This document summarizes key findings from a study comparing business incubators in the United States. The study examined five dimensions: services provided by incubators, strategic goals, sponsors, age, and focus. Interviews with two incubators in New Jersey and New York found that they provide similar tangible and intangible services to client firms and have goals of job creation and technology commercialization. Both incubators are older, well-established programs sponsored by government. Overall, the incubators demonstrated success in supporting economic growth and technology transfer through their activities and services.
Dynamic capabilities link with firm performance evidence from aNghiên Cứu Định Lượng
This document summarizes a study examining the relationships between dynamic capabilities, resources, and firm performance using data from a Vietnamese IT company. The study developed a model linking marketing capability, entrepreneurial orientation, innovation capability, firm reputation, and firm performance. A survey was conducted of managers in the company across its domestic and international markets. The results found that marketing capability positively influences innovation capability and firm performance. Entrepreneurial orientation positively influences marketing capability, firm reputation, and firm performance. Innovation capability positively influences firm performance, while firm reputation positively influences firm performance. The findings provide insights into how capabilities influence performance in a developing market context like Vietnam.
This study examines how corporate entrepreneurship, national policies, and supply chain collaboration impact innovativeness among LED manufacturers in Malaysia. It analyzes survey data from manufacturers using partial least squares. The study finds that corporate entrepreneurship plays a moderating role in the relationships between national policies, supply chain collaboration, and innovativeness. The study expands literature by providing empirical evidence on these relationships from the perspective of an emerging country and examining the moderating role of corporate entrepreneurship. It has implications for helping local companies understand how to enhance innovativeness and expand their role in global supply chains.
This document discusses factors affecting the performance of urban railway projects in Vietnam that received official development assistance (ODA) funding. It presents a study that aimed to develop and verify a model for assessing these factors. The study used qualitative methods like expert interviews to develop the model and quantitative methods like surveys and statistical analysis to verify it. The results showed that three factors directly affected project performance: 1) management capacity, 2) adaptability, and 3) financial capacity. Organization ability and risk management did not significantly influence performance. The study provides context on ODA and discusses the methodology used to analyze factors affecting the performance of ODA-funded urban railway projects in Vietnam.
Entrepreneurial learning from failure a systematic reviewYing wei (Joe) Chou
This document provides a literature review on entrepreneurial learning from failure. It systematically collects and organizes relevant research according to Kolb's model of experiential learning, which includes four stages: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. The review finds that existing research provides insights into all stages of learning from failure. Areas that have received significant attention include the nature of failure, factors influencing reflection like emotions and attributions, the content of learning, and applying learning in new ventures. However, other topics remain underexplored, such as alternative recovery modes, personal characteristics' impact on reflection, cognitive processes underlying reflection, transforming observations into concepts, and applying learning outside of entrepreneurship. This
Corporate entrepreneurship and business performance the moderating role of o...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This document summarizes a research paper that investigated the relationships between corporate entrepreneurship, organizational culture, and business performance in selected banks in Pakistan. The study found that corporate entrepreneurship was positively related to business performance, and that organizational culture was positively related to business performance. Additionally, the study found support for the hypothesis that organizational culture moderates the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and business performance, such that the relationship is stronger when organizational culture is considered. The study used a survey to collect data from managers in major Pakistani banks and analyzed the results using structural equation modeling.
Thinking about developing business leadership for the post covid worldYing wei (Joe) Chou
The document discusses the need to develop business leadership skills for the post-COVID world. It describes a model developed at Sacred Heart University's Center for Nonprofits that may provide students with the skills, attitudes and values required for successful social entrepreneurship. Over 15 years, 925 MBA students have completed 260 consulting projects for 125 nonprofit clients, totaling 65,000 volunteer hours and $60,000 in consulting services to help nonprofits. The model emphasizes developing students' "knowing," "doing," and "being" to prepare them for leadership in a world that demands both business acumen and social purpose.
This study examines knowledge transfer across boundaries within business incubation centers in China. Through interviews with employees at several incubation centers, the study identifies key boundary conditions and factors impacting knowledge transfer in the Chinese context. The results show that shared values and trust help knowledge transfer by reducing pragmatic boundaries between organizations. Additionally, entrepreneurial orientation and use of information-rich media within small-to-medium enterprises positively influence knowledge transfer across boundaries. The findings provide insights into knowledge management practices in emerging markets like China.
This document summarizes the current state of research on corporate entrepreneurship (CE) among emerging market firms. It reviews literature from 2000-2019 that examines CE related to innovation, strategic renewal, and new venturing in emerging economies. The review finds that while research exists on these topics separately, there is a lack of holistic examination of CE incorporating all three aspects. It concludes that more research is needed to understand how country-level differences in emerging markets impact firms' CE activities and competitive strategies. The document provides directions for future research to address these gaps.
Dynamic capabilities link with firm performance evidence from aNghiên Cứu Định Lượng
This document summarizes a study examining the relationships between dynamic capabilities, resources, and firm performance using data from a Vietnamese IT company. The study developed a model linking marketing capability, entrepreneurial orientation, innovation capability, firm reputation, and firm performance. A survey was conducted of managers in the company across its domestic and international markets. The results found that marketing capability positively influences innovation capability and firm performance. Entrepreneurial orientation positively influences marketing capability, firm reputation, and firm performance. Innovation capability positively influences firm performance, while firm reputation positively influences firm performance. The findings provide insights into how capabilities influence performance in a developing market context like Vietnam.
This study examines how corporate entrepreneurship, national policies, and supply chain collaboration impact innovativeness among LED manufacturers in Malaysia. It analyzes survey data from manufacturers using partial least squares. The study finds that corporate entrepreneurship plays a moderating role in the relationships between national policies, supply chain collaboration, and innovativeness. The study expands literature by providing empirical evidence on these relationships from the perspective of an emerging country and examining the moderating role of corporate entrepreneurship. It has implications for helping local companies understand how to enhance innovativeness and expand their role in global supply chains.
This document discusses factors affecting the performance of urban railway projects in Vietnam that received official development assistance (ODA) funding. It presents a study that aimed to develop and verify a model for assessing these factors. The study used qualitative methods like expert interviews to develop the model and quantitative methods like surveys and statistical analysis to verify it. The results showed that three factors directly affected project performance: 1) management capacity, 2) adaptability, and 3) financial capacity. Organization ability and risk management did not significantly influence performance. The study provides context on ODA and discusses the methodology used to analyze factors affecting the performance of ODA-funded urban railway projects in Vietnam.
Entrepreneurial learning from failure a systematic reviewYing wei (Joe) Chou
This document provides a literature review on entrepreneurial learning from failure. It systematically collects and organizes relevant research according to Kolb's model of experiential learning, which includes four stages: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. The review finds that existing research provides insights into all stages of learning from failure. Areas that have received significant attention include the nature of failure, factors influencing reflection like emotions and attributions, the content of learning, and applying learning in new ventures. However, other topics remain underexplored, such as alternative recovery modes, personal characteristics' impact on reflection, cognitive processes underlying reflection, transforming observations into concepts, and applying learning outside of entrepreneurship. This
Corporate entrepreneurship and business performance the moderating role of o...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This document summarizes a research paper that investigated the relationships between corporate entrepreneurship, organizational culture, and business performance in selected banks in Pakistan. The study found that corporate entrepreneurship was positively related to business performance, and that organizational culture was positively related to business performance. Additionally, the study found support for the hypothesis that organizational culture moderates the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and business performance, such that the relationship is stronger when organizational culture is considered. The study used a survey to collect data from managers in major Pakistani banks and analyzed the results using structural equation modeling.
Thinking about developing business leadership for the post covid worldYing wei (Joe) Chou
The document discusses the need to develop business leadership skills for the post-COVID world. It describes a model developed at Sacred Heart University's Center for Nonprofits that may provide students with the skills, attitudes and values required for successful social entrepreneurship. Over 15 years, 925 MBA students have completed 260 consulting projects for 125 nonprofit clients, totaling 65,000 volunteer hours and $60,000 in consulting services to help nonprofits. The model emphasizes developing students' "knowing," "doing," and "being" to prepare them for leadership in a world that demands both business acumen and social purpose.
