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Research ProblemStrategic alliances are formed by organizations and institutions to either exploit current resources and competencies or to explore new possibilities. Organizations seek to fully exploit the opportunities open to them so as to enjoy competitive advantage. For them to do that they must have ability to conceive, shape and sustain a wide variety of strategic partnerships (Doz & Xxxxx, 1998). Economic theory view the expansion of business activity beyond the traditional boundary of the firm as motivated by the pursuit of product, rationalization, economics of scale, vertical linkages, and risk sharing (contractors and Lorange, 1988, Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx, 1996). The resources based view postulates that competitive advantages comes from having unique resources that create value in the market place (x.x. Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx, 1996; Xxxxx, Xxxxxx and Shuen 1997). Learning theory researchers have argued that firm form strategic alliances as a means of learning and expanding their knowledge and competence base (e.g., Xxxxx 1988a; Xxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, 1996, Inkpen 1998, 2000a, b). In the recent past, higher education sector in Kenya has experienced some dynamic change in the external environment as observed also by Mutua (2004). Xxxx Xxxxxxxx University of Agriculture and Technology is collaborating with thirty middle level colleges in the domestic market. Several studies have been done on strategic alliances but very little in the education and training sector. Xxxxxxxxx et al. (2005), studied strategic alliances in education and training services in Australia. They concentrated on strategic alliances prompted by globalization and need for internationalization, while they ignored strategic alliances formed in the domestic market in the same sector. This study sheds some light on strategic alliances formed between Xxxx Xxxxxxxx University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and middle level colleges in the domestic market. The study seeks to answer the following questions: What strategic motives drove JKUAT into forming strategic alliances with middle level colleges in Kenya? And, what key challenges are encountered by JKUAT in the management of the alliances.
Research Problem. The health sector in Palestine is still in need of more expertise and development, as it suffers from a lack of competencies and resources, which delays the accurate diagnosis of the patient and the patient’s delay in receiving appropriate health services, and reduces the rate of survival. The diagnosis of a pelvic tumor will occur in 5-10% of humans in their lifetime. Although commonly benign, a small percentage are malignant and diagnosis of these at the earliest possible stage is of critical importance (Xxxxxx et al., 2015). Serum biomarker tests are not accurate for diagnosis of the pelvic tumor, so physicians depend on MRI and histopathology to determine types of intervention in pelvic tumor cases. In the Gaza Strip, there are limited studies regarding to the agreement between MRI and pathology finding especially in diagnosis a pelvic tumor cases. Unfortunately, the report of histopathology needs about one month in the ministry of health laboratory to finish and this will lead to a lot of complications to patients and delay patient’s treatment and appropriate intervention. Early detection of pelvic tumor depending on accuracy and agreement of MRI with histopathology findings will help the physicians to monitor of pelvic tumor size and avoid a lot of complications.
Research Problem. ‌ Some studies suggest that nearly half of novice teachers leave the profession within the first five years (e.g., Xxxxxx & Xxxx, 2020). Moreover, Xxxxxxxx et al. 2019, who conducted a large-scale comprehensive online occupational health study in February 2012 among public school teachers, noted that teachers who have fewer years’ experience, higher levels of stress, weaker mental health, and who perceive lower organizational support and trust are more likely expected to quit their job. In other words, low job satisfaction levels might be logically connected to or be the cause of teacher turnover. For instance, to support this view, Xxxxxxx and Xxx (2021) pointed out that teachers will become progressively dissatisfied if they are unable to gain what they regard to be critical in their professions. Meanwhile, one of the most common and unique issues in the Kazakhstani education system has also been the attrition of young teachers and their transfer to alternate industries heretofore. For instance, according to the 2018 TALIS survey, 26% of teachers in Kazakhstan reported that they seriously considered leaving the teaching profession within the next five years (OECD, 2020). Nonetheless, in current years, this attitude of teachers may have changed due to the implementation of new educational reforms related to the teacher development, such as salary increases, a growing number of scholarship allocations for the students in the field of pedagogy, and internship opportunities in the leading scientific centres of the world for young teachers and scientists of the country (Xxxxxxxxxx, 2021). Therefore, as presented as part of the research background, to better understand the concept of teacher attrition in the country, the current study attempt to investigate the role that trait EI and teacher self-efficacy has on teacher job satisfaction.
