Globally, biogas technology has been touted by academics, international organizations, United Nations, and pressure groups, among others, as an effective tool for protecting the planet against degradation. As such, stakeholders in sector have made some policy recommendations toward that goal. These include a global campaign support of energy sustainable development, climate financing community,...

Following the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in South Korea, this research aims to examine the structural effect of public health network explaining collaboration effectiveness, which is defined as joint efforts to improve quality of service provision, cost savings, and coordination. We tested the bonding and bridging effects on collaboration effectiveness during the MERS...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of open source projects in health care environment and the level of collaboration in this field. We underpinned our discussion on the theoretical foundations of institutional theory, collaboration and virtual organisations. This article reports briefly the challenges of health care information systems and open source software as a possib...

Collaboration as a phenomenon is germane to educational success. This is because it creates a platform for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and skills. This study is concentrated on collaboration among library and information professionals in West Africa. It established perception of LIS Educators in West Africa about collaboration, identified areas of collaboration and the extent of LIS Educat...

Collaboration and the exchange of knowledge is supposed to be eased by geographical proximity because of the tacit character of knowledge. Recently a number of scholars criticized this view on geographical proximity for being oversimplified and argue that the precise role of geographical proximity for knowledge exchange and collaboration still remains unclear. This paper analyses the role of ge...

C ollaborative institutions, which involve the collective decision-making by multiple political agencies, communities, and stakeholders, are becoming increasingly important for addressing policy dilemmas that are not bound within a single jurisdiction. This is especially true in the environmental arena ~Wondolleck and Yaffee 2000; Karkkainen 2002; Koontz et al. 2004; Lubell 2004; McKinney and H...

We sought to determine whether competition for community-based training sites exists among health professions schools, and to examine faculty and senior administrators' perspectives on institutional collaboration for community-based education. Eight academic health centers (AHCs) in the USA were selected by objective criteria for their significant community involvement. Chief executive officers...