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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 1, no. 6 [PDF]

, 2016
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1.
Nkwi, Paul Nchoji, Tohmentain, Julius, Clement, Mih   +2 more
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A new scale‐selective measure of curvature for meteorological fields

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
We introduce a novel diagnostic called curvature using radial variation (CURV) that quantifies the local cyclonic or anticyclonic curvature of mean‐sea‐level pressure or geopotential height gridded fields over selected scales. A depiction of how CURV values relate to differing cyclonic curvature is shown in the figure.
Nigel Roberts, Timothy Hewson, Anca Brookshaw, Matthieu Chevallier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-colonial West African Christianity in the Senegal River Valley

African Theological Journal for Church and Society
Historical scholarship has often documented that Christianity was not present in West Africa until Europeans introduced it to West Africans around the fifteenth century. Yet history speaks differently. Many centuries before Europeans arrived on the West
Charonda Woods-Boone
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Sustainable Enterprise Growth: The Role of Entrepreneurial Agility

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationships among entrepreneurial orientation (EO), entrepreneurial agility (EA), and sustainable enterprise growth (SEG) in manufacturing SMEs in Ghana, drawing on Dynamic Capability Theory. A quantitative design was used, with data collected from registered SMEs across key industrial regions via simple random ...
Samuel Oduro Owusu, Mathew Thomas Gil, S. Sachin, Christian Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does innovation success need advocacy? Stakeholder involvement in firm innovation

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Prior research documents that firms often collaborate with advocacy groups to mitigate stakeholder contention. Integrating stakeholder theory into a performance model of collaborative innovation, we propose an overlooked explanation for such collaborations: to enhance the adoption of firms' innovations.
Paolo Carioli, Christoph Grimpe, Karin Hoisl, Wolfgang Sofka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Christianity on African Tradition and Culture: X-Raying the Conflicts

International Journal of 'Umrānic Studies
This research is focused on “the impact of Christianity on African tradition and culture: x-raying the conflicts”. Culture is any society’s way of life while conflicts are issues or crises which occur between two parties.
Clifford Meesua Sibani, Baribia Joseph Nyama   +1 more
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"African Fluid Spirituality and the Development of Transdenominationality: An Ecclesiological Reimagination of the Ecumenical Future of World Christianity"

This paper argues that the praxis of transdenominationality, from an African perspective, could redefine the future of ecumenical dialogue as an essential aspect of World Christianity.
Okpaleke, Ikenna Paschal, World Christianity Conference, Emerging Trends in the Global South: Impact on World Christianity   +1 more
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Why Does Individualism Affect Economic Development: Is It Values, Policies, or Institutions?

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial body of literature highlights the positive roles of individualism and economic freedom in fostering prosperity, and recent work links the two. This paper disentangles their contributions to economic development. In cross‐country data, we show that both are independently associated with per capita income, even after extensive ...
Lewis S. Davis, Claudia Williamson Kramer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 3, no. 2 [PDF]

, 2018
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1.
Daneel, Marthinus L., Bonk, Jonathan, Chimininge, Vengesai, Robert, Dana L.   +3 more
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Emergent Innovation in Systemic Programme Design: Retrospective Reflections on the Development of a Student‐Centred Masters in Systems Thinking

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
wiley   +1 more source