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Questioning the Entrepreneurial State: Status-quo, Pitfalls, and the Need for Credible Innovation Policy (International Studies in Entrepreneurship #53)
by Karl Wennberg Christian SandströmThe 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have made the authorities to increasingly turn inward and use ethnocentrism, protectionism, and top-down approaches to guide policy on trade, competition, and industrial development. The continuing aftereffects of such policies range from the rise and seeming success of authoritarian states, rise of populist and protectionist trends, and evolving academic agendas inspiring the reemergence of top-down industrial policies across the world. This open access edited volume contains contributions from over 30 scholars with expertise in economics, innovation, management, and economic history. The chapters offer unique theoretical and empirical contributions discussing topics such as how industrial policies affect risk, incentives, and information for investments. They also address the policy perspectives on new technologies such as AI and its implications for market entry, the role for independent entrepreneurship in increasingly regulated markets, and whether governments should focus on market interventions or institutional capacity-building. Questioning the Entrepreneurial State initiates a much sought-after debate on the notion of an Entrepreneurial State. It discusses the dangers of top-down approaches to industrial policy, examines lessons from such approaches for future policy design, and calls attention to the progress of open and contestable markets in a sound economy and society. “Creative destruction, innovation and entrepreneurship are at the core of economic growth. The government has a clear role, to provide the basic fabric of a dynamic society, but industrial policy and state-owned companies are the boulevard of broken dreams and unrealized visions. This important message is convincingly stated in Questioning the Entrepreneurial State.” Anders Borg, former Minister of Finance, Sweden “Misreading the dynamism of American entrepreneurship, European intellectuals and policy makers have embraced a dangerous fantasy: catching up requires constructing an entrepreneurial state. This book provides a vital antidote: The entrepreneur comes first: The state may support. It cannot lead.”Amar Bhidé, Thomas Schmidheiny Professor of International Business, Tufts University “This important new book subjects the emergence of the entrepreneurial state, which reflects a shift in the locus of entrepreneurship from the individual to the public sector, to the scrutiny of rigorous analysis. The resulting concerns, flaws and biases inherent in the entrepreneurial state exposed are both alarming and sobering. The skill and scholarly craftsmanship brought to bear in this crucial analysis is evident throughout the book, along with the even, but ultimately consequential thinking of the authors. A must read for researchers and thought leaders in business and policy." David Audtretsch, Distinguished Professor, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, Indiana University
Questioning the New Public Management
by John ChandlerThe book contains a wealth of detailed and fascinating case studies of New Public Management (NPM) in practice in the UK, exploring the enactment of NPM in its specific organizational contexts. A range of public services are covered including local government, education, social work and the police, with particular attention paid to the National Health Service. The editors introduce the case studies through an examination of the 'hydra-headed' nature of NPM, its variability between sectors and its contested character. This provides themes that are developed within the case studies, where, in varying organizational contexts, the meaning of NPM is negotiated and its impact on those working in the organization is explored. The book points to the complex, fluid and negotiated character of NPM, as well as its centrality in reconfiguring occupational identities and relations within public service organizations.
Questionnaire Design
by Ian BraceQuestionnaires are vital for the market researcher: they draw accurate information from respondents, give structure to interviews, provide a standard form on which facts, comments and attitudes can be recorded, and facilitate data processing. Questionnaire Design explains the role of questionnaires in market research and looks at different types of questionnaire, examining when and how they should be deployed. The book explains how to plan, structure and compose the right questionnaire for the research you are undertaking. Fully updated with new content on encouraging respondent involvement, this new edition also includes the latest information on online and mobile questionnaires, their problems and potential. This book will be a useful addition to the bookshelf of every student or practitioner of market research.
Questionnaire Design and Development
by Alvin J. SilkAn introduction to the design of questionnaires administered in surveys undertaken in management and social science research. Outlines a multistep process for developing a questionnaire.
