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ProfessionalTeamsasLeverageableAssets:

StrategicCreationofCommunityValue?

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OriginalResearchArticle

SportManagementReview,Volume10,Issue1,May2007,Pages1-30

EmilySparvero,LaurenceChalip

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Professionalsportteamsreceivesupportfromtheirhostcitiesintheformofpublicsubsidies,financialincentives,andpublicservices.Publicsupportderivesfromtheexpectationthatateamwillrendereconomicandsocialbenefitstothecommunity.Claimsofeconomicbenefitsassociatedwithateamhavebeenwidelydiscredited,andclaimsaboutnon-economicbenefitsaremerelyanecdotal.Inorderforcitiestoreapbenefitsfromhostingateam,teamandpublicadministratorsmustshifttheirfocusfromimpacttoleverage.Threeinterrelatedrealmsofleveragingopportunitycanbeidentified:

economicdevelopment,placemarketing,andsocialwelfare.Strategicactionformulatedandimplementedpursuanttodesiredbenefitscanrendergainsthatwouldotherwisenotbeobtained.Leveragingcanserveeconomicdevelopmentbystabilisingtheworkforce,enhancingthetaxbase,andfosteringarearedevelopment.Leveragingenablestheteamtobebuiltintocitybranding,whichcanbecomplementedbyspecifictacticsdesignedtoattractbusinessandtourists,andtoboostcommunityself-esteem.Leveragingcanalsoenabletheteamtosupportcommunity-buildingefforts,andtoamelioratesocialissues.Furtherworkisneededtoexplorefactorsthatfacilitateandthatinhibitleverageofsportteams,andtoevaluateleveragingstrategies.

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227Environmentalpaybacktimeanalysisofaroof-mountedbuilding-integratedphotovoltaic（BIPV）systeminHongKong?

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AppliedEnergy,Volume87,Issue12,December2010,Pages3625-3631

L.Lu,H.X.Yang

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Thispaperreportstheinvestigationresultsoftheenergypaybacktime（EPBT）andgreenhouse-gaspaybacktime（GPBT）ofarooftopBIPVsystem（grid-connected）inHongKongtomeasureitssustainability.The22?

kWpPVarrayisfacingsouthwithinclinedangleof22.5¡ã.Thehourlysolarirradianceandambientairtemperaturefrom1996to2000wereusedasweatherdatainput.Theannualpoweroutputwasfoundtobe28,154?

kWh.Theembodiedenergyforthewholesysteminthelifespanwas205,816?

kWh,including71%fromPVmodulesand29%frombalanceofsystem（BOS）.Thepercentageofembodiedenergyforsiliconpurificationandprocessingreached46%.TheEPBTofthePVsystemwas7.3?

years,andtheGPBTwasestimatedtobe5.2?

yearsconsideringfuelmixturecompositionoflocalpowerstations.ThispaperalsodiscussedtheEPBTsfordifferentorientations,rangingfrom7.1?

years（optimalorientation）to20.0?

years（west-facingverticalPVfa?

ade）.Theresultsshowthatthe¡®sustainability¡¯ofaPVsystemisaffectedbyitsinstallationorientationandlocation.ChoosinglocationsandorientationswithhigherincidentsolarirradianceisonekeyforthesustainabilityofBIPVtechnologyapplications.

ArticleOutline

Nomenclature

1.Introduction

2.Methodology

2.1.Systemdescription

2.2.Energypaybacktime（EPBT）estimation

2.2.1.Embodiedenergyestimation

2.2.2.Annualenergyoutputestimation

2.2.2.1.Selectionofweatherdata

2.2.2.2.Solarradiationonatiltedplane

2.2.2.3.ModelingofPVmodulesandPVsystem

2.3.Greenhouse-gaspaybacktime（GPBT）estimation

3.Findingsanddiscussions¨CEPBT

3.1.EmbodiedenergyofthePVsystem

3.2.EnergyoutputofthePVsystem

3.3.EnergypaybacktimeofthePVsystem

4.Findingsanddiscussion¨CGPBT

4.1.TheutilityindustryinHongKong

4.2.Greenhouse-gaspaybacktimeoftheBIPVsystem

5.Conclusions

Acknowledgements

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228Optimaldesignofacousticmaterialfromtirefluff?

