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Constraints to attendance at visitor attractions: the case of museums, zoos and botanic gardens

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Nowacki M.

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2015

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vol. 25

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issue 1

29-37

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The paper has employed a three-factor model of constraints, which differentiates intrapersonal, interpersonal and structural. The study was carried out on a sample of N = 981 adult residents of Poland. The three most common barriers constraining attendance at attractions were identified: availability, high entrance fees and lack of time. The constraints were found to be related to a number of socio-demographic characteristics, such as gender, age, education, size of place of residence and household income per capita. Three market segments limited by similar constraints and showing similar attraction attendance behaviour were identified with their socio-demographic characteristics.

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Novel Words with Final Combining Forms in English. A Case for Blends in Word Formation

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Tomaszewicz E.

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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2008

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vol. 44

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issue 3

363-378

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Morphological theories that assume all word formation to consist in concatenation of morphemes run into difficulties stating the defining properties of the notion of final combining forms that can be used as constituents of novel words. The novel words under consideration are of two types: (a) nouns ending in forms like -ology, -ography, -ometer, -crat, -naut, -phile; (b) nouns ending in forms like -(a)holic, -(a)thon. Forms of type (b) are only roughly identifiable due to their indeterminable size of segmental material. In this paper the notion of final combining form is called into question and ultimately rejected on the grounds that words allegedly built with final combining forms of type (b), when analysed within the theory of universal, ranked and violable constraints in its OO Correspondence version, conform to the defining properties of blends.

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Female Sport Participation In South African Rural Schools: Analysis Of Socio-Cultural Constraints

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Kubayi N. A.

European Review Of Applied Sociology

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2015

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vol. 8

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issue 10

6-10

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This study was carried out to examine constraints to sport participation among female secondary school students in Hlanganani rural area, Limpopo Province, South Africa. A total of 101 female students aged 17–24 years from four secondary schools were recruited to participate in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Results indicated that the dress code, lack of energy, lack of family support and family commitment were identified as major constraints to sport participation among female students. The results of this study provide practical implications for promoting and developing female sports programmes in rural schools. This study suggests that stakeholders such as parents, peers, and teachers should motivate and encourage female students to participate in school sport. Additionally, the study recommended that in order to promote sport participation in rural areas, the values, norms, beliefs, attitudes and customs that restrict females from participating in sport and physical activity should be dissented.

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Wh-Movement in Standard Arabic: An Optimality-Theoretic Account

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Btoosh M.

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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2010

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vol. 46

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issue 1

1-26

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This paper is meant to delineate the syntax of wh-movement in Standard Arabic within the Optimality Theory framework. The scope of this study is limited to examine only simple, relativized and indirect verbal information questions. Further restrictions also have been placed on tense and negation in that only past tense affirmative questions are tackled here.Results show that Standard Arabic strictly adheres to the OP SPEC constraint in the matrix as well as the subordinate clauses. Findings also show that Prep-Strand violation is intolerable in all types of information questions. Furthermore, the phonological manifestation of the complementizer is obligatory when the relative clause head is present or when the relative clause head is deleted and a resumptive pronoun is left behind.

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Managerial Discretion and Constraints: A Bounded Leadership Model

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Kaciak E., Kozminski A. K.

Central European Management Journal

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2019

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vol. 27(2)

2-32

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Purpose: We propose and test a new leadership model. Our model is an extension of the leaderplex model which proposes that leader cognitive and social complexities are linked with leader effec tiveness indirectly, in a mediation scheme, through behavioral complexity. We enhance the leader plex model with a leader’s degree of managerial discretion as the moderator of the links in this mediation format. Methodology: We test our model with a moderated mediation approach (Baron-Kenny four-step procedure and Preacher-Hayes bootstrapping methods). Findings: We use results of interviews with top leaders in Poland and demonstrate that a leader’s managerial discretion is a moderator affecting the mediation scheme assumed in the leaderplex model. Limitations: The sample size is only 29 leaders. To preserve the respondents’ anonymity, their opinions were evaluated by only one researcher who interviewed them directly. The results may be country specific (Poland). Originality: We define new boundary conditions for the leaderplex model by showing importance of a leader’s real position (managerial discretion) in an organization. Specifically, we show that the nature of the relationships between the variables of interest will change when a leader operates in one physical environment (e.g., high managerial discretion) rather than another (e.g., low managerial discretion). null

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Counterfactual Imagination as a Mental Tool for Innovation

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Chylińska M.

