Guanxi’s Role in the International Early Childhood Education Business Model: Relationships and Partnerships between Canada and China

Author(s):  
Liton Furukawa
Author(s):  
Jonna Järveläinen ◽  
Eija Koskivaara ◽  
Päivi Pihlaja ◽  
Hannu Salmela ◽  
Jarmo Tähkäpää ◽  
...  

This collaborative action research study reports the experiences in developing e-government innovations in early childhood education context in Finland. While e-government is too often understood as transforming paper documents used in public services into electronic mode, the ultimate objective should be to enhance communication and interaction between citizens and public organizations and thus increase the value of public services. This objective cannot be reached without involvement of service professionals in the eGovernment innovation processes. This research introduces a method for involving service professionals in the process of generating and evaluating alternative ways how new technology can be incorporated in service processes. Amit and Zott’s (2001) e-business value creation method was applied to clarify the value of alternative e-government innovations for citizens and for the service organization. The practical result of the study was several business model innovations for the early childhood education. The methodological result was a collaborative method for analyzing and generating business model innovations.


1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Susan Freedman Gilbert

This paper describes the referral, diagnostic, interventive, and evaluative procedures used in a self-contained, behaviorally oriented, noncategorical program for pre-school children with speech and language impairments and other developmental delays.


1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 874-875
Author(s):  
Joseph T. Lawton

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