Examining China’s Assertiveness through the Eyes of Chinese IR Scholars by Feng, Huiyun, He, Kai

“…China‟s assertive diplomacy in recent years has ignited intense debates among International Relations (IR) scholars. Some argue that China‟s assertive behavior is rooted in its perception of increasing power and capabilities. …”
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the Recruitment and Training of Poll Workers: What We Know from Scholarly Research by Burden, Barry C., Milyo, Jeffrey

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Turkish Energy Sector Development and the Paris Agreement Goals: A CGE Model Assessment by Kat, Bora, Paltsev, Sergey, Yuan, Mei

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Analyzing the Regional Impact of a Fossil Energy Cap in China by Zhang, D., Karplus, V., Rausch, S., Zhang, X.

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Linking Historical Roots and Current Methodologies of Engineering Systems by Santen, Nidhi R., Wood, Danielle

“…Both Schumpeter and the scholars in Strategy Development are concerned with how firms perform, but Schumpeter's approach is descriptive while Strategy Development is prescriptive. …”
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Access to science and scholarship: key questions about the future of research publishing by Sharp, Phillip, Bonvillian, William, Desimone, Robert, Imperiali, Barbara, Karger, David, Mavhunga, Chakanetsa, Brand, Amy, Lindsay, Nick, Stebbins, Michael

“…The health of the research enterprise is closely tied to the effectiveness of the scientific and scholarly publishing ecosystem. Policy-, technology-, and market-driven changes in publishing models over the last two decades have triggered a number of disruptions within this ecosystem: ● Ongoing increases in the cost of journal publishing, with dominant open access models shifting costs from subscribers to authors ● Significant consolidation and vertical (supply chain) integration in the publishing industry, and a decline in society-owned subscription journals that have long subsidized scientific and scholarly societies ● A dramatic increase in the number of “predatory” journals with substandard peer review ● Decline in the purchasing power of academic libraries relative to the quantity and cost of published research To illustrate how researcher behavior, funder policies, and publisher business models and incentives interact, this report presents an historical overview of open access publishing. …”
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Firsthand Experience and The Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration by Mortensen, Mark, Beyene, Tsedal

“…While scholars contend that firsthand experience - time spent onsite observing the people, places, and norms of a distant locale - is crucial in globally distributed collaboration, how such experience actually affects interpersonal dynamics is poorly understood. …”
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Migration and language education : towards a typology of complementary schools by Jain, Ritu

“…Delivered through a unique model of state-community partnership, the affirmative measures have escaped scholarly attention since their introduction in the early 1990s. …”
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What fear hath wrought : missile hysteria and the writing of "America" by Tan, See Seng

“…Scholars have linked the perpetuation of US militarism to ideological constructions of the Soviet Union as a dangerous "Other". …”
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What is cybersecurity? Explorations in automated knowledge generation by Choucri, Nazli, Elbait, Gihan Daw, Madnick, Stuart E.

“…In this context, we present a “proof of concept” for a new research strategy based on a close examination of a large corpus of scholarly knowledge, and the extent to which it enables us to generate new knowledge about cybersecurity of relevance to international relations and to national security relevant to the nation’s security and to international relations. …”
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Effectiveness In Civic Associations: Leader Development, Member Engagement And Public Influence In The Sierra Club by Andrews, Kenneth T., Baggetta, Matthew, Ganz, Marshall, Han, Hahrie, Lim, Chaeyoon

“…Some continue to thrive as they develop leaders, engage their members and influence public life—and afford scholars the opportunity to learn why they work when they do.…”
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Lessons and Trends in E-Voting: Initiatives in the U.S. and Abroad by Alvarez, R. Michael, Hall, Thad E.

“…The accessibility versus security debate is familiar ground for interest groups, scholars, and players in the election policy domain. …”
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How Geography Makes Democracy Work by Carney, Richard W.

“…Two dominant approaches characterize how scholars have answered this question: economic development or modernization theory and the vibrancy of civil society. …”
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Under the Thumb of History? Political Institutions and the Scope for Action by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther

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A proposed set of criteria for supply chain strategy evaluation by Perez-Franco, Roberto

“…To help supply chain scholars assess the applicability of evaluation criteria to supply chain strategy, this note proposes a tentative set of criteria and provides insights derived from the authors’ recent experience with their use in two projects. …”
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The WICS Model of Organizational Leadership by Sternberg, Robert J.

“…Leadership is essential to the successful functioning of virtually any organization. Scholars of leadership attempt to understand what leads to success in leadership. …”
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Anti-imperialism in the 19th century : a contemporary critique of the British invasion of Java in 1811 by Farish A. Noor

“…Reading Cobbert's critique of the Java invasion today is instructive for scholars of international relations as parallels can be found in his criticism of the converging interests of both capital and militarism, and his warnings of the long term consequences of such colonial adventurism and imperial overreach.…”
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Collected Views on Complexity in Systems by Sussman, Joseph M.

“…The paper concludes with some short takes -- pungent observations on complexity by various scholars -- and some overarching questions for subsequent discussion.…”
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COIM: An Object-Process Based Method for Analyzing Architectures of Complex, Interconnected, Large-Scale Socio-Technical Systems by Osorio, Carlos A., Dori, Dov, Sussman, Joseph M.

“…Methods that study the architecture of such types of systems can help scholars and practitioners to better understand, manage, and develop socio-technical systems. …”
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Meanings, Measures, Maps, and Models: Understanding the Mechanisms of Continuous Change by Repenning, Nelson

“…There is now considerable controversy concerning the role that incremental change plays in the process of organizational transformation. Some scholars assert that incremental change is the primary source of resistance to more radical re-orientations, while others argue that on occasion, ongoing incremental change can produce dramatic transformation. …”
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