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Nakanishi, Aki. "Facilitating youth participatory action research : reflections, strategies, and applications at the institute for community research." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002862.
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Bolana, Khayalethu Kenneth. "The role of the Dohne Agricultural Research Institute in rural agricultural development in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8198.
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The decline of sustainable farming in the past twenty years in the villages of Amahlathi Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province is a cause for concern as this has resulted in reduced food security and increased levels of poverty and unemployment in the villages. As this decline continues to escalate even to date, this study was intended to investigate the role that could be played by the Dohne Agricultural Research Institute in the reduction of poverty through sustainable agricultural activities in these villages. Using a case study of Kubusi village in Amahlathi Local Municiplality, data was gathered through interviewing farming and non-farming households as well as the extension officer for Kubusi village and Dohne officials in order to understand the reasons for and the nature of the decline in farming activities in the villages. The study was conducted against the background of sustainable liveIihood (SL) theory. Important findings revealed that economic factors, primarily lack of money to buy fence and hire tractors to plough are primary causes for the decline, this followed by the effects of global warming and the lack of interest by the young generation to participate in crop farming. The study recommends that the government of the Eastern Cape should intervene through the Dohne Agricultural Research Institute in reskilling rural people in modern farming methods and assisting rural farmers with inputs, primarily fence, tractors and irrigation systems.
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Capanema, Luiza Maria 1976. "Governança corporativa em organizações de pesquisa : uma análise do Centro Nacional de Pesquisas em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM)." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287586.
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Orientador: Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-FilhoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências
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Resumo: O tema deste trabalho é Governança Corporativa em organizações de pesquisa. O estudo da Governança Corporativa em organizações de pesquisa justifica-se a partir da constatação de que a competitividade de organizações de P&D não depende somente da presença de boas competências científicas ou de boa infraestrutura de pesquisa. Isto já se tornou a linha de base das organizações de alto nível. É cada vez mais necessário que essas organizações tenham modelos de gestão adequados que contribuam para a eficiência e eficácia do trabalho de pesquisa e da missão institucional. A natureza complexa e específica dos processos de ciência, tecnologia e de inovação coloca elementos que dão um caráter particular para a governança nestas organizações. A necessidade de uma maior competitividade é reflexo de vários fatores que colocam ciência e tecnologia no centro do processo de desenvolvimento. E é nesse sentido, que a GC deve ser considerada: um elemento fundamental para garantia da sustentabilidade, tendo em vista a necessidade de novas estratégias de relacionamento entre os diversos atores que compõem esse contexto institucional. Assim, a tese tem o objetivo de construir um referencial analítico para sistemas de Governança Corporativa em organizações de pesquisa. Para tanto, o trabalho está organizado em quatro capítulos. Os três primeiros fundamentam, ao apresentar elementos conceituais, a construção da proposta analítica, destacando as especificidades que dão o caráter particular para a Governança Corporativa em organizações de pesquisa, particularmente no caso estudado na tese, o Centro Nacional de Pesquisas em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), a saber: a natureza complexa e específica dos processos de C,T&I, a natureza jurídica da organização e sua designação como Organização Social. Sendo esta última especificidade colocada na análise a partir da seleção do estudo de caso. No terceiro capítulo, além de elementos conceituais, é apresentada uma proposta analítica de sistemas de Governança Corporativa em organizações de pesquisa. O quarto capítulo traz o estudo da Governança Corporativa do CNPEM, a partir da proposta apresentada. A conclusão mais geral é que a Governança Corporativa em organizações de pesquisa deve ser baseada nos princípios, práticas e mecanismos colocados para organizações de diversas naturezas. Do mesmo modo, deve considerar as especificidades dos processos de C, T & I, bem como aquelas trazidas pela natureza jurídica da organização
Abstract: The theme of this thesis is Corporate Governance (CG) in research organizations. The study of corporate governance in research organizations is justified from the fact that competitiveness of R&D organizations depends not only on the presence of good scientific skills or good research infrastructure. This has become already the baseline of high-level organizations. It is increasingly necessary that these organizations have adequate management models that contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of research and their institutional mission. The complex nature and specific processes of science, technology and innovation (STI) bring elements that give a particular character to governance in these organizations. The need for greater competitiveness reflects several factors that place science and technology at the center of the development process. It is in this sense that the CG should be considered: a key element ensuring sustainability, given the need for new strategies of relationship between the different actors within that institutional context. Thus, the thesis aims to build an analytical framework for systems of corporate governance in research organizations. Therefore, the work is organized in four chapters. The first three support, by presenting conceptual elements, the construction of the analytical proposal, highlighting the particularities that give the specific character to Corporate Governance in research organizations, particularly in the case studied in the thesis, the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), namely: the specific and complex nature of the STI processes, the legal nature of the organization and its designation as a Social Organization (OS). The latter included in the analysis because of the selection of the case study. The third chapter, besides conceptual elements, presents an analytical proposal for corporate governance in research organizations. The fourth chapter brings the study of Corporate Governance of the CNPEM, based on the analytical proposal presented. The general conclusion is that Corporate Governance in research organizations should be based on the principles, practices and mechanisms placed for different types of organizations. Likewise, it should consider the specificities of the S, T & I processes, as well as those brought by the legal nature of the organization
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Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica
Doutora em Política Científica e Tecnológica
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Gadgin, Matha Shreyas. "Trends in and influence of regional federally funded research and development in the US." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117893.
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Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Technology and Policy Program, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-46).
Over the last few decades, although US gross domestic spending on Research and Development (R&D) as a percentage of GDP has risen from around 2.27% in 1981 to 2.74% in 2016, federal funding for R&D has fallen steadily, from 1.19% to o.81% over the same period. These changes reflect a broader shift in the US from a government-driven R&D model to a business-driven model. Towards the goal of identifying the regional economic impacts of federally funded R&D, I first build on previous work to develop a method to obtain federal funding for R&D at granular geographic levels using Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to automatically classify open data on federal contracts and grants as R&D or non-R&D awards. This method results in a 95% accuracy rate in classifying federal awards, and covers 56% of US federal R&D obligations made in the year 2016. As underreporting issues in the data source are addressed, this method will yield higher coverage rates, thus creating a unique dataset that affords opportunities to study the regional impacts of federally funded R&D. Next, I adapt Hausman, N. (2012). University Innovation, Local Economic Growth, and Entrepreneurship to identify the employment-generation effects of federally funded university R&D and compare impacts of overall R&D funding to the employment-generation arising from R&D funding provided to specific academic disciplines. I find that the employment-generation effects of federally funded computer science R&D are significant and much more pronounced than the corresponding effects of overall federally funded university R&D.
by Shreyas Gadgin Matha.
