Collaborative Venture Research Articles

Alipay entered Malaysia: a closer look at the new market entry strategy driven by Chinese tourists

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the entrance of Chinese-based Alipay’s mobile-payment (m-payment) technology into Malaysia. Malaysia allowed this entry of the first foreign m-payment company because it would allow Chinese tourists spending while they are visiting Malaysia. It will view this entrance from a Malaysian perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe views of Malaysian players (Bank Negara Malaysia officers, three Malaysian banks’ officers, Alipay-Malaysia officers, airport section manager, convenience store manager and airport store sales executive) were sought via qualitative interview concerning Alipay’s entry into the Malaysian market. Respondents who had relevant knowledge and/or were involved in Alipay m-payment technology development in Malaysia were contacted, while there remainder were obtained by snowballing. Secondary data was collected from Bank Negara Malaysia’s policy, three Malaysian banks’ reports, the Alipay-Malaysia public statements and the Airport and Convenience Store reports. Triangulation using primary and secondary data was used to safeguard the validity and reliability of the outcomes.FindingsThe entry strategy used by Alipay was different from those reported in previous studies. The establishment of Alipay-Malaysia was the first element of the “mode of entry” gaining pioneer status in Malaysia. The next stage was gaining support from Bank Negara Malaysia-Malaysian Central Bank and three Malaysian banks (Maybank, Public Bank and CIMB) through collaborative ventures with Alipay-Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., leading to acceptance nationwide by local merchants. The key driver of acceptance being Chinese outbound tourists in Malaysia.Research limitations/implicationsThis case study was conducted during the early implementation of Alipay in Malaysia from 2015 until April 2019. During this period, there were challenges due to the lack of primary data. These were overcome by the support from the respondents and the secondary data.Practical implicationsThis study contributes to insights from a different entry strategy that used tourism as a leading force. This can give guidance to other m-payment service providers or other countries as m-payment technology recipient about “market entry strategy” and “modes of entry” following Alipay’s approach.Originality/valueTo date, no study has been conducted to investigate the nature of Alipay m-payment in Malaysia. This qualitative study has examined the new phenomenon regarding how Alipay entered the Malaysian market. Moreover, this study can also contribute new insights into the existing theory of “market entry strategy” in terms of Alipay’s tourist-based approach.

Science is necessarily collaborative

Science is, by nature, a collaborative venture; however, a ‘closed’ culture of science has nonetheless developed. Data are often hoarded for extended periods of time, paywalls prevent access to articles and unnecessary hurdles continue to slow the rate of progress. An ‘open’ culture of science would provide the most benefit to the public, to the scientists involved and to science itself, and it is best to begin practicing open science as early as possible in your scientific career.

The professional development needs of beginning and experienced teachers in four municipalities in Sweden

ABSTRACT This article reports findings from a larger study aimed at identifying the perceptions of teachers across four municipalities in Sweden on continuing professional development. It focuses on beginning teachersˡ, namely those who are in their first five years of their career. This study has been undertaken amidst growing concern that current models of in-service training in Sweden are not leaving the desired impact on teacher motivation and student achievement; that the teaching profession feels disengaged, disempowered, distrusted. It has been undertaken in a context which is finding it hard to attract teachers into the profession, and one where teacher attrition is high. The responses help to shed light on what the municipalities and teacher education institutions need to focus on in order to support new teachers. Implications are drawn out for schools, municipalities and teacher education institutions as they need to come together to engage in more collaborative ventures to ensure adequate and ongoing support to new teachers.

Inter-sectoral collaboration in the context of supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are frail

There has been a steady growth in the population of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, some of whom are known to age prematurely; aging is also associated with increased rates of disability and chronic conditions that can lead to frailty. Supports provided by social and health sectors are crucial to supporting those identified as frail. A case study design was used to investigate the implementation of inter-sectoral collaboration between providers of services from specific social and health sectors; namely, developmental services (aka disability services) and home care services, in the context of supporting those identified as frail. Twenty-three participants (including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, family members, and providers from both sectors) were interviewed using an open-ended format targeting known conditions for effective inter-sectoral collaboration: necessity, opportunity, capacity, relationships, planned action, and sustained outcomes. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded by two independent researchers. All participants touched on key facilitators and barriers for successful inter-sectoral collaboration across the six conditions. A single exception occurred in that individuals and families did not discuss sustained outcomes. Each of the six conditions for effective inter-sectoral collaboration is relevant to planning required to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are frail. When it comes to collaborative ventures between social and healthcare teams, the use of resources and tools that both facilitate and promote these conditions should be prioritised.

