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Methodological frameworks for research and development on improving linkages and the competitiveness of supply chains.
Murray-Prior, Roy - 2007
This paper outlines methodological frameworks for conducting research and development with agribusiness supply chains in transitional economies where the objective is to improve the competitiveness of the supply chains in a global environment. The key difficulty when operating with supply chains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434938
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Elicitiing the beliefs of young drivers about driving risks: An analysis of two methodologies
Ferguson, Catherine; Cohen, Lynne; Pooley, Julie Ann; … - 2009
The Theory of Planned Behaviour proposes that intention is the closest predictor of behaviour, with attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control predicting intention.and beliefs underpinning the latter. It is these beliefs that facilitate behaviour change. This paper presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440868
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Linking public issues with private troubles : panel studies in developing countries
Harpham, Trudy; Huttly, Sharon; WIlson, Ian; de Wet, Thea - 2002
In the developed world the importance of evidence-based policy is increasingly recognised. Panel studies – a long-term study design where a cross-sectional sample of units is selected and surveyed at regular intervals – are being used to gather information about the same people or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441485
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Crystallizing the processes of the Unitary Field Pattern Portrait research method
Butcher, Howard K. - 1998
Research methods must be consistent with the Science of Unitary Human Beings if one is to study irreducible human beings in mutual process within a pandimensional universe. The Unitary Field Pattern Portrait (UFPP) research method was developed from the criteria of Rogerian inquiry and is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466017
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Contexts of relevance in explanatory case studies in information systems : ubiquitous information technology implementation in organizations
Scheepers, Rens; Scheepers, Helana - 2003
Case studies of the organizational implementation of traditional business computing have often emphasized the importance of context in research design and data analysis. The emergence of computing phenomena that pervade different contexts within and even beyond the organizational boundary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483836
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In search of a new paradigm for rural insurance in Brazil
Ozaki, Vitor A. - 2008
The implementation of a crop insurance program is an oldrequirement of the agricultural sector. After the failure of the NationalCrop Insurance Company (CNSA), in the period of 1954 through 1966,the federal government started to stimulate the agricultural insurance market. Aiming increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446930
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How to write an unsuccessful entrepreneurial business plan : content analysis of the normative literature reveals a flawed paradigm
Hindle, Kevin - 1997
The study's aim was to investigate whether an Entrepreneurial Business Planning (EBP) paradigm could be discovered as a … interpretative richness to discover that an established Entrepreneurial Business Planning paradigm does exist. Its major elements …. First, it provides a formally-researched, explicitly-articulated EBP paradigm. This can replace the anecdotal, unarticulated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483857
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PARADIGMATIC APPROACH TO THE EVOLUTION OF TOURISM AS A FORM OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
SHISHCAN (ȘIȘCAN), ZORINA; ROITMAN, IRINA - 2017
Having leaned upon the T. Kuhn’s paradigm conception, the authors have developed a paradigmatic approach to be applied … resulted in revealing some paradigms in the past of tourism which have allowed conceptualizing a tourism paradigm of present … tourism take part of an obsolete paradigm and lead to a destructive tourism while the principles of a new paradigm allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734844
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Historicism in narrative reviews of strategic management research
Novicevic, Milorad M.; Harvey, Michael G.; Buckley, M. … - 2008
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of methodological issues that accompany the articles reviewing past research in strategic management. Design/methodology/approach – The topic of the philosophical underpinnings and implications of historicism in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441645
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Fashion and clothing: the construction and communication of gay identities
Schofield, Kate; Schmidt, Ruth A. - 2005
Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, published by and copyright Emerald.
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