Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Antioquia, Colombia 2012

Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Antioquia, Colombia 2012
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2012-07-19
Genre:
ISBN: 926417902X

Antioquia is one of Colombia’s economic engines, but suffers from low skills, poverty, inequity and poor labour market outcomes. This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development.

International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents

International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents
Author: Bonnie Kaul Nastasi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2015-09-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1493928333

This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. It details the Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project’s methodology for data collection and analysis, provides cross-cultural analyses of its findings, and offers a practical model for clinicians and other professionals seeking to apply this knowledge to real-life settings. Featured topics include: Sexual health, gender roles, and psychological well-being in India. Psychological well-being as a new educational boundary in Italy. Mapping psychological well-being in Romania. Youth perspectives on contributing factors to psychological well-being in Sri Lanka. Culturally specific res ilience and vulnerability in Tanzania. Longing for a balanced life – the voices of Chinese-American/immigrant youth in the United States. The International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice is an invaluable resources for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, positive psychology, educational policy and politics, and maternal and child health.

Evaluation of Supply Chain Performance

Evaluation of Supply Chain Performance
Author: Liliana Avelar-Sosa
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319938762

This book provides some regional aspects considered by manufacturing firms in their decisions to gain competitiveness and have effects on the performance of their supply chains (SC). Some of the main aspects considered are: government's policies, fixed costs, the availability and quality of infrastructure services. This book also discusses the risks for the SC; based on a perception approach, some aspects studied are: demand, suppliers and production processes and how these are related to other elements of the SC. The authors use structural modeling to analyze the evaluation of some manufacturing practices and their impact on customer service satisfaction, agility and flexibility of the SC. The context of this study is immersed in the Mexican manufacturing industry of exportation, also known as maquiladora industry of Ciudad Juarez, México. This borderland is among the top 10 manufacturing Mexican cities. World class industries are located in this region and have been recognized around the world for their competitiveness and high performance. Therefore, the methods and results exposed in this book may be valuable and useful for readers and researchers of the SC worldwide.

Higher Education in Mexico Labour Market Relevance and Outcomes

Higher Education in Mexico Labour Market Relevance and Outcomes
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9264309438

This report finds that the Mexican higher education system needs to be better aligned with the labour market to help students develop the skills employers seek. Students need better support to succeed in their higher education studies and develop labour market relevant skills, which will help facili