Collaborative Venture Research Articles

Community Participation in Coastal Tourism Innovation in the Nusa Penida Region, Klungkung Regency

Tourism in the Nusa Penida region has witnessed a substantial surge in visitor numbers since 2017, with a remarkable increase of 10.23% compared to the previous year, maintaining an average growth rate of 19.11%. Tourism development plays a pivotal role in generating income for the local tourist destinations and has a positive impact on the neighboring community. This study draws upon several foundational theories, including participation theory and community-based tourism theory (Perkins & Zimmerman, 1995). The study's findings reveal that the local community has taken the initiative to repurpose unproductive land into tourist attractions, diversify their livelihoods, engage in collaborative ventures, conserve both natural and cultural resources, and innovate in promoting the region's tourism potential. The community's involvement is at the Tokenism level, where communication between the government and the community is active. The community willingly participates in various businesses and workforce activities, requiring only infrastructure and financial support. Tourists have a favorable perception of the local community's involvement in innovating Nusa Penida's tourism development, categorizing it as highly participatory. This is evident in the community's effective contribution to transportation, accommodation, and service provision, which they have executed proficiently.

Designing and developing interprofessional education – an example involving social work and interpreting students in Sweden

ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the research field of interprofessional education by reporting on an ongoing collaboration between a Social Work Study Programme and two Public Service Interpreting programs located at three universities in Sweden. The article explores the question of what is required to establish a sustainable curriculum for interprofessional education to prepare social work and interpreting students to manage interpreter-mediated social work encounters. Based on experiences made from six IPE sessions over the past three years, two important perspectives are identified and discussed. Firstly, is the pedagogical perspective, where the IPE seen as a situated learning activity, offering a learning space in which awareness of communicative skills such as the organization of turns and division of labour in interpreter-mediated social work encounters are made visible, practiced and reflected upon. The communicative skills relate both to professional and interprofessional expectations and duties of these groups of students. Secondly, is the organizational perspective, where the IPE is regarded as an example of educational collaboration. At a general overall level, the crucial aspects identified for establishing a sustainable IPE are the actual needs-basis, persistence over time and small-scaleness of the development process. The online format, close collaboration between the interpreting programs and the specific IPE team are other crucial aspects identified in the organization of this collaborative venture. The feedback from students have so far been very positive and with an IPE in place, there are now good opportunities to develop these training sessions in different directions and systematically assess the IPE.

Implementation of Celebrating Diversity in the Global Diversity Theme Pancasila Student Profile Strengthening Project (P5) in Class VB SD Baiturrohman GMI

Character education is now a focal point in Indonesia's education system, aligning with national development goals to cultivate students who embody faith, piety, noble character, health, knowledge, competence, creativity, independence, and responsibility. To counter the erosion of moral values in adolescents influenced by modernization and globalization, effective character education implementation is crucial. Since the 2013 curriculum is deemed ineffective, the project-based independent curriculum aims to fortify students' characters. SD Baiturrohman GMI Jember is among the schools that have adopted this approach. This qualitative research illustrates the implementation of the Pancasila Student Profile Strengthening Project (P5), emphasizing tolerance in Class V-B SD Baiturrohman GMI. P5, themed "Global Diversity," unfolds in four stages: Variety of Greetings, Celebrations, Virtual Tours, and Collaboration in the Virtual World. Students engage in enjoyable activities like treasure hunting, crafting board games, virtual tourism exploration, and collaborative online ventures. Notably, these activities enhance understanding and practice of tolerance, showcasing the effectiveness of project-based learning facilitated by teachers. However, further efforts are required to ensure all students achieve the P5 goals.

