Journal articles on the topic 'Expanding knowledge in economics'
To see the other types of publications on this topic, follow the link: Expanding knowledge in economics.
Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles
Consult the top 50 journal articles for your research on the topic 'Expanding knowledge in economics.'
Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.
You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.
Browse journal articles on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.
1
Chuang, Elizabeth. "Expanding Medical Student and Resident Knowledge of Health Economics, Policy, and Management." Academic Medicine 86, no. 11 (November 2011): e1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/acm.0b013e318231e122.
Full text
2
Belitski, Maksim, and Keith Heron. "Expanding entrepreneurship education ecosystems." Journal of Management Development 36, no. 2 (March 6, 2017): 163–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmd-06-2016-0121.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose The creation of start-ups using knowledge provided by universities has been identified as an important source of knowledge spillover and regional economic development. Entrepreneurship ecosystems in education have become the most important and efficient mechanism of business community engagement and knowledge transfer within university-industry-government framework creating value to society and regional economy. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This study undertakes in-depth synthesis of eclectic literature on entrepreneurship ecosystems and knowledge spillover of entrepreneurship, examining the critical success factors and enablers of entrepreneurship ecosystems in education. Findings This study proposes entrepreneurship education ecosystems as an alternative unit of analysis when it comes to considering the role of university-industry-government collaboration in knowledge commercialization. The authors recommend key entrepreneurship education ecosystem enablers for knowledge commercialization and engagement with entrepreneurial communities. Originality/value The authors propose a framework for the creation of an entrepreneurship education ecosystem as a unit of analysis when considering the role of university-industry-government collaboration. It requires different approaches to teaching, research and business outreach, some of which have not yet been discovered or yet need to be created.
3
Nidhi Tiwari. "Indian Higher Education Policy, Practice and Economics." Social Science Journal for Advanced Research 2, no. 4 (July 30, 2022): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.54741/ssjar.2.4.1.
Full textAbstract:
Education has a significant impact on economic growth since it boosts productivity and hence raises the country's gross domestic product. Higher education is becoming increasingly important in policymaking because of the growing value of knowledge in the growth process. Through its research and development (R&D) operations, higher education plays a significant role in the creation of new knowledge and in the utilisation of knowledge that has been developed elsewhere. In many countries, governments and individuals/households have been expanding their investments in higher education, which has resulted in massification and eventually universalization of higher education. However, the most difficult task is to keep the country competitive while still providing an inexpensive and high-quality education to people from all walks of life. As a result of the affordability issue, the public sector plays an increasingly important role in funding postsecondary education.
4
Walshok, Mary Lindenstein. "Expanding Roles for US Research Universities in Economic Development." Industry and Higher Education 10, no. 3 (June 1996): 142–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229601000302.
Full textAbstract:
In the USA, the responsibility for the development of new knowledge and the provision of advanced education and knowledge has remained very predominantly with the research universities. The author argues that it is important to recognize the value of basic science research and of social science studies which do not have an identifiable short-term application — studies in Serbo—Croat language and culture, for example, were of little tangible value in the 1970s but their existence and continuation have been more than justified in recent years. In this context, recognizing the central importance of knowledge in social and economic development and the universities as the main centres for this essential resource, the author examines how the research universities can best supply ‘knowledge linkages' and contribute to regional economic development, in terms of specific approaches and actions. While technology transfer programmes, science parks and applied degrees are all needed, universities have also to reaffirm the significance of their basic research and liberal arts programmes and at the same time to establish and develop linkages between a variety of academic programmes and a variety of constituencies within their regional communities.
5
Nosenzo, Daniele, and Luise Görges. "Measuring Social Norms in Economics: Why It Is Important and How It Is Done." Analyse & Kritik 42, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 285–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/auk-2020-0012.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract Experimental economics offers new tools for the measurement of social norms. In this article, we argue that these advances have the potential to promote our understanding of human behavior in fundamental ways, by expanding our knowledge beyond what we learn by simply observing human behavior. We highlight how these advancements can inform not only economic and social theory, but also policymaking.We then describe and critically assess three approaches used in economics to measure social norms. We conclude our overview with a list of recommendations to help empirical researchers choose among the different tools, depending on the nature and constraints of their research projects.
6
Dinc, Yusuf. "Product development in Islamic finance and banking in secular economies." Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 11, no. 9 (March 23, 2020): 1665–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jiabr-06-2019-0106.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose As the global paradigm in economics shifts, Islamic economics is attracting more attention as an alternative sector. The most common and most active institutional structure of Islamic economics is in the form of Islamic finance and banking. Islamic finance and banking have been the centre of innovation in many economies in recent years. In this regard, product development is a vital element in driving the success of Islamic financial institutions (IFIs). The product development of IFIs is one of the key elements of their overall economic performance. This study aims to fill the gap in the literature concerning the product development process of IFIs in secular economies. Design/methodology/approach Verily, product development is a complex process; it is likely that introducing specific models will be useful for expanding the activities of IFIs. In this study, contemporary source materials are used to develop this conceptual research. Findings It suggests two separate methodologies for the product development process of IFIs in secular economies to overhaul two criticised product-based problems. To the best of the author’s knowledge, it is the first attempt to model the product development process for IFIs in a secular economic setup. Originality/value Recently, this study is the first attempt for modelling product development in IFIs under secular economies. Advances in the field of Shari’ah-compliant product development is important for researchers and professional.
7
Bloom, Nicholas, John Van Reenen, and Heidi Williams. "A Toolkit of Policies to Promote Innovation." Journal of Economic Perspectives 33, no. 3 (August 1, 2019): 163–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.33.3.163.
Full textAbstract:
Economic theory suggests that market economies are likely to underprovide innovation because of the public good nature of knowledge. Empirical evidence from the United States and other advanced economies supports this idea. We summarize the pros and cons of different policy instruments for promoting innovation and provide a basic “toolkit” describing which policies are most effective according to our reading of the evidence. In the short run, R&D tax credits and direct public funding seem the most productive, but in the longer run, increasing the supply of human capital (for example, relaxing immigration rules or expanding university STEM admissions) is likely more effective.
8
Scrieciu, S. Şerban, Nici Zimmermann, Zaid Chalabi, and Mike Davies. "Linking complexity economics and systems thinking, with illustrative discussions of urban sustainability." Cambridge Journal of Economics 45, no. 4 (June 16, 2021): 695–722. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/beab017.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract The expanding research of complexity economics has been signalling its preference for a formal quantitative investigation of diverse interactions between heterogeneous agents at the lower, micro-level resulting in emergent, realistic socioeconomic dynamics at the higher, macro-level. However, there is scarcity in research that explicitly links complexity perspectives in economics with the systems thinking literature, despite these being highly compatible, with strong connections and common historical traces. We aim to address this gap by exploring commonalities and differences between the two bodies of knowledge, seen particularly through an economics lens. We argue for a hybrid approach, in that agent-based complexity perspectives in economics could more closely connect to two main systems thinking attributes: a macroscopic approach to analytically capturing the complex dynamics of systems, and an inter-subjective interpretivist dimension, when investigating complex social-economic order. Illustrative discussions of city sustainability are provided, with an emphasis on decarbonisation and residential energy demand aspects.