This study examines knowledge transfer across boundaries within business incubation centers in China. Through interviews with employees at several incubation centers, the study identifies key boundary conditions and factors impacting knowledge transfer in the Chinese context. The results show that shared values and trust help knowledge transfer by reducing pragmatic boundaries between organizations. Additionally, entrepreneurial orientation and use of information-rich media within small-to-medium enterprises positively influence knowledge transfer across boundaries. The findings provide insights into knowledge management practices in emerging markets like China.
This document summarizes the current state of research on corporate entrepreneurship (CE) among emerging market firms. It reviews literature from 2000-2019 that examines CE related to innovation, strategic renewal, and new venturing in emerging economies. The review finds that while research exists on these topics separately, there is a lack of holistic examination of CE incorporating all three aspects. It concludes that more research is needed to understand how country-level differences in emerging markets impact firms' CE activities and competitive strategies. The document provides directions for future research to address these gaps.
Is small and medium sized beautiful - the structure and evolution of family s...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This document provides a literature review and bibliometric analysis of the scientific research on small and medium-sized family businesses (family SMEs). It identifies four main clusters of research on family SMEs: succession in family SMEs, performances of family SMEs, internationalization of family SMEs, and organizational culture of family SMEs. Through comparative bibliometric analysis of 155 research articles from 1989 to 2018, the document maps the evolution of the field and identifies the most influential studies and themes. It aims to provide a systematic analysis of the scientific knowledge on family SMEs to help advance future research.
Diffusion of innovation through individual and collective entrepreneurship an...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This document discusses a study that explores the relationship between individual entrepreneurship, collective (team-based) entrepreneurship, and innovation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study develops a theoretical framework and tests relationships using structural equation modeling on survey data from 700 entrepreneurs in SMEs in Pakistan. The results confirm that both individual entrepreneur traits and collective team efforts contribute to innovation in SMEs. Specifically, entrepreneur personality traits directly impact innovation while centralized decision-making does not, and factors like communication and collaboration among team members contribute to collective entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation, which both directly impact innovation. The study aims to provide a more holistic view of entrepreneurship and innovation by considering both individual and collective dimensions.
Entrepreneurial passion orientation and behavior the moderating role of linea...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This study examines how entrepreneurial passion, orientation, and behavior are influenced by rational and nonrational thinking styles. A conceptual model is proposed and tested using survey data from 300 European entrepreneurs. The findings show that entrepreneurial passion positively influences entrepreneurial orientation, which then strongly impacts strategic entrepreneurship behavior. Additionally, linear thinking positively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and behavior, while nonlinear thinking positively moderates the relationship between passion and orientation. This suggests entrepreneurs should utilize different thinking styles to maximize the impact of passion and orientation on behavior.
This document summarizes a literature review on business process reengineering (BPR). It analyzes 27 peer-reviewed articles on BPR published between 2012 and 2021 in the Scopus database. Key findings include:
1) The most publications were in 2015 and 2016, with journals like the Journal of Business Process Management publishing multiple articles.
2) Research covered issues like loss of employee autonomy and challenges implementing BPR in sectors like healthcare and aviation. Advantages included improved efficiency and competitiveness.
3) Future research prospects include further examining BPR implementation barriers in different contexts and sectors.
Integration paper developmental psychology this assignment sersherni1
This document provides instructions for an integration paper assignment in developmental psychology. Students are asked to choose a topic related to human development and describe it from three perspectives: 1) a recent consumer-focused article on the topic, 2) a peer-reviewed journal article researching the topic, and 3) relevant developmental theories from the course textbook. Students must integrate information from these three sources and discuss any agreements or conflicts between them. The paper aims to encourage students to synthesize consumer, research, and theoretical information in the field of human development.
Small–medium enterprise formation and nigerian economic growthYing wei (Joe) Chou
This document discusses small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and their relationship to economic growth in Nigeria. It provides background on SMEs in Nigeria, noting they account for a large share of employment and output but the country still faces high unemployment, poverty, and low human development. The paper reviews literature on the importance of SMEs in creating jobs, innovation, and knowledge transfer. It also discusses theories of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial development. The purpose is to empirically examine the link between SME formation, employment, and economic growth in Nigeria using statistical techniques like error correction modeling and cointegration testing.
International businesscompeting in the global marketplasherni1
This document provides information about the twelfth edition of the textbook "International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace" by Charles W. L. Hill and G. Tomas M. Hult. It includes brief biographies of the authors, an outline of the book's contents, and an overview of the book's goals of being comprehensive, relevant, application-focused, and integrated across topics. The book aims to cover both macro and micro issues in international business through explanations of cultural, country, and regional differences; economics and politics of international trade and investment; ethics and corporate social responsibility; the global monetary system; strategies and structures of international businesses; and special functions of international business.
1) The study examines the antecedents that drive students' entrepreneurial identity aspiration by surveying 127 Austrian vocational college students.
2) It finds that risk-taking propensity, proactiveness, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and competitiveness positively influence entrepreneurial identity aspiration. Innovativeness and need for achievement were not found to be significant influences.
3) Gender was also found to be related to entrepreneurial identity aspiration, while previous entrepreneurship education and exposure showed no effect or adverse effects.
Effect of social capital on agribusiness diversification intention in the eme...Nghiên Cứu Định Lượng
This is the first study to explore the comprehensive effect of the facets of social capital on behavioral intention through behavioral goals and determinants of the TPB under the premises of the RBV. The findings will help emerging economies, for example, Vietnam, where most farmers are family business owners or microscaled entrepreneurs in agriculture.
External Business Environment and Performance of Microfinance Institutions: E...AkashSharma618775
This study examined the intensity of competition in the microfinance industry and its relationship
performance of MFIs in Nigeria. From a sample of 121 MFIs in Nigeria, data was collected via a structured
questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed via Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM
3.0) using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS v22) and, findings suggest that MFIs were faced with
intense competition in the form of high cost and difficulty of entry, high operational cost and too many players in
the industry regardless of the type of product and services they offer or lending policies they embrace. The result
further reveal that the intensity of competition has significant negative influence on the amount of loans disbursed
and the amount disbursed to women. The study therefore recommends MFI managers to develop operational
mechanisms for cost and risk reduction to survive and excel.
An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Corporate Sustainability on busin...AkashSharma618775
This study evaluates the effect of corporate sustainability on business performance of manufacturing
industries in USA, from 2012 to 2015. These Manufacturing industries are listed in Corporate Social
Responsibility Hub (CSRHub), Morning Star and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). All data used in this report
were extracted from 37 manufacturing companies’ Sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and
annual reports. These companies are of diverse sectors such as Automobile, Health care, consumer goods, food,
beverages and technology. Quantitative method of research is used in this study; this also includes the use of
explanatory and descriptive research design. The main issues to be discussed in this study are Donation, Incident
rate reduction and Water Recycled as the independent variables, while Revenue is the dependent variable. Data
analysis was carried out using the regression analysis, descriptive statistics and correlation. E-views software
generated the data for further analysis. The findings imply that donation has a positive insignificance effect on
revenue, reduced incident rate reduction had positive significance effect on revenue and water recycling has
negative insignificant effect on revenue. In the future researches, larger samples of companies form diverse sectors
and subsectors should be studied to broaden the research on company performance especially the non-financial
aspect.
This document analyzes the relationship between trade openness and income inequality in Africa using data from 38 African countries from 1980 to 2018. It reviews previous literature that has found mixed results on the impact of trade openness on inequality. The literature identifies factors like economic conditions, social factors, and institutions that influence inequality. The document aims to examine the effects of five dimensions of trade openness on income inequality in Africa, using multiple indices of trade openness. Preliminary results from the analysis show that measures of domestic and international trade are associated with higher income inequality. The study contributes new evidence on this topic in Africa.
TheCompetitiveness And Economic Performance OfRegency/City In East Java Indon...iosrjce
The studyaimed to analyze the typology of competitiveness and economic performance of East Java’s
regencies/cities, and investigate the influence of regional competitiveness to ward their economic
performance.Moreover, the study appliedquantitative research approach which employedsome analysis
instruments, namely: Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Regression Analysis and Region Typology.