Questionnaire Design: How to Plan, Structure and Write Survey Material for Effective Market Research
by Ian Brace Kate BoltonYou can't write a good questionnaire unless you know exactly what you are trying to achieve. But gaining this clarity is the hardest challenge of all. This comprehensive guide provides you with tools and guidance on how to tackle this real-world challenge.Whether applying to business positioning, consumer insights, employee feedback or product analysis, the ability to gauge a market snapshot on a global scale is escalating the demand for online survey and questionnaire data, making Questionnaire Design an essential addition to every professional's shelf. This book provides practical guidelines to plan, structure and compose questionnaires across all industries and purposes, ensuring valuable data insights are captured with accuracy and efficiency.Now fully revised, this fifth edition of Questionnaire Design addresses some of the modern-day challenges facing questionnaires in an ever changing business landscape. In this new edition, explore advances in behavioural science and more in-depth review of neuroscience approaches in questionnaires to achieve more focused surveys. Readers can expect easier navigation to key points that will make using this guide whilst in the process of writing a questionnaire easier than ever.
Questionnaire Design: How to Plan, Structure and Write Survey Material for Effective Market Research (Market Research in Practice)
by Ian BraceMarket research in business is changing. Questionnaire Design, fourth edition, delivers a complete handbook for the mounting challenge of acquiring more data in less time, generating an entire rethink on how data is collected. The growth in mobile devices is limiting the readability of traditional measurement tools, new consumer channels are altering access, whilst time spent answering questions is decreasing exponentially. This book provides practical guidelines to plan, structure and compose questionnaires across all industries and purposes, ensuring valuable data insights are captured with accuracy and efficiency.Fully updated, the fourth edition of Questionnaire Design includes a new chapter on how to navigate the multiple software options available, with guidance on how to engage and retain respondents earlier on at planning stage, using new mobile design approaches and measurement tools. Updates also cover advances in data privacy, maximizing international reach and managing the transition from face-to-face surveys towards soft launches online. Whether applying to business positioning, consumer insights, employee feedback or product analysis, the ability to gauge a market snapshot on a global scale is escalating the demand for online survey and questionnaire data, making this is an essential addition to every professional's shelf.
Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life
by Hal Gregersen Ed CatmullWhat if you could unlock a better answer to your most vexing problem—in your workplace, community, or home life—just by changing the question?Talk to creative problem-solvers and they will often tell you, the key to their success is asking a different question.Take Debbie Sterling, the social entrepreneur who created GoldieBlox. The idea came when a friend complained about too few women in engineering and Sterling wondered aloud: "why are all the great building toys made for boys?" Or consider Nobel laureate Richard Thaler, who asked: "would it change economic theory if we stopped pretending people were rational?" Or listen to Jeff Bezos whose relentless approach to problem solving has fueled Amazon’s exponential growth: “Getting the right question is key to getting the right answer.” Great questions like these have a catalytic quality—that is, they dissolve barriers to creative thinking and channel the pursuit of solutions into new, accelerated pathways. Often, the moment they are voiced, they have the paradoxical effect of being utterly surprising yet instantly obvious.For innovation and leadership guru Hal Gregersen, the power of questions has always been clear—but it took some years for the follow-on question to hit him: If so much depends on fresh questions, shouldn’t we know more about how to arrive at them? That sent him on a research quest ultimately including over two hundred interviews with creative thinkers. Questions Are the Answer delivers the insights Gregersen gained about the conditions that give rise to catalytic questions—and breakthrough insights—and how anyone can create them.
Questions That Get Results: Innovative Ideas Managers Can Use to Improve Their Teams' Performance
by Paul Cherry Patrick ConnorAsk the right questions and get improved, sustained employee performance Since technology has made it easy to access, share, and distribute company data, many managers avoid live interaction, instead relying on emails, text messages, Web-based seminars to manage their employees. <P><P>But although technology has changed, people have not. There is still a need for effective face-to-face communication; managers need to have the ability to ask the right questions and use the answers to find solutions. Questions That Get Results is an innovative, powerful resource that provides managers with the questions that lead to real answers for motivating employees, minimizing conflicting priorities, maximizing working relationships, building trust, holding the team accountable, coaching for greater performance, selling ideas, creating change, hiring the best candidates, and negotiating solutions to internal and external conflicts. Each chapter profiles a manager who is struggling to communicate, an otherwise successful leader who is simply missing an element in their managerial toolkit Following each profile are practical tools that will assist any manager faced with a similar situation Together the authors train approximately 30,000 professionals per year Increase your effectiveness and bring out the best in your employees by learning the Questions That Get Results.
