Korupcija yra labai sena ir aptinkama įvairiose visuomeninio gyvenimo srityse. Tai ypač latentiškas ir sukeliantis daug problemų jį kvalifikuojant nusikaltimas. Pagrindinės problemos susijusios su subjektu, kyšiu ir jo dydžiu, korupcinių veikų atskyrimu nuo kitų nusikaltimų. Itin aktuali problema – kyšio ir dovanos santykis. Šis nusikaltimas padaromas tiek privačiame, tiek viešajame sektoriuje. Korupcinio pobūdžio nusikalstamos veikos sukelia didelę žalą valstybės, jos institucijų, gyventojų interesams. Štai kodėl visuomenė privalo suprasti, kad korupcija nėra “nusikaltimas be aukų”. Šiuo metu korupcija laikoma pasauline problema. Kadangi esame Europos Sąjungos nariai ir mums privaloma jos aqius communautaire, darbe nagrinėjami tiek nacionaliniai baudžiamieji įstatymai, tiek tarptautiniai teisės aktai, liečiantys korupciją. Prieinama išvados, jog nėra įtvirtintos bendros korupcijos sampratos, taip pat skirtingai traktuojama pareigūno sąvoka valstybėse narėse. Praktikoje, bandant patraukti baudžiamojon atsakomybėn už kyšininkavimą, tai gali sukelti problemų. Todėl siūloma įtvirtinti bendrą visiems korupcijos apibrėžimą Europos Sąjungos teisės aktuose. Istorija parodė, kad griežtos bausmės neduoda trokštamų rezultatų, tad rekomenduojama šviesti visuomenę korupcijos prevencijos klausimais. Būtų naudinga, jei Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas pateiktų korupcinio pobūdžio bylų baudžiamąjį teisinį vertinimą. / Knowledge economy and knowledge economy clusters (high-tech clusters) is one of leading development priority in all countries round the world today. Knowledge Economy clusters implementation in Lithuania allows not only use all possibilities of new Information and Communication and other technologies, but also motivate theirs development and make Lithuania more competitive in the global market. Knowledge Economy cluster is supporting research and development in Lithuania and concurrently promote the Economy growth of the EU. In the work is viewed and analyzed Knowledge Economy clusters establishment problems and perspectives in Lithuania, estimated the theoretical Knowledge Economy cluster dimensions and Knowledge Economy clusters implementation in EU, Finland and Germany Federation. In the first tile of work “Cluster and Knowledge Economy conceptions”, is described theoretical conception and origin of Cluster and Knowledge Economy and systematize practice of implementation of Knowledge Economy clusters and possible effect of Knowledge Economy clusters to economy, which take action in countries round the world. Second tile “Knowledge Economy clusters development and their models in Europe” has two chapters: Knowledge Economy clusters policy in EU” and Knowledge Economy clusters models in several countries”. In this part of the work is measured EU Knowledge Economy clusters policy and examples of Finland and Germany Knowledge Economy clusters models. In the third tile... [to full text]

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Education experts' predictions of increasing demand for vocational and technical education presents a unique opportunity for technical colleges to position themselves to take advantage of this trend. However, it also places a great deal of pressure on the leaders of those colleges to aggressively develop and manage institutional image in order to remain competitive.The leadership of Ivy Tech State College (formerly Indiana Vocational Technical College) realized in the early 1990s that they must institutionalize marketing and image management to remain in the forefront of technical education in Indiana. To counter public confusion about Ivy Tech that resulted from 30 years of decentralized marketing and advertising, the college changed its name, developed a new logo, and launched its first statewide advertising program to increase public awareness of the institution and to improve its public image.The primary purpose of this study was to determine and assess the current institutional image of Ivy Tech and what image the college should project, all from an internal perspective. The hypothesis asserted in this study is that a difference exists between what internal publics think Ivy Tech's current image is and what they desire the college's image to be.In conducting the study, 90 representatives of Ivy Tech's internal constituencies were asked to sort two sets of 91 statements. One set of statements indicated the image they believe the public has of Ivy Tech, while the other set indicated the image they believe the college should project. Each statement was ranked on an eleven-point most agree/most disagree scale. The completion rate for both sets of sorts was 74 percent (67 of 91). Responses were computer tabulated using the QMETHOD factor analysis program.The first sort, which dealt with what Ivy Tech's internal publics think the college's current image is, revealed a two-factor solution. Factor One is referred to in the study as the Realists. Factor Two is referred to in the study as the Boosters. The two-factor solution indicated that a difference does exist among the college's internal publics regarding what they believe Ivy Tech's current image is.Factor One, the Realists, believe the college has an image problem. This group believes the public has, at worst, a negative image of Ivy Tech, and at best, a lack of understanding and/or knowledge of the college. Factor Two, the Boosters, believe Ivy Tech has a favorable image with the public and the reputation of a quality institution.The second sort, which dealt with the image Ivy Tech's internal constituencies think the college should project, revealed a one-factor solution. The one-factor solution indicated consensus among internal publics relative to the image Ivy Tech should project.Responses to both Q sorts indicated five basic messages that should be conveyed specifically and clearly to the public. They are:1. Ivy Tech is a real college.2. Ivy Tech has a wide variety of educational programs.3. Ivy Tech provides a quality education that prepares graduates for the jobs that will be in demand in the next century.4. Ivy Tech instructors are as knowledgeable asinstructors at other institutions.5. Ivy Tech graduates can and do continue theireducations at four-year institutions. / Department of Journalism