S.M. in Technology and Policy
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Materna, Jane M. "The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research Programin the Dan River Region of Virginia and New Growth Economic Development Theory." Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9713.
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This paper applies New Growth Theory (NGT) to the economic development plan of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) for the Dan River region. New Growth Theory is summarized into five concepts: knowledge and human capital, technology, flexible production and innovation, and the institutional environment. The IALR program demonstrates this NGT framework. The IALR program seeks to promote growth by attracting exogenous demand for innovation and high tech. Endogenously, the program plans to create an institutional support environment and human capital infrastructure. The New Growth Theory supports the IALR in developing a knowledge based economy.
However, the New Growth Theory has limitations in application for economic development. It assumes that the targeted economy has some physical and social infrastructure. The Dan River region lacks transportation infrastructure and a history of valuing higher education. The New Growth Theory assumes that using knowledge as a factor will insure against diminishing returns. However, growth from high tech is risky and uneven. The IALR program is an example of an under-educated region trying to transform its economy by using high tech. What may happen is an increased gap between the lower and higher income population, with skilled knowledge labor being recruited and the existing human capital not able to keep up with the new skill requirements. Finally, while the Dan River region has a need to work on quality of life aspects, such as living conditions, equity, the environment, health and civic infrastructure, New Growth Theory does not consider these aspects.Master of Public and International Affairs
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Iqbal, Fareeha Yasmin 1974. "The role of large-scale government-supported research institutions in development : lessons from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) for developing countries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30025.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-89).
This thesis seeks to examine the extent of the role that the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) played in Taiwan's high-technological development and whether developing countries of today can promote such development by creating similar institutional arrangements. Literature on innovation systems was reviewed, particularly national innovation systems and the role of R&D institutions within these. Taiwan's recent economic success, deemed attributable to economic and institutional reforms in recent decades, was also studied. In depth analysis was carried out of its leading high-technological research institute, ITRI, which bridges the gap between industry and academia. Although the case of Taiwan is sometimes presented as a unique example of industrial success of an SME-based state, this thesis argues that this success was possible because the research and development process had a large institute at its core. One way of creating such a research scale is by merging existing institutes, a process that would result in more efficient use of capital and human resources. The case of high-technological development in Pakistan is briefly assessed in order to gauge how its existing institutions structure could be amended to allow such changes to be made. The study concludes with the following three main points: (i) scale is an important factor: Taiwan's SME-based industry was able to succeed because of a large research institute at its core; (ii) in developing countries, governments decide which form of high-technology to pursue and when; thus, timing and choice of sector are important; and (iii) political leadership was seen to be important in the case of Taiwan's development in high-technology, and can play a key role in developing countries of today.
by Fareeha Yasmin Iqbal.
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Via, Sandra Elizabeth. "Neoliberalism in Higher Education?: A Case Study of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42783.
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According to David Harvey, neoliberal ideology has emerged as the current hegemonic economic discourse. Therefore, Harvey contends that neoliberalism has permeated every aspect of society, including institutions of higher education. However, the role of neoliberal ideology is perceived as a form of common sense, and thus proponents of neoliberal policies often do not realize that the programs and policies that they are implementing are neoliberal. Furthermore, Harvey argues that another aspect of neoliberalism is its propensity to exclude or ignore society. This thesis explores the relationship between neoliberal ideology and higher education, as well as the tendency of neoliberalism to depict universities and other forms of higher education as catalysts for economic development. In order to examine this relationship, this thesis examines an institution of higher education located in Southside Virginia, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR). More specifically, this thesis takes an in depth look of the academic, research, and outreach/community programs offered by IALR. Moreover, this thesis explains how some of IALRâ s programs fit within a neoliberal framework and others do not, and how these programs are characterized as mechanisms of economic revitalization in Southside Virginia. Finally, this thesis demonstrates the ways in which IALR has embraced aspects of neoliberal ideology while resisting neoliberalismâ s tendencies to exclude the community from decision-making processes, yet also inculcate neoliberal ideology into the communityâ s perceptions of economic development and higher education.Master of Arts
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Sofia, Gustina, and n/a. "Information needs of health researchers at the National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia." University of Canberra. Information, Language & Culture, 1992. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.083237.
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The present study attempted to investigate the information needs/information seeking
behaviour of health researchers at the National Institute of Health Research and
Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia. Its objective was to identify the
relationship between information needs/information seeking behaviour and the
characteristics of those health professionals. Those characteristics include institution
to which health professionals belonged, institution geographic location, level of
appointment, level of education, and work experience.
Research was carried out through survey by using a questionnaire. This survey
obtained a response rate of 92 percent from a sample of 131 health professionals.
Their information needs/information seeking behaviour were correlated with their
characteristics to determine relationships, and the Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the data. Frequency distribution, chi-square
analysis, and descriptive analysis were used to obtain the results.
The study found that the health information available did not match the health
professionals' needs and that there was strong demand by these personnel for automated
information services. It also found that total hours reading per week was significantly
related to level of appointment, level of education, and work experience at other
institutions. The perceived usefulness of journals as information sources was
significantly related to institution, geographic location, level of appointment, level of
education and work experience at other institutions. Government publications and
statistical data as a source of information were found to be related significantly to
institution and geographic location. There was also a relationship between the
perceived value of reference books and work experience at the current institution. The
usefulness of library catalogues as a guide to information was found to be related
significantly to institution and geographic location, as was the usefulness of abstracting
and indexing services to level of education. Frequency of visiting libraries was
significantly related to institution, geographic location and level of appointment. The
membership of professional organizations and obtaining useful information from
friends, colleagues or personal contact were found to be significantly related to level of
education.
The study concludes with recommendations and suggestions for further research.