Questions et Réponses aux Entretiens
by Jacob Andrews Sophie RodariCet ouvrage a été élaboré afin de vous aider à répondre aux questions les plus communes mais aussi les plus difficiles d'entretien d'embauche et de décrocher l'emploi que vous désirez. Cet ouvrage se concentre sur les dynamiques de l'entretien d'embauche qui sont des éléments essentiels de toute candidature à un emploi en utilisant une approche pratique. Avec un collègue, un membre de votre famille ou un ami vous mettrez en pratique les conseils que nous présentons ici. Il ne s'agit pas de mémoriser ou de réciter les réponses mais de s'écouter et de déterminer ce qui marche pour vous. Vous découvrirez que, si les conseils ci-après sont suivis soigneusement et maîtrisés par cœur, vous vous trouverez bientôt seulement à quelques marches de décrocher l'emploi que vous souhaitez. Merci encore pour votre lecture de cet ouvrage, j'espère que vous apprécierez !
Questions in Dataviz: A Design-Driven Process for Data Visualisation (AK Peters Visualization Series)
by Neil RichardsThis book takes the reader through the process of learning and creating data visualisation, following a unique journey with questions every step of the way, ultimately discussing how and when to bend and break the "rules" to come up with creative, unique, and sometimes unconventional ideas. Each easy-to-follow chapter poses one key question and provides a selection of discussion points and relevant data visualisation examples throughout. Structured in three parts: Section I poses questions around some fundamental data visualisation principles, while Section II introduces more advanced questions, challenging perceived best practices and suggesting when rules are open to interpretation or there to be broken. The questions in Section III introduce further themes leading on to specific ideas and visualisation projects in more detail. Questions in Dataviz: A Design-Driven Process for Data Visualisation will appeal to any reader with an interest in creative or unconventional data visualisation and will be especially useful for those at a beginner or intermediate level looking for inspiration and alternative ways to deploy their data visualisation skills outside of conventional business charts.
Questions that Sell: The Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants
by Paul CherryIf you ask the right questions, then you&’ll get the sale every time.As a salesperson, your product knowledge is extensive but that's not enough. If you fail to ask the right questions - the ones that uncover a customer's real needs - you will never close the deal.Top sales effectiveness expert and author Paul Cherry reveals advanced questioning techniques that will help you sell your products or services based on value to the customer, rather than price, and increase your success rate as a result.In Questions That Sell, Cherry shares material on how to:Discover hidden customer needs and motivationsReinvigorate a stale relationshipSoothe anxious buyersAccelerate the decision processUpsell and cross-sell so you no longer leave money on the tableUse questions to qualify prospects (without insulting them)And much moreQuestions That Sell is packed with powerful examples, exercises, and hundreds of sample questions for a wide range of buyer interactions. Success is yours for the asking. Smart questioning will get you there.
Queueing Theory
by V. G. Narayanan George BattaExplains the assumptions behind and the insights from a simple queueing model.
Queueing Theory and Network Applications: 12th International Conference, QTNA 2017, Qinhuangdao, China, August 21-23, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10591)
by Wuyi Yue, Quan-Lin Li, Shunfu Jin and Zhanyou MaThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Queueing Theory and Network Applications, QTNA 2017, held in Qinhuangdao, China, in August 2017. The 19 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 initial submissions. They deal with queueing models; queueing applications; and network models.
Queues
by Moshe HavivQueueing theory (the mathematical theory of waiting lines in all its configurations) continues to be a standard major area of operations research on the stochastic side. Therefore, universities with an active program in operations research sometimes will have an entire course devoted mainly or entirely to queueing theory, and the course is also taught in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and industrial engineering programs. The basic course in queueing theory is often taught at first year graduate level, though can be taught at senior level undergraduate as well. This text evolved from the author's preferred syllabus for teaching the course, presenting the material in a more logical order than other texts and so being more effective in teaching the basics of queueing theory. The first three chapters focus on the needed preliminaries, including exposition distributions, Poisson processes and generating functions, renewal theory, and Markov chains, Then, rather than switching to first-come first-served memoryless queues here as most texts do, Haviv discusses the M/G/1 model instead of the M/M/1, and then covers priority queues. Later chapters cover the G/M/1 model, thirteen examples of continuous-time Markov processes, open networks of memoryless queues and closed networks, queueing regimes with insensitive parameters, and then concludes with two-dimensional queueing models which are quasi birth and death processes. Each chapter ends with exercises.
