Author: Committee on International Collaborations inU.S.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: research, report, workshop, sciences, social, collaborations, behavioral, international
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 2008-01-11
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0309114152
ISBN-13: 9780309114158

Based on the outcomes of a workshop convened by the U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science and informed by a survey of social scientists who have led cross-national projects, this National Science Foundation-funded report addresses the multiple benefits of research extending across national boundaries and describes factors common among successful collaborations. Workshop participants identified the obstacles frequently encountered and suggested ways of dealing with these challenges to enhance international collaborative research in the behavioral and social sciences. Several dimensi

Author: Michelle W.L. Fong
Publisher: IRM Press
Keywords: organizations, virtual, collaborations
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2004-07-01
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 1591402859
ISBN-13: 9781591402855

E-Collaboration promotes interaction between people over the Internet, and is vital in virtual organization arrangements where people co-exist or work together, independent of time and location. E-Collaborations and Virtual Organizations covers a broad range of topics, from underlying technological structures to fundamental mechanisms that are relevant to e-Collaboration and virtual organizations. The chapters in this book present some of the current work in the field and represent a resource upon which knowledge, lessons, and views can be drawn upon for consideration and applications in the v

Author: Thomas E. Backer PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: collaborations, community, evaluating
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2003-07-30
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 0826121853
ISBN-13: 9780826121851

Univ. of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. Developed by the nonprofit Human Interaction Research Institute, text presents information on the treatment of theoretical, research, and practice issues concerning the evaluation of collaborations. Also includes a set of forms which can be adapted. Also explores the human side of collaborations.

Author: Howard Waldrop
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Keywords: collaborations, jump, last, custer
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1930846134
ISBN-13: 9781930846135

Story collaborations between cult figure Howard Waldrop and numerous other celebrated science fiction and fantasy writers are collected for the first time in this unique volume. ’One Horse Town’ breathes fresh life into an ancient tale, combining elements from the sack of Troy, Homer’s early days, the last day in the life of a Trojan warrior, and the archaeological dig at Troy. In ’Custer’s Last Jump!’ the legendary Crazy Horse uses Confederate monoplanes in his famous battle against General Custer. ’A Voice and Bitter Weeping’ paints a grim post

Author: Peter Isaac Rose
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Keywords: collaborations, exile, anatomy, dispossessed
Number of Pages: 362
Published: 2004-11-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1558494669
ISBN-13: 9781558494664

Edward Said once noted that "exile is compelling to think about, but terrible to experience." "The Dispossessed," a collection of thoughtful essays and critical commentaries on the meaning of exile, reverberates with the significance of Said’s terse comment. Following a foreword by actress and activist Liv Ullmann and an introduction by Peter I. Rose, the reader is offered a series of essays examining the experiences of refugees in various parts of the world, with particular attention to the disruptions caused by World War II. Contributors explore the politics of rescue, the dependenc

Author: Craig Dreeszen
Publisher: Arts Extension Service, Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Keywords: collaborations, education, arts, community, intersections
Number of Pages: 44
Published: 2002
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0945464118
ISBN-13: 9780945464112

Author: Wayne Heisler Jr.
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Keywords: studies, music, eastman, strauss, collaborations, richard, ballet
Number of Pages: 361
Published: 2009-08-15
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 1580463215
ISBN-13: 9781580463218