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Product-centric Information Management: A Case Study of a Shared Platform with Blockchain Technology

Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Product-centric information management is a key concept in understanding the interoperability between increasingly intelligent and autonomous goods in distributed computing architectures. In the same way as consumers are an important source of data in contemporary platforms, products — especially durable and capital goods — can be considered equally valuable for industries that have not yet been platformatized. By exploiting a blockchain technology approach, this paper makes an effort to combine product-centric information management with platform literature in order to understand possible development trajectories for multi-sided platforms, across industry sectors.

Through a novel perspective, this paper offers new insights into product-centric information management and shows that blockchain technology can have interesting and useful applications in the architectural design of industrial platforms. The paper concludes with some managerial implications about the nature...

Merchantilism and Global Security

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Merchantilism and Global Security

HighTechnology, Economic Policies and World Developmen

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

HighTechnology, Economic Policies and World Developmen

They Are Not Us: Why American Ownership Still Matters

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

They Are Not Us: Why American Ownership Still Matters

Corporate Strategy Lessons From the Trade Disaster: You Can't Control What You Can't Produce Competitively

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Corporate Strategy Lessons From the Trade Disaster: You Can't Control What You Can't Produce Competitively

The New Media, Telecommunications, and Development: The Choices for the United States and Japan

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The New Media, Telecommunications, and Development: The Choices for the United States and Japan

Institutions, Politics and Industrial Policy in France

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Institutions, Politics and Industrial Policy in France

Countertrade, Offsets, Barter, and Buybacks: A Crisis in the Making

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Countertrade, Offsets, Barter, and Buybacks: A Crisis in the Making

Antidotes To Regionalism: Responses to Trade Diversion Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Antidotes To Regionalism: Responses to Trade Diversion Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement

Reversing Atrrition: A Strategic Reponse to the Erosion of U.S. Leadership in Microelectronics

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Reversing Atrrition: A Strategic Reponse to the Erosion of U.S. Leadership in Microelectronics

International Production Networks and Changing Trade Patterns in East Asia: The Case of the Electronics Industry

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

International Production Networks and Changing Trade Patterns in East Asia: The Case of the Electronics Industry

Beating Our Plowshares into Double-Edged Swords: The Impact of Pentagon Policies on the Commercialization of Advanced Technologies

Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Beating Our Plowshares into Double-Edged Swords: The Impact of Pentagon Policies on the Commercialization of Advanced Technologies

New Technologies in a Traditional Sector: The Benetton Case

Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

New Technologies in a Traditional Sector: The Benetton Case

Creating Advantage: Strategic Policy for National Competitiveness

Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Recognizing Mendelian disorders should improve health care for persons with strong familial risks for common chronic diseases. The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database was reviewed to identify Mendelian disorders featuring 17 common chronic diseases, including 9 cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, and 7 common cancers. Mendelian disorders were selected if any one of the 17 diseases was reported in more than two families manifesting in adulthood. Patterns of chronic diseases and modes of inheritance associated with these Mendelian disorders are described. The GeneTests/Reviews database and other websites were reviewed to determine availability of genetic testing and management and prevention recommendations for the selected disorders. Of 2,592 (OMIM) entries reviewed, 188 Mendelian disorders were selected. Most (67.7%) are autosomal dominant disorders. Almost half (45.8%) feature combinations of the chronic diseases under study. At least one gene is known for...

Conditionality and Adjustment in Socialist Eonomies: Hungary and Yugoslavia

Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The ability of predators to reduce prey populations is generally ascribed to the consumption of prey individuals. However, predators may also induce behavioral changes in prey, individuals, which can reduce prey survival and reproduction. Pea aphid populations are impacted by a variety of predators, many of which induce escape responses in individual aphids. We created disturbance-only predators (surgically manipulated predators that were unable to consume prey, but were still able to forage and interact with prey) and measured their ability to suppress aphid population growth over a six-day period. The greatest reduction in aphid population growth was caused by normal predators that were able to both consume and disturb aphids, but aphid population growth was also strongly reduced by nonconsumptive, disturbance-only predators. These field experiments are the first to show that predators reduce prey population growth partly through predator-induced changes in prey behavior,...

PERCEPTIONS OF WORK REORGANIZATION: Interviews with Business and Labor Leaders in Four Industries

Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

PERCEPTIONS OF WORK REORGANIZATION: Interviews with Business and Labor Leaders in Four Industries

MITI, MPT, and the Telecom Wars: How Japan Makes Policy for High Technology

Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Objective: With the advent of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has come the awareness that blood pressure (BP) normally drops, or "dips," at night by roughly 10%. A number of pathological conditions have been associated with the nondipping of nocturnal BP. In general, researchers have looked at dipping in neurological and cardiovascular disorders. We examined the extent to which nocturnal nondipping might be influenced by relatively gross measures of social environment. Methods: This study examined 78 healthy adults and adults with mild hypertension who were not currently receiving medication, aged 25 to 52 years (mean age = 38.2). Forty-two participants self-identified as black and 36 identified as white. Results: Age, body mass index, apnea-hypopnea index, screening BP, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) were significantly associated with nocturnal BP dipping, accounting for 41% of the variance in dipping (F[6,51] = 5.473, p <.001). When SES was entered on the...