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Erdey, Nancy Carol. "Armor of patience : the National Cancer Institute and the development of medical research policy in the United States, 1937-1971 /." Diss., Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1995. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=case1058363714.
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Klindworth, Anna [Verfasser]. "RNA based research development, application and analysis within the MIMAS project / Anna Klindworth. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology." Bremen : IRC-Library, Information Resource Center der Jacobs University Bremen, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1035269147/34.
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Campbell, Daniel Ray Lehne. "The role and development of the research administration profession in higher education." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2010/d_campbell_041810.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in educational administration)--Washington State University, May 2010.Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 29, 2010). "Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-56).
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Telles, Luciana Oliveira. "O papel dos institutos públicos de pesquisa no desenvolvimento tecnológico e na cooperação universidade-empresa." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-10052012-121144/.
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Este trabalho investiga os projetos cooperativos de pesquisa coordenados por institutos públicos de pesquisa tecnológica (IPPs), com a participação de universidades, empresas e outros agentes do sistema de inovação. Considera-se que estas iniciativas possam ser um mecanismo para promover e acelerar a produção de inovações tecnológicas avançadas, tanto por permitir a reunião de diferentes e complementares capacitações, como por possibilitar a alavancagem de recursos financeiros. Nestes projetos, os IPPs têm aproveitado sua experiência em atividades nas fases intermediárias do processo de inovação para assumir o desafio de reunir os conhecimentos das ciências básicas e aplicadas, produzidos nas universidades, às suas capacitações tecnológicas, e aos conhecimentos das firmas sobre a produção e os seus negócios, com o objetivo de oferecer novas tecnologias para o mercado. Este trabalho também realiza um levantamento sobre as características dos IPPs e as formas como estas instituições têm se relacionado com as universidades e empresas. Para uma análise mais aprofundada destas experiências, foram selecionados três casos para a pesquisa de campo: o Fraunhofer Innovation Clusters, programa coordenado pelos Institutos Fraunhofer, na Alemanha, que apoia o desenvolvimento de projetos cooperativos entre agentes pertencentes a uma mesma região; o National Flagship Program, coordenado pela Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), na Austrália; e por fim, os projetos Mobile Harbour e Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV), coordenados pelo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), na Coreia do Sul. A decisão de apresentar a experiência do KAIST, apesar da instituição ser uma universidade, deve-se ao fato de esta ser enriquecedora para os propósitos deste trabalho. Os casos estudados indicaram o elevado investimento público destas iniciativas. As equipes destas instituições também mostraram que a qualidade das pesquisas é o ponto de partida para que as empresas queiram cooperar com os IPPs. Em seguida, os pesquisadores apontaram a relevância da capacidade de gestão dos projetos pelas equipes dos IPPs. Os casos apresentados tornaram evidente que gerar inovação pressupõe a capacidade de administrar os diversos assuntos que poderão afetar a adoção das tecnologias e que as empresas podem contribuir nestes processos. As experiências indicaram também que as universidades têm participado nos projetos, solucionando problemas científicos que impedem o desenvolvimento das tecnologias. Os resultados mostram que estas iniciativas têm contribuído para a produção de inovação para seus países.This thesis investigates cooperative research coordinated by public research institutes (PRIs), with participation of universities, companies and other agents of the innovation system. It is considered that these initiatives may be a mechanism to promote and accelerate the development of advanced technological innovations, both by allowing the gathering of different and complementary capabilities, such as by allowing the leveraging of financial resources. In order to develop these projects, PRIs are assuming the challenge of joining the university basic and applied knowledge with their technological capabilities and the firms product development knowledge to propose high market value technologies. It is also identified some PRI characteristics and the ways these institutions have been working with universities and companies. For a more detailed analysis of their experiences, three cases were selected for field research: the Fraunhofer Innovation Clusters, a program coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany, which supports the development of cooperative projects between agents belonging to the same regions; the National Flagship Program, coordinated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), in Australia; and finally, the Mobile Harbour and Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) projects, coordinated by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), in South Korea. The intention of presenting the KAIST experience is due to the fact that this may contribute to the purposes of this study, although it is a university. Cases studied indicated the high level of public investment in these initiatives. These institutions have also pointed the research quality as the starting point for cooperation with industry. Then, it was emphasised the ability of PRI members in project management. Experiences clarified that producing innovation requires the ability of managing various issues that may affect the adoption of technologies. It was also pointed that companies can contribute to these processes. These cases also showed that universities are participating by solving scientific problems that hinder the technology development. Conclusions are that these PRI initiatives are managing to contribute to produce relevant innovation to their countries.
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Silva, Rodrigo Guerra Moura e. "A inovação organizacional em universidades e sua dinamica de interação no sistema nacional de inovação : estudo a partir do caso INOVA - Unicamp." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287565.
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Orientador: Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles FilhoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias
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Resumo: No cenário da atual sociedade pós-industrial, o conhecimento se tornou recurso chave para base institucional da economia. Capacitar-se para seu melhor uso se tornou estratégico à sua transformação em bens de capital. Verifica-se que saber usá-lo é saber interagir com diferentes atores de um sistema complexo voltado fortemente à inovação tecnológica. Inovar tornou-se a engrenagem deste sistema, tida como base econômica desta sociedade do conhecimento. As universidades foram e são instituições historicamente envolvidas com este ativo econômico, o conhecimento. Por este motivo, sempre estiveram direta ou indiretamente envolvidas neste processo. Destaca-se, no entanto, nas últimas décadas, uma intensificação de sua ação na eficácia da transformação do conhecimento produzido ou capaz de produzir em um fomento preponderante à inovação. O sistema de inovação eficaz é cada vez mais dependente deste ator, a universidade. Observa-se uma alteração no perfil de envolvimento das universidades em temas que, a princípio, fogem da tríade que compõe seu papel primordial: o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão, sendo este processo chamado de segunda revolução acadêmica. Fenômeno que já se encontra fortemente marcado em países centrais. Por outro lado, as universidades de países periféricos, como o Brasil, encontram-se em um constante processo de aprimoramento desta sua interação com seu próprio SNCT&I. No Brasil, observa-se intensas mudanças e discussões sobre o real papel da universidade, acompanhada por mudanças do arcabouço legal e administrativo em torno deste tema, tendo como marco a Lei da Inovação (2004), que obrigou a implementação de Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica - NIT no organograma acadêmico. A implantação desta estrutura de interface propiciou ferramentas para que universidades inovem organizacionalmente e tenham a oportunidade de se postar como regentes nesta dinâmica tecnocientífica. Por outro lado, a literatura sobre SNCT&I ainda se encontra dispersa e em constante evolução, dificultando estudos rígidos sobre o papel das universidades neste cenário. Nesta vertente, o presente trabalho pretende contribuir para o desenvolvimento de formas de mensurar esta atuação em universidades brasileiras, sugerindo indicadores da sua interação com o SNCT&I. Como estudo de caso foi utilizado a Unicamp, comparando dois momentos temporais do seu perfil de interação com o SNCT&I: antes e após a criação da Agência de Inovação da Unicamp (INOVA-Unicamp), que instituiu uma nova estrutura organizacional para gestão da tecnologia e da inovação na universidade. Este método permitiu a avaliação relativa entre estes dois cortes temporais (1999 - 2003 e 2004 - 2008) frente ao quadro de indicadores sugeridos, suscitando as premissas básicas relativas às mudanças organizacionais a serem implementadas para que se estimule uma maior inserção de universidades neste sistema.
