Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0012
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
In Chapter 11, the conclusions of Chapters 6–10 are used to derive the Four Rules for Maximizing Profits in Transparency for investors and for corporate leaders. Each of the four rules revolves ...
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In Chapter 11, the conclusions of Chapters 6–10 are used to derive the Four Rules for Maximizing Profits in Transparency for investors and for corporate leaders. Each of the four rules revolves around the use of a power node.Less
In Chapter 11, the conclusions of Chapters 6–10 are used to derive the Four Rules for Maximizing Profits in Transparency for investors and for corporate leaders. Each of the four rules revolves around the use of a power node.
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0015
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
Chapter 14 introduces the The Four Rules for Maximizing Profits in Transparency Method and presents a series of step-by-step templates for evaluation and action plans that should be implemented by ...
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Chapter 14 introduces the The Four Rules for Maximizing Profits in Transparency Method and presents a series of step-by-step templates for evaluation and action plans that should be implemented by any business leader or investor who is seriously interested in extraordinary returns. Chapter 15 through 18 contain the operating instructions for implementation of the Four Rules and for using power nodes. These guidelines are illustrated with many specific examples that successful companies have used, as well as with lessons from avoidable mistakes.Less
Chapter 14 introduces the The Four Rules for Maximizing Profits in Transparency Method and presents a series of step-by-step templates for evaluation and action plans that should be implemented by any business leader or investor who is seriously interested in extraordinary returns. Chapter 15 through 18 contain the operating instructions for implementation of the Four Rules and for using power nodes. These guidelines are illustrated with many specific examples that successful companies have used, as well as with lessons from avoidable mistakes.
László Lovász
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780198571278
- eISBN:
- 9780191718885
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198571278.003.0012
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Probability / Statistics
This chapter introduces a matrix, the kth connection matrix, for a given graph parameter and integer k ≥ 0. The properties of these matrices are closely connected with properties of the parameter. ...
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This chapter introduces a matrix, the kth connection matrix, for a given graph parameter and integer k ≥ 0. The properties of these matrices are closely connected with properties of the parameter. For example, the rank of this matrix is considered the minimum number of real numbers that has to be communicated across a node-cut of size k in order to evaluate the invariant. It is shown that other properties of this matrix, like whether it is semidefinite, also turn out to have graph theoretic significance.Less
This chapter introduces a matrix, the kth connection matrix, for a given graph parameter and integer k ≥ 0. The properties of these matrices are closely connected with properties of the parameter. For example, the rank of this matrix is considered the minimum number of real numbers that has to be communicated across a node-cut of size k in order to evaluate the invariant. It is shown that other properties of this matrix, like whether it is semidefinite, also turn out to have graph theoretic significance.
William R. Clark
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195336634
- eISBN:
- 9780199868568
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195336634.003.0001
- Subject:
- Biology, Disease Ecology / Epidemiology
This chapter describes the immune system, and its tissue (bone marrow, lymph nodes), organ (thymus, spleen), and cellular components. The important role of lymphatic circulation is described. Also ...
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This chapter describes the immune system, and its tissue (bone marrow, lymph nodes), organ (thymus, spleen), and cellular components. The important role of lymphatic circulation is described. Also discussed are the challenges faced by the immune system, and how it meets those challenges. The evolution of the immune system in a world filled with predatory microbes is considered.Less
This chapter describes the immune system, and its tissue (bone marrow, lymph nodes), organ (thymus, spleen), and cellular components. The important role of lymphatic circulation is described. Also discussed are the challenges faced by the immune system, and how it meets those challenges. The evolution of the immune system in a world filled with predatory microbes is considered.
D. R. M. Irving
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195378269
- eISBN:
- 9780199864614
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195378269.003.0002
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter explores the twin roles of Manila as a colonial capital and an important node in early modern global networks. It gives a historical overview of the Spanish conquest, the foundation of ...
