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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
a case of Zimbabwe
Get PDFThesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Public Management,2016As nations of the world have gradually opened their borders for trade and investment, FDI is increasingly becoming an impeccable engine for economic growth and development for developed, emerging market economies as well as developing countries such as Zimbabwe. In light of this fast paced global economy which has become a borderless society, a nation’s comparative advantage is no longer only confined to God given natural resources, but also to knowledge advantage. Today’s dynamic world calls for strategic agility, implying that there is need for a competitive, nimble and agile IPA team to beat competition. More importantly, FDI is vital to the host country since it brings technological and managerial know-how to the recipient country. Furthermore, it brings fresh capital and liquidity into the host economy. The issue of liquidity is of fundamental importance in dollarized economies such as Zimbabwe whose economy thrives on a basket of multiple currencies dominated by the US dollar. The fresh capital is used to increase economic production and create employment for the host populace as well as generating revenue for government. In addition, FDI capital also “crowds in” domestic investors through creating forward and backward linkages in the host economy. However, the flow of FDI across borders happens in a global FDI market characterized by “cut throat” competition, in which nations fiercely compete amongst one another for FDI capital. To assess Zimbabwe’s performance in attracting FDI for her economic development, this research has benchmarked Zimbabwe’s performance against that of its neighbors Zambia and Mozambique, against that of two global FDI attracting success stories – South Korea in Asia and Ireland in Europe as well as against the world average performance for the twenty five (25) year period 1990 – 2014. Regression analysis of FDI inflows data for the twenty five (25) year period 1990 – 2014 and individual country policy analysis revealed that Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, South Korea and Ireland attract approximately 3%, 20%, 40%, 136% and 300% of mean world FDI inflows, respectively. Individual country policy analysis and primary data also revealed the following as factors impeding FDI capital inflows to Zimbabwe – economic sanctions, macro-economic policy inconsistency, unfavorable ease of doing business and economic freedom indicators as well as lack of robust FDI marketing and promotion policies. In light of the above findings, this research proffers recommendations that the government of Zimbabwe can adopt to attract adequate FDI capital for its economic development.SECTION ONE (1): INTRODUCTION
SECTION TWO (2): LITERATURE REVIEW
SECTION THREE (3): DATA AND METHODOLOGY
SECTION FOUR (4): QUANTITATIVE DATA FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS (RESULTS)
SECTION FIVE (5): DISCUSSION AND SYNTHESIS OF FINDINGS
SECTION SIX (6): RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONmasterpublishedEdson BASERA
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Sustainable Frameworks of Public-Private-Partnerships in Zimbabwe: A Holistic, Sector-Wide Review
Get PDFIn the wake of increasing calls for open governments amid declining external and domestic financial support, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are emerging as viable models of financing infrastructural development and service delivery across the globe. The main goal of this study is to present a holistic, sector-wide review of the genesis, etymology, forms, impact and constraints in the implementation of PPPs in Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, the case of PPPs is particularly imperative in view of the recent change in political leadership. The study answered the questions: What measures are being taken to attract-in PPPs? What are the constraining factors? What should be done to mainstream PPP best practices towards increasing private participation towards investment in Zimbabwe? Through desk-research and key informant interviews, the study found that PPPs assist in: sourcing finance, risk management, improving efficiency through technology, employment creation and reduction due to technology. Among its key recommendations are: the revamping of the legislative framework, harnessing the demographic dividend, roll-out PPPs in-basket training workshops, formulate policy documents on PPPs, incentives for risk, ensure community participation through roping-in the traditional leaders as well as systemizing policy consistency and predictability to build investor confidence as framework for sustainable implementation of PPPs in the new dispensation
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Exploring the Genesis, Nature, Etymology and Efficacy of Austerity Policies: Drawing Lessons for Austerity Policy Initiatives in Africa
No full textThis article presents a diagnosis of the concept of austerity and its evolution as a policy tool in public affairs in a bid to sniff out sustainable factors for the implementation of austerity policies in Africa and beyond. To this end, experiences in Greece, the three European Baltics, Portugal, Italy, Argentina and Spain were reviewed to draw lessons for Zimbabwe and Africa in general. The term austerity, whose intellectual roots lie in neo-classical school of economics, denotes economy, frugality, thriftiness, stinginess, prudence in the use of resources by an individual, corporate or nation. Austerity becomes a national policy where governments create restrictive and difficult economic conditions in order to revive economies in crises by cutting public expenditure, debt and deficits. In recent years, austerity policies have become the dominant global wisdom for solving economic and fiscal stress. Cuts in social welfare budgetary allocations, cuts and freezing of posts in the public service and state enterprises—generally characterise countries under austerity policies. For austerity policies to be effective, the article proposes an interplay of factors such as strong political will, buy-in and ownership of the policy by business, labour and civic society; bailouts to support the reform; strong regulatory frameworks for the supervision and surveillance of the banking and financial services sector towards market stability; institutional policy consistency and coherence, and embedded institutional fiscal discipline, among others
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