9
Lundmark, Erik, Anna Krzeminska, and Dean A. Shepherd. "Images of Entrepreneurship: Exploring Root Metaphors and Expanding Upon Them." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 43, no. 1 (November 1, 2017): 138–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1042258717734369.
Full textAbstract:
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of metaphors to theory development, metaphors’ influence on entrepreneurship theorizing has been largely unexplored. This is problematic because a field’s metaphors shape its underlying assumptions. This study takes stock of the entrepreneurship field through its metaphors by analyzing a corpus of highly cited entrepreneurship articles. We identify and explain eight root metaphors for entrepreneurship—parenthood, mutagen, conduit of knowledge, method, mindset, networking, exploration, and politics—underpinning the mainstream of the field. We then extend and combine the metaphors to develop a research agenda for building on the metaphors and moving beyond them.
10
Lynch, William T., and Ellsworth R. Fuhrman. "Recovering and Expanding the Normative: Marx and the New Sociology of Scientific Knowledge." Science, Technology, & Human Values 16, no. 2 (April 1991): 233–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016224399101600206.
Full text
11
J. Richardson, Alan. "The discovery of cumulative knowledge." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 31, no. 2 (February 19, 2018): 563–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-08-2014-1808.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance for designing and generating cumulative knowledge based on qualitative research. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on the philosophy of science and specific examples of qualitative studies in accounting that have claimed a cumulative contribution to knowledge to develop a taxonomy of theoretically justified approaches to generating cumulative knowledge from qualitative research. Findings The paper argues for a definition of cumulative knowledge that is inclusive of anti-realist research, i.e. knowledge is cumulative if it increases the extent and density of intertextual linkages in a field. It identifies the possibility of cumulative qualitative research based on extensions to the scope of the knowledge and the depth of the knowledge. Extensions to the scope of the knowledge may include expanding the time periods, context, and/or theoretical perspective used to explore a phenomenon. Extensions to the depth of the knowledge may include new empirical knowledge, methodological pluralism, theory elaboration, or analytic generalization. Individual studies can demonstrate their contribution to cumulative knowledge by locating their research within a typology/taxonomy that makes explicit the relationship of current research to past, and potential, research. Research limitations/implications The taxonomy may be useful to qualitative researchers designing and reporting research that will have impact on the literature. Social implications The increased use of research impact as an evaluation metric has the potential to handicap the development qualitative research which is often thought of as generating non-cumulative knowledge. The taxonomy and the strategies for establishing cumulative impact may provide a means for this approach to research to establish its importance as a contribution to knowledge. Originality/value The concept of cumulative knowledge has not been systematically applied to research based on qualitative methods.
12
Le, Nga, Wim Groot, Sonila M. Tomini, and Florian Tomini. "Effects of health insurance on labour supply: a systematic review." International Journal of Manpower 40, no. 4 (July 1, 2019): 717–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijm-02-2018-0038.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of empirical evidence on the labour market effects of health insurance from the supply side. Design/methodology/approach The study covers the largest peer-reviewed and working paper databases for labour economics and health studies. These include Web of Science, Google Scholar, Pubmed and the most popular economics working paper sources such as NBER, ECONSTOR, IDEAS, IZA, SSRN, World Bank Working Paper Series. The authors follow the PRISMA 2009 protocol for systematic reviews. Findings The collection includes 63 studies. The outcomes of interest are the number of hours worked, the probability of employment, self-employment and the level of economic formalisation. The authors find that the current literature is vastly concentrated on the USA. Spousal coverage in the USA is associated with reduced labour supply of secondary earners. The effect of Medicaid in the USA on the labour supply of its recipients is ambiguous. The employment-coverage link is an important determinant of the labour supply of people with health problems and self-employment decisions. Universal coverage may create either an incentive or a disincentive to work depending on the design of the system. Finally, evidence on the relationship between health insurance and the level of economic formalisation in developing countries is fragmented and limited. Practical implications This study reviews the existing literature on the labour market effects of health insurance from the supply side. The authors find a large knowledge gap in emerging economies where health coverage is expanding. The authors also highlight important literature gaps that need to be filled in different themes of the topic. Originality/value This is the first systematic review on the topic which is becoming increasingly relevant for policy makers in developing countries where health coverage is expanding.
13
Beck, Deva-Marie. "Expanding Our Nightingale Horizon." Journal of Holistic Nursing 28, no. 4 (December 2010): 317–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898010110387780.
Full textAbstract:
Today’s global health problems may seem insurmountable. Antibiotic-resistant microbes are increasing, and more economic, environmental, and social factors are affecting health. Health care costs keep rising. Hot politics and the chronic global nursing shortages all threaten the future of health care delivery. Also, diseases in many war-torn regions clearly place all humanity’s health at risk. How can nurses possibly address these larger “global” challenges? To consider this question—and what nurses might do to contribute solutions—this article looks at the wider horizon of health care problems and how Florence Nightingale faced similar bigger health issues in her time. The health problems of today require renewed vision and the participation of committed citizens who take an active role in the promotion of human health—both locally and globally. By learning more about Nightingale’s legacy, nurses actually attain a significant breadth and depth of knowledge and skill to share in these endeavors. Based on a review of Nightingale’s responses and insights, seven recommendations are shared for consideration. While continuing the practices we have established, nurses can also create new, innovative, and relevant practice arenas, becoming—like she did in her time—global change agents for the sake of human health. From her broader viewpoint, Nightingale passed her global vision to us in order to extend our own horizons of possibility: remembering who we are, considering what we can do, who we care for, and why.
14
Venkateswaran, Ramya Tarakad, and Abhoy K. Ojha. "Strategic management research on emerging economies." critical perspectives on international business 13, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 204–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2016-0012.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose Universalizing approaches to knowledge when combined with a dominating cultural discourse is problematic for management research paradigms as “West meets East”. This study aims to examine the case of the rapidly expanding, mainstream strategic management research in and on emerging economies through a critical perspective. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze the strategic management society’s special conferences and workshops on “Emerging India” that aimed to write a fresh chapter of research on India as an emerging economy, using the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA). The authors treat this conference as representative of several such conferences and workshops being organized in emerging economies. Findings The results detect some troubling undercurrents of privilege and marginalization. The authors find support for a dominating cultural discourse embedded in the rapidly expanding, universalizing strategic management research perspectives in and on emerging economies. Research limitations/implications The implications for indigenous knowledge creation is discussed with a concluding call for academic reflexivity through revisiting different philosophies of science in management research and studying the social mechanisms of international knowledge exchange. Originality/value The theoretical framework combining the process of universalizing knowledge (Bourdieu and Wacquant, 1999) with a dominating cultural discourse sustained through a system of pressures and constraints (Said, 1978, 1993) is an original contribution. The choice of an emerging economy site is not very common, and the use of CDA on an event like a conference is valuable to research methodology.
