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Publication date: 1 January 1974

Rubert W. Fisher and Melvyn Hirst

This article presents the findings of a survey conducted among British companies to discover to what extent marketing models are being used in practice. In two previous articles…

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This article presents the findings of a survey conducted among British companies to discover to what extent marketing models are being used in practice. In two previous articles we discussed the problems of model building in marketing, examined several recent developments, argued that there was a need to measure the current status of marketing model building in Britain, and made a partial assessment of the state‐of‐the‐art by reviewing some of the most significant literature. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a survey we conducted among British companies to discover to what extent marketing models are being used in practice. We also present the conclusions we have drawn from the project.

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Management Decision, vol. 12 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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Publication date: 1 October 1901

The great difficulties which attach to the fixing of legal standards of composition for food products have now to be grappled with by the Departmental Committee appointed by the…

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The great difficulties which attach to the fixing of legal standards of composition for food products have now to be grappled with by the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture to consider and determine what regulations should be made by the Board, under Section 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, with respect to the composition of butter. As we predicted in regard to the labours of the Milk and Cream Standards Committee, so we predict now that the Butter Committee will be unable to do more than to recommend standards and limits, which, while they will make for the protection of the public against the sale of grossly adulterated articles, will certainly not in any way insure the sale of butter of really satisfactory, or even of fair, composition. Standards and limits established by law for the purposes of the administration of criminal Acts of Parliament must of necessity be such as to legalise the sale of products of a most inferior character, to which the term “genuine” may still by law be applied as well as to legalise the sale of adulterated and sophisticated products so prepared as to come within the four corners of the law. It is, of course, an obvious necessity that official standards and limits should be established, and the Board of Agriculture are to be congratulated upon the manner in which they are endeavouring to deal with these extremely knotty problems; but it is important that misconception on the part of the public and the trade with respect to the effect of the regulations to be made should be as far as possible prevented. All that can be hoped for is that the conclusions at which the Committee may find themselves compelled to arrive will not be such as to place too high and too obvious a premium upon the sale of those inferior and scientifically‐adulterated products which are placed in such enormous quantities on the food market.

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British Food Journal, vol. 3 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 27 June 2023

Zhonglai Tian, Hongtai Cheng, Liangliang Zhao and Jingdong Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to design a multifingered dexterous hand grasping planning method that can efficiently perform grasping tasks on multiple dexterous hand platforms.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to design a multifingered dexterous hand grasping planning method that can efficiently perform grasping tasks on multiple dexterous hand platforms.

Design/methodology/approach

The grasping process is divided into two stages: offline and online. In the offline stage, the grasping solution form is improved based on the forward kinematic model of the dexterous hand. A comprehensive evaluation method of grasping quality is designed to obtain the optimal grasping solution offline data set. In the online stage, a safe and efficient selection strategy of the optimal grasping solution is proposed, which can quickly obtain the optimal grasping solution without collision.

Findings

The experiments verified that the method can be applied to different multifingered dexterous hands, and the average grasping success rate for objects with different structures is 91.7%, indicating a good grasping effect.

Originality/value

Using a forward kinematic model to generate initial grasping points can improve the generality of grasping planning methods and the quality of initial grasping solutions. The offline data set of optimized grasping solutions can be generated faster by the comprehensive evaluation method of grasping quality. Through the simple and fast obstacle avoidance strategy, the safe optimal grasping solution can be quickly obtained when performing a grasping task. The proposed method can be applied to automatic assembly scenarios where the end effector is a multifingered dexterous hand, which provides a technical solution for the promotion of multifingered dexterous hands in industrial scenarios.

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Robotic Intelligence and Automation, vol. 43 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2754-6969

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Publication date: 19 August 2021

Raphael Schoen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implicitly assumed universality of the best seller negotiation literature Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury.

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implicitly assumed universality of the best seller negotiation literature Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury.

Design/methodology/approach

Existing cross-cultural negotiation literature was systematically searched for findings indicating either a higher or lower likelihood of successfully applying the authors’ advice in different cultural environments, as defined in the Hofstede framework or The Globe Study. The findings were aggregated, categorized into a matrix, synthesized and analyzed.

Findings

This paper finds that the assumed universality of the method of Getting to Yes and its single principles is not supported by research. Instead, a dichotomy of the four principles’ applicability along the Individuality dimension of Hofstede was found. Hence, the western orientation of Getting to Yes is reality, inhibiting its use in non-western cultures. However, in one principle – Invent options for mutual gain – the findings refute a successful application in western cultures. Additional findings and research gaps are presented.

Practical implications

Practitioners should apply Getting to Yes with caution, if at all, in a non-western environment. For the teaching of negotiations, alternative approaches for conducting negotiations in the non-western world are needed.

Originality/value

Although widely used in research, scholars only addressed sporadic comments concerning the limitations of Getting to Yes across cultures. Often the universality of Getting to Yes is either implicitly or explicitly assumed in research and practice. This paper approaches this topic systematically by providing evidence that Getting to Yes is not universal and conceptually sees negotiations through a western shaped perspective that provides considerable implications for research, practice and teaching.

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Publication date: 8 July 2024

Shambhu Sajith, R S Aswani, Mohammad Younus Bhatt and Anil Kumar

The purpose of this study is to identify Offshore Wind Energy (OWE) as a key technology that could drive countries toward achieving climate goals. However, there are multiple…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to identify Offshore Wind Energy (OWE) as a key technology that could drive countries toward achieving climate goals. However, there are multiple challenges that this sector faces.

Design/methodology/approach

This study aims to identify the challenges faced by the sector globally by systematically reviewing the existing literature in global context and portraying it in the Indian context. Factors are identified using content analysis.

Findings

Results suggest high levelized cost of energy as the most discussed challenge for the growth of OWE. Insufficient financial support and policy, initial capital and inadequate technology formed the second, third and fourth most discussed challenges respectively.

Research limitations/implications

To reduce the cost of OWE, the distribution companies in India could adopt feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in the early stages of development and make OWE procurement mandatory. The renewable purchase obligation (RPO) in India is specific to solar and non-solar; policy should accommodate offshore wind-specific RPO targets for each state to reach the 2030 target of 30 GW from OWE.

Practical implications

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first attempt to study the challenges of OWE development from a global perspective and portray these major challenges in the Indian context and uses content analysis from the existing literature to ascertain the major roadblocks for the development of OWE.

Originality/value

The study identifies the unexplored gap in literature that includes futuristic challenges for OWE from climate change. Future studies can explore the possibilities of forecasting based on climate change scenarios and rank the challenges based on their relevance caused by possible damages.

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International Journal of Energy Sector Management, vol. 19 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1750-6220

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