The resultsshowed: 1) The typology of competitiveness of regionswhich includes category I, II, III and IV were
31.58%, 26.32%, 15.79%, and 26.32%; 2) Competitiveness which compriseregional strength indicator, public
service facilities, and investment climate proved to affect economic performance; 3) The investment climate had
the greatest role compared with regional strength and public service facilities aspects; 4) Regional strength
aspects that contributed significantly to the competitiveness was the quality ofhuman resources; 5) Obligatory
functions service to provide educational infrastructure hadgiven largest contribution to the determinant of
regioncompetiveness.
This study examines the relationship between cosmetic companies' yearly research and development expenditure and revenue growth over 20 years. The author collected data on the top 10 cosmetic companies from 1995-2015 and found a moderately strong positive correlation between changes in R&D spending and revenue growth. This suggests that increased investment in R&D is linked to increased revenue growth in the cosmetic industry.
The document summarizes the key points from the Reserve Bank of India's mid-term review of monetary policy for 2000-2001. Some key points:
- The review was announced against a backdrop of conflicting economic indicators like low industrial production but high export growth, as well as risks like high crude oil prices and inflation.
- The RBI lowered its GDP growth projection for 2000-2001 to a range of 6-6.5% from the previous 6.5-7%, based on first quarter GDP growth coming in at 5.8% versus 6.9% earlier.
- Money supply (M3) and non-food credit growth targets were also lowered from 15% to around 13% and from 16
This document discusses a study examining the link between institutions and industrial development across Indian states. It analyzes three major components of institutions: legal institutions, state intervention, and political institutions. The study uses data on state GDP growth and industrial development levels across states to empirically test the significance of each institutional component in explaining variations. The results suggest state intervention significantly explains GDP growth variation, while all three institutional components highly significantly explain differences in industrial development levels across Indian states. The study aims to analyze the role of different institutional components in state-level industrial development using regression analysis.
The document provides links to YouTube videos and a Twitter account related to advertising and social media networks. Specifically, it lists URLs for 3 YouTube videos and a Twitter handle @BMCpublicidade1, suggesting the content is related to promoting brands or advertising on social networks. The YouTube video titles and dates are not provided, so the overall topic or purpose cannot be determined from the limited information given.
Legal structures for businesses can take many forms depending on factors like financing needs, size, and desired control. Small groups were tasked with designing fact sheets on different legal structure types including sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies, and non-profits. Each fact sheet was to define the structure, provide a business example, and discuss advantages and disadvantages in a single A4 sheet formatted neatly for future revision.
Research on entrepreneruship and innovation support_entitiesTarek Salah
This document profiles a study of selected governmental and non-profit innovation and entrepreneurship support entities from around the world, providing an overview of each to help inform the strategy and operations of Egypt's Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. It includes profiles of 16 different organizations from countries such as Malaysia, Ireland, Singapore, the UK, Sweden, India, and others, providing details on their mission, programs and services, funding sources, and other relevant information. The research was conducted by a team from Egypt's Innovation Support Department to identify best practices and lessons learned from international examples.
Is small and medium sized beautiful - the structure and evolution of family s...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This document provides a literature review and bibliometric analysis of the scientific research on small and medium-sized family businesses (family SMEs). It identifies four main clusters of research on family SMEs: succession in family SMEs, performances of family SMEs, internationalization of family SMEs, and organizational culture of family SMEs. Through comparative bibliometric analysis of 155 research articles from 1989 to 2018, the document maps the evolution of the field and identifies the most influential studies and themes. It aims to provide a systematic analysis of the scientific knowledge on family SMEs to help advance future research.
Diffusion of innovation through individual and collective entrepreneurship an...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This document discusses a study that explores the relationship between individual entrepreneurship, collective (team-based) entrepreneurship, and innovation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study develops a theoretical framework and tests relationships using structural equation modeling on survey data from 700 entrepreneurs in SMEs in Pakistan. The results confirm that both individual entrepreneur traits and collective team efforts contribute to innovation in SMEs. Specifically, entrepreneur personality traits directly impact innovation while centralized decision-making does not, and factors like communication and collaboration among team members contribute to collective entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation, which both directly impact innovation. The study aims to provide a more holistic view of entrepreneurship and innovation by considering both individual and collective dimensions.
Entrepreneurial passion orientation and behavior the moderating role of linea...Ying wei (Joe) Chou
This study examines how entrepreneurial passion, orientation, and behavior are influenced by rational and nonrational thinking styles. A conceptual model is proposed and tested using survey data from 300 European entrepreneurs. The findings show that entrepreneurial passion positively influences entrepreneurial orientation, which then strongly impacts strategic entrepreneurship behavior. Additionally, linear thinking positively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and behavior, while nonlinear thinking positively moderates the relationship between passion and orientation. This suggests entrepreneurs should utilize different thinking styles to maximize the impact of passion and orientation on behavior.
This document summarizes a literature review on business process reengineering (BPR). It analyzes 27 peer-reviewed articles on BPR published between 2012 and 2021 in the Scopus database. Key findings include:
1) The most publications were in 2015 and 2016, with journals like the Journal of Business Process Management publishing multiple articles.
2) Research covered issues like loss of employee autonomy and challenges implementing BPR in sectors like healthcare and aviation. Advantages included improved efficiency and competitiveness.
3) Future research prospects include further examining BPR implementation barriers in different contexts and sectors.
Integration paper developmental psychology this assignment sersherni1
This document provides instructions for an integration paper assignment in developmental psychology. Students are asked to choose a topic related to human development and describe it from three perspectives: 1) a recent consumer-focused article on the topic, 2) a peer-reviewed journal article researching the topic, and 3) relevant developmental theories from the course textbook. Students must integrate information from these three sources and discuss any agreements or conflicts between them. The paper aims to encourage students to synthesize consumer, research, and theoretical information in the field of human development.
Small–medium enterprise formation and nigerian economic growthYing wei (Joe) Chou
This document discusses small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and their relationship to economic growth in Nigeria. It provides background on SMEs in Nigeria, noting they account for a large share of employment and output but the country still faces high unemployment, poverty, and low human development. The paper reviews literature on the importance of SMEs in creating jobs, innovation, and knowledge transfer. It also discusses theories of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial development. The purpose is to empirically examine the link between SME formation, employment, and economic growth in Nigeria using statistical techniques like error correction modeling and cointegration testing.
International businesscompeting in the global marketplasherni1
This document provides information about the twelfth edition of the textbook "International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace" by Charles W. L. Hill and G. Tomas M. Hult. It includes brief biographies of the authors, an outline of the book's contents, and an overview of the book's goals of being comprehensive, relevant, application-focused, and integrated across topics. The book aims to cover both macro and micro issues in international business through explanations of cultural, country, and regional differences; economics and politics of international trade and investment; ethics and corporate social responsibility; the global monetary system; strategies and structures of international businesses; and special functions of international business.
1) The study examines the antecedents that drive students' entrepreneurial identity aspiration by surveying 127 Austrian vocational college students.
2) It finds that risk-taking propensity, proactiveness, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and competitiveness positively influence entrepreneurial identity aspiration. Innovativeness and need for achievement were not found to be significant influences.
3) Gender was also found to be related to entrepreneurial identity aspiration, while previous entrepreneurship education and exposure showed no effect or adverse effects.
Effect of social capital on agribusiness diversification intention in the eme...Nghiên Cứu Định Lượng
This is the first study to explore the comprehensive effect of the facets of social capital on behavioral intention through behavioral goals and determinants of the TPB under the premises of the RBV. The findings will help emerging economies, for example, Vietnam, where most farmers are family business owners or microscaled entrepreneurs in agriculture.
External Business Environment and Performance of Microfinance Institutions: E...AkashSharma618775
This study examined the intensity of competition in the microfinance industry and its relationship
performance of MFIs in Nigeria. From a sample of 121 MFIs in Nigeria, data was collected via a structured
questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed via Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM
3.0) using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS v22) and, findings suggest that MFIs were faced with
intense competition in the form of high cost and difficulty of entry, high operational cost and too many players in
the industry regardless of the type of product and services they offer or lending policies they embrace. The result
further reveal that the intensity of competition has significant negative influence on the amount of loans disbursed
and the amount disbursed to women. The study therefore recommends MFI managers to develop operational
mechanisms for cost and risk reduction to survive and excel.
