Foreign direct investment in industrial research and development: A study of German MNCs     

Björn Ambos 《Research Policy》2005,34(4):395-410

This paper reports on the international research and development (R&D) investments of German multinational corporations (MNCs). Based on a detailed empirical survey of laboratory sites established by 49 German MNCs, we examine (i) the level and pace of R&D internationalization, (ii) the motivations and mandates of overseas R&D laboratories, as well as (iii) the strength of the laboratories’ internal and external ties. Participating firms account for about 46% of all German enterprises with international R&D activities and approximately 66% of the nation's privately funded R&D expenditures in 1999. The findings indicate that the timing and organization of German owned overseas R&D investments more closely resemble Japanese or French than US or Swedish firms. Furthermore, in line with prior studies, German MNCs increasingly invest in international R&D for resource as opposed to market-seeking motives. The paper also finds significant differences with regard to the laboratory's mission and its geographical location on one hand, and its internal and external embeddedness, on the other.  相似文献   

Scripted collaboration in serious gaming for complex learning: Effects of multiple perspectives when acquiring water management skills     

Hans G. K. Hummel  Jasper van Houcke  Rob J. Nadolski  Tony van der Hiele  Hub Kurvers  Ansje Löhr 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2011,42(6):1029-1041

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The value and valuing of continuing professional development: current dilemmas,future directions and the case for action research     

Ian Hardy  Karin Rönnerman 《Cambridge Journal of Education》2011,41(4):461-472

This paper explores and challenges the rationale for current, mainstream approaches to teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD) within schooling systems. Such approaches are significantly influenced by neoliberal and managerial pressures, evident in advocacy for generic, individualistic models of teacher learning, often focused on specific state-sanctioned domains. The paper draws upon a précis of recent action research literature, and empirical research from Sweden, to argue for an alternative paradigm, based on the practices and principles of participatory and collaborative action research. Action research is not presented as a simplistic ‘method’ which can be ‘applied’ regardless of context, but is explicitly focused on situated, specific, local sites. While more managerial and neoliberal practices can close down debates necessary for effecting real improvements in practice, evidence suggests action research, in its emancipatory iterations, enables a rich conception of educational practice which cannot be ‘managed’ into existence by a simplistic application of ‘what works.’  相似文献   

Projects as communicating systems: Creating a culture of innovation and performance     

Jon-Arild JohannessenAuthor Vitae  Bjørn OlsenAuthor Vitae 《International Journal of Information Management》2011,31(1):30-37

Although often downplayed and instrumental, there is evidence that communication in projects is essential in achieving value creation. Our main interest in this paper is on temporary continuity, a situation where the temporary becomes a permanent condition in social systems. The question that we have address is: What characterizes project communication in a situation with temporary continuity?We argue for the need to transform communication processes into communication capabilities. In a situation with temporary continuity, there is a need to connect to a large number of value-creating processes, and communicating capabilities need to be a part of a communication system, where the aim is to bind together value-creating processes and communication capabilities. We construct a viable system consisting of five sub-systems. To become a viable system, projects in the form of temporary continuity, must handle the potential conflict between a culture of performance and a culture of innovation. This involves developing social mechanisms for coordination and interaction, with a focus on developing communication capabilities, in parallel with focusing on all of the five value-creation processes.  相似文献   

Let’s talk about sex and sports     

Dr. Daniela Schaaf  Dr. Jörg-Uwe Nieland 《Sportwissenschaft》2011,41(1):62-64

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The effect of patellar taping on EMG activity of vasti muscles during squatting in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome     

Mostamand J  Bader DL  Hudson Z 《Journal of sports sciences》2011,29(2):197-205

Although patellar taping has been shown to reduce pain in participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome, the mechanisms of pain reduction have not completely been established following its application. The purpose of this study was to evaluate EMG activity of vastus medialis and vastus lateralis following the application of patellar taping during a functional single leg squat. Both vastus medialis obliquus-vastus lateralis onset and vastus medialis obliquus/vastus lateralis amplitude of 18 participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome and 18 healthy participants as controls were measured using an EMG unit. This procedure was performed on the affected knee of participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome, before, during, and after patellar taping during unilateral squatting. The same procedure was also performed on the unaffected knees of both groups. The mean values of vastus medialis obliquus-vastus lateralis onset prior to taping (2.54 ms, s = 4.35) were decreased significantly following an immediate application of tape (-3.22 ms, s = 3.45) and after a prolonged period of taping (-6.00 ms, s = 3.40 s) (P < 0.05). There was also a significant difference between the mean values of vastus medialis obliquus-vastus lateralis onset among controls (-2.03 ms, s = 6.04) and participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome prior to taping (P < 0.05). However, there were no significant difference between the ranked values of vastus medialis obliquus/vastus lateralis amplitude of the affected and unaffected knees of participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome and controls during different conditions of taping (P > 0.05). Decreased values of vastus medialis obliquus-vastus lateralis onset may contribute to patellar realignment and explain the mechanism of pain reduction following patellar taping in participants with patellofemoral pain syndrome.  相似文献   

Evaluation of the level of problem solving skills of Turkish higher education graduates in technology-rich environments     

Açıkgöz  Ömer  Aslan  Aydın  Günay  Aslı 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》2022,70(5):1893-1910

Educational technology research and development - This study aims to evaluate the level of Turkish higher education graduates’ problem-solving skills (PSSs) in technology-rich environments...  相似文献   

Conceptualizing content-related PD facilitator expertise     

Prediger  Susanne  Roesken-Winter  Bettina  Stahnke  Rebekka  Pöhler  Birte 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2022,25(4):403-428

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The passion of teaching at the border of order     

Carl Anders Säfström 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2014,42(4):337-346

In this text, which was originally delivered as a speech, I discuss the massive critique of teachers in the public discourse on education in Sweden over the last decade. I speak in defence of teachers, and since I am a teacher I speak in defence of myself. The critique of teachers, schooling, and teacher education has been so overbearing that a purely rational response is simply not possible. Therefore, my response is rhetorical in tone. In highlighting the passion of teaching, I lift something central for teachers, which is seldom or never taught about teaching in teacher education. Neither is the passion of teaching present in the public discourse on education. Passion, I argue in the article, is that which adds excess or an overflow of meaning that cannot be contained within the order of discourse and which therefore puts this discourse out of balance. Finally, I discuss a new balance beyond this order in the context of a classroom. In a concluding section, I highlight the struggle over borders which define who can speak and think in “good” order and who cannot.  相似文献   

The case of design-oriented pedagogy: What students’ digital video stories say about emerging learning ecosystems     

Liljeström Anu  Enkenberg Jorma  Pöllänen Sinikka 《Education and Information Technologies》2014,19(3):583-601

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