Academia-Business Links

Academia-Business Links
Author: R. Wink
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2004-06-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230554857

This book presents an overview of recent policy outcomes in the field of academia-business links in different European countries. It covers a broad range of approaches, from new public funding instruments to reforms of intellectual property rights and regional network policies. A special focus is put on practical policy implications and discussions about reform.

How Universities Promote Economic Growth

How Universities Promote Economic Growth
Author: Shahid Yusuf
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0821367528

With the competitiveness of firms in an open and integrated world environment increasingly reliant on technological capability, universities are being asked to take on a growing role in stimulating economic growth. Beyond imparting education, they are now viewed as sources of industrially valuable technical skills, innovations, and entrepreneurship. Developed and developing countries alike have made it a priority to realize this potential of universities to spur growth, a strategy that calls for coordinated policy actions.

Current Research in Advanced Materials and Processes

Current Research in Advanced Materials and Processes
Author: Dragan P. Uskokovic
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2005-09-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038130095

YUCOMAT 2004 Proceedings of the 6th Conference of Yugoslav Materials Research Society, held in Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro, September 13-17, 2004

Sustainable Management Development in Africa

Sustainable Management Development in Africa
Author: Hamid Kazeroony
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2016-04-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317500962

Sustainable Management Development in Africa examines how African management and business scholarship can serve African and multinational management and organizations operating in Africa. In a broader sense, this book, within an African context, explores how human capital and intellectual capabilities can be organized at the higher education level; describes the cultural, social, and political influencers impacting management and organization; helps conceptualize African management theories to address organizational effectiveness; addresses the current management and organizational practices in Africa in identifying challenges; and provides guidance for more effective management and organizational operation. Aimed at researchers, academics, and advanced students alike, this book lays the groundwork for the application of uniquely African theoretical and practical perspectives for sustainable management and organizational operation, as explained from a contemporary African point of view. In addition and most important, this book contains a uniquely African content that allows for developing new theories and examining new ways of doing business, thus reaffirming the rise of African scholarship in the fields of management, organization, and business.

Strategic Science in the Public Interest

Strategic Science in the Public Interest
Author: G. Bruce Doern
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0802088538

The past twenty years have seen considerable shifts and struggles in government science that is, in the way the state funds, supports, regulates, conducts and uses scientific and technological activity. Focusing on federal labs and agencies, Strategic Science in the Public Interest explores how these labs have been located within, and often buried by, the larger commercially-focussed federal innovation agenda. G. Bruce Doern and Jeffrey S. Kinder examine four labs whose mandates deal with the Alberta oil sands, environmental technologies, wildlife research, and mining and metals, respectively. The authors use these cases to explain why a better middle-level approach to analysis is needed for strategic public interest-centred government science. They illustrate the importance of understanding the variety, as well as the similarity, of federal science and technology labs and agencies, and of instituting policies that reflect this diversity. The growing importance of Related Science Activities (RSA) is also explored, as well as the core trade-offs between commercial and public goods science in their mandates and their internal capacities.

21st-Century Japanese Management

21st-Century Japanese Management
Author: J. Abegglen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2006-03-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230500854

Japan's economy and businesses are entering this century with new management systems but their values unchanged. Drawing on the author's analysis of the 1950s, financial systems, personnel management methods, role of the corporation and R&D capabilities are re-assessed to provide a comprehensive analysis of Japan's financial and industrial changes.

Macroeconomic Environment Of Business, The: Core Concepts And Curious Connections

Macroeconomic Environment Of Business, The: Core Concepts And Curious Connections
Author: Maurice D Levi
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814566527

If you always thought that macroeconomics was too complex and theoretical to understand, this book is the perfect introduction to the subject. The Macroeconomic Environment of Business provides a clear understanding of the economy by focusing on core issues such as inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and economic growth. Each issue and topic is approached in a self-contained way and questions — such as how should one measure a macroeconomic concept; what makes it large or small; and why does the concept matter? — are put forth to readers who are new to the dynamic field of economics. With easy-to-understand explanations and interesting fun facts that link macroeconomics to real life, this book will also be a valuable resource for lecturers who wish to engage students in the study of macroeconomics.