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Education and Social Cohesion for Economic Growth
Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2017
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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The Crisis in Education : Practical, Cost-Effective Solutions
Friedman, Hershey H. - 2013
expanding early childhood education programs, changing the school calendar, and online learning …
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Education, Technological Progress and Economic Growth
Koh, Winston T.H; Leung, Hing Man - 2012
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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The dynamics of resource allocation in research organizations
Filson, Darren - 2000
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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Gaining insight into interdisciplinary research and education programmes : a framework for evaluation
Carr, Gemma; Loucks, Daniel P.; Blöschl, Günter - In: Research policy : policy, management and economic … 47 (2018) 1, pp. 35-48
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Race to the Future: Innovations in Gifted and Enrichment Education in Asia, and Implications for the United States
Ibata-Arens, Kathryn C. - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 1, pp. 1-25
education policy and practice into a key component of national innovation strategies: human capital development. Asian countries … are developing an emphasis on innovation and creativity at all levels of education, while the United States continues (via … education practices that enrich student learning, helping children to reach their highest potential in some countries, cultural …
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A Bourdieusian Perspective on Acculturation: Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Prieto, Leonel; Sagafi-nejad, Tagi; Janamanchi, Balaji - In: Administrative Sciences 3 (2013) 4, pp. 290-305
This article uses Bourdieu’s theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants’ acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants’ and natives’ development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic,...
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Investing in Innovation : A Policy Framework for Attaining Sustainable Prosperity in the United States
Lazonick, William - 2022
“Sustainable prosperity” denotes an economy that generates stable and equitable growth for a large and growing middle class. From the 1940s into the 1970s, the United States appeared to be on a trajectory of sustainable prosperity, especially for white-male members of the U.S. labor force....
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Equity links and information acquisition in biotechnology alliances
Filson, Darren; Morales, Rosa - 2001
We use a simple model of collaborative innovation to structure an empirical analysis of minority equity links in biotechnology alliances between clients and R&D firms. In the model, an equity link is an investment in information acquisition: it improves the ability of the client to learn about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560910
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
higher levels of education (there are 30 times as many schools offering grade 1 than grade 12) and receives education of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058