Research Methodology. To analyse the growth processes of technology-based new ventures I conducted a survey among entrepreneurial firms. Due to the large sample size, this method is usually very reliable and enables the researcher to generalise the corresponding findings. The survey in this study has a longitudinal design. This design allows me to track the evolution of dynamic capabilities in a larger sample of entrepreneurial firms as discrete events over time. The survey population comprises a set of German technology-based new ventures that survived a predefined observation period and thus are ex ante considered as successful. All sample firms are located in one region. By focusing on a certain geographical area, I eliminate environmental influences such as infrastructure, access to labour markets, educational and scientific institutions, government support, etc. These effects often have a significant impact on the evolution of start-up firms and may inhibit the comparability of the sample companies. To ensure a large population of entrepreneurial ventures, I chose an innovative cluster for the survey. Innovative clusters facilitate regional entrepreneurial activity (Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, and Xxxxxxxx 2001). In fact, entirely new industries such as semiconductors, biotechnology, microcomputers, or information and communication technologies have developed in specific geographic regions (Xxxxxxx 2001). A major source for the foundation of new firms is tacit knowledge. This knowledge is usually developed in regional clusters and cannot be diffused easily across geographic areas (Xxxxxx and von Xxxx 0000; Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx 2001). The entrepreneurial activity within the cluster is mostly determined by its regional strength (Sternberg 1996). This strength is often influenced by the existence of active research universities, strong local networks, and venture capital (Xxxxxxx 2001). A region with high entrepreneurial activity is the area around Munich. It is considered as “the heartland of the entrepreneurial régime” in Germany (Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2002, p. 117). In particular, the biotech cluster at Martinsried, a Munich suburb, still constitutes a major European centre for life sciences (Lehrer and Xxxxxxx 0000x; Lehrer and Xxxxxxx 2004b). Thus, I decided to limit the population of this study to technology-based new ventures in the Munich region. To show the evolution of dynamic capabilities in technology-based start-ups, the observation period starts with the foundatio...
Research Methodology. The activities which took place during task 2 of work package 1 were divided into the following three phases (outlined in Figure 1): Figure1: Task 2 phases – process-tool design, data collection, and data analysis Phase 1. Initially, the study and research plan has been discussed and decided among the partners. Search keywords regarding training programs in e-Governance area have been defined, and geographical search areas have been allocated to each partner and the training programs metadata to be collected have been specified. The Workshop and questionnaire design, to include the wider e-Governance community in the study, took place in this phase.
Research Methodology. The research used a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. First, the con- sultant thoroughly reviewed the relevant documents provided by the project teams and the local pilot teams. These documents include reports from the local pilot teams, inter- nal reports of the project and VGCL with regards to MEBAs, statistics of companies partic- ipating in the MEBAs, and previous studies on MEBAs. To make an assessment of the MEBAs and lay the foundation for replication of the experi- ments, it is crucial that the impacts of the MEBAs are quantifiable. Therefore, a survey that focused on the economic and social impacts of the agreements on workers and management of the participating companies was conducted. Two questionnaires, one for the management and the other for the union leadership, were sent by email to each of the participating companies via the VGCL’s Industrial Relations Department and the provincial FOLs. The participating companies and grassroot unions filled in the question- naires and sent directly back to either the consultant or NIRF Project.
Research Methodology. The project will be undertaken by a research group, in addition to the PI consisting of a doctoral candidate, a postdoctoral researcher, and an IT expert. The PI will refer to three main methods, the first and foremost the comparative, cross-lingual analysis of inscriptions (comparative epigraphy). The PI will also attempt to apply several concepts developed by sociolinguistics on the functioning of languages and dialects, checking if there are corresponding phenomena in ancient societies, and if they are helpful in explaining the importance of the choice of language in inscriptions. In particular, the spatial functioning of texts on public display will be explored, and spatial modelling of data from sites where inscriptions in more than one language have been found will also be pursued. Thirdly, the team will work using an advanced database of non-Greek monumental inscriptions from the early Byzantine East, allowing one to export the epigraphical data compliant with the EpiDoc standard.
Research Methodology. Several methodologies exist within the qualitative paradigm such as case study, ethnography, longitudinal study, survey and action research (ICEPE and UEL, 2015a). Case study was not adopted as it explores unique instances, single cases and is non- interventionist (Xxxxx et al, 2011; Xxxxx et al, 2011). Ethnography was unsuited as it is characterised by the study of wide databases, collecting data over long periods of time (ibid). While ethnography focuses on participants’ perceptions, the length of time required and this research’s focus on changing practice makes ethnography unsuitable. Longitudinal study involves observing variables in a sample over a long time frame (Xxxxx et al, 2011). As this research does not involve variables and is not concerned with developments over time, longitudinal study would not address the research questions. Survey offers descriptions and explanations of phenomena affecting wide populations, generating large scale, generalizable data (ibid), which is not the focus of this research. It was therefore unsuited. Action research (AR) was adopted as it is well suited to studying small samples (Xxxxx et al, 2011; XxXxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, 2010); is designed for short study schedules to facilitate the planning, acting, observing and reflecting cycle and can therefore be accommodated in short time frames (Xxxxx et al, 2012). AR allows for enquiry based on self-reflection (Xxxxx et al, 2011; XxXxxx, 2017). It serves to improve the researcher’s and others’ practice (ibid); it facilitates learning through the design and implementation of intervention (ibid) and it provides the opportunity to clarify and evaluate the values base of the researcher’s practice (XxXxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, 2010, Xxxxx et al, 2011).
