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Bajaj, Deepak – College Quarterly, 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the role of Competitive and Market Intelligence (CI/MI) Research as a potential source for improving the innovation capability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) leading to successful new product/services/processes/capabilities development (Cooper & Edgett, 2002). This report highlights the…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Capacity Building, Research and Development, Innovation
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Thomson, Dianne; Cummings, Everton; Ferguson, Amanda K.; Moizumi, Erica Miyuki; Sher, Yael; Wang, Xiaoyan; Broad, Kathryn; Childs, Ruth A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2011
This article argues for the importance of broad and on-going research to support initial or pre-service teacher education program admissions. Examples from a large initial teacher education program at one Canadian university illustrate the contributions of research to the evaluation and refinement of admission processes. These examples include…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Case Studies, Role Perception
Donald, Janet G. – CCSHE Professional File, 1988
The improvement of instructional methods or the solutions of problems of an instructional nature requires information that is not usually part of the Canadian common experience and must be discovered by means of research. Types of fundamental and applied research are discussed, including action, developmental, evaluation, and diagnostic research.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Postsecondary Education
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Crespo, Manuel – Canadian Journal of Education, 1980
The French language article analyzes 60 research projects undertaken in an urban Quebec school board in order to describe the research which has actually been incorporated into educational policies. The article demonstrates the importance of the way in which research is produced and adopted to the circumstances at hand. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Educational Research, French
Draper, James A. – 1986
A study was conducted to examine the literature on literacy and adult basic education and to identify various issues, trends, problems, possible solutions, and basic principles that might guide programs and policies in adult literacy and basic education in Canada. More than 120 documents were examined, raising such issues as what is literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Needs
Chouinard, Amy, Ed. – 1981
This document presents 12 seminar papers describing research and development efforts in self-instructional programs being undertaken in six countries: the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, and Canada. The following are topics covered in the individual papers: research and development activities in primary schools; the technology…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Sawbridge, Stephen J. – 2001
This document is intended to help practitioners and researchers in the United Kingdom find and use Internet-based research resources dealing with raising achievement. The introduction discusses the state of research into school effectiveness in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Part A, which reviews available World Wide Web sites devoted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adoption (Ideas), Basic Skills