When it comes to roads and bridges, civil and structural engineers face a difficult task. They have inherited a mature road network that is in need of significant repair, replacement, and improvements to meet current and projected demands. According to a 2013 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, 32 percent of major American roads are in poor or mediocre condition, costing every motorist about $324 per year in repairs and additional operating costs.

Investment levels remain insufficient to properly build and maintain our natio ....etc

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ICT INNOVATION IN NIGERIA



INTRODUCTION
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as a terminology has overtaken Information Technology (IT) because of its appropriateness, its utilitarianism. Whereas IT was used to describe the new technology in the mid-80s up to mid 90s, focusing on the computer, ICT since the beginning of this decade, is a new concept that emphasizes the use of technology for development. Information and Communications Technology emphasizes the uses of t ....etc

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business innovations through advanced information technology ? ....etc

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EDMUS-A Cross process innovation

Non-traditional machining
Advanced difficult-to-machine materials
Stringent design requirements
Machining costs

Cross Process Innovations
Introduction
Today s manufacturing industry is facing challenges from advanced difficult-to-machine materials (tough super alloys, ceramics, and composites), stringent design requirements (high precision, complex shapes, and high surface quality), and machining costs. Advanced materials play an increasingly important role in m ....etc

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Enhancing business through joint venture

Trade and the motive of traders is not the constant for all the types of market prevailing globally. The developing countries has different trade strategy where as the developed countries has also acquired superior strategy for their dynamic growth. The measuring scale i.e. economy of a nation clearly explains the growth of trade in a particular nation. Trade practices are no more similar for all the players prevailing in the market in the same way driving workforce for fulfillin ....etc

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ABSTRACT:
Our body could soon be the backbone of a broadband personal data network linking your mobile phone or MP3 player to a cordless headset, your digital camera to a PC or printer, and all the gadgets you carry around to each other. RedTacton is a new; it is completely distinct from wireless and infrared. A transmission path is formed at the moment a part of the human body in contact with a RedTacton transceiver. Physically separating ends the contact and thus ends communication. Human Area Networking technology ....etc

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Understanding and Applying Innovation Strategies



Strategic Planning

Strategy: a way of thinking
a basic pattern of planning for resource deployment
planning for environ. Interaction
planning to achieve org. goals

Key element=short and long-term perspectives

Elements of Strategies

Objectives (outcomes desired)
Activities (process to accomplish objectives)
Resources (what s needed to accomp. obj.)

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THE ROLE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN ACHIEVING BUSINESS EXCELLENCE



INTRODUCTION:

The fiercely competitive twenty-first century business environment poses challenges at every turn. Both public Organizations around the globe are striving to improve their business analysis capabilities to: (1) drive changes from strategic goals; (2) invest in the most valuable projects those that deliver the high est value at the lowest cost and risk; and (3) execute projects optimally to achi ....etc

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THE need has arisen in recent years for business
optimization, new business development, and
other measures for companies to improve their
competitiveness by utilizing information from a
variety of different workplaces, including those for
service delivery and for the production, distribution
and sales, operation and maintenance, and disposal
of products.
This development has prompted a re-evaluation
of interactive businesses. Along with ongoing
globalization and the spread of the Internet, there has
been progress on restructuring to ....etc

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