The 4th International Conference on Advanced Technology & Applied Sciences (ICaTAS’2019)

The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) and Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) will jointly organize the fourth International conference on Advanced Technology and Applied Sciences (ICaTAS 2019), September 2019. The conference will be held at AASTMT, Egypt.The conference will highlight recent and significant advances in research and development in advanced technology, applied sciences, and interdisciplinary works. Encouraging young researcher from multi-discipline engineering background to share their new and innovative ideas and/or findings will be the aim of the conference. With participation of a large number of young researchers, it can be a platform for new collaborative ventures and strategic alliances to gain better insights into engineering research and technology 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. As such, this conference will be most significant as we explore and share ideas to further enhance our research.List of Organizing Committee Honor Chairs, General Chairs, General Co-chairs, Program Chairs, Organization Chairs, Publication Chairs, Publicity Chairs, Finance, logos are available in this pdf

The European Book in the Twelfth Century ed. by Erik Kwakkel and Rodney Thompson

Reviewed by: The European Book in the Twelfth Century ed. by Erik Kwakkel and Rodney Thompson Joanna Fronska Keywords Twelfth century, book production, paleography, codicology, Manuscript Studies Erik Kwakkel and Rodney Thompson, eds. The European Book in the Twelfth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 434 pp. + 44 b/w illustrations, 1 table. $120 ISBN: 978-110-71-3698-4. The European Book in the Twelfth Century is a collaborative venture. A team of manuscript scholars, mostly leading experts in their respective fields, give a comprehensive overview of the production, use, and typology of manuscripts in the long twelfth century. Their main focus is on materiality. The twelfth-century book is approached as an object, but an object with cultural, religious, and intellectual implications. A common thread of the contributions shows how the way in which the text is inscribed on the page, its articulation, paratext, format, and even a morphological relation to its predecessor within the textual tradition, reveal its intended use. Why the twelfth century? Since the publication of Charles H. Haskins's The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century (Harvard University Press, 1st ed. 1927), this age of renewal, revival, and reform has continued to fascinate and inspire. Erik Kwakkel and Rodney Thomson followed the footsteps of Robert L. Benson, who in 1977, in homage to Haskins, gathered a collection of essais de synthèse on the intellectual and cultural shifts and developments during the period (Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century, Oxford, 1982). While Benson envisaged a broader synthesis, these two editors have focused instead on manuscript culture alone, aiming to expand the scope of their project beyond the strictly defined "Renaissance of letters." It was not only the emergence, rediscovery, and translation of new texts, but also the [End Page 203] dramatic increase in production of books and their new codicological features that justified their choice. However, despite the more inclusive title, they largely maintained the geography of the "twelfth-century Renaissance." The manuscripts analyzed mostly represent northern France, England, and the German Empire, with an excursus toward northern Italy, limited almost exclusively to the production of law books. Yet, the twelfth century is the first period in European medieval book history that, thanks to existing artifacts and documentary sources, allows us to study manuscript production and the dissemination of texts across the entire Latin West, from Scandinavia and Poland to Spain and Portugal. The authors' choice makes it evident that studying peripheries with their scarce and often fragmentary material is by far less exciting. The book is divided into three sections. The first one, "Book Production," encompasses all aspects of the fabrication of manuscripts, including the preparation of parchment, the choice of format and layout, and the typology of bindings (Kwakkel and Thompson). Then it tackles the evolving script of twelfth-century codices, focusing primarily on the transition between Caroline minuscule and the somewhat organic emergence of Gothic script (Kwakkel). It continues with two complementary chapters on decoration (Martin Kauffmann) and organization of the scriptoria (Thomson) in the period when the work of a scribe and an artist often mingle and nearly all pictorial elements are part of the text and its proactive layout. The second part, "Readers and Their Books," focuses on users and their engagement with manuscripts. Constance J. Mews talks about books collected by individual scholars, stresses the importance of scholarly networks, and gives insight into the acquisition of knowledge by analyzing the contemporary "text criticism" or exegesis. Teresa Webber gives an excellent overview of the ways the books were stored, classified, and accessed in religious houses. Finally, Jenny Weston and Mariken Teeuwen present the reading and annotation practices of twelfth-century readers. The third and longest section, "Types of Books," is centered on texts, the ways they were inscribed in codices, and the typology of manuscripts in which they were transmitted. In other words, the essays it gathers trace the [End Page 204] history of texts through a codicological lens. In his seminal work, Haskins listed among the key aspects of the so-called Renaissance of the twelfth century: "the emergence of the vernacular literatures; the revival of the Latin classics and of Latin poetry and Roman...

