scholarly journals Investigating Cloud Adoption Model using Analytics: A Case Study of Saudi Government Agencies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mreea ◽  
Dharmendra Sharma ◽  
Kumudu Munasinghe ◽  
Chaminda Hewamaddumage
Keyword(s):  
Government Agencies ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Adoption Model

scholarly journals Intangible Culture on Inland Seas, from Hudson Bay to Canadian Heritage

Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 141-159
Author(s):  
Jennifer S.H. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Hudson Bay ◽  
Political Organizations ◽  
Governmental Agency ◽  
The Many ◽  
Aboriginal History ◽  
Aboriginal Languages

The author of this article examines the ways in which the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage considers the protection of aboriginal languages and provides a case study of the challenges of the preservation of the Cree language in Canada. For Indigenous people, in Canada as elsewhere, questions arise about who speaks for whom; many of their constituents may not identify with the major political organizations that represent their interests to governments and are recognized by government agencies; and other structural and logistical barriers also arise. The paper takes a look at the richness of Aboriginal history around Hudson Bay as held in language and stories, and then discusses the many challenges that a Hudson Bay Cree storyteller, Louis Bird, and his collaborators faced in pursuing an oral history project funded by a Canadian governmental agency with its own parameters and priorities.

Food aid and private–public cooperation in Egypt

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Wieters
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
Overseas Operations ◽  
Egyptian Government

Chapter 5 is a case study on CARE’s overseas operations in Egypt. It traces CARE’s cooperation with US and Egyptian government agencies and officials and sketches how Cold War dynamics both triggered and impeded effective cooperation in large-scale school feeding programs.

In search of a new mission in Korea

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Wieters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
The Korean War

Chapter 3 is a case study on CARE’s work in Korea during and after the Korean War. It traces CARE’s response to a presidential aid appeal in the United States, shows how American NGOs competed for donor dollars and media attention. In addition, it depicts the difficulties private humanitarian players encountered in a foreign setting involving a refugee crisis and a tight web of players with different stakes, meaning military players, Korean and United States government agencies, United Nations organizations as well as diverse foreign aid agencies.

Using Obstacles for Systematically Modeling, Analysing, and Mitigating Risks in Cloud Adoption

2013 ◽  
pp. 275-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shehnila Zardari ◽  
Funmilade Faniyi ◽  
Rami Bahsoon
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Risk Management Framework ◽  
Cost Implications ◽  
Effective Service ◽  
Cloud User

In this chapter, the authors motivate the need for a systematic approach to cloud adoption from the risk perspective. The enormous potential of cloud computing for improved and cost-effective service delivery for commercial and academic purposes has generated unprecedented interest in its adoption. However, a potential cloud user faces numerous risks regarding service requirements, cost implications of failure, and uncertainty about cloud providers’ ability to meet service level agreements. Hence, the authors consider two perspectives of a case study to identify risks associated with cloud adoption. They propose a risk management framework based on the principle of GORE (Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering). In this approach, they liken risks to obstacles encountered while realising cloud user goals, therefore proposing cloud-specific obstacle resolution tactics for mitigating identified risks. The proposed framework shows benefits by providing a principled engineering approach to cloud adoption and empowering stakeholders with tactics for resolving risks when adopting the cloud.

scholarly journals Analyzing Cloud-based Startups: Evidence from a Case Study in Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Ferri ◽  
Marco Maffei ◽  
Gianluigi Mangia ◽  
Andrea Tomo
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Entry Barriers ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
Startup Firms

The aim of this study is to analyze the reasons behind the adoption of cloud computing and its implementation process in startup firms as well as to verify the advantages and disadvantages deriving from the adoption of this tool and how it could increase entrepreneurial activities. We applied a research framework developed by previous scholars on cloud adoption within SMEs in an attempt to adapt it to startup firms. In particular, we conducted a case study in an Italian technological startup.Our results show that cloud technology supports and facilitates entrepreneurial activity, especially reducing several entry barriers for new entrepreneurs. This study contributes to the existing literature on cloud computing, and it has several managerial implications. First, it shows that setting up the organizational model on cloud computing allows entrepreneurs to reduce organizational efforts and ICT investments. Furthermore, this technology can reduce diversification costs by eliminating entry barriers, thus opening new markets and opportunities for entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Recent African Refugees to Australia: Analysis of Current Refugee Services, a Case Study from Western Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
African Refugees

In the last decade the number of African refugees arriving in Australia has increased significantly, to the extent to which by 2008 they outnumbered all other refugee and humanitarian entrants to Australia (for example, in 2004-2005 75% of all refugee and humanitarian entrants to Australia were from Africa). Existing service provision models have been found to be ill-equipped to cope with this sudden influx and have struggled to cope with the unique needs of African refugees (trauma, cultural needs, racism and longer settlement adjustment periods – compared to other groups) in particular. This paper is based on a data-base and literature analysis of the numbers, issues and problems faced by refugees in Western Australia. Its major aim is to provide researchers and policy-makers with a resource base from which they can further their understandings of the plight of refugees in developing nations. As such much of the paper is based on analysis of a large amount of literature and data from government agencies, designed to provide an exhaustive overview of refugees, their experiences and gaps in service provision in Western Australia.

scholarly journals What steps can researchers take to increase research uptake by policymakers? A case study in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 665-675
Author(s):  
Shishi Wu ◽  
Mishal Khan ◽  
Helena Legido-Quigley
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Research Uptake ◽  
Financial Power

Abstract Empirical analysis of the connections between research and health policymaking is scarce in middle-income countries. In this study, we focused on a national multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) healthcare provider training programme in China as a case study to examine the role that research plays in influencing health policy. We specifically focused on the factors that influence research uptake within the complex Chinese policymaking process. Qualitative data were collected from 34 participants working at multilateral organizations, funding agencies, academia, government agencies and hospitals through 14 in-depth interviews and 2 focus group discussions with 10 participants each. Themes were derived inductively from data and grouped based on the ‘Research and Policy in Developing countries’ framework developed by the Overseas Development Institute. We further classified how actors derive their power to influence policy decisions following the six sources of power identified by Sriram et al. We found that research uptake by policymakers in China is influenced by perceived importance of the health issues addressed in the research, relevance of the research to policymakers’ information needs and government’s priorities, the research quality and the composition of the research team. Our analysis identified that international donors are influential in the TB policy process through their financial power. Furthermore, the dual roles of two government agencies as both evidence providers and actors who have the power to influence policy decisions through their technical expertise make them natural intermediaries in the TB policy process. We concluded that resolving the conflict of interests between researchers and policymakers, as suggested in the ‘two-communities theory’, is not enough to improve evidence use by policymakers. Strategies such as framing research to accommodate the fast-changing policy environment and making alliances with key policy actors can be effective to improve the communication of research findings into the policy process, particularly in countries undergoing rapid economic and political development.

scholarly journals Collaborative M-Learning Adoption Model: A Case Study for Jordan

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Alnabhan ◽  
Yousef Aljaraideh
Keyword(s):  
Adoption Model
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