Managing geopolitical risks: the global oil and gas industry plays a winning game

Purpose Geopolitical risks associated with the return of great power politics and growing nationalism have generated new challenges for foreign investors across industries. Oil and gas companies are well acquainted with such risks and have developed strategies to manage them. This paper reviews five of these strategies: divorcing ownership control from operating control in designing collaborative ventures; proactively managing stakeholder relationships; ensuring transparency and communication; diversifying risks while proactively positioning for emerging opportunities; and deliberately planning for exit should such an eventuality arise. Firms outside of oil and gas can draw on these strategies as they navigate the emerging geopolitical context. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews five strategies that oil and gas companies can use to manage geopolitical risk: divorcing ownership control from operating control in designing collaborative ventures; proactively managing stakeholder relationships; ensuring transparency and communication; diversifying risks while proactively positioning for emerging opportunities; and deliberately planning for exit should such an eventuality arise. Findings This study identifies several strategies that oil and gas companies have used to manage geopolitical risks. These tools will be increasingly important in the shifting global political landscape. Originality/value Drawing on the experiences of oil and gas companies, this study has identified several strategies that companies can use to shield themselves from the risks that are currently emanating from geopolitics. While these best practices originate in the experiences of oil and gas firms, the ability to deftly manage geopolitical risks is becoming an important prerequisite for companies across industries.

Surgical training in the Caribbean: The past, the present, and the future.

The six million inhabitants of these diverse English-speaking Caribbean countries are grateful to the University of the West Indies, which has been central in the independent training of surgical specialists in all areas of surgery for the past 50 years. Similar to the per capita income, the quality of surgical care, albeit acceptable, is quite variable throughout the region. Globalization and access to information have revealed that the quality of training and surgical care being delivered can be further improved. Technological advances will perhaps never be on par with higher-income countries, but collaborative ventures with global health partners and institutions can ensure that the people of the region will have appropriately trained surgical doctors and, therefore, the provision of accessible quality care will remain a staple, with even the possibility of income generation. This study reviews the journey of our structured surgical training program delivered in the region and outlines our growth plans.

Introduction

Abstract John Urry has been one of the prominent visionaries of futural social and material worlds as a nexus of mobilities in the social sciences and beyond. His work developed in spaces of collaboration and exchange with colleagues, among whom are the contributors to this special section. In this introductory article I provide a brief genealogy of the “new mobilities paradigm,” outlining its relationship to social ontologies of belonging that inform and are informed epistemologically by new spatial and temporal configurations of life. Its formation and development have always been a collaborative international venture of scholars, activists, and policymakers, wishing to map the ways cultures and societies race to the future. From these groups I introduce the section's contributors as prominent academic examples.

Evidence into Practice Special Interest Group: launch

In 2021, the Evidence into Practice Special Interest Group was launched with online events. At the 11th European Conference for Social Work Research in Amsterdam in April 2022, the Evidence into Practice Special Interest Group had its inaugural in-person sessions. This short article in the ‘Research, policy and practice exchange’ section of this new journal, European Social Work Research (a collaborative venture involving European Social Work Research Association), has been written to bring the launch of the Evidence into Practice Special Interest Group to a wider audience and to encourage participation. The article gives something of the context for the Evidence into Practice Special Interest Group and a flavour of the presentations at the 2022 European Conference for Social Work Research.

Developing Policy for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Going from National to International.

Background: Scientific research is becoming an increasingly collaborative and global venture. The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), for instance, is an international Developmental Origins of Health and Disease research collaboration developed to address the increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases around the world. It comprises four separate but harmonized cohort trials in Canada, China, India, and South Africa. These cohorts will generate rich data and biosample sets that can be shared both within the HeLTI Consortium and with other researchers from around the world. Methods: To ensure the coordination and operation of these types of collaborative research initiatives, a standardized and harmonized governance model is required to regulate the processes and interactions between all involved actors. To develop the governance models, frameworks and related policies from other longitudinal cohort studies and biobanks were used, as were guidance documents on biobank and database governance and relevant literature on data and biobank governance. Results: This article outlines the key components of the governance model for the HeLTI Consortium, including management of the cohorts' respective databases and biobanks, access to data and biosamples, and considerations related to intellectual property and publications. Conclusion: Governance within international collaborative research ventures is critical to ensure the operations and benefits of these types of research apparatuses. Although this article focuses on the HeLTI Consortium as a model, it may nonetheless serve as a model for both current and future collaborative consortium-based research initiatives. Clinical Trial Registration Numbers: Canada, ISRCTN13308752; China, ChiCTR1800017773; India, ISRCTN20161479; South Africa, PACTR201903750173871.

