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The document presents the preliminary results of the exploitation activities of the CAPABLE project. The activities that will be reported in the document are the following: Revision of the challenges for the technologies to improve cancer care Approaches to be used to set up a roadmap for the business development of the CAPABLE project (CEHRES Roadmap) Analysis of the stakeholders that might directly and indirectly benefit from CAPABLE Initial market and competitor analysis First draft of the value proposition Summarize the conclusion of the work drafting a preliminary SWOT analysis Revision of the exploitation opportunities in the project. ; This deliverable is a part of a project receiving funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 875052

AbstractThis article reviews emerging trends in the federal environmental market and evaluates the risks and opportunities for environmental firms into the 21st century. While the Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) continue to face substantial environmental compliance and cleanup requirements, funding levels are expected to remain flat and could actually decline due to the trade‐offs involved in the political calculus to achieve a balanced budget by the year 2002. Nevertheless, the article identifies a number of opportunities for environmental firms seeking federal business, including DOE privatization initiatives, performance‐based contracting, cleanup of DOD closing bases, and technology development (especially that focused on pollution control and prevention). The author concludes that firms that can navigate the difficult waters of the environmental market are likely to experience real growth in the future.

Purpose:-Entrepreneurship has gained immense attention globally, especially amongst the academic world. Universities are transforming themselves into entrepreneurial universities by promoting industry academia linkages, opening offices of research and commercialization, opening up entrepreneurial centers and incubators and offering courses and workshops on entrepreneurship to inculcate an entrepreneurial mindset amongst the students, faculty and university administration. This phenomenon has also gained popularity in Pakistan. However, currently there is very limited research available on entrepreneurship education and promotion activities in Pakistan. This exploratory study investigates the state of entrepreneurship centers and entrepreneurship education in Pakistan. Research Methodology:-A survey was conducted amongst the entrepreneurial centers in Pakistani universities inquiring about various activities happening on the university's campus. Multiple case design methodology is employed to analyze the data collected from nine entrepreneurial centers. Findings:- With respect to entrepreneurial teaching, our study led us to the conclusion that modern pedagogical techniques are being gradually introduced at the universities. However, there is a need of such entrepreneurship courses that leverage indigenous entrepreneurial opportunities along with combining the individual skill set. Practical Implications:- The survey results indicate that the state of entrepreneurship in Pakistan is in its early phases and needs a lot of attention from policymakers (on a macro level) and university administration (on a micro level) in order for the subject to blossom.

This article explores the racial dynamics of contemporary prison privatization in the USA from the perspective of social disorganization theory. It relies particularly on the concepts of 'social' and 'human' capital to suggest that, due to late 20th-century imprisonment policies, a renewed understanding of prisoners as commodities has emerged. While the nature of prisoners' commodity-value has changed somewhat in modern times - prisoners are no longer profitable solely for their labor, but also now for their bodily ability to generate per diem payments for their private keepers - the historical pattern of racially distinct commerce in imprisoned human beings, most of whom are poor, non-violent, minority offenders, has returned. This article first explains the re-emergence of privatized control over prisoners in contemporary times, then moves on to examine the 'social capital' implications of prison privatization as it relates to public policy.