Quick & Legal Will Book
by Denis CliffordMake your own legal will, quickly & easily! If you want to create a will without the trouble, the Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step by step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all in one guide. Find out how to: name beneficiaries choose a guardian for children set up a trust for minors name an executor finalize your will change or revoke a will and more The book provides all the forms you need, including an all purpose will and customized wills for a: single person with no children single person with children married person with children married person with no children The 7th edition is revised to reflect changes in the law, including updated information about estate and gift taxes and how recent changes in the law affect estate planning for same sex spouses. All forms are now downloadable at nolo.com.
Quick & Legal Will Book
by Denis CliffordIf you want to create a will without the trouble, Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one guide. Find out how to: name beneficiaries choose a guardian set up a trust for minors name an executor finalize your will change or revoke a will, and more. The book provides all the forms you need, including all purpose wills for a: single person with no children single person with children married person with children married person with no children The 8th edition is revised to reflect changes in the law, including updated information about estate and gift taxes.
Quick & Legal Will Book
by Denis CliffordYour will, made easy Write a will that suits your needs with a minimum of fuss. This book provides all the forms and step-by-step instructions you need to create a simple, valid will that protects your family and property after your death. Make a will that lets you: name beneficiaries to inherit your assets choose a guardian for young children set up trusts for minors, and name an executor (and a backup). Learn how to: choose appropriate witnesses finalize your will, and revoke or change your will if necessary. This book also explains basic estate planning, including steps you can take to avoid probate court. The updated 9th edition includes the latest changes in federal estate tax law and a new appendix that lists state probate exceptions. With Downloadable Forms: download wills, a beneficiary worksheet, and other forms (details inside).
Quick & Legal Will Book
by Denis Clifford AttorneyMake your own legal will, quickly & easily! If you want to create a will with the least amount of time and trouble, Quick & Legal Will Book is for you. It provides forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs. Find out how to: name beneficiaries choose a guardian set up a trust for minors name an executor finalize your will change or revoke a will and more The book provides all the forms you need as tear-outs and on CD-ROM, including an all-purpose will, and customized wills for a: single person with no children single person with children married person with children married person with no children The 6th edition is updated to reflect changes in the law, including information about the new estate tax law.
Quick Brainstorming Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises To Spark Your Team's Creativity And Get Results Fast
by Brian Cole MillerContrary to popular opinion, brainstorming isn't magic. Truly productive brainstorming sessions are dependent on the ability of the leader to create the right environment and let his or her people's ideas flow. Filled with clear, concise guidance and quick, easily implemented techniques, this book provides supervisors, managers, and team leaders the fun, proven activities they need to get idea-packed brainstorming sessions started, and keep them going. Readers will discover how to: * Ask questions that provoke responses and inspire creativity * React to and record ideas in a way that encourages participants and prompts more input * Sort and categorize lengthy lists * Evaluate ideas * Prioritize the most useful concepts and expand on them * And more Containing sample dialogues, as well as resources for virtual team brainstorming, this indispensible book gives readers the activities they need to generate great ideas, fast.
Quick Cash for Teens: Be Your Own Boss and Make Big Bucks
by Peter BielagusAs tales of YouTube and MySpace fortunes float virally throughout the blogosphere and media, kids wonder: "Could I do that?" Financial expert Peter Bielagus emphatically answers "Yes!" Quick Cash for Teens provides smart strategies for earning big bucks, with step-by-step instructions for identifying opportunities, creating a business plan, and implementing it successfully. Bielagus includes it all: sample budget worksheets, marketing plans, press releases, and more!Sidebars throughout include:- Dollars & Sense: basic business concepts and strategies- Extra Credit: more advanced concepts, such as tax info- Tales from the Front Lines: real-life stories from young entrepreneurs
Quick Changeover: Facilitator Guide
by ENNAWhen it comes to managing setup reduction within your organization, having the right guide to communicate and train employees in the concept is paramount. Enna's SMED Quick Changeover Facilitator Guide is designed with the shop floor in mind, and to allow for the performance of the workshop in-house. For this to take place, internal trainers require a practical and information rich guide to maximize their efforts. Enna's SMED Quick Changeover Guide provides you with this knowledge.
