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Pedersen, Torben (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7980
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How To Realize Its Potential in the Organization FieldVolberda, Henk W.; Foss, Nicolai J.; Lyles, Marjorie A. (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this Perspective Paper is to advance understanding of absorptive capacity, its underlying dimensions, its multi-level antecedents, its impact on firm performance and the contextual factors that affect absorptive capacity. Nineteen years after the Cohen and Levinthal 1990 paper, the field is characterized by a wide array of theoretical perspectives and a wealth of empirical evidence. In this paper, we first review these underlying theories and empirical studies of absorptive capacity. Given the size and diversity of the absorptive capacity literature, we subsequently map the existing terrain of research through a bibliometric analysis. The resulting bibliometric cartography shows the major discrepancies in the organization field, namely that (1) most attention so far has been focused on the tangible outcomes of absorptive capacity; (2) organizational design and individual level antecedents have been relatively neglected in the absorptive capacity literature; and (3) the emergence of absorptive capacity from the actions and interactions of individual, organizational and inter-organizational antecedents remains unclear. Building on the bibliometric analysis, we develop an integrative model that identifies the multi-level antecedents, process dimensions, and outcomes of absorptive capacity as well as the contextual factors that affect absorptive capacity. We argue that realizing the potential of the absorptive capacity concept requires more research that shows how "micro antecedents" and "macroantecedents" influence future outcomes such as competitive advantage, innovation, and firm performance. In particular, we identify conceptual gaps that may guide future research to fully exploit the absorptive capacity concept in the organization field and to explore future fruitful extensions of the concept. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7955
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Linder, Stefan; Foss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Agency theory studies the problems and solutions linked to delegation of tasks from principals to agents in the context of conflicting interests between the parties. Beginning from clear assumptions about rationality, contracting and informational conditions, the theory addresses problems of ex ante ("hidden characteristics") as well as ex post information asymmetry ("hidden action"), and examines conditions under which various kinds of incentive instruments and monitoring arrangements can be deployed to minimize the welfare loss. Its clear predictions and broad applicability have allowed agency theory to enjoy considerable scientific impact on social science; however, it has also attracted considerable criticism. [99 words] URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8693
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Complementary Explanations for Subsidiary Power in Multinational CorporationsMudambi, Ram; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
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Foss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper offers a critical perspective on Israel Kirzner's basic analytical framework. Specifically, we characterize Kirzner's emphasis on processes of equilibration as a departure from the causal-realist price theory developed by Menger and his nineteenth- and twentieth-century followers. In this context, we contrast Kirzner's interpretation of entrepreneurship as discovery with a more realistic, and operationally meaningful, idea of entrepreneurship as action. Finally, we discuss an inconsistency in Kirzner's treatment of the antecedents of entrepreneurial behavior. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8029
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An empirical investigation into the alliance capability development processHeimeriks, Koen H.; Duysters, Geert (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study centers around the way in which firms can enhance alliance performance through the development of alliance capabilities. Whereas most research has focused on inter-firm antecedents of alliance performance, research on intra-firm antecedents pointing to prior experience and internal mechanisms to foster knowledge transfer has only recently emerged. As little is known about how firms develop alliance capabilities, this study aims to uncover how differences in sources of alliance capability development explain performance heterogeneity. The data come from a detailed survey held among alliance managers and Vice-Presidents of 151 firms. The survey covers over 2600 alliances for the period 1997-2001. This study not only finds that alliance capabilities partially mediate between alliance experience and alliance performance, but also yields novel insights into the micro-level building blocks underlying the process of alliance capability development. Key words: alliances, learning, knowledge transfer, alliance experience. JEL classification: L14 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7436
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Alternative Research Strategies in the Knowledge Movement: From Macro Bias to Micro-Foundations and Multi-Level ExplanationFoss, Nicolai J. (København, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The emergence over the last two decades or so of "knowledge" as an important part of the explanatory structure of management research is an intellectual breakthrough that is comparable in terms of its transforming impact to the behavioral revolution of the 1960s. A veritable "knowledge movement" has emerged that spans several fields in management. I take stock on alternative research strategies with that movement, distinguishing between "capabilities first", "networks first" and "individuals first" strategies. Reasons are given why more research attention need to be allocated to the latter strategy if the knowledge movement is to continue making progress, but that the aim should ultimately be to reach towards multi-level research that combines aggregate constructs with top-down processes and bottom-up processes. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7449
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From ABC to PhDMoberg, Kåre (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Entrepreneurship education has spread enormously during the last decades, and today entrepreneurship is taught to numerous pupils and students in various disciplines and at different levels of education. Policy makers around the world view entrepreneurship as a key competence to be fostered already at an early stage of education, and an increasing amount of resources are spent on various initiatives in the field. Entrepreneurship research is, however, a heterogeneous field, and, consequently, there are numerous approaches to entrepreneurship education. Little is known about the effectiveness of these approaches, and much conceptual and definitional confusion makes it complicated to compare the different initiatives in the field. This dissertation seeks to remedy this problem. As such, the overarching research question guiding this dissertation is: What effects do different approaches to entrepreneurship education have at different levels of the education system? To answer this research question a categorization model, based on research about entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial learning, and cognitive and non-cognitive skill development, which addresses the diverse foci of different approaches to entrepreneurship education, is provided. In addition, the dissertation comprises three research papers that individually address different approaches to evaluating the effects of entrepreneurship education at different levels of education. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8965