Partial intermediary value-chain coordination and its effects on productivity of sweet potato in Tanzania

This study investigates the effect of partial intermediary coordination on Tanzania sweet potato productivity. A cross-sectional research design was used, and a sample of 100 small-scale farmers from Kilosa and Gairo Districts were surveyed using both purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Data analysis tools included the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Microsoft Excel and Ethnographic Content Analysis. Three key value chain actors primary, secondary, and tertiary were identified by the study, along with their roles and linkages. The majority of farmers identified three main factors that affected crop productivity in the research area: Lack of improved cultivars, restricted access to cash, and small parcels cultivated. Coordination between the horizontal and vertical chain is critical for productivity and efficiency. The study also discovered that weak institutional frameworks exist among key participants in value chain nodes. Farmers and buyers conducted the majority of their business on the spot, and all agreements were unwritten. Meanwhile, only 6% of respondents reported that extension officers had notified them of market price offers and demands from profitable markets. Growers are unable to use innovative production techniques that could lead to economies of scale in shared services and collaborative ventures because of current production practices. It was noticed that rather than raising production, the existing intermediate corporations have contributed to lowering transaction costs. Despite these challenges, there is a lot of potentials for the sweet potato crop to transform rural livelihoods and turn into a valuable commodity. Governance needs to be supported by policies that improve market information flow and necessary infrastructures. While intermediate organizations are essential for improving market connections and lowering transaction costs for dispersed smallholders, it is critical for increasing productivity at the primary production level. Last but not least, the local government should put into effect a strategy designed to promote a climate suitable to the crop. Key words: Partial, Productivity, Coordination, Sweet potatoes, Value-Chain, Smallholders, Actors, Farmers

Establishment of the National Centre for E-Vehicle and Sustainable Technology (EVST)

The UK government has set ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, with a focus on the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Alongside, the government has announced plans to phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, and to invest in infrastructure such as EV charging stations to support this transition. Additionally, financial incentives, such as grants and tax breaks, are being offered to encourage individuals and businesses to switch to EVs. The adoption of EVs is seen as a key step in achieving the UK's goal of becoming a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. A recent major initiative of the University of Bolton is the establishment of the National Centre for e-Vehicle and Sustainable Technology (EVST). This Centre – established in 2022 – is a collaborative venture between the university group and key partners from industry. Its principal purpose is to provide education and training at a range of levels to support the electric, hybrid and hydrogen cell powered vehicles (both lightweight and heavy) maintenance sector. Whilst all vehicle manufacturers have developed and launched various electric and sustainable models to market, there is a well-recognised skills shortage in the maintenance of these vehicles. A market research exercise was carried out to establish the existing provision of education and training in the UK higher and further education sectors to inform the work in developing the Centre. This exercise provided valuable insight into where the opportunities and gaps existed in this important aspect of enabling widespread adoption of electric and sustainable vehicles to happen in the UK. This paper sets out how EVST will provide the educational base and industry-focussed training for a range of technician and engineer roles to address this skills shortage, initially in the North-West of England and growing to cover the rest of Great Britain.

Study of vegetable beans collection in climatic conditions and selection of promising sources for breeding

During the span of 2018 to 2021, a comprehensive investigation was conducted encompassing the morphobiological and economically significant attributes of 20 distinct samples of vegetable beans. These samples were meticulously gathered through collaborative expeditionary ventures spanning the landscapes of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. The interdisciplinary efforts of scientists hailing from the Scientific Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources and the Rural Development Administration of the Republic of Korea (RDA) culminated in an in-depth analysis of these plant varieties. The outcome of this thorough exploration yielded noteworthy results, highlighting the identification and isolation of four early maturing and five high-yielding samples of vegetable beans. The amalgamation of expertise, fieldwork, and scientific scrutiny brought forth the delineation of these promising bean varieties with traits poised to contribute significantly to agricultural productivity and resilience across the studied regions. The collaborative nature of this endeavor underscores the significance of international cooperation in advancing agricultural innovation and enhancing the cultivation of vital crops.

