Our study sheds light on the exercise of power in the development of BSC indicators and how management consultants and clients seek to influence the project in pursuit of their own aims.
Fawcett treats liberalism less as a philosophy or a project in pursuit of a single goal (be it liberty, equality, or free market capitalism) than as an outlook, a practice, and a "norm-governed adaptation to historical circumstances".
One reason for regulation of new medicines is that the threat of court action, through common law, is generally not sufficient to counteract fully the vested interests a researcher might have in his or her project, the pursuit of which might expose his or her subjects to greater risks (Edwards 2009).
Georgia's government has recently promoted flagship urban development projects in pursuit of making Tbilisi as a modern globalizing metropolis.
Or, particularly in these straitened times, is there scope in Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool or Glasgow - all fiercely independent cities with a lot going on in music, nightlife, sport, the arts - to take vocal pride in their grassroots food cultures rather than importing big names or launching bullish projects in pursuit of what?
"These projects allow pursuit of significant research questions that can inform decision-making and deploy the creativity of Duke's faculty and students in partnership with local institutions to carry out that research and present it, with an eye toward allowing decision-makers to see their world more clearly and have a better sense of what's working and what isn't," Balleisen added.
It is not only our desire for the first two metrics (money and power), I believe, but also our compulsion to give our best gifts, to make our mark, to make a difference in whatever projects or pursuits we have committed ourselves to.
Ram Samudrala, the principal investigator at the University of Washington, describes the goal of the project as the pursuit of "super hybrids".
… College, in this view," he continues, "is where you hone the tools for the foundational American project of the pursuit of happiness.
Mr. Bol, a self-described "social entrepreneur," had worked in corporate bartering, nursing education and international development before devoting himself to the library project — an unlikely pursuit, he noted, for someone who had long struggled with dyslexia.
