Essays on Aalto

Of the three types of uncertainty that characterize high-tech markets, which type is ESRI experiencing most acutely? Elaborate and provide strategic implications for ESRI. Market uncertainty, technological uncertainty, and competitive volatility are those features that characterize modern high-tech market. Basically, the intersection of these three uncertainties determines further development of the innovation industry (Mohr, Sengupta, & Slater, 2010, p.34). In 1990s, ESRI faced both: technological uncertainty and competitive volatility. Market was demanding new technologies with customer friendly interfaces. Besides individual consumers, large corporations and governments were also interested in the GIS technology. New companies entered this market rapidly, which, unfortunately, ...

WHY MANY FEMALE ARCHITECTS CHOOSE TO REMAIN INVISIBLE WHEN OPERATING WITHIN A MALE-FEMALE ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERSHIP

In the architectural practice, the majority of the women architects have chosen to operate as invisible while operating within the male-female architectural partnership. The women are typically invisible based on leadership, academic success, and merit in practice. The paper will discuss the personal and professional reasons among the females to involve themselves in a male-female partnership. Some people argue that the women devote themselves in the partnerships for romance purpose. Furthermore, the historical timelines of the male-female partnerships will be useful in creating more understanding on the topic. Our argument will be based on those women that who have ...

INTRODUCTION

The human body consists of tissues and organs that contain over 200 different cell types.1 these cells carry out all the functions required for viability and reproduction. It was argued long ago, that in some tissues, the differentiated cells have a shorter life span and that they are not able to self -renew.2 This led to the notion that such tissues are maintained by cells that have an extensive renewal capacity, and the ability to differentiate and generate daughter cells. These cells were termed as ‘stem cells”.2 Stem cells generate only the differentiated lineages of the tissues they reside in, ...