Capacity Building as the New Engine of Growth for Indian Exporters

Internationalization amongst Indian companies has always been a macroeconomic issue reflecting size and quantum of growth rather than quality and firm level competencies. This has eventually led to a history of thirty years of growth in international trade without maturity in the process of internationalization. Internationally, however, the degree and maturity of internationalization has always been a progressive topic of research impacting national and firm level policy making. This became the focal point of this study. A large part of this blame was shared by policy-makers as lack of planned capacity building. Hence it becomes imperative to derive a set of business variables related to capacity building which can foresee and impact the process of internationalization. A detailed study of sectors of export prominence in India like – drugs & pharmaceuticals, apparel, information technology, metals & metallurgy revealed the lowest degree of internationalization and unplanned capacity building prominent within the apparel sector. The dismantling of the MFA and implementation of ATC under WTO since 1995, should have witnessed capacity building of highest order in this sector to face the world markets post 2005. The severe lack of firm level competencies in the textile and clothing sector has led to loss in cost effectiveness and negligent presence in overseas markets. These and other factors determined the primary research issue as exploring the path to a mature international presence against a backdrop of planned capacity building. The research methodology consisted of an exploratory research design with use of statistical techniques like Factor Analysis to help in identification of factors which can directly impact effective capacity building. This business model would later be tested on an apparel exporting company for its efficacy as a case study in the sequel to this paper.

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Teaching Criminology and Police Science for Postgraduate Students at the Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany

Cases on Technologies for Teaching Criminology and Victimology ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-872-7.ch011 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 177-193

Author(s):

Diana Ziegleder ◽

Felix Feldmann-Hahn

Keyword(s):

Focal Point ◽

Full Time ◽

Master's Program ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

New Concepts ◽

History Of ◽

E Learning ◽

Set Up ◽

Insight Into

This case study looks at the postgraduate program in Criminology and Police Science at the Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany. This practice oriented course of study is designed as a distance learning course (blended learning) and therefore focuses on techniques of e-learning. The case study describes the history of origins and examines the educational situation before this master’s program was established and how an idea became reality. It is one of the very few possibilities in Germany to receive a deeper insight into criminology and police science. Despite the fact, that the students are all professionals and thus working mostly full time, the technical premises make a discourse possible as in on-campus programs. These innovative forms of learning are the focal point of the following case study. It is our aim to provide insight into how a master’s program could be set up and to promote new concepts of e-learning in the field of criminology.

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‘The fate of Shenmue is in your hands now!’: Kickstarter, video games and the financialization of crowdfunding

Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies ◽

10.1177/1354856518780478 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (5-6) ◽

pp. 985-999

Author(s):

Dario Lolli

Keyword(s):

Web 2.0 ◽

Video Game ◽

Effective Capacity ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Digital Ecosystem ◽

Digital Convergence ◽

History Of ◽

Game Industry ◽

Funding Mechanisms

In July 2015, a crowdfunding campaign launched to revive the notoriously unprofitable video game series Shenmue closed with the record figure of above US$6 million, to date the highest amount ever raised on Kickstarter for video game funding. This article takes this campaign as an endemic case study of the changing funding mechanisms concerning video game production in the digital ecosystem of Web 2.0. Although the campaign displays some of the participatory elements often attributed to crowdfunding and digital convergence, it also sheds doubts on accountability and the effective capacity of crowdfunding to substantially challenge and de-hierarchize power relations in the video game industry. In particular, the Shenmue III campaign illustrates how the crowdfunding initiative was instrumentally mobilized by its organizers to attract further corporate sponsorships and stakeholders outside crowdfunding. This controversial episode shows how commercial platforms like Kickstarter are increasingly facilitating a process of financialization of crowdfunding, whose main effect is not so much the equal coming together of media consumers and producers as the minimization of risks for large video game corporations. By mapping the history of the Shenmue franchise from its original failure in the era of physical distribution to its recent crowdfunded success, this article argues that the empowering potentials of crowdfunding cannot be readily assumed without a contingent analysis of the cultural and political economy underlying Web 2.0 and its digital platforms.

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Bridging the divide between fire safety research and fighting fire safely: how do we convey research innovation to contribute more effectively to wildland firefighter safety?

International Journal of Wildland Fire ◽

10.1071/wf16147 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 107 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Theodore 'Ted' Adams ◽

Bret W. Butler ◽

Sara Brown ◽

Vita Wright ◽

Anne Black

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

Wildland Fire ◽

Media Richness ◽

Primary Research ◽

Safety Zone ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Firefighter Safety ◽

Safety Research ◽

Getting Lost

Creating a safe workplace for wildland firefighters has long been at the centre of discussion for researchers and practitioners. The goal of wildland fire safety research has been to protect operational firefighters, yet its contributions often fall short of potential because much is getting lost in the translation of peer-reviewed results to potential and intended users. When information that could enhance safety is not adopted by individuals, the potential to improve safety – to decipher the wildland fire physical or social environment and to recognise hazards – is lost. We use firefighter safety-zone research as a case study to examine how primary research is, and could be, transferred to fire managers, policy-makers and firefighters. We apply four core communication theories (diffusion, translation, discourse and media richness) to improve knowledge transfer.

