Companies may deploy lots of powerful technology, but a close examination of successful supply chains shows they also pay a lot of attention to their employees, says John Gattorna of the Centre for Supply Chain Research at Australia's University of Wollongong.
Plankton are microscopic organisms, key to the marine food chain, but research suggests they are in decline.
BBC: Seafarer science: Sailors asked to help measure plankton
Areas range from arts administration and marketing research to supply chain management and real estate.
Our region offers a strong manufacturing and supply chain base, world-class research facilities, a highly-skilled workforce, and economic development organizations that foster innovation and entrepreneurship.
These chemicals may speed one of the most fundamental reactions in genetic research, called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), by allowing scientists to perform it at higher temperatures.
Ms McPhie said research by one major pub chain had found St George's Day was now its busiest single-day celebration, behind St Patrick's Day and Mother's Day.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | St George's Day grows in strength
The restructuring actions announced today are expected to result in reductions primarily in inkjet-related infrastructure as well as positions in research and development, supply chain and other support functions.
ENGADGET: Lexmark announces detailed restructuring plan: 1,700 layoffs, inkjet business to be nixed
Second, disruptive new business models are overwhelmingly likely to be hybrids that bring together at least two different innovations in areas that include product design, supply chain organization, retailing models, materials science research, manufacturing and organizational effectiveness.
FORBES: Why We Need To Rebuild The U.S. Manufacturing Sector
The NIH is now expanding its study, conducting research at a telecommunications company and a chain of nursing homes.
For example, southern Nevada and Arizona, already national leaders in solar energy innovation and production, could coordinate with universities and leading private solar developers to host a solar energy innovation center to conduct research on the entire solar energy supply chain.
FORBES: The Mountain West Can Lead The Way On Energy Innovation
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The bee-research team went on to confirm via polymerase chain reaction that hives with colony collapse disorder were far more likely to have IAPV.
Instead, what the United States needs to build a competitive clean energy sector capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs across the clean energy value chain is a comprehensive set of sustained public investments in cleantech research and innovation, education and workforce training, advanced manufacturing, and market creation ( more on that strategy here).
Faced with collapsing fish populations, whether the disappearance of the cod fishery on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland or the failure of the North Sea herring fisheries, the reaction has been one of half-hearted measures: too little done too late in a chain of endless procrastination excused by the need for ever more scientific research.
In a concerted effort to raise awareness with legislators, key trade associations such as the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the Council for Affordable Health Coverage, and the American Academy of Family Physicians launched Prescriptions for a Healthy America.
FORBES: Merck, CVS Caremark, PhRMA And Others Band Together To Promote Medication Adherence
The Family Research Council's president, Tony Perkins, recently defended the chief executive of restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, who had criticized gay marriage.
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