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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"longitudinal case studies"”.
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Is every child's voice heard? Longitudinal case studies of 3-year-old children's communicative strategies at home and in a preschool playgroup
… during their first year in preschool. Using longitudinal ethnographic video case studies of four 3-year-old children, two boys and two girls, this study identifies patterns in the children's uses of different communicative strategies that relate to the dynamics of the social, institutional …
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Impacts of the Erosion of State Funding for Public Higher Education: Longitudinal Case Studies of Four State Systems – California, Georgia, New York and Wisconsin
… of attendance on degree production.</p> <p>This longitudinal study of four states’ public university systems – California State University (CSU), University System of Georgia (USG), City University of New York (CUNY), and University of Wisconsin System (UWS), over the period of 1990 to 2010, …
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Innovating government : migration, development and the state in Morocco and Mexico, 1963-2005
… models of "best practice." Based on multi-sited longitudinal case studies of the main migration and development policies deployed by both countries, I follow current policy instruments back through their earlier - including failed -- iterations as well as through the multiple geographic and …
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Outsourcing to trusts: a social exchange analysis of the employee experience
… The research is primarily based on three longitudinal case studies (leisure services outsourced to Leisure Trusts) which includes the collection of 85 semi-structured interviews. In general, the findings suggest that the pre-transfer experience of outsourcing is likely to be a difficult …
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Mapping Critical Connections: Tracing Undergraduates' Literate Lives
… workplace (see Finders, Camitta, Mahiri, Moje), studies have largely neglected the complex synergistic and conflicting relationships between students' out-of-school literate activity and the writing they do for school. The result, as this dissertation argues, is that we have overlooked the …
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Strategic innovation networks
… The research data is based on five detailed longitudinal case studies. The organisations are defined as mid-corporate firms operating in traditional manufacturing sectors. Each organisation was chosen on the basis that it was aiming to develop its innovative capacity through product or …
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Internationalising small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) a learning approach
… adopts a qualitative approach based on 12 longitudinal case studies of internationalising firms which were participating in the Scottish Enterprise Global Companies Development Programme. Multiple semi-structured interviews with the chief executive officers were carried out over a three …
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Working Inside the Black Box: Refinement of Pre-Existing Skills
… skills. This was achieved through a series of studies conducted within golf. Accordingly, Chapter 2 revealed technical refinement as neither systematic nor consistent within and between European Tour players and coaches and high-level amateurs. Building on this need, the systematic Five-A Model …
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A systemic approach to the design of cellular manufacturing systems
… investigated using a series of cross-sectional case-studies. Although, in practice, MSE proved to be less than systemic, it appeared to produce significant benefits. This seemed to suggest that CMS design did not need to be systemic to be effective. However, further longitudinal case-studies …
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A study of 3D CAD and implications for training and skills in the fashion industry
… are reacting to, or using new technology.Case studies were an effective methodology in which to gauge the extent to whichCAD is used in the fashion design process and to examine the impact of CAD onfashion design competencies. Interviews were undertaken with leading designers andCAD …
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A critical study of information system strategy formulation in a public sector context.
… practice. This research is based upon six longitudinal case studies of ISS formation in the Police Service. Data collection involved a number of methods: in-depth semi-structured interviews, informal conversation, participation, collection of documentation produced within the case study …
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Mindful Teachers: Case Studies of Intermediate Teachers and Their Mindful Teaching Practices
… curiosity, and enthusiasm for learning. The case has been made that instead of mindlessness, schools should be a place where mindful individuals can flourish. Langer (1989, 1997) described mindful individuals as displaying the following characteristics: (a) openness to novelty, (b) alertness …
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The growth and internationalisation of global and Chinese banks: The cases of HSBC and ICBC
… among the determinants. It employs a comparative longitudinal case studies of HSBC and ICBC from their establishment to 2018. Since 1865, HSBC has grown and transformed from a Hong Kong based bank to an Asian regional bank and then to a global bank. Since 1984, ICBC has grown and transformed from …
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Diplomacy derailed : the consequences of U.S. diplomatic disengagement
… 30% of its economic sanctions episodes, studies have focused solely on economic sanctions. Seeking to weigh in on this debate, my doctoral dissertation focuses on two central questions: (1) What are the effects of diplomatic sanctions as a foreign policy tool? and (2) Do diplomatic …
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Reflexivity and whole brain thinking : An exploration.
… supporting those patterns and themes. Multiple longitudinal case studies in two different category businesses are used as the research vehicle. The findings support that the synergistic combination is warranted.The research focusses on a concern that in many organisations thinking is not …
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Towards a phoneme-based predictive communication aid for nonspeaking individuals
… was assessed through a series of evaluation studies, including<br/>computational experiments with simulated interfaces, formative evaluations with<br/>sixteen non-disabled participants, and longitudinal case studies with two adults who<br/>have cerebral palsy and limited literacy. Results of …
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An Empirical investigation of software project schedule behavior.
Two intensive, longitudinal case studies were conducted at IBM Hursley Park. There were several objectives to these case studies: first, to investigate the actual behaviour of the two projects in depth; second, to develop conceptual structures relating the lower-level processes of each project to …
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Supply Chain Integration: A Case-based Investigation of Status, Barriers, and Paths to Enhancement.
… chain integration were investigated. Finally, longitudinal case studies were used to investigate ways of supply chain integration enhancement and to develop a deeper and more complete understanding of current integration status, barriers, and ways of enhancement. In total, some 240 person days …
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Engaging, enabling and embedding professionalism through scrutiny of practice in healthcare
… dual-registered nurse and midwife. Collaborative studies exploring pre-registration assessment of practice and post-registration revalidation in healthcare and social work have made a distinct contribution to the body of knowledge, through national and international dissemination. Findings from …
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Community participation in local decision-making in protected areas: the case of the New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England.
… on an existing citizen's panel. Unlike studies of participation in society at large, the findings show a high level of participation is occurring. The nature and characteristics of this participation are examined in terms of non participation and three levels of participation categorized …
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