Avant

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2017

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issue 8

EN

In the article I demonstrate some of the possible ways by which counterfactual imagination can lead people to innovation and the creation of novel and valuable solutions. I start with adopting the broad definition of counterfactuals, by which counterfactual imagination is understood as the ability to imagine alternative states of affairs which can relate to the past, present or future. I explain how counterfactual imagination differs from other sorts of imaginative and creative thoughts, pointing out that counterfactual types of thinking always rely on facts and involve a change in some features of the actual world, leaving other such features unaltered. I also show that the concept of counterfactual imagination can be useful when we aim to describe the very earliest manifestations of imaginative capacities in children, which can be seen in their make-believe games. All the mentioned characteristics of counterfactual imagination are further used to examine how what if and would be sorts of thinking and imagining might influence people’s creative performance. I conclude with the suggestion that-if guided properly-counterfactual imagination could be a truly valuable mental tool for innovation. This demonstration is partly influenced by Ruth Byrne’s multi-faceted analysis of counterfactual imagination, mainly from her book, The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality.

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Counterfactual Imagination as a Mental Tool for Innovation

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Chylińska M.

Avant

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2017

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vol. 8

EN

In the article I demonstrate some of the possible ways by which counterfactual imagination can lead people to innovation and the creation of novel and valuable solutions. I start with adopting the broad definition of counterfactuals, by which counterfactual imagination is understood as the ability to imagine alternative states of affairs which can relate to the past, present or future. I explain how counterfactual imagination differs from other sorts of imaginative and creative thoughts, pointing out that counterfactual types of thinking always rely on facts and involve a change in some features of the actual world, leaving other such features unaltered. I also show that the concept of counterfactual imagination can be useful when we aim to describe the very earliest manifestations of imaginative capacities in children, which can be seen in their make-believe games. All the mentioned characteristics of counterfactual imagination are further used to examine how what if and would be sorts of thinking and imagining might influence people’s creative performance. I conclude with the suggestion that-if guided properly-counterfactual imagination could be a truly valuable mental tool for innovation. This demonstration is partly influenced by Ruth Byrne’s multi-faceted analysis of counterfactual imagination, mainly from her book, The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality.

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Where do we go from here? Method and pedagogy in language teaching

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Ur P.

ExELL

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2014

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vol. 2

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issue 1

3-11

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Language-teaching methods such as audio-lingualism or task-based instruction have been promoted at different times as the ‘best’ way to teach a foreign language. Each such method prescribes a set of learning procedures rooted in a particular theoretical conceptualization of the nature of language and language acquisition, based on linguistic and applied linguistics research. It is suggested in this article that the principles guiding teachers in selecting procedures should not be dictated by any particular method recommended by researchers or theoreticians, but should be rather defined as a pedagogy of language teaching, shaped by various general pedagogical – not only language-learning – considerations, as well as by local factors, and determined by the teacher her- or himself.

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Profitability and efficiency analysis of smallholder broiler production in Mopani district of Limpopo province, South Africa

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Isaac B. O., Tanya A. M., Mmapatla P. S.

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development

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2016

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issue 1(39)

145-154

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The study was conducted in the Mopani District of Limpopo province to determine the factors aff ecting productivity of broiler production in the area. Data were collected from 86 sampled smallholder broiler farmers in three municipalities in Mopani District namely; Greater Tzaneen municipality, Greater Letaba municipality and Maruleng municipality using a well-structured questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that feed is signifi cant at 10% level having a positive relationship with the broiler output. However, stock size and vaccines are signifi cant at 1% level, also with a positive relationship with broiler output. The study recommended that government should fi nd ways of linking the smallholder farmers in the study area with other stakeholders, governmental and private, to allow smallholder farmers have the opportunities to network and get to know how the commercial successful farms operate and see where they can improve on their production systems and marketing of products.

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Badania prowadzone w dystrykcie Mopani w prowincji Limpopo miały na celu określenie czynników wpływających na produktywność gospodarstw produkujących brojlery na tym obszarze. Dane zebrano na podstawie odpowiednio uporządkowanych kwestionariuszy z 86 przykładowych małych gospodarstw produkcyjnych w 3 magistratach w dystrykcie Mopani – Greater Tzaneen, Greater Letaba i Maruleng. Wyniki badania wskazują, że pasza ma istotny pozytywny wpływ (na poziomie 10%) na uzyskiwane wyniki produkcji brojlerów. Wielkość hodowli i używanie szczepionek są istotne na poziomie 1%, wykazując również pozytywny wpływ na wielkość produkcji. Na podstawie przeprowadzonych badań można stwierdzić, że byłoby wskazane, aby rząd umożliwił połączenie działalności małych gospodarstw na tym obszarze z innymi uczestnikami rynku, podmiotami rządowymi i prywatnymi. Dzięki temu małe gospodarstwa działające w ramach sieci zyskają dostęp do wiedzy o tym, jak funkcjonują najlepiej prosperujące gospodarstwa komercyjne i dowiedzą się, jak udoskonalić swoje systemy produkcyjne i marketing produktów

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Assessing income effect of rural development programmes: a case study of Community-Based Agriculture and Rural Development Project in Kwara State (Nigeria)

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Matthew O. A., Abraham F., Adefemi O. O.