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Materials&Design,InPress,CorrectedProof,Availableonline13February2011

FranciscoJos¨¦Jimenez-Espadafor,Jos¨¦A.BecerraVillanueva,MiguelTorresGarc¨ªa,ElisaCarvajalTrujillo,AntonioMu?

ozBlanco

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Wastetirescausebothhealthandenvironmentalproblemsandthishasforcedgovernmentstodeveloplawsforrecycling.Thereareseveraldifferentrecyclingprocessesforend-of-lifetiresinwhichsteelisrecoveredandrubberisreused.However,thereuseofotherpartsofthewastetiresiscurrentlynotpossible.Theseotherpartsmainlyconsistoftextilesthatareseparatedfromthetireduringtherecyclingprocess¨Cthismaterialisusuallyknownas¡®fluff¡¯.Inthisstudyaprocedureforthedesignofmaterialswithsuperioracousticpropertiesusingthismaterialwasdeveloped.Themaincomponentoftheacousticmaterialistextilewastefrommechanicallyfragmentedtiresobtainedthroughrecyclingactivity.Thedesignprocessisbasedonseveralparameters:

acousticabsorptioncoefficientmeasurementbytheimpedancetubemethod,acousticmodelling,mechanicalcharacterizationofthematerialand,finally,finiteelementmodellingoftheendacousticproduct.Inthisworkitwasalsoestablishedthatthemechanicalandacousticpropertiesneedtobeoppositetoobtainthedesiredcharacteristicsinthematerialsunderinvestigation.Inordertoproduceacompetitivematerialformedcompletelyfromtextilewastefromrecycledtires,asolutionformedbytwolayersisproposed.Thisapproachwasusedtoprovideaself-supportingmaterialwithahighacousticabsorptioncoefficientforuseinacousticceilingtiles.

ArticleOutline

1.Introduction

2.Materials

2.1.Propertiesoftextileresidue（fluff）

2.2.Hotmeltadhesivepowderproperties

3.Acousticandmechanicalcharacterizationofthecompoundmaterial

3.1.Experimentalproceduretoobtainthesoundabsorptioncoefficient

3.1.1.Experimentalresultsforthecompoundmaterial

3.2.Experimentalproceduretoobtainmechanicalproperties

3.2.1.Experimentalresultsforthecompoundmaterial

4.Analysisofexperimentalresults

4.1.Analysisofacousticresults

4.2.Analysisofmechanicalresults

5.Definitionofcompoundmaterialforarealapplicationasanacousticceilingtile

6.Conclusions

Acknowledgements

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Tirefluffcanbeusedfordesigningsuperioracousticmaterial.?

Lowdensitymaterialfromtirefluffgiveshighacousticabsorptioncoefficient.?

Highdensitymaterialfromtirefluffcanbeusedforincreasemechanicalstrength.?

Multilayertirefluffcombineshighacousticpropertieswithmechanicalstrength.

229Exploringtheinfluenceofsalesmanagementpracticesontheindustrialsalesperson:

Amulti-sourcehierarchicallinearmodelingapproach?

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JournalofBusinessResearch,Volume60,Issue7,July2007,Pages765-775

GeorgeJ.Avlonitis,NikolaosG.Panagopoulos

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Despitetheimportanceofsalesmanagementpractices（e.g.,compensation,organizationdesign）ascriticaldeterminantsofsalespeople'srolestress,attitudesandoutcomes,remarkablyveryfewstudiesareavailableinthearea.Unlesstheeffectsofsalesmanagementpracticesaredetermined,salespractitionersmayrelyonlessefficientandlesseffectivepractices.Thevastmajorityofpreviousstudiesreliesonsingle-sourcedataandhasoverlookedthemultilevelnatureoforganizationswhenmodellingrelationshipsofinterest.Toaddressthesegaps,thisstudyexaminesthebehavioralandpsychologicaleffectsofsalesmanagementpracticesbyapplyingamultilevelanalyticapproachtodatagatheredfromtwodifferentdatasources,salesmanagersandsalespeople,respectively.

ArticleOutline

1.Introduction

2.Backgroundandhypothesesdevelopment

2.1.Theoreticalrationale

2.2.Theinfluenceofhorizontalandverticalsalesorganizationstructure

2.3.Theinfluenceofsatisfactionwithterritorydesign

2.4.Theinfluenceofsalestraining

2.5.Theinfluenceofcompensationdecisions

3.Researchmethod

3.1.Sampleanddatacollectionprocedure

3.2.Researchinstrumentsandmeasures

4.Analysisandresults

4.1.Measurementvalidation

4.2.Hierarchicallinearmodelingprocedure

4.3.Hypothesestesting

5.Discussionandimplications

6.Limitationsandfutureresearchdirections

AppendixA.Scaleitems,sourcesandmeasurementproperties

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230Environmentalimpactsoftheinfrastructurefordistrictheatinginurbanneighbourhoods?

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OriginalResearchArticle

EnergyPolicy,Volume37,Issue11,November2009,Pages4711-4719

JordiOliver-Sol¨¤,XavierGabarrell,JoanRieradevall

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Districtheatingisatechnologyfordistributingcentrallyproducedheatforspaceheatingandsanitaryhot-watergenerationforresidentialandcommercialuses.Theobjectivesaretoidentifywhichsubsystemsandcomponentsofadistrictheatinggridarethemaincontributorstotheoverallimpactoftheinfrastructure;andprovideenvironmentallyorienteddesignstrategiesforthefutureeco-redesignofthesekindsofinfrastructures.Thispaperperformsalife-cycleassessment（LCA）todeterminetheenvironmentalimpactsofadis