Creating a departmental culture for communication grants     

Michael Hecht  Roxanne Parrott 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2002,30(4):382-392

Extramural funding to support communication research influences and is influenced by the culture of our discipline, universities, and departments. Both the National Communication Association and the International Communication Association have established closer ties to funding agencies and encouraged members' grant writing pursuits through mentorship and convention programs, newsletter columns, and publicity. Universities vary in how much support they have available as infrastructure to assist in the submission and administration of grants. Some institutions facilitate extramural funding endeavors through mentoring programs, university-wide research centers, sharing of indirect costs, and space. Department cultures, too, vary in the resources available to support grants. Departments in many ways have the most direct effects on grant-supporting cultures. In addition to activities indicated for the discipline and university, departments can build a grant culture by recognizing grant writing in their personnel practices, creating systems for rewarding and supporting grant activities, and having policies in place for the many related issues (e.g., release time, indirect cost sharing, research assistants). Finally, the interpersonal culture, whether colleagues recognize and support grants, plays a major role in individual pursuit of, and satisfaction with, seeking extramural funding to support communication research.  相似文献   

Analysis of the urban/rural broadband divide in Canada: Using GIS in planning terrestrial wireless deployment   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

M. Sawada  Daniel Cossette  Barry Wellar  Tolga Kurt 《Government Information Quarterly》2006,23(3-4):454

Millions of Canadians residing in Canada's northern, isolated, rural, and remote communities do not have broadband Internet access. This situation has led to a national “broadband divide.” That is, the deployment of wireline broadband is very limited in Canada's northern, isolated, rural, and remote areas because of the significant expense of installation and maintenance of the wired infrastructure needed to reach dwellings in these locations.Terrestrial broadband wireless technology, on the other hand, does not entail the same kind of physical infrastructure. As a result, there are dramatic changes in how spatial considerations affect the provision of broadband Internet services (BIS) to areas beyond the urban zone. In particular, the spatial question is now focused on assessing the capacity for different technological solutions to reach profitable population bases, and brings to the forefront organizations that are developing non-line-of-sight (NLOS) technologies that would permit wireless Internet access over much greater distances than current solutions.We begin this paper by establishing the importance of broadband connectivity to Canada's northern, isolated, rural, and remote communities. This discussion comments on the role of the Government of Canada in the provision of broadband connectivity to residents of these communities, and outlines the current regulatory issues that govern wireless services and policy formulation.The second part of the paper illustrates the use of geographic information system (GIS) approaches in the study of wireless broadband planning and deployment. Case study findings suggest that GIS applications can make a significant contribution to the analysis of wireless deployment planning, to the understanding of the relationships between wireless signal sources and consumers, and to the spatial configuration of terrestrial wireless broadband networks. We conclude the paper by discussing how the GIS approach employed could be used to inform the public policy process with regard to increasing access to broadband Internet services in all regions of the country, and thereby providing the opportunity for all Canadians, regardless of location, to fully participate in the Information Society.  相似文献   

互联互通的金融管理信息系统之技术体系结构研究     

孙凡 《现代图书情报技术》2004,(Z1)

根据金融管理信息系统互联互通的发展要求 ,提出了借鉴美国国防信息基础设施公共操作环境 ( DII COE)的思想进行系统的技术体系结构设计的思路 ,并结合我国商业银行管理信息系统的实例进行了分析  相似文献   

Can cities shape socio-technical transitions and how would we know if they were?   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Mike Hodson  Simon Marvin 《Research Policy》2010,39(4):477-485

This paper asks two - relatively simple - questions: can cities shape socio-technical transitions? And how would we know if they were? There are three key objectives. The first of these is to set out emerging, and in our view, convincing evidence, that large world cities have political aspirations to develop purposive and managed change in the socio-technical organisation of infrastructure networks that can be characterised as ‘systemic’ transitions. The second objective is conceptual in orientation and seeks to address how we understand transitions at the scale of the city, the role of ‘the city’ in undertaking transitions, and review both the strengths and shortcomings of the multi-level perspective (MLP) on socio-technical transitions in addressing this. The third objective is to identify what an urban transition would look like, and then constructs a new framework to conceptualise and research urban transitions. The paper then summarises the key aspects and implications of our argument.  相似文献   

Urban sportscapes: An environmental deterministic perspective on the management of youth sport participation     

《Sport Management Review》2015,18(2):291-307

This paper examines sport participation from an environmental perspective by considering the dynamic role of the sportscape (built-form and supporting infrastructure) in enabling, facilitating and promoting youth sport participation. Complementing recent work by Wicker et al. (2013), we conduct a case study of the ‘geography of sport’ in the Greater Toronto Area. In the process we introduce the concept of facility ‘gravitas’ to capture the attractiveness or ‘magnetism’ of sportscape entities and thereby acknowledge the multifaceted sets of environmental factors (including the bricks-and-mortar of facilities and the supporting mechanisms such as transportation, coaches and clubs) that influence sport participation. The results demonstrate that the geography of sport is not only about where sport venue built-forms are located, but also what types of sport infrastructure are available. To develop a better understanding of sport participation it is important to assess the capacity and quality of the sportscape along with other supporting structures and facilitators. The paper points to the implications for managers and policy makers from this perspective.  相似文献   