Quick Changeover: Participant Workbook
by 0 ENNA,The SMED Quick Changeover Participant Workbook should be used during the SMED Quick Changeover Workshop. The workbook allows the participant to systematically follow the Facilitator through the presentation and workshop. The workbook will be personalized and the participant will retain the book for continued reference long after the SMED training and setup reduction workshop are finished.
Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Boost Connections, and Make Bold Bets on Yourself
by Selena RezvaniHands-on, bite-sized strategies for improving your confidence In Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Create Connections and Make Bold Bets On Yourself, best-selling author and renowned leadership speaker Selena Rezvani delivers an effective and eye-opening new approach to building confidence and presence for professionals. In the book, the author walks you through—and helps you leap over—the 9 most common obstacles that stand in the way of building authentic confidence. She offers digestible actions, behaviors, and exercises you can use to change the way you think and the way you present yourself to others. Relying on sound, scientifically validated data, the book helps you zero in on one actionable method at a time, from making a memorable entrance to stoking confidence in those around you. You’ll also find: Mental, physical, and interpersonal routines that will lock in your new and confident persona for lasting change Techniques for using silence strategically and refusing to overexplain to enhance your credibility and presence Ways to overcome the intimidation factor that goes hand-in-hand with dealing with powerful peopleA hands-on playbook for professionals at all stages looking for effective confidence-building advice that goes beyond “fake it ‘til you make it,” Quick Confidence is a fun and rewarding journey to a renewed self-image and enhanced well-being.
Quick Emotional Intelligence Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Team Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes
by Adele B. LynnThis simple, easy-to-use book gives managers, supervisors, and team leaders activities to help their teams overcome emotional obstacles and become more effective.In a team situation, many issues -- like lack of trust and commitment, unresolved conflicts, and the inability of individuals to understand how their actions impact the rest of the team -- can stop even the most promising groups from delivering great results.In Quick Emotional Intelligence Activities for Busy Managers, you will find powerful, proven exercises they can use to help employees:identify individual and team mooddeal with anger and emotional triggersavert, rather than avoid, conflictencourage communicationovercome fear and other obstaclesunderstand and manage competitionhonor differencesassess team strengths and weaknessespick up on cues from teammatescontrol the emotional climate of the teamEach activity is followed by a discussion of its purpose, how to use it, and a list of post-activity questions to help solidify each lesson. This practical, effective collection of proven exercises will elicit the best from any team.
Quick Guide A/B Testing: Wie Sie Ihr Website- und E-Commerce-Testing erfolgreich auf- und umsetzen (Quick Guide)
by Michael WitzenleiterDieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie eine Testing-Strategie und Onsite-Optimierung in Ihrer Digital-Marketing-Praxis erfolgreich aufbauen und optimieren können. Michael Witzenleiter führt Sie Schritt für Schritt durch die entscheidenden Themen: von der Implementierung von A/B-Tests mit den richtigen Key-Performance-Indicators, der Ideen-Generierung für Ihre Tests über die Auswahl von Testing-Tools bis hin zu den zehn häufigsten Fehlern bei A/B-Tests, die Sie nach der Lektüre dieses Buches nicht mehr machen werden.Ein besonderer Vorzug dieses Buches: Sie erhalten Modelle, Vorgehensweisen und Praxistipps, die es Ihnen ermöglichen, das für Ihr Unternehmen bestmöglich individuelle Testing-Konzepte zu entwickeln. Dieser Quick Guide bietet Ihnen eine schnelle und zugleich umfassende Einführung in das Thema – leicht verständlich, anpassbar auf Ihre Situation und direkt umsetzbar in Ihrer Praxis.Aus dem InhaltStatistik-Basiswissen – kurz und verständlich, praxisnahWie Sie Ideen für Ihre A/B-Tests generierenImplementierung von A/B-TestsAufbau individueller Lösungen und Auswahl von A/B-TestingtoolsSo entwickeln Sie die notwendige Testing-KulturA/B-Testing in der Conversion-OptimierungZehn häufige Fehler bei A/B-TestsGlossar