The purpose of this research was to study the components and relationships of the factors affecting the effectiveness of cross-sector collaboration in research between universities and industry by integrating the concepts of inter-organizational relationships (IOR), the resource dependency theory (RDT) and social capital. A mixed methods research design was used in the research methodology. The purpose of the qualitative research was to understand the context of the organization by using an in-depth interview. Key informants were interviewed ...

This study is a network of emergency medical services outside of hospitals in the three provinces of  Khon Kaen, Nonthaburi, Ubon Ratchathani and Sa Kaeo provinces that has three objectives: 1) to study the operational processes of the network organization in Emergency Medical Services, 2) to study the effectiveness of the network organization in Emergency Medical Services, and 3) to present the models of the network organization in Emergency Medical Services right with Thailand that operated by Qualitative Research Methodology, In-Depth Interview, ...

Nepal has a little over 54,000 registered Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)  and a little over 1,700 registered Not for Profit  Companies (NFCs). While the former types of organizations have existed a little over half a century, the later have a history of only fourteen years. The number of both types of organizations is on the rise; however, this rise is not even in the country. One in every three NGOs is registered within Kathmandu Valley and a similar trend persists among the not-for-profit companies. However, the phenomenon of organizational ...

Under the concept of New Public Management (NPM), the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC) attempted to push forward the use of marketing concepts in public service delivery in Thai government agencies in order to enhance quality and performance in public service delivery. But there has been no study on the way those concepts have been used by government agencies or the suitability and consistency of marketing concepts in the context of the Thai public sector. The objectives of this study are to study and investigate ...

This paper draws on the theoretical concepts from Inter-organizational relations theory, public governance, and public and private partnerships (PPPs), which are incorporated with the conceptions learned from the two cases of PPPs in technical vocational education and training in Singapore and the U.S. As a result, an initial conceptual framework was developed to guide in the understanding of the public and private partnership phenomenon. The framework includes a broad conceptualization of public and private partnerships, consisting of the ...

The research objectives of this dissertation were essentially threefold: i) to study how firms effectively pursue sustainable innovation and how innovation impacts its performance on the triple bottom line; ii) to conceptualize a strategic framework that outlines the determinants that nurture innovation from a sustainable development perspective; and iii) to establish an empirical link between “sustainability practices” and innovation performance through the pursuit of “sustainability exploitation” within current competences and ...