Agent-based computational economics (ACE) is the computational study of economies modelled as evolving decentralized systems of autonomous interacting agents. A key focus of ACE research is understanding how global regularities arise from the bottom up, through the repeated local interactions of...

This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...

This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...

This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...

In the design of technical training courses, there has been a considerable shift from “chalk‐and‐talk” to more participative methods, principally discovery learning, syndicate exercises and project work. Courses are more learner centred, less trainer dependent, and trainees learn more...

Sociodrama is a form of learning from action. Participants gain knowledge of themselves and their work situations, with the focus placed on group problems rather than individual problems. While the process is similar to role plays, there is greater opportunity to expose a wider range of role...

The advantages and disadvantages of using case studies are stated. The IIA Internal Auditing Case Study Project is discussed, and an anatomy of a case study is presented. The techniques of case study analysis are given.

Developing effective managers requires a reappraisal of the development process — for the educators, as well as the students. It is necessary to make the curricula as exciting and attractive, as well as basically useful, as possible. The method of teaching, as well as the content, must also be...

How do successful management educators prepare for, organise, conduct and evaluate their teaching? A dialogue between four management faculty members is presented.