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J Int Entrepr DOI 10.1007/s10843-008-0020-z Born internationals: Market expansion and business operation mode strategies in the digital media field Mika Gabrielsson & Tommi Pelkonen # Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2008 Abstract This paper examines leading Swedish and Finnish Internet consultancies operating in the digital media service field. These are ‘born international’ firms tha...

Int J Digit Libr DOI 10.1007/s00799-008-0036-y REGULAR PAPER The use of online digital resources and educational digital libraries in higher education Flora McMartin · Ellen Iverson · Alan Wolf · Joshua Morrill · Glenda Morgan · Cathryn Manduca © Springer-Verlag 2008 Abstract This paper summarizes results from a national survey of 4,678 respondents, representing 119 institutions of higher e...

Champagne and Sparkling Wine March 2008 insight + impact 1 ©2006 Mintel Group. All rights reserved. Market in brief Double-digit growth for sparkling wine • While Champagne grew by 8% in volume and value over the last two years to generate £958m in 2007, sparkling wine sales rose 20% in volume and 17% in value since 2005, to reach £385m. Big brands accrue market share and invest in packaging...

Cat and Dog food March 2008 insight + impact 1 ©2008 Mintel Group. All rights reserved. Issues in the Market  Shift to smaller animals - cats and toy dogs  Owners increasingly “humanise” their pets.  Struggling volume growth with the shift from wet to dry food  Convenience and naturalness are the key drivers of new product development  Organic, provenance and lifestage specific foods a...

Nappies and Baby Wipes April 2008 insight + impact 1 ©2006 Mintel Group. All rights reserved. Market in Brief  Nappies is a category with limited opportunities in terms of volume growth as babies only need changing a certain number of times a day. In fact with improvements in absorption levels, less nappy changes are needed than ever before.  Rising birth numbers, however, since 2003, ha...

2012 Digital Research Web 2.0 Sites Audit BeBo Basic Bebo is a social networking site where members can stay in touch with their friends, connect with friends and share photo Similar in format to MySpace, Xanga, Facebook, and Yahoo! 360 Users are able to personalise their own profiles and choose their own modules, similar to Facebook. Integration with MSN and Skype allowing users to quickly ...

Six years of fast-food fats supersizes monkeys • • 17 June 2006 From New Scientist Print Edition EVEN a low-calorie diet can lead to potentially dangerous burger bellies, if it is rich in trans fats. Trans fats, commonly found in fast foods, can significantly increase the risk of heart disease. Kylie Kavanagh at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a...

'Supersize me' revisited - under lab conditions • • • 27 January 2007 From New Scientist Print Edition. Kate Douglas IF YOU had bumped into nursing student Adde Karimi last September, he probably wouldn't have had much time to stop and chat. He was too busy stuffing his face with burgers, cola and milkshakes. It takes a lot of planning to get 6600 calories of junk food down you in a day, he e...

The 59 ingredients in a fast-food strawberry milkshake To make one at home, you need four fresh ingredients. The processed version isn't so simple ... Monday April 24, 2006 The Guardian Britons now spend more than £52bn on food every year - and more than 90% of that money is spent on processed food. But the canning, freezing and dehydrating techniques used to process food destroy most of its f...

killer facts about our weight problem obesity Do our kids have a weight problem? In the last decade, the number of school children who are overweight or obese has nearly doubled. One third of our kids are now too fat. One quarter of teenagers are already obese. 14% of boys and 17% of girls between the ages of two and 15 are overweight. 19% of boys and 18% of girls the same age are obese. How ab...