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• OZONE-FRIENDLY NETWORKING

  - 2007-06-01

  A survey carried out by the University of Nottingham in the UK found that 73 percent of respondents said they could foresee behavior change in business networking, with face-to-face meetings being substituted by teleconferencing and videoconferencing.The survey also suggests that the growth of e-mail and the internet has meant that...

  Tags: E-mail, INTERNET, MARKETING, ozone, survey, U.K., University of Nottingham

• Inclusive Design And Human Factors: Designing Mobile Phones For Older Users

  BNET - 2006-12-12

  This paper explains the human factors requirements of mobile phones in order to facilitate inclusive design and provide older users with technological support that enhances their day-to-day lives. Particular emphasis is placed on whether human factors requirements are fully considered and meet the needs of older users. The scope of...

  Tags: Phone, Mobile, University Of Nottingham, Cell Phone, User Requirement, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

• Firm Heterogeneity, Exporting And Foreign Direct Investment: A Survey

  BNET - 2006-03-06

  A new and rapidly expanding literature on firm heterogeneity and firm level globalisation strategies has developed over the last decade. New insights on why some firms export and others do not, why some firms fail to survive in export markets, whilst others do and why some choose to produce overseas...

  Tags: Heterogeneity, University Of Nottingham, Survey, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing

• Lines of enquiry

  - 2004-07-08

  Beyond the Drawing: New Dimensions in Architectural RepresentationA conference at the University of Nottingham on 24 JuneNickTemple began this stimulating conference by suggesting that instead of regarding perspective as mere image-making, we should investigate its profounder significance. James McQuillan then explored Dalibor Vesely's proposition that our intellectual space is threatened...

  Tags: Components, conference, HARDWARE, MARKETING, Projectors, University of Nottingham, video

• Study claims British workers waste an hour a day on junk e-mails

  - 2003-12-30

  CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New research from the University of Nottingham indicates that British workers spend up to an hour each day removing junk e-mails from their inboxes. The study also revealed that personal messages sent between office workers have a negative effect upon work time,...

  Tags: C, MARKETING, SECURITY, Spam, University of Nottingham, worker

• Systems Thinking And Construction Productivity

  BNET - 2003-07-24

  This paper describes research undertaken to investigate the possibility of using systems to model productivity in construction. In particular, it concentrates on the use of systems dynamics and project level productivity. The literature identifies 34 factors affecting productivity but based on a survey of professionals, five of these are recognised...

  Tags: University Of Nottingham, Productivity, Marketing Research, Strategy, Marketing, Management

• An ancient cityscape revealed: scientists use GIS and remote-sensing technologies to map the historic landscape of Raqqa, Syria. (Fieldwork Applications).

  - 2002-07-01

  IN THE NINTH CENTURY A.D., THE CITY OF AL-RAQQA, ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER EUPHRATES, WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HUB OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL CENTER. THE CITY, ABANDONED IN A.D. 1250, LAY ALMOST UNTOUCHED UNTIL THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF RAQQA AS A...

  Tags: GIS, image, imagery, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, survey, University of Nottingham

• Look beneath the surface with augmented reality

  - 2002-02-01

  Augmented Reality technology graphically overlays digitally-stored information on views of the real world. It can facilitate the work of engineers and managers in the field and reduce the costs of field excavations and other operations. A vast amount of digital information currently resides in office-based computer systems, but even with...

  Tags: Branding, environment, GPS, Handhelds, HARDWARE, MARKETING, positioning, technology, University of Nottingham, visualization

• Precast concrete floors: The future

  - 2001-10-01

  Kim Elliott, University of Nottingham, with contributions from Adnan Altamimi, University of Bahrain and Kevin Paine, University of Dundee both former research students at the University of Nottingham The objective of this article is to review three research projects carried out at Nottingham University relating to: ...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, joint, MARKETING, University of Nottingham

• Adobe and the University of Nottingham link up for digital document research

  - 1999-07-07

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-C 1994-9 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Adobe Systems and the University of Nottingham, in the UK, are to conduct joint research into digital documents and web graphics. The agreement is Adobe's first formal link-up with a university outside of the US, although the company has collaborated informally with the University...

  Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., MARKETING, University of Nottingham