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This chapter explores the twin roles of Manila as a colonial capital and an important node in early modern global networks. It gives a historical overview of the Spanish conquest, the foundation of Manila, and the economic development of the colony (together with a consideration of the trans‐Pacific galleon trade), besides offering analyses of artistic representations of the Spanish Empire and Manila. In investigating the “contrapuntal” nature of the city's ethnically diverse society, it examines the social and political structures of the three principal ethnolinguistic groups: Filipinos, Chinese, and Spaniards. The presence of other diasporas in the metropolis is also discussed. Manila is described as a point of global convergence for travelers and migrants from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, acting as an attractive destination for merchants, missionaries, exiles, and explorers.Less
This chapter explores the twin roles of Manila as a colonial capital and an important node in early modern global networks. It gives a historical overview of the Spanish conquest, the foundation of Manila, and the economic development of the colony (together with a consideration of the trans‐Pacific galleon trade), besides offering analyses of artistic representations of the Spanish Empire and Manila. In investigating the “contrapuntal” nature of the city's ethnically diverse society, it examines the social and political structures of the three principal ethnolinguistic groups: Filipinos, Chinese, and Spaniards. The presence of other diasporas in the metropolis is also discussed. Manila is described as a point of global convergence for travelers and migrants from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, acting as an attractive destination for merchants, missionaries, exiles, and explorers.
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0013
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
Chapter 12 describes the use of power nodes and explains why the roles of power nodes will expand in transparency.
Chapter 12 describes the use of power nodes and explains why the roles of power nodes will expand in transparency.
Joscha Bach
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195370676
- eISBN:
- 9780199870721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370676.003.0009
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Models and Architectures
This chapter describes an extensive neuro-symbolic toolkit for implementing and testing MicroPsi agents. Topics covered include components, node net editor and simulator, providing an environment for ...
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This chapter describes an extensive neuro-symbolic toolkit for implementing and testing MicroPsi agents. Topics covered include components, node net editor and simulator, providing an environment for agent simulation, controlling agents with node nets, and implementing a Psi agent in a MicroPsi framework.Less
This chapter describes an extensive neuro-symbolic toolkit for implementing and testing MicroPsi agents. Topics covered include components, node net editor and simulator, providing an environment for agent simulation, controlling agents with node nets, and implementing a Psi agent in a MicroPsi framework.
WERNER VOGEL and JÜRGEN R. SCHWARZ
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195082937
- eISBN:
- 9780199865802
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195082937.003.0013
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System
This chapter describes macroscopic membrane currents measured in amphibian and mammalian nodes of Ranvier with the voltage-clamp method. These results are compared with those of single-channel ...
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This chapter describes macroscopic membrane currents measured in amphibian and mammalian nodes of Ranvier with the voltage-clamp method. These results are compared with those of single-channel recordings, which provide important data on channel characteristics in myelinated axons. The results obtained from the calculation of the action potentials with voltage-clamp data obtained from frog, rat, and human nerve fibers are also reviewed. It is shown that the properties of the various new ionic channel types detected with the patch-clamp technique help explain previously unsolved problems concerning the ionic basis of accommodation, resting potential, and various pathophysiological phenomena.Less
This chapter describes macroscopic membrane currents measured in amphibian and mammalian nodes of Ranvier with the voltage-clamp method. These results are compared with those of single-channel recordings, which provide important data on channel characteristics in myelinated axons. The results obtained from the calculation of the action potentials with voltage-clamp data obtained from frog, rat, and human nerve fibers are also reviewed. It is shown that the properties of the various new ionic channel types detected with the patch-clamp technique help explain previously unsolved problems concerning the ionic basis of accommodation, resting potential, and various pathophysiological phenomena.
Neil Tennant
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199655755
- eISBN:
- 9780191742125
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199655755.003.0002
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Logic/Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics/Epistemology
This chapter introduces the basic ideas involved in our formal modeling of belief schemes as finite dependency networks. The chapter emphasizes the epistemological motivation for using each formal ...