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Channel 4 and the Red Triangle: A Case Study in Film Curation and Censorship on Television

Journal of British Cinema and Television ◽

10.3366/jbctv.2014.0230 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 481-498

Author(s):

Justin Smith

Keyword(s):

Audience Research ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Feature Film ◽

Home Video ◽

Film And Television ◽

The Press ◽

History Of ◽

The Uk ◽

Autumn And Winter

This article charts the history of an experiment, conducted during the autumn and winter of 1986–7, in which Channel 4 trialled an on-screen visual warning symbol to accompany screenings of a series of international art-house films. The so-called ‘red triangle’ experiment, though short-lived, will be considered as a case study for exploring a number of related themes. Firstly, it demonstrates Channel 4's commitment during the 1980s to fulfilling its remit to experiment and innovate in programme form and content, in respect of its acquired feature film provision. Channel 4's acquisitions significantly enlarged the range of international classic and art-house cinema broadcast on British television. Secondly, it reflects contemporary tensions between the new broadcaster, its regulator the IBA, campaigners for stricter censorship of television and policy-makers. The mid-1980s was a period when progressive developments in UK film and television culture (from the rise of home video to the advent of Channel 4 itself) polarised opinions about freedom and regulation, which were greatly exacerbated by the press. Thirdly, it aims to shed light on the paradox that, while over thirty years of audience research has consistently revealed the desire on the part of television viewers for an on-screen ratings system, the UK is not among some forty countries that currently employ such devices on any systematic basis. In this way the history of a specific advisory experiment may be seen to have a bearing on current policy trends.

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Human Rights and Wrongs in Iran's Drug Diplomacy with Europe

The Middle East Journal ◽

10.3751/71.3.14 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

pp. 403-432 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Janne Bjerre Christensen

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

United Nations ◽

Death Penalty ◽

Drug Trafficking ◽

Drug Control ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Human Rights Organizations ◽

History Of ◽

Drugs And Crime

Europe has a strong interest in and a history of assisting Iran in controlling inflows of drugs from Afghanistan. But due to Iran's increasing use of the death penalty in drug trafficking cases, Europe has terminated its cooperation. Based on interviews with Iranian policy-makers and representatives of both human rights organizations and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), this article presents Denmark's withdrawal of drug control funding in 2013 as a case study, analyzing the dilemmas and trajectories of joint Iranian-European drug diplomacy and the prospects for reengagement following the nuclear agreement.

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Higher Education Collaboration in Kenya

International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing ◽

10.4018/ijtem.2013010104 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 48-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anita Aggarwal

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Developing Country ◽

Collaborative Partnership ◽

Transnational Education ◽

History Of Higher Education ◽

History Of ◽

The University

Higher education in developing countries presents an opportunity both for investment and development, if specific challenges can be overcome. This article looks at the opportunities for higher education in a developing country, Kenya, and how these experiences have enabled an identification of issues that must be dealt with for higher education to grow both as an investment and capacity-building opportunity for developing countries. It offers a brief narrative on the history of higher education in Kenya, and the types of higher education collaborations. Using a case study of a long established transnational education collaborative partnership between INtel College, Kenya, and the University of Sunderland, UK, it explores the framework for such operations and challenges and perspectives of the partnership. Finally, it presents a view of the future of transnational education in a nation which indeed may have relevance in any developing country.

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Teaching Criminology and Police Science for Postgraduate Students at the Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany

Web-Based Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-963-7.ch071 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1019-1035

Author(s):

Diana Ziegleder ◽

Felix Feldmann-Hahn

Keyword(s):

Focal Point ◽

Full Time ◽

Master's Program ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

New Concepts ◽

History Of ◽

E Learning ◽

Set Up ◽

Insight Into

This case study looks at the postgraduate program inCriminology and Police Science at the Ruhr- UniversityBochum, Germany. This practice oriented course of study is designed as a distance learning course (blended learning)and therefore focuses on techniques of e-learning. Thecase study describes the history of origins and examinesthe educational situation before this master’s program was established and how an idea became reality. It is one ofthe very few possibilities in Germany to receive a deeper insight into criminology and police science. Despite the fact, that the students are all professionals and thus working mostly full time, the technical premises make a discourse possible as in on-campus programs. These innovative forms of learning are the focal point of the following case study. It is our aim to provide insight into how a master’s program could be set up and to promote new concepts of e-learning in the field of criminology.

