scholarly journals Success Factors in a Comprehensive International Partnership: Lessons Learned from a Case Study of an Indo-American Collaboration

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Cynthia L. Strittmatter ◽  
Prashanth N. Bharadwaj ◽  
Robert C. Camp
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
International Partnership ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Educational Partnership ◽  
High Level

This article thoroughly examines a specific case of a partnership between educational institutions in India and the United States with the help of in-depth interviews of key stakeholders in the program. The article outlines factors that are necessary ingredients for a collaborative program to succeed. The factors are classified as external, internal, financial, and intangible. The findings of the article can be used by administrators and faculty in the two countries as a road map while starting or growing a partnership. The paper also outlines the constraints and threats for a partnership such as this. Finally, there are suggestions for future research that can enhance the body of literature in this area. This research is of particular importance since both India and the United States are significant higher-education hubs and are the sources of a high level of educational partnership activity.

Running With Your Hair on Fire: Lessons Learned From Transitioning a National University Sales Competition From Face-to-Face to Virtual in 16 Days

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-271
Author(s):  
Scott Inks ◽  
Kenyatta Barber ◽  
Terry W. Loe ◽  
Lukas P. Forbes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past ◽  
National University ◽  
Virtual Sales

Since their inception, university sales competitions have been key learning and educational components of university sales education. Over the past two decades, the oldest and one of the largest sales competitions in the United States has been held in a face-to-face format. However, due to the educational environment created from the COVID-19 pandemic, this competition was forced to convert to a virtual format over a 16-day period. This research outlines the steps taken to convert this event to virtual format and presents insights for other universities endeavoring to produce virtual sales competition events. Finally, research implications and direction for future research are presented.

scholarly journals Past, Present, and Future of Groundwater Remediation Research: A Scientometric Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3975
Author(s):  
Qibin Chen ◽  
Guilian Fan ◽  
Wei Na ◽  
Jiming Liu ◽  
Jianguo Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Groundwater Remediation ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Permeable Reactive Barriers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Environmental Sciences

In this study, we characterize the body of knowledge of groundwater remediation from 1950 to 2018 by employing scientometric techniques and CiteSpace software, based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) databases. The results indicate that the United States and China contributed 56.4% of the total publications and were the major powers in groundwater remediation research. In addition, the United States, Canada, and China have considerable capabilities and expertise in groundwater remediation research. Groundwater remediation research is a multidisciplinary field, covering water resources, environmental sciences and ecology, environmental sciences, and engineering, among other fields. Journals such as Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, and Water Research were the major sources of cited works. The research fronts of groundwater remediation were transitioning from the pump-and-treat method to permeable reactive barriers and nanoscale zero‑valent iron particles. The combination of new persulfate ion‑activation technology and nanotechnology is receiving much attention. Based on the visualized networks, the intelligence base was verified using a variety of metrics. Through landscape portrayal and developmental trajectory identification of groundwater remediation research, this study provides insight into the characteristics of, and global trends in, groundwater remediation, which will facilitate the identification of future research directions.

scholarly journals How to Build Quality Management in a Small to Medium Enterprise

10.28945/4099 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 043-054
Author(s):  
Desmond (Tres) Bishop
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Customer Expectation ◽  
Quality Movement ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Quality management (QM) in one of its many forms has become an integral part of contemporary business. Since its mainstream introduction to the United States in the early 80’s it has become more than a strategy or a competitive differentiator. QM is now a customer expectation. Most of the voluminous research done in this field was conducted by large businesses for large businesses. However, the vast majority of businesses in the United States and the world at large are small to medium enterprises (SMEs). These organizations have largely been ignored by the quality movement. This study closes that gap by investigating what is currently known in this field by the academic and practitioner communities. The findings from this research study indicate that QM is appropriate to the SME environment. There are specific critical to success factors and barriers to implementation that are unique to SME’s that should be considered prior to implementation. Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that QM is not universal in nature as previously thought but context dependent. Most of the studies that were conducted were survey based. There was comparatively little qualitative research done in this field and no action research projects that this author could find which creates an opportunity for future research.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
International Engagement

This chapter reviews the argument and evidence presented in the body of book, which provides substantial support for the proposed theories on the sources and effectiveness of US nonproliferation policy. It identifies areas for future research, such as the nonproliferation policies of other countries, the mechanisms through which nuclear domino effects occur, and the role of preventive strikes in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. It also discusses the implications of the book’s finding for theory and policy, for example the need for the United States to maintain a credible sanctions policy, continue its international engagement, and work to develop more reliable policies for instituting multilateral sanctions.

