World Sustainable Development Outlook 2011

Sharing Knowledge Making a Difference: The Role of International Scientific Cooperation
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-907106-23-1
Verlag: World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten

The World Sustainable Development Outlook series has been developed to provide an overview of sustainable development, to discuss why it is important and to provoke forward thinking on the development of a more coherent approach to solving global problems related to sustainability through science and technology. In doing so, a holistic approach is used to critically examine the interrelationship between the natural, governmental, economic and social dimensions of our world and how science and technology can contribute to solutions. This is a truly global source book, which is reflected in the varied national and cultural origins of the contributors, as well as the topics and case studies covered. Each year a different theme will be covered.Outlook 2011 includes a selection of the best papers presented during the 9th International Conference of World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) under the theme “Sharing Knowledge Making a Difference: The Role of International Scientific Cooperation.” Papers in this book critically propose new ways to return to the basic principles of international scientific co-operation between developed and developing countries (DCs), supporting partnerships and sharing knowledge. It is hoped that this book will help to stimulate debate amongst scholars, researchers and policy-makers.

The six main parts of the book are: Science, Technology and Innovation, ICTs and Knowledge Management, Education, Learning and Public Policy, International Business, Entrepreneurship and Development, Sustainability Management and the Environment,Public Health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahmed, Allam

Busler, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements and sponsors

Conference research tracks

Contributors

Preface

Allam Ahmed and Michael Busler

Part I: Science technology and innovation management

1. Open innovation in the biomedical sector: An alternative approach to organizational value extraction

Thomas Hedner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Tobias Thornblad, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Björn Remneland, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Magnus Klofsten, Linköping University, Sweden

2. Globalisation of innovations: India’s S&T cooperation policy towards the developing countries

Pranav N. Desai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

3. Application of science and technology for agricultural revival in India Seema Joshi, University of Delhi, India

Part II: ICTs and knowledge management

4. Internetisation management utilization in entrepreneurial start ups: A case reportAdli Abouzeedan, Karl Maack and Thomas Hedner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

5. Creating sustainable and responsible supply chains through human resource and information system integrationIan M. Langella, Viet Dao and Jerry Carbo, Shippensburg University, USA

6. Three key ingredients of successful intervention programs designed to encourage girls to study and succeed in computing: Make it real, make it cooperative, make them confident

Jill Gerhardt, Richard Stockton College, USA

Part III: Education, learning and public policy

7. Public sector education and collective bargaining – Public policies for a socially sustainable economy

Jerry Carbo, Viet Dao and Ian Langella, Shippensburg University, USA

8. Assessment as a tool of learning: Does one size fit all?Siham El-Kafafi, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

9. Business plan competitions in an academic setting – A concept overview and its connection to the venture creation process

Karl Maack, Tobias Thornblad, Adli Abouzeedan and Thomas Hedner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Part IV: International business, entrepreneurship and development

10. Exploring the strategic benefits of business incubation: An international perspective

Hanadi Mubarak Al-Mubaraki, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Michael Busler, Richard Stockton College, USA

11. Foreign direct investment spillover effects on Malaysia’s economic growth

Elsadig Musa Ahmed and Nur Hamizah Mohamed Azmi, Multimedia University, Malaysia

12. Culture and economic development: an exploratory study of selected Indian cultural and temporal values

Beverlee B. Anderson, California State University, San Marcos, USA

13. Venture Cup – the Nordic business plan competition

Karl Maack, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Magnus Klofsten, Linköping University, Sweden

Thomas Hedner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

14. Application of business incubators in Europe: A SWOT analysis

Hanadi Mubarak Al-Mubaraki, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Michael Busler, Richard Stockton College, USA

Part V: Sustainability management and the environment

15. Sustainable livelihoods: towards the identification of a Caribbean definition

Corinne Gregoire, Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies, Trinidad and Tobago

16. Temperature and precipitation trends in the U.S. from 1931–2000

Weihong Fan and Colleen Carroll, Richard Stockton College, USA

17. Sustainability in casino design and operation

Krista Sykes, Architecture In Context, USA

Chaser Gaffney, SOSH Architects, USA

Tom Sykes, SOSH Architects, USAIsrael Posner, Richard Stockton College, USA

18. Production, pesticide usage, and labor costs of apple farms in the Northeastern US and North China - A comparative case study

Weihong Fan, Richard Stockton College, USA

Raymond G. Mueller, Richard Stockton College, USA

Weili Qiu, Beijing Normal University, China

Michael J. Hozik, Richard Stockton College, USA

19. Tragedy of the underutilized crops and people with changing climate: A case from Chepang tribal communities of Nepal

Bed Prasad Khatiwada, ActionAid International Nepal, NepalBhim Choulagain, SECARD Nepal, Nepal

Surendra Osti, SECARD Nepal, Nepal

20. Female labour force participation: the case of Trinidad and Tobago

Karen A. Roopnarine and Dindial Ramrattan, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago

Part VI: Public health

21. Globesity in action: Systematic review and pilot intervention to assess the potential health benefit of moderate physical activity

Miryem Salah, University College London, UKIhab Tewfik, University of Westminster, UK

22. Childhood obesity, an international problem with a local plan

M. Alysia Mastrangelo, Richard Stockton College, USA

Edward C. Chaloupka, Rowan University, USA

23. Reduction of aflatoxin –B1 in cocoa beans contaminated with aspergillus flavus by the essential oil of aframomum danielli using response surface methodology

Aroyeun Shamsideen Olusegun, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Nigeria

Adegoke Gabriel Olanrewaju, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Varga Janos, University of Szeged, Hungary

24. The difference between meal frequencies, and some specific food frequencies with and without family among Saudi adolescent females

Latifah Mohammed AL-Oboudi, Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia

Dalal Abdullah AL-Khudhayri, Alkharj University, Saudi Arabia

25. Reduction of the negative effect of ochratoxin A on the organs of rats fed ochratoxin A contaminated chocolate by the spice aframomum danielli

Aroyeun Shamsideen Olusegun, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Nigeria

Adegoke Gabriel Olanrewaju, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Varga Janos, University of Szeged, Hungary

26. Public health-nutrition intervention programme to attenuate the progression of HIV to AIDS among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Abuja, Nigeria: A conceptual framework

Abraham Mainaji Amlogu, University of Westminster,UK & State House Medical Centre, Nigeria

Sundus Tewfik, London Metropolitan University, UK

Charles Wambebe, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

Kate Godden, University of Westminster, UKIhab Tewfik, University of Westminster, UK