An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Corporate Sustainability on busin...AkashSharma618775
This study evaluates the effect of corporate sustainability on business performance of manufacturing
industries in USA, from 2012 to 2015. These Manufacturing industries are listed in Corporate Social
Responsibility Hub (CSRHub), Morning Star and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). All data used in this report
were extracted from 37 manufacturing companies’ Sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and
annual reports. These companies are of diverse sectors such as Automobile, Health care, consumer goods, food,
beverages and technology. Quantitative method of research is used in this study; this also includes the use of
explanatory and descriptive research design. The main issues to be discussed in this study are Donation, Incident
rate reduction and Water Recycled as the independent variables, while Revenue is the dependent variable. Data
analysis was carried out using the regression analysis, descriptive statistics and correlation. E-views software
generated the data for further analysis. The findings imply that donation has a positive insignificance effect on
revenue, reduced incident rate reduction had positive significance effect on revenue and water recycling has
negative insignificant effect on revenue. In the future researches, larger samples of companies form diverse sectors
and subsectors should be studied to broaden the research on company performance especially the non-financial
aspect.
This document analyzes the relationship between trade openness and income inequality in Africa using data from 38 African countries from 1980 to 2018. It reviews previous literature that has found mixed results on the impact of trade openness on inequality. The literature identifies factors like economic conditions, social factors, and institutions that influence inequality. The document aims to examine the effects of five dimensions of trade openness on income inequality in Africa, using multiple indices of trade openness. Preliminary results from the analysis show that measures of domestic and international trade are associated with higher income inequality. The study contributes new evidence on this topic in Africa.
TheCompetitiveness And Economic Performance OfRegency/City In East Java Indon...iosrjce
The studyaimed to analyze the typology of competitiveness and economic performance of East Java’s
regencies/cities, and investigate the influence of regional competitiveness to ward their economic
performance.Moreover, the study appliedquantitative research approach which employedsome analysis
instruments, namely: Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Regression Analysis and Region Typology.
The resultsshowed: 1) The typology of competitiveness of regionswhich includes category I, II, III and IV were
31.58%, 26.32%, 15.79%, and 26.32%; 2) Competitiveness which compriseregional strength indicator, public
service facilities, and investment climate proved to affect economic performance; 3) The investment climate had
the greatest role compared with regional strength and public service facilities aspects; 4) Regional strength
aspects that contributed significantly to the competitiveness was the quality ofhuman resources; 5) Obligatory
functions service to provide educational infrastructure hadgiven largest contribution to the determinant of
regioncompetiveness.
This study examines the relationship between cosmetic companies' yearly research and development expenditure and revenue growth over 20 years. The author collected data on the top 10 cosmetic companies from 1995-2015 and found a moderately strong positive correlation between changes in R&D spending and revenue growth. This suggests that increased investment in R&D is linked to increased revenue growth in the cosmetic industry.
The document summarizes the key points from the Reserve Bank of India's mid-term review of monetary policy for 2000-2001. Some key points:
- The review was announced against a backdrop of conflicting economic indicators like low industrial production but high export growth, as well as risks like high crude oil prices and inflation.
- The RBI lowered its GDP growth projection for 2000-2001 to a range of 6-6.5% from the previous 6.5-7%, based on first quarter GDP growth coming in at 5.8% versus 6.9% earlier.
- Money supply (M3) and non-food credit growth targets were also lowered from 15% to around 13% and from 16
This document discusses a study examining the link between institutions and industrial development across Indian states. It analyzes three major components of institutions: legal institutions, state intervention, and political institutions. The study uses data on state GDP growth and industrial development levels across states to empirically test the significance of each institutional component in explaining variations. The results suggest state intervention significantly explains GDP growth variation, while all three institutional components highly significantly explain differences in industrial development levels across Indian states. The study aims to analyze the role of different institutional components in state-level industrial development using regression analysis.
The document provides links to YouTube videos and a Twitter account related to advertising and social media networks. Specifically, it lists URLs for 3 YouTube videos and a Twitter handle @BMCpublicidade1, suggesting the content is related to promoting brands or advertising on social networks. The YouTube video titles and dates are not provided, so the overall topic or purpose cannot be determined from the limited information given.
Legal structures for businesses can take many forms depending on factors like financing needs, size, and desired control. Small groups were tasked with designing fact sheets on different legal structure types including sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies, and non-profits. Each fact sheet was to define the structure, provide a business example, and discuss advantages and disadvantages in a single A4 sheet formatted neatly for future revision.
Research on entrepreneruship and innovation support_entitiesTarek Salah
This document profiles a study of selected governmental and non-profit innovation and entrepreneurship support entities from around the world, providing an overview of each to help inform the strategy and operations of Egypt's Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. It includes profiles of 16 different organizations from countries such as Malaysia, Ireland, Singapore, the UK, Sweden, India, and others, providing details on their mission, programs and services, funding sources, and other relevant information. The research was conducted by a team from Egypt's Innovation Support Department to identify best practices and lessons learned from international examples.
This document provides an overview of the infrastructure of the information super highway. It discusses how the internet is a collection of networks connected through various means such as domain name servers, network access points, backbones, and protocols. It describes how internet service providers (ISPs) connect computers to the internet and how large communications companies provide wholesale connections between ISPs. The document also discusses concepts like routers, which determine where to send information, and network access points, which allow different networks to interconnect.
In this issue: IQ — What is happening in the Middle East? Lebanon: an overview of Berytech visited within the BICBIC program by Al Urdonia Lil Ebda, Jordan. Palestine: the next year supporting the Palestinian ICT Incubator in Ramallah. QI — First feedback on the 2011 Quality process. QS — EC-BICs Experts on line: soon to come the “Ask the expert of the month” feature. QO — Showcase your BICs and your start-ups in the DIGIBIC Awards.
Parker Communications provides strategic marketing, PR, and social media services. They help increase awareness, engagement, and sales for B2B software, IT, internet and services companies. Their team of senior professionals develops content and campaigns to position clients competitively and get their story told. Client success stories include helping companies reposition in changing markets, launch new categories, and leverage industry analysts, resulting in significant media coverage, growth, and acquisition.
Short overview of the incubation process supporting open source software projects and communities participating in the Apereo Foundation.
Apereo was formed by the 2013 merger of two open source in educaton pioneers - Jasig and Sakai
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The document discusses the recruitment and selection process. It covers reasons for recruitment, workforce planning, changing employment patterns, recruitment methods like internal promotion and external hiring, and the stages of recruitment including preparing job descriptions, advertising openings, shortlisting candidates, interviewing, testing, and conducting reference checks. The goal is to choose the best candidate to fill openings while understanding modern workforce trends.
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Incubators as tools for economic growth and technology transfer in developed ...Alexander Decker
This document discusses key challenges of business incubators based on a literature review and interview with a US business incubation program. It finds that the three main challenges are:
1) High job creation, graduate companies, and tenant survival rates lead to economic development.
2) High cooperation with R&D and innovation lead to technology commercialization.
3) High sustainable growth, entrepreneurial climate, and smart networking foster entrepreneurship.
The interview assessed variables related to economic development, entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization, finding high results for all, indicating positive potential in these areas. In conclusion, business incubators in developed countries like the US effectively support economic growth, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer.
The present study aimed to examine the effect of the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on organizational performance (OP). This study was motivated by the mixed findings in literature regarding the relationships between EO and organizational performance. Owing to the mixed results, a novel stream of research was created and this motivated further examining of the impact of other variables that may shed a light on the nature of the relationship. Several theories have been proposed in literature posit the direct relationships among strategies, resources and capabilities as antecedents of success. In this study, copies of questionnaires were distributed to 300 Libyan banks branches, where 200 copies of questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The proposed hypothesis was tested through PLS-SEM and the study results showed that EO positively predicted organizational performance.
This document reviews benchmarks for assessing the performance of business incubators. It analyzes 136 studies on business incubator evaluation and identifies key performance indicators and relevant benchmarks. The study creates a final list of 33 benchmarks by taking the most prominent benchmarking studies as a basis. This provides a comprehensive aggregated framework of benchmarks to make business incubator assessment easier for managers and policymakers.
This quantitative analysis report summarizes 16 literature reviews on various economic topics. The reviews analyzed studies on topics such as hypermarket retail store efficiency in Portugal, entrepreneurial environment in Sudan, foreign direct investment in India, and determinants of bank performance in Latin America. The report also includes a descriptive data analysis of FDI, GDP, M2, and human expenditure for a country, as well as regression analysis relating these variables. References are provided for the literature reviewed.
