The point under study is the first of such a nature. This paper investigates the management of innovation adopted by the European leader in sports equipment: Decathlon (Oxylane Group). In recent years, vertical int...The point under study is the first of such a nature. This paper investigates the management of innovation adopted by the European leader in sports equipment: Decathlon (Oxylane Group). In recent years, vertical integration push and innovation have secured the company's leadership and success in a number of sports markets throughout Europe. It now has 909 stores located globally. Oxylane Group designs, manufactures, and sells sports products for sports people worldwide. It offers fitness, dance, gymnastics, and combat sports products; bicycles, equipment, and accessories; team sports products; nautical and water sports products (surf sports, diving, sailing, and kayaking products); swimming products; mountain sports products (for hiking, mountain trailing, camping, skiing, and snow shoe hiking); skiing and snowboarding products (for snowboarders and skiers); and climbing and mountaineering products. The company is now a direct challenger for world sports leaders. Since the end of the 1990's, Decathlon different sports brands have not taken a unique and rational path to success. The company has built insights about its customers, identified and evaluated unique market opportunities, and prepared a bold game plan to seize them. By doing so, Decathlon has developed a stream of winning products. The process of new business creation generally splits into two parts: an upstream process (sensing and creating opportunities) and a downstream process (converting the selected opportunities into successful products). Most businesses have a formal process implemented to manage the downstream part. Few that people know of have set up an equivalent process like Oxylane and Decathlon to sense and create new opportunities in the sports equipment industry. The aim of the paper is to examine how the brand has developed two of its successful product: the tent two seconds and the wetsuit "Inergy". These two products are chosen as examples to understand how the upstream process articulate with the downstream one.展开更多
The purpose of this study is to investigate the constraints that the workers in silver sport industry experience and the solutions. In this study, six workers in silver sport industry participating in the elderly job ...The purpose of this study is to investigate the constraints that the workers in silver sport industry experience and the solutions. In this study, six workers in silver sport industry participating in the elderly job fair held in Ilsan in 2016 were selected as subjects and interviewed in depth. The sports equipment that the six subjects exhibited and their sales and PR (Public Relations) behaviors during the fair were observed, and they were interviewed about the current status of the sports goods industry, constraints as workers, and solutions to resolve the constraints. A senior sports goods developer analyzed sports goods development and PR process through a case study. The result of this study is as follows. The constraints of silver sport industry environment are constraints on investment and lack of research and development, legal and institutional constraints, and economic constraints. The constraints of the silver sport goods industrial field are anxiety for the production of unproven high-cost goods, constraints on unstable institutions, and constraints from the difficulties in collaboration. The solutions of such problems are as follows. First, it is needed to resolve the high production cost. Second, it is need to resolve the difficulties in delivery. Third, it is needed to resolve the difficulties in communication in the development stage展开更多
The social transmission of food preferences (STFP) is a behavioural task of olfactory memory, in which an observer rat learns safe food odours from a demonstrator rat, and shows preference for this odour in a subseq...The social transmission of food preferences (STFP) is a behavioural task of olfactory memory, in which an observer rat learns safe food odours from a demonstrator rat, and shows preference for this odour in a subsequent choice test. However, previous studies have failed to detect the transmission of information about food study, we tested how demonstrators' health affects the exchange of of potential danger and food aversion using STFP test. In this odour information and whether observers can learn danger information from an unhealthy demonstrator. As expected, the observer rat formed an odour preference after interacting with a demonstrator rat that had just eaten food containing a new odour, however, odour preference rather than aversion was also formed after interacting with a demonstrator rat injected with LiC1 (used to induce gastric malaise). Furthermore, anaesthetized demonstrator rats and half-anaesthetized demonstrator rats, which showed obvious motor deficits suggesting an unhealthy state, also socially transmitted food preferences to observers. These results suggest that the social transmission of food preferences task is independent of a demonstrators' health, and that information about dangerous foods cannot be transmitted using this behavioural task.展开更多
