Research report: November 2010 Creative clusters and innovation Putting creativity on the map Caroline Chapain‚ Phil Cooke‚ Lisa De Propris‚ Stewart MacNeill and Juan Mateos-Garcia Disclaimer This work contains statistical data from ONS which is Crown copyright and reproduced with the permission of the controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland. The use of the ONS statistical data in this work does not imply the endorsement of the ONS in relation to the interpretation or analysis
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“Lucent technologies is a company that designs and delivers the systems‚ software and services that drives the next generation communications networks. They are backed by Bell Labs research and development” (Fraser & Ormiston‚ p 79‚ para 2). “They use their strengths in mobility‚ optical‚ access‚ data and voice networking technologies‚ as well as services‚ to create new revenue generating opportunities. This makes it possible to help them better manage their networks. Their customers include
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Wind Technologies (WT) has been a supplier of many different varieties of weather related radar and instrumentation. In 1986 the company focused its production on wind profiling radar systems that measure wind and atmospheric conditions. Management of Wind Technologies felt as though this consolidation would position the company as an industry leader in the future in a market that would have little competition. This consolidation was mainly due to being purchased by Vaitra‚ a high technology European
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Clearwater Technologies Amanda Moore Problem Clearwater Technologies’ problem is that end-user pricing for a capacity upgrade to the QTX server needed to be agreed upon in the upcoming meeting. Finance wants to increase revenue‚ sales wants to keep prices fair and management wants prices to stay within the margin model. Mark Jefferies‚ Vice President of Marketing‚ is presiding over the meeting of Hillary Hanson‚ Brian James‚ and Rob Erickson. After listening to the suggestions of the
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“BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP” the alarm screams out louder than ever. “It’s only 6 am “I moan tiredly to myself. AS I slowly get ready for my last day of school as a year 12‚ ready to graduate‚ I start to think about the previous years of my school life. I slip out of the creased sheets laid on my bed‚ and I get a flashback of back when I was in kindergarten. I was just another kid in the New Year. I had no idea where anything was and no friends. I resume making my bed as I see something fall out of the
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Case Study: UPS Competes Globally with Information Technology 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? The Inputs to the UPS package tracking system includes the following shipping information: Customers signatures Pick-up information Delivery information Time card information Processing involves using the data captured above to update information on the central computer. Outputs include the delivery status and position of a parcel. 2. What technologies
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Factors Contributing to Esterline’s Performance Esterline Technologies’ performance seems like nothing short of amazing‚ speaking to the true potential of the lean manufacturing concepts when adopted correctly. The factors contributing to Esterline’s performance varied greatly. The change in their approach to problems had a dramatic impact on their successful performance. Placing more recent initiatives to improve processes in the hands of employee teams gave employees the freedom to choose what
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper reports on a case study of the successful use of various constituents of the Information Systems and Technology that are implemented in an entrepreneurship organization‚ Dubizzle.com‚ in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It seeks to communicate‚ and demonstrate how technology affects competition in today’s market place. In addition‚ the paper provides some guides in analyzing the needs for integrating technology in the corporate strategy. In order to achieve the above
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1. The most redundant aspect of the EVOC system is that the EVOC software is installed on two different servers across Anaheim. If Anaheim were to come under attack‚ having the two servers reduces the chances of a total crash in the system. If one system were to be destroyed or tampered with‚ there would be a back-up system to rely on. 2. The EVOC system is a wireless system that gathers information from as many relevant sources that it can. This is important because the wireless ability allows
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Cities and the Creative Class Richard Florida∗ Carnegie Mellon University Cities and regions have long captured the imagination of sociologists‚ economists‚ and urbanists. From Alfred Marshall to Robert Park and Jane Jacobs‚ cities have been seen as cauldrons of diversity and difference and as fonts for creativity and innovation. Yet until recently‚ social scientists concerned with regional growth and development have focused mainly on the role of firms in cities‚ and particularly on how
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