Inter-Institutional Cooperation and Research

Governance of Inter-Organizational Research Cooperation

Companies face increasing challenges in research due to higher costs and risks. The intensifying technology complexity and interdisciplinarity require unique know-how. Therefore, companies need to decide whether research shall be conducted internally or externally with partners. On the other hand, research institutes meet increasing efforts to achieve good financing and to maintain high researc...

Inter-institutional Communications and Process Innovation: Inter-institutional System and Collaborative Work Process

The purpose of this research is to provide a contextual analysis of the introduction of an inter-institutional system IIS . An exploratory case study was conducted to assess the consequences of implementing a videoconferencing system in three public institutions. Respondents reported radically different experiences with the IISvideoconference system. Activity theory is used as a framework for a...

Interdisciplinary and inter-institutional differences in learning preferences among Malaysian medical and health sciences students

Introduction: The learner-centred approach in medical and healthsciences education makes the study of learning preferences relevant andimportant. This study aimed to investigate the interdisciplinary, interinstitutional, gender and racial differences in the preferred learningstyles among Malaysian medical and health sciences students in threeMalaysian universities, namely SEGi University (SEGi)...

Institutional Change, Collective Action and Cooperation

Institutional change, collective action, and cooperation are closely related. The connection between institutional change and collective action comes from the fact that both democratic political institutions and norms of behavior are collectively chosen: they are the result of a collective action process. Collective action, however, requires a solution to the cooperation problem, for it is usua...

Inter-Institutional Co-operation and Interactive Multimedia