Antecedents are prior-based knowledge (knowledge stocks and knowledge flows) and communication. Studies involve a firm's innovation performance, aspiration level, and organizational learning. It has been said that in order to be innovative an organization should develop its absorptive capacity.
The first NBA player of Japanese descent was Wataru Misaka. A 5-7 Japanese-American guard [who] was born in Ogden, Utah, Misaka attended Weber Junior College (now Weber State University), and was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1947. He played in three games in the 1947-48 season before being cut. Tabuse also has a Utah connection of sorts.
SAN DIEGO-San Diego State Athletic Director Jim Sterk today announced the hiring of Tom Abdenour as the Aztecs' head athletic trainer. Abdenour comes to SDSU after 24 seasons with the Golden State Warriors and eight years at Weber State University.He is expected to assume his duties at San Diego State later this month.or his efforts in helping create the CHAMPION Center, Abdenour was recognized in Sports Illustrated's Faces In The Crowd section in the July 25, 2005 issue. Prior to joining the Warriors in 1987, Abdenour spent eight years as the athletic trainer for all 15 varsity sports programs at Weber State in Ogden, Utah.