15
Anderson, Sean C., Heike K. Lotze, and Nancy L. Shackell. "Evaluating the knowledge base for expanding low-trophic-level fisheries in Atlantic Canada." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65, no. 12 (December 2008): 2553–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f08-156.
Full textAbstract:
Over the last two decades, low-trophic-level fisheries have rapidly expanded in Atlantic Canada, largely compensating for collapsed groundfisheries; however, concerns have been raised regarding the limited background knowledge for many newly targeted species and their overexploitation in other regions. Using government stock assessments, we evaluated the amount of information available to assess population, fisheries, and ecosystem status in emerging (new since 1988), developing (expanding since 1988), and established fisheries on the Scotian Shelf. Emerging fisheries had significantly lower levels of population knowledge than developing and established fisheries. Importantly, knowledge was often lacking in basic population parameters such as growth rates, current biomass, and geographic range. In contrast, ecosystem knowledge, such as habitat disruption and recovery, was higher in emerging than established fisheries. Overall, quantitative knowledge was positively related to fishery value and greatest for 30- to 100-year-old fisheries. Although the number of government and general scientific publications greatly increased since 1990 for developing and established fisheries, publications for emerging fisheries remained at low levels. Emerging fisheries represent important socio-economic value in Atlantic Canada but may be progressing too rapidly for adequate knowledge to be gained, presenting a risk for their sustainable development.
16
Saparniyazov, Sansizbay K. "TECHNOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION OF TOURISM AND ECO-TOURISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT’S KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION." CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PEDAGOGICS 03, no. 02 (February 1, 2022): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/pedagogics-crjp-03-02-14.
Full textAbstract:
Tourism is a reality that today embodies the specific forms and manifestations of social (economic, political and spiritual-enlightenment) life. Regardless of the modern content and interpretation of tourism, it is a science that teaches the legal basis and methods of organizing sports tourism. He promotes the ideas of physical and spiritual recreation, encouraging young people to clean the environment, strengthening the student body, expanding knowledge about the homeland and its nature, self-awareness and local lore.
17
Hoxby, Caroline M., and Sarah Turner. "What High-Achieving Low-Income Students Know About College." American Economic Review 105, no. 5 (May 1, 2015): 514–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151027.
Full textAbstract:
Previous work demonstrates that low-income higher achievers fail to apply to selective colleges despite their being admitted at high rates and receiving financial aid so generous that they pay less than at non-selective schools. The Expanding College Opportunities project, a randomized controlled trial, provides individualized information about colleges' net prices, resources, curricula, students, and outcomes. Our prior study shows that the intervention raises students' applications to, admissions at, enrollment, and progress at selective colleges. Here we use survey data to show that it actually changes students' knowledge and decision-making. We highlight topics on which they are misinformed.
18
Sedgley, Norman, and Bruce Elmslie. "THE DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODELS." Macroeconomic Dynamics 17, no. 5 (March 11, 2013): 1118–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1365100512000119.
Full textAbstract:
This paper explores the dynamics of semiendogenous versus fully endogenous growth models in “lab equipment” specifications of the models with expanding sectors. Capital is allowed to accumulate and is used, together with other inputs, to produce new knowledge. The stability of the steady state path is found to be determined by the inequality and/or knife-edge restrictions needed to produce steady state growth. This paper takes the ratio of the shadow price of capital to knowledge and the level of consumption as jump variables. Semiendogenous growth models lead to a 4 × 4 dynamic system where the sign of the coefficient matrix of the log linearized dynamic system is indefinite, leading to a potential for both stable and unstable equilibria. The knife-edge restrictions needed to generate policy influences on growth are shown to be restrictions that reduce the system to 3 × 3 with a positive definite coefficient matrix, thereby guaranteeing a globally stable equilibrium. Implications for empirical testing are addressed.
19
Choriyevich, Yarmatov Sharofiddin. "Human Capital as an Important Factor in Shaping an Innovative Economy." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. 11 (November 30, 2021): 12–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.38746.
Full textAbstract:
Annotation: There is a strong correlation between human capital and economic growth. Human capital influences economic growth and helps people develop the economy by expanding their knowledge and skills. This article discusses the role of human capital in shaping the economy. Keywords: innovative economy, human capital, developing process
20
Egharevba, Matthew Etinosa, Stephen Ikechukwu Ukenna, Igban Emmanuel, Isabella Ebelike Tamara-Ebiola, Ugbenu Oke, and Kasa Adamu Gayus. "Fashion Brand Involvement and Hedonic Consumption Antecedents in a Fast Expanding Market." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 20 (September 28, 2022): 154–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/23207.2023.20.16.
Full textAbstract:
The observed intense competitive fashion market and the fragmented knowledge in fashion involvement which is largely skewed towards utilitarian dimension have combined to trigger this study. Accordingly, this paper seeks to unravel hedonic antecedents of fashion involvement and consumption in a fast-expanding market of a typical developing sub-Saharan African country context; and to posit a framework to guide private brand fashion consumer research in fast-expanding markets from developing country context. Data were collected through the aid of structured questionnaire from fashion consumers in top fashion outlets in Lagos metropolis. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique was deployed to process data regarding hypothesized causal relationships using SmartPLS 2.0 software. Support was found for three hedonic drivers and support was not for one. Fashion belief was found as strong mediator between fashion involvement and fashion consumption. The study develops a theory that reflects hedonic drivers of fashion involvement by providing strategic insights for local fashion brand entrepreneurs, especially as they compete with established global brands. Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings were discussed.
21
Mohamed, Maha Mohamed Alsebai, Pingfeng Liu, and Guihua Nie. "Do Knowledge Economy Indicators Affect Economic Growth? Evidence from Developing Countries." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (April 15, 2022): 4774. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084774.
Full textAbstract:
The competitiveness of national economies is increasingly dependent on their ability to produce and use knowledge, as knowledge, education, and innovation are the main indicators of economic growth in a globalizing world. Many countries have adopted policies related to the production of knowledge and its transformation into wealth that stimulates the growth and competitiveness of their economies. Through our study, we measured some knowledge economy (KE) variables for a sample of 20 developing countries. During the period (1996–2020), using panel data, the estimate was made using three models: the cumulative regression model, the fixed-effects model, and the random-effects model. The results of the statistical tests indicated that the fixed-effects model is the appropriate model, and that the estimates of the proposed model parameters do not contradict the assumptions of economic theory, nor do they contradict the practical reality. In addition, the results showed that 93% one of the changes that occur in economic growth in the developing countries under study is due to the dependence on the knowledge economy. It became clear through the study that the use of cross-sectional time-series models increases the accuracy of statistical forecasting, because it considers the information with a time dimension in the time series, as well as the cross-sectional dimension in different units. Our study found a positive impact on economic growth of the internet and mobile phone users, control of corruption, political stability, foreign direct investment, and the total value of international trade. Additionally, spending on education, patents for residents, and trade openness had a negative impact on economic growth. Accordingly, the knowledge economy in developing countries contributed greatly to their economic growth and had a prominent role in maintaining high rates of growth for decades. Our study contributes by expanding the scope of developing countries in deciding to focus on the important indicators in the knowledge economy (KE), so that they can increase the added value of their economic growth.
