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Mergers and acquisitions among engineering consulting firms and other professional service organizations occur … services to the property, land and construction sectors - acquired J&W, a leading engineering consultancy firm in Sweden. Two …
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&A), suggesting that this instrument of corporate development is rather risky. Since engineering consulting firms usually have a low … particular service sector creates an even higher risk. It is evident from the relevant construction and engineering literature … that a large number of engineering consulting firms engage in M&A for their corporate development. Owing to the uniqueness …
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This paper explores the experiences of engineering, design and construction organizations (EDOs) in developing … of manufacturing organizations. It finds that performance measurement of engineering design activities is poorly … for innovation in engineering, design and construction firms. At present, the measures used to assess design in …
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, or in classes that are similar for technological principles or engineering competencies. The research hypothesis has been … started abroad; in particular, we have shown that innovation paths are engineering-specific, though they may cross the …
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Nowadays, developed countries undergo a slow evolution of the traditional system of production towards a higher form of the operational management based on advanced production systems – a synthesis of the manufacturing and mechanic systems. The new strategy is the consequence of the...
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engineering, but also of economics and, in particular, to those parts in economics which can be treated fruitfully with …, it is the purpose of this paper to show how Launhardt used mathematics in his engineering-based approach to the economics …
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and engineering sciences, to support the dialogue with and between stakeholders, to produce scenarios with a strong …
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In this paper we use a case study approach to examine how airport operators are addressing bicycle access to their properties and the motivations and obstacles they face, in light of new policies to integrate bicycles, along with transit and walking, into transportation planning, design and...
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In the face of increasing sprawl and car-dependence in US metropolitan areas, young people – especially teens in middle-class suburbs – may be experiencing new mobilities generated by their near-universal adoption of cell phones and increasing access to private automobiles. The...
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Traffic collisions are a leading cause of death and injury in California and the number one cause of death for people between the ages of one and 44. High-visibility enforcement programs (HVEs) are administered nationwide by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and combine...
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