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development

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2015

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issue 4(38)

607-616

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Globally, governments initiate various programmes to address income poverty among rural farmers. However, studies that focus on the impact of such programmes on farmers’ income are either scanty or non-existent, especially in developing countries, including Nigeria. Therefore, this study examines the impact of Community-Based Agriculture and Rural Development Project (CBARDP) in Kwara State, Nigeria. Data were obtained from 120 respondents comprising 60 benefi ciaries and 60 non-benefi ciaries of the programme. Descriptive statistics and double-diff erence estimator were used for the data analysis. The study showed that there was 46.3% increase in the income of the benefi ciaries while the non-benefi ciaries had just 7.4% increase. The study further revealed that there was a positive income diff erence of N151.27 in favour of the benefi ciaries of the project. However, the constraints to deriving a full impact of the programme by the benefi ciaries were: lack of commitment by the facilitators, lack of technical know-how, poor transportation system and inadequacy of the equipment provided. The study therefore recommends policies aimed at overhauling the activities of the facilitators, improving the technical skill of the benefi ciaries, improving the transportation system and providing the benefi ciaries with more equipment.

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Rządy wielu krajów na całym świecie realizują programy wsparcia dla rolników. Brak jednak opracowań dotyczących faktycznego wpływu tych programów na wzrost dochodów rolników lub są one bardzo nieliczne. Dotyczy to szczególnie krajów rozwijających się, w tym Nigerii. Dlatego też niniejszy artykuł poświęcono efektom wdrożenia Projektu Rozwoju Rolnictwa i Obszarów Wiejskich (CBARDP) w stanie Kwara w Nigerii. Dane pozyskano od 120 respondentów, w tym 60 benefi cjentów i 60 rolników niekorzystających z tego programu. Analizowano je metodami statystyki opisowej i DD (doubledifference estimator). Wykazały one wzrost dochodu benefi cjentów o 46,3% w porównaniu ze wzrostem o zaledwie 7,4% u rolników z pozostałej grupy. Odnotowano również pozytywny wskaźnik różnicy dochodów benefi cjentów na poziomie N151,27. Możliwości omawianego programu nie zostały jednak w pełni wykorzystane ze względu na istniejące ograniczenia: brak zaangażowania osób realizujących projekt, niewystarczającą wiedzę techniczną, słaby system transportu i brak odpowiedniego wyposażenia sprzętowego. Niniejsze opracowanie zawiera zatem zalecenia, które mają na celu zwiększenie zaangażowania osób realizujących projekt, wyposażenie ich w odpowiedni sprzęt oraz usprawnienie systemu transportu.

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Bieda jako czynnik wymuszający pozytywne innowacje w edukacji. Prezentacja innowacyjnych projektów edukacyjnych ze slumsów Brazylii i Indii

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Gałecka J.

Facta Ficta. Journal of Theory, Narrative & Media

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2021

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vol. 8

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issue 2

59-81

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Jolanta Gałecka proposes a slightly different view on poverty – as a limiting factor for the circumstances related to the compulsory nature of education, taken for granted. Giving some examples of innovative educational projects from her own experience, she describes in detail one of the most interesting projects in an Indian slum that she had the opportunity to observe. In this project, over 10 million children had the opportunity to experience the joy of reading. They were often children who did not go to school only a few months ago. In environments where families cannot afford to 'waste' a few hours a day at school – which is exactly how their parents often perceive this time, going to school is not always the norm. During the 6 or 8 hours that would be spent in school, you can earn a few cents, which is often more important than a boring and "who-knows-what-for" school education. In such conditions, the assumptions, indisputable in the developed countries, such as compulsory education, universal usefulness or the necessity of education, and the general acceptance of the obviousness of school, disappear. If someone wants to have children go to school, he or she has to look at school from a completely different perspective – look at the children, their needs and the environment from which they come. As a result, some projects are being created that are also worth imitating in European schools. One of them is the pedagogical approach of Geeta Dharmarajan, the founder of the Katha organization, invented over 30 years ago and developed in the student community and in cooperation with it. Katha has been teaching children the joy of reading, the joy of development and the joy of being in school for 33 years. The joy of reading, or rather the will to provide it to all the children in India, is a consistently implemented keynote of all activities carried out by Geeta. The real key to success, however, was not to provide books (Katha has already published over 300 different titles), but to understand the needs of local communities and work closely with them.

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The Constraints and Problems in Team Performance Management

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Ulrych W.

