Standard and Dvorak Keyboards Revisited: Direct Measures of Speed, The
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Santa Fe Institute study measuring speed on the two keyboards by the same persons, finding 4% superiority for the Dvorak keyboard, by Leonard J. West. Downloadable in PostScript format.
Dealing with Knowledge Sharing Hostility - Insights from Six Case Studies
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Paper examines knowledge sharing in business environments and cultures that are hostile to knowledge sharing. By Snejina Michailova and Kenneth Husted. Download in PDF format.
Seeks to clarify the contributions and limitations of Japanese business diplomacy. Argues that Japanese business diplomacy, was insufficiently influential to prevent political and military conflict.
Outlines trends in the development of Japan's commercial shipping prior to World War I. Argues that the promotion of the industry was undertaken primarily not for commercial, but for strategic imperialist reasons.