An analysis of the determinants of business growth in ghanaAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a study that analyzed the determinants of business growth in Wa Municipal, Ghana. The study used questionnaires and interviews of 100 business owners to examine the relationship between business size and factors like gender, record keeping, age of business owner, education level, and age of the business. The results found that business age and record keeping had statistically significant impacts on business size, with older businesses and better record keeping correlated with larger size. However, gender, education level, and age of owner did not significantly influence business size. The study aims to help inform policies to encourage business startups and support their long-term survival.
1) The Enterprise Development Inc. (EDI) business incubator at Case Western Reserve University aims to support new research and technology-based firms (RTBFs) and promote commercialization of university technology.
2) EDI provides below-market rental space and management support to tenant firms, resulting in moderate sales and employment growth for most tenants.
3) EDI receives funding from the state and university, and offers limited student jobs and faculty consulting. Its presence has enhanced the university's prestige and image.
This document summarizes a research paper that examined how Australian construction companies approach employee safety, well-being, and training as resources to improve sustainability performance. The research analyzed annual reports and websites of the top 20 construction companies. It found that most companies prioritize employee safety and larger companies also emphasize well-being. Around half provided training though mandatory health and safety training was common. Public and private companies showed no significant differences in practices. Safety and well-being, and training and well-being, were positively correlated. The research contributes to understanding how employee skills can boost sustainability performance.
This document discusses a study on the influence of strategy content on strategy implementation among primary cooperative societies in Nairobi, Kenya. The study had two objectives: 1) to establish the influence of strategy quality on implementation and 2) to determine the effect of strategy formulation process on implementation. A questionnaire was administered to 200 primary cooperative societies in Nairobi to collect data on strategy content and implementation. Statistical analysis found a strong positive correlation between strategy content and implementation. Respondents also agreed that the quality of strategic plans and formulation processes among the societies were generally good. Therefore, the study concluded that failures in implementation were likely due to other factors beyond strategy content.
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Diversity Programs at the Workplace
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The contemporary idea on diversity extends the scope and recognizes diversity as an array of items characterized by variances and similarities. Numerous aspects such as escalating arrival of immigrants, strategic alliances among firms, and the growing rate of globalization of businesses has considerably influenced dynamics in diversity (Bohlander, George & Snell, 2007). The purpose of this research proposal is to look at some of the diversity issues in my organization. The proposal highlights various elements such as purpose, the research questions, hypotheses, ethical considerations and other variables. In addition, the proposal will highlight significance, scope, magnitude and feasibility of exploring diversity programs at my workplace.
Introduction
Diversity is the montage of persons who express an array of backgrounds, techniques, viewpoints, and principles as resources to organizations with which they share (Rasmussen, 1996). Reasons contributing to the rise in diversity include the influx of immigrants, strategic alliances, and skills search, demographic dynamics and the rising globalization of businesses. Divergences among individuals and systems shape an organization’s ability to establish broad perspectives and to address emerging business challenges (Talbot-Allen, 1995). Because of the emerging developments in diversity, firms are striving to align programs that embrace these developments and how they can successfully exploit diversity for competitive advantage (Wentling & Palma-Rivas, 1998). Latest researches by Teradata Corporation suggest that an average worker stays in a company for approximately 3.6 years and the rate is expected to decline. This high turnover will raise diversity through newly hired workers.
Purpose of study
The intention of this study is to search for an appreciation and understanding on the development of diversity programs and among companies that operate domestically and those with international presence. In the recent years, the number of companies seeking introduction of diversity programs has risen considerably even though the numbers vary among various organizations (Fine, Johnson, & Ryan, 1990). The study will center on selected organizations that have operations in the local market and others that have international presence in the last decade. This study will allow us to identify the existing trends in diversity components at the two sets of organizations with the intension of developing suitable programs to address any findings.
Context of study
Until recently, the concept of diversity had not taken a prominent position among the critical issues facing organizational management. Recent studies demonstrate that more organizations are considering dive ...
The Conceptual Assessment of Malaysian Entrepreneurshipnabaz4u
This document summarizes a journal article about assessing the concept of entrepreneurship orientation (EO) in Malaysia and its economic contributions. It finds that while the Malaysian government supports entrepreneurship through programs and loans, applying EO dimensions has contributed less to economic growth compared to other countries. Key challenges include low repayment of loans and a lack of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills. For Malaysia to better realize the economic benefits of EO, entrepreneurs need more support to develop their businesses and increase profits to improve loan repayments, while the environment must continue supporting risk-taking and opportunities.
The focus of this research was to establish the effect of entrepreneurship Ecosystem in inculcating
entrepreneurial propensity for community development. Promotion of entrepreneurship in Kenya has existed
ever since independence. The Government has shown tremendous support to entrepreneurship growth. The
Government have channelled financial support through funding such as Women Enterprise fund, Youth
Enterprise Fund and Uwezo Fund
This document summarizes research on factors that influence the successful implementation of mergers and acquisitions. It reviews literature from economics, finance, strategic management, and behavioral perspectives. Key findings include:
1) Research shows fewer than 20% of mergers and acquisitions achieve their desired objectives due to issues like unrealistic expectations, poor planning, talent loss, and cultural clashes during integration.
2) Significant research has explored factors like organizational culture, personnel morale, and career impacts, but human and organizational dynamics remain less explored than strategic and technological dimensions.
3) A landmark study of over 50 mergers identified problems like underestimating integration challenges, destruction of core competencies, and cultural clashes triggering stress as primary causes of
A comparative study of incubators’ landscapes in europe and the middle eastAlexander Decker
1) The document reviews literature on incubator models in Europe and the Middle East, focusing on four dimensions: graduate firms, goals, services, and client firms.
2) It finds that Europe has more graduate firms (832) than the Middle East (43), and that incubators' goals generally focus on entrepreneurship, job creation, and technology commercialization.
3) Incubator services tend to be stronger in Europe, providing both tangible and intangible support, while Middle Eastern models provide medium support.
4) Europe has more client firms in incubators (391) than the Middle East (68), attributed to differences in founding years.
Evaluation of doctoral study foundation of studyWilliam Aruga
This document provides background information and establishes the foundation for a study on strategies small business owners use to achieve profitability beyond five years. It identifies that small businesses face challenges like lack of resources and management skills that contribute to high failure rates. The purpose of the study is to explore industry strategies successful small retail business owners employ to remain profitable for over five years. The central research question asks what strategies small business owners use to achieve long-term profitability. The conceptual framework draws from theories of disruptive innovation and susceptibility.
Research and business innovation for sustainable developmentAlexander Decker
This document discusses research and business innovation for sustainable development. It begins by outlining the objectives of the study, which are to determine the stages of the research process, identify some business problems, analyze the structure of output for various countries, and modify a systems model of the transform process of research and business innovation. It then reviews related literature on topics like the concept of development, research methodology, and a systems cybernetic model. The document presents data on the stages of the research process and some typical business problems. It aims to analyze this data and modify a model to better understand how research and business innovation can enhance sustainable development.
Organizational Development (OD) interventions refer to a set of planned and systematic activities intended to improve an organization's effectiveness and health. The application of OD interventions is crucial to ensure that an organization can adapt to changes in the internal and external environment. There are various types of OD interventions that organizations can apply, such as team building activities, leadership workshops, culture change programs, and performance management systems.
Team building activities are useful in developing and improving interpersonal relationships within teams, while leadership workshops aim to enhance the leadership skills of managers to effectively guide their teams. Culture change programs are effective in facilitating organizational change, while performance management systems help align individual efforts with organizational goals.
Overall, OD interventions are essential in ensuring that an organization continuously improves and adapts to changes in the environment. Therefore, organizations should prioritize the application of OD interventions to enhance their performance, productivity, and overall effectiveness.
