Productive Partnerships Research Articles

Initiating Ṭibbun Nabawī in Local Agricultural Perspective Through Financing Products of Sharia Bank

This study examines two areas in Islamic economics that have yet to be met in a productive partnership, namely (1) Islamic banking institutions and (2) economic activities in the agricultural sector. Islamic banking institutions limit contact with the agricultural sector because of the negative assumptions already attached to the gloomy prospects for agriculture. In contrast, the agricultural industry players have formal limitations in negotiating with banking institutions. From a local perspective, this research on 'Tibbun nabawi' seeks to open up opportunities for both parties in a productive and beneficial partnership. This is literature research, a qualitative approach utilizing the study of the living Quran. Utilization of the financing management pattern with a modified joint responsibility system is the most crucial result in this study so that partnerships between Islamic banking institutions and the agricultural industry can be realized immediately.

Hubungan antara sistem produksi dan kerjasama kemitraan dengan keberhasilan usahatani tanaman hias Hanjuang (Cordyline fruticosa) di Kecamatan Sukalarang, Kabupaten Sukabumi, Jawa Barat

This study aims to determine the relationship between the production system and partnership cooperation with the success of Hanjuang (Cordyline fruticosa) ornamental plant farming. The unit of analysis is the Hanjuang Ornamental Plant Farmers in partnership with PT. Noah Han Semesta in Sukalarang District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java Province. The analysis technique used is Pearson correlation analysis and path analysis. The results showed that the performance of Hanjuang ornamental plant farming was quite profitable, with an income of Rp44,957,631,-. The Product planning subsystem; production input subsystem; process subsystem; and control subsystem obtained an achievement level of 80.24% outstanding criteria. Provision of production facilities, Technical guidance, and Marketing of Production Results obtained a level of achievement of 78.95% (good criteria). The following dimensions: productivity; plant quality; and efficiency of farming, obtained a level of achievement of 78.81% (good criteria). Production systems and partnerships have a positive and significant effect on the success of Hanjuang ornamental plant farming. The contribution of the Production System was obtained by 27.27%, and the Partnership and Partnership variable's contribution was 44.24 %.

PRINCIPLES OF REGULATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

The improvement and justification of recommendations for improving PPP mechanisms in the agro-industrial complex is dictated by their relevance and practical significance, which allow expanding the resource base of agricultural production on terms of mutual benefit for the state and business. The problems of using public-private partnership in the field of agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan are analyzed. The purpose of the study is to determine the criteria for assessing the impact of economic factors on environmental components, in particular on the atmosphere, hydrosphere and land resources. The methods of economic analysis, comparison, synthesis, decomposition were used for a comprehensive assessment of the functioning of the enterprise in the production of agricultural products: an assessment of the impact of the functioning of the agro-industrial complex on the environment was carried out. The main directions that have significant potential for promising PPP programs are also identified: the production of organic products in the crop and livestock industries; increasing the volume of meat products and milk; the development of a greenhouse economy specializing not only in growing vegetables, but also in floriculture. Based on the analysis, a SWOT analysis of the use of public-private partnership in agricultural production is indicated, its strengths and opportunities, weaknesses and threats are shown, and according to the results of the study, conceptual directions for the development of the PPP institute in the agro-industrial complex of the republic are highlighted.

Firearm Suicide Prevention in the U.S. Military: Recommendations From a National Summit.

The U.S. DoD has identified firearm suicide prevention as a key operational priority. One vital approach to addressing firearm suicides is through promoting lethal means safety, which involves the voluntary use of secure storage for personally owned firearms and/or temporarily moving firearms out of the home during risk periods. Despite promising approaches to lethal means safety, critical gaps remain in research, programming, and communication among and across scientists, DoD programmatic leaders, front-line commanders, and service members. To address these gaps, the first-ever national "Firearm Suicide Prevention in the Military: Messaging and Interventions Summit" was convened in June 2022, bringing together DoD personnel and researchers with expertise in firearm suicide prevention and lethal means safety. The Summit identified 10 recommendations to enhance firearm suicide prevention messaging and interventions in the U.S. military, including (1) repeal or amend prohibitions on questioning service members about personal firearms; (2) develop, examine, and use common language for firearm injury prevention; (3) implement a universal approach to training on comprehensive firearm injury prevention; (4) encourage leadership across disciplines and levels; (5) aim for broad culture change; (6) support innovative research; (7) consider various outcome measures; (8) promote "cultural competence" for better communication; (9) reduce territorialism; and (10) develop creative partnerships. Ultimately, these recommendations can facilitate productive partnerships with a shared goal: to develop, test, and implement strategies that standardize lethal means safety and reduce firearm suicides and other firearm injuries or harm among service members.