Research Methodology. The research methodology used to explain the implementation of IJEPA after the agreed between two countries:
Research Methodology. The study used quantitative research. Quantitative research relies on deductive reasoning or deduction (Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx, 2016). Quantitative research gives simple descriptive and relationship among variable (Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, 2014). The target population was 550 employees (University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) data base 2021). The study targeted employees who work at casualties and emergency department, nursing care department, and clinical and diagnostic department at University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). The use of stratified random sampling reduces bias, is relatively inexpensive, increases accessibility of study population, seed data collection and gives a true representation of target population (Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx, 2014). A sample of 210 respondents was determined, and the questionnaire was distributed to collect information to meet the research objectives. At the end of the data collection period, of the 210 questionnaires administered, 100 survey questionnaires were completed and collected. This was due to tight schedule of the staff and rotational duty roaster. The researcher had a time frame for completion of the survey. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data. The study used both primary and secondary. Structured questionnaires are simple to administer and relatively inexpensive to analyze. The questionnaire was self-administered. Data collected from the field was cleaned, coded, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Results were presented in the form of mean, frequency and standard deviation. Demographic profiles were presented in figures and tables. Regression and correlation analysis was done to determine relationship between variables. Correlation analysis was adopted to establish the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
Research Methodology. This research methodology is likely to be descriptive in nature. In this study authors used Secondary data for collection.
Research Methodology. This paper mainly uses theoretical research methods such as the method of analyzing and synthesizing theory, method of classification and systematizing theory. Theoretical analysis method: is the method of theoretical analysis into facets, parts, relationships based on time history to identify, discover and exploit different aspects of the theory, then select the necessary information for the research project. Theoretical synthesis method: is a method that combines the aspects, parts, information relationships from collected theories into a whole to create a complete new and insightful theoretical system on the topic of research. Theoretical classification method: is a method of arranging scientific documents into a strict logical system according to each side, each unit of knowledge, and each scientific problem, which has the same signs of nature and has the same development direction to be easily identifiable and easy to use for research purposes, to help discover the laws of development of objects, the development of scientific knowledge so as to predict new development trends of science and Practice. Theoretical systematization method: is a method of arranging the diverse information gathered from different sources and documents into a system with a strict structure (from a systematic point of view - the structure of building a theoretical model in scientific research) from which to build a completely new theory that helps the subject to be fully and deeply understood. Based on the above two methods, the writer will search and collect secondary sources of information and data on the web, books and newspapers to get information about the content of the CP - TPP agreement, the effects of Agreement as well as bring opportunities and challenges for the economy of Vietnam.
Research Methodology. This report examines contemporary academic journal articles and grey literature evaluating the economic, legal, and policy considerations of formal water markets or water banking in the western United States and relevant international contexts. It includes a thorough review of literature with a focus on Washington State and the Yakima Basin from the last 20 years. Our research targeted references to either water banks and/or water banking, water markets and/or water marketing, water transfers, water reallocation, or water right exchanges (see Appendix A for a search string listing). We performed our literature search in six databases— Scopus, Xxxx, Proquest Dissertation, Proquest Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Database, Google, and Google Scholar—to identify relevant articles in legal and academic journals in addition to government and non-governmental reports. We limited our search to reports published after 2008 to focus our review recent findings and recommendations. We augmented our review of water marketing specific to Washington and Oregon by expanding the qualifying time frame to documents published after 1998 for documents that explicitly mentioned these states. TU and KRD provided additional literature specific to the Yakima Basin that were not produced in our search to be included in our review (these documents are specifically discussed in Chapter 4). The initial literature search produced 446 documents that met the search criteria, including 44 documents from the expanded search of literature specific to Oregon and Washington. To reduce the amount of literature to consider, we narrowed our search with two rounds of screening. First, we refined the scope to literature focused primarily on Australia, Canada, Chile, and the western United States—areas with legal division of land and water rights and literature on public perception of water markets. This round of screening removed 146 documents from consideration. The second round of screening was to identify articles that were deemed most relevant to the consideration of the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan. Relevance was determined by: 1) discussion of formal water trading, 2) analysis or assessment of performance of instituted water markets, and/or 3) a consideration of the impacts of a government entity’s involvement, as a water market user or regulator. This round of screening removed articles that focused on abstract economic theory or hypothetical water ...
