Hanna Kim and Ryan Michael Allen
The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Chinese Central Government’s plan to alleviate brain drain, called the Thousand Talents Plan, has been glocalized by three major…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Chinese Central Government’s plan to alleviate brain drain, called the Thousand Talents Plan, has been glocalized by three major local governments: Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangdong.
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The lens of glocalization pays special attention to the impact of local reactions to global forces. Materials from the Recruitment Program of Global Experts for three major cases were examined for glocal characteristics. An analysis of each case was carried out to compare the strategies and implementations to explore the individual glocalizations and larger national similarities.
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The findings show that each of the localities has distinct regional variations in their strategies: Shanghai utilized its economic prowess, Tianjin focused on clustering experts, and Guangdong maximized its geographic proximity to Hong Kong. At the same time, all three policies were still rooted in human capital development theory, with a keen emphasis to attracting migrants with greater propensity for staying long term in China.
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The study of brain drain is important because it is a problem that plagues communities around the world, especially non-western societies. While China’s tactics to combat brain drain have been examined, the consideration of glocalization in the cases of Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangdong have not been carried out.
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New economic geography theorists, who have revived the importance of local roots and highlighted the significance of cities as a source of international competitiveness, have…
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New economic geography theorists, who have revived the importance of local roots and highlighted the significance of cities as a source of international competitiveness, have spurred the global marketing of Incheon. An examination of the new economic geography literature examines the nature of the new localism based on clusters, involving spatial proximity and concentrated face-to-face transaction, agglomeration economies and local knowledge networks. The territorial expression of these ideas is evident in competitive cities and knowledge cities. Both types of cities are embodied in civic attempts to market Incheon as an international city through the development of the international harbor and international airport and a knowledge city at Songdo. As there is no reference to Incheon in the place marketing literature there is a need to market it as Seoul-Incheon and itemize the Capital Region 's key assets and strategic advantages, including logistics and Pentaport - five ports in one - to build a presentation that attracts foreign direct investment and foreign expertise and provokes an energizing debate on the Korean Government's plan to position the country as the hub for international commerce in Northeast Asia. Critics of this place marketing approach designed to make Incheo'} a prosperously middle-class city suggest more evidence is needed before it can be assumed firms locate in cities as a base for export activities to boost their competitiveness. Perhaps there is need to give up the preoccupation with the local focus in cluster analysis and give equal attention to global connections.
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There is a pressing need to teach students how to talk critically about race to understand the personal and political implications of racism in the contemporary US society…
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There is a pressing need to teach students how to talk critically about race to understand the personal and political implications of racism in the contemporary US society. Classroom race talk, however, often includes moments of discomfort or confusion as teachers and students navigate new norms for making sense of race and racism. The purpose of this paper is to examine how one white teacher and her multiracial class of fourth-grade students navigated race talk tensions while reading and discussing shared texts.
Design/methodology/approach
Data for this paper were collected as part of a larger, year-long qualitative study on antiracist pedagogy. In this paper, the author analyzes video data of classroom race talk recorded during whole-class and small-group literacy lessons. Using inductive coding and reconstructive critical discourse analysis, the author examines how the teacher and students co-constructed meaning during tense or confusing conversational moments.
Findings
The findings demonstrate that the teacher and students jointly mediated tensions by using the practices of racial literacy, which included learning about the history of racial inequality in the USA, considering racism as structural and systemic rather than individual and asking and answering questions for continued inquiry and critical self-reflection. While previous research studies have characterized race talk tensions as problems or obstacles to student learning, the findings from this study suggest that tensions can be generative to developing and enacting racial literacy.
Originality/value
In the current political climate, alarmist rhetoric issued by conservative politicians and media outlets has discredited race talk as harmful or damaging to children. This study offers a positive reframing of tensions, which may provide teachers encouragement to pursue literacy instruction that equips students with knowledge and skills to better understand and confront racism.
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Details a method for uncovering the direct and indirect influences of human values on consumer decisions. The procedure is quantitative, uses large samples and employs widely…
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Details a method for uncovering the direct and indirect influences of human values on consumer decisions. The procedure is quantitative, uses large samples and employs widely known statistical techniques such as correlations, regression and (optionally) factor analysis. Uses a study of Toyota Corolla as an example. Describes the four steps involved: development of the questionnaire; administration to sample of market; assessment of general preferences; and assessing the extent to which individuals in the sample apply their human values directly or indirectly when forming product preference. The main marketing strategies for which this method can yield useful information are: solidifying consumers’ current perceptions and evaluations of the product; and changing consumer perceptions of the product. Implications for marketing professionals are discussed.
