Can Jugaad innovation principles be taught in schools?

When I first read Jugaad innovation by Navi Radjou and colleagues, I was so impressed that I phoned a friend in Zimbabwe to inform him of my recent enlightenment. As I progressed in reading the...

11 December 2017 8,772 10 View

Is printing money good for an economy?

At times of crisis, some OECD coutnries resort to printing money to recapitalize their banks!!! what are the economic implications in the short and/or long term? does that affect the value of...

09 October 2017 230 10 View

Following Sams and Bergman's experiment, what is your take on flipped classrooms?

A recent pedagogical innovation involves what is refered to as flipping classrooms. This consists in shifting the focus from a professor led focus to a student focus. This process involves...

08 September 2017 4,358 6 View

What are in your views some of the most effective new pedagogical practices in university teaching?

08 September 2017 7,628 57 View

How do you manage task overload?

07 August 2017 4,288 15 View

Can we guard against intellectual impostures in social science research in general and business and management ressearch in particular?

Can we guard against intellectual impostures (in the sens of Sokal and Bricmont, 1997) in the context of evaluating and publishing research? and if so, how?

06 July 2017 3,872 9 View

Why does history repeat itself?

Our history is full of stories confirming a certain type of repeated episodic determinism. Our fate also appears to succumb to repeated hisotry. Are there any known reasons for this? Although I...

07 August 2015 4,063 48 View

What is intellectual honesty?

I joined academia for a number of reasons, but mainly for the opportunity to be able to discuss, write and publish ideas honestly and impartially. Yet, I think I am getting somewhat desillusioned...

05 June 2015 9,792 36 View

What are our perspectives of evolution as species? and How are we likely to evolve?

There two distinct theses about our existence. The first is the creationist one which suggest that we were created by god. The second is evolutionist and suugests that we as well as other living...

11 December 2014 4,399 15 View

Should top journals reject papers on the basis of content, or form?

Publishing in top journal is becoming increasingly difficult. Cutting edge research is often being disregarded for reasons related essentially to FORM rather than CONTENT. Paradoxically, we tend...

11 December 2014 2,741 26 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

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02 March 2021 932 1 View

How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

How does Scientist/RG community evaluates a case study article and the impact of it on a researcher career?

An article that is published as a case study in the SJR listed journal. How much value is added to a researcher career? How it is evaluated by a scientific researcher/University admission...

02 March 2021 9,661 3 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 1 View

How to regulate SSCP temperature in simple PAGE?

I'd like to perform single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in my thesis, however I cannot control the temperature of the vertical PAGE since we are using the conventional tanks. Is there a...

02 March 2021 9,157 1 View