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie

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2014

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issue 9(933)

95-108

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A wide range of factors can affect team performance: setting clear and achievable goals, allocating individual work, utilizing an individual’s skills, monitoring performance, maintaining team cohesion and identity, being able to handle internal conflicts, maintaining relationships with other teams, systems and resources available to teams and the quality of leadership. These problems and constraints affecting team performance management (TPM) are found on a global scale irrespective of a country’s individual work culture. This paper presents the nature of team performance management in order to discuss common TPM problems and constraints in the context of worldwide research findings. Environmental factors and team dynamics consistently influence team effectiveness. It is now clear that there is a need for future research to look at the complexity of team dynamics over time.

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Wiele czynników może wpływać na efektywność zespołów: określenie jasnych i możliwych do osiągnięcia celów, indywidualny przydział obowiązków, wykorzystanie umiejętności danej osoby, monitorowanie wydajności, zachowanie spójności i tożsamości zespołu, umiejętność zarządzania wewnętrznymi konfliktami, relacje z innymi zespołami, a także systemy i źródła dostępne zespołom oraz jakość przywództwa. Wskazane problemy i ograniczenia wpływają na zarządzanie zespołową efektywnością i są znane powszechnie bez względu na indywidualną kulturę pracy danego kraju. W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono naturę zarządzania efektywnością pracowników w celu wskazania powszechnych problemów i ograniczeń w zarządzaniu zespołową efektywnością w kontekście światowych wyników badań. Warto zaznaczyć, że czynniki środowiskowe i dynamika zespołu wpływają na zespołową efektywność. We wnioskach wskazuje się, że istnieje potrzeba dalszych badań w zakresie uchwycenia złożoności dynamiki zespołu wraz z upływem czasu.

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La tutelle de La Vie mode d’emploi de Georges Perec dans 209 rue Saint-Maur de Ruth Zylberman est-elle ludique ou existentielle ?

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Shiotsuka S.

Quêtes littéraires

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2023

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issue 13

154-161

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In this paper, we examine the relationship between the Oulipian aspect of G. Perec’s Life A User’s Manual (1978) and R. Zylberman’s investigation in her book 209 Saint-Maur Street (2020). If we dwell on this comparison, it is because there is a twist between them: on the one hand, this reportage is certainly a fine example of ‘investigative literature’, but it is not, unlike Perecquian reportages, under the domination of ‘existential constraints’; on the other, it is set in collective housing, as is the case with Perec’s novel, but without resorting to linguistic constraints. In the end, we show that the tutelage of Life A User’s Manual in the book of Zylberman is existential in nature, but with a hint of Oulipian playfulness.

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Dans cet article, nous examinons quelle est la relation entre l’aspect oulipien de La Vie mode d’emploi (1978) de G. Perec et l’investigation chez R. Zylberman dans son livre 209 rue Saint-Maur Paris Xe, autobiographie d’un immeuble (2020). Si nous nous attardons sur cette comparaison, c’est qu’il existe une torsion entre eux : d’un côté, ce reportage est certes un bel exemple de « littérature d’investigation », mais il n’est pas, à la différence des reportages d’obédience perecquienne, sous la domination de « contraintes existentielles » ; de l’autre, il a pour décor un logement collectif, comme c’est le cas pour le roman de Perec, sans toutefois recourir aux contraintes langagières. Nous démontrons que la tutelle de La Vie mode d’emploi dans le livre de Zylberman est de nature plutôt existentielle mais un tant soit peu teintée de ludisme oulipien.

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Constraints to attendance at visitor attractions: the case of museums, zoos and botanic gardens

Novel Words with Final Combining Forms in English. A Case for Blends in Word Formation

Female Sport Participation In South African Rural Schools: Analysis Of Socio-Cultural Constraints

Wh-Movement in Standard Arabic: An Optimality-Theoretic Account

Managerial Discretion and Constraints: A Bounded Leadership Model

Counterfactual Imagination as a Mental Tool for Innovation

Counterfactual Imagination as a Mental Tool for Innovation

Where do we go from here? Method and pedagogy in language teaching

Profitability and efficiency analysis of smallholder broiler production in Mopani district of Limpopo province, South Africa

Assessing income effect of rural development programmes: a case study of Community-Based Agriculture and Rural Development Project in Kwara State (Nigeria)

Bieda jako czynnik wymuszający pozytywne innowacje w edukacji. Prezentacja innowacyjnych projektów edukacyjnych ze slumsów Brazylii i Indii

The Constraints and Problems in Team Performance Management

La tutelle de La Vie mode d’emploi de Georges Perec dans 209 rue Saint-Maur de Ruth Zylberman est-elle ludique ou existentielle ?