This open access book examines why reading and math test scores for boys and girls have differed since the origins of testing in the United States. It details the pattern of differences that have remained largely unchanged for more than 100 years in the United States and worldwide. The book explores why boys have modestly larger math test score means than girls, and why girls have far larger re…
This open access book outlines development theory and practice over time as well as critically interrogates the “cultural turn” in development policy in Latin American indigenous communities, specifically, in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Bolivia. It becomes apparent that culturally sustainable development is both a new and old idea, which is simultaneously traditional and modern, and t…
Buku akses terbuka ini menyediakan penelitian terkini tentang fitur teori dan praktik manajemen Romania. Ini mengeksplorasi posisi Romania dalam rantai pasokan global; kontribusi perusahaan Romania terhadap ekonomi global baru; serta proses dan efek internasionalisasi dan digitalisasi pada ekonomi Romania. Praktik manajemen Romania, mirip dengan negara-negara Eropa Timur lainnya, memiliki perke…
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians. A glimpse of the vast and …
Buku akses terbuka ini membahas implikasi crowdsourcing internal (IC) dalam perusahaan. Menyajikan model referensi lintas sektoral yang berorientasi pada karyawan untuk praktik IC yang baik, buku ini membahas dasar-dasar teori inti, dan menawarkan panduan untuk manajemen proses dan cetak biru untuk implementasi IC. Selain itu, buku ini juga membahas solusi untuk pelatihan karyawan dan pengemban…
Buku akses terbuka ini menyatukan karya-karya para ahli dari berbagai disiplin ilmu dan benua untuk merefleksikan hubungan antara kepemimpinan, spiritualitas, dan kearifan, terutama yang berkaitan dengan dunia yang semakin tidak menentu, tidak pasti, kompleks, dan ambigu (VUCA.; Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous). Buku ini menguraikan, pertama-tama, apa yang dimaksud dengan dunia VUCA…
To put this research project into context, a short introduction to the status of the climate debate is given. The methodology of the research is presented in brief, followed by the socio-economic assumptions made and key technological parameters used. The storylines of the energy demand projections for the 12 industry and service sectors analysed are described. The supply side of the sec…
olicies are crucial in determining and improving the state of our environment. Policies set goals (including targets, indicators and time frames) while policy instruments are the specific means or measures to translate the policy intent into action (Jacob et al. 2019). In discussions on the sustainability of hydropower production, knowledge of the currently existing regulations at different…
This work is mainly aimed at evaluating the reasons behind the inefficient execution of Operational Programs (OPs) aimed at promoting research and innovation (R&I), especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To achieve this goal, we employed a three-stage slack-based measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model combined with Stochastic Frontier analysis (SFA), which i…
Organic waste composting is another excellent example to demonstrate the power and the benefits of nexus thinking. Even though organic waste composting itself is not a new topic, those who want to start a new project or align an ongoing project with nexus thinking, find it difficult to gather the necessary information. With nine case studies from four continents, this book aims to fill above ga…