国家科技基础条件共享平台专题服务模式的研究     

王正  袁伟  石蕾  王祎  李健 《中国科技资源导刊 (中国信息导报)》2015,(4):1-5

专题服务是国家科技基础条件共享平台为国家科技、经济和社会发展的重大创新任务提供支撑的一种服务 类型,开展专题服务模式的研究,有利于增强共享平台对国家重大创新任务的支撑服务能力和水平。文章介绍专题服 务模式的产生过程,对专题服务内涵、步骤、要素等进行分类和比较,对各类要素的特点和适用条件进行分析,并以 相关国家科技共享平台已经开展的专题服务工作为案例进行综合阐述,提出相关思考和建议,为全国各级各类科技共 享平台拓展服务模式,提高服务能力提供借鉴。  相似文献   

改革开放以来外资检验检测认证机构在华发展历程研究     

肖遥  王清  刘展 《科技管理研究》2022,(2):101-110

为系统深入研究改革开放以来外资检验检测认证机构(TIC)在华发展状况,以14家典型外资TIC机构为研究对象,将外资TIC机构在华发展历程分为探索、培育、快速发展、高质量发展4个阶段。研究发现,不同阶段外商投资政策与行业监管政策的调整直接影响到外资TIC机构在华发展战略、经营策略、业务方向、成长速度等;外资TIC机构在华发展的主要经验包括全国布局分支机构、多元业务统筹经营、开展并购抢占市场、紧贴中国市场需求、积极进军新兴领域、参与社会公益事业。基于研究发现,提出继续深化改革、强化科学监管和扶持民营机构等启示对策,以期为推进国有与民营TIC机构做大做强做优以及中国外资TIC机构监管体制机制改革提供参考借鉴。  相似文献   

Environment and Policy Factors Shaping Global E-Commerce Diffusion: A Cross-Country Comparison   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jennifer Gibbs  Kenneth L. Kraemer  Jason Dedrick 《The Information Society》2003,19(1):5-18

This article examines the key global, environmental and policy factors that act as determinants of e-commerce diffusion. It is based on systematic comparison of case studies from 10 countries--Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. It finds that B2B e-commerce seems to be driven by global forces, whereas B2C seems to be more of a local phenomenon. A preliminary explanation for this difference is that B2B is driven by global competition and MNCs that "push" e-commerce to their global suppliers, customers, and subsidiaries. This in turn creates pressures on local companies to adopt e-commerce to stay competitive. In contrast, B2C is "pulled" by consumer markets, which are mainly local and therefore divergent. While all consumers desire convenience and low prices, consumer preferences and values, national culture, and distribution systems differ markedly across countries and define differences in local consumer markets. These findings support the transformation perspective about globalization and its impacts. In terms of policy, the case studies suggest that enabling policies such as trade and telecommunications liberalization are likely to have the biggest impact on e-commerce, by making ICT and Internet access more affordable to firms and consumers, and increasing pressure on firms to adopt e-commerce to compete. Specific e-commerce legislation appears not to have as big an impact, although inadequate protection for both buyers and sellers in some countries suggests that mechanisms need to be developed to ensure greater confidence in doing business online.  相似文献   

Brazil in the Age of Electronic Commerce     

Paulo Bastos Tigre 《The Information Society》2003,19(1):33-43

E-commerce is growing rapidly in Brazil, led by information-intensive and transaction-intensive sectors such as finance, manufacturing, and retail/wholesale. However, Brazil's highly uneven income distribution is a major barrier for B2C diffusion. Government policies have emphasized promotional or enabling initiatives such as e-procurement, tax filings, and providing Internet access to social institutions. E-commerce legislation is just now being developed, and decisions on taxation are being negotiated in the context of international agreements. E-commerce raises issues for Brazil in terms of its relationship to the global economy. Although most online purchases involve imported goods, e-commerce also offers opportunities to participate in international value chains.  相似文献   

中国，英国与欧洲的客运铁路的近期发展背景     

Roderick A. SMITH Jing ZHOU 《浙江大学学报(A卷英文版)》2014,(12):925-935

本文基于作者于2014年5月在中国参观铁路建设成就时的一篇报告而写成。内容涵盖铁路发展历史简介,英国和中国铁路的对比,英国过去数十年间铁路提速情况的说明以及现有高速铁路的介绍。此外,本文还详细讨论了欧洲高铁的发展情况和铁路系统安全的分析比较,并对中国高铁的发展及英国高铁建设计划进行了说明。得出高速铁路系统在提高能量利用效率、增加旅客舒适度、控制碳排放量等方面有显著优势。  相似文献