......There is no formula for a successful relationship, but a partnership of convenience negotiated by others tends not to work very well for either participant. I know of such a relationship, and nobody calls it quits. The relationship renews itself again and again. This arrangement does not involve any civil ceremony, wedding, or ring. I am talking about the marriage between business and aca...

“A partnership approach to development is one of the keystones of Ireland Aid. Partnership will only work effectively however if the partner country is governed well. Good governance and the building of capacity to achieve good governance will become and increasingly important element in our aid programme. Without good governance, the rule of law, respect for human rights, and democracy, no amo...

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) aggregates metadata for cultural heritage materials from 20 direct partners, or Hubs, across the United States. While the initial build-out of the DPLA’s infrastructure used a lightweight ingestion system that was ultimately pushed into production, a year’s experience has allowed DPLA and its partners to identify limitations to that system, the quali...

The current paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to benchmark the leadership efficiency of civil engineers based on the leadership flexibility space diagram. Since the traditional DEA model does not fit for this problem, a simple modification has been made to enhance the L1-Norm and CCR models to tackle the problem. The engineers are considered to be the decision making unit (DMU). Questi...

Over the years, the concept of leadership has experienced a paradigm shift − from solitary leader (centralized leadership) to de-centralized leadership or distributed leadership. This paper explores the idea that centralized leadership, as earlier suggested, negatively impacts team performance. I applied the hypothesis to cricket, a sport in which leaders play an important role in team’s succes...