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Sports Retailinf in India: Opportunities, Constraints and Way Forward [PDF]

open access: yes
Sports retail is a small but fast growing segment of modern retail in India. Recently, thecountry has been hosting many international sports and this has given a boost to thissector.
Arpita Mukherjee   +3 more
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Sports consumption behaviour among generation Y in mainland China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Chinese Government has relaxed its tight control over sport (Stensholt 2004), the country is set to host the 2008 Olympic Games and every major sport franchise in the world is making plans for a full assault on the Chinese market.
Jocumsen, Graham   +2 more
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Safety Considerations in Deployment of Robotic Systems – A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An in‐depth understanding of the risks related to robotic systems is crucial to guarantee safety throughout all stages of robot design and operations. This required a thorough risk assessment following international standards. This study presents a systematic review of previous research on safety considerations in the design of robotic systems,
Adedire D. Adesiji   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Attitude Problems’: Racializing Hierarchies of Affect in Post‐Brown U.S. Science Education

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Attending to the affect of minoritized students now appears crucial to promoting just and dignity‐affirming science education. Yet, elevating affect as an objective of science learning has a history that predates equity reforms. This study explores the politics of scientific uptakes of affect that have long served to mark hierarchical ...
Kathryn L. Kirchgasler
wiley   +1 more source

Human variability, task complexity and motivation contribution in manufacturing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper is a preliminary study of the human contribution to variability in manufacturing industry and how motivation and learning play a key role in this contribution.
Case, Keith   +3 more
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Toward Sustainable Development Through Industrial Symbiosis: Enabling Circular Economy in the Plastic Supply Chain

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The plastics sector faces serious sustainability challenges, and recent literature emphasizes the need for collaborative networks to support its transition to a circular economy (CE). This study investigates how industrial symbiosis (IS) can support the transition of the plastic supply chain in the Basque Country toward a CE by identifying key
Laura Cristina Ramírez‐Rodríguez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Macro, Meso and Micro Levels of Designer–Artisan Co‐Design: Case Studies of Value Co‐Creation Within Chinese Textile Crafts

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Designer–artisan co‐design in the traditional crafts industry is recognised as promoting social innovation. However, existing co‐design approaches in textile craft sectors are often fragmented, which presents challenges for systematically supporting co‐design.
Jianan Hu, Eunsuk Hur, Briony Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

Resisting the Great Endarkenment: On the Future of Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Elijah Millgram’s book The Great Endarkenment takes philosophy to task for failing to note the kinds of creatures we are (serial hyperspecializers) and what that means for philosophy.
Douglas, Heather
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Normalizing the Shamed Self: Stigma, Neutralization and “Narrative Credibility” in Interviews on White‐Collar Transgression

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

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