Many countries around the world have initiated national ID card programs in the last decade. These programs are considered of strategic value to governments due to its contribution in enhancing existing identity management systems. Considering the total cost of such programs which goes up to billions of dollars, the success in attaining their objectives is a crucial element in the agendas of political systems in countries worldwide. Our experience in the field shows that many of such projects have been challenged to deliver their primary objectives of population enrolment, and therefore resulted in failing to meet deadlines and keeping up with budgetary constraints. The purpose of this paper is to explain the finding of a case study action research aimed to introduce a new approach to how population are enrolled in national ID programs. This is achieved through presenting a case study of a business process reengineering initiative undertaken in the UAE national ID program. The scope of this research is limited to the enrolment process within the program. This article also intends to explore the possibilities of significant results with the new proposed enrolment approach with the application of BPR. An overview of the ROI study has been developed to illustrate such efficiencies.
A REVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION ORGANISATIONSFatima Afzal, PhD
This document summarizes a study that examined the sustainability practices and performance of 20 large Australian construction companies. The study reviewed annual reports, sustainability reports, and company websites to analyze how the companies disclose commitments to sustainability and report on economic, social, and environmental performance. The results found that while some large companies addressed all three dimensions of sustainability, sustainability practices are still emerging for most companies in the sample, which primarily state sustainability values but provide little information on actual practices. The study used indicators from the Global Reporting Initiative framework to evaluate sustainability performance.
An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Corporate Sustainability on busin...AkashSharma618775
This study evaluates the effect of corporate sustainability on business performance of manufacturing
industries in USA, from 2012 to 2015. These Manufacturing industries are listed in Corporate Social
Responsibility Hub (CSRHub), Morning Star and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). All data used in this report
were extracted from 37 manufacturing companies’ Sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and
annual reports. These companies are of diverse sectors such as Automobile, Health care, consumer goods, food,
beverages and technology. Quantitative method of research is used in this study; this also includes the use of
explanatory and descriptive research design. The main issues to be discussed in this study are Donation, Incident
rate reduction and Water Recycled as the independent variables, while Revenue is the dependent variable. Data
analysis was carried out using the regression analysis, descriptive statistics and correlation. E-views software
generated the data for further analysis. The findings imply that donation has a positive insignificance effect on
revenue, reduced incident rate reduction had positive significance effect on revenue and water recycling has
negative insignificant effect on revenue. In the future researches, larger samples of companies form diverse sectors
and subsectors should be studied to broaden the research on company performance especially the non-financial
aspect.
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Abnormalities of hormones and inflammatory cytokines in women affected with p...Alexander Decker
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have elevated levels of hormones like luteinizing hormone and testosterone, as well as higher levels of insulin and insulin resistance compared to healthy women. They also have increased levels of inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and leptin. This study found these abnormalities in the hormones and inflammatory cytokines of women with PCOS ages 23-40, indicating that hormone imbalances associated with insulin resistance and elevated inflammatory markers may worsen infertility in women with PCOS.
A usability evaluation framework for b2 c e commerce websitesAlexander Decker
This document presents a framework for evaluating the usability of B2C e-commerce websites. It involves user testing methods like usability testing and interviews to identify usability problems in areas like navigation, design, purchasing processes, and customer service. The framework specifies goals for the evaluation, determines which website aspects to evaluate, and identifies target users. It then describes collecting data through user testing and analyzing the results to identify usability problems and suggest improvements.
A universal model for managing the marketing executives in nigerian banksAlexander Decker
This document discusses a study that aimed to synthesize motivation theories into a universal model for managing marketing executives in Nigerian banks. The study was guided by Maslow and McGregor's theories. A sample of 303 marketing executives was used. The results showed that managers will be most effective at motivating marketing executives if they consider individual needs and create challenging but attainable goals. The emerged model suggests managers should provide job satisfaction by tailoring assignments to abilities and monitoring performance with feedback. This addresses confusion faced by Nigerian bank managers in determining effective motivation strategies.
A unique common fixed point theorems in generalized dAlexander Decker
This document presents definitions and properties related to generalized D*-metric spaces and establishes some common fixed point theorems for contractive type mappings in these spaces. It begins by introducing D*-metric spaces and generalized D*-metric spaces, defines concepts like convergence and Cauchy sequences. It presents lemmas showing the uniqueness of limits in these spaces and the equivalence of different definitions of convergence. The goal of the paper is then stated as obtaining a unique common fixed point theorem for generalized D*-metric spaces.
A trends of salmonella and antibiotic resistanceAlexander Decker
This document provides a review of trends in Salmonella and antibiotic resistance. It begins with an introduction to Salmonella as a facultative anaerobe that causes nontyphoidal salmonellosis. The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella is then discussed. The document proceeds to cover the historical perspective and classification of Salmonella, definitions of antimicrobials and antibiotic resistance, and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella including modification or destruction of antimicrobial agents, efflux pumps, modification of antibiotic targets, and decreased membrane permeability. Specific resistance mechanisms are discussed for several classes of antimicrobials.
A transformational generative approach towards understanding al-istifhamAlexander Decker
This document discusses a transformational-generative approach to understanding Al-Istifham, which refers to interrogative sentences in Arabic. It begins with an introduction to the origin and development of Arabic grammar. The paper then explains the theoretical framework of transformational-generative grammar that is used. Basic linguistic concepts and terms related to Arabic grammar are defined. The document analyzes how interrogative sentences in Arabic can be derived and transformed via tools from transformational-generative grammar, categorizing Al-Istifham into linguistic and literary questions.
A time series analysis of the determinants of savings in namibiaAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a study on the determinants of savings in Namibia from 1991 to 2012. It reviews previous literature on savings determinants in developing countries. The study uses time series analysis including unit root tests, cointegration, and error correction models to analyze the relationship between savings and variables like income, inflation, population growth, deposit rates, and financial deepening in Namibia. The results found inflation and income have a positive impact on savings, while population growth negatively impacts savings. Deposit rates and financial deepening were found to have no significant impact. The study reinforces previous work and emphasizes the importance of improving income levels to achieve higher savings rates in Namibia.
A therapy for physical and mental fitness of school childrenAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a study on the importance of exercise in maintaining physical and mental fitness for school children. It discusses how physical and mental fitness are developed through participation in regular physical exercises and cannot be achieved solely through classroom learning. The document outlines different types and components of fitness and argues that developing fitness should be a key objective of education systems. It recommends that schools ensure pupils engage in graded physical activities and exercises to support their overall development.
A theory of efficiency for managing the marketing executives in nigerian banksAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a study examining efficiency in managing marketing executives in Nigerian banks. The study was examined through the lenses of Kaizen theory (continuous improvement) and efficiency theory. A survey of 303 marketing executives from Nigerian banks found that management plays a key role in identifying and implementing efficiency improvements. The document recommends adopting a "3H grand strategy" to improve the heads, hearts, and hands of management and marketing executives by enhancing their knowledge, attitudes, and tools.
This document discusses evaluating the link budget for effective 900MHz GSM communication. It describes the basic parameters needed for a high-level link budget calculation, including transmitter power, antenna gains, path loss, and propagation models. Common propagation models for 900MHz that are described include Okumura model for urban areas and Hata model for urban, suburban, and open areas. Rain attenuation is also incorporated using the updated ITU model to improve communication during rainfall.
A synthetic review of contraceptive supplies in punjabAlexander Decker
This document discusses contraceptive use in Punjab, Pakistan. It begins by providing background on the benefits of family planning and contraceptive use for maternal and child health. It then analyzes contraceptive commodity data from Punjab, finding that use is still low despite efforts to improve access. The document concludes by emphasizing the need for strategies to bridge gaps and meet the unmet need for effective and affordable contraceptive methods and supplies in Punjab in order to improve health outcomes.
A synthesis of taylor’s and fayol’s management approaches for managing market...Alexander Decker
1) The document discusses synthesizing Taylor's scientific management approach and Fayol's process management approach to identify an effective way to manage marketing executives in Nigerian banks.
2) It reviews Taylor's emphasis on efficiency and breaking tasks into small parts, and Fayol's focus on developing general management principles.
3) The study administered a survey to 303 marketing executives in Nigerian banks to test if combining elements of Taylor and Fayol's approaches would help manage their performance through clear roles, accountability, and motivation. Statistical analysis supported combining the two approaches.