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Schneider, Cédric (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper describes and analyzes the occurrence and extent of oppositions initiated against plant biotechnology patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). The opposition mechanism is a legal procedure that allows any third party to challenge the validity of patents awarded by the EPO. Results indicate that the opposition rate is far greater in plant biotechnology than in other emerging industries. Consistent with theoretical predictions, the empirical findings suggest that opposed patents are disproportionately those that score high on features that proxy for their "value" or "quality". In contrast to previous findings, however, the results show that large-volume applicants are more likely to be opposed. Because the boundaries of plant biotech patents are ill-defined, large patent portfolios do not promote cooperative behavior such as licensing or settlements. The analysis rejects the hypothesis that awardees are subject to "nuisance" or "frivolous" oppositions. Instead, the opposition procedure serves as an error correction mechanism. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8220
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M&A practices as a key instrument to improve M&A integrationHeimeriks, Koen H.; Zollo, Maurizio; Gates, Stephen (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: While firms increasingly rely on mergers and acquisitions as a key growth instrument, many firms have difficulty successfully integrating the target. To counter the disappointing statistics, some firms like IBM and Xerox use M&A practices that capture learnings to improve M&A integrations. Comparing occasional with master acquirers, we find that those that make effective use of such M&A practices increase their chances of success with up to 24%. While there are plenty of reasons for M&A integrations to fail, we derive four key lessons that give master acquirers a leading edge over their occasional counterparts. The findings are based on survey data by 101 firms engaged in 2,447 integrations over the past decade and one dozen expert interviews. The conclusions are based using case examples of master M&A integration practices from six master acquirers IBM, Xerox, Home Depot, Dow Chemical, GE Capital Finance and SC Johnson. JEL code: G34 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7478
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Abell, Peter; Felin, Teppo; Foss, Nicolai (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Micro-foundations have become an important emerging theme in strategic management. This paper addresses micro-foundations in two related ways. First, we argue that the kind of macro (or "collectivist") explanation that is utilized in the capabilities view in strategic management - which implies a neglect of micro-foundations - is incomplete. There are no mechanisms that work solely on the macro-level, directly connecting routines and capabilities to firm-level outcomes. While routines and capabilities are useful shorthand for complicated patterns of individual action and interaction, ultimately they are best understood at the micro-level. Second, we provide a formal model that shows precisely why macro explanation is incomplete and which exemplifies how explicit micro-foundations may be built for notions of routines and capabilities and for how these impact firm performance. Keywords: Routines, capabilities, micro-foundations, production function. JEL Code: L2, M1 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7474
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The Impact of Clients and Service Types in Service Offshore OutsourcingBrandl, Kristin; Jaura, Manya; Ørberg Jensen, Peter D. (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper we study whether and how the interaction between clients and the service providers contributes to the development of capabilities in service provider firms. In situations where such a contribution occurs, we analyze how different types of activities in the production process of the services, such as sequential or reciprocal task activities, influence the development of different types of capabilities. We study five cases of offshore-outsourced knowledge-intensive business services that are distinguished according to their reciprocal or sequential task activities in their production process. We find that clients influence the development of human capital capabilities and management capabilities in reciprocally produced services. While in sequential produced services clients influence the development of organizational capital capabilities and management capital capabilities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9181
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The Supporting Role of Organizational DesignAhrensbach Rasmussen, Klement; Nicolai J., Foss (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Based on interviews in LEO Pharma, UCB Pharma and Novo Nordisk, we document how deep-seated changes in the pharmaceutical industry related to increasing demands from payers, the strengthening of the role of patients, changing legal demands, and declining technological opportunity, drive a process of experimenting with business model. We distinguish between three ideal types, namely a traditionalist model (exemplified by Novo Nordisk), the full-blown service-oriented model (UCB Pharma) and the in-between model (LEO Pharma). We describe the changes to the organizational design and management processes that accompany the ongoing process of changing business models in these firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8886
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The Role of LeadershipFoss, Nicolai; Stieglitz, Nils (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We draw on the complementarity literature in economics and management research to dimensionalize business models innovations. Specifically, such innovation can be dimensionalized in terms of the depth and the breadth of the changes to the company's business model that they imply. In turn, different business model innovations are associated with different management challenges and require different leadership interventions to become successful. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8876
