smart growth

Examples of smart growth in the following topics:

• Models of Urban Growth

  • The growth machine theory of urban growth says urban growth is driven by a coalition of interest groups who all benefit from continuous growth and expansion.
  • These actors make up what Molotch termed "the local growth machine. "
  • Two specific types of urban renewal programs—New Urbanism and smart growth—attempt to make cities more pleasant and livable.
  • Smart growth programs draw urban growth boundaries to keep urban development dense and compact.
  • Smart growth programs often incorporate transit-oriented development goals to encourage effective public transit systems and make bicyclers and pedestrians more comfortable.

• Growth

  • Mini tablets, such as the iPad mini, Google Nexus 7, or Amazon Kindle Fire, are in the growth stage at the moment.
  • The concept of having a tablet larger than a smart phone but smaller than a full-sized tablet (such as an iPad) is relatively new, and companies such as Amazon and Apple are in the stage where they are attempting to convince users to switch use them.
  • This would be done in order to maintain growth in sales and ensure that interest in the product continues to grow and not stagnate, thus maintaining the growth stage.
  • The graph shows the growth stage in the overall product life cycle.
  • Identify the conditions that exist when a product is in stage 2, growth of the Product Life Cycle

• Desiccation

  • Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying and can be used to control microbial growth.
  • Drying is also a method for food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of microorganisms.

• Where does innovation come from?

  • A good example of this type of innovation is the smart phone.
  • From this perspective, the operation of a smart phone can be viewed as a combination of the functions associated with a mobile phone and the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA).
  • In a more recent offering, a smart phone combines the functions of PCs and Macs through applying the software and operating systems of each.
  • As a result, consumers can access their current knowledge about existing products and then easily grasp the "smart phone" concept.
  • New product innovations are responsible for employment, economic growth, technological process, and high standards of living (Souder 1987).

• Decline

  • During decline, sales growth becomes negative, profits decline, competition remains high, and the product ultimately reaches its 'death'.
  • The decline stage of the product life cycle is the one where the product ultimately 'dies' due to the low or negative growth rate in sales (see ).
  • PCs started to become obsolete as laptops, net books, tablets, and smart phones started to enter the market, shifting the emphasis from power to portability.

• Agrobacterium and Crown Gall Disease

  • The disease manifests as a tumor-like growth usually at the junction of the root and shoot.

• Announcements, News, and Returns

  • In general, investors buy stocks for two reasons: because they expect the company to grow its product and market share over time (growth) or because they feel that the company is undervalued based on its current stock price.
  • If Nvidia, a company who produces micro-processors for smart phones, announces higher than expected profits on reduced production costs, it might not only cause their stock to spike, but it could lead to a decrease in the price of the stock of their primary competition, Intel.

• Accelerated Change and Adaptation

  • Change is essential to organizational growth and development.
  • When the smartphone was introduced and became popular, all companies in the phone industry had to react rapidly to switch their operational focus to smart phones, data plans, app stores, and multiple device integration.

• Trends

  • This is especially true in today's world, when many markets are experiencing flat or slow growth when excess capacity is commonplace.
  • African-Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities make up the majority of the nation's population growth in the past decade—and will account for an even larger proportion of the nation's growth in the decade to come.

• Performance appraisal

  • Drucker suggests that the objectives of any employee can be validated if they pass the following six tests (Management by Objectives—SMART, 2007):
  • The standards on which the objective is compared with should also be validated using the SMART method.
  • For a discussion of why many people think of feedback as criticism visit: http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/growth/feedback.html