21st century has been the so-called the era of knowledge-based andinnovation-driven economy. As Taiwan has been stepping into the stage of slower growth, the major issue for Taiwan¡¦s future development is how we progress toward the innovation-based industrial growth. Facing the hypercompetitive future, staying efficient, keeping costs down, delivering products and services on time and to a sufficient standard of quality are goals that merely ensure the organization stays alive. Continuous innovation has been widely regarded as the major source of competitive advantage and the base on which an enterprise builds its core competence, uplifts its competitiveness and expands its global market share. With the recognition of the importance of organizational innovation, the purpose of the study is trying to examine the current status of organizational innovation in Taiwan's traditional industry, hoping to provide some guidelines for the industry to enhance its competitiveness via innovation. The research suggested two main steps to enhance the innovation system: (1) examine and evaluate a firm¡¦s existing organizational innovation and (2) reconstruct the innovation system. After the analysis of Taiwan¡¦s traditional industry, the guidelines to improve organizational innovation include: (1) improving administrative innovation, (2) improving information system, (3) collaborating with external organizations, (4) developing brand names, (5) developing disruptive innovation, and (6) reinforcing flexibility and adaptability.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-219).

A unique cultural artifact, the bondage club known as Club DOMINION, existed in Muncie, Ind., from 1997 to 2001.This project is a 25,000-word work of literary journalism detailing the four years of DOMINION's existence and the inner lives of its participants. Using techniques of interviews, observation, and immersion journalism inspired by the work of Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, and John McPhee, it tells the story of the founder of the club, known as Moth, and her close-knit circle of friends.The project also acts as an ethnographic study of a distinctive subculture operating in a conservative Midwestern community. / Department of Journalism

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Thesis (B.A. (Hons.))--University of Adelaide, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66).

Thesis (doctoral)--Hochschule St. Gallen für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 1994.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-178).

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [118]-120).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 222-239). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.