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Matching Heterogenous Open Innovation Strategies with Business Model DimensionsSaebi, Tina; Foss, Nicolai J. (Bergen, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Research on open innovation suggests that companies benefit differentially from adopting open innovation strategies; however, it is unclear why this is so. One possible explanation is that companies' business models are not attuned to open strategies. Accordingly, we propose a contingency model of open business models by systematically linking open innovation strategies to core business model dimensions, notably the content, structure, governance of transactions. We further illustrate a continuum of open innovativeness, differentiating between four types of open business models. We contribute to the open innovation literature by specifying the conditions under which business models are conducive to the success of open innovation strategies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9003
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Essays on Ambidexterity as a Multilevel ConceptBøe-Lillegraven, Tor (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This is a study of the conflicts involved when firms try to do new things. Try too little, and you risk being left behind as new competition realigns the playing field around you. Try hard, and you risk cannibalizing and slowly eroding away your legacy business. This story has been told in many forms. The focus of this thesis is ambidexterity - the ability for a firm to exploit mature skills and existing business paradigms while simultaneously exploring technological innovations and new market opportunities. This study sets out to obtain a multilevel understanding of the individual, firm, and industry-level tensions between new and old business. The main research questions revolve around how the conflicts between exploration and exploitation are managed, both within as well as beyond the organizational boundaries, and what the performance implications are. The dissertation consists of an introduction, a conclusion, and in between four empirical papers, which address specific research gaps in current ambidexterity literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9302
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Juul Andersen, Torben (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Previous research found that capital structure affects performance when it is adapted to the level of environmental dynamism and pursuit of an innovation strategy. The current study reproduces some of these relationships in a more recent dataset but also identifies significant nuances across industrial environments. Analyses of a large cross sectional sample and various industry sub-samples suggest that other factors have influenced capital structure effects in recent years including flexibilities in multinational organization and effective strategic risk management capabilities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7440
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Driving Competitiveness Through Customer Relationship OptimizationRitter, Thomas; Geersbro, Jens (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Challenging Customers not only responds to increasing demands among customers challenging their suppliers but also to the suppliers' drive to challenge customers. Challenging each other in a customer-supplier relationship helps both parties stay sharp, alert, and agile. Challenging in relationships – and challenging the relationship itself – are therefore sources of competitiveness for customers and suppliers alike. A business without customers is not a business. All firms need to interact with "the one who pays", "the one for which they are valuable", or "the beneficiary of the firm's value proposition". Such customer contacts and contracts can be direct or indirect, arm's length or trust based, simple or complex. In all cases, firms have relationships with customers. In our understanding, the term "relationship" does not imply a specific quality, such as "friendship" or even "good" or "bad". Rather, it indicates that the parties somehow relate to one another. "Customer-supplier relationship" describes the fact that companies interact with each other in order to enable value creation on both ends of the relationship. The establishment of relationships is therefore not a choice for a company, but a necessity. However, ensuring that the firm is involved in suitable customer-supplier relationships that support its competitiveness is a challenging task and a daily challenge. This book provides a 360-degree view of customer-supplier relationships, and offers tools useful for describing and understanding relationships in order to develop them into valuable assets for the firm. Notably, the book is not a complete collection of all of the models and tools ever suggested. Rather, it offers our selection of tools that have been proven to work over time. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9253
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A Learning PerspectiveLyles, Marjorie A.; Pedersen, Torben; Petersen, Bent (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The study explores how firms close their knowledge gaps in relation to business environments of foreign markets. Potential determinants are derived from traditional internationalization process theory as well as more recent literature on organizational learning processes, including the concept of absorptive capacity. Building on these two literature streams a conceptual model is developed and tested on a set of primary data of Danish firms and their foreign market operations. The empirical study suggests that factors considered essential in traditional internationalization process theory, such as experiential learning, explains only a very limited part of perceived knowledge gaps. When factors pertaining to the concepts of absorptive capacity and superstitious learning are added, the explanatory power improves significantly. Apparently, our understanding of firms' internationalization processes can be enriched by insights from organizational learning literature. Key words: Internationalization, knowledge gap, absorptive capacity, superstitious learning. JEL Codes: D21, F23, M10 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7434
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A Case of Kuhnian Lost ContentFoss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Among the many seminal contributions of Ronald Coase, founding property rights economics is a truly major one. This approach impacted a number if fields in economics in particularly the 1960s and 1970s, but gradually lost influence. What is called property rights economics in modern economics, mainly originated by Oliver Hart, is very different from the original property rights economics of Coase, Demsetz, Alchian, Cheung, Umbeck, Barzel, etc. in terms of analytical style and explanatory scope. Based on our earlier work on the subject (Foss and Foss, 2001), we argue that the change from Mark I to Mark II property rights economics led to Kuhnian loss of content. This is related to the strong assumptions concerning the definition and enforcement of ownership rights made in the latter approach which leads to many real life institutions and governance arrangements being excluded from consideration. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8875
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What is the difference between an intermediate, senior, and elite rower?
