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The purpose of this paper is to frame the causal relationships between corruption in public procurement and performance of local governments.

An outcome-based dynamic performance management approach is adopted to explore a representative case study of a small Italian municipality. The model is based on three sources: qualitative primary data generated by face-to-face convergent interviews; secondary data retrieved from documents describing legal cases linked to procurement and open-access repositories; and an extensive literature review.

Emphasizing the role of community civic morality systemically may help to understand some counterintuitive results in the past research and support decision-makers and policymakers in setting effective strategies to curb the associated negative implications.

A dynamic approach of performance management aimed at framing corruption in public procurement may guide policymakers and decision-makers in keeping their “cognitive radar” constantly active, in a way to detect emerging corruptive phenomena that could be otherwise ignored by normal diagnostical approaches. It may also help to promote organizational ethical learning and improve community outcomes.

This research provides a causal and systemic framework of relationships involving local government performance and wrongdoings in public procurement, by including performance risk indicators linked to structural and individualistic causes of corruption.

After completion of the case study, students will be able to evaluate the journey of launching a business in an emerging market context and judge how opportunities and challenges can be navigated to build sustainable enterprises; assess the relevance of individual attributes and process skills that are necessary for entrepreneurial agency to transform social structures through entrepreneurial action; formulate an argument highlighting the role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in growing a competitive business in an emerging market context; make an informed decision and critique how accelerators and incubators affect the development of ideas and access to finance in South Africa; and propose various strategic options available for technology entrepreneurs, considering the challenges they face in emerging economies.

In April 2023, Queen Ndlovu, CEO and founder of QP Drone Tech, a provider of drone business solutions, was considering options to fulfil her original dream of manufacturing drones in South Africa. She had encountered obstacles to achieving the same in 2019, and had decided to focus on providing commercial drone consulting services. However, her dream had not extinguished, and in 2022, she decided to restart her efforts. She found practical support from The Innovation Hub, an incubator that was supporting her business, which enabled her to enhance the prototype of her drone. She then had to think about how she would manufacture drones locally by ensuring she had access to production infrastructure, funding, partners and customers. Would she be able to gain a competitive advantage that would differentiate her from competitors? Or should she reconsider whether she should be manufacturing in the first place, as there are risks and benefits for smaller businesses in this regard.

This case is intended for discussion in postgraduate diploma in business and Master of Business Administration courses.

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CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

Held in the Cameo Room of the Metropole Hotel, Brighton, on the evening of 9th October, the Cahners Gala Awards Dinner sponsored by Electronics Weekly was attended by over 200 guests. Mr A. B. Nolan, Director Cahners Exhibitions Ltd, in welcoming those present to the 4th Annual Awards Dinner, explained that Internepcon was 18 years old; 31 of the original 54 exhibitors were still supporting the event, and the total number of exhibitors in 1985 amounted to 420.

On Wednesday 13th October, 1982, the Cahners Exposition Group, proprietors of the Internepcon Exhibition, sponsored and organised a special banquet to honour two individuals who had made major contributions to their respective Industries.

The Royal Scot Hotel, Edinburgh, provided the venue for the 6th Annual Northern Symposium on 17th November, 1983, organised by the ICT in conjunction with the ECIF, the Northern (UK) Circuit Group and the IMF (PC Group). In welcoming some 60 delegates to the day's proceedings, Mr J. B. Walker, an Executive Member of the ICT Council, explained that this was the third occasion on which this annual event was being held in Edinburgh and that, as such, it was clearly going from strength to strength. Mr Walker then introduced Mr S. Jones, an ICT Council member, as Session Chairman for the morning.

The Third Cahners Exposition Awards Dinner was held on Wednesday 17th October, 1984, in the Cameo Room, Metropole Hotel, during the course of the Internepcon Exhibition.

In an age of information technology some developing countries are more vulnerable than others to international competition through failure to utilize fully the benefits of an ICT culture. The authors suggest that the strategies in response must include a radical review of attitudes and methods of delivery of ICT in schools and give as an example the recent experience of The City School, the nationwide schools’ organisation in Pakistan with whom they are employed.

The authors review the current position of ICT in schools in Pakistan and suggest as a model of development, for schools of a corresponding standing, that of The City School. They describe how The City School responded to ICT, ensuring that all its pupils would have access to the most modern of ICT courses. Discusses how the decision to implement a complete change, or revolution, in teaching ICT was brought about in a relatively short time. It discusses the nature of the programme, how it was organised, the materials required and the outcomes of its implementation including its outstanding success with pupils and their parents.

The authors chronicle the historical developments within The City School that brought about radical change within a comparatively short period and identify careful planning, training, and the motivation of stakeholders, i.e. pupils, teachers and parents, as key elements in its successful implementation.

The authors suggest that The City School experience provides a model that may be emulated by schools elsewhere in both developing and industrially developed countries.

INTERNEPCON '83, 11–13th OCTOBER The Institute has a stand at this year's Internepcon Exhibition and welcomes visits from its members. The stand number is 10305 and is located in the Rainbow Room of the Brighton Centre. Officers of the Institute will be present to discuss matters relating to the ICT. Prospective members are particularly encouraged to visit the stand to learn about the Institute and its objectives. Also welcome will be enquiries from commercial companies and other organisations to become affiliates of the Institute of Circuit Technology, the organisation with the widest possible range of interests for its members.