22
Bloom, Nicholas, John Van Reenen, and Heidi Williams. "A toolkit of policies to promote innovation." Voprosy Ekonomiki, no. 10 (October 8, 2019): 5–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-10-5-31.
Full textAbstract:
Economic theory suggests that market economies are likely to underprovide innovation because of the public good nature of knowledge. Empirical evidence from the United States and other advanced economies supports this idea. We summarize the pros and cons of different policy instruments for promoting innovation and provide a basic “toolkit” describing which policies are most effective according to our reading of the evidence. In the short run, R&D tax credits and direct public funding seem the most productive, but in the longer run, increasing the supply of human capital (for example, relaxing immigration rules or expanding university STEM admissions) is likely more effective.
23
Karki, Dipendra, Sashi Rana Magar, Niranjan Devkota, Seeprata Parajuli, and Udaya Raj Paudel. "Online Shopping in Kathmandu Valley: Users’ Knowledge, Challenges and Way Forward." Journal of Social Sciences Research, no. 73 (August 20, 2021): 135–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jssr.73.135.144.
Full textAbstract:
E-payment users are expanding all over the world as a result of globalization and improved ICT facilities. Nepal has a 63 percent internet penetration rate, with 3, 59, 12,019 people using mobile services. In order to identify issues and managerial solutions of online purchasing in the Kathmandu valley, for the study, a sample of 295 e-payment users was chosen. A descriptive data analysis was carried out using the survey method. The result revealed that 95 percent of users were aware of the use of an e-payment system in Kathmandu valley. 40.13 percent of users agreed that they faced challenges while using the e-payment system. Some of the major challenges are slow internet penetration, an ineffective legal framework, a low literacy rate, and traditional payment methods. Similarly, improving security, reinforcing government policies, providing adequate internet access, and promoting digital literacy can be used to address issues with the e-payment system. The findings revealed that while 95% of e-payment users are aware of online payment systems, there is still room for improvement for the remaining 5%.
24
Gorzeń-Mitka, Iwona. "THE EVOLUTION OF RISK MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE MAPS." Problems of Management in the 21st Century 12, no. 2 (December 15, 2017): 106–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/10.33225/pmc/17.12.106.
Full textAbstract:
One of the leading trends in modern academic research is risk management. Over the years, the approach to risk management has changed and affected many different areas. This study aims to investigate changes in risk management and trends of risk management in the past 20 years. Risk management related publications from 1990 to 2016 were retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. VOS viewer software was used to analyse the research trend. Literature growth related to risk management is expanding rapidly. Significantly more publications related to risk management aspects were collected in Scopus, compared to the Web of Science. Since 2005 is to be noted a significantly increasing interest in risk management problems (nearly 5300 publications by year in Scopus database). Risk management problems mainly appearing in publications related to the fields of Medicine and Engineering, Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Computer Science and Environmental Science. In Business, Management and Accounting a significant jump in the interest in the issues of risk management was noted in 2011. Recent studies focus on the enterprise risk management, environmental and industry management innovation in strong connection with risk assessment. The enterprise risk management associated with environmental and sustainable perspective may be the newest topics that should be closely followed in risk management research. Keywords: risk management, knowledge maps, network analysis.
25
DePauw, Karen P., and Grace Goc Karp. "Integrating Knowledge of Disability Throughout the Physical Education Curriculum: An Infusion Approach." Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 11, no. 1 (January 1994): 3–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/apaq.11.1.3.
Full textAbstract:
In preparing for the 21st century, faculty and professional preparation programs must be responsive to the ever-expanding knowledge base in physical education and sport, as well as the shifting economic and social conditions in society. Creative approaches to undergraduate education will be needed. Current curricular approaches in undergraduate physical education programs provide minimal preparation in disability issues for undergraduate students. Since the 1970s, specialists in adapted physical education have been educated and provided with the necessary skills for teaching individuals with disabilities in specialized settings. On the other hand, the preparation of regular physical educators, who will provide physical activity for the majority of individuals with disabilities, is inadequate. Traditional approaches espouse a hierarchical delivery of information that is not only unrelated to other knowledges but often devoid of the viewpoint that knowledge and situations are problematic and socially constructed. A model is proposed that integrates knowledge and understanding of disability issues and infuses them throughout the undergraduate physical education curriculum.
26
Finkelstein, L. "Expanding Technology, Deepening Knowledge and a Shrinking World: Reflections on Learned Societies in Measurement and Instrumentation." Measurement and Control 44, no. 9 (November 2011): 283–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002029401104400905.
Full textAbstract:
The paper marks the fiftieth anniversary of the activity of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO). It uses this landmark to examine the development of measurement and instrumentation science and technology in the last five decades. It notes a technology that has grown in capability, extended its range of applications and spread globally. It examines the change in economic and political conditions and a globalised world. It critically reviews the role of learned societies. It advocates effort to promote learned society activities. It views international co-operation in such activities as the only way forward. It advocates active engagement in the work of IMEKO.
27
MAZUREK-ŁOPACIŃSKA, Krystyna, and Magdalena SOBOCIŃSKA. "CREATING MARKETING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CONSUMER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET TOOLS." Applied Computer Science 13, no. 3 (September 30, 2017): 90–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/acs-2017-24.
Full textAbstract:
The aim of the article is to present marketing knowledge about the consumer as an enterprise resource and the role of marketing research in expanding it in the context of progressive virtualization of social life and the development of Internet tools. The current article was written on the basis of an in-depth literature study and an analysis of the selected results of quantitative research conducted in 2013 on a sample of 152 enterprises.
28
Kai, Chieko, and Misako Yoneda. "Henipavirus Infections - An Expanding Zoonosis from Fruit Bats." Journal of Disaster Research 6, no. 4 (August 1, 2011): 390–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2011.p0390.
Full textAbstract:
The henipavirus genus has two members – the Hendra virus (HeV) and the Nipah virus (NiV). HeV and NiV, identified in the 1990s as a paramyxovirus, cause fatalities in humans and animals. They are now classified as biosafety level 4 pathogens. HeV caused fatal respiratory infection in horses and humans in Australia in 1994, in which 2 persons died. The first-known, largest NiV outbreak occurred on theMalay Peninsula in 1998, in pigs and humans. The human fatality rate was 40%, killing 105. To cope, the Malaysian government culled over 1 million pigs at huge economic loss. The natural virus reservoir, the fruit bat (Pteropus), inhabits areas from Australia, through South Asia to Africa. InMalaysia, NiV to humans was through pigs, and the reemergence has never observed after that. However, sporadic outbreaks of NiV are continuously occurring in Bangladesh and India, in some of which epidemics human mortality exceeds 75%. The transmission is directly from fruit bats to humans, and even human-to-human transmissions are found. To prevent the outbreaks, it is important to have an intense monitoring for these diseases, to accumulate basic knowledge about the viruses and the diseases, and to develop effective vaccines.
29
Podgórny, Marek. "Personal Knowledge: Its Nature and Varieties." Czech-polish historical and pedagogical journal 12, no. 2 (September 29, 2021): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cphpj-2020-019.
