imperative that we, as educators, prepare IS students for this trend. Offshoring, virtual teams, and globalization are themes often discussed in the classroom, but students rarely experience these concepts. This paper is a case study of three globally distributed universities that worked together on a project in order to equip students with knowledge and experience about these trends in an IS c...

Globalization of our modern economies requires a workforce that can move easily between time zones and cultures. Professors cannot ignore the drastic impact globalization has and will place upon engineering students. In order to be prepared for a competitive job market and the actual requirements of many engineering positions, students need to understand the constraints and challenges of workin...

Globalization of production and the increasing competitive pace spurs greater business use of online networks. As economic globalization extends its reach over cities and regions, the positions of regional economies within the emerging global paradigm is changing. Only those regions and cities that can mobilize assets for local advantage are expected to succeed. This research examines the role ...

*This note was prepared by Ruwan Jayasuriya, based on a forthcoming study by Drusilla Brown, Raymond Robertson et al, “Globalization and Working Conditions: Evidence from Five Developing Countries” (working title). The World Bank Employment Policy Primer aims to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on labor market policy issues. The series includes two products: short notes, such as thi...

Ever since its launch in 2003, GMS German Medical Science benefits from the expertise of numerous reviewers. Their work is of highest value for the quality of the journal; they contribute anonymously, without remuneration and mostly in their spare time to a scientific open access journal. We would like to appreciate their efforts at least ideally at the beginning of the New Year. The editors, a...

In this paper, we study the estimation and inference problems for parameters when the data set is obtained by combining data from different sources. In the case where we want to estimate the means of random variables in our data set, we consider the set of estimators that are linear combinations of certain sample averages, and find that one estimator, defined to be the Adjusted estimator, that ...