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Additionally, efforts should be made to tie in the products with brands and images that are highly regarded and which can further reinforce the natural aspects of the food (Wansink, 1994). Through the use of brand equity leveraging, innovative promotion, and product pairing, these products can achieve an air of familiarity, quality, and conventionality (Wansink, 2005). 

State institutions may support pilot and reference companies within the scope of innovation promotion. They may promote vertical bnt also horizontal communication (e g. branch dialognes) and especially provide basic preliminary services for small and medinm-sized enterprises, snch as e.g. free offers of information about best practices, branch benchmarks or also initiate qualification programmes. 

State institutions can snpport pilot and reference enterprises by promoting innovation. Promotion of both vertical and horizontal communication (e.g. branch dialogue) and - especially for small and medium sized enterprises - the provision of basic intermediate input, e.g. free offers of information, branch benchmarks or initiate qualification programmes. 

Innovation in pharmaceuticals can sometimes be consistent with public goals in both economic and health sectors. To the extent that technological change improves health and if R D is conducted in the country, innovation promotes employment and income-increasing goals as well. Also, a healthy population is more likely to make for an economically productive workforce. 

This work was financially supported by the Swiss Confederation s innovation promotion agency (CTI), Mathys AG Bet-tlach, and the Empa research commission. We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance and advice of Dr. Beat Gasser (Robert Mathys Foundation) and Dr. Daniel Delfosse (Mathys AG Bettlach). We would also like to thank Dr. Heinz Troxler and Peter Kleinert (University of Zurich Children s Hospital) and Dr. Peter Gehrig and Dr. Mike Scott (Functional Genomics Center Zurich) for their indispensable assistance in cariying out the protein analyses. 

In September 2013, the French specialty chemicals manufacturer SEPPIC received the Pierre Potier award for chemistry innovations promoting sustainable development for its 100%-biobased hydrotrope heptylglucoside. This biodegradable hydrotrope is prepared from glucose and heptanol that is obtained from castor oil, using a process that complies with the 12 principles of green chemistry (Fig. 4)." ... 

Support access to finance for Research Development Innovation Promote the establishment of strategically important biorefinery pilot plants and demonstrators involving all actors and investments at EU, national and regional level (PPP) 2008-2010 EC, Member States and stakeholders... 

I MSEP Co.Ltd. (2010) Electrolytic Synthesis of Ammonia Under Atmospheric Pressure and Ammonia Economy, NEDO Report (Eco-Innovation Promotion Project). 

The author wants to thank the company representatives for their unlimited contribution to the project as well as the Innovation Promotion Agency (CTI) for its financial support. Cf. http //www.kti-cti.ch. 

In the words of RSPA, the changes to the regulations will (/) simplify and reduce the volume of the HMR, 2) enhance safety through better classification and packaging, (3) promote flexibiUty and technological innovation in packaging, (4) reduce the need for exemptions from the HMR, and (5) facihtate international commerce (3). 

Promoting Innovation. The innovation process involves the search for changes or the causes of changes, and then the analysis and exploitation of the opportunities that are made possible by these changes (34). 

Bubble Policy The bubble concept introduced under PSD provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 was formally proposed as EPA policy on Jan. 18, 1979, the final policy statement being issued on Dec. 11, 1979. The bubble pohcy allows a company to find the most efficient way to control a plant s emissions as a whole rather than by meeting individual point-source requirements. If it is found less expensive to tighten control of a pollutant at one point and relax controls at another, this woiild be possible as long as the total pollution from the plant woiild not exceed the sum of the current hmits on individual point sources of pollution in the plant. Properly apphed, this approach would promote greater economic efficiency and increased technological innovation. 

Combining the practice of preventive maintenance and total quality control and total employee involvement results in an innovative system for equipment maintenance that optimizes effectiveness, eliminates breakdowns, and promotes autonomous operator maintenance through day-to-day activities. This concept known as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) was conceived by Seiichi Nakajima and is well-documented in his book Introduction of TPM and is highly recommended reading for all involved in the maintenance area. 

In the DOE environment, the term lesson learned is defined as a good work practice or innovative approach that is captured and shared to promote application. It may also be an adverse work practice or experience that is captured and shared to avoid recurrence. This term is used by DOE and other federal and private-sector institutions, to describe the following ... 

A clear classification of the ideal strategies will help the evaluation of the present room air distribution methods in different operating conditions. It also creates a solid base for the development and promotion of new innovations in the field. 

Promotes the general welfare of the magnesium industry world-wide by collecting and disseminating information, by encouraging research and by publicizing innovative uses of the metal. 

Together with her slogan, When It Rains It Pours, the Morton Salt Girl carrying her familiar umbrella during a rain shower is well recognized by today s consumers. This image was introduced by the Morton Salt Company to promote a chemical innovation in this important household product. 

Economic growth ultimately depends on the production of new ideas, yet a competitive market is unable to offer suitable incentives for the production of such ideas.2 Patents are not the only mechanism that society has developed to meet this need for new ideas governments have attempted to promote the production of innovation by means of public subsidies. However, both these instruments give rise to inefficiencies, as we will see below. 

Patents are not the only option to promote innovation. Systems of research grants awarded by governments have existed for centuries. Such systems enable innovations to reach the public domain, making them accessible for everyone. 

Pharmaceutical innovation has made a decisive contribution to the reduction of mortality and the improvement of quality of life. The role of patents in providing incentives for innovation has been crucial. Yet at the same time there are limitations that need to be overcome in the future. Here we will mention just two examples orphan drugs and parallel imports. Patents do not offer incentives to develop drugs for low-prevalence diseases, known as orphan drugs. Governments are sometimes faced with the option of public production, as the private sector does not invest in them. Yet these would be precisely the cases in which experiments would be conducted with new models for promoting innovation, as discussed in this chapter. 

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