A continuous service innovation such as Cloud Computing is highly attractive in the business-to-business world because it brings the service provider both billions of dollars in profits and superior competitive advantage. The success of such an innovation is strongly tied to a consumer’s adoption decision. When dealing with a continuous service innovation, the consumer’s decision process becomes complicated. Not only do consumers need to consider two different decisions of both whether to adopt and how long to adopt (contract length), but also the increasing trend of the service-related technological improvements invokes a forward-looking behavior in consumer’s decision process. Moreover, consumers have to balance the benefits and costs of adoption when evaluating decision alternatives. Consumer adoption decisions come with the desire to have the latest technology and the fear of the adopted technology becoming obsolete. Non-adoption prevents consumers from being locked-in by the service provider, but buying that technology may be costly. Being bound to a longer contract forfeits the opportunity to capitalize on the technological revolution. Frequently signing shorter contracts increases the non-physical efforts such as learning, training and negotiating costs. Targeting the right consumers at the right time with the right service offer in the business-to-business context requires an efficient strategy of sales resource allocation. This is a “mission impossible” for service providers if they do not know how consumers make decisions regarding service innovation. In order to guide the resource allocation decisions, we propose a complex model that integrates the structural, dynamic, and learning approaches to understand the consumer’s decision process on both whether or not to adopt, and how long to adopt a continuously updating service innovation in a B2B context.

以TRIZ為架構的創意之策略推展於台灣高科技公司 / High-tech industry in Taiwan is the mainstream of economic growth. In recent years, international patent litigation news often hear, business at the same time against opponents in the competition through patent to protect themselves, and then rely on patents for high added value. Using innovative methods to solve problems faced by enterprise innovation process is commonly used in the practice of foreign companies. Technology companies encourage employees to obtain patents; however, although engineering also hope to increase patent contribution, but often do not know how to proceed efficiently. TRIZ theory provides an innovative management system that lets innovation becomes simple, no longer out of reach. Currently the Western developed countries such as the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Sweden and Russia, Japan and other countries, no matter theoretical and application research or technical research of TRIZ are at the forefront of the world. Due to geographical proximity relations with Russia, South Korea and China are also very positive learning TRIZ. In Taiwan, TRIZ is rarely been widely introduced in the country and in enterprise. TRIZ so good, why not spread in the Taiwan? Paper discusses the cost of imported TRIZ, the implementation procedure, and the expected results through literature and actual interviews. Based on these introduction to manager understand the perspective of the feasibility of local enterprises import TRIZ and proposed how to make TRIZ popularity in domestic. Keywords: High-tech, TRIZ, Creativity, Innovation

The paper sheds some light on the issue of geographically mediated knowledge spillovers from university research activities to regional knowledge production in high tech industries in Austria. Knowledge spillovers occur because knowledge created by university is typically not contained within that institution, and thereby creates value for others. The conceptual framework for analysing geographic spillovers of university research on regional knowledge production is derived from Griliches (1979). It is assumed that knowledge production in the high tech sectors essentially depends on two major sources of knowledge: the university research that represents the potential pool of knowledge spillovers and R&D performed by the high tech sectors themselves. Knowledge is measured in terms of patents, university research and R&D in terms of expenditures. We refine the standard knowledge production function by modelling research spillovers as a spatially discounted external stock of knowledge. This enables us to capture regional and interregional spillovers. Using district-level data and employing spatial econometric tools evidence is found of university research spillovers that transcend the geographic scale of the political district in Austria. It is shown that geographic boundedness of the spillovers is linked to a decay effect. (authors' abstract) / Series: Discussion Papers of the Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience

Law enforcement agencies worldwide, including those in Australia, have declared partnerships with the private sector to police e-crime as “critical”. However, this strategy faces uncertainties about appropriate formats and the potential for fostering corruption. Sarre and Prenzler’s (2000) Regulated Intersections model proposes that, to avoid corruption, cooperation must be limited and regulated closely. Consequently, this thesis examines the conditions under which investigative partnership policing of e-crime at the state police level can be mutually beneficial to police and the private sectors, while maintaining public interests. The thesis aims, therefore, to establish normative standards and guidelines for configuring effective and ethical public-private partnerships for e-crime investigation. An exploratory analysis of 3529 e-crime incidents, reported to and cleared by Victoria Police during 1999/00 to 2003/04, investigated the nature of reported e-crime, routine factors affecting its successful investigation and whether partnership was one of those factors. A pilot survey canvassed private sector responses to these issues and partnered e-crime investigation. Thirty-seven interviews were conducted with police, private investigators and e-crime victims. During the research, three Australian attempts at public-private investigative partnership formed to varying success, including the Joint Banking and Finance Sector Investigation Team (JBFSIT) at the Australian High Tech Crime Centre.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-157).

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2009.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-157).