An investigation of interindustry IT innovation
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The benefits gained by the manufacturing industry from utilizing information technology is not determined by the specific industrial sector.organizations in different industries from using information technology (IT). A sample of 310 manufacturing firms in Israel indicated that different organizations can have different benefits from utilizing similar applications as determined by organizational characteristics. However, no significant differences exist concerning the gains from utilizing IT for competitiveness, decision making and strategic purposes.
Publication Name: Production & Inventory Management Journal
Subject: Metals, metalworking and machinery industries
ISSN: 0897-8336
Year: 1998
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One act, many meanings
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A photo taken by a foreign photojournalist featured a Chinese male citizen stepping in front and halting the advance of a column of army tanks in Beijing, 1989. The image was widely transmitted by the Chinese government which claimed that it illustrated the restraint of the Chinese soldiers. Westerners appear to be enamored by this photograph as it depicts human hope and courage standing up to and challenging the remorseless machinery of state power.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 1999
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Spooked out
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Parliament is planning an investigation into Britain's three intelligence services: the Security Service (M15), the Secret Intelligence Service (M16), and the Government Communications Headquarters. The agencies spend over 400 million pounds sterling each year but are shrouded in secrecy.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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