No Roots, No Fruits: Marcel Tanner's Scholarly Contribution, Achievements in Capacity Building, and Impact in Global Health.

On 1 October 2022, Marcel Tanner celebrated his 70th birthday with his family and friends on the River Rhein in Basel. Trained in epidemiology (Ph.D.) and public health (MPH), Tanner devoted his entire working life to research, teaching, and capacity building. Indeed, he built up productive partnerships, fostered multinational consortia, served on numerous scientific and strategic advisory boards, and contributed measurably to improving people's health and well-being. We systematically searched the Web of Science Core Collection to identify Tanner's scholarly contribution and pursued an in-depth analysis of his scientific oeuvre including the main areas of research, pathogens, diseases, and health systems, and the geographical foci of his scholarly activities. Additionally, we examined Tanner's impact on personal and institutional capacity building in the arena of global health. We also invited a handful of colleagues to describe their experiences while working with Marcel Tanner. What transpires is a considerable breadth and depth of peer-reviewed publications in tropical medicine; epidemiology, environmental, and occupational health; parasitology; and infectious diseases. More than a third of the 622 peer-reviewed articles, the first piece published in 1978, focused on various aspects of the protozoan parasite Plasmodium and the disease it causes: malaria. Tanner trained, taught, and inspired generations of students, scientists, and practitioners all over the world. His unique ability to bring people and institutions together to work in partnership is at the heart of an impactful career in global health.

The concept of the health economic-industrial complex in practice: a look at productive development partnerships

Resumo Partindo do conceito do Complexo Econômico-Industrial da Saúde, o artigo teve como objetivo central realizar uma análise do modelo de política proposto pelas Parcerias para o Desenvolvimento Produtivo (PDPs) e de seus principais resultados, por meio de um balanço crítico do grau de cumprimento dos principais objetivos explícitos da política. A partir da realização de uma extensa revisão bibliográfica de materiais referentes à temática das PDPs, a contribuição central do artigo consiste na realização de uma síntese organizada dos principais argumentos das potencialidades e dos limites associados ao modelo das PDPs diante dos objetivos a que se que propõem, separados pelas categorias de compras públicas, produção nacional de medicamentos, processos de inovação e impactos sociais, trazendo reflexões acerca de possíveis aprimoramentos para que sejam alcançados de forma ainda mais exitosa.

Using Participatory Co-Design to identify industries’ specific employability needs for targeted Micro-credentials

Industry-focused micro-credentials are paving the way to a new ‘culture of partnership’ between higher education and industry (Dawkins & Bean, 2021). With rapid changes in industries and workplaces, micro-credentials offer potential to enhance transitions from learning to work and respond to industries’ emerging workforce needs. However, this potential can only be realised if micro-credentialed learning achievements are both recognised and valued by industries and employers. Thus, strong and engaged partnership with industries is key. Over the past five years, we have been utilising ‘Participatory Co-Design’ (PCD) (Kristiansen & Bloch-Poulsen, 2013), combined with an evidence-based, ethnographic Design Thinking approach (Liedtka & Ogilvies 2011, Liedtka, 2018), to develop employability frameworks for several professions with both educational and professional lenses. Gomez, Kya and Mancevice (2018) argue that PCD ‘represents a sociocultural theoretical commitment to learning from, and designing for, local contexts’ (p.403). Our experience has shown that PCD offers a powerful pathway to productive partnerships that combine educational and industry expertise and insights, to surface current and future employability needs. Starting with global scans of emerging industry needs, we built out prototypes to test resonance with industry experts and gather feedback to iterate our models. This process resulted in employability frameworks that are being embedded in a range of post-graduate and professional short-form courses. The PCD process is a logical choice for validating industries’ specific employability needs for micro-credentials across tertiary and professional education. Through applying this approach, contextualised design principles are co-defined, specific employability needs are confirmed, and industry leaders and stakeholders buy into both the process and ultimately the verified learning achievements targeted by micro-credentials. This Pecha Kucha session provides an overview of our process, opportunities and challenges we have experienced, and what’s next.

Are Micro-credentials the Netflix of the tertiary education industry? And how do we ensure they are ‘bingeworthy’?

