Deutsche Parlaments-Gallerie-Wache

Bibliograph. Nachweis: Wolf, Sylvia: Politische Karikaturen in Deutschland 1848/49. Mittenwald 1982. – 1.27 Nr. 18

Wir sind das Salz der Erde : Wacht! daß sie nicht versalzen werde!

Bibliograph. Nachweis: Wolf, Sylvia: Politische Karikaturen in Deutschland 1848/49. Mittenwald 1982. – vgl. 1.27 Nr. 68

‘Der Hecker ist gekommen in den Schwarzwald hinein’

This is an essay including annotated critical editions documenting the history of reception of this song since 1848. Published in the Liederlexikon for the AHRC and DFG funded project 'The History of Reception of the Songs of the 1848 Revolution' (2009-2013).

Dr. Fr. Hecker, Abgeordneter der II. Badischen Kammer

Welsch (Projektbearbeiter): Porträt des badischen Revolutionärs Friedrich Hecker

Das Guckkasten-Lied vom großen Hecker: (Nach bekannter Melodei zu singen.): 1. Seht, da steht der große Hecker, Eine Feder auf dem Hut, Seht, da steht der Volkserwecker, Lechzend nach Tyrannenblut! ...

Welsch (Projektbearbeiter): Spottgedicht auf Hecker und die badische Revolution nach dem gescheiterten Aprilaufstand 1848 (Niederlagen bei Kandern, Freiburg und Dossenbach). "Das Blatt, das offensichtlich sehr weit verbreitet war, steigerte jedoch Heckers Popularität nur noch weiter." [Ludowici, Eva; in: 1848/49 : Rev. d. dt. Demokraten in Baden; Baden-Baden 1998, S. 364]

Hecker's Abschied vom deutschen Volke: Jede Revolution, welche vom Gebiete der That hinübergeleitet [sic!] auf den Boden der Discussion, zehrt sich auf ...

Welsch (Projektbearbeiter): Politische Rechtfertigungsschrift Friedrich Heckers vor seiner Flucht in die Vereinigten Staaten (seine Einschiffung in Southampton erfolgte am 20. September 1848) [Speck: 1848, S. 97]

Department of Agriculture : restructuring will impact farm service agencies' automation plans and programs : statement for the record by JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Information Systems, Information Management and Technology Division, before the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives /

"July 30, 1992."

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Small firm internet adoption: opportunities forgone, a journey not begun

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e-Extinction: an illusion of knowledge, the presence of ignorance, or evolutionary fate?

At present, the rate of small firm adoption of the Internet's ubiquitous World Wide Web (the web) far exceeds the actual exploitation its commercial potential. An inability to strategically acquire, comprehend and use external knowledge is proposed as a major barrier to optimal exploitation of the Internet. This paper discusses the limitations of applying market orientation theory to explain and guide small firm exploitation of the web. Absorptive capacity is introduced as an alternative theory that when viewed from an evolutionary perspective provides potentially more insightful discussion. An inability to detect emerging business model dominant designs is suggested to be a mixture of the nature of the technology that supports the Internet and underdeveloped small firm knowledge processing capabilities. We conclude with consideration of the practical and theoretical implications that arise from the paper.

Invisible opportunities and irreversible trends

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