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    1. Measuring value-leverage in aerospace supply chains 2012

      Beelaerts van Blokland, W.W.A.; Fiksi ski, M.A.; Amoa, S.O.B.; Santema, S.C....

      International Journal Of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 32, Issue 8, pp. 982 - 1007.

      Purpose - The traditional value chain has changed under the influence of globalisation, lean thinking and the value leverage towards suppliers in the supply chain. The leverage of value by the foca... Read more

      Purpose - The traditional value chain has changed under the influence of globalisation, lean thinking and the value leverage towards suppliers in the supply chain. The leverage of value by the focal original equipment manufacturer (OEM)-company to the supply chain has caused the focal OEM-company to transform into a large-scale system integrator (LSSI). The LSSI was defined according to the Petrick's definition. Indicators that measure the value-leverage by these LSSI companies have not been found in literature. The purpose of this paper is to describe indicators that measure value-leverage and illustrates that LSSI companies in the aerospace industry have a value-leverage capability, using these indicators.Design methodology approach - The authors' main research question is: "How to measure value-leverage by LSSIs in the aerospace industry?". As value-leverage indicators have not been studied before, a literature study was carried out to develop a set of indicators which were tested in a quantitative analysis, using secondary data from 41 aerospace companies. Second, the value-leverage indicators were applied to the aircraft LSSIs. The industry samples consisted of the global companies in the aircraft OEM industry and the relevant financial and company data were collected from the companies' public financial data, spanning a time frame of 14 years (1996 to 2009). A case study was performed on large-scale aircraft system integrators, as a sample of the aerospace OEM industry, to demonstrate the effects of value-leverage by aircraft LSSI companies.Findings - With the new indicators, this research shows value leverage of aerospace OEMs and aircraft LSSIs as a sub group of the sample. The related indicators showed a change in leverage over time, indicating the leverage capability of aerospace OEMs. More in-depth analysis on aircraft LSSI companies showed that aircraft LSSI with high correlation on the value-leverage variables are more in value balance compared with aircraft LSSI companies scoring lower on the variables.Research limitations implications - This research has been limited to the aerospace OEMs. Data from secondary (public) sources were used, such as financial reports over a period of 14 years. Further research is necessary to develop indicators for other sectors of industries, such as automotive, medical instruments and construction, as well as to further improve the understanding of the outcomes of this study.Practical implications - The new indicators measure value-leverage of aerospace OEMs in general and aircraft LSSI companies. These companies could be compared on their capability of value-leverage. Management of these firms can use the indicators to further improve their capability of value-leverage on the supply chain regarding co-development and co-production of aircraft and related systems.Social implications - It is useful for the executive management of aircraft LSSIs to balance the value leverage of their companies regarding R&D, customer demand and supply chain based production.Originality value - The paper identifies indicators that measure the capability of the aerospace OEMs to leverage value on supply chains. The found indicators form a preliminary model, which contributes to the usage of theories on lean manufacturing, supply chain management, value networks and open innovation. Read less

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    2. Gender, School Background, Personality, and Performance of Gifted and Regular Students in... 2022

      Grasiaswaty, Novika; Nisa, Khairun; Junia, Denawati; Nurrahmi, Febri...

      Journal For The Education Of The Gifted, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 404 - 424.

      This study investigated the relationship between gender, school type, school location, personality, and winning a medal among participants of the two largest student competitions in Indonesia, the ... Read more

      This study investigated the relationship between gender, school type, school location, personality, and winning a medal among participants of the two largest student competitions in Indonesia, the National Science Competition (KSN) and the Entrepreneur-based Student National Competition (FIKSI), sponsored by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Survey data were collected from 684 participants in KSN and 169 participants in FIKSI. The chi-square test and the logistic regression were employed using Jeffey’s Amazing Statistics Program (JASP) ver. 13. The results revealed a substantial relationship between gender, school location, school type, and personality on winning a medal in KSN, but none in FIKSI. Results also revealed that male participants and participants from Java and private schools were more likely to win medals in KSN than female participants and participants from outside Java and public schools. This study also found that neuroticism has a statistically significant relationship toward receiving a medal in KSN. Read less

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    3. Introduction to Special Issue on Transience: Emerging Norms of Language Use 2017

      Lønsmann, Dorte; Hazel, Spencer; Haberland, Hartmut

      Journal Of Linguistic Anthropology, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 264 - 270.

      In this introduction to the special issue, the concept of transience is introduced as a theoretical perspective and as an object of research. The perspective of transience foregrounds the temporali... Read more

      In this introduction to the special issue, the concept of transience is introduced as a theoretical perspective and as an object of research. The perspective of transience foregrounds the temporality of norm formation, located within the practices of people on the move. The introduction suggests that it is beneficial to apply the concept of transience in order to understand processes of norm development, including those pertaining to language choice and language socialization. Working from an understanding that communities form and dissolve, we claim that it is useful to look at these processes, as it is in the process of communities coming into being that norms emerge. Transience, in spite of being ubiquitous, is not always salient for members or analysts, but to identify, fixate and theorize it as an object of study in linguistic anthropology invites new ways of conceptualizing the interdependence of language and social structure. En ĉi tiu enkonduko al la speciala numero pri aperantaj normoj de lingvuzado, la koncepto de mallongtempeco de lingvaj komunumoj estas enkondukita prezentita kiel teoria perspektivo kaj kiel celo de esplorado. La perspektivo de la mallongtempeco akcentas la tempecon de normformado situata en la agadoj de homoj survojaj. Ni asertas, ke estas utile apliki la koncepton de mallongtempeco por kompreni procezojn de normevoluo, inkluzive de tiuj, kiuj apartenas al lingva elekto kaj lingva sociigo. Surbaze de la kompreno, ke komunumoj formiĝas kaj malformiĝas, ni asertas, ke estas utile esplori ĉi tiujn procezojn, ĉar normoj aperas dum la ekesto de komunumoj. Mallongtempeco, kvankam ĉiea, ne ĉiam estas evidenta por membroj de la ekzamenata komunumo aŭ la analizistoj, sed identigi, fiksi kaj teorigi ĝin kiel celon de studado en lingva antropologio invitas al novaj manieroj koncepti la interdependadon de lingvo kaj socia strukturo. Read less

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