What is a junior rower? What is a masters rower?
A simple explanation:
The US Rules of Rowing provide for two classifications of rowers: by skill and by age. Classification by skill is divided into intermediates, senior, and elite. Basically, you are an intermediate unless and until you advance to senior or elite. You advance to senior by winning at the American Rowing championships and you advance to elite by winning at the US National Rowing championships. You can always "row up", but never "row down", i.e., an intermediate can row in a senior or elite event, but a senior or elite cannot row in an intermediate event.
If an event is not designated intermediate or senior, it is "open" which is effectively synonymous with elite. So, for the Schuylkill Navy and Independence Day regattas, where many events are not identified by a "classification by skill", they are "open".
The complete section from the U.S. Rules of Rowing reads:
(a) A competitor's classification by skill shall be determined separately with respect to sweep events and sculling events. Except for the provisions of subsection (b)(2) below (Elite status affecting scull or sweep status), a competitor's classification in one category shall not affect his or her classification in the other. A competitor's classification by skill shall not be determined separately with respect to open events and lightweight events, and thus a competitor's status as Elite, Senior or Intermediate is applicable regardless of weight class.
(b) Competitors shall be classified according to skill by the following criteria:
(1) Intermediate: A competitor is an Intermediate who has not advanced to the status of Senior or Elite.
(2) Senior: A competitor is a Senior who has won any intermediate or senior event over 2000 meters at the American Rowing Championship Regatta or at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, and who has not advanced to the status of Elite. A competitor who is an Elite as a sweep rower shall also be advanced to Senior for all sculling events, and a competitor who is an Elite as a scull rower shall be advanced to Senior for all sweep events.
(3) Elite: A competitor is an Elite who has won one 2000 meter event classified as Elite at the USRowing National Championship Regatta, an Open 2000 meter event at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, or any 2000 meter event other than a Junior or Masters event at a USRowing Open or Lightweight National Team Trials' regatta. A competitor also becomes an Elite if he or she has won any two 2000 meter events classified as Senior at the American Rowing Championship Regatta or equivalent level at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta; or who has been a member of a USRowing National Team as a competitor (including as a spare) in the category at issue, other than in a Junior or Masters event.
(c) All trials events to select the National Team, except those for Junior or Masters events, shall be classified as Elite events.
(d) Junior or Masters races do not effect a competitor's classification by skill under this Rule.
(e) All changes in classification by skill shall take effect on January 1 following the year of competition.
(f) Any other provision of these Rules notwithstanding, a competitor who is not an amateur shall be deemed an Elite for all events, whether sweep or sculling, open or lightweight.
The layman's explanation:
A "Junior" is anyone 18 or under. A "master" is anyone 27 or over. Both use December 31 as the effective date, so your "rowing age" is your age at the end of the calendar year. A junior or a master could row in an intermediate, senior, or elite event, but it's uncommon. They usually prefer to compete within their age group. I have known individuals, usually accomplished rowers, who continued to compete as intermediates into their late 20's and early 30's.
Masters are divided into subgroups: A (27 - 35), B (36 - 42), C (43 - 49), D (50 - 54), E (55 - 59), F (60 - 64), G (65 - 69), H (70 - 74), I (75 - 79), J (80 & over). If all crews in a masters race are within the same age category, no handicaps are applied. If any one crew in a masters race is in a different age category from the others, age handicaps from a lookup table in the rule book are applied.
The relevant section from the Rules of Rowing:
(a) Junior: A Junior is a competitor who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 19, or who is and has been continuously enrolled in secondary school as a full time student seeking a diploma. A competitor thus ceases to be a Junior after December 31 of the year of his or her 18th birthday, or of the year in which he or she completes the 12th grade of secondary school, having been a full time student, whichever is later. [Editor's Note: Please note that rules relating to USRowing Junior National Team Trials' regattas and regattas governed by FISA, the International Rowing Federation, may vary; refer to Rule 6-203.]
(1) A competitor's eligibility to compete in Junior events is not affected by his or her classification by skill under Rule 4-105 ("Classification by Skill"). A Junior competitor's classification by skill in non-Junior events shall be as provided in that Rule.