Full textAbstract:
As a result of the rapid pace of economic and technological development, previously recognised competences have proved outdated and the demand for new competences has increased. In order to effectively function in the changing realities and to efficiently use both one’s own resources and those of the environment, one needs access to information and knowledge. Contemporary concepts of knowledge emphasise that knowledge is abruptly expanding and, thus, that it is exigent to continually analyse, evaluate and organise knowledge. Therefore, the fostering of attitudes of commitment to knowledge not only among young learners but above all among adults is prerequisite for the further development of knowledge, its high quality and continued relevance. Given this, education, guidance and counselling facilities must dedicate themselves to supporting their clients in taking responsibility for their ow knowledge. Additionally, the role and significance of knowledge in the prosperity of individuals, organisations and entire societies are increasing, as knowledge is becoming a valuable resource (capital) which is subject to management processes. This position is adopted and developed by the modern concept of knowledge management (Nonaka & Konno, 1998) and its latest iteration, i.e. personal knowledge management. Replete with educational merits, the latter concept is explored in my paper in the context of changes in conceptualising what knowledge actually is.
30
Peng, Wen Li, Hai Ming Jin, and Xiao Wei Dong. "Methods of Shoes Style Creation Design." Advanced Materials Research 424-425 (January 2012): 197–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.424-425.197.
Full textAbstract:
As the economics developing, the traditional design can not meet the changeable customers demand. So the research on methods of new products design becomes valuable. In this paper, the methods of shoes style creation design were discussed. On the base of knowledge, several kinds of methods were put forward to realize shoes style creation design, including exciting creation-intelligence encouragement, expanding creation thought and way, analyzing style, reverse design, series design by analogy and judgment and part modification, reference and association. And a standard for shoes style creation design was also raised. The research mentioned above offers a new thought of shoes style creation design.
31
Vevere, Velga, and Arturs Mons. "Behavioural Economics in Higher Education Institution - Business Collaboration Paradigm in Context of Global Competition." SHS Web of Conferences 92 (2021): 02066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20219202066.
Full textAbstract:
Research background: More than ever before governments, education institutions, industries, researchers and civilians are setting indebted attention to discover and learn more about behavioral science. The recent advancements in applying behavioral economics to the sphere of higher education show that building partnerships among educational institutions involves specific skills, strategies and knowledge that parties must know and use. Different industry representatives are scouting Higher Education Institutions for an ever-expanding set of innovation activities. Government invest more and more efforts to create innovative ecosystems where higher educational institutions are main stake holders in this special community between industries, corporations, governmental institutions, entrepreneurs and investors. The partnership involves adopting a management based on cooperation and change, communication and awareness of diversity. However, university-business cooperation is still a fragmented and indistinct field of research, and the understanding of UBC remains inadequate since most research is undertaken around specific elements, rather than as an encompassing, overarching and interconnected system Purpose of the article: To research the undergraduates’ appraisal of Higher Education Institution and Business collaboration. Methods: Expert interviews and undergraduate students’ survey using 7-point Likert scale questionnaire (non-probability snowball sampling method). Findings & Value added: Through evaluation of different statements about Higher Education Institution – Business collaboration, we discover distinctive statement importance and advancement according to respondent current views. This knowledge facilitates author’s capability to develop and advise nudges which can be applied in performance of such collaboration.
32
Gebashe, Fikisiwe C., Devashan Naidoo, Stephen O. Amoo, and Nqobile A. Masondo. "Cosmeceuticals: A Newly Expanding Industry in South Africa." Cosmetics 9, no. 4 (July 26, 2022): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics9040077.
Full textAbstract:
Africa is counted amongst the cosmetic market contributors; however, South Africa’s remarkable plant diversity is still largely untapped in terms of its potential for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Thus, we aim to provide a critical assessment of the advancements made in South African cosmeceuticals with emphasis towards online local companies/brands that are manufactured by small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). For the current study, we limited our search of herbal cosmeceutical products to SMMEs with online websites, or products traded in other online cosmetic directories such as ‘Faithful to Nature’ and ‘African Botanicals’ using a simple Google search. We recorded more than 50 South African SMME companies/brands involved in the trade of cosmeceuticals. Skin and hair care were the major product categories widely traded in these online platforms. Furthermore, few patents were recorded from South African researchers and institutions thereof, which is quite alarming considering the extensive research that has been undertaken to study these commercially valuable plants. Based on the increasing number of new products and the wide pool of economically important plants coupled to their associated rich indigenous knowledge systems, the cosmeceutical sector can contribute to the economy, job creation, entrepreneurship skills, socio-economic development and intellectual property generation.
33
Lillywhite, Jay M., Jennifer E. Simonsen, and Richard J. Heerema. "U.S. Consumer Purchases and Nutritional Knowledge of Pecans." HortTechnology 24, no. 2 (April 2014): 222–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.24.2.222.
Full textAbstract:
The U.S. pecan (Carya illinoinensis) industry is important to the country in both economic and cultural terms. Although the industry has expanded its export markets considerably, domestic pecan consumption has remained relatively flat. Expanding a domestic market is an important risk management strategy. To diversify, industry stakeholders may need to focus effort on growing domestic demand for pecans and pecan products, yet relatively little is known about U.S. pecan consumers because the majority of available information is garnered from supply side (production) data. This study used a web-based panel survey of 1009 U.S. food consumers to explore the demographics of pecan consumers, gauge their current tree nut nutrition knowledge, and examine the preferences surrounding their pecan purchases. Almost three-quarters (74%) of survey respondents consume pecans; demographic differences were observed between respondents who consume pecans and those who do not. Respondents’ knowledge of general and tree nut nutrition concepts varied. Respondents most frequently purchase pecans from a grocery store, buy them shelled as a raw ingredient for baking/cooking, and consume pecans four to six times per year.
34
Devaux, Andre, Maximo Torero, Jason Donovan, and Douglas Horton. "Agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development: a review." Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 8, no. 1 (March 12, 2018): 99–123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jadee-06-2017-0065.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to take stock of the current state of knowledge about inclusive value-chain development (VCD) in the context of international agricultural research; and second, to draw out the implications for future research and action. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a review of recent research papers authored by professionals affiliated with international agricultural research centers and their partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Findings The studies reviewed in the paper identify the opportunities emerging from new and expanding markets for agricultural products and challenges to smallholder participation in these markets. It identifies key attributes of successful value-chain interventions, emphasizing the importance of combining value-chain approaches with other approaches, including those emerging from innovation systems and rural livelihoods frameworks. Methods are offered for evaluating complex value-chain interventions. Research limitations/implications The paper summarizes the state of knowledge as of early 2016 in a dynamic field. Important contributions to knowledge may have been made since then. Originality/value The paper summarizes the state of knowledge in the field, and identifies emerging issues and policy implications, knowledge gaps, and priorities for future applied research.
