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• Employment, Job Turnover And Trade In Services: Firm-Level Evidence

  BNET - 2007-04-19

  The authors have analysed the relationship between the international trade of services and the employment behaviour of firms. Using a new dataset which measures trade in services at the firm-level, no evidence that importing intermediate services is associated with job losses was found. Using regression and propensity score matching techniques,...

  Tags: Job, University Of Nottingham, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• The Report Composites Forming Technologies Reviews the Wealth of Research in Forming High-Quality Composite Materials

  - 2007-04-04

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c53435) has announced the addition of Composites Forming Technologies to their offering This report - reviews the wealth of research in forming high-quality composite materials - includes a concise explanation of the forming mechanisms and characterisation for composites - considers...

  Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, University of Nottingham

• The Impact Of Information Technology On Service Sector Productivity

  BNET - 2006-05-01

  There have been numerous studies of the impact of investment in Information Technology IT on manufacturing productivity (e.g., Brynjolfsson and Hitt (1996)) and Morrison (1997)), but little evidence on this relationship in services. The authors have attempted to fill this gap, by analyzing the impact of IT on the relative...

  Tags: Information Technology, University Of Nottingham, Productivity, Manufacturing, Strategy, Management

• Supercritical fluid forms hollow silica spheres.(Processing)

  - 2005-02-01

  A method for synthesizing mesoporous shells of silicon dioxide silica has been developed by researchers at the University of Nottingham, UK. The technique combines surfactant templating and supercritical fluid processing based on carbon dioxide (C[O.sub.2]). Robert Mokaya, who led the research group, says...

  Tags: C, PRODUCTIVITY, researcher, technique, University of Nottingham

• University of Nottingham and Sun Microsystems Streamline Computing and Allinea Software: unveil second largest academic computer system in Europe; New 3 teraflop grid to enable academics to complete a year's work in a single day.

  - 2004-11-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 2004-Sun Microsystems: University of Nottingham and Sun Microsystems Streamline Computing and Allinea Software: unveil second largest academic computer system in Europe; New 3 teraflop grid to enable academics to complete a year's work in a single dayC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...

  Tags: Components, computer, Computing, grid, HARDWARE, Processors, PRODUCTIVITY, Semiconductors, Streamline, Sun Microsystems Inc., University of Nottingham

• 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

• First branch campus

  - 2003-01-16

  THE University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus created history as the first branch campus of a British university in Malaysia. In fact, it was one of the first anywhere in the world. The Malaysia Campus is a full and integral part of the United Kingdom-...

  Tags: Malaysia, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, U.K., University of Nottingham

• ITC: ITC supply pilot project and New Learning Opportunities Awards 1999 winning project.

  - 1999-06-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 June 1999-ITC: ITC supply pilot project opened by Margaret Beckett MP and New Learning Opportunities Awards 1999 winning project C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020699 Nottingham and Sheffield based Information Technology Control Ltd ITC has provided computer systems and support...

  Tags: E-mail, PRODUCTIVITY, SMB/SME, University of Nottingham

• MANUFACTURING: Phased catalyst injection cuts RTM cycle times

  - 1996-06-01

  Research at the University of Nottingham in the TI( has shown that the use of a phase catalyst system in a prototype resin transfer moulting RTM facility has resulted in a 48% reduction in moulding cycle time. The study is part of an evaluation of phase...

  Tags: Fax, injection, manufacturing, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Nottingham

• Flexible production of net shape preforms

  - 1995-12-01

  Research to provide a system which combines the flexibility of fibre placement techniques while minimizing waste and maintaining cycle times that are compatible with leading edge moulding technologies, is underway at the University of Nottingham in the UK. The study is taking place under the UK...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, U.K., University of Nottingham