(2) Within the Junior classification, there shall be a subclassification known as "Junior B" made up of those Juniors who in the current calendar year do not attain the age of 17.
(b) Master: A Master is a competitor who has attained or will attain the age of 27 during the current calendar year. A competitor's age is determined as of December 31 of the current calendar year, rounded down to the highest contained integer. A competitor thus becomes a Master on January 1 of the year of his or her 27th birthday. A Masters crew shall be comprised exclusively of Masters rowers, but the coxswain need not be a Master.
(1) Masters crews shall be classified by age according to the following categories: (A) 27 to 35 years, (B) 36 to 42 years, (C) 43 to 49 years, (D) 50 to 54 years, (E) 55 to 59 years, (F) 60 to 64 years, (G) 65 to 69 years, and (H) 70 years and over. The age category of a Masters crew shall be determined by the average age of the rowers in the crew, rounded to the nearest integer. The age of a coxswain shall not be counted. The ages of individual rowers need not fall within the age category, so long as each rower is a Master and so long as the average age of the crew falls within the applicable category.
(2) A Masters crew may compete in a lower (younger) age category, but not in a higher category.
(3) [Editor's Note: This section, which created a separate "Grandmasters" category, has been deleted.]
(4) A Master competitor's eligibility to compete in Masters events is not affected by his or her classification by skill under Rule 4-105 ("Classification by Skill"). A Master competitor's classification by skill in non-Masters events shall be as otherwise provided in that Rule. A rower who is a member of the current year's National Team, or received a medal (Rule 5-305A) in any Elite or Senior event at the USRowing Nationals or the American Rowing Championships, shall not be eligible to compete in the current year at the Masters Nationals.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- A former Spartanburg County employee has been sentenced to six months of house arrest after she admitted embezzling $127,000 over nearly four years.
Cynthia Brower was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to an embezzlement charge. A judge also ordered her to pay restitution.
Brower resigned last year from her job as a senior accountant in Spartanburg County's finance department.
County Administrator Katherine O'Neill says the theft was discovered in June while Brower was recuperating after a car wreck. An employee filling in for her noticed a discrepancy between the amount of a check Brower deposited and the amount it was recorded to be.
O'Neill says Brower was siphoning cash from the deposits and forging deposit slips and receipts to ensure they matched. Brower apologized in court for her actions.


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President Obama, in terms of public image, is often seen as coming across as quite a light-hearted and 'jokey' Commander-in-Chief; this isn't to his detriment nor is it only a trait of Democratic presidents. Ronald Reagan typically used humour to make light of his political adversaries and to win over audiences across the political spectrum. For Obama, this translates well online and increases the perception of engagement by his campaign with their very active 'socially networked' base; Mitt Romney, on the other hand, can often give the appearance of a kindly grandfather trying to 'send a facebook' for the very first time. Prime Minister David Cameron has been accused of having a similar online presence by former Labour spin-doctor Lord Mandelson.
An example of Obama's leading competitive edge online comes from his engagement with Reddit (a social news website with content generated by users and tracked by popularity). Whilst Governor Romney's campaign was desperately trying to recast their nominee in a new light using a tightly controlled image overhaul (think what Saatchi and Saatchi did for Margaret Thatcher), Obama was doing an AMA [Any Matters Answered – a type of Q&A] session on Reddit, with over 200k users attempting to log-on to ask their own questions and crashing the site at times, and personally answered over 1000 questions on topics from Guantanamo Bay to the White House 'secret' beer recipe.
The Pew Research Center ran a Project for Excellence in Journalism earlier this year that found that President Obama had made twice as many blog posts as Governor Romney within a particular given period; there were also three times as many YouTube videos on the Obama campaign channel than that of the Romney campaign. The study also found that those identifying as 'liberal' are more likely to say that such sites and methods of engagement are important; this is reflected by the slant of online political chat amongst a younger, more active and politically involved audience.
2012 is predicted to be a close election by some pundits (although I would disagree, see my predictions); if Obama can convert leads in virtual engagement into actual voter turnout then he will have a significant lead against Romney on election day.
Interestingly, in terms of 'social engagement', there is little actual connectivity by either candidate with the public through social media; from both campaigns there is a dearth of replies to, comments on, or retweets of public comments. In July, only 3% of President Obama's Twitter messages were RT's of comments by citizens; this is better than Romney who RT'd only only comment in that period and that was made by his son Josh. There seems, across Twitter especially but seen in engagement with YouTube and others, to be a top-down 'command and control' approach by both Democrats and Republicans alike in getting the message out.
A thought.