When Netflix revealed its trailblazing subscription video streaming service, it was both a game changer and disruptor in the digital entertainment industry. Are micro-credentials set to do the same? Certainly, micro-credentials are both disrupting and paving the way to a new tertiary & professional education landscape. Like Netflix, Micro-credentials offer flexibility, can be ‘on-demand’ and can represent a range of topics or themes that can be personalised to individual choices and needs. However, in a learning context, there is much more to ensuring they are ‘bingeworthy’ for both learners and industries. By ‘bingeworthy’, we mean engaging and meaningful enough to motivate the learner to want to complete more and for industry to be convinced of their value. With the rush toward micro-credentials, there is ambiguity about what it takes to make these verifiable learning achievements high value to institutions, learners and employers. Ensuring a strong value proposition for all stakeholders and a great experience are critical in determining whether they will be ‘bingeworthy’ and worthy of investment. Our team uses a combination of Design Thinking (Liedtka & Ogilvies, 2011; Liedtka, 2018) and ‘Participatory Co-Design’ (PCD) (Kristiansen & Bloch-Poulsen, 2013), to conceptualise, design, pilot, learn and iterate micro-credentials. Design thinking offers a systematic way of problem solving and solution-finding that is people-centred and iterative and uses a variety of ethnographic research techniques as well as other sense-making tools (Liedtka, 2018). The ‘intellectual roots’ of design theory are steeped in a design process that is learning-focused and hypothesis-driven (Schon, 1982). Defining attributes include ‘problem centredness, nonlinearity, optionality and the presence of uncertainty and ambiguity’ (Liedtka, 2015, p.926). The concept ‘Participatory Co-Design’ is derived from Sociocultural Theory and represents a theoretical commitment to learning from, and designing for, local contexts’ (Gomez, Kya and Mancevice, 2018, p.403). For us, it offers a powerful pathway to productive partnerships that combine educational and industry expertise and insights to assess the current state, reimagine the future state and find solutions that work and are meaningful for all stakeholders. This is key to the stakeholder value chain and fundamental in designing the micro-credential experience. Our poster follows our process for getting started with micro-credentials and what comprises micro-credential experiences that are ‘bingeworthy’.

Collective value creation: a new approach to stakeholder value

ABSTRACT The corporate community has rediscovered an old idea: stakeholder value. The concept’s history is rooted in the literature on varieties of capitalism. Within that scholarship it has served to delineate institutional and relational differences between capitalist systems and forms of corporate governance. Today, stakeholder value is being used to argue for the redirection of capitalism to deliver on key goals related to inclusion and sustainability. This paper argues that the concept – and thus the endeavour to change capitalism – will remain weak unless it goes to the centre of how we create value. Moralistic exhortations to business leaders are not enough to bring about a true stakeholder form of capitalism. For this we must have stronger theory and practice on how to restructure finance, production, and public-private partnerships in new ways that recognise the state’s market-shaping role and support equitable distribution of value across stakeholders.

Developing Productive School Counselor–Principal Partnerships

School counselors and principals are in natural leadership positions that provide opportunities to influence systemic change. Given these educators’ great responsibility of supporting the academic, social/emotional, and college and career development of all students, aligning their efforts toward impacting student outcomes is wise. Current literature has identified barriers and benefits of school counselor–principal collaboration. However, a more thorough understanding of the process for developing and analyzing productive partnerships would prove beneficial to school counselors and principals. This article presents a framework for describing the process and outputs of school counselor–principal collaboration, with discussion of implications for further development and use of the framework.

Teacher perspectives on partnerships on families of children with autism

The success of students with disabilities in school and community largely relies on productive family professional partnerships (FPPs). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) recognises the importance of family collaboration to student success by mandating that parents be involved in the Individualised Education Plan (IEP) process as full team members. While several previous studies examined the perspectives of parents of children with disabilities on partnerships with educators, less research exists on teacher perspectives on family professional collaborations. Additionally, there are even fewer studies that focus on teacher perspectives on partnerships with parents of children with autism, a disability category which continues to increase in prevalence. The present study contributes to the literature by examining teacher perspectives on factors that build and hinder positive partnerships with families of children with autism. Researchers surveyed 25 Special Education teachers and conducted additional individual interviews and open‐ended questionnaires to examine teachers' first‐hand experiences. Findings identified four common themes that educators felt helped and hindered collaborative relationships with families. Study results may lead to the development of specific family professional collaboration strategies that can be implemented and discussed in school districts, teacher trainings, pre‐service teacher education programs and family workshops.