Abstract: In the scenario of post-industrial society, knowledge has become a key resource to the economy's institutional base. The ability to best apply knowledge has become strategic in its transformation into capital goods. Knowing how to use this knowledge is knowing how to interact with different players in a complex system, strongly oriented toward technological innovation. Innovation has become the driver of that system and is regarded as the economic basis of knowledge society. Universities were and still are historically involved in this economic asset: knowledge. For this reason, they have always been directly or indirectly engaged in this process. In recent decades, we can highlight their increasingly significant role in effectively transforming knowledge into an overarching encouragement of innovation advancement. The effective innovation system has been depending progressively more on this player, the university. There has been a change in the profile of university engagement in themes which, in principle, do not comprise their triad of primordial roles: education, research and extension. This process is being called the second academic revolution, already a strongly established phenomenon in the world's core countries. On the other hand, the universities of periphery countries like Brazil are undergoing a constant process of improving their interaction with their own SNCT&I (National System for Science, Technology and Innovation). In Brazil, there have been intensive changes and discussions on the real role of universities, followed by legal and administrative framework modifications pertinent to this theme. The Innovation Act of 2004 was a milestone, mandating the implementation of Technology Innovation Centers - NIT (Technology Transfer Office - TTO) in academic organization plans. Installing this interfacing structure provided tools for universities to promote organizational innovation and gain the opportunity to position themselves as leaders of this techno-scientific dynamic. However, the literature on SNCT&I is still dispersed and constantly evolving, making it difficult to prepare rigid studies on the role of universities within this scenario. In light of this, the present work aims to make a contribution toward developing ways to measure these activities within Brazilian universities, suggesting indicators of university-SNCT&I interaction. Unicamp comprises the case study described herein, comparing two moments in its profile of interaction with the SNCT&I: before and after creation of the Unicamp Innovation Agency (INOVA-Unicamp), which established a new organizational structure for technology and innovation management at the university. This method enabled a comparison between these two periods (1999-2003 and 2004-2008) using the suggested indicators, thus calling up the basic assumptions regarding the organizational changes that should be implemented in order to stimulate a deeper insertion of universities into this system.
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Mestre em Política Científica e Tecnológica
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Nojoum, Mohammed S. O. "The development of an information management system at the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute of Hajj Research, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7778.
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The main aim of the Two Holy Mosques Institute of the Hajj Research (CTHMIHR) is to establish an information resource about the pilgrimage to Makkah made by Muslims (Hajj) and services provided to them, which is one of the fifth pillar of Islam. In fact, that each Muslim should make the visit to Makkah at least once in his or her lifetime. When complete, this information resource will comprise a comprehensive scientific reference source that will provide factual evidence and anecdotes to assist in the planning of services and utilities required for the Hajj. Information management at CTHMIHR poses a number of problems; particularly in the rapid increase in the number of records (each individual making the Pilgrimage will have a record), duplication of records, disaggregated information throughout the Institute, and lack of information control. The Dean and Heads of Department are aware of these problems, but they cannot identify the root of the issues nor the people responsible for them. This research study aims to develop and implement an Information Management System (IMS) at CTHMIHR. This IMS would help staff and users to access information about the Hajj easily and more effectively at a time when it is needed. Soft Systems Methodology (SSM, mode 1) and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) have been combined to develop a novel multi-methodology that has been applied to the problem issues exhibited within the CTHMIHR. The main reasons for combining methodologies (SSM and ISM) in this research study is to match the variety in the real world problem; situation at CTHMIHR, which is highly complex and multi-dimensional. SSM (Mode 1) was applied to discover and express the problem situation (Stages I and 2), to develop conceptual models (II separate systems are considered) and make comparisons with the real world (stages 2 and 5), and to study subsequent change (that is, change which is systemically desirable and culturally feasible) and then to take action to improve the problem situation (Stages 6 and 7). ISM was used to discover the relationships between these 11 systems in order to find a method of implementing them through interpretations with participants. Following implementation, both the staff development training system, which, in turn, will indicate the make-up of the staffing system, and the security system can be determined. When all of these are combined, the records management system can be described; this will indicate the design of the database management system, and consequently, this will satisfy user needs. Furthermore, the research study also suggests five types of change to improve the problem situation: structural, procedural, policy, attitudinal and cultural. The major findings of this research study are that CTHMIHR not only needs to develop clear information strategies, but it also needs to develop a system for strategic planning. In this way information strategies to establish an information resource about Hajj can be formulated.
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Dissard, Delphine [Verfasser]. "Development of a mechanistic understanding of element incorporation into biogenic carbonate (foraminifera) / Delphine Dissard. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research." Bremen : IRC-Library, Information Resource Center der Jacobs University Bremen, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1034995049/34.
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Paris, Thelma Romero. "Bringing women from the margin to the mainstream of rice research and technology development : strategies and lessons learned /." View thesis View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030424.101632/index.html.
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Ribeiro, Valeria Cristina dos Santos 1969. "Análise de modelos gerenciais para institutos públicos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287595.
