronisk ressurs using infopath designer 2010

Ngày tải lên : 31/05/2014, 00:19
... Import and Export Methods 984 981 Foreword Designing Forms for SharePoint and InfoPath is a hands-on introduction to Microsoft InfoPath Like the Web, InfoPath continues to grow and change and has ... E-Mail Forms 499 Designing and Using InfoPath E-Mail Forms 501 Creating Rules for InfoPath E-Mail Forms 505 Storing Received Forms in Outlook Folders 507 Filling Out an InfoPath E-Mail Form 509 ... Jaime, my love and my life, for putting up with my two jobs and helping me stay strong through the end And to my parents, Stuart and Christine, for their perseverance in love and for being the...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Coefficient, distortion and growth inequalities for certain close-to-convex functions" docx

Báo cáo hóa học: " Coefficient, distortion and growth inequalities for certain close-to-convex functions" docx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 22:20
... function; for example, this leads to the distortion and growth estimates for univalent functions as well as the rotation theorem In the next theorem, we derive the distortion and growth estimates for ... expansion, it follows that d2 = a2 and d3 = 2a2 − a3 and hence | d3 − μd2 | = | a3 − (2 − μ)a2 | 2 Our result follows at once from this identity and Theorem Distortion and growth theorems The second ... investigated by Kowalczyk and Leś-Bomba [8] They proved the sharp distortion and growth estimates for functions in Ks (γ ) as well as some sufficient conditions in terms of the coefficient for function to...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 1 potx

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 1 potx

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY Optimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses To a loving family (Mom, Dad, Pam, Lorraine, and Christine) and a God that is love GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY ... subordinates and customers for time and attention In spite of these demands, one objective always must remain at the fore: turning a profit and turning it quickly For many small and emerging ... accounting and finance area In this and other ways, the finance function dictates how effectively the organization approaches prospective customers and handles existing ones Skill at budgeting and forecasting...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 2 pot

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 2 pot

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... the speed and accuracy with which orders for merchandise and services are communicated This paperless model for handling customers and vendors, however, may require attention to system and application ... Human resources Budgets and Forecasts For publicly traded companies, budgeting and forecasting play an integral role in relating to the external community Because earnings and growth estimates drive ... business environment will demand them For example, infrastructure may suit a small and emerging business in the short run, but increasing demands for information and new ways to serve customers...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 3 ppt

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 3 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... more and more people These initiatives in their raw, disconnected form shape the finance function For example, the need for performance measurement and Street expectations spawns a budget and forecast ... budgeting, and data processing is key to an organization girding itself for the changing business environment Measuring performance For the small and emerging business owner, growth is inevitable for ... operations, pulling together the information-gathering and reporting efforts under one umbrella is necessary Small and emerging business owners with ambitious goals for the growth of the company must...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 4 pot

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 4 pot

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... checkbook and make customer deposits Mark and Andrew Year Keep company checkbooks and make customer deposits Minimal pro forma financial statements prepared to facilitate product orders Mark and Andrew ... matures and the challenges become more complicated This reasoning suggests that Mark and Andrew Palmer should understand each other’s level of commitment to the growth of the company and the ... market for these candles in university alumni, students, ASSESSING NEEDS 71 and others The demand for their product is rooted in the intrinsic allegiance to the universities themselves and not...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 5 docx

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 5 docx

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... demand relevant and accurate data to analyze Corraling these internal data customers and understanding their needs may be easier for the small and emerging business owner than surveying the landscape ... secured in the past year Amanda enacted an incentive program for the sales regions, which has led to a steady increase in revenue and a heavier demand for rugs Revenue for Chaban’s Magic Carpets ... and collect taxes based on two platforms: (1) income and (2) sales and use Each state defines income in its own terms and puts the burden on the business to report income properly The rules for...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 6 docx

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 6 docx

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... in creating platforms to handle current needs and expand to manage future ones What types of data will be demanded of the organization? Reporting financial data will take many forms; however, ... need for standard and nonstandard data analysis Companies that employ economic value-added (EVA) models or dynamic valuations of the business may seek data to manipulate and fashion into nonstandard ... users of the data wastes time and money Staying in touch with current and prospective data customers and their needs is less about algorithms, formulas, and check lists and more about the culture...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 7 pps