Manufacturing Modernity: Innovations in Early Modern Europe-An Introduction.

Manufacturing ModernityInnovations in Early Modern Europe—An Introduction Adam Lucas (bio) Keywords Early modern, technology, innovation, early modern science The early modern period, from roughly 1450 to 1800, was a time of global social and political upheaval. Driven by rivalry between the great powers of Europe and their efforts to explore, colonize, and conquer new territories, it was an era during which revolutionary changes occurred in science, technology, and culture that continue to shape the modern world.1 Theologically, it encompassed the cultural revolutions of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.2 Intellectually, it witnessed the radical conceptual shifts that have come to be known as the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.3 Technologically, it saw the first economic transformations arising from the British Agricultural Revolution, while laying the foundations for the Industrial Revolution.4 Politically, it was punctuated by revolutions in Britain, France, and the Americas, and included extended periods of military conflict throughout Europe, as well as colonial wars in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, and the Americas.5 Arguably the most shameful legacies of this period are the European colonizers' despoliation [End Page 995] of indigenous cultures and an enormous escalation in the slave trade between Europe, West Africa, and the Americas.6 All these transformations—however they are now interpreted—are fundamental to what it means to be modern. This special issue highlights some of the early modern period's key contributions to technological development, including some of our unexamined assumptions concerning its continuities with earlier periods, its breaks with the past, and their implications for contemporary life. The articles contribute to current research arguing that competition between political, legal, and cultural institutions in developing rules of practice has been a critical factor enabling innovation, growth, and personal autonomy in the history of humanity.7 The five articles prompt us to reconsider some of the novel practices and inventions that emerged during the early modern period, and to reevaluate our understanding of technological change in the transition from mercantile to industrial societies. The authors variously explore: the mixed origins of the French patent system and intellectual property; revolutionary subversions of utilitarian technology; the emergence of modern advertising and consumer cultures; the misattribution of foreknowledge about physical theories of heat to key innovators in the Industrial Revolution; and the application of experimental quantitative techniques to control water supply in early modern France. Recent scholarship shows that the early modern period provided the material bases for many aspects of contemporary life we now simply take for granted. It can be usefully conceptualized as having gone through two main phases. The first phase is often labeled "pre-industrial" or "proto-industrial," when most economic activity occurred in the context of rural or cottage industries producing goods for external markets mediated and coordinated by merchants.8 During this first phase (1450–1650), advances in shipbuilding, navigation, cartography, metallurgy, weaponry, fortifications, engineering, and construction laid the foundations for advances in the second phase (1650–1800), in mechanics, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, chemistry, and instrument-making. The second phase, which enabled the transition to urban factory production, would not have been possible without the foundations laid in the first phase. However, the question of what drove the changes which led to the second phase, and what was subsequently called the "Industrial Revolution," remains hotly contested. [End Page 996] According to Marxist social historian Eric Hobsbawm, overseas trade, military expenditure, colonial wars, protectionism, and internal demand constituted the necessary and sufficient conditions for the Industrial Revolution.9 More recently, neoclassical economic historian Robert Allen has maintained that what enabled the Industrial Revolution in Northwestern Europe and North America were supportive institutions and cultures, and higher wages relative to capital costs—together these factors drove the self-reinforcing process of local technological innovation.10 Economist and network theorist Leonard Dudley agrees, but points to the collaborative ventures between inventors, investors, managers, and entrepreneurs in cities and their hinterlands during the Industrial Revolution to explain this self-reinforcing process of change. The countries where those ventures succeeded had large populations with high literacy rates, a shared common language, and openness to cultural diversity. The practitioners' ability to address complex challenges depended on mutual trust, clear...