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Michael G. Allen, Alexander R. Oliver and Edward H. Schwallie
Acquisitions activity in the United States is more intense today than at any time since the 1960s. Among the trends in today's acquisitions market: larger acquisitions, many over…
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Acquisitions activity in the United States is more intense today than at any time since the 1960s. Among the trends in today's acquisitions market: larger acquisitions, many over $200 million; the changing mix of companies involved; and a switch to cash payment and higher premiums. Cutting through the acquisitions maze requires sound strategic planning.
Here's an airline service performance you might take for granted: Coach passengers are enjoying their overnight Swissair flight to Geneva. The plane left promptly from JFK, dinner…
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Here's an airline service performance you might take for granted: Coach passengers are enjoying their overnight Swissair flight to Geneva. The plane left promptly from JFK, dinner was first rate and was served swiftly and elegantly. What's missing from the sounds in the cabin? The crying of babies. They are sound asleep, cradled in specially designed hammocks called baby baskets. Never resting on its reputation for excellence in service management, Swissair keeps ahead with such innovations. The corporate payoff for such attention to detail is that Swissair continues to be the international airline most travelers prefer. Its flights are filled—at premium prices—because of its carefully designed and rehearsed services.
This is the third article in Planning Review featuring G.E.'s experiments with planning. In the first (September 1977), Michael G. Allen, then vice president for corporate…
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This is the third article in Planning Review featuring G.E.'s experiments with planning. In the first (September 1977), Michael G. Allen, then vice president for corporate strategy, shared the company's techniques in, “Diagramming G.E.'s Planning for What's Watt.” The next article, optimistically titled, “For G.E., Planning Crowned by Success,” written by Steve Cohen, was published exactly five years later. As our current interview with Michael A. Carpenter, vice president, corporate business development and planning, indicates, G.E.'s planning department has undergone trial by fire during the past several years. However, G.E. planners are now playing an intriguing new role in the analysis of strategy, as PR's publisher, Robert J. Allio learns.
Benjamin J. Allen, Michael R. Crum and Charles D. Braunschweig
Estimates the extent to which electronic data interchange (EDI) iscurrently used in the motor carrier industry and examines motor carrierEDI issues. The analysis is based on data…
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Estimates the extent to which electronic data interchange (EDI) is currently used in the motor carrier industry and examines motor carrier EDI issues. The analysis is based on data collected from a survey of 266 Class I and II motor carriers. The major findings include: the use of EDI industry‐wide is fairly significant in terms of freight revenues coming from EDI shippers; smaller motor carriers lag behind in the use of EDI; the motor carrier decision to implement EDI appears to be customer‐service – or marketing‐driven; and EDI use by motor carriers is evolving towards standardization. Suggests that further research is needed to gain a better understanding of the degree to which the trucking industry is sharing in the benefits of EDI use and the role which the smaller carrier will have in the growth of EDI use.
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Strategic management—the infusion of strategic principles in the running of a business—has demonstrated impressive power by dramatically improving the performance of a number of…
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Strategic management—the infusion of strategic principles in the running of a business—has demonstrated impressive power by dramatically improving the performance of a number of major companies that implemented it. (See Exhibit 1.) This concept, born in the early Seventies, is now experiencing the adolescent struggles of what Gail Sheehy, the author of Passages, calls, “gaining authenticity” and “ego strength.” Now, an era of self assurance, authority and leadership is at hand.
Purpose – This chapter traces the creation of a market for strategy by management consulting firms during the second half of the twentieth century in order to demonstrate their…
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Purpose – This chapter traces the creation of a market for strategy by management consulting firms during the second half of the twentieth century in order to demonstrate their impact in shaping debates in the subject and demand for their services by corporate executives.
Design/methodology/approach – Using historical analysis, the chapter draws on institutional theory, including institutional isomorphism. It uses both primary and secondary data from the leading consulting firms to describe how consultants shifted from offering advice on organizational structure to corporate strategy and eventually to corporate legitimacy as a result of the changing economic and regulatory environment of the time.
Findings/originality/value – This study provides a historical context for the emergence of corporate and competitive strategy as an institutional practice in both the United States and around the world, and provides insights into how important this history can be in understanding the debates among consultants and academics during strategy's emergence as an academic subject and practical application.