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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Capability building"”.
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DIVERSIFYING SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION CAPABILITY BUILDING, AND CATCH UP
… especially tacit knowledge, on local innovation capability building and thus catch-up process of a nation. I argue that for any country, sourcing from the diverse pools of tacit knowledge available in different parts of the world is a crucial requirement in maintaining a robust innovation …
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Endogenous capability building and start-up advantage In creating new markets
… performance and resources available for future capability building for startups than for existing firms. Using a simulation model, we show that this reinforcing loop leads entrepreneurial financial markets to quickly focus on more promising startups and, despite initial disadvantage, enable the …
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Capability building for the manufacture of photovoltaic system components in developing countries
… have not explicitly addressed enterprise-level capability building or challenges specific to developing countries. In particular, there has been very little published about small scale PV manufacture. This thesis therefore aims to improve understanding of the factors that influence capability …
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Indigenous capability building as an intervention strategy for sustainable enerby implementation in vulnerable societies.
Geospatial regions have different requirements for energy development due to variations in environmental, economic, social, and political constraints which influence their energy demand profiles and generation capacities. These constraints determine the policy, strategy, and implementation …
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Does capability measurement enable aspiration during emergent adulthood? Examining 'Poverty Stoplight' as a poverty measurement and capability building instrument for youth in South Africa
… study is to deepen the understanding of how capability measurement approaches and tools can empower marginalized youth to better understand their aspirations and map their way through emerging adulthood and out of poverty. This research aims to deepen the understanding of youth's experience …
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Building technological capability within satellite programs in developing countries
… national satellite programs. These countries are building local capability in space through technological learning. They sometimes pursue this via collaborative satellite development projects with foreign firms that provide training. This phenomenon of collaborative satellite development projects …
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Resources and capabilities in high-tech enterpreneurship : a study of two generations of Chinese startups
… learning is an effective vehicle to carry out capability-building processes. The unintentional nature of capability building is also discussed.
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Foreign direct investment, intra-organizational proximity, and technological capability : the case of China's automobile industry
… partial success in nurturing local technological capability. The experience of China's passenger vehicle sector demonstrates that, in the existence of a substantial technological-capability gap between alliance partners, the IJV arrangement is likely to create a "passive" learning mode where …
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Policing terrorism in Nigeria: challenges for the 21st century
… on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in capacity and capability building. Their views were significant in understanding policing approach and practice in the prevention and response of terrorism in Nigeria. The research project identified and analysed problems of policing terrorism from the country’s …
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Supplier Development Framework in Supply Chain Cybersecurity Evaluation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
… the supply chain that enhances the cybersecurity capability of small and medium enterprise (SME) suppliers. The theoretical framework is built on a literature review, anecdote evidence and best practices in supply chain management, and feedback from industry experts. The framework is a four-stage …
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How host country institutional environments influence the digital transformation objectives of multinational subsidiaries operating in emerging markets
… through a combination of relationship and capability-building processes. Political and economic factors had the most severe impact and required dedicated resources and responses. Findings had positive implications for host country policymakers from a local improvement perspective. …
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The AI revolution: Investigating how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are adapting to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the manufacturing sector in New Zealand
… low organizational readiness. Enablers include capability building, leadership, expert guidance, supportive policy and ecosystem factors. Actionable recommendations are offered for decision-makers to guide firm-level practice and national initiatives aimed at strengthening SMEs’ resilience …
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Enforcement practice, development assistance and servicing clients: progressing compliance with wastewater discharge regulations in industrialised north Vietnam
Rapidly industrialising regions in low-middle income nations are an integral part of global manufacturing systems, and chemical discharge into their water systems from industry places pressure on weakly-developed environmental institutions. This research examines the specific case of wastewater …
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Can traditional Japanese companies reinvigorate middle managers to improve their competitive advantages in a world of uncertainty?
… of the core role of middle managers, and building support systems for middle managers are critical to the company’s sustainable competitive advantage. Consequently, I generate six key methods for traditional Japanese companies to reinvigorate middle managers: 1) to reinvent the purpose and …
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From the intransitive to the transitive: emerging the Australian tax profession as a profession in its own right
… in its own right. The necessary educational, capability-building and regulatory governance expertise to differentiate the tax profession and provide that voice are reified here in the public works which have established a clear educational pathway and entity registration. While in 2005, The …
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The case of Tapatoru: Building the capability of foundation educators through professional standards
… QUESTIONS How isTapatoru being used to inform capability building? What are the organisation and individual drivers for the use of Tapatoru? What enables and inhibits organisational and individual use of Tapatoru? ABSTRACT This thesis is a story within which many stories are told. The central …
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Digital Infrastructure Policy and Small Business Digitalisation: Evidence From the UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout During Covid-19
… constraints, while binding, operate alongside capability gaps and access barriers that prevent effective policy benefit capture even when connectivity and financial support become available. Methodologically, the analysis advances natural experiment approaches by leveraging staggered policy …
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From gut-driven to data-driven: the story of analytics leadership
This thesis explores the multifaceted process of building Business Analytics (BA) capabilities within organisations, presenting a novel conceptual framework that bridges strategy, execution, and organisational transformation. Anchored by the Bake the Cake analogy, this research simplifies the …
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Public sector accounting reforms in the Indonesian post-Suharto era
… research could address the relationship between capability building and the proximity of educational institutions. The thesis indicates that successful implementation is limited. This encourages further research into the factors that impact implementation. The influence of culture such as a …