Steps to Inclusion—Dance Steps That Is!

ABSTRACTIndividuals with disabilities should have access to the same life and leisure opportunities as their typically developing peers. Dance is a lifelong pastime that can bring joy to everyone. In this article, we provide an overview of our dance class, including implementation and evaluation strategies, to show how we made dance accessible to students with exceptional needs. We also relay the proactive strategies we used, and our collaborative venture with all stakeholders as part of setting up our dance environment that was geared to help all of our students reach their maximum potential.

Trust trigger and knowledge elicitor: The role of epistemic objects in coordinating the fragmentation and heterogeneity of knowledge in digital innovation networks

The paper aims to explore how epistemic objects—defined as objects of investigation that are simultaneously underdefined, unfolding objects in collaboration—orchestrate knowledge for coordinating the knowledge fragmentation and heterogeneity in digital innovation networks. By using a mixed‐methods research approach, the paper begins with a qualitative case study to explain the relationships and follows up with quantitative surveys to test the hypotheses. As a result, this study finds that by acting as a trust trigger and a knowledge elicitor, epistemic objects facilitate the sharing, acquisition, and integration of knowledge, thereby coordinating the knowledge fragmentation and heterogeneity among collaborative digital ventures in their innovation networks. Hence, the study makes three contributions: (a) a focus on both affective and cognitive trust triggered by epistemic objects provides a novel source of motivation for collaborative knowledge and innovation activities, (b) the recognition of epistemic objects as a knowledge elicitor provides a new insight into identification and coordination of knowledge heterogeneity within innovation networks, and (c) it highlights the independent role of epistemic objects that presents an alternative to human control with instrumental artifacts on collaborative knowledge and innovation work.

Hot topics in interventional cardiology: Proceedings from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2019 Think Tank.

The society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions (SCAI) think tank is a collaborative venture that brings together interventional cardiologists, administrative partners, and select members of the cardiovascular industry community for high-level field-wide discussions. The 2020 think tank was organized into four parallel sessions reflective of the field of interventional cardiology: (a) coronary intervention, (b) endovascular medicine, (c) structural heart disease, and (d) congenital heart disease (CHD). Each session was moderated by a senior content expert and co-moderated by a member of SCAI's emerging leader mentorship program. This document presents the proceedings to the wider cardiovascular community in order to enhance participation in this discussion, create additional dialogue from a broader base, and thereby aid SCAI and the industry community in developing specific action items to move these areas forward.

Theatre that Enthrals, Engages and Educates: An Artistic Pedagogical Tool

Theatre in education is a student-centred pedagogical tool. It provides learning opportunities, which are powerful emotionally and cognitively. This case study portrays the manner in which Dr Bennis uses different forms of theatre to teach subjects in the field of human resource management and organizational behaviour. Through a collaborative venture with a theatre group headed by Mr V. Balakrishnan, students enjoy, live and learn the subject, which would not be possible in a traditional, lecture-based classroom. The impact of learning through theatre was assessed, and the results clearly indicated greater preference and impact of learning through theatre. In courses of study, involving human inter-actions, theatre helps the learner to channel their energy and excitement into a structured environment. By enabling learners to become engaged as thinkers, a passive learning system is transformed into an active embodiment of true knowledge generation. As a teaching innovation, it seems to have gone beyond engagement to establish a new kind of consciousness towards the application of the subject taught. Its success shattered the myths of its approach and established its appeal and relevance. For Dr Bennis, it was time to look forward to times that are more theatrical.

