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The Bakken Goes Boom: Oil And The Changing Geographies Of Western North Dakota, William Caraher, Kyle Conway Feb 2016

The Bakken Goes Boom: Oil And The Changing Geographies Of Western North Dakota, William Caraher, Kyle Conway

Digital Press Books

In 2008, the Bakken went boom. Thanks to advances in hydraulic fracturing, oil production in western North Dakota exploded. As the price of oil went up, so did the oil rigs. People came from all over the country (and the world) in search of work, and cities and towns struggled to keep up. This book is about the challenges they faced. It is about the human dimensions of the boom, as told by artists, poets, journalists, and scholars. It captures the boom at its peak, before the price of oil fell and the boom went bust.

This is the only …


Environmental Reliability Of Thin Film Sealing On Thick Film Ltcc, Charles R. Bourland May 2015

Environmental Reliability Of Thin Film Sealing On Thick Film Ltcc, Charles R. Bourland

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As electronic components and systems become more intricate and expand into new realms of use case scenarios, new materials systems must be explored. With new systems comes the balancing acts of cost and reliability. Presented here is a thesis that explores a new hybrid-electronics packaging system using low temperature co-fired ceramics, referred to as LTCC. An LTCC system was designed to explore the environmental reliability of numerous thick film LTCC features and parameters. A key element was to explore how a thin film metallization stack up used to cap or seal underlying thick film structures would decrease environmental susceptibility while …


Securing Access To Lower-Cost Talent Globally: The Dynamics Of Active Embedding And Field Structuration, Stephan Manning, Joerg Sydow, Arnold Windeler Jan 2012

Securing Access To Lower-Cost Talent Globally: The Dynamics Of Active Embedding And Field Structuration, Stephan Manning, Joerg Sydow, Arnold Windeler

Management and Marketing Faculty Publication Series

This article examines how multinational corporations (MNCs) shape institutional conditions in emerging economies to secure access to high-skilled, yet lower-cost science and engineering talent. Based on two in-depth case studies of engineering offshoring projects of German automotive suppliers in Romania and China we analyze how MNCs engage in ‘active embedding’ by aligning local institutional conditions with global offshoring strategies and operational needs. MNCs thereby contribute to the structuration of field relations and practices of sourcing knowledge-intensive work from globally dispersed locations.Our findings stress the importance of institutional processes across geographic boundaries that regulate and get shaped by MNC activities.


Approach To Model On The Fourth Generation Port Competitiveness : An Application For Pda, Yiwen Cao Aug 2008

Approach To Model On The Fourth Generation Port Competitiveness : An Application For Pda, Yiwen Cao

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Development Research On Zhoushan Shipbuilding And Ship Repair Industry, Jing Zhou Aug 2008

The Development Research On Zhoushan Shipbuilding And Ship Repair Industry, Jing Zhou

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Management Of Engineering Consulting Firms In Malaysia : Practices And Problems, Sherena S. Siva Ahnanthan Jan 2002

Management Of Engineering Consulting Firms In Malaysia : Practices And Problems, Sherena S. Siva Ahnanthan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This is a study of engineering consulting firms in Malaysia that aspire to be major players in the competitive local and regional engineering and construction industry. Engineering consulting firms play an important role in the economic growth and development of a country. This is because of the direct contribution of the services to the design and implementation of investment projects, and together with the inter-linkages they produce between the different parts of the economy. The study identifies and evaluates some of the major management practices and problems faced by the industry in general and the companies in particular. A business …


Development In The Petroleum Sub-Sector And Their Impacts On Nigerian Economy., I. P. Ojinnaka Jul 2000

Development In The Petroleum Sub-Sector And Their Impacts On Nigerian Economy., I. P. Ojinnaka

Bullion

The development of the petroleum industry has had both negative and positive impacts on the Nigerian economy. Two schools of thought can be examined. First, that positive impacts outweigh the negative, and secondly, the inverse. The paper will examined the impacts and analyzed the positive ones. From the approach of the study it is clear that the petroleum industry has had both negative and positive impacts on the Nigerian economy. Nigeria without petroleum could be like any other country without oil or gas, that is, import dependent. However, Nigeria with oil is the best thing that could have happened to …


Technological Upgradation Policies Of The Steel Industry And Impact Of The Steel Industry In The Indian Economy, K K Saxena, Binayak Rath Dec 1990

Technological Upgradation Policies Of The Steel Industry And Impact Of The Steel Industry In The Indian Economy, K K Saxena, Binayak Rath

IIMB Management Review

In India, the iron and steel industry in general occupies an important Position among the manufacturing industries. The priorities attached to this sector can be explained from the Second Five Year Plan document which mentioned that the expansion of iron and steel industry has obviously the highest priority than other industries because the tempo of progress of the economy. Hence, Second Plan onwards the industry has made a rapid stride in our economy. A number of Integrated Steel Plants (ISPs) in the public sector have been set up to boost up production. Today these ISPs contribute a significant portion of …