Search results for "team"

Does the ideal entrepreneurial team exist?

2021

Up until now, studies on entrepreneurs and their relationship to business performance have focused primarily on analyzing the entrepreneur as an individual. While studies have been conducted on the entrepreneurial team, their focus has centered on team size and degree of diversity - cultural, age, gender - leaving a gap in the analysis of the effect of a team’s competencies on the outcome of the ventures. This research aims to help fill this gap by using the psychometric instrument DISC. This research analyzes entrepreneurship by opportunity, evaluating the performance of 109 Colombian companies and the composition of their entrepreneurial teams. The results obtained provide the basis for b…

Introducing Team Learning in a Developing Economy : Students’ Experiences of Experiential Entrepreneurship Education in Namibia

2017

Entrepreneurship is considered to be a driving force behind nations’ economic development, and entrepreneurship education’s role is essential in shaping entrepreneurial attitudes, skills and culture. The objective of this study was to investigate students’ experiences of entrepreneurship education in a developing economy, especially as regards learning in and through teams. The research project was conducted in Namibia, where the challenges to breaking out of poverty are huge. Methodologically, the study was based on qualitative thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews (2009–2014) of higher education students ([Formula: see text]) taking part in an action-based, experiential entrepr…

Lignin from steam‐exploded wood as binder in wood composites

2010

A study demonstrating the approach of zero‐waste technologies, a component of the Zero Emissions concept, and using lignin extracted from steam‐exploded wood as adhesive in hot‐pressed fibre boards and plywood to substitute phenol‐formaldehyde resins is reported. Properties of sample boards containing different amount of lignin adhesive are compared between themselves and with the EU standards for fibre boards. A strong correlation of density and form stability under humid conditions with the lignin content is found. Results of testing mechanical properties of the boards suggest that effect of lignin on mechanical strength depends on the size of particles and hot‐pressing temperature. Steam…

Biogas production and saccharification of Salix pretreated at different steam explosion conditions.

2011

Abstract Different steam explosion conditions were applied to Salix chips and the effect of this pretreatment was evaluated by running both enzymatic hydrolysis and biogas tests. Total enzymatic release of glucose and xylose increased with pretreatment harshness, with maximum values being obtained after pretreatment for 10 min at 210 °C. Harsher pretreatment conditions did not increase glucose release, led to degradation of xylose and to formation of furfurals. Samples pretreated at 220 and 230 °C initially showed low production of biogas, probably because of inhibitors produced during the pretreatment, but the microbial community was able to adapt and showed high final biogas production. I…

Physical demands during 3×3 international male and female basketball games are partially impacted by competition phase but not game outcome

2021

Despite the increased popularity and number of international competitions for 3 × 3 basketball, the precise physical demands of this sport are not well described. Therefore, this study aimed to quantify the physical demands of 3 × 3 basketball games according to game outcome and competition phase. Following an observational design, video footage from 27 games were analysed from 104 international 3 × 3 basketball players (n = 52 male and n = 52 female players) belonging to 26 national teams (n = 13 male and n = 13 female teams) during the 2019 FIBA 3 × 3 World Cup. Manual frame-by-frame time-motion analyses were conducted to determine the relative frequency (n · min−1) and duration (% of liv…

Fin del pensamiento unico

2001

Successful principalship in Norway: sustainable ethos and incremental changes?

2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how success has been sustained over time in schools which were identified as being successful five years ago.Design/methodology/approachThree schools were selected for a revisit, and the sample included two combined schools (grade 1‐10) and one upper secondary school (grade 11‐13). In two schools the same principals were still in post, and in the third school there had recently been a change in principalship. Interviews with the principal and a group of teachers at each school were the major source of new data. Questions that guided the study: What structural and cultural changes can be identified within the schools compared with fi…

Europa no está en el Atlántico

2005

Bezpieczeństwo granic Unii Europejskiej w kontekście kryzysu migracyjnego 2015/2016

2016

The European Union is a space within which the freedom of movement of citizens, expressed through freedom to travel. work, study or live in a chosen EU country, is realized. The implementation of this freedom was a result of the abolition of Controls at internal borders of the Union. However. for a Member of the EU, the price of this freedom is the necessity to ensure national security, which makes the protection of external borders a special task. The European Union, through the Schengen Agreement, created institutions for the protection of external borders in terms of ensuring the national security of Member States, The current migration crisis is a serious verification of the effectivene…

Instytucja granic zewnętrznych Unii Europejskiej a zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa państw członkowskich w warunkach współczesnego kryzysu migracyjnego

2017

Unia Europejska to przestrzeń w obrębie której realizowana jest swoboda przemieszczania się obywateli. Realizacja tej swobody nastąpiła w wyniku zniesienia kontroli na wewnętrznych granicach Unii. Jednak dla państwa unijnego ceną tej wolności jest zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa narodowego co czyni szczególnym ochronę granic zewnętrznych. Unia Europejska, głównie poprzez Układ z Schengen stworzyła instytucje dla ochrony granic zewnętrznych pod kątem zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa narodowego państw członkowskich i ich obywateli. Obecny kryzys migracyjny stanowi poważną weryfikację dla oceny skuteczności działania tych instytucji. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza problemu funkcjonowania zewnętr…