GoogleAnalytics is used to catalogue and reference websites to create a page rank for Google's search listings; PeopleRank is a tool that uses social networking metrics, such as online engagement, to look at an individual's online engagement or 'digital footprint.' Think Klout. Could influential people with strong 'digital footprints' be courted by the campaigns with digital versions of the 'financial' political action committees?
The 51st State?
46% of respondents to a recent Gallup survey say it is either very important or important to them to have access to political content online. 16% of the same poll say that they have, on at least one occasion, changed their views on an issue after online engagement. Across the Union, apart from the Deep South Republican states, a 16% margin would put most any state in play during a Presidential Election and would change the nature of the 'battlegrounds' the Democrats and Republicans continue to fight over; Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Florida. Could the 'digital space' become the next State in the Union; a crucial virtual arena of floating and independent voters? Indeed – this could be an arena the Greens and other minor parties could flourish in given their lack of airtime and access of national / primetime slots.
Two final thoughts.
Whilst the top three searches on Google during the debate were on Simpson-Bowles [fiscal reform commission], Dodd-Frank [Wall St reform], and 'who is winning the debate', the top three Twitter trends were, in reverse order, Romney's win, Jim Lehrer and his failure as moderator, and..
'Save Big Bird' was in first place. Governor Romney had said earlier that he was going to stop the subsidy for PBS, the producers of Sesame St, and in the same breath said that he 'liked Big Bird'. The message from social networking was immediate and clear: don't mess with Big Bird Mitt Romney. On Twitter, Big Bird generated 17k tweets per minute; more than Mitt Romney's nomination acceptance speech or President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address. There were 10k tweets per minute for PBS as well. Parody Big Bird Twitter accounts were set up with tens of thousands of followers between them; memes, cartoons and illustrations of Mitt Romney and Big Bird flooded social networks during the debate.
I guess the lesson here is that, for all intents of control and engagement by political campaigns, social networking remains, for now, the voice of the masses and of the vocal few.


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A new king, who had not known Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his people, "Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are. Let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."
So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh. But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar, and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, "When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it's a daughter, she may live."
The Hebrew midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this and let the boys live?" The midwives said to Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife can get to them."
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. Since the midwives feared God, He gave them families.Pharaoh then commanded all his people: "You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live."
Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.
Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. Seeing the basket among the reeds, she sent her slave girl to get it. When she opened it, she saw the child-a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrew boys."
Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a woman from the Hebrews to nurse the boy for you?"
"Go." Pharaoh's daughter told her. So the girl went and called the boy's mother. Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the boy and nursed him. When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,
"Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water." {Exodus 1:8-2:8}
This selection from the book of Exodus has so many awe inspiring aspects to it, that I don't know if I even have caught them all in the hundreds of times that I have read it. As a mother, I immediately sympathize and my heart breaks for Moses' biological mother. She is caught in a circumstance that no mother wants to face and once she realizes that she can no longer provide the protection that her baby needs, she makes the agonizing decision to trust the plans of God and that if her baby cannot be with her without being put to death, he will somehow be rescued.
It's then my attention goes to the sister. She has seen this child grow in her mother's protection, witnessing the care to hide him and keep him from the death that I'm sure she witnessed other families grieving from. And then to be told that they can no longer risk the safety of the family and that they will have to trust that he will be better off in a basket in the Nile, than ripped from their hands and drowned by anyone who discovers him. I imagine how she must have felt helpless and yet responsible in the same instance, causing her to watch over the infant's basket from the shore. I have five siblings and I am older than all but one, so I have observed parenting from an older sibling point of view and had a few instances where I questioned if my parents were doing what was best for them. I can imagine that Miriam might have been second-guessing her mother's plan until she saw the Princess. I bet she never could have guessed how she was going to be instrumental in her brother's rescue.
Finally, I'm overwhelmed by the role of the Egyptian princess. She has been raised to see the Hebrew race as property and can immediately identify that the baby she has pulled from the water was from this race of slaves that her father has warned her against. By law she should have thrown him right back in to the river, yet she is captivated by his innocence and regardless of her fathers edict and her obligation to seal the child's fate, she ignores her duty and uses her position as a princess to rescue this child. Then she unknowingly makes provision for the child's own mother as his care giver, who is also a slave and should not be paid, but out of her own wealth secures longevity for that family by offering this woman wages for nursing the baby. She wouldn't have worshipped God, but the gods of Egypt so she wasn't directly obeying God but His love for his people and His plan to rescue the Israelites was brought into action by a mother's sacrifice and trust, a sister's watchful eye, and a princess' compassion towards a baby.
