Business historians have shown the importance of industrial research in the process of innovation. Most have focused on the industrial research departments themselves. Less attention has been paid to the position of these departments within research networks outside the firm. This article explores the story of networking at the Dutch company of Phillips & Co. during the interwar period. Gilles Holst, director of Phillip's Research Department at the time, became involved in an agricultural research network that comprised growers, university scientists, and the Dutch government. These networks were essential for Phillip's success and provided an opportunity for the company's researchers to keep in touch with scientific circles.
...Public or private agricultural research agency or educational institution means aany organization engaged in research pertaining to the agricultural...
After former Missouri Sen. Kit Bond left Congress, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute watched the yearly earmarks he had secured to help fund the organization leave with him. After slogging through one budget cycle with lower funding, the influential research body is hoping for a reprieve with $4 million in competitive grants its leaders and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., say it has a good chance of winning.
State House Speaker Larry E. Adair has appointed John L. Bailey, director of Mrs. Smith's Bakery in Stilwell, a division of the Schwan Food, to serve on the Industry Advisory Committee of the Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products Research and Technology Center. The organization is located on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater. Gov. Brad Henry has announced several appointments to state boards and commissions.
Megan R. Galey has joined Husch Blackwell's St. Louis office as an associate. Galey will practice environmental & natural resources law, bringing a working knowledge on matters such as Clean Water Act enforcement issues and sustainable agriculture standards. Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Galey was a legal research associate for the University of Illinois' College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, where she served as a consultant for the agricultural community regarding food and environmental regulations. While there, she assisted the nonprofit environmental organization Leonardo Academy with the development of sustainable agriculture standards for the American National Standards Institute.
DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing educational outreach effort, Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) today sponsored a Biopesticide Roundtable at the University of California, Davis, examining the importance of biopesticides as effective tools in integrated pest management (IPM) programs. The interactive roundtable, hosted by the Association of Applied IPM Ecologists, featured university and industry experts who discussed the benefits of biopesticide use on grape, stone fruit, walnut and other important agricultural crops. Biopesticides offer an effective and environmentally safe option for managing agricultural crops and are rapidly being adopted in both conventional and organic crop management," said MBI CEO Pam Marrone, Ph.D. "In the future, we expect more bi...
... coast manager at Pacific Agricultural Research, an independent agricultural contract research org...
There is an exciting new opportunity taking shape in West Virginia. It is beginning to spark technological breakthroughs that have the potential to create thousands of jobs for state residents. The bioscience and life sciences fields are just now emerging in West Virginia, but they are already making a significant impact. What is the bioscience industry? According to industry trade organization BIO, its members are involved in the research and development of innovative health-care, agricultural, industrial and environmental products. In short, the bioscience industry helps heal, fuel and feed our world.
General review of the legal activities of the United Nations Disarmament and related matters (a) Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues (b) The Biological and Chemical Conventions (c) Conventional weapons issues (d) Regional disarmament activities of the United Nations (e) Terrorism and disarmament (f) Outer space and disarmament (g) Human rights, human security and disarmament Other political and security questions (a) Membership of the United Nations (b) Legal aspects of peaceful uses of outer space (c) United Nations peacekeepers (d) Peacekeeping operations and other United Nations missions (e) Action by Member States authorized by the United Nations Security Council (f) Security Council Committees Environmental, economic, social, cultural, human...
... and technical studies and historical research which it is now relying on carried out before 1992... with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD). 4. Memorandum of Understanding...
... is needed, which would tie an aggressive research agenda to critically examine the impacts of rapidl... from the existing discipline-centric organization to a problem-oriented, learner-centered framework ... stages, often referred to as the agricultural, and then industrial revolutions. More recently, t...
...(i) State agricultural experiment station;. (ii) College or university;. (iii) University research foundation;. (iv) Other research institution or or...(vii) Private organization or corporation;. (viii) Individual; or. (ix) Any g...
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