Development Sociology at the Subnational Scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Lobao ◽  
Gregory Hooks
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Uneven Development ◽  
Spatial Inequality ◽  
The Body ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
State And Market

Sociologists have long studied subnational development across the United States focusing on state and market forces that contribute to spatial inequality and uneven development. Subnational research is central to development sociology's concern with the present neoliberal stage of capitalism and to numerous theoretical, substantive, and policy issues that revolve around poverty and prosperity within the nation. Yet the body of work faces a number of challenges. Research is fragmented and its potential for building broader development sociology overlooked. We provide a critical analysis of this research tradition focusing on its theoretical development and identifying a wave of shifts in economic structure and the state that require new engagement. Our analysis raises challenges for development sociology as a broader field of study. Profound state and market changes are unfolding within the United States but they remain under-theorized with implications for limiting progress in the field as a whole. We identify a series of questions that offer promising directions for future research.

An Interview-Based Study of Individual and Institutional Preparedness for Teaching IFRS

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noema E. Santos ◽  
William Clayton Quilliam
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Level ◽  
Institutional Preparation

This study uses an interview approach in order to ascertain individual and institutional preparation for implementing IFRS into curricula.  This is an important issue, due to the eventual adoption of IFRS by the United States.  The participants in the study indicate that neither individuals nor institutions have a high level of readiness for teaching IFRS.  The study then covers the implications of these findings and suggests future research possibilities.

LGBT OLDER ADULTS, CHOSEN FAMILY, AND CAREGIVING

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Knauer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
High Level

AbstractIn the United States, informal elder care is principally the responsibility of younger relatives. Adult children perform the majority of elder care and non-relatives perform only 14 percent of care. Caregiving in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, community follows a very different pattern that reflects the importance of “chosen family” in the lives of LGBT older adults. Instead of relying on relatives, LGBT older adults largely care for each other. Relatives provide only 11 percent of all elder care. This article explores the high level of caregiving by non-relatives in the LGBT community. It asks what motivates friends, neighbors, and community members to provide care for someone whom the law considers a legal stranger. It also asks what steps policy makers can take to facilitate and encourage this type of caregiving. Finally, it asks what lessons can be learned from LGBT older adults about the nature of both caregiving and community. As the aging population becomes more diverse, aging policies will have to become more inclusive to address the differing needs of various communities, including LGBT older adults. The potential lessons learned from the pattern of elder care in the LGBT community, however, extend far beyond a simple commitment to diversity.

Conditions of Confinement in American Prisons and Jails

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Wildeman ◽  
Maria D. Fitzpatrick ◽  
Alyssa W. Goldman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Federal Prisons ◽  
Road Map ◽  
State Prisons

Research on the consequences of incarceration for inmates and ex-inmates, their families, and their communities has proliferated in just the last 20 years. Yet little of this research has documented variation across facilities in conditions of confinement or how these variations in conditions of confinement shape the consequences of incarceration for inmates and ex-inmates, their families, and their communities. Also, the conditions of confinement that have to this point been considered represent a very incomplete portrait of the range of conditions of confinement inmates could face. In this review, we fill this gap in four ways. First, we provide a partial overview of possible variations in conditions of confinement. Second, we use data from multiple years of the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails and the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities to provide an assessment of how much conditions of confinement vary across American jails, state prisons, and federal prisons, with an emphasis on variation within as well as between facility types. Third, we briefly review research on conditions of confinement in the United States and, as appropriate, other developed democracies. Finally, we conclude by providing a road map for future research to further enliven this research area.

scholarly journals 30 Years of Microsurfacing: A Review

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Broughton ◽  
Soon-Jae Lee ◽  
Yoo-Jae Kim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Preventative Maintenance ◽  
History Of

Microsurfacing has been utilized in the United States since 1980 as a maintenance treatment for pavement. This paper reviews the benefits, limitations, and factors that contribute to successful applications of microsurfacing. The history of microsurfacing, as well as a definition and process description of the treatment, is included. The body of scientific work on microsurfacing is shown to promote its use in preventative maintenance programs, and the potential for microsurfacing to meet tightening environmental and budgetary restrictions is discussed. Suggestions are given for future research to expand microsurfacing’s applications and efficacy stemming from the ability of microsurfacing to be cold-applied and utilize polymers in the bitumen.

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