Sourcing Strategies and Supplier Incentives for Short Life-Cycle Goods Eduard Calvo • Victor Mart´ınez-de-Alb´eniz IESE Business School‚ University of Navarra‚ Av. Pearson 21‚ 08034 Barcelona‚ Spain ecalvo@iese.edu • valbeniz@iese.edu Abstract Multiple sourcing with quick response has been recognized as a useful tool to manage demand risk for short life-cycle goods. However‚ general wisdom has traditionally ignored the effect of these practices on supplier incentives. In this paper we find that when
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noticed it becomes intake; and b) that noticing is a necessary condition for L2 acquisition. In his noticing hypothesis‚ Schmidt (1990‚ 1993‚ 1995; Schmidt & Frota‚ 1986) shed light on focal attention‚ or noticing‚ as a necessary and sufficient condition for input to become intake in SLA‚ by claiming "intake is that part of the input that the learner notices" (1990‚ p. 139). According to Schmidt (1993)‚ second language (L2) learners need to not
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2 2.045 EI P 4 EI Pcr cr 2 L2 L 2 Pcr 2 EI 4L 2 PE 2 EI L2 Page 3 CVEN 9802 Stability What is “effective length” Unified expression of critical load PE 2 EI Pcr 2 K ( KL)2 K : effective length factor Page 4 CVEN 9802 Stability Effective Length • The Effective Length is the length of an equivalent simply supported column that will buckle at the same load as in the example problem! Pcr 2 EI L2 e Le EI Pcr Page 5
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Adult ESL Student Motivation for Participation in Advanced Language Learning A. LANE IGOUDIN‚ M.A.‚ PH.D. Published in 2008 by The CATESOL Journal‚ 20 (1)‚ 27-48. ADULT ESL STUDENT MOTIVATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN ADVANCED LANGUAGE LEARNING 1 Abstract In recent years‚ TESOL has called for the study of the social and cognitive factors that affect adult English learners’ participation in formal language learning. This research project investigated the motivational processes of 10 adult
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Greedy Based Approach to Test Data Compression using Geometric Shapes ABSTRACT Systems-on-a-chip (SOC) are comprised of a collection of pre-designed and preverified cores and user defined logic (UDL). As the complexity of systems-on-a-chip continues to increase‚ the difficulty and cost of testing such chips is increasing rapidly. One of the challenges in testing SOC is dealing with the large size of test data that must be stored in the tester and transferred between the tester and the chip. The
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L1 maintenance and cross-generational shift from L1 to L2 among Vietnamese Americans Social Issues Over the past 3 decades‚ there have been different studies on Vietnamese socialization and adaptation to the United States‚ as well as their language maintenance and shift (Luong‚ 1990; Pham‚ 1990; Bankston & Zhou‚ 1995; Young & Tran‚ 1999; Zhou & Bankston‚ 1994‚ 1998‚ 2000; Chung‚ 2000; McDonald‚ 2000; Nguyen‚ Shin & Krashen‚ 2001). In the field of sociology‚ researchers have used survey and ethnographic
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IJAEA‚ Volume 3‚ Issue 2‚ pp.13-17 (2010) Investigation of Two Phase Bridgeless Interleaved Boost Converter for Power Factor Correction V. Nithin‚ P. Siva Priya‚ N. Siva Sumanth‚ R. Seyezhai & K. Vigneshwar Department of EEE‚ SSN College of Engineering‚ Chennai‚ India E-mail : vommi.nithin@gmail.com‚ sivapriya.pitchuka@gmail.com‚ sumanthnagineni@gmail.com‚ seyezhair@ssn.edu.in & vigneshwarkalaiazhagan@gmail.com Abstract - Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) usually need power conditioning
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Math 385 Supplement: the method of undetermined coefficients It is relatively easy to implement the method of undetermined coefficients as presented in the textbook‚ but not easy to understand why it works. This handout explains the idea behind the method‚ and is aimed at those students who want to understand mathematics at a deeper level. Review of homogeneous equations The homogeneous constant coefficient linear equation an y (n) +· · ·+a1 y +a0 y = 0 has the characteristic polynomial an rn
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MacIntyre‚ P. D.‚ & R. C. Gardner (1991). Methods and results in the study of foreign language anxiety: A review of the literature MacIntyre‚ P. D.‚ R. Clément‚ Z. Dörnyei‚ & K. A. Noels (1998). Conceptualizing willingness to communicate in a L2: A situational model of L2 confidence and affiliation McDonough‚ S. H. (1986). Psychology in foreign language teaching. London: George Allen & Unwin. O ’Malley‚ J. M.‚ & A. U. Chamot (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge
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spondylolisthesis and spondylosis at L4-5 with facet degenerative changes and mild bilateral foraminal narrowing. There is degenerative disc disease at multiple levels‚ particularly at T12-L1 and L1-L2‚ but no stenosis. Mild left-sided foraminal narrowing at L1-L2 and L3-L4 was noted. The patient underwent L2-3‚ L3-4‚ L4-5‚ L5-S1 bilateral facet joint
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