This paper seeks to engage the organization theory community in contemporary
debates over the role of the corporation in American society by building a stakeholder
theory of the firm. We develop a set of normative premises and positivist propositions
derived…

Early informatics focused primarily on the application of technology and computer science to a specific domain; modern informatics has broadened to encompass human and knowledge dimensions. Application of technology is but one aspect of informatics. Understanding domain members’ issues, priorities,…

This thesis studies al-Ghazali's theory of knowledge, particularly his concept of knowledge of God in his three later works: "The book of Knowledge" of the Ih&dotbelow;ya', al-Munqidh, and Iljam al-`Awamm. From his conception of knowledge of God the first book…

This paper presents several computer related techniques that encourage EDG students to develop knowledge at levels 4 and 5 of Bloom's taxonomy.  These knowledge levels are associated with generalized problem solving in undergraduates and research capabilities in graduate students.  The…

Cataloguing biological specimen is a important activity of biological museums world over. Software developed especially for this purpose have evolved overtime to achieve more accuracy in retrieving data from large and diverse datasets. Combining smaller datasets in to a larger…

Este trabajo intenta contribuir con el conocimiento de la epidemiología de la tripanosomiasis en bovinos tropicales. El estudio se realizó en bovinos del valle de Aroa, Venezuela mediante un muestreo estratificado polietápico, seleccionándose 387 animales de dos unidades agroecológicas (U.A.)…

A través de una revisión documental, el artículo aborda el constructo Gerencia de Investigación. Se reflexiona sobre las
universidades como ejes centrales del desarrollo de las investigaciones que en ellas se tutelan, permitiendo esta actividad
enlazar las demandas…

El propósito de esta investigación fue determinar la concepción teórico-epistemológica con la que asume el personal docente de la Licenciatura en Educación Integral del Núcleo de Sucre, extensión Carúpano, la evaluación de los aprendizajes en las cátedras que imparten, teniendo…

Historically, design representation and verification was relegated to engineering drawings and other manual methods that were used to convey information for product design, analysis, and manufacturing.  Because of the rapid development and implementation of relatively low cost and extremely powerful…

This paper empirically examines the role of social networks in welfare participation. Social theorists from across the political spectrum have argued that network effects have given rise to a culture of poverty. Empirical work, however, has found it difficult to…