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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Cross sector"”.
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Cross-sector policy research: insights from the UK energy and transport sectors
… traditions in anthropology and sociology, where cross-border research helps to identify important themes which benefit from comparative study, this dissertation introduces cross-sector policy research as a new methodology for generating useful insights about public policy. The cross-sector method …
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Cross-sector policy research: insights from the UK energy and transport sectors
… traditions in anthropology and sociology, where cross-border research helps to identify important themes which benefit from comparative study, this dissertation introduces cross-sector policy research as a new methodology for generating useful insights about public policy. The cross-sector method …
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Collaboration at the crossroads: The enabling of large-scale cross-sector collaborative developments
… a key to achieving success in large-scale cross-sector collaborations. Surveys of such collaborations, involving multiple and opposing stakeholders in achieving shared objectives, indicate that they invariable fail. I examine a successful case, and demonstrate that the gap between failure …
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Effect of market anomalies on expected returns on the JSE: A cross-sector analysis
… the expected returns of different stock market's sectors. The aim of the study was to test the effect of selected market anomalies on expected return in different sectors of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). More specifically, the study aimed to compare the performance of different …
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Questioning the SENIOR COHOUSING CHALLENGE: A Cross-Sector Analysis of Interviews with Leading Experts
… the perspectives of professionals representing sectors of the development process. Interviews were conducted with experts in: non-profit housing, housing policy, development consulting, and private real-estate. Focusing on urban senior cohousing in Ottawa, Convivium Cohousing is used as a case …
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Confronting The System: How Local Cross-Sector Education Collaborations Address Barriers To Postsecondary Access & Attainment
Cross-sector education collaborations, sometimes termed “collective impact” or “cradle-to-career” initiatives, have emerged in recent years across the U.S. as local interventions attempting to align services among educational institutions, local government, businesses, other community-based …
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Stepping in, aside or away? A micro-level study of commitment in cross sector partnerships
Cross sector partnerships (CSPs) are considered essential for addressing grand challenges, yet the actual partnering process often leads to friction, disappointing results, and dismay for those involved. Scholars have identified that individuals play a critical role in the success of cross sector …
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Cross-Sector Partnerships in Undergraduate Engineering: Exploring U.S. Public and Private Sector Perspectives on Collaboration Processes
… of my study is to advance the understanding of cross-sector partnerships in undergraduate engineering by focusing on antecedents to partnerships and the process aspects of their implementation. To develop this understanding, I designed a qualitative study to explore the perspectives of U.S. …
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Examining Cross-sector Collaboration to Support Implementation of the Ontario Public Health Standards – School Health Standard Guideline
… collaboration between the health and education sectors is an important facilitator of the Comprehensive School Health approach and related policy direction. Through a qualitative descriptive study this thesis project sought to examine the structures, practices, mechanisms, as well as …
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Exploring the contributions of cross-sector collaborations to Disaster Risk Reduction in the city of Harare: an investigation through a drought response lens
… Disaster Risk Reduction calls for collaboration across sectors in society as an effective way to reduce disaster risk in order to safeguard lives, human wellbeing, and development gains from potential disasters. However, the effectiveness of these cross-sector collaboration approaches has most …
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Analyzing the influence of financing and governance on cross-sector social partnerships (CSSPs) value creation. A key focus on CSSPs involved in water sustainability in South Africa
… on the use of explicit targets, in a multi-actor cross-sector setting incorporating the crucial moderating effects of financing and governance mechanisms has been lacking. Key findings from the study include grant funding from development institutions and private sector companies was identified as …
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Examining the gap between employees’ expectations and their experience of HR practices in luxury five-star hotels in Thailand. A cross-sector comparison of local hotels, national and international chains hotels
Tourism and hospitality play a crucial role in the growth of the Thai economy and hoteliers need to consider how to retain their talented employees. The major output of tourism and hospitality is service and this is most critically driven by the human capital of the organisation and supported by …
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Networks in the Disaster Response and Global Health Domain: A case study of The Partnership for Quality Medical Donation's response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake
… disaster response is increasingly complex, multi-sectoral and multi-faceted in character. Nonetheless, disaster relief operations both globally and nationally tend to operate within a highly fragmented context in which potentially overwhelming human and infrastructure needs must be served by …
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Social change: The influence of ecosystem change and the business sector
… to the fact that problems facing people across the world are typically complex and need collaborative practices to be addressed. Cross-sector social partnerships are being used across the globe to engage multiple sectors to improve communities. The field of social work needs to be …
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The Rhetoric and Realities of Social Impact Bonds
… both scholars and practitioners advocate cross-sector partnerships as a strategy to replace the vertical hierarchy of government with the horizontal approach of governance through a network of actors. This research explores the potential of social impact bonds (SIBs) as an instrument of …
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Intergration of water supply and municipal land use planning in Lusaka city, Zambia.
… water supply and land use plans through cross sector involvement, consultation, collaboration and taking into account the requirements specified under the legislations governing both sectors when developing plans. However, there has been lack of cross sector involvement and consultation, …
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Consolidation accounting issues in the Australian public sector
… this study was to examine issues surrounding the cross-sector transfer of a private sector financial reporting practice, known as consolidated financial reporting, to the Australian public sector. The study was conducted using the theoretical frameworks of commandership, accountability and …
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