35
Kutay, Cat. "Knowledge Management as Enterprise." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 36, S1 (2007): 137–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100004816.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractIndigenous people have been for a long time deprived of financial benefit from their knowledge. Campaigns around the stolen wages and the “Pay the Rent” campaign highlight this. As does the endemic poverty and economic disenfranchisement experienced by many Indigenous people and communities in Australia. Recent enterprises developed by Indigenous people, such as the sale of art works, can be seen as examples of people receiving remuneration for tangible products deriving from their knowledge. Also, tourism involves the sale of selected knowledge in context. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a rich and expanding area of enterprise development which supports the development of knowledge and its use in enterprise. While such work depends on the owner’s, or in this case Indigenous, control of the knowledge, it can open up new avenues for enterprise development. Knowledge about local land can be included in children’s computer games, knowledge about successful projects can be shared between communities through the immediacy and multimedia format afforded by online environments, and government reports and statistics can be accessed and analysed by Indigenous groups, given tools that suit a community’s abilities and needs. In particular the way in which ICT can be adapted to individual requirements make such tools ideal for communities which form such a varied and complex environment. The author believes it is important that Indigenous communities not only benefit from ICT by taking control of the technology for their purposes, but are also part of its creation and design to suit their aspirations. ICT is a highly flexible technology which can be tailored to many different enterprises. This paper presents some of the projects being developed at the University of New South Wales and suggests how these can be extended.
36
O’Brien, Emma, Thomas M. Cooney, and Per Blenker. "Expanding university entrepreneurial ecosystems to under-represented communities." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 8, no. 3 (September 2, 2019): 384–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jepp-03-2019-0025.
Full textAbstract:
Purpose Entrepreneurship education has moved from an elitist view focussing on a start-up and picking-the-winners philosophy towards a broader enterprising behaviour approach; recognising entrepreneurship as an activity of relevance for everybody. The purpose of this paper is to extend this development and identify how university entrepreneurial ecosystems can be expanded to support communities that are under-represented in entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Based on an integrative literature review (Torraco, 2005), this paper draws together and synthesises literature from the field of entrepreneurship, higher education studies and under-represented communities in an integrated fashion, leading to the development of a new conceptual model. Findings This paper challenges the traditional role of universities in supporting entrepreneurship as focussing mainly on economic growth and new venture creation, and identifies how universities are also positioned to provide greater civic support to entrepreneurial learning amongst under-represented communities. Through a critical analysis of the literature, the conceptual model proposed identifies six key considerations in the expansion of university entrepreneurial ecosystems for under-represented communities. Practical implications There are currently 96.6m people at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU (OECD, 2017) and an estimated 43.1m Americans (US Census Bureau, 2017). This paper explores how university entrepreneurial ecosystems can be expanded to support minority and disadvantaged communities who are under-represented in terms of entrepreneurial activity. Originality/value Given that there is little research regarding how universities might activate inclusive entrepreneurship initiatives amongst under-represented communities, this paper expands existing knowledge as it identifies the key considerations encompassing university-led community collaborative enterprise support.
37
Kariman, Somayeh. "Usage and Knowledge of Technological Advances in a Multi-Cultural Country: The Level of Digitalisation in the UAE, Dubai." Theory, Methodology, Practice 17, no. 1 (2021): 43–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.18096/tmp.2021.02.05.
Full textAbstract:
The evolution of significant technological discoveries and the appearance of constantly expanding information technology have pushed mankind from the industrial era into the information and digital era. Nowadays, digitalization has become an extensive global phenomenon and the main driving force in this era of mankind. In this research, I would like to investigate and analyse digital knowledge among society. The target for my observation_ for which I used a digital survey_is the digitalisation of Dubai: a city with constant economic growth and a steady influx of foreign workers.
38
Yaprakli, Sevda, and Erdemalp Ozden. "The Effect of Sustainable Development on Economic Complexity in OECD Countries." International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences 10, no. 2 (July 30, 2021): 51–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/rimcis.7949.
Full textAbstract:
Economic complexity showing a holistic measure of countries' economic productive power and characteristics has become a new tool for understanding the dynamics of the economy. Examining the relationship between sustainable development and this new tool is vital in determining new policies. By applying panel data of OECD countries covering different development levels from 1996 to 2017 to a data-driven dynamic econometric model, the research provides fresh insight between sustainable development and economic complexity. The results indicate that economic complexity is significantly affected by sustainable developments’ economic indicators such as GDP, FDI, R&D expenditure, social indicators such as human development, income inequality, and environmental indicators such as production-based CO2 emissions, renewable energy consumption, and greenhouse gas. The research, consequently, suggests that switching to technology and knowledge-based production processes, expanding qualified production factor capacity, raising social living standards, and making investments in the green economy will foster economic complexity while ensuring stable sustainability.
39
EISENBERG, REBECCA S. "Shifting institutional roles in biomedical innovation in a learning healthcare system." Journal of Institutional Economics 14, no. 6 (April 10, 2018): 1139–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1744137418000115.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractThe use of information technology in healthcare has accelerated progress toward the long-term goal of a learning healthcare system, in which data from prior clinical experience provides an ever-expanding resource to guide continuous improvements in health care. Although still in its early stages, the use of data from clinical experience to supplement data from premarket testing is changing the roles of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and public and private health insurers in healthcare innovation and technology assessment. It could change who decides what research questions to pursue, whose evidentiary standards decide what counts as actionable knowledge, and who pays the costs of research. The shape and direction of resulting changes will depend on which actors and institutions decide to step forward and claim a larger role in healthcare innovation in response to technological and regulatory change.
40
Barber, M., S. Jackson, J. Shellberg, and V. Sinnamon. "Working Knowledge: characterising collective indigenous, scientific, and local knowledge about the ecology, hydrology and geomorphology of Oriners Station, Cape York Peninsula, Australia." Rangeland Journal 36, no. 1 (2014): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj13083.
Full textAbstract:
The term, Working Knowledge, is introduced to describe the content of a local cross-cultural knowledge recovery and integration project focussed on the indigenous-owned Oriners pastoral lease near Kowanyama on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Social and biophysical scientific researchers collaborated with indigenous people, non-indigenous pastoralists, and an indigenous natural resource management (NRM) agency to record key ecological, hydrological and geomorphological features of this intermittently occupied and environmentally valuable ‘flooded forest’ country. Working Knowledge was developed in preference to ‘local’ and/or ‘indigenous’ knowledge because it collectively describes the contexts in which the knowledge was obtained (through pastoral, indigenous, NRM, and scientific labour), the diverse backgrounds of the project participants, the provisional and utilitarian quality of the collated knowledge, and the focus on aiding adaptive management. Key examples and epistemological themes emerging from the knowledge recovery research, as well as preliminary integrative models of important hydro-ecological processes, are presented. Changing land tenure and economic regimes on surrounding cattle stations make this study regionally significant but the Working Knowledge concept is also useful in analysing the knowledge base used by the wider contemporary indigenous land management sector. Employees in this expanding, largely externally funded, and increasingly formalised sector draw on a range of knowledge in making operational decisions – indigenous, scientific, NRM, bureaucratic and knowledge learned in pastoral and other enterprises. Although this shared base is often a source of strength, important aspects or precepts of particular component knowledges must necessarily be deprioritised, compromised, or even elided in everyday NRM operations constrained by particular management logics, priorities and funding sources. Working Knowledge accurately characterised a local case study, but also invites further analysis of the contemporary indigenous NRM knowledge base and its relationship to the individual precepts and requirements of the indigenous, scientific, local and other knowledges which respectively inform it.