Purpose: This study aims to identify the concussion-related training and education needs of Gaelic Athletic Association(GAA) coaches in Ireland,as well as the preferred method of concussion education delivery.Methods:...Purpose: This study aims to identify the concussion-related training and education needs of Gaelic Athletic Association(GAA) coaches in Ireland,as well as the preferred method of concussion education delivery.Methods: We used a self-report questionnaire to collect data from a convenience sample of 108 GAA coaches in Ireland. Data were captured on(1) informational needs and desires,(2) preferred methods of delivery, and(3) concussion practices and procedures. Questionnaires were completed electronically from June 3 rd–September 29 th, 2015.Results: Coaches indicated that they were most interested in receiving information about the(1) signs and symptoms of concussion,(2) assessment of concussion, and(3) return-to-play guidelines. Over two-thirds of participants indicated that in-person training would be the most effective mode of delivery of concussion education for this population. Additionally, only 10% coaches reported that before the start of the season they talked to their athletes about concussion management and safety, and this was more common among coaches who reported being formally educated about concussion.Conclusion: Our findings reveal a disconnect between the concussion education needs and the education that is currently provided to GAA coaches, in terms of content and delivery modality. Our results suggest a need for a multifaceted approach to concussion education, tailored to the needs and learning preferences of the target population.展开更多
This paper presents an algorithmic proposal of a movements' planner for a robotic manipulator. Its application is the planning of trajectories from wooden cuttings in a band saw. This algorithm is based on heuristics...This paper presents an algorithmic proposal of a movements' planner for a robotic manipulator. Its application is the planning of trajectories from wooden cuttings in a band saw. This algorithm is based on heuristics. A simulator was developed in order to allow the user to define the table's shape and figure that you want to trim. The simulator was developed in Java from Sun Microsystems, and next it will be applied in TM Cyberbotics Webots.展开更多
As in many other industries, strong brands play an important role in football industry inducing sales for the clubs that own it. Brands financial values are not quantified in balance sheets, so quantifying them provid...As in many other industries, strong brands play an important role in football industry inducing sales for the clubs that own it. Brands financial values are not quantified in balance sheets, so quantifying them provides important financial data. This is the research topic. The research questions are: (i) How is the importance of the brand in the revenues of football clubs and (ii) what is the financial value of the brands Futebol Clube do Porto (FCP), Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SLB), and e Sporting Clube de Portugal (SCP)? This investigation was based on an adaptation of the inter brand equity model. This model considers equity as the economic value generated as net profit of the company, which can be apportioned to the brand. The data was collected from the financial maps of these three clubs between 2005/2006 and 2009/2010 seasons. In order to adapt the model to the football industry, a panel of five experts of professional football club managers was questioned. These experts claim that in football industry, brand management contributes with 16% of the economic value, sport management with 63%, financial management with 16%, and other factors with 5%. The conclusion is that FCP has the most valuable brand, with about 54.5 m , followed by SLB with about 51.6 m , and finally by SCP with about 39.5 m.展开更多
Define the incremental fractional Brownian field with parameter H ∈ (0, 1) by ZH(τ, s) = BH(s-+τ) - BH(S), where BH(s) is a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H ∈ (0, 1). We firstly deriv...Define the incremental fractional Brownian field with parameter H ∈ (0, 1) by ZH(τ, s) = BH(s-+τ) - BH(S), where BH(s) is a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H ∈ (0, 1). We firstly derive the exact tail asymptoties for the maximum MH*(T) = max(τ,s)∈[a,b]×[0,T] ZH(τ, s)/τH of the standardised fractional Brownian motion field, with any fixed 0 〈 a 〈 b 〈 ∞ and T 〉 0; and we, furthermore, extend the obtained result to the ease that T is a positive random variable independent of {BH(s), s ≥ 0}. As a by-product, we obtain the Gumbel limit law for MH*r(T) as T →∞.展开更多
文摘The point under study is the first of such a nature. This paper investigates the management of innovation adopted by the European leader in sports equipment: Decathlon (Oxylane Group). In recent years, vertical integration push and innovation have secured the company's leadership and success in a number of sports markets throughout Europe. It now has 909 stores located globally. Oxylane Group designs, manufactures, and sells sports products for sports people worldwide. It offers fitness, dance, gymnastics, and combat sports products; bicycles, equipment, and accessories; team sports products; nautical and water sports products (surf sports, diving, sailing, and kayaking products); swimming products; mountain sports products (for hiking, mountain trailing, camping, skiing, and snow shoe hiking); skiing and snowboarding products (for snowboarders and skiers); and climbing and mountaineering products. The company is now a direct challenger for world sports leaders. Since the end of the 1990's, Decathlon different sports brands have not taken a unique and rational path to success. The company has built insights about its customers, identified and evaluated unique market opportunities, and prepared a bold game plan to seize them. By doing so, Decathlon has developed a stream of winning products. The process of new business creation generally splits into two parts: an upstream process (sensing and creating opportunities) and a downstream process (converting the selected opportunities into successful products). Most businesses have a formal process implemented to manage the downstream part. Few that people know of have set up an equivalent process like Oxylane and Decathlon to sense and create new opportunities in the sports equipment industry. The aim of the paper is to examine how the brand has developed two of its successful product: the tent two seconds and the wetsuit "Inergy". These two products are chosen as examples to understand how the upstream process articulate with the downstream one.