Research ProblemStrategic alliances and partnerships complement their own strategic initiatives and strengthen their competitiveness in domestic and international markets. (Xxxxxxxx et al 2004). However as the number of strategic alliances continues to surge also see companies getting out of such relationships quickly a trend that indicates that there are intricate issues that have to be handled very well in alliances if they are to grow to maturity to achieve the initial objectives set for them. Xxxx (1994) and Xxxxxxxxxxxx et al, (2005) view alliance success depending on the performance, implementation of the contracted alliance and financial and strategic analysis. Therefore ability of strategic alliance to produce the desired performance depends largely of the structure created, how the relationship is managed and how the cultures of parent organizations influence the integration of the firms. In Kenya, most banks form strategic alliances in direct response to competition and to reduce uncertainty about the future. Co-operative Bank has partnered with technology firms such as Kenswitch to increase the number of ATMs and telecommunication firms such as Safaricom for mobile banking and fee collection platforms. The review of literature shows that several studies have been conducted concerning commercial banks in Kenya. There are a number of studies done on strategic alliance and performance: global studies done include: Xxxxxxx et al (1994), argues that although the characteristics of strategic alliance formation have been well explored in literature, little has been written about the factors associated with strategic alliance success and failure. Moreover, many of the research studies on strategic alliances have not been specifically concerned with the relationship and the interplay of specific factors to be considered by firms entering strategic alliances and the factors contributing to success and failures in such activities. Xxx and Xxxxxx (2001) and Xxxxxxxx (2001), whom are management scholars and practitioners, agreed that most strategic alliances have failed to meet their objectives. Inkpen and Xxxx, (2001) describe strategic alliances as an unstable organizational form. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (2006) also mentioned in (Xxxx, et al., 2000), stated that strategic alliances also failed to meet their expectations because of the little attention that is paid on building the close working relationship and interpersonal connection that unite the two partner organizations. For...
Research ProblemThe research problem lies in knowing and identifying the extent of the conflict between the conditions for environmental protection in Egypt, like other developing countries, with the standards of the World Trade Organization agreement. It is well known that most environmental agreements limit the freedom of trade exchange between countries because they aim to protect the environment, in addition to identifying the most important environmental impacts of implementing the WTO agreement represented in the development gap between developed and developing countries as a result of removing many customs restrictions and abolishing the quantitative quota system, and the inclusion of this environmental standard as a vital criterion in global trade.
Research Problem. An increase in access to affordable financial services to all Kenyans, particularly the poor is part and parcel of this development strategy. With the use of strategic partnerships between the telecommunication sector and the banking sector it is expected that there will be an increase in the accessibility of financial services and a reduction in transaction cost (Okiro, 2014). According to Xxxxx (2014), 59% of the adult population was found to be either completely excluded or utilizing informal methods. These figures have certainly changed over the past few years as the uptake of mobile money has exponentially grown. There is a growing body of knowledge demonstrating that an increase in access to formal financial services has the potential of moving people out of their poverty trap. However, despite the popularity and advantages associated with strategic alliances that have seen many banks rush to form strategic alliances, few have succeeded (Warui, 2014). It has been projected that the failure rate of strategic alliances could be as high as 70%. Xxxxx and Amit, (2005) have shown that between 30% and 70% of alliances fail, they neither meet the goals of their parent companies nor deliver on the operational or strategic benefits they purport to provide. The success of mobile phone money transfer systems in the Kenya led to a situation where many Kenyan banks considered mobile phone companies a threat to their business, despite the fact that mobile phone services did not act as a bank, nor did they store any received funds within the company but deposited them into a conventional banks. In the recent past research studies on strategic alliances and convergence have been on the increase both globally and locally. In the United States, Xxxxxxx (2011) did a study on the emerging patterns in global telecommunications alliances and mergers. In India, Xxxxxxxxxx (2013) strategic alliance in India under globalized economic scenario and in Germany, Xxxxx and Xxxxxx (2002) conducted a study on the effects of convergence on internationalization and the changing distribution of net value added in large German firms. In Kenya, Xxxxx (2012) did a study on the risk factors influencing the survival of strategic alliances in Kenya; Various studies have been conducted in the banking industry in relation on mobile banking in Kenya. For instance, Xxxxx and Xxxxxx (2013) did a study on the effect of innovation strategy on performance of commercial banks in Kenya; Bor (2014) di...