Global expansion of SMEs: role of global market strategy for Kenyan SMEs

There is need for Kenyan small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in particular to focus concern on the orientation of business strategy toward global market strategy, market research geared at obtaining foreign market intelligence, innovation and technology, product adaptation, service orientation, collaborative ventures, and long-range vision as critical factors in making them successful in the international market. They also need to interact effectively with other firms in more or less tightly connected networks of shared production and innovation if they are to succeed in the current wave of globalization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of global market strategy on the global expansion of Kenyan firms. The research study used descriptive and inferential design as a chosen design. The researcher used multiple/multivariate regression analysis to determine the functional relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable. The global market strategy variables considered include the following: market strategy incorporating: global advertising and promotion, external advisory services, foreign market specialization, competitive pricing strategies, and focus on quality products/services; foreign market intelligence on locating markets, trade restrictions, competition overseas, and market and investment opportunities; and logistics and distribution incorporating: handling of documentation, distribution coordination, warehousing, arranging transportation, and collaboration with large firms.A random sample of 205 firms was drawn out of 440 members of Kenya Association of Manufacturers, based in Nairobi, from the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and Exporters Directory of 2012. The senior management of selected firms was surveyed and 175 firms responded making a response rate of 85 percent. The key finding from the research is that there is a functional relationship between global market strategy and global expansion of SMEs. The implication for practice and policy is that there is a need for collaboration between industry and government in pursuing policies for global expansion and among SMEs and large enterprises particularly in developing capacity and collaboration in global marketing strategy, market intelligence gathering, export promotion and strengthening of foreign trade missions. An early-warning system to alert firms of changes that may lead to potential failure in their global business activities can be developed.

Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Public Domain Research: 25th Annual Conference of the Health Care Systems Research Network.

The 25th annual conference of the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) was held April 10-12 in Portland, Oregon, attracting 420 attendees. The HCSRN, a consortium of 18 community-based research organizations embedded in or affiliated with large health care delivery systems, has hosted annual research conferences since 1994. The primary objective of the conference is to convene researchers, project staff, funders, and other stakeholders to share latest scientific findings and cultivate new partnerships among research teams, patients, and clinicians. Collaboration is the cornerstone of the HCSRN's success; the conference serves as a catalyst for a variety of collaborative ventures as well as tactics and approaches to more effective and efficient research. This year's program included 70 distinct scientific presentations, plus nearly 100 posters, and spanned diverse content offerings that mirrored the diversity of the HCSRN and its collaborators. Plenary sessions imparted insights on ways that data science and approaches to collaborative design in health care can speed the translation of research into practice.

De-Westernizing African Journalism Curriculum Through Glocalization and Hybridization

Over several decades, scholars have questioned the multilateralism of journalism education on the grounds that journalism education adopts a dominant paradigm that renders it predominantly Western. The argument, however, is polarized; on one hand, some scholars have proposed a de-Westernization of journalism education, on the other hand, a dissenting opinion argues that global journalism curriculum is multilateral. Despite several attempts by scholars and international organizations, specifically, the UNESCO, through the International Programme for Development of Communication (IPDC), to de-Westernize journalism curriculum, remnants of the dominant paradigm still persist. I concede that striking attempts have been made to de-Westernize and glocalize journalism curriculum; therefore, my central argument hinges on the thesis that instead of resisting and discarding the UNESCO model, and other Western influences, reformation and adaptation through glocalization and hybridization is encouraged. As such, this article conceptualizes and concretizes practical application of glocalization through a collaborative venture between a U.S.-based scholar and Ugandan scholars in developing a locally congruent curriculum for a brand new journalism program at a university in Uganda.

Analysis and the identification of DNA binding sites for the cI repressor of Bacteriophage ɛ34

Gene 46 of ɛ34 encodes a protein that is similar to other phage repressors. It has a C‐terminal protease domain which is about 80% identical to the repressors of phage λ, but its DNA binding N‐terminal portion is only about 18% identical to its closest known relatives in phages λ, and Lex A. The N‐terminal DNA‐binding domain is homologous to the HTH_XRE family of DNA‐binding domains. In another study we have generated homology models of this proteins and its interaction with DNA [1].The main goal of this project was to initiate a structure‐function study on the cI repressor protein of phage ɛ34. The cI repressor of ɛ34 protein with a 6X polyhistidine tag was first isolated and purified to homogeneity. We have identified regions for cI binding by using bioinformatics and gel‐mobility shift assay using PCR fragments encompassing the intergenic region of the cI and cro gene. Our binding sites compare well with the known intergenic regions of other phages such as λ, Φ11, 434. This project was done as a collaborative venture between two laboratories, Huntingdon College (Dr. Doba Jackson) and Alabama State University (laboratory of Dr. Robert Villafane). This project is in line with Dr. Robert Villafane's research into the Genomic analysis of bacteriophage ɛ34 of Salmonella enteric serovar Anatum.Support or Funding InformationSupport Support for this work was provided by Alabama State University and Huntingdon College.This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2019 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal.

