1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830209203321

Autore

Maillard Pierre

Titolo

Competitive quality and innovation / / Pierre Maillard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-119-13759-4

1-119-13758-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

658.5

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: The Innovation Concept; 1.1. The characteristics of an innovation process; 1.2. Review of basic conceptual definitions in "general systemics"; 1.2.1. The concept of a process; 1.2.2. The concept of a processor; 1.2.3. The concept of functionality; 1.2.4. The concept of a function; 1.2.5. The concept of configuration; 1.2.6. The managerial architecture of a processor; 1.3. Evaluation criteria for the success of an innovation; 1.4. Drivers of socioeconomic exchange for an innovation process

1.5. Clarifications on certain actions in an innovation process1.5.1. Managing the configuration of an innovation process; 1.5.2. Creative research; 1.5.3. Studies on the impact of a new innovation; 1.5.4. Feasibility studies in the innovation process; 1.5.5. The decision-making stages of the innovation process; 1.6. Classification of innovation processes; 1.6.1. Three types of company; 1.6.2. Types of innovations; 1.6.3. Correlations between types of innovating companies and types of innovation; 1.6.4. The specificities of type I innovations; 1.6.4.1. The triggers; 1.6.4.2. The processes

1.6.4.3. The nature of the risks1.6.4.4. The stakeholders who produce the innovation; 1.6.4.5. The impacts on consumption methods; 1.6.5. Specificities of type II innovations; 1.6.5.1. The triggers; 1.6.5.2. The processes; 1.6.5.3. The nature of the risks; 1.6.5.4. The stakeholders who produce the innovation; 1.6.5.5. Impacts on consumption methods; 1.6.6. Specificities of type II and IV innovations; 1.6.6.1. The



triggers; 1.6.6.2. The processes; 1.6.6.3. The nature of the risks; 1.6.6.4. Stakeholders who produce the innovation; 1.6.6.5. Impacts on methods of consumption; 1.7. Conclusion

2: Competitive Quality of an Innovation2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The concepts which characterize competitive quality; 2.3. The use of competitive quality in an innovation process; 2.4. A model of the competitive quality process in an innovation process; 2.5. Conclusion; 3: Competitive Quality Tactics; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The objective of a competitive quality tactics; 3.3. Planning competitive quality tactics in the innovation process; 3.4. Methods for designing competitive quality tactics; 3.5. The performance of competitive quality tactics

3.6. Managing the design of competitive quality tactics3.7. Conclusion; 4: The Marketing Quality of an Innovation; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Marketing quality in an innovation process; 4.3. Planning marketing quality within the innovation process; 4.3.1. Releases of competitive quality fuel; 4.3.2. The emergence of stakeholders' competitive quality perceptions; 4.3.3. Compensatory resources and contributions to the company's image and reputation; 4.4. Defining marketing quality; 4.4.1. Marketing quality in releasing competitive quality fuel

4.4.2. Marketing quality in the emergence of competitive quality judgments



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910580178403321

Autore

Amato Giuseppe

Titolo

Inguinal Hernia: Pathophysiology and Genesis of the Disease / / by Giuseppe Amato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783030952242

9783030952235

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 pages)

Collana

Medicine Series

Disciplina

617.559

Soggetti

Surgery

Emergency medicine

General Surgery

Emergency Medicine

Hèrnia inguinal

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Gross anatomy of the inguinal region -- The pelvis: gender related differences and its impact in visceral protrusion disease. An overview of the pelvic contour differences between male and female and its significance .-Physiology of the inguinal area.-Pathological anatomy and histology of the herniated groin..A comprehensive description of the structural changes occurring in the inguinal area -- The septum inguinalis: its role in the pathogenesis of inguinal hernia -- New aspects in functional anatomy of the groin -- Classification of inguinal hernias based on the functional anatomy of the groin -- State of the art and future perspectives in inguinal hernia repair.

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims at filling a gap in relation to the pathophysiology of the inguinal region and the genesis of groin protrusions. While inguinal hernia is a widespread disease and hernia repair accounts for the most frequently performed surgical procedure, these two aspects have been unsatisfactorily investigated, so that to date there is no shared hypothesis on how visceral protrusion through inguinal barrier occur.



Exact knowledge on the pathogenesis is fundamental for adequately managing a disease, otherwise all curative approaches would not be evidence-based, but merely empirically identified and with uncertain outcomes carried out. Moreover, in absence of pathogenetic certainty, formulating guidelines simply results in an unjustified methodology harbinger of polemics and controversies. Previous studies concerning the pathogenesis of inguinal protrusions were mainly focused on the detection of biochemical changes, mostly related to collagen chains, metalloproteinase and similar elements. Nevertheless, despite decades of researches, a sure relationship between these ultrastructural modifications and visceral protrusion has not been proven. On the contrary, over the years very few investigations dealt with evidencing eventual modifications in the tissue structures of the herniated groin. An extensive research finalized to ascertain in patients and in cadavers structural changes of the tissue elements composing the groin was therefore carried out by the author and his researchers team. The findings of these studies resulted to be very useful for definitely evidencing the etiology of inguinal hernia disease. Overall, the proposed book scrutinizes and widens all emerging aspects related to pathogenesis, histology, physiology, surgical and functional anatomyof the inguinal area affected by hernia protrusion. It intends to be a reference guide to surgeons willing to better understand the structural modifications occurring in patients affected by this disease with the aim of improving treatment results.