41
Sugiyanto, Sugiyanto, Nelly Tiurmida, and Tomi Agus Triono. "A STUDY OF GREEN INDEPENDENT VILLAGES IN ECONOMIC ASPECTS IN THE SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA." International Journal of Social Science 2, no. 4 (December 3, 2022): 1819–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.53625/ijss.v2i4.4144.
Full textAbstract:
Independent green village is a village that can develop and enhance their institutional capacity by persevering their tradition, local wisdom, and knowledge. This village is expected to be able to develop their economical products that are based on natural resources and is managed sustainably so that it can be a way to maximize the village’s prosperity.
This study uses qualitative exploratory research with Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) as its analytical tool. The data are gathered with four techniques, that is observation, interview, documentation study, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Informants are determined interactively and continuously so that it produces saturated data.
The result of this exploratory study found that people and the natural environment in the economic sector are united and are interrelated. Hence, the economic access of the independent green village can improve the natural resources quality through community empowerment, skill development, knowledge on entrepreneurship improvement, and expanding business relationship through driving figures like innovator that has concern regarding people to improve and diversify local resources-based products.
42
Goncharova, K. S., and G. Shelomentsev. "The analysis of space category in economic studies." Moscow University Economics Bulletin, no. 5 (September 19, 2022): 22–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.38050/01300105202252.
Full textAbstract:
Space is one of the key and controversial (in terms of content) categories in economics. It is assumed that the methodological basis of spatial development concept, and, correspondingly, the very concept of space itself are classical (mercantilism) and neoclassical (price theory) theories. However, until now the understanding of its nature and its role in creating and transforming modern socio-economic relations remains a debatable issue. The key method of analysis in this work is semantic analysis. The Authors attempt, on the one hand, to reveal a retrospective transformation of space concept, and on the other, to identify the key theoretical and methodological approaches to this phenomenon in modern research. The analysis results in a number of valuable findings. First, the authors identify a synthetic nature of concept evolution, which consists in a specific absorption of previously proposed models and space describing provisions. Secondly, the authors identify the main approaches to space study, for which the determining criterion is the nature of socio-economic relations formed by economic agents, and the processes that these agents implement in various spaces. Thirdly, the authors prove that modern concept of socio-economic space allows for a broader description of interactions of economic agents in translocation aspect. Thus, the scientific significance of the research consists in expanding knowledge approaches to defining the category of space, as well as its analysis in modern economic research.
43
Caldwell, Jennifer A., Christopher K. Williams, Margaret C. Brittingham, and Thomas J. Maier. "A Consideration of Wildlife in the Benefit-Costs of Hydraulic Fracturing: Expanding to an E3 Analysis." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (April 17, 2022): 4811. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084811.
Full textAbstract:
High-volume hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale (underlying about 24 mil ha in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and Virginia) has become a politically charged issue, primarily because of concerns about drinking water safety and human health. This paper examines fracking in the Marcellus region, and the tradeoffs between the energy and economic potential of natural gas extraction and the environmental impacts on wildlife. Therefore, we introduce a new E3 analysis that combines the costs and benefits as regards energy, economics, and the environment. The Marcellus Shale has the most proven reserves of natural gas of any basin in the United States, at 129 trillion cubic feet. Income from natural gas development comes primarily from direct and indirect jobs, and induced jobs (those created when direct workers spend their earnings in a community), taxes and fees, and royalty and lease payments to rights holders. Fracking, however, has detrimental effects on wildlife and wildlife habitats. Terrestrial habitat effects are primarily due to landscape fragmentation from the clearing of land for pipeline and well pad development, which often removes mature forest and creates open corridors and edge habitats. An increase in forest edge and open corridors is associated with shifts in the bird community, as generalist species that do well around people increase in abundance, while forest specialists decline. Invasive plants associated with disturbance further degrade forest habitats. Aquatic habitats are also affected, both directly and indirectly. Hydraulic fracturing requires up to 20 mil L of water per well fracture, most of which comes from surface water sources in the Marcellus region. The removal of water, especially in smaller headwaters, can increase sedimentation, alter water temperature and change its chemistry, resulting in reductions in aquatic biodiversity. Given the reality that hydraulic fracturing will continue, there is a need to develop practices that best minimize negative impacts on terrestrial and aquatic habitats, as well as policies and the resolve to enforce these practices. To achieve a more sustainable balance between economic, energy, and environmental costs and benefits, we recommend that industry, scientists, non-governmental organizations, mineral rights holders, landowners, and regulators work together to develop a set of best management practices that represent the best knowledge available.
44
Santhi, K. R., P. M. Rubesh Anand, and G. Senthil Kumaran. "Broadband Cordect: Technology for Building Knowledge Societies." Advanced Materials Research 18-19 (June 2007): 125–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.18-19.125.
Full textAbstract:
The Internet has emerged in the last few years, not just as another communication means, but as sheer power and access to it provides access to a lot of information. Lack of access to internet will bring strong digital divide between rich and poor countries and also brings strong divide within the rural and urban communities of a country which in turn will affect the socio- economic development of a country. So there is a need for low-cost information technologies that are suitable to the conditions prevailing in a developing or third world country. Broadband CorDECT is one of the cost-effective fixed wireless broadband Access Solutions used for networking and building knowledge societies in a developing country. It is based on the DECT standard specification from the ETSI. It provides a complete wireless access solution for new and expanding telecommunication networks with seamless integration of both voice and internet services. It has been designed and specified to inter-work with many other types of network, such as the PSTN, ISDN, GSM and more. Broadband CorDECT provides the basic telecommunications as well as broadband Internet services and thus bridges the digital divide and such a service cannot be provided by any other product today in the world even double the cost. This paper discusses the relevance of broadband CorDECT in the context of current trends and provides a description of the technology.
45
Емельянова, Яна Борисовна. "NARROW READING AS A TOOL FOR MANAGING TRANSLATOR’S LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE." Pedagogical Review, no. 2(42) (April 8, 2022): 92–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.23951/2307-6127-2022-2-92-104.
