handle:
... a pseudonym for a name used to maintain
anonymity other definitions
from Answers.com. Also, see .network instructions
for anonymously sending an email. Rather than suggest that
an inquirer use a handle, The Network takes the opportunity
to ask for the identify of a location. By suggesting a place
of interest rather than giving one's name, an inquire can
make an important
contribution to the building of The Network.
hands-on management:
... involving active participation by
those in charge of running an enterprise.
hard file:
... an arrangement of records that are
manually handled as opposed to those controlled or accessed
by the use of computer
software.
Referring to a hard file usually means information is on
paper that goes to or comes from a cabinet or shelf. The
Network maintains
hardfiles of information from resource
suppliers, including those who send location
data, and
service providers for only a short time, mostly
using what is received to build and update its Global
Registry of Contacts. The reason for not maintaining
extensive hard files is that users are passed through to
contacts as quickly as possible without The Network getting
in the middle of transactions or networkingsee
our mission
statement.
hard infrastructure:
... basic facilities and installations
needed for a community to function set in place with an
intention not to move them, for example, roads and things
used for the conveyance of water, energy, information
and such, as opposed to soft
infrastructure.
hard money:
... funds that can be depended on to
be availablesee soft
money.
hardwire:
... to install a function that is not
removable;
to connect permanently. Hardwired hardware is
embedded or connect in a way that discourages moving itsee software.
have not:
... an individual or group that by comparison
lacks something; an expression that generically distinguishes
poor or
retrogressive
economies from
wealthy or progressive economies in order to point out
those in need of a helping
hand or welfare.
For economic
development to benefit have
nots there must be as direct a link as possible between
benefactor and recipient end-user. The gap
between have
not and have locations throughout
the world is too often filled with those who skim when
people in the latter attempt to provide a helping hand.
The idiom, helping hand, here means refers to
financial assistance as well physical assistance which,
in either case, comes with an
expectation that those who are helped will also help themselves
as opposed to their accepting straight
welfare. Straight
welfare plays no role in economic development.
It is observed that welfare, for all practical purposes,
keeps poor people poor.
healthcare:
... health
care; also, a location
data element;
i.e., a category of economic
development information that
may
be
found in a community
profile. Sometimes, as defined here, the data
element may be listed as medical care or hospitals under quality
of life.
higher education:
... the pursuit of the next, career oriented,
segment of education after that which is provided to generally
prepare a person to function
in society; also, the combination of all institutions of higher learning,
such as colleges. Higher education is sometimes used as a category
of economic
development data, for example, in a community
profile see educational
institution.
high performance:
... a continuous
improvement effort within an enterprise aimed
at developing leadership qualities and attitudes in
individuals and group as well a willingness among peers
to support one another's efforts. Coaching is generally
framed around five teaching componentscreating
an understanding of (1) vision, (2) mission, (3) core
beliefs, (4) strategic structures, and (5) distributed
accountability. Review of the definition of continual
improvement will help explain why Leadership-in-High-Performance has
become a buzzword associated with excellence programs.
high tech:
... the top tiers of technology operations
or systems, which are sophisticated, highly
advanced and specialized, as applied to operations or
enterprises;
technology within a classification which includes
developing, testing, and using cutting
edge methods, procedures,
tools, devices, and systems. Use of the initials TEC as
a substitute for tech is obscure, at best. The Wikipedia
file on high-tech has information about the
origin of the term. High-tech is generally though
of in conjunction with computers and communications (telecom)
as well with the development of machines and tools
used in industrial production and commerce. Examples of
related terms are biotechnology and
engineering
technology.
hire bonus ... a cash reward
paid for accepting employment.
hit ... a website
visit recorded for quantitative purposes, i.e., of no known
significance
horizontal loyalty:
... allegiance to those one accepts
as having equal standing as opposed to up a chain
of command or authority;
dedication, usually where there is reciprocal loyalty,
to serving the interests of a team or group of equals
as opposed to blindly following a superior.
hourly:
... the work period that determines a
rate of pay by the hour; reference to a person who is paid
an hourly wage;
an hourly worker; a wage earner category referred
to in making a law or contract to pay a minimum
wage. In contrast to
hourlies are workers paid for the number of items they
produce (piece
work). The latter are referred to as piece workers.
household:
... a residence with occupants counted.
Household income is one way of breaking down
a community and reporting the
earnings of its labor
force. The identity of potential second-income
earners in a community comes from analysis of household income. Information
about households as economic
development data is generally reported under demographics.
household income:
... an accounting for all money
that comes into a household during
a specified period added to a list of comparables in an
area in
order to
produce a statistical
model (statistical
analysis) used
for demographic reporting.
A related term is median
household income which, if you
search the Web for more information, you
may
run across used in establishing poverty demographics produced
through statistical modeling. The poverty classification
may help to pinpoint demographically defined areas such
as
ghettos.
At search on our part turned up a file titled Toward a
Uniform
Definition of Household Income from Ideas.RePEc.org.
housing:
... a location
data element; i.e., a category of economic
development information that may be found
in a community
profile. Sometimes housing may be listed
under quality
of life. Site
selectors working relocations are
usually interested in gathering information about the
availability of housing in a place
of interest. There's information in the Wikipedia
website about the expression workforce
housing. See
the definition of workforce.
HTML / HTM ... see
HTML in
the glossary of Weaving
the Web.
hub:
... the center of activity or of something,
such as a wheel. The hub of a wheel is its all-important
center of activity that facilitates its turning. Multiple
websites are hubs of The
Network you are now using.
As such they
are sometimes referred to as hubsites. A
hubsite can be defined as any location on the World
Wide Web that is at a center point of activity.
HR / Human Resources:
... one of three factors
of production. HR is the acronym identifying
a group that manages employee affairs and recruitment.
Also, all employees of a enterprise are
generally considered to be human resources.
Human resource experts are often
in the makeup of site
selection teams for sought after economic
development projects because of
the number
of jobs
they promise to create in the chosen locations.
Such HRs gather and analyze labor, demographic and
other information related to attitudes,
qualifications, recruitment, and training of employees
to be hired as
part of a project.
Sometimes labor
relations is an HR department responsibility
or certainly its concern, at least. The Society for Human
Resource Management offers an
online glossary of HR terms.
Also, Wikipedia has an HR
article.
hurdle rate:
... the minimum rate of return needed
to justify the purchase of a item of financial value
(a financial product) as compared to alternative
investment opportunities;
i.e., the ROR must
make it over a competitive hurdle in order to be acceptable
with the rate being a time-calculation of the amount added to the
investment basis. Defining financial investing as putting money
to use with an aim for monetary gain,
an investment basis becomes the assigned amount
that facilitates determining capital gain
or
loss. The basis is the price paid.
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