The index follows Michael Porter of Harvard Business School in arguing that countries evolve through stages of development, from "factor-driven" to "innovation-driven".
Erikson evolved eight stages of development, the first four of which are (1) infancy: trust versus mistrust, (2) early childhood: autonomy versus shame and doubt, (3) preschool: initiative versus guilt, and (4) school age: industry versus inferiority.
We see children evolve through many stages of development -- the terrible twos, puberty, adolescence, adulthood, and eventually old age.
A growth company like Tinder often requires operational and structural changes as it evolves through its multiple stages of development.
We would like to illustrate, however, that reliance on different approaches could evolve during the different stages of development for a new therapeutic product.
On the other hand, bcd, although being one of the first genes acting in Drosophila development, was reported in the same study as an exceptional case of a gene acting in the earliest stages of development but evolving surprisingly fast [ 29].
Once defined, the team then attempted to bring a scientific approach to understanding the lifecycle of those startups — almost like a behavioral psychologist — by defining six stages of development they evolve through: Discovery, Validation, Efficiency, Scale, Sustain, and Conservation.
For the generation of a tornado, the diffuse spin must be concentrated into a small area as an evolving storm goes through several distinct stages of development.
(See the second insert). The framework that evolved from this effort delineates the five stages of development shown in Exhibit 2. Each stage is characterized by an index of size, diversity, and complexity and described by five management factors: managerial style, organizational structure, extent of formal systems, major strategic goals, and the owner's involvement in the business.
Clinical trials have evolved from early observational studies into accepted stages of development culminating in the phase III randomised clinical trial.