文摘The purpose of this study is to investigate the constraints that the workers in silver sport industry experience and the solutions. In this study, six workers in silver sport industry participating in the elderly job fair held in Ilsan in 2016 were selected as subjects and interviewed in depth. The sports equipment that the six subjects exhibited and their sales and PR (Public Relations) behaviors during the fair were observed, and they were interviewed about the current status of the sports goods industry, constraints as workers, and solutions to resolve the constraints. A senior sports goods developer analyzed sports goods development and PR process through a case study. The result of this study is as follows. The constraints of silver sport industry environment are constraints on investment and lack of research and development, legal and institutional constraints, and economic constraints. The constraints of the silver sport goods industrial field are anxiety for the production of unproven high-cost goods, constraints on unstable institutions, and constraints from the difficulties in collaboration. The solutions of such problems are as follows. First, it is needed to resolve the high production cost. Second, it is need to resolve the difficulties in delivery. Third, it is needed to resolve the difficulties in communication in the development stage
基金supported by the 973 Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2013CB835103)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science(XDB02020200)the National Science Foundation of China(31100775)
文摘The social transmission of food preferences (STFP) is a behavioural task of olfactory memory, in which an observer rat learns safe food odours from a demonstrator rat, and shows preference for this odour in a subsequent choice test. However, previous studies have failed to detect the transmission of information about food study, we tested how demonstrators' health affects the exchange of of potential danger and food aversion using STFP test. In this odour information and whether observers can learn danger information from an unhealthy demonstrator. As expected, the observer rat formed an odour preference after interacting with a demonstrator rat that had just eaten food containing a new odour, however, odour preference rather than aversion was also formed after interacting with a demonstrator rat injected with LiC1 (used to induce gastric malaise). Furthermore, anaesthetized demonstrator rats and half-anaesthetized demonstrator rats, which showed obvious motor deficits suggesting an unhealthy state, also socially transmitted food preferences to observers. These results suggest that the social transmission of food preferences task is independent of a demonstrators' health, and that information about dangerous foods cannot be transmitted using this behavioural task.
基金supported by the Irish Research Council(Grant No.GOIPG/2014/914)
文摘Purpose: This study aims to identify the concussion-related training and education needs of Gaelic Athletic Association(GAA) coaches in Ireland,as well as the preferred method of concussion education delivery.Methods: We used a self-report questionnaire to collect data from a convenience sample of 108 GAA coaches in Ireland. Data were captured on(1) informational needs and desires,(2) preferred methods of delivery, and(3) concussion practices and procedures. Questionnaires were completed electronically from June 3 rd–September 29 th, 2015.Results: Coaches indicated that they were most interested in receiving information about the(1) signs and symptoms of concussion,(2) assessment of concussion, and(3) return-to-play guidelines. Over two-thirds of participants indicated that in-person training would be the most effective mode of delivery of concussion education for this population. Additionally, only 10% coaches reported that before the start of the season they talked to their athletes about concussion management and safety, and this was more common among coaches who reported being formally educated about concussion.Conclusion: Our findings reveal a disconnect between the concussion education needs and the education that is currently provided to GAA coaches, in terms of content and delivery modality. Our results suggest a need for a multifaceted approach to concussion education, tailored to the needs and learning preferences of the target population.
文摘This paper presents an algorithmic proposal of a movements' planner for a robotic manipulator. Its application is the planning of trajectories from wooden cuttings in a band saw. This algorithm is based on heuristics. A simulator was developed in order to allow the user to define the table's shape and figure that you want to trim. The simulator was developed in Java from Sun Microsystems, and next it will be applied in TM Cyberbotics Webots.
文摘As in many other industries, strong brands play an important role in football industry inducing sales for the clubs that own it. Brands financial values are not quantified in balance sheets, so quantifying them provides important financial data. This is the research topic. The research questions are: (i) How is the importance of the brand in the revenues of football clubs and (ii) what is the financial value of the brands Futebol Clube do Porto (FCP), Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SLB), and e Sporting Clube de Portugal (SCP)? This investigation was based on an adaptation of the inter brand equity model. This model considers equity as the economic value generated as net profit of the company, which can be apportioned to the brand. The data was collected from the financial maps of these three clubs between 2005/2006 and 2009/2010 seasons. In order to adapt the model to the football industry, a panel of five experts of professional football club managers was questioned. These experts claim that in football industry, brand management contributes with 16% of the economic value, sport management with 63%, financial management with 16%, and other factors with 5%. The conclusion is that FCP has the most valuable brand, with about 54.5 m , followed by SLB with about 51.6 m , and finally by SCP with about 39.5 m.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11326175 and 71471090)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(Grant No.LQ14A010012)+2 种基金Research Start-up Foundation of Jiaxing University(Grant No.70512021)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2014T70449)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(Grant No.BK20131339)
文摘Define the incremental fractional Brownian field with parameter H ∈ (0, 1) by ZH(τ, s) = BH(s-+τ) - BH(S), where BH(s) is a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H ∈ (0, 1). We firstly derive the exact tail asymptoties for the maximum MH*(T) = max(τ,s)∈[a,b]×[0,T] ZH(τ, s)/τH of the standardised fractional Brownian motion field, with any fixed 0 〈 a 〈 b 〈 ∞ and T 〉 0; and we, furthermore, extend the obtained result to the ease that T is a positive random variable independent of {BH(s), s ≥ 0}. As a by-product, we obtain the Gumbel limit law for MH*r(T) as T →∞.