A survey paper on sequence pattern mining with incrementalAlexander Decker
This document summarizes four algorithms for sequential pattern mining: GSP, ISM, FreeSpan, and PrefixSpan. GSP is an Apriori-based algorithm that incorporates time constraints. ISM extends SPADE to incrementally update patterns after database changes. FreeSpan uses frequent items to recursively project databases and grow subsequences. PrefixSpan also uses projection but claims to not require candidate generation. It recursively projects databases based on short prefix patterns. The document concludes by stating the goal was to find an efficient scheme for extracting sequential patterns from transactional datasets.
A survey on live virtual machine migrations and its techniquesAlexander Decker
This document summarizes several techniques for live virtual machine migration in cloud computing. It discusses works that have proposed affinity-aware migration models to improve resource utilization, energy efficient migration approaches using storage migration and live VM migration, and a dynamic consolidation technique using migration control to avoid unnecessary migrations. The document also summarizes works that have designed methods to minimize migration downtime and network traffic, proposed a resource reservation framework for efficient migration of multiple VMs, and addressed real-time issues in live migration. Finally, it provides a table summarizing the techniques, tools used, and potential future work or gaps identified for each discussed work.
A survey on data mining and analysis in hadoop and mongo dbAlexander Decker
This document discusses data mining of big data using Hadoop and MongoDB. It provides an overview of Hadoop and MongoDB and their uses in big data analysis. Specifically, it proposes using Hadoop for distributed processing and MongoDB for data storage and input. The document reviews several related works that discuss big data analysis using these tools, as well as their capabilities for scalable data storage and mining. It aims to improve computational time and fault tolerance for big data analysis by mining data stored in Hadoop using MongoDB and MapReduce.
1. The document discusses several challenges for integrating media with cloud computing including media content convergence, scalability and expandability, finding appropriate applications, and reliability.
2. Media content convergence challenges include dealing with the heterogeneity of media types, services, networks, devices, and quality of service requirements as well as integrating technologies used by media providers and consumers.
3. Scalability and expandability challenges involve adapting to the increasing volume of media content and being able to support new media formats and outlets over time.
This document surveys trust architectures that leverage provenance in wireless sensor networks. It begins with background on provenance, which refers to the documented history or derivation of data. Provenance can be used to assess trust by providing metadata about how data was processed. The document then discusses challenges for using provenance to establish trust in wireless sensor networks, which have constraints on energy and computation. Finally, it provides background on trust, which is the subjective probability that a node will behave dependably. Trust architectures need to be lightweight to account for the constraints of wireless sensor networks.
This document discusses private equity investments in Kenya. It provides background on private equity and discusses trends in various regions. The objectives of the study discussed are to establish the extent of private equity adoption in Kenya, identify common forms of private equity utilized, and determine typical exit strategies. Private equity can involve venture capital, leveraged buyouts, or mezzanine financing. Exits allow recycling of capital into new opportunities. The document provides context on private equity globally and in developing markets like Africa to frame the goals of the study.
This document discusses a study that analyzes the financial health of the Indian logistics industry from 2005-2012 using Altman's Z-score model. The study finds that the average Z-score for selected logistics firms was in the healthy to very healthy range during the study period. The average Z-score increased from 2006 to 2010 when the Indian economy was hit by the global recession, indicating the overall performance of the Indian logistics industry was good. The document reviews previous literature on measuring financial performance and distress using ratios and Z-scores, and outlines the objectives and methodology used in the current study.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
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* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
20 Comprehensive Checklist of Designing and Developing a WebsitePixlogix Infotech
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Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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The key successes of incubators in developed countries comparative study
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The Key Successes of Incubators in Developed Countries:
Comparative Study
Hanadi Mubarak AL-Mubaraki1*
Michael Busler2
Rashed Al-Ajmei3
1. College of Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait
2. Richard Stockton College, USA
3. College of Business Administration, Kuwait University, Kuwait
*E-mail of the corresponding author: dralmubaraki@live.com
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare key dimension of the business incubation landscape in the
United States. The comparison will focused on the five key dimensions which include incubators services
provided by incubators to client firms, strategic goals, incubators’ sponsors, incubators age and incubators focus.
The nature of this research is mainly qualitative. This investigation uses two semi-structured interviews based in
the United States and organizational documents. The research findings suggest that there are three keys. The
authors believe that, this paper presents an added value to the current literature on the key dimension of business
incubation in the United States. Also the research will support the academia and practitioner for successful
implementations and follow-up.
Keywords: Jobs creation, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship, incubators, economic growth.
1. Introduction
The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) estimates that approximately 1,400 business incubation
programs were operating in North America in 2011, up from 1,100 in 2006. United States has the oldest and
largest incubation programs worldwide with dynamic focuses from public to private incubators. Mixed-use
incubation programs continue to be the most type of incubator (54%) of North American incubators (NBIA,
2012). The importance of incubators in fostering young companies through weak phase (Aernoudt, 2002;
Kuratko and LaFollette, 1986), employment creation and economic development strategy (Al-Mubaraki and
Busler, 2012a). The government is the main party in United States in supporting the incubators through the state
economic development agencies and capital funds from the state’s legislative allocation (Knopp, 2007).
The objectives of this paper is to describe and compare key dimension of the business incubation landscape in
the United States the comparison will focused on the five key dimensions which include incubators services
provided by incubators to client firms, strategic goals, incubators sponsors, incubators age and incubators focus.
The structure of this paper is as follows: Section 2 provides a literature review of the business incubation (BI). In
section 3, the research methodology included the evidence from the literature review and real two interview of
business incubation program located in New York and New Jersey based in the United States. In section 4, the
authors briefly discuss the finding of the study drawn from qualitative approaches of incubators. Section 5
concludes with implications of the incubators in developed countries.
2. Related Literature Review of Business Incubation
Many scholars’ study discussed the incubators in Unites States. Allen and Rahman (1985) present the descriptive
analysis about incubators physical services and survival rate 87%. In US, Fry (1987) discussed descriptive
analysis of most incubators provide services and the incubator managers participate in the planning of the tenants.
Allen and McCluskey (1990) present regression analysis about incubators significant impact on jobs created and
firms graduated. Mian (1996a) indicated incubator services have added value contributions, and Mian (1996b)
presents that the university incubator services have positive impact on growth and survival of tenant firms. Mian
(1997) describes qualitative study indicated that the firm’s survival and growth contributions to universities
firms in all incubators. Peters, Rice and Sundararajan (2004) indicated the Graduation rates are higher in
incubators that offer coaching and that provide an accessible networking. Rothaermel and Thursby (2005a)
present the effect of a university link reduces the failure of start-up and extent the incubation period. Rothaermel
and Thursby’s (2005b) study finding state holding a license is important for firm survival but no contribution on
other performance indicators.
Additionally, many comparative studies were done with respect to United States. Lee and Osteryoung (2004)
present a study to compare between US and Korea. The difference between US and Korea in the role of
incubators strategy and on the performance of the incubator. Studdard (2006) describes in the US and Finland,
the effect of incubator manager interacting with new product development and technological competence.
Gassmann and Becker (2006) indicate that in US and Europe the main benefits at the corporation of second
phase from intangible and tacit knowledge coming from profit company support. Chandra (2007) presents a
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study to compare between US, China and Brazil. The author indicated the strategic focus in US on the economic
development, technology transfer and commercialization; China focused on the social mission and economic
development with high technology focus; and Brazil focused on foster entrepreneurship, economic development,
job creation, and technology commercialization.
Al-Mubaraki and Busler (2010) indicated the SWOT analysis of each case study reflects the numerous strengths
of each of the programs studied, while complying with the mission and objectives of the program, and shows
great opportunity with the future plans and performance. The study finding that the incubator is part of a wider
business economic development activity to be applied worldwide with great success. Business incubators are
being used as economic development tools by nearly every country. The adaptation of business incubation leads
to diverse economies, the commercialization of new technologies and jobs creation and wealth building.
Further study, Al-Mubaraki and Busler (2012b) compared study between US and Brazil. The authors indicated
six key dimensions of incubation models in the U.S. and Brazil: 1) Strategic focus: economic development,
technology transfer, jobs creation, 2) Entrepreneurship: very active in both the U.S. and Brazil, 3) Incubators
funding: the stakeholders are mainly the government, businesses and universities, 4) Incubators services: both
countries provide tangible and intangible services, 5) Culture: in U.S. it is risk-taking whereas Brazil is risk-
averse, and 6) Innovation: very active in both the U.S. and Brazil.