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Orientadores: Sérgio Luiz Monteiro Salles Filho, Adriana BinTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências
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Resumo: Nos últimos 30 anos, os institutos públicos de pesquisa - nacionais e internacionais - vêm enfrentando desafios relativos à busca por recursos financeiros competitivos, crescente competição pela mão de obra qualificada, surgimento de novos campos do conhecimento, alterações nas políticas que definem o papel do Estado, riscos e oportunidades decorrentes de uma maior abertura para o ambiente externo, entre outros. Para melhor inserção nesse novo contexto, os institutos têm adotado estratégias como mudança no formato jurídico, modificações em seus organogramas e implantação de políticas ativas de relacionamento com o meio. Neste contexto de incerteza e em decorrência do aumento na complexidade dos sistemas, devido à ampliação e sobreposição de papeis antes bem delineados, a literatura procura demonstrar as atividades que são desenvolvidas pelos institutos públicos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento (IPPs), principalmente nos países de economia altamente desenvolvida, como forma de estabelecer o papel dessas organizações dentro dos Sistemas Nacionais de Inovação (SNI), buscando estabelecer a inter-relação entre os três principais atores (universidades/IPPs, governo e indústrias). Os IPPs têm dinâmica própria, suas estruturas, funções e desempenho são diversos entre os países, e suas atividades variam de acordo com sua missão e área de conhecimento em que atuam, com conhecimentos e competências específicas. Alguns institutos executam pesquisa básica, aplicada e desenvolvimento experimental em diferentes níveis, muitas vezes voltados, para o avanço do conhecimento, outras para o mercado e para a promoção de inovações. Também há outras funções que incluem a educação e a capacitação, transferência de tecnologia, a disponibilização de infraestrutura científica e o apoio a políticas públicas. Suas atividades podem ajudar as empresas privadas a expandirem suas capacidades e gerar repercussões para a economia, bem como atender a demanda do governo e da sociedade. Para isso, eles são dotados de trajetórias evolutivas, resultados de processos de aprendizagem e consonantes com a evolução científica e tecnológica em âmbito mais geral. Essas trajetórias são aproveitadas de formas distintas entre os IPPs. Mesmo aqueles sob um mesmo regime jurídico acabam por desenvolver trajetórias e modelos de gestão próprios. A presente tese pretende analisar como dois IPPs de um mesmo Ministério, sob o mesmo regime jurídico, desenvolvem modelos gerenciais bem diferentes, demonstrando que há espaços estratégicos, táticos e operacionais razoavelmente amplos para serem aproveitados pelos gestores. Discute-se ainda nesta tese a ideia de que as restrições do modelo jurídico do setor público brasileiro nem sempre são obstáculos de fato para o desenvolvimento institucional e organizacional dos IPPs
Abstract: Over the last 30 years, public research institutes - national and international - are facing several challenges related to the search of competitive funding, increasing competition for skilled labor, the emergence of new fields of knowledge, changes in policies that define the role of State, risks and opportunities arising from a larger openness to the external environment, among others. In order to insert better into this new context, the institutes have adopted strategies such as changing their legal format, modify their organization charts and deploy active policies of relationship with the environment. In this scenario of uncertainty and due to the increase of the systems complexity brought by the enlargement and overlapping of roles well delineated before, the literature seeks to demonstrate the activities that are undertaken by Public Research Institutes (PRIs), especially in countries with highly developed economies, as a way to establish the role of these organizations within the National Innovation Systems (NIS), and trying to underline the interrelationship among the main actors (universities, PRIs, government and industry). The PRIs have their own dynamics, their structures, functions and performance are different among countries, and their activities vary according to their mission and area of expertise, with specific knowledge and skills. Some institutes are devoted to basic or applied research, and/or experimental development on different levels, often driving the advance of knowledge, or looking to the market, or in order to promote innovations. Likewise, there are also other functions that include education and training, technology transfer, provision of scientific infrastructure and support to public policies. Their activities can help the private companies to expand their capabilities leading to consequences to the economy, as well as attending demands of government and society. In order to do this, they are endowed with evolutionary trajectories, resulting from the learning processes and in consonance with scientific and technological developments in a more general context. These trajectories are exploited in different ways among PRIs. Even those under the same legal format may develop different trajectories and management models. This thesis aims to analyze how two PRIs, under the same Ministry, and under the same legal format, develop management models quite different, demonstrating that there are several strategic, tactical and operational routes to be taken by managers. It is also discussed in this thesis the idea that legal format restrictions on the model of the Brazilian public sector are not in fact obstacles for the institutional and organizational development of PRIs
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Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica
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Ward, Kevin. "An Examination of Science NCE Scores of Students of Participating and Nonparticipating Teachers in East Tennessee State University Summer Science Institute." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1944.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of East Tennessee State University's summer science institute training through the effect on mean Normal Curve Equivalent science test scores of students in a Northeast Tennessee school system whose teachers participated in the ETSU summer science institute training. Data analysis were compiled using students' science NCE scores to determine if there were significant differences in scores for those students whose teachers participated in the summer science institutes and those who did not participate. Students' NCE scores were compiled from the middle school setting over a 3-year academic period: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007. Paired-samples t tests were used to analyze the effectiveness of teacher participation by comparing preparticipation and postparticipation students' science NCE scores for years 3 years. Independent-samples t tests were used to compare students' gender, socioeconomic status (free- and reduced-price meals), and NCE science scores (using 5th grade only) for 2 consecutive years of the study (2005-2006 through 2006-2007). Two analyses were used to determine teachers' participation and the effect on students' NCE science scores among two subgroups: gender and socioeconomic status. For research questions 4 and 5, a mean net gain and NCE raw scores average was performed.
The findings from this study indicated significant differences in years 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 favoring students of teachers who participated in the summer science institutes However, the results from year 2005-2006 showed no significant differences in students' science NCE scores of teachers who participated or did not participate in summer science institutes. In the consecutive year (2005-2006 through 2006-2007) using 5th grade only comparisons, data analyses showed significant differences in students' science NCE scores when performing NCE raw scores comparisons for gender and socioeconomic status. The comparisons for gender showed male students' science NCE scores were higher than were females' science scores. The NCE raw scores comparisons for socioeconomic status showed those students on the meals program had higher science NCE scores than did those students not on the program. There was no significance in students' science NCE scores when using mean net gain scores comparison for gender and socioeconomic status.
