Human Elements of Chineese-Style Innovation Beyond the Knowledge-based Economic Transformation

China has been building globally one of the most powerful knowledge and innovation-based economies. The country’s main strategic goals were becoming a superpower with efficient economy that was able to minimise the object poverty and transform the country into upper-mid class income, economicaly developed region. According to the traditional Chineese maxim: “strong nation is a rich nation”, that used to be regarded as a tool holding the leading position around the world. The investments, realised by the private companies were encouraged in many cases by governmental initiatives as well. China has continually transformed the elements of its innovation strategy and refined them in the global direction of innovation. Despite of the growing literature on Chinese innovation, consensus as to a unique model of Chinese innovation management has yet to emerge. In this context, one of the most crucial but less discussed aspect can be the engagement of the well-educatated, experienced high quality labor work force in China. During the last decades you can observe a significant shifting toward the previous, cheap and huge amount labor workforce corporate attitude toward attracting and managing talents, providing Chineese manner “tailor made” onboarding and personal and professional development of the adequately recruited and selected labor workforce, eliminating the labor turnover but on different way compared to the Western countries methods. This review paper is aiming to reveal the specific features of Chineese-style Human Resource Management (HRM) practice linked with the Chineese traditions and cultural values.

Experimental Production of Biofuel using Lactose as an Enhancer to Aspergillus Niger and Saccharomyces Cerevisae

Nigeria is a rich nation in natural resources, which includes source of biofuel such as sweet potato starch etc. This starch can be converted to sugar through hydrolysis process in other to yield ethanol (biofuel). In this research work, the sweet potato peels was selected as a substrate for bioethanol production in the process, as it is rich in starch and cellulose. In this study, 5g, 10g, 15g, 20g and 25g each was weighed lactose and added to the Aspergillus Niger and Saccharomyces Cerevisae, the highest yield recorded when 20g of lactose was introduced. This achievement was observed after seven days, and the concentration of 91 ppm was highest for the sample containing 25g of lactose. The study also revealed that when lactose was added to fermentation medium together with enzyme Aspergillus Niger, the results obtained show that the 20g lactose represent a highest yield of biofuel production. In summary, the increase and subsequent decrease in pH and specific gravity of each fermented sample indicated that the reaction (fermentation) was actually occurred, that is, the conversion of the substrate to products as well as the release of CO2 as the by-product took place. Keywords: Aspergillus Niger, biofuel, starch and cellulose

Building Bombs, Building a Nation: The State, Chaebŏl, and the Militarized Industrialization of South Korea, 1973–1979

In response to US plans to withdraw troops from South Korea in the 1970s, the Park Chung Hee administration (1961–79) leveraged all defense-related civilian industries to build an independent system of weapons production. In keeping with Park's advancement of military modernization driven by strong private-sector growth, an agenda that he promoted with his banner slogan “rich nation, strong military,” large Korean companies known as chaebŏl were transformed to serve as government contractors that drove both national economic development and military modernization. A case study of one such company, Hanwha, illustrates how the state's hyper-militarization of Korean industries determined the distinct course and character of South Korea's national development. The study highlights the dynamic interplay that occurred between state actors and private-sector CEOs, managers, and laborers in shaping the chaebŏl-centered economic and defense industrialization.

The Wealth and Poverty of Cities

Much has been written about cities as engines of growth and prosperity. Cities have been centers of civilization since the beginning of history. A rich nation without cities is an impossibility. Yet, as this book explains, the central foundations of wealth and economic well-being are rooted in the attributes of nations and actions of national governments. If the nation does not work, nor will its cities. This book looks at the economy of cities through the lens of “The Ten Pillars of Urban Success,” covering a full range of policy concerns from top (i.e., sound macroeconomic management) to bottom (i.e., safe neighborhoods). Cities rich and poor around the world that are as different as New York, Vienna, Buenos Aires, and Port au Prince are examined. Urban success or failure almost always takes us back to the wise or unwise decisions of national and/or state governments. Urban success is about more than economics. Cities that have managed to produce livable urban environments for the majority of their citizens mirror the societies that spawned them. Similarly, cities that have failed are almost always signs of more deep-rooted failures. A socially cohesive city in a divided nation is an oxymoron. In the final chapter, the book proposes a critical look at America’s urban failures, its declining Rustbelt cities, and inner-city ghettos. Such failures should not have happened in the world’s richest nation. That they did is not only the sign of a deeper malaise, but also a warning to the wealthy urbanizing societies of tomorrow.

PDB, Pertumbuhan dan Pembangunan Ekonomi Di Indonesia

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country is calculated by using the production approach and influenced by the capital, human resources, natural resources, and entrepreneurship. Indonesia with the four most tremendous amounts of resources in the word has actually a potential to be a rich nation which is able to improve its people walfare. But seen from its GDP aspect, Indonesia is only at number 142 in the word.

Internal and external forces: Technology uses among English language teacher educators in South Korea

Surprisingly little has been written about the technology-related roles and practices of teacher educators. Even less is known about the adoption of technologies by teacher educators in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), even in the technology-rich nation of South Korea. The purpose of the present in-depth instrumental multiple case study was to explore internal and external forces in the integration of digital technologies into the pedagogical practices of TESOL teacher educators at a university in South Korea. Data collected over 20 weeks included four rounds of semi-structured interviews and two sets of classroom observations for each of the five focal participants, interviews with an administrator, written reflections, field notes, photographs, and document review. Five key forces were identified that worked in tension with voluntary use of technologies to mediate their extensive use in the teacher educators’ practice. This study contributes to research gaps on the roles and technology-related practices of TESOL teacher educators. TESOL program administrators and teacher educators will particularly benefit from the light shed on teacher educator cognitions and praxis in this study.

Gerakan Beli Indonesia: Sebuah Kajian tentang Mentalitas Kaya di IIBF

The condition of Indonesia that unchanged it’s because something that we build is merk, not build on the character. It’s very dangerous for Indonesia if Indonesia just build the merk and forget about the character building. For example, when going shopping are we think about that is Indonesian product or not? The Rich Nation mentality and Entrepreneurship is primer requirement for Indonesia at this time. Moreover develop of era and economic dynamical about free market impose we as Indonesia society to doing as player, not spectator. So unemployment problem and poverty can be solving. This paper will bring on the historical of Gerakan Beli Indonesia and about the mentality to be the rich nation mentality in Indonesian Islamic Business Forum (IIBF).