Zugl.: Karlsruhe, Univ., Diss., 2009 / Hergestellt on demand. - Zusätzliches Online-Angebot unter http://uvka.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/shop/isbn/978-3-86644-427-0

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 49 p. Includes two sample banner ads: one animated and one content-specific. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-37).

Thesis (M.A.)--Sonoma State University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-36).

Tesis (Licenciado en Biblioteconomía)--Secretaría de Educación Pública, Dirección General de Educación Superior, Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía, 2003. / Para disco compacto véase: DC/928. Incluye bibliografía: h. 143-151.

Tesis (Licenciado en Biblioteconomía)--Secretaría de Educación Pública, Dirección General de Educación Superior, Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía, 2003. / Para obra impresa véase: 025.52/S2119c. Incluye bibliografía.

published_or_final_version / Computer Science / Master / Master of Philosophy

2 Traditional business model The traditional organizational business model [developed more than a century ago in Britain as 'the method of doing business by which a company can sustain itself – that is to generate revenue' (Rappa, 2001)]' was driven by pre-specific plans and goals, aimed to ensure optimisation based primarily on building consensus, convergence and compliance' (Malhotra 2000b). In this traditional model ['tightly bound command-and-control hierarchy with headquarters staff calling the shots from the top' (Viscio and Pasternack 1996)], organizational information and control systems, performance and behaviour were modelled on the same paradigm, to enable convergence by ensuring adherence to the organizational tried-and-true model, the company way, rules of thumb, procedures, processes and archived best practices to ensure profits and sustainability. As described by Malhotra in his article, A Framework for Business Model Innovation, this routinization of organizational goals for realizing increased efficiencies is suitable for that era, which is marked by a relatively stable and predictable business environment (Malhotra 2000b). 'The pace of change was relatively predictable with some level of certainty', while the components to sustain success ('information, control and performance systems; the procedure manuals, rules of thumbs and best practices in the minds of managers and workers who have comfort in following "tried and tested" business practices') is safely and comfortably embedded in the company's recipe for success (Malhotra 2000a). In the traditional economy, business dictated to customers and customers had to buy what organizations had to offer them to suit their needs. Customers' needs were artificially created and manipulated; therefore, the service and products rendered to them could be planned in advance. It is clear that the old world of business, with its predefined recipes for success and pre-determined strategies and business conduct, was focused on its inner self and its products. Business existed in a comfort zone and organizations were able to programme and archive their business procedures and know-how in databases and human minds for any significant duration of time as 'programmed logic' (Malhotra 2000a).

Broadband voltage-controlled oscillators are critical to the design of millimeter wave frequency synthesizers. This thesis proposes a design technique that can be used to significantly extend the achievable frequency span of an oscillator. A dual-band oscillator topology is described that can be configured to operate in one of two modes, by an electrical reconfiguration of the negative resistance core around the resonant tank, without switching passive elements within the tank itself. The configuration helps to minimize the difference in phase noise performance between the two modes, while achieving a wide tuning range. To verify the concept, a mm-wave VCO that operates at 30-GHz is designed in a commercial 0.18-um CMOS technology, with an approximate simulated tuning range of 20%. A dual-mode oscillator is also designed in a 0.13-um technology at 60-GHz. / text

published_or_final_version / Computer Science and Information Systems / Master / Master of Philosophy

This is Module 6 of the ICT for Library and Information Professionals (ICTLIP) Training Package for Developing Countries. This Package is intended to provide the knowledge and skills required to deal with the application of ICT to library and information services. It is meant for library and information personnel who may become trainers in the area. The Package has been developed by the UNESCO Asia & Pacific Regional Office with funding from the Japanese Fund in Trust for Communication and Information. It contains six modules: Module 1 - Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies Module 2 - Introduction to Integrated Library Systems Module 3 - Information Seeking in an Electronic Environment Module 4 - Database Design, and Information Storage and Retrieval Module 5 - The Internet as an Information Resource Module 6 - Web Page Concept and Design: Getting a Web Page Up and Running