Essays about: "barrier to entry"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words barrier to entry.

1. 21. Chat Bots & Voice Control : Applications and limitations of combining Microsoft’s Azure Bot Service and Cognitive Services’ Speech API

   University essay from

   Author : Rasmus Lennartsson; Jonatan Edqvist; [2019]
   Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; Microsoft Azure; Microsoft Cognitive Services; Chat bots; Voice control;

   Abstract : The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen much development in recent years. This is mostly because of new technologies and computers becoming faster. With actors like Microsoft releasing software to reduce the complexity of the development of AI, the barrier to entry is now lower than ever. READ MORE

3. 22. From Matter to Data and Back Again : Enabling Agency through Digital Fabrication

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Mikael Hansson; [2018]
   Keywords : Digital fabrication; 3D printing; 3D scanning; 3D modelling; CAD; Generative design; Handicraft; Novices; Makers; Making; Maker movement; Makerspace; Design practise; Learning material;

   Abstract : Digital fabrication technologies such as 3D printers entail a radical change to the traditional consumer-producer paradigm. Combined with other recent developments, self-styled Makers design and fabricate sophisticated devices and interactive technologies that would otherwise never have existed. READ MORE

4. 23. An interactive 3D interface for hybrid model specification

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologi

   Author : Viktor Vasilev; [2017]
   Keywords : Cyber-Physical Systems CPS ; Hybrid Models; Modeling; Simulation; Interactive; Visualization; Open Source Software;

   Abstract : To ease development and lower the entry barrier for new adopters many development environments offer visual means to edit complex data. Cyber-physical systems are a perfect candidate for such manipulations since they are usually described in the form of isolated, well defined components that can be manipulated individually. READ MORE

5. 24. STABILITY ANALYSIS OF A LONGWALL MINING IN NARVA OIL SHALE MINE

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

   Author : Ott Oisalu; Taavi Lõhmuste; [2017]
   Keywords : longwall mining; oil shale; stability analysis; chain pillars; barrier pillar; slope stability;

   Abstract : Oil shale industry in Estonia is looking at other mining technologies as alternative to strip mining and room and pillar mining methods. One such alternative to the room and pillar method is the punch-longwall mining method. READ MORE

6. 25. Internationalization obstacles - A multiple-case study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Niclas Hansemark; Arvid Lydrup Olsson; Emil Mollestam; [2016]
   Keywords : Internationalization; Entry decision; Entry deterrence; Entry barrier; Culture; Strategic barrier; Structural barrier; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of how firms relate to the phenomenon of internationalization, in order to answer the questions of How do firms act when internationalizing? and what kind of barriers/deterrence do they perceive? and is culture considered a barrier? In terms of theory, a framework was constructed consisting of the internationalization phenomenon in combination with the industrial organization approach to entry deterrence and barriers (strategic and static entry barriers). Data was collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews in the context of a multiple-case study encompassing two firms. READ MORE