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Vijayakumar, Vijesh [Verfasser], Walter [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Hansch, and Jochen [Gutachter] Schein. "Development of a Quality Management System for a Semiconductor Research Institute / Vijesh Vijayakumar ; Gutachter: Walter Hansch, Jochen Schein ; Akademischer Betreuer: Walter Hansch ; Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik." Neubiberg : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität der Bundeswehr München, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1108829724/34.
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Vijayakumar, Vijesh Verfasser], Walter [Akademischer Betreuer] [Hansch, and Jochen [Gutachter] Schein. "Development of a Quality Management System for a Semiconductor Research Institute / Vijesh Vijayakumar ; Gutachter: Walter Hansch, Jochen Schein ; Akademischer Betreuer: Walter Hansch ; Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik." Neubiberg : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität der Bundeswehr München, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1108829724/34.
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Pavelková, Dana. "Zdanění vědy a výzkumu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-11075.
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This essay is about new legal entity -public research institution. First chapter is about research and development in Czech republic, about good laws. In these days the situation is being changed due to changes in laws. Second charter is about accounting. As all legal entities in Czech republic public research institution should record information about its assets and liabilities. Third chapter is about taxes. The end is a summary. There are thoughts if Czech laws where adapted in correct way to be prepare for new legal entity. There are some more parts of law which should be modify in future.
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Mgoqi, Nyameko Confidence. "The state and the non-governmental organisation sector in South Africa, 1994-2001: a case study of the relations between the National Development Agency, the Labour Research Service and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study was aimed at analysing structural relations between the State and the non-governmental organizations (NGO) sector. It focused on the relations between two NGOs, namely the Labour Research Service and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa on the one hand and the National Development Agency on the other. The National Development Agency is a State intermediary structure established to facilitate funding and policy dialogue between the State and the NGO sector. The three institutions have been included in order to analyse the way in which a state-designed institution relates with NGOs and in turn the NGOs responded in general.
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Jaftha, A. P. "An investigation into whether a leadership and management development project changed the perceptions of the educators in a black, disadvantaged school." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003502.
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This study investigates whether a leadership and management development programme changed the management perceptions of the teachers of one of the schools that participated in the programme. The programme seeks to change the organisational culture of schools and develop effective management. The development philosophy of the programme is informed by literature on school effectiveness, organisation development, whole school development and systemic change. My research is conducted in the interpretive paradigm. Interpretive researchers view reality a construct of the human mind, and therefore the way people perceive the world is not necessarily the same since there can be different understandings of what is real. I employ convenience sampling to select the school and purposive sampling to identify my research participants. Whilst overall impression that the data conveys is that much of the programme does not seem to have had a lasting effect on the culture of the school, it nonetheless made an impression on the teachers’ perceptions of management. There clearly seems to be a greater appreciation of participative management processes. The reintroduction of proper prior planning played a decisive role in re-establishing sound work ethics at the school and contributes to a more structured approach to events at the school. Some sort of organisational learning has also been introduced at the school. The realisation on the part of the staff that they now have their destiny in their own hands is an especially critical development. And whilst the vision is not a compelling force in the organisation, it has nevertheless produced some strategic focus at the school. The insights and skills they acquired concerning resource management will also stand them in good stead.
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Collins, Tessa Lee, and Tessa Lee Collins. "CFA Institute Research Challenge." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624947.
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As a group of finance students, we were tasked with valuing Western Alliance Bancorporation for the CFA Institute Research Challenge. The competition required us to submit an analyst report detailing our research and findings about the company. Through our research and analysis, we found a stock price of $41.36, which was below their trading price, which resulted in a "sell" decision for Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL: NYSE). Using a combination of background research on the company, industry and financial analysis and valuation techniques. Western Alliance Bancorporation is a smaller regional bank that with the current market environment for banks, the current political instability and the competitive nature of the banking industry was determined to not be outperforming and carries a lot of risk. When looking at their financials, we determined that they had a fairly small market capitalization and was trading at high multiples for the industry. Using several valuation techniques and building the model, looking at historical pricing and residuals we came to the sell decision. Ultimately, we were able to submit our analyst report, but were not chosen to continue on to the local competition. This was a great learning experience and we were able to learn a lot about the environment in this industry.
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ARCHIBALD, MARIE ALEXANDRA, LAUREN PAIGE HOEPFNER, FABIO ANDRE MIRE, ACACIA MARIE MOORE, and JESSICA JANE SCHULTE. "CFA INSTITUTE RESEARCH CHALLENGE." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613074.
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SCHULTE, JESSICA JANE. "CFA INSTITUTE RESEARCH CHALLENGE." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614166.
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A traditional part of the portfolio management course at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, is that each year a team participates in the international CFA Institute Research Challenge. This challenge is an annual competition that permits university students around the world to gain intensive training and practice in financial analysis. Students work in teams of 4 or 5 over the course of a semester to research and analyze a publically traded company. This year we, along with all other schools participating in this competition were asked to value Sprouts. Being from the Southwest region, we and four other teams were further afforded the opportunity to speak with the CFO of Sprouts in addition to conducting our own research. Utilizing all the resources provided to us, we proceeded to develop a 10-page recommendation regarding our position on Sprouts' stock: buy, sell or hold. This competition culminated for our team in a verbal presentation given to a local panel of CFA Institute members which, when combined with our report score, afforded us second place.
The remainder of this thesis report details the research and work involved in producing both the 10-page report and the presentation for this challenge.
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Vieira, Vera Maria da Motta. "Competencias para inovar no setor farmaceutico : o caso da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz e de seu Instituto Tecnologico em Farmacos/ Far-Manguinhos." [s.n.], 2005. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287637.
