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Building A Crowdsourcing Community: How Online Social Learning Helps In Poverty Reduction, Han Ei Chew, Borort Sort, Peter Haddawy Jan 2013

Building A Crowdsourcing Community: How Online Social Learning Helps In Poverty Reduction, Han Ei Chew, Borort Sort, Peter Haddawy

Research Collection Office of Impact

In this paper, we describe the design and use of a knowledge sharing network that has recently been deployed for agricultural extension work in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The system, Poverty Reduction and Agricultural Management - Knowledge Sharing Network (PRAM-KSN), was built using a collaborative design process that involved both experts and ministerial agricultural extension workers who are also the current users of this web-based platform. This paper also discusses the relevance of the PRAM-KSN for agricultural extension work, how the principles of crowdsourcing apply to the system, and how social learning occurs for the benefit of …

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A Regional Study Of Landslide Hazards And Related Features In The Upper Indus River Basin, Northern Pakistan, Muhammad Farooq Ahmed Jan 2013

A Regional Study Of Landslide Hazards And Related Features In The Upper Indus River Basin, Northern Pakistan, Muhammad Farooq Ahmed

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"A spatial landslide inventory is a fundamental step preparatory to developing an understanding of regional landslide hazards. The techniques honed for this regional landslide mapping study began with compiling a stitched shaded topographic map of the Upper Indus River watershed; using remotely-sensed topographic maps from Russia combined with ASTER DEM 30m resolution data. Topographic recognition keys were then employed to aid in the visual identification and delineation of past landslides, rockslide avalanches, and landslide dam sites. The first order reconnaissance level inventory excerpted 2,254 landslides (mostly deep seated translational and complex slides) along the main stem of Indus River, land …

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Collectivistic Norms And International Entrepreneurship: A Tale Of Two Clans, The Wenzhounese From China And The Chettiars From India, Wee Liang Tan Jan 2013

Collectivistic Norms And International Entrepreneurship: A Tale Of Two Clans, The Wenzhounese From China And The Chettiars From India, Wee Liang Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

There is a need in the field of international entrepreneurship for ideas and theory developed from within the SME field and less reliance on that developed in the field of international business and large firms. This paper seeks to address this gap but examining the two groups of international entrepreneurs from China and India: the Wenzhou people and the Chettiars. These two groups began internationalising in the past before globalisation became a norm in the colonial days and before when ships sailed along trade winds. It seeks to draw lessons from these two groups: their collectivistic norms and practices.

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