Which strategies support the effective use of clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registry data to inform health service delivery? A systematic review

BackgroundEmpirical evidence suggests data and insights from the clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registries are not being fully utilised, leaving health service managers, clinicians and providers without clear guidance on how best to improve healthcare delivery. This lack of uptake of existing research knowledge represents low value to the healthcare system and needs to change.MethodsFive electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) were systematically searched. Included studies were published between 2000 and 2020 reporting on the attributes, evidence usage and impact of clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registries on health service delivery.ResultsTwenty-six articles including one randomised controlled trial, eight before-and-after studies, eight case studies/reviews, five surveys and four interview studies, covering a wide range of medical conditions and conducted in the USA, Australia and Europe, were identified. Five complementary strategies were derived to maximise the likelihood of best practice health service delivery: (1) feedback and transparency, (2) intervention sustainability, (3) clinical practice guideline adherence, (4) productive partnerships and (5) whole-of-team approach.ConclusionThese five strategies, used in context-relevant combinations, are most likely to support the application of existing high-quality data, adding value to health service delivery. The review highlighted the limitations of study design in opportunistic registry studies that do not produce clear, usable evidence to guide changes to health service implementation practices. Recommendations include exploration of innovative methodologies, improved coordination of national registries and the use of incentives to encourage guideline adherence and wider dissemination of strategies used by successful registries.

Collaborating to Advance Health Equity for Families with Newborns Through Public-Private Partnerships.

This paper describes a health equity-focused partnership between an academic health center and a large metro public health department aimed at improving health care delivery in the postpartum period to reduce maternal-infant mortality. We describe our experience launching Family Connects Chicago at one of four Chicago pilot hospitals across the planning, implementation, and evaluation phases. Key sustainability factors are discussed including cooperative data-sharing, shared funding mechanisms, ongoing engagement strategies across teams, shared leadership, and interprofessional collaboration models. We share implementation strategies to overcome challenges including the commitment of a diverse interprofessional team, a focus on mutual, clear goals, an understanding of shared responsibility and accountability, shared resources, and frequent, open, and honest communication. Successful outcomes including over 1,500 virtual and in-home visits over the first 22 months highlight the need for operational best practice blueprints for meaningful and productive public-private partnerships promoting health equity.

The Ubuntu Approach in Project SOAR (Speaking Our African American Realities): Building a robust community-academic partnership and culturally curated focus groups

Community-academic partnerships to enable research within minoritized communities are ever more important. Building on community-based participatory research frameworks, the Ubuntu Approach is offered as a set of principles for initiating and supporting meaningful and productive community-academic research partnerships. Particularly pertinent when the research is for and about systemically oppressed groups, the action principles are: 1) take risks; 2) identify and align core values; 3) create connection; 4) convey respect; 5) cultivate trust; and 6) put the work (i.e., benefit to the community) first, all of which are designed to create a culture for the partnership. These principles formed the foundation for the authors’ community-academic partnership that resulted in Project SOAR (Speaking Our African American Realities), research to advance the understanding of the nature and consequences of the Strong Black Woman schema, and other culturally-relevant constructs, in the context of the breast cancer experience. Data from the first, qualitative phase of Project SOAR, in which 37 Black women diagnosed with breast cancer took part in culturally curated Gatherings (i.e., focus groups), provide evidence that steps toward the goal of benefiting the community were accomplished and that the Ubuntu Approach can be an effective method for community-academic partnerships.

Competitiveness of the Commodity Indonesian Coffee Beans the International Market

<em><em><em><em>The Geographical Indication Program (IG) with the application of fairtrade standardization has been launched by the Indonesian government in 2001, to increase the competitiveness of local products in the international market. This study seeks to identify the strength of competitiveness and the position of Indonesian bean coffee commodities in the international market and each of the national markets of the importing country. Panel data used during the period 2010-2021 covered 11 exporter countries and 6 importer countries, analyzed with the RCA index. The results showed that Coffee not Roasted or Decaffeinated has strong competitiveness in the international market and some national markets of importing countries, and competitiveness is weak for Coffee Roasted, not Decaffeinated. The competitiveness position of the two coffee bean commodities is in the 6th position. The occurrence of a positive correlation between the contribution of exports and the competitiveness of coffee beans indicates the positive impact of the IG program and suggests that the position of competitiveness be improved through the provision of adequate and affordable organic production facilities, farmer counseling, and partnership and promotion cooperation.</em></em></em></em>

Organization of partnership between an educational institution and a tutor with parents of children with disabilities

