Novelty - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2017
News

Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

high-performing salesmanship, right? And so then the theory behind that could be that we know that people that are somewhat inattentive tend to be more creative. So maybe that's why, because there's a creative element to the sales process. People that are inattentive... View Details

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

will only increase as hospitals learn all it can do. Once they learn, they tend to incorporate Watson quickly. For instance, at the University of North Carolina’s teaching hospital, Watson moved from a novelty assisting doctors to the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

Web

Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Collection Guide The George U. Sands business records contain account books, letter books, and unbound papers reflecting Sands’ activity in the management of the Patent Slip and Dock Company, the Novelty Iron Works, and the Hong Kong,... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

day.” The speed, reliability, and sheer novelty of the rails called Americans from all walks of life to climb aboard. And they did. In 1890, nearly 500 million people embarked on train journeys, each for an average trip of 24 miles. Small... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 May 2013
News

Looking Through Glass, Historically

Glass molds were expensive, but glass decorators could create novelty on existing blanks. Most of Westmoreland's talented decorators were immigrants from central Europe and its decorating and cutting shops were non-union. At the shows,... View Details

Keywords: Visual arts; crafts; glass making; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

situations, ranging from what we will call “routine emergencies” through “crises,” differentiated by increasing degrees of novelty in the emergency challenge. Leaders and their organizations must develop capacities for managing in both... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

suggest that the cost of a delay of this length is upwards of 7% of the total cost of bringing a new high-risk device to market. Considering potential explanations, I find that approval times are largely unrelated to technological novelty... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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