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The Role of Retail Competition, Demographics and Account Retail Strategy as Drivers of Promotional Sensitivity

This paper studies the determinants of sensitivity to the promotional activities of temporary price reductions, displays, and feature advertisements. Both the theoretical and empirical literatures on price promotions suggest that retailer competition and the demographic composition of the shopping population should be linked to response to temporary price cuts. However,...

Tags: Strategy, Management, Retail, Sensitivity, Springer Science+Business Media

White papers 2004-05-15

Regularization of Diffusion Tensor Maps Using a Non-Gaussian Markov Random Field Approach

This paper proposes a novel non-Gaussian MRF for regularization of tensor fields for fiber tract enhancement. Two entities are considered in the model, namely, the linear component of the tensor, i.e., how much line-like the tensor is and the angle of the eigenvector associated to the largest eigenvalue. A novel,...

Tags: Networking, Management, Network Technology, Strategy, Springer Science+Business Media

White papers 2003-11-10

The Emotional Intelligence of Managers: Assessing the Construct Validity of a Nonverbal Measure of "People Skills"

Researchers have long been interested in managerial socio-emotional competency - "People skills." One problem has been that many such competencies are properly categorized as nonverbal in nature, yet researchers typically utilize paper and pencil, verbal, measures to assess these. This paper draws upon emerging literature on emotional intelligence, as well...

Tags: Emotional Intelligence, Competency, Springer Science+Business Media, Skill, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2001-03-12

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Springer Science+Business Media has reorganized into global and local publishing divisions.(Peopleware)(Peter Hendriks,Olaf Ernst,Sven Fund appointed )(Brief article)

Springer Science+Business Media has reorganized into global and local publishing divisions. STM Global Publishing will be headed up by Peter Hendriks. Olaf Ernst will be responsible for all electronic STM products. Sven Fund will manage local market STM activities in France, Switzerland, and Austria. Andreas Kosters...

Articles 2008-01-01

How to succeed in emerging economies.(Book review)

Building Supply Chain Excellence in Emerging Economies Edited by Hau L. Lee and Chung-Yee Lee Springer Science+Business Media, 2007 $99, 465 pages ISBN: 0-387-38428-6 To...

Articles 2007-01-01

Broadspire CMO Contributes to Occupational Disability Handbook

PLANTATION, Fla. -- Dr. Jacob Lazarovic, chief medical officer for Broadspire Services, has contributed to a 536-page compilation of studies that concern the occupational injury claim industry. The Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims is the latest in a number of publications that have called upon Dr. Lazarovic over the...

Articles 2006-08-15

Salal harvester local ecological knowledge, harvest practices and understory management on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Published online: 8 August 2006 [c] Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 Abstract Despite growing interest in traditional and local ecological knowledge for conservation and resource management, the role of migrant resource users is largely unexplored. Challenging many assumptions about what constitutes "local knowledge," migrant and immigrant...

Articles 2006-08-01

Indigenous knowledge of ecological variability and commons management: a case study on berry harvesting from Northern Canada

Published online: 2 August 2006 [c] Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 Abstract Common property arrangements govern the subsistence harvest of berries in the Gwich'in region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Some of these arrangements, including rules for resource access, sharing information and harvest sharing, enable the...

Articles 2006-08-01

Developing resource management and conservation

Published online: 17 August 2006 [c] Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 How can we humans learn to conserve and maintain our resources and live sustainably on our planet? This is perhaps the biggest question we face as we move into the new millennium with our burgeoning...

Articles 2006-08-01

Trust-building, knowledge generation and organizational innovations: the role of a bridging organization for adaptive comanagement of a Wetland landscape around Kristianstad, Sweden

Published online: 18 July 2006 [c] Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 Abstract The literature on ecosystem management and assessment is increasingly focusing on social capacity to enhance ecosystem resilience. Organizational flexibility, participatory approaches to learning, and knowledge generation for responding adequately to environmental change have been...

Articles 2006-08-01

Springer Science and Business Media announce Metric Driven Design Verification: An Engineer's and Executive's Guide to First Pass Success

SAN FRANCISCO -- Verification Veterans Hamilton Carter and Shankar Hemmady Address Key Areas of Process Automation, Verification Management and Planning in Much Anticipated Book The industry leading publisher Springer Science + Business Media today announced the impending release of thirty new titles many of which will be...

Articles 2006-07-24

New e-book collection introduced by Springer

M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Springer eBook Collection was launched by Springer, part of Springer Science+Business Media, on 24 June at the annual convention of the American Library Association. The collection is comprised of over 10,000 e-books which reportedly include electronic versions of textbooks,...

Articles 2006-06-28