Full textAbstract:
Рассматривается вопрос самостоятельной подготовки переводчика к профессиональной деятельности, в частности расширения своих языковых знаний и обеспечения аутентичности речи на иностранном языке в рамках определенной предметной области. В качестве эффективного инструмента достижения данной цели предлагается использовать узкоспециализированное чтение.Обосновывается актуальность использования узкоспециализированного чтения в обозначенном контексте: оно обеспечивает выход на предпочтительный для носителей языка способ описания конкретного фрагмента действительности, способствует формированию прочного всестороннего знания новых языковых средств и развитию способности самостоятельного конструирования знания иностранного языка.Определены условия, обеспечивающие успешность использования узкоспециализированного чтения для достижения поставленных целей: 1) понимание характера языковых средств, обеспечивающих аутентичность речи; 2) умение замечать языковые средства, обеспечивающие аутентичную речь в рамках определенной тематики и 3) умение адекватно их использовать в своей речи. Описан алгоритм формирования знаний, навыков и умений, необходимых при работе с узкоспециализированным чтением, который может быть реализован на занятиях по практике иностранного языка на программах подготовки переводчиков. Professional translators should be able to effectively manage their linguistic knowledge to meet their professional needs. This involves not only acquiring relevant terminology in a particular area, but also the means of expression specific to this subject field, thus ensuring nativelike speech in a foreign language. The article posits that one of the tools which can be successfully used to achieve this goal is narrow reading. The benefits of using narrow reading by translators to expand their linguistic knowledge can be justified by its ability to: 1) highlight the preferred ways of expressing certain ideas, conveying meanings and describing situations used by native speakers; 2) ensure comprehensive knowledge and long-term retention of new vocabulary; 3) encourage the process of constructing knowledge of a foreign language. It has been concluded that the effectiveness of using narrow reading for achieving the above-mentioned aims depends on the following factors: 1) awareness of the types of linguistic means which ensure nativelike speech; 2) the ability to notice means of expression specific to a particular subject field used by native speakers to convey specific ideas and meanings; 3) the ability to adequately use these linguistic means when speaking a foreign language. The article describes an algorithm for developing the knowledge and skills required to effectively use narrow reading for expanding students’ linguistic knowledge and ensure nativelike speech in a particular subject area. It can be used as part of an English language course in an undergraduate degree in translation and interpreting. The algorithm proved to be an an effective tool for achieving the above-mentioned goals.
46
Rutkauskas, Aleksandras Vytautas, Boguslavas Gruževskis, and Irena Danilevičienė. "Integral Knowledge, Innovation and Technology Cluster – New Perspective of Labour Development." Kwartalnik Ekonomistów i Menedżerów 38, no. 4 (October 1, 2015): 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0009.4674.
Full textAbstract:
Under the circumstances of rapidly growing globalization and social sustainability deve‑ lopment, the importance of human capital in the context of economic growth is constantly growing. Human capital development and adequate employment development require the acquisition of new knowledge and the use of innovation and knowledge in regular activities. The targeted integration of knowledge, innovation and technologies becomes an essential tool in solutions of country‘s employment problems. The currently available studies lack employment sustainability quantitative measures organized into a susta‑ inability component, as well as their expressions, so the objective of this article is to reveal the importance of knowledge, innovation and technology cluster for employment growth. In order to achieve this objective, the concept of intelligent specialization and a new cluster of knowledge, innovation and technologies have been introduced to promote efficient solutions to employment problems and to lead to positive changes in the labour market, expanding employment growth. The following methods of research were used in this article: analysis of scientific literature, theoretical and practical statements matching method, statistical analysis.
47
Lindow, Steven. "Money Matters: Fueling Rapid Recent Insight Into Xylella fastidiosa—An Important and Expanding Global Pathogen." Phytopathology® 109, no. 2 (February 2019): 210–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/phyto-09-18-0325-per.
Full textAbstract:
Xylella fastidiosa has emerged from relative obscurity into one of the most well-studied bacterial plant pathogens. While Pierce’s disease of grape caused by this pathogen has been recognized as an important disease in warmer regions of the United States for nearly 100 years, the causal pathogen, X. fastidiosa has spread throughout much of the world and now also causes serious diseases of citrus, coffee, almond, olive, and other important crop plants. Our knowledge of this pathogen has been driven by the recent substantial research support justified by the economic importance of these diseases.
48
Rozalia, Kicsi, and Burciu Aurel. "Inside the World – Class Multinationals: A Sectoral Frame." Studies in Business and Economics 14, no. 2 (August 1, 2019): 73–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2019-0026.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract Background. A firm, as it develops, tends to overcome local, regional, and national business environment boundaries by expanding into global economic space. The intense dynamics of internationalization, the expansion of multinational companies from emerging economies, the presence of multinational companies owned by the state are just a few of the specificities that shape the global business environment today. In the literature, these trends have become challenging topics, both open to criticism and appreciation. Aims and approach. In this study we aim to map the expansion of business in the international environment from a sectoral perspective. In this respect, using the data synthesized by UNCTAD in the World's Top 100 non-financial MNEs and Top 100 non-financial MNEs from developing and transition economies, we aggregated, for each sector, the main performance indicators (assets, sales and employment) which reflects the magnitude of the expansion of the activity of the companies included in these ranks outside the economic area of origin. Also, based on the algorithm for calculating the Transnationality Index, we have calculated an aggregate Sectoral Transnationality Index for each of the two tops. Conclusions. The analysis carried out leads to a series of conclusions regarding the dynamics and configuration of the universe of the world's most prominent multinational companies. Although this is mainly an exploratory research, we appreciate that this sectoral approach leads to a deeper level of analysis, expanding the area of knowledge in the field and, at the same time, creating a framework for new investigative perspectives.
49
Loayza, Erick, and Guido Miranda-Chumacero. "Monitoring native killifish in the La Paz metrópolis by citizen scientists: advantages and opportunities." Neotropical Hydrobiology and Aquatic Conservation 3, no. 1 (October 4, 2022): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.55565/nhac.vcsf6445.
Full textAbstract:
The Metropolitan Region of La Paz (MRDLP) in Bolivia has grown with minimal planning, leading to major changes to the natural habitat. Currently, citizen science is becoming an important contributor of information on the biodiversity of urban areas. This study presents novel records of native Andean killifish (Orestias spp.) in the MRDLP obtained from the iNaturalist website, expanding its distribution and highlighting the important role of citizen participation as a tool to expand biodiversity knowledge and monitoring of ecosystems sensitive to climate change.
50
Mayurnikova, Larisa, Anna Zirka, Arkady Koksharov, Nikolay Gornikov, and Tatyana Krapiva. "Expanding the knowledge base on actual nutrition as an element of the system of alimentary-dependent diseases prevention." E3S Web of Conferences 222 (2020): 05020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202022205020.
Full textAbstract:
The work presents a multi-aspect model of alimentary-dependent diseases (ADD) prevention, which demonstrates the participants in this process and their priority tasks. A method is proposed based on the use of indicators for assessing the iodine-containing products contribution to the nutritional value of diets. Calculations were performed on a micronutrient - iodine, the deficiency of which causes the most common by depth and width ADD - thyroid pathology. To assess the iodine replenishing potential of raw fish and non-fish sea foods with the human diet, indicators were developed that account along with the iodine content in 100 g of product, the factors that directly or indirectly affect the digestibility and the economic feasibility of some of the most in-demand fish varieties. Selected factors: native iodine content in the product; qualitative and quantitative composition of synergistic nutrients for its digestibility in the body. Deviations of the reference data on the content of iodine in fish and non-fish products were found, which on average amounted to about 45 %, which is a significant loss that must be taken into account when using the calculated method of actual nutrition study.