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 7 pps

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... language to it A policies and procedures manual and CDS will work hand-in-hand in serving as a platform for processes and reporting CDS will expand as the organization grows, and this should be expected ... standard for sales force and data entry personnel This standard defines the company’s methodology by which product is to be shipped to customers This standard aligns sales force, customers, and ... standard, company-wide profit and loss line items are more readily defined This aids in defining buckets for revenue and expense recognition This is an important standard for multiproduct and...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 8 pptx

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 8 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... (1) the capacity to translate data into formal or informal presentation formats and (2) identifying and developing analysis paradigms, growth models, and metrics to aid in decision 192 FINANCIAL ... commonly used financial statements Understanding the difference between standard and nonstandard reporting Understanding the difference between internal and external reporting Recognizing the impact ... crucial to provide guidance for new users and a context for systems components Maintenance and development will be dependent on understanding not only what applications and systems components exist...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 9 docx

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 9 docx

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... intangibles for both local and foreign GAAP purposes CREATING MODELS FOR INTERNAL ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT Value of Internal Analysis Models Preparing financial statements and creating models and analysis ... classified data elements Examples of the former are revenue, margin, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), and net income These measuring tools are straightforward and consist of certain line item ... in the form of balance sheet and P&L ratios Ratios can convey very powerful information regarding a company’s well-being and performance They also can be relatively complex to construct and decipher...
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GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 10 potx

GROWTH AND PROFITABILITYOptimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses phần 10 potx

Ngày tải lên : 06/08/2014, 10:20
... 211 need for, 191 policies and procedures and, 200 prospective, 209 purpose of, 192 reorganization and, 213–214 257 standard and nonstandard, 194–196 tax laws and, 212 time-to-close and, 212–213 ... whole Professionals who are part of the finance function and recognize the need for uniformity and discipline will understand that enhancements and upgrades must be tethered to good discipline that ... strategy document Search for and hire controller Search for and hire IS consultant Search for and hire Hyperion Enterprise developer Search for and hire AccPac developer Develop Strategy Executive...
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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evaluation of competition and light estimation indices for predicting diameter growth in mature boreal mixed forests" pdf

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Evaluation of competition and light estimation indices for predicting diameter growth in mature boreal mixed forests" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 16:21
... superior A multiplicative model may perform well for juvenile and mid-rotation growth, but for mature stands, size and competition appear to have additive effects For the neighbourhood crowding index, ... Messier and Dr Stephen Titus provided helpful input on this project REFERENCES [1] Alberta Land and Forest Services, Land and Forest Services Permanent Sample Plot Field Procedures Manual, For Manage ... measures and growth models for predicting plantation red pine diameter and height growth, For Sci 30 (1984) 731–743 [37] Navratil S., MacIsaac D.A., Juvenile growth of white spruce and deciduous...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "The relative importance of cork harvesting and climate for stem radial growth of Quercus suber " doc

Báo cáo khoa học: "The relative importance of cork harvesting and climate for stem radial growth of Quercus suber " doc

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 14:21
... minimum air temperatures (Autumn-Winter, WmT and Spring, SmT); years after cork harvesting (H); and level of stand management, M (0 for HPu, for CJM, and for HPp) n = 95 -.5 -.75 M -1 -1 -.75 -.5 ... cork harvesting Values are shown for recently harvested trees (white symbols; “90”, at CJM; “92”, at HPu and HPp), and for trees harvested in 1986 and 1988 (grey and dark circles, CJM) Each symbol ... slow growth of Q suber, its large heterogeneity (size, form, age) and the recurrent cork harvesting Here we present a first study of the effects of cork harvesting and climate on stem radial growth...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " relationships for carbon and nitrogen during early growth of Juglans regia L. seedlings: analysis at two elevated CO concentrations 2" doc

Báo cáo khoa học: " relationships for carbon and nitrogen during early growth of Juglans regia L. seedlings: analysis at two elevated CO concentrations 2" doc

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 14:21
... consequences of the expected gain in photoassimilated C on growth and on the patterns of C and N partitioning between sources and sinks of seedlings, and specifically addressed the following set of questions ... in C assimilation alter 1) the import of maternal C and N, 2) N uptake and assimilation, 3) partitioning of C and N between shoot and roots and 4) the time lapse prior to a complete independence ... weighed and ground to a fine , homogeneous powder with a laboratory mill Samples were stored at -20 °C before analysis of biochemical content and isotope composition Total C and N contents and isotope...
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