The Chemistry of Dependence: Cars, Chemical and Technological Change in the US, Germany and Japan

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The Chemistry of Dependence: Cars, Chemical and Technological Change in the US, Germany and Japan

The U.S. and the World Economy in Transition

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

In the United States, 48 million adults smoke 3.5-5 x 10(11) cigarettes/year. Many cigarettes are smoked in private residences, causing regular environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure to roughly 31 million nonsmokers (11% of the US population), including 16 million juveniles. (Upper bound estimates are 53 million exposed nonsmokers including 28 million juveniles.) ETS contains many chemical species whose industrial emissions are regulated by the US federal government as hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). In this paper, average daily residential exposures to and intakes of 16 HAPs in ETS are estimated for US nonsmokers who live with smokers. The evaluation is based on material-balance modeling; utilizes published data on smoking habits, demographics, and housing; and incorporates newly reported exposure-relevant emission factors. The ratio of estimated average exposure concentrations to reference concentrations is close to or greater than one for acrolein, acetaldehyde, 1,3-butadiene,...

Adjusting the U.S. Trade Imbalance: A Black Hole in the World of Economy

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Adjusting the U.S. Trade Imbalance: A Black Hole in the World of Economy

Are Labor-Management Partnerships For Competitiveness Possible In America? The U.S. Auto Industry Examined

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Are Labor-Management Partnerships For Competitiveness Possible In America? The U.S. Auto Industry Examined

From Public Access to Private Connections: Network Policy and National Advantage

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

From Public Access to Private Connections: Network Policy and National Advantage

Semiconductors: From Manipulated to Managed Trade

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Semiconductors: From Manipulated to Managed Trade

Paths Towards The Informational Society: A Comparative Analysis of the Transformation of Employment Structure in the G-7 Countries, 1920-2005

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Paths Towards The Informational Society: A Comparative Analysis of the Transformation of Employment Structure in the G-7 Countries, 1920-2005

From Communications and Innovation, To Business Organization and Territory The Production Networks of Swift Meat Packing and Dell Computer

Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

From Communications and Innovation, To Business Organization and Territory The Production Networks of Swift Meat Packing and Dell Computer

Europe as Protagonist

Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Europe as Protagonist

Organizing Venture Capital: The Rise and Demise of American Research & Development Corporation, 1946-1973

Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Organizing Venture Capital: The Rise and Demise of American Research & Development Corporation, 1946-1973

What Went Wrong: Aggregate Demand, Structural Reform, and the Politics of 1990s Japan

Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

What Went Wrong: Aggregate Demand, Structural Reform, and the Politics of 1990s Japan

Globalization and Production

Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Globalization and Production

Rural Telecenter Impact Assessments and the Political Economy of ICT of Development (ICT4D)

Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Rural Telecenter Impact Assessments and the Political Economy of ICT of Development (ICT4D)

VANS Role in the Advanced Network Infrastructure

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

VANS Role in the Advanced Network Infrastructure

Consensus Decision-Making at the GATT and WTO: Linkage and Law in a Neorealist Model of Institutions

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Consensus Decision-Making at the GATT and WTO: Linkage and Law in a Neorealist Model of Institutions

US-EU Cooperation in Competition Policy in Asia: Trade Policy at the Newest Frontier

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

US-EU Cooperation in Competition Policy in Asia: Trade Policy at the Newest Frontier

Technology and International Trade Performance in the Most Advanced Countries

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Technology and International Trade Performance in the Most Advanced Countries

Corporate Nationality Can Matter A lot

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Corporate Nationality Can Matter A lot

Change and Continuity in Japan's Telecommunications Policy

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Change and Continuity in Japan's Telecommunications Policy

From Spin-Off to Spin-On: Redefining the Military's Role in Technology Development

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

From Spin-Off to Spin-On: Redefining the Military's Role in Technology Development

Technological and Trade Competition in High-Tech Products

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Technological and Trade Competition in High-Tech Products

Power, Wealth, and Technology: Industrial Decline and American National Security

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Power, Wealth, and Technology: Industrial Decline and American National Security

The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Legal Analysis of Effects and Opportunities

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Legal Analysis of Effects and Opportunities

New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Electronics Industry--The Role of International Cooperation

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

New Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan's Electronics Industry--The Role of International Cooperation

The Politics of Trade and Environment in the United States

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Politics of Trade and Environment in the United States

Institution Building within the NAFTA Context: An Evaluation of Policy Initiations from the Transnational Grassroots

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Institution Building within the NAFTA Context: An Evaluation of Policy Initiations from the Transnational Grassroots

Industrial Competitiveness and American National Security

Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Industrial Competitiveness and American National Security

Taiwan Aerospace and McDonnell Douglas: A Strategic Perspective on the National Interest in the Commercial Aircraft Industry