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This chapter introduces the basic ideas involved in our formal modeling of belief schemes as finite dependency networks. The chapter emphasizes the epistemological motivation for using each formal constituent. Beliefs are represented by (structure-less) nodes, arranged in steps that transmit justificatory support. Axioms of Configuration govern structural features of a finite dependency network. Nodes that represent current beliefs are black, while all others are white. The inference strokes of steps are usefully colored too: a thick black inference stroke shows that the step in question is transmitting justificatory support; while a pair of thin parallel strokes with white space between them shows that the step is not doing so. (Its premises have been ‘uncoupled' from its conclusion.) Axioms of Coloration ensure a correct epistemological interpretation of an equilibrium state of a network. The coloration convention helps to make vivid the necessary and permissible Action Types when propagating changes in belief. The changes are always made locally, with the continual aim of correcting violations of the Axioms of Coloration as these arise during the process of change. The changes can be initiated either by adopting a new belief (expanding), or by surrendering an old one (contracting). With expansion, the Black Lock constraint is in place; with contraction, it is White Lock. These Locks dictate what corrections are called for in response to each kind of violation of an Axiom of Coloration. The chapter works through many small examples to impart a thorough and vivid understanding of the dynamics of belief change, using these conventions.Less
This chapter introduces the basic ideas involved in our formal modeling of belief schemes as finite dependency networks. The chapter emphasizes the epistemological motivation for using each formal constituent. Beliefs are represented by (structure-less) nodes, arranged in steps that transmit justificatory support. Axioms of Configuration govern structural features of a finite dependency network. Nodes that represent current beliefs are black, while all others are white. The inference strokes of steps are usefully colored too: a thick black inference stroke shows that the step in question is transmitting justificatory support; while a pair of thin parallel strokes with white space between them shows that the step is not doing so. (Its premises have been ‘uncoupled' from its conclusion.) Axioms of Coloration ensure a correct epistemological interpretation of an equilibrium state of a network. The coloration convention helps to make vivid the necessary and permissible Action Types when propagating changes in belief. The changes are always made locally, with the continual aim of correcting violations of the Axioms of Coloration as these arise during the process of change. The changes can be initiated either by adopting a new belief (expanding), or by surrendering an old one (contracting). With expansion, the Black Lock constraint is in place; with contraction, it is White Lock. These Locks dictate what corrections are called for in response to each kind of violation of an Axiom of Coloration. The chapter works through many small examples to impart a thorough and vivid understanding of the dynamics of belief change, using these conventions.
Ludwig Lichtheim
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195177640
- eISBN:
- 9780199864799
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177640.003.0020
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Sensory and Motor Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience
This chapter presents a paper published by Ludwig Lichtheim in 1885. The paper on aphasia contained diagrams of the cerebral representation of language processing. All of these schema and diagrams ...
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This chapter presents a paper published by Ludwig Lichtheim in 1885. The paper on aphasia contained diagrams of the cerebral representation of language processing. All of these schema and diagrams were inspired by Wernicke's ideas and hypotheses about how the brain has nodes and connections, and about how these can be injured to produce the various types of aphasia. These diagrams are still widely used in behavioral neurology and aphasia research.Less
This chapter presents a paper published by Ludwig Lichtheim in 1885. The paper on aphasia contained diagrams of the cerebral representation of language processing. All of these schema and diagrams were inspired by Wernicke's ideas and hypotheses about how the brain has nodes and connections, and about how these can be injured to produce the various types of aphasia. These diagrams are still widely used in behavioral neurology and aphasia research.
Naama Friedmann
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195177640
- eISBN:
- 9780199864799
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177640.003.0005
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Sensory and Motor Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience
Agrammatic aphasia, a deficit that usually occurs following brain lesion in Broca's area and its vicinity in the left hemisphere, causes individuals to lose their ability to produce syntactically ...
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Agrammatic aphasia, a deficit that usually occurs following brain lesion in Broca's area and its vicinity in the left hemisphere, causes individuals to lose their ability to produce syntactically well-formed sentences. According to syntactic theories within the generative tradition, when we produce and understand sentences, they are represented as phrase markers or syntactic trees. In these syntactic trees, content and function words are represented in different nodes. Functional nodes include inflectional nodes: an agreement phrase (AgrP), which represents agreement between the subject and the verb in person, gender and number; and a tense phrase (TP), representing tense inflection of the verb. The highest phrasal node in the tree is the complementizer phrase (CP), which hosts complementizers, which are embedding elements like “that,” and Wh morphemes such as “where” and “what.” This chapter presents a set of experiments that systematically explored the status of syntactic structures that relate to these functional nodes in agrammatic production, proceeding from the bottom to the top nodes: AgrP and TP, and then various structures that relate to the CP. It is suggested that what underlies the syntactic deficit in agrammatic production is the inability to project syntactic trees up to their highest nodes.Less
Agrammatic aphasia, a deficit that usually occurs following brain lesion in Broca's area and its vicinity in the left hemisphere, causes individuals to lose their ability to produce syntactically well-formed sentences. According to syntactic theories within the generative tradition, when we produce and understand sentences, they are represented as phrase markers or syntactic trees. In these syntactic trees, content and function words are represented in different nodes. Functional nodes include inflectional nodes: an agreement phrase (AgrP), which represents agreement between the subject and the verb in person, gender and number; and a tense phrase (TP), representing tense inflection of the verb. The highest phrasal node in the tree is the complementizer phrase (CP), which hosts complementizers, which are embedding elements like “that,” and Wh morphemes such as “where” and “what.” This chapter presents a set of experiments that systematically explored the status of syntactic structures that relate to these functional nodes in agrammatic production, proceeding from the bottom to the top nodes: AgrP and TP, and then various structures that relate to the CP. It is suggested that what underlies the syntactic deficit in agrammatic production is the inability to project syntactic trees up to their highest nodes.
