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This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of concrete outcomes in co-operative Research and Development projects. The operationalisation is based upon a dedicated survey, answered by matched pairs of projects managers in partnering organisations, addressing...
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In recent years, the rise of information and communication technologies (ICTs) contrasted with the dire living conditions of the world's poorest has been the subject of debate among industry and academia. However, despite the amount of writings produced on mobile phones, Western bias is...
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complementary abstraction layer, namely, “Capability as a Service” (CaaS) should be considered. The primary purpose of this layer is … contributions of this paper are (1) motivating the additional capability-focused abstraction layer by an industrial application case …
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The World Bank's global poverty estimates suffer from deep-seated problems arising from a single source, the lack of a standard for identifying who is poor and who is not that is consistent and meaningful. The new choice of an international poverty line of $1.90 (2011 PPP) does not in any way...
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Using the 2007 Mannheim innovation survey, we investigate whether family firms are more financially constrained than other firms and how this affects both innovation input as well as innovation outcomes such as market and firm novelties or process innovations. Based on the CDM framework,...
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capacity building more or less failed in South Sudan, leaving the world's newest country mired in a 'capability trap' (Andrews … to building state capability which go beyond importing 'best practice' solutions while feigning 'client ownership'. We … world's newest capability trap, South Sudan's government and its international donors must challenge themselves to imagine …
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capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. 00This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It … starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many … evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where …
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The concept of participation can be used to evaluate and assess socioeconomic changes. Most analysis that apply participation as reference point for socioeconomic development concentrate on the individual level. We try to give evidence for reasons and explanations for accomplished or changing...
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from the regulators to the opportunity and capability factors to reduce the occurrence of non-GAAP earnings management. …
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