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Relevant theoretical underpinnings suggest that higher education, continuous professional development and training … education can play a significant role in shaping key performance indicators for laudable social outcomes. It suggests that … education leadership may contribute to create a fair, just and equitable society for all. This article discusses how education …
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expanding early childhood education programs, changing the school calendar, and online learning …
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An important role of education - and the resultant accumulation of human capital - for a less-developed economy is to … education, the accumulation of physical capital and technological progress. In the model, investment in education and the … technology diffusion and the expansion of the technology frontier. The allocation of effort to education, the optimal savings …
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In this study, we examine the prevalence of different KM practices and the organizational determinants of KM among SMEs … by conducting a quantitative study of empirical data from nearly 500 Dutch SMEs. Our empirical results show that … knowledge is managed in a people-based approach in SMEs. SMEs are most likely to acquire knowledge by staying in touch with …
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The purpose of this article is to suggest a (preliminary) taxonomy and research agenda for the topic of “firms, crowds, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd-related phenomena and practices — for example,...
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As a first step towards understanding the evolution of small groups in firms, this paper develops and tests a simple decision-theoretical model of research-unit evolution in which, as managers resolve their uncertainty over time, they shut down under-performing units and remove under-performing...
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We consider an important class of research and development (R&D) investments in public and private entities that require selection from a large number of proposals such that: (1) the potential monetary value of the proposals is not a first-order factor in the selection; and (2) the investments...
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Managers of emerging platforms must decide what level of platform performance to invest in at each product development cycle in markets that exhibit two-sided network externalities. High performance is a selling point for consumers, but in many cases it requires developers to make large...
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The concept of a dominant design has taken on a quasi-paradigmatic status in analyses of the link between technological and industrial dynamics. A review of the empirical literature reveals a variety of interpretations about some aspects of the phenomenon such as its underlying causal mechanisms...
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