performance and innovation unit
1Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
2Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
3clothing and footwear industry — Introduction also called apparel and allied industries, garment industries, or soft goods industries, factories and mills producing outerwear, underwear, headwear, footwear, belts, purses, luggage, gloves, scarfs, ties, and household… …
4History of science and technology in the People's Republic of China — For more than a century China s leaders have called for rapid development of science and technology, and science policy has played a greater role in national politics in China than in many other countries. China s scientific and technical… …
5research and development — Introduction abbreviation R and D, or R & D, in industry, two intimately related processes by which new products and new forms of old products are brought into being through technological innovation. Introduction and definitions …
6Sonatas and Interludes — is a collection of twenty pieces for prepared piano by American avant garde composer John Cage (1912 ndash;1992). It was composed in 1946 ndash;1948, shortly after Cage s introduction to Indian philosophy and the teachings of art historian Ananda …
7Art, Antiques, and Collections — ▪ 2003 Introduction In 2002 major exhibitions such as Documenta 11 reflected the diverse nature of contemporary art: artists from a variety of cultures received widespread recognition for work ranging from installation to video to painting …
8American Iron and Steel Institute — The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is an association of North American steel producers. With its predecessor organizations, is one of the oldest trade associations in the United States, dating back to 1855. It assumed its present form… …
9U.S. Customs and Border Protection — Abbreviation CBP Patch of CBP …
10Crawford School of Economics and Government — Old Canberra House and the new JG Crawford Building. The Crawford School of Economics and Government[1] is a research intensive policy school within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National Universit …