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Orientadores: Sergio Robles Reis de Queiroz, Maria da Graça Derengowski FonsecaTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias
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Resumo: A inovação em produtos e processos é reconhecida como fundamental para a competitividade das empresas e dos países e parece depender de um conjunto de fatores que vão além da capacidade tecnológica (ou mudança técnica). Utilizando-se como referência teorias e estruturas analíticas recentes da literatura sobre o desenvolvimento e acumulação de competências e processos de aprendizagem, investiga-se as competências para inovar na indústria farmacêutica, especialmente as competências tecnológicas, organizacionais, relacionais, dos meios e produtivas. Tomando como modelo o "ciclo do medicamento inovador" através da rota de síntese química, analisam-se as competências envolvidas no processo de trazer à comercialização um novo medicamento. Descrevem-se os estágios tecnológicos, a cadeia produtiva, a curva de valor e a evolução das tecnologias na experimentação farmacêutica, assim como as principais transformações que vêm ocorrendo nesta indústria na atualidade e no contexto internacional e nacional. Tal referencial é aplicado ao estudo de caso da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Fiocruz, a maior instituição de C&T em saúde da América Latina e de seu Instituto de Tecnologia em Fánnacos - Far-Manguinhos, laboratório produtor integrante da rede oficial e o único ligado ao Ministério da Saúde do Brasil. Como resultado da pesquisa, identifica-se a trajetória institucional e tecnológica da Fiocruz em medicamentos e o salto gerencial e tecnológico de Far-Manguinhos, realizado em pouco mais de duas décadas. O aprendizado tecnológico realizado através de engenharia reversa de anti-retrovirais (cópia) proporcionou ao Ministério da Saúde de promover maior acesso aos medicamentos à população através de Programas Estratégicos de Saúde Pública, como o da AIDS, trazendo economias substanciais de divisas e maior efetividade no combate às doenças no País. Constatou-se estarem instaladas na Fiocruz grande parte das competências para inovar, mas estas não estão integradas a ponto de fazer emergir uma inovação radical (fármaco ou medicamento inovador)
Abstract: Product and process innovation is acknowledged as crucial for the competitiveness of countries and firms and seems to depend on a conjunction of factors that go far beyond the stricttechnologica1 capabi1ity (or technical change). This study has as its purpose to understand and describe the competencies that are essential to arrive at innovation in the pharmaceutical industry - specially technological, organizational, relational, productive and of means - having as a basic framework analytical structures that were recent1y developed in the literature as to the development and accumulation of competences and learning processes. In trying to ana1yze the competencies necessary 50 that a new chemical entity and a new drug reaches the market one has used a model that could be called "new drug discovery, development and commercialization cycle" as well as the chemical synthesis route. In so doing, one has described technological steps or stages, the chain of production, the value curve and the evolution of the technologies in pharmaceutical experimentation, as well as the main changes that have been occurring in this industry nowadays. The thesis studies the case of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Brasil (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation-Brazil), an institution devoted to Science and Technology in Hea1th that is sui generis in the Brazilian pharmaceutical environment and of its re1atedPharmaceutica1 Technology Institute- Far-Manguinhos, a public laboratory that fabricates drugs as a member of the official network (the on1y laboratory with this status) of the Ministry of Health in Brazil. As a result of the study, one describes the technological and institutional trajectory of Far-Manguinhos and a1so how the institution has arrive data technologica1 and managerial leapfrogging -in over little more than two decades. This technological learning process was made through the process of reversa1 engineering (a copy) of anti-retrovirals - thus giving conditions to the Ministry of Health to promote strong access of the . population to essential medicines (specific strategic programs of public hea1th, such as that of AIDS, stay as an important example) and thus saving substantial foreign reserves and guaranteeing effectiveness to the fight against disease in Brazil. One has arrived at the conc1usion that at Fiocruz one can identify the most part of needed competencies to innovate but one could also see that such competencies are not particularly integrated to the point of making emerge aradica1 innovation (farmaco or innovative drug)
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Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica
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Kong, Hwai-Loong 1964. "Establishing a successful biomedical research institute : the story of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8066.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 136).
Biomedical research is enjoying its golden era. It promises improvements to human health in the near future. The field is witnessing a brisk inflow of human and financial capital. In an attempt to capitalize on this growth, biomedical research centers are being established worldwide. There is relatively little literature to explain how biomedical research institutes become successful. This thesis analyzes the founding and growth of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, a leading not-for-profit biomedical research institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in an attempt to identify its critical success factors. The Whitehead Institute was founded in 1982 with a generous philanthropic donation. It is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Whitehead Institute has since enjoyed a symbiotic and productive relationship with MIT through their joint teaching, research, and administrative activities. The Whitehead Institute is renowned for its research in a number of biological areas, including the sequencing of the human genome, cancer biology, and developmental biology. The success of the Whitehead Institute is remarkable because of its relatively small size and short history. Some of the critical success factors of the Whitehead Institute include: quality scientists, Institute endowments, affiliation to a top university, sound scientific decisions, location in a thriving biomedical research hub, and a collegial and family-like culture. These success factors are complementary to one another. In the concluding chapter, the thesis addresses the challenges confronting the Whitehead Institute, and postulates the feasibility of transplanting the 'Whitehead Model' elsewhere.
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MUTARELLI, RITA de C. "Estudo da responsabilidade social do Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares de São Paulo (IPEN/CNEN-SP)." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2014. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10637.
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Gibson-Alonso, Tamara Ianthe. "Processes of Developing Effective Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education: A Content Analysis of Grant Related Documents." UNF Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/867.
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Research indicates that understanding the influence of leadership and partnership development can inform the need to improve public education (Penuel & Gallagher, 2017). Although leadership theory and change theory support the need for partnerships in education, less attention has been given to how such partnerships develop and the role that leadership plays in that process. Therefore, the present study explored the role of leadership within researcher-practitioner partnerships and the process of developing sustainable partnerships in education as documented in a set of federal grant proposals, their final reports, and other descriptions of their efforts. Grant documents examined were awarded from the 2013 funding announcement of the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships (RPP) in Education Research program.
In-depth qualitative document analysis provided a means to unobtrusively examine and interpret comprehensive, historical data (Corbin & Strauss, 2008; Patton, 2002). Directed content analysis (Hsieh & Shannon, 2005; Kaid & Johnston-Wadsworth, 1989) of the documents directed the process of data collection. This process used key concepts from the literature on transformational leadership, shared leadership, and leadership for change as the initial framework for data collection. Data analysis employed Eisner’s (1998) process of educational criticism using description, interpretation, evaluation, and thematics. Hatch’s (2002) process of typological analysis led to four typologies to organize the data for description and interpretation: capacity building; strategies for partnership development; approaches to communication; and the role of reflection in partnership development. The evaluation dimension of educational criticism indicated that partnerships employed shared leadership with evidence of internal and external support and a cultivation of shared commitment.