Jun Abe and Norbert Hornstein
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199644933
- eISBN:
- 9780191741609
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199644933.003.0008
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax and Morphology
The question raised in this chapter is why string-vacuous movement is insensitive to locality effects. It argues that, although such movement creates a normal chain, it is the bottom copy that is ...
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The question raised in this chapter is why string-vacuous movement is insensitive to locality effects. It argues that, although such movement creates a normal chain, it is the bottom copy that is pronounced due to the fact that overt movement must have a PF effect. Since such locality effects, as caused by the Right Roof Constraint (RRC) and island conditions, apply only to “overt” movement, it follows that string-vacuous movement does not show locality effects. Thus, the chapter supports Sabbagh”s (2007) Across-the-Board (ATB) movement analysis of Right Node Raising (RNR): the latter always involves ATB movement. This idea is implemented in Lasnikian (2001) fashion: copy deletion as it applies within ATB chains results in the elimination of “offending” copies, thereby “saving” otherwise illicit derivations. The authors show that a refinement of Sabbagh”s analysis accommodates Japanese Left Node Raising (LNR) constructions, the mirror image of English RNR structures.Less
The question raised in this chapter is why string-vacuous movement is insensitive to locality effects. It argues that, although such movement creates a normal chain, it is the bottom copy that is pronounced due to the fact that overt movement must have a PF effect. Since such locality effects, as caused by the Right Roof Constraint (RRC) and island conditions, apply only to “overt” movement, it follows that string-vacuous movement does not show locality effects. Thus, the chapter supports Sabbagh”s (2007) Across-the-Board (ATB) movement analysis of Right Node Raising (RNR): the latter always involves ATB movement. This idea is implemented in Lasnikian (2001) fashion: copy deletion as it applies within ATB chains results in the elimination of “offending” copies, thereby “saving” otherwise illicit derivations. The authors show that a refinement of Sabbagh”s analysis accommodates Japanese Left Node Raising (LNR) constructions, the mirror image of English RNR structures.
Mia A. M. de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
Profit Power Economics brings together cutting-edge economics, network mathematics, and business experience to give readers a clear grasp of the underlying forces that are reshaping our ...
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Profit Power Economics brings together cutting-edge economics, network mathematics, and business experience to give readers a clear grasp of the underlying forces that are reshaping our business world. This groundbreaking book offers nothing less than a new economic paradigm for our age—as well as the practical tools to make the most of it. Challenging, insightful and practical, Profit Power Economics will change the way you think, compete, and invest. This book demonstrates that the emergence of perfect information is transforming our business fundamentals so dramatically that this is grounds for doubting many familiar principles of mainstream economics. Profit Power Economics provocatively declares that it is time that we update our ideas about competition, business models, mass consumer markets, even the nature of winning itself. What are the new rules for corporate leaders and investors to maximize returns? What are the new strategies? This book argues convincingly that profit power—the ability to retain your own enterprise's profitability and extract returns from others; and use the leverage that derives from it to orchestrate business relationships and to win over competitors and customers—is the key. In Profit Power Economics, readers get all the basics to navigate today's economy, including the 12 power nodes and the Four Rules for Maximizing Profits. These help readers to identify the most profitable enterprise elements; decide what to own; structure and manage modern global enterprises; win in 3-dimensional corporate competition; and win in mass-markets by using the powerlaw dynamics of networked decision-makers.Less
Profit Power Economics brings together cutting-edge economics, network mathematics, and business experience to give readers a clear grasp of the underlying forces that are reshaping our business world. This groundbreaking book offers nothing less than a new economic paradigm for our age—as well as the practical tools to make the most of it. Challenging, insightful and practical, Profit Power Economics will change the way you think, compete, and invest. This book demonstrates that the emergence of perfect information is transforming our business fundamentals so dramatically that this is grounds for doubting many familiar principles of mainstream economics. Profit Power Economics provocatively declares that it is time that we update our ideas about competition, business models, mass consumer markets, even the nature of winning itself. What are the new rules for corporate leaders and investors to maximize returns? What are the new strategies? This book argues convincingly that profit power—the ability to retain your own enterprise's profitability and extract returns from others; and use the leverage that derives from it to orchestrate business relationships and to win over competitors and customers—is the key. In Profit Power Economics, readers get all the basics to navigate today's economy, including the 12 power nodes and the Four Rules for Maximizing Profits. These help readers to identify the most profitable enterprise elements; decide what to own; structure and manage modern global enterprises; win in 3-dimensional corporate competition; and win in mass-markets by using the powerlaw dynamics of networked decision-makers.
