Canonical Action Research (CAR) is a methodology for developing, testing and learning about information systems strategies through the use of real-world experiments. The methodology is based on five principles to ensure rigor and relevance. The first principle relates to the development of a researcher-client agreement (RCA) that facilitates collaboration between the researcher and the client. ...

Investigators Shingo Kazama, Ph.D. Group Leader, Chief Researcher, Chemical Research Group, RITE Katsunori Yogo, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Chemical Research Group, RITE Teruhiko Kai, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Chemical Research Group, RITE Ikuo Taniguchi, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Chemical Research Group, RITE Kazuya Goto, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Chemical Research Group, RITE Shuhong Duan, Ph.D. R...

the aim of this study was to explain and prioritize the barriers facing privatization of sports in iran. first, complementary data were gathered, coded and analyzed through the review of the theoretical bases, comparative studies and deep semi–structured interviews with experts in order to identify the barriers facing privatization of sports. after identifying the barriers, the obtained variabl...

R.K. Chailakhyan, MD, DSc, Senior Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Stromal Immunity Regulation1; Yu.V. Gerasimov, PhD, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Stromal Immunity Regulation1; V.I. Yusupov, PhD, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Laser Chemistry2; A.P. Sviridov, DSc, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Laser Chemistry2; A.Kh. Tambiev, DSc, Professor, Leading Researcher, Department of Bio...

When we were given the challenge of expressing our views of research as the researcher‟s story, we intended to talk primarily about the ways in which our personal lives mediated our research work. While this remains one of the aspects of what we want to share, in our negotiations and conversations about writing this column we became aware of what brought us together to write a common article on...

Economists are quick to assume opportunistic behavior in almost every walk of life other than our own. Our empirical methods are based on assumptions of human behavior that would not pass muster in any of our models. The solution to this problem is not to expect a mass renunciation of data mining, selective data cleaning or opportunistic methodology selection, but rather to follow Leamer’s lead...

BACKGROUND The researcher role is highly debated in qualitative research. This article concerns the researcher-researched relationship. METHODS A group of health science researchers anchored in various qualitative research traditions gathered in reflective group discussions over a period of two years. RESULTS Efforts to establish an anti-authoritarian relationship between researcher and res...

Political socialization is the process by which the transition of political cultures takes place from one generation to another.In the other words political socialization is continuous in whole of life, in which political personality of people is formed. Many factors affect people political socialization that some of them are; Family, Mass Media, School and Peer Groups. This research represents...

The companion modeling approach was used to facilitate collective learning process of key stakeholders of a highland watershed in northern Thailand, where a socialagroecosystem is located within the multiple political layers of resource uses and management. After analysis of the system, role-playing games (RPG) were conducted with stakeholders using simplified rules and a virtual environment. P...