A Creative Nonfiction Narrative Inquiry into an EFL Online Learning Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic

University libraries globally launch coronavirus memory archival projects inviting the documentation of personal experience. Elicitations such as journal entries and oral history interviews fall under the category of life-writing. This Narrative Inquiry focuses on creative nonfiction stories produced by an online high school community and edited by the EFL teacher during the first full lockdown in Greece. The shift to distance education caused students to use ELF as a means of contrasting their local archival endeavors with global ones. The EFL teacher as researcher used mentor texts, collected the coronavirus stories on e-me online platform, engaged the online members in a peer-reviewing process and reauthored a collective narrative. Narrative writing analysis was employed to reflect the teacher’s initiative to commemorate a student community’s physical disconnectedness from onsite learning. The use of e-me for this collaborative venture offers practical implications for EFL practitioners such as going beyond the bounds of the traditional curriculum whilst identifying self-regulation as indication of resilience among students experiencing unprecedented circumstances.

Addressing recruitment challenges in food and drink

Addressing recruitment challenges in food and drink

A Small Beautiful Example of Sustainability in the Heart of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has diligently started pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations in 2015. While making progress and being aware of it, will be a shot in the arm, with success breeding more success, the journey may seem daunting at times. However, the journey – sustainable development towards the targets set - is what matters more than the final destination, as philosophers and savants often remind us. This article, while dwelling on sustainable development in this southern-African landlocked country in general, presents a beautiful example of a collaborative venture, undertaken by dedicated and determined international partners, and predicated on SDG#4 (Quality Education) and SDG#5 (Gender Equality), and harnessing the complementarities and synergies with the other SDGs, which set root during the COVID-pandemic, in Mwenezi in southern Zimbabwe. The pandemic while being a scourge, tended to have some silver linings to it, as it gave birth to many collaborations and made human beings realise that one’s own happiness is dependent to a very great extent on that of others. This venture emphasizes girls’ education and skills-development, which open the doors, synergistically, to sustained growth, development and progress. Education, indisputably, is a key component of the freedom necessary to live a life of value. To quote Nelson Mandela, ‘It is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Valuing intangible outcomes from the Cooperative Research Centres‐Projects program

AbstractThe growing use of triple helix arrangements to stimulate national systems of innovation (NSIs) for broader economic benefits has largely focussed on quantifiable and compliance‐based metrics to evaluate the ‘success’ of industry‐university strategic collaborative research ventures. This metrics‐focus largely ignores secondary, and even tertiary, outcomes of the collaborative ventures that are difficult to capture by research and innovation administrators with traditional metrics. A research project conducted on the Cooperative Research Centres—Projects (CRC‐P) Program in Australia found that, in a number of cases, secondary and tertiary outcomes were highly valued by participants, and provided important but hitherto officially unacknowledged socio‐economic benefits to the Australian NSI. This discussion proposes a typology of collaborative research outcomes beyond traditional compliance‐based metrics, and challenges policy makers and research and innovation administrators to consider the development of an ‘Innovation Ecosystem Body of Knowledge’ to inform future collaborative research projects and enhance the ability of actors to access this ecosystem in an efficient and productive manner in order to ensure that potential economic gains from collaborative research are maximised.

Preface: 2022 International Conference on Art Design, E-Education and Innovation Management (ADEIM 2022)

The South China University of Technology, Henan Normal University, University of Central Missouri and National University of Colombia jointly organize the 2022 International Conference on Art Design, E-Education and Innovation Management (ADEIM 2022). The conference is held at Dalian, China from June 25 to 26, 2022. It highlights recent and significant advances in research and development in art design, e-education, educational reform, humanities, innovation management and social science.
 With participation of a large number of young researchers, ADEIM 2022 can be a platform for new collaborative ventures and strategic alliances to gain better insights into research and innovation to harness the strength and synergies to bring further prosperity to the nations. As the future becomes more competitive and challenging, it is important to remain relevant and maintain the performance for continuous improvement in research & education. It will also serve to facilitate the exchange of information between researchers and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and advancement in these areas.
 ADEIM 2022 brought together experts from different organizations to initiate discussions on topics that are of interest to the conference attendees. This conference provides the specialist's training and scientific research in these fields. Encouraging young researcher from multi-discipline background to share their new and innovative ideas and findings is the aim of the conference.
 ADEIM Organizing Committee
 Dalian, China