Themes indicated that partnerships focused on both rigorous research and reflective practice, leaders engaged partners in establishing the infrastructure and strategic plans of the partnership, and partnerships galvanized support to address complex social issues beyond their formal organizational structure. Recommendations for future research include the need: (a) to explore the dynamics of communication in partnership work; (b) to clarify and facilitate the process of change in grant and project development; and (c) to develop of a process for sustainability beyond a specific grant or project. Recommendations for practice include the need: (a) to explore the cultivation of relationships in support of partnership development; (b) to identify clearly the primary issue to be addressed in the work of the partnership, and (c) to clarify mutual outcomes. Conclusions from the present study indicate the importance of a focus on the deliberate development of the researcher-practitioner partnerships themselves, the importance of concrete strategies for sharing leadership, and the importance of the development of professional relationships that support sustainability in partnership development.
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Rindelhardt, U., and F. P. Weiss. "Annual Report 2007 - Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-27905.
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The Institute of Safety Research (ISR) is one of the six Research Institutes of Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (FZD e.V.), which is a member institution of the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Leibniz Association). Together with the Institute of Radiochemistry, ISR implements the research programme Safety and Environment, which is one of the three scientific programmes of FZD. In the framework of this research programme, the institute is responsible for the programme areas Plant and Reactor Safety and Thermal Fluid Dynamics, respectively (see Table 1). By participating in the development and operation of a pulsed photo-neutron source at the radiation source ELBE (Electron linear accelerator for beams of high brilliance and low emittance), we also contribute to the project Neutron Induced Processes, which is part of the FZD programme dedicated to the structure of matter.
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Rindelhardt, U., and F. P. Weiß. "Annual Report 2006 - Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-28226.
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Weiss, F. P., and U. Rindelhardt. "Annual Report 2005 - Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-28324.
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Rindelhardt, U., and F. P. Weiss. "Annual Report 2004 - Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-28716.
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Rindelhardt, U., and F. P. Weiß. "Annual Report 2003 - Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-28839.
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Weiß, F. P., and U. Rindelhardt. "Institute of Safety Research; Annual Report 2002." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-29013.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiss. "Annual Report 2001 Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-29455.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiß. "Annual Report 1999 Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-30050.
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Weiß, Frank-Peter, and Udo Rindelhardt. "Annual report 2000 Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-29681.
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Weiß, F. P., and U. Rindelhardt. "Institute of Safety Research; Annual Report 1998." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-30235.
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Weiß, Frank-Peter, and Udo Rindelhardt. "Institute of Safety Research; Annual Report 1997." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-30473.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiß. "Institute of Safety Research; Annual Report 1996." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-31059.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiß. "Institute of Safety Research, Annual Report 1995." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-31332.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiß. "Institute of Safety Research, Annual Report 1994." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-31605.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiß. "Institute of Safety Research; Annual Report 1993." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-32161.
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Weiß, Frank-Peter, and Jürgen Böhmert. "Institute of Safety Research; Annual Report 1992." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-32608.
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Rindelhardt, U., and F. P. Weiß. "Annual Report 2008 - Institute of Safety Research." Forschungszentrum Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:d120-qucosa-27767.
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Rindelhardt, Udo, and Frank-Peter Weiß. "Institute of Safety Research, Annual Report 1994." Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, 1995. https://hzdr.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A21988.
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Chou, Ying-Ju, and 周映汝. "The performance evaluation of technology development in research institute-taking Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) as an example." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88900106696386024377.
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Economy and technology are important sources of the national competitiveness. The economic development depends on the upgrade of industry, and the driving force for industry upgrading lies in technology innovation. Therefore, unless the two are mutually combined, the best performance will not be generated. The momentum for technology development relies on the input of R&D, which, in turn, depends on the specialized manpower, knowledge, and technology involved. As the result, research institution plays an important role in the technology development of our nation. Unfortunately, the performance evaluation of research institute domestically is difficult to appraise objectively at present. Up to now, research institute is often evaluated by the judgments of experts. In other word, the assessment is based on the information like the proposal contents, the presentation performance, etc, which is rather subjective. In this report, the performance evaluation indices and weighing of INER are established according to the evaluation model used by the Technology Division, National Science Council as well as through the questionnaires and interviews of experts. The indices of this report is divided into five categories including human resources, cooperation development, R&D achievements, technological value, and work support. In the case of human resources, the number of highly educated manpower (master/doctor) involved in research institute will be studied. Moreover, the cooperation development includes funding from government and business commissioned project. Both items together will represent the human resources and budget involved for the whole research institute. On the other hand, the R&D achievements will include quantitative indices such as the number of patents filed, the number of papers published, and other intellectual properties claimed. The technological value will include incomes form technical services and technology transfer. Finally, the work support will include the indices related to radiation protection and safety. The last three items together represents important outputs for research institute. In this report, relevant indices specifically for nuclear energy work support will be established. Both Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) will be utilized to evaluate the performances of the input and output indices.
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Yeh, Yun-Tern, and 葉雲騰. "Pyrotechnics Research and Development Management- A Case of a Taiwanese Defense Research Institute." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26722646485340971169.
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碩士元智大學
管理研究所
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ABSTRACT In this thesis, a case study of a Taiwanese defense research institute is conducted with the focus on the discussion of Pyrotechnic research and development (R&D) management. A literature review of relevant issues was addressed and it followed by the proposition of a primitive research framework on Pyrotechnic R&D management. The framework was verified by a series of field interviews with 14 managers in various divisions to find out how R&D projects were managed; what the frequent occurred problems and what the critical success factors were. This study concludes that factors influencing pyrotechnic R&D management project can be identified as external factors, internal factors, and management skills. To sustain a superior Pyrotechnic R&D management performance, knowledge management and quality management need to be fully practiced. A well managed and high performance Pyrotechnic R&D project would ensure high productivity and high quality in real production and high military customer satisfaction. This case institute is currently confronting of organization restructuring. This study also suggests that the best choice for better practicing pyrotechnic R&D is to remain unchanged for the support to the division.