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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"longitudinal case study"”.
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Early quadrilingual language acquisition: a longitudinal case study
This longitudinal study examines the early quadrilingual language acquisition of a young girl, Sofia, who was born and raised in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. Sofia was exposed to Slovak, Japanese and English from birth and Italian from the age of 18 months. In addition to investigating …
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Ecosystem Orchestration for Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Case Study
… to motivate the theory development. An embedded longitudinal case study of JD Group, China’s largest online retailer and its biggest overall retailer, is conducted to verify and elaborate on this emergent theory. It reveals a double-loop model of ecosystem-based corporate growth. The …
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Retrofit Electrochromic Glazing: A longitudinal case study of occupant experience
… To address this gap in research, a new study of EC glazing was undertaken, looking at the experience of occupants working in an office that had been retrofitted with EC-glazed windows. The retrofit was the first of its kind in the UK, and provided an opportunity to study the user …
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Action-research in education: a narrative of a longitudinal case study
… some academics have started to approach the study of Accounting from the perspective of social studies, and several journals have evolved to promote such an approach. These academics believe accounting practices are understood better when considered from a perspective which acknowledges the …
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The impact of a nurture group on an infant school: a longitudinal case study.
… This thesis is the culmination of an in-depth longitudinal case study looking at the nurture group and its impact on the evolution of the school. Whilst there is a gradual increase in publications in this field, a search at the time of writing this thesis indicated that no other studies …
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Knowledge creation and learning through conversation: a longitudinal case study of a design project
This research set out to establish a link between knowledge creation and learning. This was achieved by developing links between types of knowledge and learning styles using insights from experiential learning theory. Recently, the concepts of individuality-relationality, linear and cyclical time …
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Examining user acceptance and effectiveness of critical chain project management : a longitudinal case study
Bibliography: leaves 84-90.
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Strategic healthcare facilities management : a longitudinal case study in a private hospital group in the UK
… and lead in a strategic way. The single, longitudinal case studydescribes one of the first companies who worked with this approach in a periodof immense growth and finds out that the patient environment is part ofhealthcare and therefore needs to be part of the business plan.In healthcare, …
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Formal Change Processes and Informal Teacher-Initiated Change Processes: A Longitudinal Case Study of Technology Integration at an Elementary School
… instruction. The primary purpose of this longitudinal, qualitative case study was to investigate how formal change processes and informal teacher-initiated change processes facilitated technology integration at a small, private school in the southeastern United States. The change processes …
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Why do employers bargain at particular levels? : a longitudinal case study of Western Cape Clothing Employers' perceptions and behaviour with regard to levels of collective bargaining, 1991-1995
… comes to be situated at a particular level. The study relies primarily on a qualitative research method, namely in-depth interviews with employers. The focus is therefore on the subjective expression of interests and preferences with regard to alternative levels of bargaining, and the way in …
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Positioning For Elementary School Success: Charting The Journey Of Adopting And Leading School Reform
<p>The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to develop a process and structure for adopting and leading critical school reform initiatives within a rural North Dakota pre-kindergarten through fourth grade elementary school. Elementary principals can use this process and structure to benefit …
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An exploration into the experiences of police officers who investigate child protection cases and secondary traumatic stress
… that specialise in the investigation of cases of child abuse. Although Police Officers in this field may be at greater risk of experiencing Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), there remains a paucity of research in this area of policing. Analogies can be drawn to existing research in …
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The Malthusian Paradox: weapons rhetoric before the bomb
… Paradox: Weapons Rhetoric Before the Bomb is a longitudinal case study of weapons rhetoric leading up to WWII. It examines how influential weapons rhetors negotiated a technological conundrum that I call the “Malthusian Paradox.” The Malthusian Paradox is the commonplace belief that while …
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Digital Transformation and Organizational Sustainability: a Multi-level Analysis
… and organizational levels). The focus of the study is Digital Transformation (DT) and the Collaborative (multi-stakeholder) (COL) dimensions. By disentangling between COL and DT, the thesis proves that Digital Transformation and the Collaborative dimension are sufficient conditions to achieve …
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Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise.
… and virtuous character. As part of a larger study on character and religion at Christian universities, this article provides a longitudinal case study analysis of students at a mid-size, faith-based research university, exploring how students seek moral expertise through social support from …
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Dual Enrollment And Its Impact on College Freshman Persistence: A Modification of Tinto's Model of Student Departure
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which dual enrollment programs directly or indirectly influenced persistence behavior at a small, public liberal arts university in the Midwest. Dual enrollment in this study broadly refers to high school students who take college …
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Transforming viscous data into liquid data : how does intermediating through platforms impact data?
This study examines how data platform intermediaries enable the evolution of viscous data into liquid data. Viscous data represents the many data usage problems that have plagued information systems since data was first used. Data may be viscous because of poor quality, lack of timeliness, size …
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ErrorBuster : a computer program designed to remediate persistent errors of Francophone speakers of English
… error replay , is discussed and tested in a longitudinal case study of an adult learner of English as a second language. Error replay is a technique in which learner errors from recorded samples of free discourse are presented in written form for learners to review and correct at a later …
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Towards health management intelligence: a case study from South Africa
… support processes are investigated in a longitudinal case study. Complex adaptive systems theory is used to demonstrate the evolutionary path of business intelligence processes according to four key areas, namely data quality, master data management, data warehousing and analytics. These …
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