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0002
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
Chapter 1 introduces Profit Power—the ability to retain your own profitability and extract returns from others; and use the leverage that derives from it to orchestrate business relationships and to ...
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Chapter 1 introduces Profit Power—the ability to retain your own profitability and extract returns from others; and use the leverage that derives from it to orchestrate business relationships and to win over competitors and customers—and asserts that profit power is the key to achieving extraordinary returns. Being best is not good enough. The sources of profit power are called power nodes. This chapter provides concrete examples of how power nodes work to produce extraordinary returns.Less
Chapter 1 introduces Profit Power—the ability to retain your own profitability and extract returns from others; and use the leverage that derives from it to orchestrate business relationships and to win over competitors and customers—and asserts that profit power is the key to achieving extraordinary returns. Being best is not good enough. The sources of profit power are called power nodes. This chapter provides concrete examples of how power nodes work to produce extraordinary returns.
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
In Chapter 5 the new economic paradigm for the 21st century—a paradigm that is consistent with the emergence of perfect information—is introduced. This chapter demonstrates that due to the second ...
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In Chapter 5 the new economic paradigm for the 21st century—a paradigm that is consistent with the emergence of perfect information—is introduced. This chapter demonstrates that due to the second inevitable trend, in transparency several aspects of mainstream economics need to be revisited. For instance, in transparency the two conditions for a general equilibrium cannot coexist, hence a general equilibrium is not possible. Also, the often-used simplifying assumption of normal distributions is not valid. Extraordinary profits and profit power, in contrast, are being proven to be valid economic concepts. In transparency, interdependence of decision making will turn a group into a network. For instance, an economic aggregate, such as “buyers,” becomes a network. The question is what kind of network. Powerlaw distributions—and powerlaw networks—can provide a new paradigm under certain conditions. These four conditions for powerlaw network dynamics in economic aggregates are derived in this chapter. This is the basis for the economics of perfect information, powerlaw economics.Less
In Chapter 5 the new economic paradigm for the 21st century—a paradigm that is consistent with the emergence of perfect information—is introduced. This chapter demonstrates that due to the second inevitable trend, in transparency several aspects of mainstream economics need to be revisited. For instance, in transparency the two conditions for a general equilibrium cannot coexist, hence a general equilibrium is not possible. Also, the often-used simplifying assumption of normal distributions is not valid. Extraordinary profits and profit power, in contrast, are being proven to be valid economic concepts. In transparency, interdependence of decision making will turn a group into a network. For instance, an economic aggregate, such as “buyers,” becomes a network. The question is what kind of network. Powerlaw distributions—and powerlaw networks—can provide a new paradigm under certain conditions. These four conditions for powerlaw network dynamics in economic aggregates are derived in this chapter. This is the basis for the economics of perfect information, powerlaw economics.
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0008
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
The enterprise elements or activities that have profit power will earn the highest returns. These sources of profit power are power nodes. In transparency it will be possible, and also critical, to ...
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The enterprise elements or activities that have profit power will earn the highest returns. These sources of profit power are power nodes. In transparency it will be possible, and also critical, to focus company effort, ownership, and investments on the activities that have or are power nodes.Less
The enterprise elements or activities that have profit power will earn the highest returns. These sources of profit power are power nodes. In transparency it will be possible, and also critical, to focus company effort, ownership, and investments on the activities that have or are power nodes.
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0014
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
This chapter provides the definition and detailed description for each of the 12 Power Nodes, with real-world examples based on the author's experience or the experience of other successful ...
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This chapter provides the definition and detailed description for each of the 12 Power Nodes, with real-world examples based on the author's experience or the experience of other successful companies. Chapter 13 also discusses how investors or companies can find, acquire or create these power nodesLess
This chapter provides the definition and detailed description for each of the 12 Power Nodes, with real-world examples based on the author's experience or the experience of other successful companies. Chapter 13 also discusses how investors or companies can find, acquire or create these power nodes
Mia de Kuijper
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171631
- eISBN:
- 9780199871353
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171631.003.0016
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
Chapter 15 contains the operating instructions for implementation of the first of the Four Rules
Chapter 15 contains the operating instructions for implementation of the first of the Four Rules
Norvin Richards
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262013765
- eISBN:
- 9780262282369
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262013765.001.0001
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology
This book investigates the conditions imposed upon syntax by the need to create syntactic objects that can be interpreted by phonology — that is, objects which can be pronounced. Drawing extensively ...
