Bridging the segmentation theory/practice divide

More than thirty years ago, Wind's seminal review of research in market segmentation culminated with a research agenda for the subject area. In the intervening period, research has focused on the development of segmentation bases and models, segmentation research techniques and the identification of statistically sound solutions. Practical questions about implementation and the integration of segmentation into marketing strategy have received less attention, even though practitioners are known to struggle with the actual practice of segmentation. This special issue is motivated by this tension between theory and practice, which has shaped and continues to influence the research priorities for the field. Although many years may have elapsed since Wind's original research agenda, pressing questions about effectiveness and productivity apparently remain; namely: (i) concerns about the link between segmentation and performance, and its measurement; and (ii) the notion that productivity improvements arising from segmentation are only achievable if the segmentation process is effectively implemented. There were central themes to the call for papers for this special issue, which aims to develop our understanding of segmentation value, productivity and strategies, and managerial issues and implementation.

Implementation rules to bridge the theory/practice divide in market segmentation

Despite an extensive market segmentation literature, applied academic studies which bridge segmentation theory and practice remain a priority for researchers. The need for studies which examine the segmentation implementation barriers faced by organisations is particularly acute. We explore segmentation implementation through the eyes of a European utilities business, by following its progress through a major segmentation project. The study reveals the character and impact of implementation barriers occurring at different stages in the segmentation process. By classifying the barriers, we develop implementation "rules" for practitioners which are designed to minimise their occurrence and impact. We further contribute to the literature by developing a deeper understanding of the mechanisms through which these implementation rules can be applied.

Rethinking the Russian Revolution as historical divide

This monograph is the product of a series of workshops held in the UK and the USA, the premise of which was to suggest that 1917 is the wrong departure point for a full analysis of the social and cultural particularities of the Soviet Union. Breaking away from the binary of ‘change and continuity’, however, we asked how the new and the old (tradition and modernity) came together to make the Soviet experience ‘across 1917’. Building on these workshops, we have gathered 15 scholars from America, Europe, Russia, and the Middle East to contribute to this edition. This volume examines, among other things, the social and cultural frameworks that helped determine Soviet perceptions of social duty, justice, and governance.

Modelling the secular evolution of migrating planet pairs

The subject of this paper is the secular behaviour of a pair of planets evolving under dissipative forces. In particular, we investigate the case when dissipative forces affect the planetary semimajor axes and the planets move inwards/outwards the central star, in a process known as planet migration. To perform this investigation, we introduce fundamental concepts of conservative and dissipative dynamics of the three-body problem. Based on these concepts, we develop a qualitative model of the secular evolution of the migrating planetary pair. Our approach is based on the analysis of the energy and the orbital angular momentum exchange between the two-planet system and an external medium; thus no specific kind of dissipative forces is invoked. We show that, under the assumption that dissipation is weak and slow, the evolutionary routes of the migrating planets are traced by the Mode I and Mode II stationary solutions of the conservative secular problem. The ultimate convergence and the evolution of the system along one of these secular modes of motion are determined uniquely by the condition that the dissipation rate is sufficiently smaller than the proper secular frequency of the system. We show that it is possible to reassemble the starting configurations and the migration history of the systems on the basis of their final states and consequently to constrain the parameters of the physical processes involved.

O processo de formulação do 2. Plano Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano Ambiental de Porto Alegre : ruptura, reunião de fragmentos, inovação ou manutenção de uma tradição secular?

O presente estudo descreve o processo de formulação do 2º Plano Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano Ambiental de Porto Alegre, mostrando de que maneira, através de conteúdo e método, foram se consolidando as idéias que definem “a cidade do desejo mediada pela cidade do possível”, considerando os discursos e as atividades desenvolvidas, desde o lançamento, em 1993, do Projeto Porto Alegre Mais-Cidade Constituinte, até a entrega à Câmara Municipal, da proposta de plano diretor formalizada pelo Executivo Municipal, em 1997, como resultado de um amplo trabalho participativo, que teve como desafio a construção, de forma compartilhada, de um projeto para o futuro da cidade. As conclusões apresentam através de aspectos selecionados, uma comparação entre o 1º Plano Diretor de Desenvolvimento Urbano, aprovado em 1979 e o novo plano, mostrando as principais diferenças - enfoque e linguagem - entre os discursos de uma e de outra proposta, considerando-se a “Noção de Projeto de Cidade” e a de “Aspectos de Gestão”. Da mesma maneira, respondem, de acordo com o referencial conceitual adotado, se o novo plano faz rupturas, reúne fragmentos, traz inovações ou repete a tradição do último século.

Crescimento econômico secular no Brasil, modelo de thirlwall e termos de troca

Explaining the Brazilian economic growth performance during the 20th is a challenging task to academics. As shown, Brazil had already experienced faster growth and recently it is far from such belle époque. Most explanation lies on conventional frameworks. This paper assesses the Thirlwall’s balance-of-payments constraint model to Brazilian economic growth in the period 1900-2005, highlighting the importance of the terms of trade. The results show, first, that the terms of trade are significant in the estimation of import demand function and change the income elasticity, especially in the first period of the sample (1900-1970), and, second, when the simplest Thirlwall’s model is controlled by terms of trade, it seems that such variable is important through export growth, which cause changes in economic performance.

Cor de vestido divide as redes sociais

Jornal da Globo News, Edição das 18h

Aprovação da redução da maioridade penal em Comissão da Câmara divide opiniões nas redes

Jornal da Globo News apresentado por Leilane Neubarth