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problem of partnership interaction of educational institution specialists with parents of children with disabilities, which is its purpose. The introduction focuses on the modern positions of parents who act as important partners in the system of accompanying their child with disabilities. Methodology and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of studying the modern educational environment in the tutor support system and was built using methods of analysis, generalization of psychological and pedagogical literature and normative documents in education, observation. Research results, discussion. The paper says that their own observations and research in this regard indicate that families raising children with disabilities have significant independent resources, which are very important for the development and education of their child. The important conditions for the effectiveness of the work of specialists with parents are described, its systemic nature is emphasized. Along with this, the article pays special attention to the tutor support system. The essential grounds for the formation of partnership relationships are given and disclosed. In conclusion, the paper indicates that the tutor in the support system occupies a very important position, helping in the organization of the educational process at different stages. On the basis of the research, the unity of views is stated and it is concluded that specialists working with children with disabilities and their families should establish and maintain productive partnerships with parents. This type of interaction makes it possible to increase the potential of the correctional and developmental process.

Update From Digital Production Partnership (DPP)

The Digital Production Partnership’s (DPP’s) last progress update in the <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal</i> was authored at an interesting juncture in all our lives. The pandemic was only a few weeks old; the hope was our lives would return to normal in another few weeks, and many of us were still enjoying the novelty of working from home. Much has changed for us all in that time. We consider ourselves fortunate if we and our loved ones have survived with nothing more than a couple of pin-pricks in our arms to show for the experience. Many others, of course, have not been so lucky.

It Takes a Village: Partnerships in Primary School Relationships and Sexuality Education in Aotearoa

The implementation of relationships and sexuality education as part of Health and Physical Education in The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media Limited.) involves a range of people sharing their perspectives in order to shape the subject on paper and in practice. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative collective case study in three primary schools in Aotearoa. Experimenting with Appreciative Inquiry, we found that connections and conversations between a wide variety of people and organisations have a critical role to play in relation to planning and teaching relationships and sexuality education in schools: (i) Schools and teachers working in partnership with colleagues within and across schools, (ii) connections with whānau and relationships with learners, and (iii) access to wider supports and services. Our findings suggest that having conversations and establishing and maintaining productive partnerships between a variety of people are critical if relationships and sexuality education is to live up to its potential and meet learners’ needs.

Assessing the combining role of public-private investment as a green finance and renewable energy in carbon neutrality target

All governments have lately placed a high priority on achieving carbon neutrality. Environmental sustainability may be achieved via the evaluation of novel approaches. We are looking at the impact of China's public-private energy and efficiency partnerships on the country's carbon dioxide emissions from 1990Q1 to 2019Q4. Furthermore, we include sustainability initiatives, sustainable sources, green finance, and financial progress into our model to better understand carbon dioxide emissions. Econometric regression techniques, such as dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) and FMOLS, are used in this work. The research also showed that financial inclusion positively impacts the goal of green finance attainment. According to the findings, China's economic growth and public-private collaboration positively impact carbon emissions. Emissions of carbon dioxide gases, on the other hand, are negatively influenced by improvements in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and technical innovation. Public-private partnerships in energy production must be more efficient to reduce carbon emissions. Chinese policymakers must guarantee a successful and prompt changeover to renewable energy sources via environmental, technological adaptation, and efficient use of all renewable resources.

JOURNALISM IN NEW MEDIA AGE: EXPLORING JOURNALISTS’ PERCEIVED EASE AND IMPACT OF TWITTER ON JOB PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN

Improvements in interactive technologies have altered Pakistani culture in recent times, making it easier for people to acquire digital information. Twitter provides journalists with new chances to keep themselves updated with the current happenings, build productive partnerships with audiences, and voice their ideas to boost their reputation and exposure among their followers, many thanks go to social media technologies. The present study is designed to explore twitter usage among the journalists through its usage, ease of use and its effect on their job. The study explores that majority (47%) of Pakistani journalists spend up to one hour in twitter usage. It was further revealed that journalist (72.3%) themselves tweet and do read others’ tweets as well. Empirical data reveals that five hypotheses out of six were also supported regarding the twitter usage. Findings also show that a positive attitude forwarded into helpfulness encourages journalists to use Twitter, whereas a bad attitude toward risk does not predict behavior intention and is inversely linked with behavioral intent, implying that if the risk is minimal, journalists will become more willing to be used. Keywords: Twitter, journalist, ease, job performance, acceptance, Pakistan.