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This book investigates the conditions imposed upon syntax by the need to create syntactic objects that can be interpreted by phonology — that is, objects which can be pronounced. Drawing extensively on linguistic data from a variety of languages, including Japanese, Basque, Tagalog, Spanish, Kinande (Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Chaha (Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia), it makes two new proposals about the relationship between syntax and phonology. The first, “Distinctness,” has to do with the process of imposing a linear order on the constituents of the tree. The book claims that syntactic nodes with many properties in common cannot be directly linearized and must be kept structurally distant from each other. It argues that a variety of syntactic phenomena can be explained by this generalization, including much of what has traditionally been covered by case theory. The book’s second proposal, “Beyond Strength and Weakness,” is an attempt to predict, for any given language, whether that language will exhibit overt or covert wh-movement. The book argues that we can predict whether or not a language can leave wh in situ by investigating more general properties of its prosody. This proposal offers an explanation for a cross-linguistic difference — that wh-phrases move overtly in some languages and covertly in others — that has hitherto been simply stipulated. In both these areas, it appears that syntax begins constructing a phonological representation earlier than previously thought; constraints on both word order and prosody begin at the beginning of the derivation.Less
This book investigates the conditions imposed upon syntax by the need to create syntactic objects that can be interpreted by phonology — that is, objects which can be pronounced. Drawing extensively on linguistic data from a variety of languages, including Japanese, Basque, Tagalog, Spanish, Kinande (Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Chaha (Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia), it makes two new proposals about the relationship between syntax and phonology. The first, “Distinctness,” has to do with the process of imposing a linear order on the constituents of the tree. The book claims that syntactic nodes with many properties in common cannot be directly linearized and must be kept structurally distant from each other. It argues that a variety of syntactic phenomena can be explained by this generalization, including much of what has traditionally been covered by case theory. The book’s second proposal, “Beyond Strength and Weakness,” is an attempt to predict, for any given language, whether that language will exhibit overt or covert wh-movement. The book argues that we can predict whether or not a language can leave wh in situ by investigating more general properties of its prosody. This proposal offers an explanation for a cross-linguistic difference — that wh-phrases move overtly in some languages and covertly in others — that has hitherto been simply stipulated. In both these areas, it appears that syntax begins constructing a phonological representation earlier than previously thought; constraints on both word order and prosody begin at the beginning of the derivation.
Peter Hoskin and Wendy Makin
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780192628114
- eISBN:
- 9780191730115
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192628114.003.0019
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses malignancies, the origin of which is relatively unknown. Metastatic cancer of which the primary site is unknown accounts for up to 10 per cent of new diagnoses of malignancy. ...
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This chapter discusses malignancies, the origin of which is relatively unknown. Metastatic cancer of which the primary site is unknown accounts for up to 10 per cent of new diagnoses of malignancy. Metastatic cancer of unknown primary site is a devastating and bewildering diagnosis for the patient and the family, and poses a great dilemma to the clinician. The inability to pinpoint the primary site of malignancy is an interplay of several factors, which may include previously missed diagnosis and missed small primary tumour. Topics discussed include confirmation of the malignancy, definition of the type of tumour, and prognosis of the disease. Also included are the different malignancies and their possible site of origin. These are metastatic of the neck lymph nodes, metastatic of other lymph nodes, and metastatic of other tissues.Less
This chapter discusses malignancies, the origin of which is relatively unknown. Metastatic cancer of which the primary site is unknown accounts for up to 10 per cent of new diagnoses of malignancy. Metastatic cancer of unknown primary site is a devastating and bewildering diagnosis for the patient and the family, and poses a great dilemma to the clinician. The inability to pinpoint the primary site of malignancy is an interplay of several factors, which may include previously missed diagnosis and missed small primary tumour. Topics discussed include confirmation of the malignancy, definition of the type of tumour, and prognosis of the disease. Also included are the different malignancies and their possible site of origin. These are metastatic of the neck lymph nodes, metastatic of other lymph nodes, and metastatic of other tissues.