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in the Indo-Pacific: A Village Stay Model

Abstract This ongoing Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programme began in Fiji in the mid-2010s and was most recently extended to include Indonesia. The project, to establish a commercially viable village stay aligned with a resort, has operated in conjunction with several universities in Australia and the USA and has received external funding. Through outbound mobility programmes, and using an established business toolbox, students work with existing village group structures (i.e. youth, women, elders and church groups) to create a collaborative venture (a cultural immersion and educational stay) between the village and a local eco-resort. To date, five enterprises including four in Fiji and one in Indonesia have been created. Student evaluations attest to the transformational nature of the WIL programme in providing a unique business acumen and global skill set that can position graduates to live and work in the Indo-Pacific region. The long-term goal is to enable an operational system that can be adapted to include multiple village–resort partnerships, producing a replicable business model (and associated tourism toolkit) that can be applied throughout the developing world. Information In the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programmes described here, university students collaborate with eco-resorts and local villagers to create a commercially viable and culturally experiential village stay. © CAB International 2022

Transformational Leadership in Collaborative Entrepreneurial Healthcare in Developing Regions

Transformational healthcare leaders having collaborative entrepreneurial aims with an analogous mission and professional expertise can contribute to the provisioning of essential specialized healthcare in developing regions. Qualitative synthesis employing focused-group-discussions and interviews was conducted in a phased manner. In this, we have used stakeholder-theory and dynamic-capabilities approach. Our study explores the intricacies of collaborative entrepreneurship-based healthcare ventures in developing regions and reveals five emerging pertinent attributes, namely, control, synergy, commitment, empathy, and satisfaction. We recommend that entrepreneurial collaboration, especially by transformational healthcare leaders, can significantly contribute to the creation of an endogenous healthcare ecosystem with advanced facilities and technology-enabled modern infrastructure, as well as augment regional development.

A Discourse on Foresight and the Valuation of Explicit and Tacit Synergies in Strategic Collaborations

One of the most important questions in business partners’ collaboration is whether their strategies create a collaborative synergy and thus add market value. This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework that will be useful for scholars and practitioners in developing foresight for explicit synergies and valuing tacit synergy in strategic collaborative ventures. The paper comprises a novel theoretical and empirical contribution to the foresight that is required for an explicit competence-based synergy in collaborative ventures from a resource-based view. It employs the ARCTIC framework and values a tacit competence-based synergy using simple and compound real options. Moreover, the paper makes several theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of strategic management, international business, and corporate finance disciplines. Finally, the paper discusses research limitations and future work.

Valuing Collaborative Synergies with Real Options Application: From Dynamic Political Capabilities Perspective

This paper aims to justify propositions that the dynamic political capabilities of collaborative partners to manage their institutional contexts are important drivers of collaborative synergies which can be valued by real options. To date, the institutional context of collaborative corporate strategies (strategic alliances, mergers, and acquisitions), particularly the analysis of the influence of government agencies on the synergies or unrealized synergies of collaborative ventures, remains unexplored. Moreover, the interdependence between the institutional dimensions of the collaborative strategies, the dynamic political capabilities of the collaborating partners, and collaborative synergies are needed to be integrated into new conceptual models and a new framework. This paper contributes to this request by providing a cohesive framework of micro-foundations with dynamic political capabilities and demonstrating an application of simple and compound sequentially combined real options for collaborative synergies’ valuation in the findings and discussion section. This paper makes several theoretical and empirical contributions to international business, strategic management, and corporate finance. The practical implication of the research is evidence that food retailers who want to grow with the latest consumer trends will need dynamic political capabilities to deal with the impact of an institutional context. Finally, this paper discusses research limitations and future work.