Some people say that luck, as much as research or management acumen, is behind Activision's success.
In 1969, Roxon — Italian-born, Australian-raised, an experienced journalist and a star of Warhol's back room at Max's Kansas City — would publish "Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia," the first of its kind, a marvel of research and critical acumen.
But her account, while impeccably researched, lacks psychological acumen.
UC President Janet Napolitano, in a statement, praised Bachher's "investment acumen, management expertise, scholarly research and great social skills".
Of course, research skills show academic insight, represents scientific acumen, develops sub-specialty expertise, and drives medical discovery.
But Holland's cavalier treatment of his sources, ignorance of current research and lack of linguistic and historical acumen serve to undermine his provocative narrative.
After developing and testing a reliable and valid scale for this value typology, this research demonstrates that consumers who have higher design acumen tend to perceive aspects of self-expressive value more than consumers with low design acumen.
Recent graduates and final year students do not consider business acumen, knowledge of practice management and research skills as important as other attributes.