A configurational analysis of the termination scenarios of international joint ventures: All is well that ends well

This article analyzes termination in international joint ventures (IJVs) with a set theoretic approach and fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to show that parent contribution, ownership, managerial configuration and experience can lead to a successful end of a joint venture. The use of fsQCA provides the causal paths leading to termination. Termination by achieving the objectives and termination by corporate restructuring are the most common ways in IJVs to end the collaborative venture and are a consequence of the joint set of foreign contribution, ownership structure, managerial configuration and experience. The duration of terminated IJVs highlights the importance of managerial experience and local contribution.

Beyond the Paris Agreement: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policy, and Climate Justice

The multidisciplinary field of climate law and justice needs to address the topic of intellectual property, climate finance, and technology transfer to ensure effective global action on climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992 (UNFCCC) established a foundation for the development, application and diffusion of low-carbon technologies. Against this background, it is useful to analyse how the Paris Agreement 2015 deals with the subject of intellectual property, technology transfer, and climate change. While there was discussion of a number of options for intellectual property and climate change, the final Paris Agreement 2015 contains no text on intellectual property. There is text, though, on technology transfer. The Paris Agreement 2015 relies upon technology networks and alliances in order to promote the diffusion and dissemination of green technologies. In order to achieve technology transfer, there has been an effort to rely on a number of formal technology networks, alliances, and public–private partnerships—including the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN); the World Intellectual Property Organization’s WIPO GREEN; Mission Innovation; the Breakthrough Energy Coalition; and the International Solar Alliance. There have been grand hopes and ambitions in respect of these collaborative and co-operative ventures. However, there have also been significant challenges in terms of funding, support, and operation. In a case of innovation policy pluralism, there also seems to be a significant level of overlap and duplication between the diverse international initiatives. There have been concerns about whether such technology networks are effective, efficient, adaptable, and accountable. There is a need to better align intellectual property, innovation policy, and technology transfer in order to achieve access to clean energy and climate justice under the framework of the Paris Agreement 2015. At a conceptual level, philosophical discussions about climate justice should be grounded in pragmatic considerations about intellectual property and technology transfer. An intellectual property mechanism is necessary to provide for research, development, and deployment of clean technologies. There is a need to ensure that the technology mechanism of the Paris Agreement 2015 can enable the research, development, and diffusion of clean technologies at a scale to address the global challenges of climate change.

Voicing the market: Extending the ambition of contract theory

Contract is a central trope in the organization of modern society. For too long, contract theory has avoided presenting a justification of contract that is ambitious enough to account for this centrality. Happily, this situation is changing, as private law theory is in the midst of refiguring the relationship among contracts, markets, and morality. Recently, a number of unrelated works have advanced both explanatory and justificatory arguments that draw tight connections among the three. Despite divergent starting points and theoretical predilections, the theories converge in characterizing the way that markets value everything in their orbit: impersonally, diffusely, and abstractly. They posit a common vision of the market in which value emerges without coordination, without discussion, and without agreement as to its meaning, motive, or cause. This article analyses these theoretical innovations, offers a brief critique, and then develops a more ambitious alternative. It suggests that contracting in markets can be a site of reasoned discussion about what the market should achieve rather than exclusively a single-minded means to maximize returns. Markets are at times an opportunity to recruit others to our projects, not only because they are financially profitable but also because they are normatively attractive. And that recruiting is a form of politicizing markets by exercising voice without invoking the need for public command. The market itself can be a site of collaborative ventures that accentuate self-government rather than bracketing value.

Translational epidemiology: The powerful tool for precision cancer medicine.

Although this is an exciting time for translational medicine, systematic approaches and strategies to conduct translational research are sparse. We highlight in this editorial the opportunities to collaborate across disciplines and to forge new interdisciplinary collaborative ventures from the perspective of epidemiology. We specifically outline some feasible research areas, wherein Translational Epidemiology may readily speed up the translation of research for Precision Medicine.

Chinese-Greek Collaborative Ventures around Children's Books

Chinese-Greek Collaborative Ventures around Children's Books