Research Problem. As we have seen, since the early 1980s, we have learned a lot about underwater cultural heritage in the Netherlands, both in terms of the resource itself and the relevant research issues and heritage management. It is abundant, often rich and extremely well preserved. It is also constantly threatened and is the responsibility of several governmental agencies on the regional and national levels. Due to new laws and regulations, this responsibility has increasingly become the task of local govern- ment – the municipalities – who often need more knowledge and facilities to be prepared for this new role. Diving regulations have become more strict and cooperation between professionals and amateurs has become more difficult as a result. At the same time, underwater cultural heritage management has shifted from an incident-driven task to at least exhibiting the willingness to undertake long-term management. The problem, however, is that the amount and quality of archaeological remains and the immediate danger they are in, urge us to act quickly to save valuable resources at sites under threat. At the same time, there is also urgency to act in a responsible way and to determine which sites are still in real need of investigation and preservation. The tension between the two issues is evident. However, with a more active and intense use of the water by more stakeholders and the responsibility for cultural heritage placed in lower level govern- ment bodies, it has become more urgent to start thinking about the way we can establish longer term and integral management of the resources of our sea, river and lakebeds.
Research Problem. ‌ To summarise, entities in large scale distributed systems are often linked by an organi- sational structure, but this structure can become obsolete as the environment changes. For such structures to be effective, links between entities must be changed at run time according to changes in the environment; for these changes to be effective at any scale, the structure cannot be controlled centrally but, instead, individual entities must con- trol their own links, so that the overall structure of an organisation emerges from their individual actions. However, in the case of systems with pre-determined (and required) organisational struc- ture, such as the telecommunications network example above, where there are particular structural constraints (in this example in the form of a hierarchy), it is not clear that traditional approaches to self-organisation and emergence will be adequate. Instead, we need new mechanisms that will allow bottom-up reorganisation in an emergent fashion while at the same time preserving the required structural constraints. This is the focus of this thesis. The aim of this thesis is thus to develop techniques for self-organisation of distributed systems while, maintaining particular structural constraints. More specifically, the thesis seeks to: • provide an analysis of different organisation structures and their impact on service location; • develop techniques for adapting structure to improve service location; and • extend such techniques so that service location can be improved while at the same time preserving important (and in some cases fundamental) structural constraints. By developing approaches to improve service location in distributed systems and, in par- ticular, extending each technique to preserve structural constraints, we hope to enable systems, such as our telecommunications networks example, to make use of reorganisa- tion approaches that would otherwise violate these constraints.
Research Problem. ‌ A review of the situation shows that little has been done to investigate bullying within the gifted population of students. There is a stereotype that students, who are strong academically, tend not to be bullies (Xxxxxxxx & Xxx, 2006). There is a possibility that it is because the studies conducted focused on the problem of bullying in an environment where those children, who are identified as gifted, and those, who are not, study together, so this group has not been looked at separately (Xxxxxxxx & Xxx, 2006). There are different classifications of the bullying behavior with several categories. Olweus (1994) divides school bullying into two major types: direct, which involves direct physical attacks or threats and indirect, which is characterized by exclusion from groups and social alienation. Sub-types include but not limited to physical bullying, verbal aggression, relational or social bullying, cyber or electronic bullying; some researchers specify psychological bullying (Xxxxxx et al., 2008; Xxxxxxx et al., 2001; Xxxxxx, 1994). With this in mind, the present study will focus on four types of bullying: physical, verbal, relational and cyber (PVRC) among 12th grade students both inside and outside classrooms at a school, which serves gifted and talented students in Kazakhstan.
Research ProblemThe study is concerned with the buyer supplier relationship in the wholesale and retail sector of Pakistan. The study intends to analyze the business relationship of seller- buyer by observing the impact of relationship duration on relational norms in terms of logistic service quality. The study uses the theoretical framework of relational contracting theory by coupling it with logistic service quality theory. The study intends to answer the following question. What is the impact of relationship duration and logistics performance on relational norms in wholesaler-retailer relationships?