Supply Chain Financing: the Fintech and Traditional Banking Perspective Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. GMT Attend in person at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra, Ghana, or virtually via Zoom Register Now CARISCA’s Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) engages supply chain stakeholders in Ghana and across Africa to discuss current …
Thinking Beyond Procurement
About the event: Knowing how to write for nonacademic audiences is a key skill for researchers who want to have an impact beyond professional journals. Industry, institutions, policymakers, the general public and other stakeholders need research findings communicated in simple terms to aid them in decision-making. Being able to appeal to a larger audience …
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Seaports and African Trade: the Role of Ports in Africa’s Economic Growth
Register Here Knowing how to write for nonacademic audiences is a key skill for researchers who want to have an impact beyond professional journals. Industry, institutions, policymakers, the general public and other stakeholders need research findings communicated in simple terms to aid them in decision making. Being able to appeal to a larger audience …
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The goal of research is to answer questions. Good questions, however, are just the beginning. The second step is how to answer them. With the growth in the number and complexity of research designs and methods, it can be challenging to know how to select the best research design. Whether you are an academic or applied researcher, …
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On April 3-4, CARISCA will host its biannual capacity-building workshop for faculty and students at KNUST and other higher education institutions in Africa. On April 3–4, CARISCA will host its second faculty workshop of the academic year to strengthen the research capacity of faculty and graduate students at KNUST and other higher education institutions in …
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You have conducted your research and now comes the hard part—getting published. While publishing in academic journals is critical for advancing knowledge, getting your research published in a trade journal will expand awareness of your work and its results to a wider audience. Trade journals have a different set of requirements and expectations than …
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Startups in the Supply Chain Ecosystem—Practice and Research Startups are associated with innovation, emerging technologies, digitalization and disruptive business models. Therefore, more and more corporates are urged to access innovations that increase the competitiveness of products or productivity of processes. The scholarly supply chain, logistics and operations management literature has up to now paid little …
“Supply Chain Traceability: Improving Africa’s Agriculture and Health Sectors” Supply chain traceability is the key to unlocking the potential of Africa’s agricultural and health sectors. It involves establishing transparent and efficient processes to track and verify the movement of goods throughout the supply chain, from production to consumption. In the rapidly evolving landscape of Africa’s …
Qualitative research allows for exploration of how and why phenomena happen, such as why people behave the way they do, compared to quantitative research, which tells us the size and scope of these behaviors. But the data qualitative research generates is often unstructured. To interpret and derive meaningful insights from the data, qualitative researchers …