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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"Catch-up"”.
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Pause to catch up
My practice is often predicated on a web of references to alternative histories, architecture, intimate public spaces and films. The complex layering of references can give the impression that somebody knows the purpose of the space, what’s happening behind the scenes. This powerlessness offsets …
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Late standardization and technological catch-up
… in standards activities to progress beyond catch-up, because standards are a prerequisite to technological development. Standards are strategic leverages that allow latecomers to link with and learn from technology leaders. Specifically, latecomer firms have to engage internally in quality …
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DIVERSIFYING SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION CAPABILITY BUILDING, AND CATCH UP
… essays examining the role of connectivity in the catch-up process of a nation primarily focusing on East Asian countries. Specifically, I investigate the sourcing of knowledge, especially tacit knowledge, on local innovation capability building and thus catch-up process of a nation. I argue that …
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On the Evolution of the National Design System: The Catch-up Perspective
… for product form from high-income countries to catch-up countries. However, product form as an intangible asset has been neglected by innovation policy makers in middle-income countries. Managers and policy makers thus need to depart from the traditional wisdom that product function is the main …
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Playing catch up: a critical examination of filmmaking and the film sector in Zambia
… and an absence of government policy and support, necessary to develop filmmaking. The study also shows how television remains crucial to the development of screen production in the country but also highlights how this does not always serve the film industry well. Another key finding is …
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The Government has a method to get product to soldiers fast - big defense needs to catch up
… current process isn't optimized and suggests an updated process that is streamlined for rapid development.
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Globalisation, value chains and firm-level catch-up in developing countries : the cases of Boeing, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola in China
… business structure and the implications for catch-up at the firm level in developing countries through the case studies of Boeing, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola and the impact of their activities in China. The case studies investigate the strategies of these fi1111S, the resulting value chain …
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The risk of metabolic consequences from rpaid weight gain and catch-up growth in the first two years of life: a systematic review
… (IQ) and poorer neurocognitive outcomes. Catch-up growth in infants born small for gestational age is known to prevent gastrointestinal dysfunction, developmental delay, and improves survival rates in infants born preterm. In recent years, more attention has been given to the longer term …
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From learning to earning: the transition from manufacturing catch-up to competitiveness at the global business frontier, as pursued in China's energy equipment sector
… tension between the early-stage, centralising support for technological learning by a strong developmental state and the more fluid, dynamic and disruptive capabilities that define successful firms’ strategies once basic manufacturing skills are acquired. While the developmental state’s …
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An outcome evaluation of the SHAWCO Saturday School Programme
… Schools Programme. This is a professionally-run catch-up educational programme that engages two hundred Grade 12 Cape Town based students. Broadly, the goal of the programme is to provide learners with quality teaching with a view to increase their chances for acceptance into university …
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Made in China : the rise of the Chinese domestic firms in the information industry
… a multi-case analysis approach to study China's catching-up as a late-industrialized economy in the information and communications technology (ICT) industries. The significant contributions of this study are: the staged catching-up theory framework, the findings from the cases, and the policy …
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Cycles of Economic and Technological Change in Latecomer Aerospace Industries = A gazdasági és technológiai változás ciklusai a repülőgépgyártás későn jövőinek tükrében
… aims to describe and explain the forces behind catch-up and eventual changes in industrial leadership through the case of the aircraft industry. It addresses the long-term transformation of developing countries intro advanced industrialized ones and the entry and catch-up of latecomer companies. …
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The Effects of Nonpromotion on Achievement and Maturation in the Junior High School
… will help the immature or underachieving child "catch up."
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Battery Blueprint: Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Foray into the Battery Value Chain
… This study assesses the viability of a bottom-up technology catch-up approach for industrial competency in battery technology—a contrast to the top-down models employed by established players. The research comprises an in-depth analysis of enablers and barriers for technology catch-up utilizing …
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Essays in Public Economics
… limits on retirement saving by exploiting the ‘catch-up limit’ provision, a rule which allows those over the age of 50 to make higher IRA and 401(k) contributions than those under 50. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that eligibility for ‘catch-up limits’ leads to a large increase …
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Anomalous Wave Dispersion in the Cyclohexanedione-Bromate Chemical Oscillator
… dispersion (in which following waves may catch up to, rather than fall behind an initial excitation wave), wave-stacking, and backfiring have been successfully reproduced numerically as resulting from non-monotonic [Br<super>-</super>] decay to the steady state in the wake of an excitation …
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Anomalous Wave Dispersion in the Cyclohexanedione-Bromate Chemical Oscillator
… dispersion (in which following waves may catch up to, rather than fall behind an initial excitation wave), wave-stacking, and backfiring have been successfully reproduced numerically as resulting from non-monotonic [Br<super>-</super>] decay to the steady state in the wake of an excitation …
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Change management: a case study of IQMS implementation at Samungu Ward School
… whilst others are playing the difficult role of catch-up. The management of change is a challenge for school leaders, which requires an approach that will impact positively on educator attitudes, so that change is implemented successfully. The key to organisational change management included …
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Impact of diarrhea on growth velocity in Egyptian infants.
… pre-illness weight velocity, with no evidence of catch-up growth. Illness severity indices, namely the number of symptoms or illnesses experienced, number of stools/day, and presence of blood in stool were strong predictors of velocity during and one-month post-illness. Breastfeeding had a …
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A Language Arts Program for Pasco Senior High School Arrived at Through Group Participation
<p>This study through group consideration, attempted to devise an actual course of study for the language arts at Pasco Senior High School, Pasco, Washington, that would (1) insure basic achievements in each of the language arts for each student; (2) eliminate duplication in teaching previously …
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