It takes my breath away every time I think about it. This is the God we serve! He takes what a person's free-will and hatred has caused and "works it together according to His purpose for the good of those who love Him." {Romans 8:28} In this instance that same child was God's plan to save and free His people, the nation of Israel, in his adulthood. This story is almost duplicated in the New Testament, this time for all the nations:
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him." When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born. "In Bethlehem of Judea," they told him, "because this is what was written by the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the leaders of Judah: because out of you will come a leader who will shepherd My people Israel." Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship Him." After hearing the king, they went on their way.
And there it was-the star they had seen in the east! It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed beyond measure. Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.
After they were gone, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Get up! Take the child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to destroy Him." So he got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and escaped to Egypt. He stayed there until Herod's death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called My Son.
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men. Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she refused to be consoled, because they were no more. {Matthew 2, CSB}
We don't often realize that twice, a king's hatred and fear caused such tragedies for the nation of Israel. We tend to question God on why He would allow such a thing to happen to these innocent children and we miss that He rescued us all through a few and in turn saving us all. He strategically had people in the right place and the right time, knowing that these men would succumb to their fear. He placed boldness into the hearts of the two midwives and Moses' mother and sister. He gave dreams to the wise men and Joseph to protect and direct them to safety. He rewarded those who chose not to play into the hands of the kings and His plans developed into the grace we live in today.
It's those revelations that cause me to give importance to what each of us choose to obey. Did my voice offering a suggestion of help to someone in need echo like Miriam's to the princess? Is my stance on love and giving people grace to change visible to the point where others are inspired to stand up for what is right? Have I chose to take a different road and not given someone in the wrong the information to destroy another person's life? Am I going to obey when my emotions say it will be long and hard but in the end God will be glorified? Each of these are opportunities that I face daily. They are baskets in the water that I can choose to ignore and let float down the river or I can pull them out and play my part. It is not just my destiny I am effecting.
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A meeting to update the public on progress on the Portage Creek work is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites, 100 W. Michigan Ave., in Kalamazoo. EPA officials will discuss plans and also take questions from the public.
This month, work began on the area of the creek between Stockbridge Avenue and Lake Street, according to an update from the EPA (Read it here as a PDF). It started on May 21 and should be complete in June. Water will be pumped out of the creek and diverted so crews can get to the creek bed.
After work is completed on the Stockbridge-Lake area, the EPA will start removing soil from Axtell Creek in July and the section of creek along Upjohn Park in late August. Sampling this spring at Upjohn Park found no PCBs present in the soil at the park, according to the EPA.
Weather permitting, the EPA will work on the area between Crosstown Parkway and East Vine Street before the end of the year.
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- Overseeing Georgia Pacific's cleanup work on the landfill on Willow Boulevard. Most of the work is expected to be finished by 2013.
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Wow - what a great first post! Welcome aboard. I have a cousin with muscular dystrophy, so I can really appreciate the hard work it takes to make progress. Very inspiring
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My name is Erik, I'm 28 years old and a grok in training from Sacramento, California. I was born with a mild case of muscular dystrophy which is a challenge to deal with but is thankfully non-degenerative. I was raised to believe that I couldn't build muscle and I let my condition become the easy excuse for inactivity. When I hit junior high the weight gain started and I hit my highest weight this last summer. 190 pounds at 5'7" with around 30% body fat. I had gone back and forth on weight loss and finally I decided to take my life back. I did the usual first steps...cut out soda, candy, fast food. I drank lots of water and got my weight down to 170. Training then came in to play and started working out twice a week. Then I hit the plateau. A friend of mine brought the Primal Blueprint to my attention and I devoured it. All of Mark's philosophies really hit home for me and the weight started falling off again. I dropped 45 pounds in 5 months and started building muscle for the first time in my life.
Starting weight (11/18/2011) : 190, 30% body fat
Today (7/15/2012) : 143, 15.5% body fat
My goal : 8% body fat by 11/18/2013...my 30th birthday!
I moved back home from an out of state job and have been struggling with staying consistent with my eating. My sister getting married, the state fair and the 4th surely didn't make it easy! I'm starting this journal to keep myself honest and meet some other like minded folks.
Let's do this!
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Wow - what a great first post! Welcome aboard. I have a cousin with muscular dystrophy, so I can really appreciate the hard work it takes to make progress. Very inspiring
Using low lectin/nightshade free primal to control autoimmune arthritis. (And lost 50 lbs along the way )
Thanks, Jammies! I'm excited to get back on track and meet some awesome people too.
The dystrophy adds some challenges but I try to push through them instead of making excuses or let it defeat me. I sleep with a cpap and get fatigued easier than most but I can feel that I'm getting stronger. It is incredible what the right food can do.
Okay, now for confession. Today was rough. The annual visit to the California State Fair happened today and with it lots of ridiculously unhealthy food.
B : one slice of quiche made with goat cheese, almond milk and bacon.