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The Making of Minjian: Yi Sha's Poetics and Poetry Activities

10.26686/wgtn.17148665 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Yujing Liang

Keyword(s):

World Literature ◽

Focal Point ◽

Major Elements ◽

Chinese Poetry ◽

Avant Garde ◽

Cultural Phenomenon ◽

History Of ◽

Contemporary Chinese ◽

Outstanding Representative

This thesis investigates and critiques the notion of minjian through a case study of Yi Sha 伊沙 (b. 1966), a key figure of Chinese minjian poetry since its emergence in the 1990s. The term minjian became a focal point during the Panfeng Polemic in 1999, a most significant event in the history of contemporary Chinese poetry, when minjian was adopted to name one of the rivalling poetry groups and triggered an influential debate that shaped the contour of contemporary Chinese poetry in the ensuing decade. Minjian became a prevailing keyword on the Chinese poetry scene of the 2000s and inspired numerous unofficial poetry groups both in print and online. Though the term was frequently evoked and widely discussed, its connotations remained uncertain. Through my study of Yi Sha’s poetry and poetry activities, I identify two major elements of minjian: colloquial poetics and unofficial stance. Both elements harken back to the classical tradition and had long manifested in contemporary Chinese poetry, yet it was not until the Panfeng Polemic when they were explicitly joined together to defend and define a group that was to be called the minjian poets. Yi Sha rose to prominence after the Panfeng Polemic and became an outstanding representative minjian poet largely responsible for the ‘making’ of minjian into a literary and cultural phenomenon. By combining discourse analysis with a critical biography of the poet, this research demonstrates the complex relationship that minjian poetry has with China’s cultural establishment, the literary avant-garde, and world literature. I argue that Yi Sha’s minjian is both a political stance and an aesthetic choice, with broad cultural and ideological repercussions; understanding the concept of minjian is imperative to the understanding of contemporary Chinese poetry.

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Community Capacity Building for Energy Sovereignty: A First Nation Case Study

Sustainability in Environment ◽

10.22158/se.v3n2p177 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 177

Author(s):

Roopa Rakshit ◽

Chander Shahi ◽

M. A. (Peggy) Smith ◽

Adam Cornwell

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

First Nations ◽

Power Transmission ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Energy Sector ◽

First Nation ◽

Effective Capacity ◽

Community Capacity Building ◽

Community Based Research

Ontario’s 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan has identified the Wataynikaneyap Power transmission line as a priority project. The line will connect seventeen remote, off-grid, diesel-dependent First Nation communitiesin northwestern Ontario, Canada to the provincial grid. The province’s current energy mandates and policies commit program dollars to build the human capacities of the seventeen Wataynikaneyap Power communities through the Remote Electrification Readiness Program (RERP). This effort is part of growing interests, changing perspectives, and focus in the continuum of provincial strategies to encourage First Nations to meet their emerging energy transitional needs and to partake in the energy sector.Capacity-building challenges are unique in the Wataynikaneyap Power communities because they experience higher levels of poverty and socio economic inequities, are subjected to antiquated and unjust institutional structures, are following a legal and self-governance status, and are maintaining distinct cultures and ways of life.Capacity building as a concept is wide-ranging and offers a multitude of expressions and interpretations. For the Wataynikaneyap Power communities, capacity building has offered the opportunity to exert their inherent rights and to increase their participation in local and regional energy planning and development.This community-based research is derived from grassroots ethnographic community observation. Through a case study of one of the Wataynikaneyap Power communities, Poplar Hill First Nation, the paper will: a) elucidate a working example of an Indigenous capacity-building process through the RERP; b) demonstrate that capacity development is a key building block for self-determination and to achieve energy sovereignty; and c) illustrate the broader scope of learnings and pathways to effective capacity building for Indigenous communities that will drive energy development initiatives and actions in Canada’s expansive energy sector.

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The urban planner's guide to coworking: a case study of Toronto, Ontario.

10.32920/ryerson.14649492 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Zibby Petch

Keyword(s):

Collaborative Work ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Work Spaces ◽

Emerging Trends ◽

Policy And Planning ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City ◽

City Systems

This paper describes exploratory research carried out to examine coworking, an emerging phenomenon of shared, collaborative work spaces, using a case study of the City of Toronto, from the perspective of urban planners and policy-makers. The research is premised on the belief that, as planners, being connected to the pulse of the city and documenting emerging trends is a critical component of our work. The research uses qualitative techniques, including interviews with coworkers and coworking site owner-operators to explore coworking – specifically, to understand the experiences of coworkers, to begin to consider the potential implications of coworking sites on larger city systems, and to examine the relationship between the coworking site, the coworking community, and the surrounding neighbourhood. Ultimately, the research provides future directions for research, in order to inform recommendations about the potential role for public policy and planning intervention in the coworking industry.

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