This paper introduces a method of analysing learning situations, based on the work of Karl Popper, and applies it to some examples of softwarebased teaching innovations. The basis of Popperian analysis is identification of processes of discontinuous trial-and-improvement of “strategic theories” (students’ conjectured constructions of some sort of reality) under the selection pressures provided ...

Global games methods are aimed at resolving issues of multiplicity of equilibria and coordination failure that arise in game theoretic models by relaxing common knowledge assumptions about an underlying parameter. These methods have recently received a lot of attention when the underlying complete information game is one of strategic complements (GSC). Little has been done in this direction con...

Today’s enterprices require more information and communication in order to reduce costs under the current scarce resources, to shorten delivery time, to increase quality and product variety, in other words, are obligated to develop "an integrated information system". Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems help unleash the true potential of companies by integrating business and management pr...

The Network Economy forces managers to pursue opportunities and engage competition through alliances and networks of alliances. Managers and organisations must therefore nurture the skills that successful alliance development and management require, and attain the “partnering mindset” pertinent to this new industrial paradigm. Studies indicate that alliance success remains an elusive aspiration...

Executive Summary Since Kaplan and Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in the early 1990s, it has become widely adopted by companies and divisions within companies. The BSC was conceived as way to operationalize a company's vision and strategy. In this regard, it is a management system, or as the originators note, a tool for change within the firm or unit. Not surprisingly, the swift...

BACKGROUND This paper discusses recent developments in research support for ambulance trusts in England and Wales and how this could be designed to lead to better implementation, collaboration in and initiation of high-quality research to support a truly evidence-based service. METHOD The National Ambulance Research Steering Group was set up in 2007 to establish the strategic direction for in...

This paper looks at the role of firms in the transformation of fossil fuel based energy systems towards cleaner and greener energy systems. Firms are playing an important role in determining the speed and direction of technical change towards such energy systems. But systemic constraints and negative externalities tend to make such transformations constraint and difficult. To be able to underst...

In a market with stochastic demand at most one seller can acquire costly information about demand. Other sellers entertain idiosyncratic beliefs about the market demand and the probability that an informed seller is trading in the market. These idiosyncratic beliefs co-evolve with the potential insider’s inclination to acquire information. True demand expectations are not evolutionarily stable ...

A growing body of research emphasises sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in contrary with limited studies exploring role information technology (IT) activities. Moreover, little is known on SSCM implementation niche industries like fashion/textile-apparel industry. As most concentrated investigating IT impact business performance and profitability chain, integrating practice still scarc...