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Broadening monitoring and evaluation within reforming national agricultural research systems

Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J.; Amoa-Awua, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

practices (frameworks, methods and tools) that would enable research bodies to manage and demonstrate their performance and … experiences from the first phase of a performance measurement action research project within NARS in Ghana and Uganda 2. To raise … performance as an element of demonstrating developmental impact 3. To explore with key stakeholders opportunities for …

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The ecological system of innovation: A new architectural framework for a functional evidence-based platform for science and innovation policy

Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Models on innovation, for the most part, do not include a comprehensive and end-to-end view. Most innovation policy attention seems to be focused on the capacity to innovate and on input factors such as R&D investment, scientific institutions, human resources and capital. Such inputs frequently...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295267

Institutionalising Performance Management in R&D Organisations: Key Concepts and Aspects

Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Organisations are under pressure not only to improve their performance but also to be able to demonstrate this improvement. This … the need to develop monitoring and evaluation systems that are capable of ensuring and demonstrating improved performance … December 2002. The project aimed to adapt and test a novel approach to performance management within three agricultural …

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Policy options of agricultural biotechnology R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: key issues and aspects

Yawson, Robert M.; Yawson, Ivy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The extent to which agricultural biotechnology will...

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A stakeholder approach to investigating public perception and attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology in Ghana

Yawson, Robert M.; Quaye, Wilhemina; Williams, Irene E.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

A stakeholder survey was conducted in Ghana to assess the level of public perceptions and acceptance of agricultural biotechnologies. A total of 100 respondents drawn from academia, Non-governmental organizations, business community, government and other stakeholders were interviewed on their...

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Evidence review and experts’ opinion on consumer acceptance of agrifood nanotechnology

Yawson, Robert M.; Kuzma, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Nanotechnology is becoming increasingly important for the food sector, and advances and products are already being made in the areas of food packaging and food safety. However, there are several potential issues associated with the commercialization of agricultural and food (agrifood)...

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Stakeholder Analysis as a Tool for Systems Approach Research in HRD

Yawson, Robert M.; Greiman, Bradley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The world is experiencing significant, largely economic and sociotechnical, induced change. These induced changes are meaningful with a function of people taking collective actions around common beliefs. These changes are more than jargon, cliché and hyperbole, and they are effecting major...

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The lived experience of an American expatriate in Ghana: A rhetorical analysis of facebook postings to understand a cross-cultural behavior

Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Using rhetorical analyses of the Facebook updates and postings, the lived experience of an American Expatriate in Ghana is told through the lenses of a Ghanaian living in the United States. The study reviews the contemporary understanding and importance of expatriation to organizations and...

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Ethics of conducting qualitative social science research in the emerging field of nanotechnology

Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

In educational research, qualitative studies have varied meanings. This short paper reviews the conceptual underpinnings of ethics in qualitative social science research and its importance to the emerging field of nanotechnology. The paper is aimed at showing a pathway by which the researcher...

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Management of technology in Ghana – problems & prospects

Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

Despite the immense progress that has been made throughout the world in improving the quality of life through applications of technology, large proportions of the peoples of Africa still leave on less than $1.00 per day income. The seven most industrialised democracies of the world, without...

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