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International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development - Volume 17, Issue 2, 2018
Volume 17, Issue 2, 2018
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Unpacking policy gridlocks in Africa’s development: An evolving agenda
AbstractPolicies are not an end in themselves, but deliberate systems of principles to guide decisions and achievement of rational outcomes. Many factors inherent in or transcending policy processes have dramatic consequences for how policies are interpreted and applied. In this article, we deploy the concept of ‘policy gridlocks’ to better understand factors that facilitate or hinder implementation of single or multiple policies in different African policy arenas. We argue that minimizing or ameliorating ‘policy gridlocks’ requires stakeholders to quantify and more directly feel the cost of their decisions and actions, while scholars must continue to search for institutional means to prevent gridlocks, including broadening the array of conceptual and analytical tools for understanding policy processes. We conclude that limits in financial resources, technical expertise and legislative capacity are the more powerful drivers of policy formulation, implementation and revision gridlocks that need to be addressed, than fragmentation of stakeholder interests.
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The influence of development objectives and local context upon international service engineering infrastructure design
More LessAbstractAccumulating research data indicate that engineers may more effectively design infrastructure for a rural international society by separating the responsibilities and connotations associated with ‘development’ and ‘globalization’ from the task of addressing a physical infrastructure need through technical intervention. Engineers typically fall prey to the globalization notion of enhancing alternately developed societies’ needs and conditions by supplanting local context with an understanding of society and need that most closely aligns with the engineers’ own experience. By contrast, if an engineer develops a full understanding of the local influences that drive client-community values and functions, they can design infrastructure solutions that are more compatible with context, thus improving sustainability and effectiveness of operation for the infrastructure user. In other words, the engineer must augment her own technical knowledge with an indigenous knowledge of both technology and cultural conditions if she is to design an infrastructure that may be readily accepted and used by the client society.
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Sustainable food security in low-income and developing countries
Authors: Radhia Bouchakour, Bachir Belghait and Mohamed Nabil BersaliAbstractThe developing world has witnessed a significant growth in population and consumption demand. This growth, which is expected to continue for decades, would entail increasing pressure to overexploit natural resources and the inevitable limitation of people’s ability to produce food. Other threats abound. Climate change, political instability and poverty are but a few. Yet, despite being endowed with more natural resources, the developing countries have not yet ensured sustainable food security. This article explores the impact of various inhibiting and promoting factors on food security in general and whether these factors have a differential impact in low-income and developing countries. It also discusses the main policy implications of our empirical results.
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The relationship between knowledge management practices and innovativeness: Insights from petroleum firms in Nigeria
Authors: Gordon M. Bubou and Joe E. Amadi-EchenduAbstractDeterminants of firm innovativeness are said to be relatively understudied and little is written about firms from the oil industry within the context of African economies. This article attempts to fill that gap by investigating the impact of endogenous factors, particularly the impact of knowledge management practices (KMP) on the technological innovativeness of petroleum firms in Nigeria. Survey data collected from petroleum firms in Nigeria were used to examine the relationship between their technological innovativeness and the KMP engaged by the firms. Our analyses show that in the context of the study, KMP significantly impact the technological innovativeness of firms. The results were largely consistent with extant research on the role of knowledge management on the innovativeness of firms. Our findings provide valuable insights about knowledge as a strategic resource of the firm. Thus, undertaking the relevant KMP will enhance the technological innovativeness of petroleum firms operating in Nigeria.
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Effective management of an internationalization strategy: A case study on Egyptian–British universities’ partnerships
Authors: Heba Mohamed Adel, Ghada Aly Zeinhom and Abeer A. MahrousAbstractDespite the abundance of researches that have explored the importance of internationalization in higher education, there is a paucity of research that has analysed the effective management of the internationalization process – in terms of strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation – in an emerging Egyptian–British universities’ partnership. This article adds to the contemporary management research by integrating the literature of the internationalization of higher education, education management and strategic management in an interdisciplinary practice-based manner. Specifically, this study analyses the main elements of the internationalization strategy in addition to the different phases of the effective management of its process in a higher educational institution and its international partners. The current article uses a strategic management perspective to analyse the internationalization processes carried out by an emerging university in Egypt and its international partners in the United Kingdom. A qualitative practice-based case study approach was chosen through conducting in-depth interviews and focus groups with the subject matter experts (i.e., academics and leaders) working in the internationalization processes of this Egyptian–British universities’ partnership in Egypt and United Kingdom. The findings of the current study have various implications in the area of higher education management for the academics/managers/leaders who are coordinating activities related to the management of the internationalization processes at their universities. Furthermore, the study recommends different developmental practices to be adopted for the purpose of quality enhancement at the academic and managerial levels, thus sustaining a process of continuous improvement.
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Volumes & issues
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Volume 22 (2023 - 2024)
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Volume 21 (2022)
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Volume 20 (2021)
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Volume 19 (2020)
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Volume 18 (2019)
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Volume 17 (2018)
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Volume 16 (2017)
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Volume 15 (2016)
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Volume 14 (2015)
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Volume 13 (2014)
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Volume 12 (2013)
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Volume 11 (2012)
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Volume 10 (2011 - 2012)
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Volume 9 (2010 - 2011)
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Volume 8 (2009)
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Volume 7 (2008)
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Volume 6 (2007)
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Volume 5 (2005 - 2006)
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Volume 4 (2005)
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Volume 3 (2004)
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Volume 2 (2003 - 2004)
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Volume 1 (2002)