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4 The Virtual Case Studies
Pages 27-30

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... Along the way, they identify barriers to success and suggest actions to eliminate them. The virtual case studies are focused on areas of comparative advantage of the jurisdiction, but the vanguard enterprises are selected to be somewhat more technologically advanced than those that currently exist.
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From page 28...
... The company would enter into partnership with the lobster processing plants on the Island, which would stabilize and store lobster and crab shells during the fishing season for continuous production year round. Another potential partner is the Food Technology Center, which would carry out the research necessary to select and refine the technology for the conversion of shell material to chitin and its derivatives and for the efficient manufacture of the expected byproducts, and would provide the sophisticated testing necessary to en
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From page 29...
... The World-wide Web enables businesses to reach millions of potential customers at a cost which is independent of the size of the customer base and independent of location. The virtual case study proposes a linked array of interactive, informative, and retailing Web-sites, as in a commercial mall, with the anchor site providing billing, accounting, shipping, Web-site design, electronic data interchange, electronic funds transfer, and quality assurance services to the participating merchants and the public.
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From page 30...
... The study tests the capability of PEI to compete in a sophisticated design and manufacturing industry for foreign and distant markets, taking advantage of the existing wind energy test site and the services offered at the Slemon Industrial Park. TELEMEDICINE Telemedicine is the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants.
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  • chitin manufacture
  • wind energy
  • vanguard enterprise
  • medical education

  • technology center
  • study tests
  • vanguard enterprises
  • crab shells
  • wind turbines

  • food technology
  • commerce relate
  • surgical sutures
  • embraces chitin
  • scheduled consultation

  • export opportunities
  • participating merchants
  • applications includes
  • clinical consultation
  • wound healing

  • shell material
  • extract raw
  • currently exist
  • obtain information
  • potential partner

  • crop protection
  • study proposes
  • expected byproducts
  • biosecure environment
  • efficient manufacture


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