S : a few bites of a baked potato with cheese, green onion and sour cream
L : half an order of cheese curds, half of a small watermelon Merlino's freeze and half of a funnel cake. Ouch.
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As Oscar season approaches, filmmakers begin to unload work of the highest caliber upon audiences. Some fall from grace and slink away in the shame of hype, while others are applauded and enter the race for a coveted award indicating grand achievement. One of those works is the Steven Spielberg-directed "Lincoln," a historical drama chronicling the end of the 16th president's turbulent life as he attempts to abolish slavery and reunite a divided nation.
"Lincoln" had the potential to be sensational, and while we see glimpses of such, the majority of the film leaves much to be desired.
While one could expect that the film would be an examination of Abraham Lincoln's life, it instead focuses on the ending of the Civil War and the attempt to pass the 13th Amendment. Lincoln and his story are used as a frame for these events. This is the film's greatest flaw. The president, both as a man and a leader, should have remained at the heart of the film. The situation has to be a window into the character, rather than the other way around. He is a fascinating figure, and the movie sadly renders him as a backdrop to the politics of his presidency.
The icon is portrayed by Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis, right, and he does so with staggering passion. Simultaneously intense and humorous, strong and troubled, Lewis captures the many sides of a man burned so deeply in American history. His performance is nothing short of Oscar-worthy, which makes the lack of exploration of his life all the more disappointing. Sally Field also stars as first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. A complicated and at times unstable character, Field plays her with elegance and vulnerability. Tommy Lee Jones is Thaddeus Stevens, an anti-slavery Republican leader with enough piercing wit to steal every scene he's in.
In terms of cinematography, "Lincoln" is a success. Even the more dry scenes in the House of Representatives are shot beautifully, showcasing old architecture in a grand way. These images are strengthened by a stirring score from the masterful John Williams, who has undoubtedly created the most haunting film melodies of the year.
While "Lincoln" had much promise due to its rich subject matter and leadership by an incredibly talented filmmaker, it often feels like more of a disappointment than an achievement. It's at least a half hour too long, and it just doesn't seem to understand that imagery and implication can have more impact than the incessant dialogue it contains. It doesn't live up to the piles of hype, partially because it's essentially not even about the president. Rather, it's a decent film about a nation in turmoil, and I believe Abe Lincoln deserves more than that.
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Felidae, Ruh Township
Takhee Ahnrrah Starport
Khyff left a note for Senth and NarrAy that he would see them when he could make arrangements and left the date open. They would be safe on Felidae. Mehfawni might hate him, but she would not go back on her word.
Except where it pertained to traitors, and that was him.
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Somehow right now, Destoiya seemed the lesser of two evils when it came to fury.
A sure sign of how far down I've gone.
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The sign above the terminal entrance caught his attention. Takhee Ashnrrah Starport. "Huh. House of Big Wings."
New words courtesy of Mehrenn Ruh. Would her father hate him as much as Mehfawni did? The image of the pond in the rear courtyard came to mind. The deep dark water, the feel of a golden fish nibbling grain from his hand. The cameraderie of two men, two males, enjoying such a simple thing as a beautiful fish.
The whoosh sound of a train interrupted his thoughts. Across the terminal behind the shops, the only tube train on Felidae scooted to a stop. It ran between the starport and the main city, a distance of only thirty city blocks.
His mother had thrown herself in front of it and died.
Khyff turned to the right. Icons of children playing with a ball marked the day care center. He took a step toward it. Waited awhile, deciding if he truly wanted to see inside. One more step. Another. He walked to the window.
Short tables and chairs gathered in one corner, a center for art nearby. Books and toys lay tumbled in bins beyond. On the other side, children gathered around an adult who read a story. Over in the corner near the other window stood a small blond human boy, about four years old. The child pressed his face to the glass and looked both directions, searching. His smile lit up. A woman with blond hair approached and waved at him. The boy ran to get the woman reading the story.
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"A whore and the son of a whore," Mehfawni's grandmama had called him. Perhaps she was right. Perhaps he would never be good enough for anyone to love. Maybe he should do the honorable thing. . .
Khyff turned. The small boy he'd seen in the day care window stood beside him.
"You dropped this." His small hand held up a slip of paper.
"I did?" He took it from him, opened it and smiled. It read, "You're not alone."
The slip of paper he'd found inside his napkin. He'd put it in his coat pocket and it must have fallen out when he'd tossed the coat over the bagbot.
"Thank you." Khyff squatted to be on the boy's level and smiled up at his mother. "I appreciate this more than you know."
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Khyff rose slowly, looked at the paper again. Maybe this wasn't just a sign from Destoiya. Maybe he really wasn't alone.
Mehfawni had said she loved him. "I am a warrior. I do not lie." She'd asked him to marry her. "I will love you forever."
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