Additionally, Al-Mubaraki and Wong (2012) discussed the twelve international case studies include US indicate
that in order for business incubator to obtain sustainability of graduation companies are reliant upon: 1) clear
incubator objectives, 2) incubators age, 3) ratio of client and graduate companies, and 4) employment rate. When
accomplished, this can lead to a 90% survival rate of companies and reflects sustainability in the market.
Therefore, incubators are an active tool for economic development, job creation, technology transfer and
sustainable graduation success of entrepreneurs as well as expansion of existing companies.
3. Research Methodology
The United States sample included 2 incubators in 2 cities located in New Jersey and New York. Interviews were
conducted with incubator managers and government representative in 2011. The interview instrument for the
semi-structured, in-depth interviews was developed after a thorough literature review and revised after pilot
interviews with incubators in the United States. The pilot interviews served as a pre-test for instrument validation
and changes were made to the interview instrument based on the findings and comments. Two incubators in the
United States were interviewed to serve as a baseline for the comparison provides for focused and systematic
information collection, while allowing the interviewee to provide relevant contextual information appropriate to
each case. For each incubator visited, the president, vice president, or director/manager was interviewed.
The United States interview design is based on the Radar Chart which consists of five dimensions: 1) incubators
services, 2) strategic goals, 3) incubators sponsors, 4) incubators age, and 5) incubators focus In addition, each
group is measured by variables and each variable is rank-order independent variable [e.g., low (L,60%),
moderate (M, 80%), and high (H, 100%)].
4. Findings and Discussion
From the current literature, it is evident (see section 2 above) that the business incubation program as an active
role in the employment to support the economic growth (Allen and Levine, 1986; Mian, 1997; Thierstein and
Wilhelm, 2001; Roper, 1999) and technology commercialization and transfer (Mian, 1994; Phillips, 2002;
McAdam and McAdam, 2008).
Chart 1 shows distribution of respondents by incubation manager. The results of four key dimensions are high
100%. However, sponsors of key dimension are described as medium dimension, 60%. Overall, the average of
five key dimensions 92% this percentage indicated the positive impact of incubators in economic development
and technology transfer. See Table 1.
The Chart 2, Rutgers University Food Innovation Centre shows the responses of interview. The four key
dimensions include incubators goals, services, incubators age and incubators focuses are high dimension 100%.
Only the incubators’ sponsors described medium dimension 80%. The average of five key dimensions 96%. This
interview indicated that incubators are tools for economic development and technology transfer and
commercialization. See Table 2.
Table 3 summarizes the differences between incubators programs based on five key dimensions. The two
interviews are same in the key dimensions: 1) incubators services are tangible and intangible, 2) incubators goals
includes creating jobs for local community, fostering community's entrepreneurial climate, accelerating growth
of local industry, diversifying local economies and commercializing technology, 3) incubators sponsored by
governments, 4) old establishment for incubators as an age, and 5) incubators focus on the transfer of technology
and economic development.
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5. Conclusion and Reflection
The following general conclusions can be drawn from the previous overview of the findings:
1- Incubators’ services: both incubators programs provide tangible and intangible services.
2- Iincubators’ goals: both incubators programs objectives are creating jobs for local community, fostering
community's entrepreneurial climate, accelerating growth of local industry, diversifying local economies
and commercializing technology.
3- Incubators sponsored: both incubators programs sponsors by governments.
4- Incubators’ Age: both incubators programs are old establishment for incubators.
5- Incubators’ focus: both incubators programs are focuses on the transfer of technology and economic
development.
In conclusion, incubators play an active role in supporting the economic growth and technology
commercialization and transfer. Authors aim to conduct future research analysing incubators case studies from
developed and developing countries for policy implication worldwide.
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Dr. Hanadi Mubarak AL-Mubaraki is an Assistant Professor in Kuwait University. She teaches project
management in civil engineering for undergraduate and graduate courses as well as management course in
business schools. She has published scientific articles in different academic journals, a book and has presented
her research papers in many countries. Dr. AL-Mubaraki is the recipient of several international awards and
medals for contribution to International Scientific Research in the WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD 2009, 2010,
2011 & 2012 and Deputy Director General of Asia – IBC, Life Fellowship – IBA, International Peace Prize –
United Cultural Conventions - UN, IBC Illuminated Diploma of honours of Professional Education 21st
century
award for Achievement, International Educators of the year 2004, Medal 2005, DDG Medal 2005,
International Who's Who of Professional Educators 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, Madison Who's Who
professionals Life Fellowship, Marquis Who's Who, Master Degree Honour Medal 1996 – Kuwait University
from HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait. Dr. AL-Mubaraki serves on the Editorial
Board of three international journals: Business, Economic Development, Management and International
Business Entrepreneurship. She has substantial experience in research entrepreneurial and small enterprise
finance, entrepreneurship in developing countries, economic development, business incubators and impact of
incubators on economic development, technology parks, government policies towards entrepreneurship, strategic
benefits of business incubation and SMEs, in-depth case studies and lessons learnt with best practical business
implications for strategy and competitiveness worldwide, innovation and Entrepreneurship, sustainable
development approaches and methods.
Dr. Michael Busler is an Associate Professor of Finance, Finance Track Coordinator and a Fellow at the
William J, Hughes Center for Public Policy at Richard Stockton College. He teaches undergraduate courses in
Finance and Game Theory as well as Managerial Economics and Corporate Finance in the MBA Program. He
has been published in eight different academic journals and has presented his research in ten countries. In
addition, he has worked as a Financial Analyst for Ford Motor Company and FMC Corporation and has been an
entrepreneur having owned several businesses mostly in the Real Estate development field. He earned his
Doctorate at Drexel University.
Professor Rashed Shebeeb AL-Ajmi is the Dean College of Business Administration, Kuwait University,
Kuwait. He earned his Ph.D. in Bus. Admin. (Management) from Kent State University, Ohio, U.S.A. (1995),
MBA from Pacific Lutheran U., Washington State, U.S.A. (1988), and B.A of Bus. Admin. from Kuwait
University, Kuwait (1984). His research interests are in organizational behavior, human resources management,
and job satisfaction. Prof. AL-Ajmi’s consultancy interests are: 1) principles of management, 2) human resource
management, 3) organizational behavior, 4) human resources planning and selection, 5) research methods, 6)
public relation, 7) negotiation skills, 8) business ethics, and 9) field studies in management.
Acknowledgements
The KFAS project team would like to express their genuine appreciation to the Kuwait Foundation for
Advancement of Sciences (KFAS-2010-1103-04) for the financial support provided for the project. A special
acknowledgment and appreciation is due to Prof. Rashed Al-Ajmei, Dean of College of Business Administration,
Kuwait University and Chairman of Center for Excellences for all managerial advice and support required for
the project. The team also provides deep thanks to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) for
providing successful international case studies to be interviewed. The research team is also grateful to the
Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) for providing the valuable information.
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Chart 1: Radar chart of Long Island High Technology Incubator, NY, US
Chart 2: Radar chart of Rutgers University Food Innovation Centre, NJ, USA
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Table 1. Interview results of Long Island High Technology Incubator, NY, US
Key indicators High (100%) Medium (80%) Low (60%)
1. Services (H) 100
2. Goals (H) 100
3. Sponsors (L) 60
4. Age (H) 100
5. Incubators focus (H) 100
Average 92%
Table 2. Interview results of Rutgers University Food Innovation Centre, NJ, US
Key indicators High (100%) Medium (80%) Low (60%)
1. Services (H) 100
2. Goals (H) 100
3. Sponsors (M) 80
4. Age (H) 100
5. Incubators focus (H) 100
Average 96 %
Table 3. Summary of comparison between two incubators programs
Key indicators Case 1 Case 2
Services Tangible and intangible Tangible and intangible
Goals Creating jobs for local community,
fostering community's entrepreneurial
climate, accelerating growth of local
industry, diversifying local economies,
commercializing technologies
Creating jobs for local community,
fostering community's entrepreneurial
climate, accelerating growth of local
industry, diversifying local economies,
commercializing technologies
Sponsors Governments Governments
Age Old establishment Old establishment
Incubators focus
Transfer of technology, economic
development
Transfer of technology, economic
development
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