scholarly journals The relevance of telehealth across the digital divide: The transfer of knowledge over distance

2010 ◽  
pp. 89-108
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
It Use ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Effort Expectancy

This paper explores the concept of relevance as an explanatory factor to the diffusion of IT-use, or, in this paper particularly, the use of Telehealth. Relevance is the net value of performance expectancy and effort expectancy and contains both micro-relevance (i.e. here-and-now) and macro-relevance (i.e. actual goals). Following the case-study approach, two Telehealth situations were studied in Rwanda and The Netherlands. In the comparison, two more existing studies in Canada and Tanzania were included. The conclusion is that relevance is the explanatory factor, whereas particularly micro-relevance is crucial. Without the micro-relevant occasions that initiate use, there will be no use on longer term. In the cases studied the micro-relevance of knowledge-transfer was crucial. Furthermore distance determined Telehealth relevance. Practical conclusions to cases were drawn.

scholarly journals Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and the entrepreneurial university

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Wynn ◽  
Peter Jones
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry

This article outlines one way in which less research-intensive universities can contribute to entrepreneurship by examining the achievements of several Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) in the University of Gloucestershire. The article adopts a qualitative case study approach: four case studies of KTPs at, respectively, Beacons Business Interiors, Dowty Propellers, Energist UK and Muddy Boots Software (all of which have operating bases within 40 miles of the University) are researched and analysed. The findings reveal that these four KTPs delivered various benefits for the companies, the University and the staff directly involved in the projects, and more generally that the KTPs successfully met their initial aims. The authors identify a number of challenges involved in maximizinig the benefits of KTP activity in the University and suggest how KTPs can actively foster the development of an entrepreneurial university. This article is an accessible review of KTP initiatives in the University of Gloucestershire and as such will interest academics and business practitioners who are looking to develop university–industry partnerships. It also offers reflections on how a programme of KTPs can advance entrepreneurial development and support Growth Hub initiatives.

scholarly journals The multilingual workplace realities of Polish truckers: A case study in the Netherlands

Multilingua ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca E. Dijkstra ◽  
Matt Coler ◽  
Gisela Redeker
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
World Englishes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Workplace Interactions ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Multilingual Workplace

AbstractAlthough international truckers are essential to the European supply chain, we know little about how they deal with their frequent multilingual workplace interactions. This paper examines the effects of participants’ Individual Multilingual Repertoires (Pitzl, Marie-Luise. 2016. World Englishes and creative idioms in English as a lingua franca. World Englishes 35(2). 293–309. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12196) on their behavior and attitude toward multilingual interactions. Five Polish truckers and six Dutch logistics professionals were observed and interviewed. An ethnographic case study approach allowed us to consider interactions from multiple perspectives. Findings from the study reveal that some, but not all, Polish truckers struggle to interact in the most common lingua francas in the Netherlands: English and German. We show that some of the Dutch logistics professionals have a low opinion of foreign drivers’ linguistic abilities, which impairs the potential to find shared multilingual resources, and ultimately to improve communication skills. Results of the study contribute to an understanding of the dynamics of multilingual interactions in the workplace. Practical suggestions for logistics professionals and future research are identified.

scholarly journals Knowledge transfer: a case study approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Tichá ◽  
Jaroslav Havlícek
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Decision Models ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Ict Tools

The article builds on the growing importance of knowledge as a strategic resource for maintaining the competitive advantage of a business. We illustrate one of the initiatives contributing to effective knowledge transfer by describing a case study approach which suggests how universities might assist in disseminating knowledge and enhancing industry competitiveness.The case study approach is apparently an effective way to share best practices, and with the use of appropriate ICT tools, it provides for an enormous diffusion of codified (explicit) knowledge in the industry.The example in the focus of this article describes aVirtual Portal designed as a single-point access to information and tools (case studies, decision models and software), with the emphasis on case studies (their selection, coding and use).

Overcoming Challenges of International Migration Research: A Case Study Approach in Southern Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-143
Author(s):  
Julie Boyles
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Migration Research

An ethnographic case study approach to understanding women’s actions and reactions to husbands’ emigration—or potential emigration—offers a distinct set of challenges to a U.S.-based researcher.  International migration research in a foreign context likely offers challenges in language, culture, lifestyle, as well as potential gender norm impediments. A mixed methods approach contributed to successfully overcoming barriers through an array of research methods, strategies, and tactics, as well as practicing flexibility in data gathering methods. Even this researcher’s influence on the research was minimized and alleviated, to a degree, through ascertaining common ground with many of the women. Research with the women of San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico offered numerous and constant challenges, each overcome with ensuing rewards.

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