Structuring an Inter-sector Research Partnership: A Negotiated Zone

Structuring for strategic partnership - a new focus for library learning, teaching and research services

In 2015 the La Trobe University Library implemented a new structure that is more closely aligned with the university aspirations for the future of learning, teaching and research. Central to the University’s future vision is a shift to blended learning and increased emphasis on research. To match this future direction the library now has distinct teams aligned with learning and teaching and wit...

Efficiency Standards versus Negotiated Agreements in the Electrical Appliance Sector

Energy labelling and minimum efficiency performance standards have proved to be very effective in stimulating energy efficiency improvement in the domestic appliance sector. But standards suffer from long and often difficult implementation periods because of the resistance of the industrial sector. As a consequence, the question has been raised as to whether similar results could not be obtaine...

Private Sector Development and Partnership Strategy

Public/private sector partnership for emerging infections.

This paper gives examples of public/private partnerships that support research, support drug development and that advance policy development, suggesting that such partnerships can advance our understanding and control of emerging infections. The investment in emerging infectious diseases from government and from industry is currently much larger than that from philanthropy. Nevertheless philant...

Structuring the Development of Inter-organizational Systems

In this paper we argue that there are two basic types of Business-toBusiness integration (B2Bi), each of which requires a different information systems development approach. A framework is set up to structure the development of intra and interorganizational systems. The framework has three dimensions, the first one showing business and ICT (Information and Communication Technology), the second ...