Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true.  Winner, 1955 Newbery MedalNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1963 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

Wheel on the School (New Windmill Series)

Education & Teaching

de Jong, M.

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division

<p>Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)</p>

Financing Small Enterprise: Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

Business & Money

Harper, Malcolm

Economics

Intermediate Technology Publications

'System innovation' is a radical change of institutions, structures and values concerning one or more entire sectors.This publication from the Consultative Committee of Sectorcouncils for Research and Development in the Netherlands draws conclusions about the possible role of governments when 'system innovation' is predominantly emergent, questioning the popular idea of proactive governments in realizing system innovations. The main conclusion drawn is that highly process-oriented governments should focus on creating favourable conditions for system innovations instead of concentrating on content areas where these innovations might take place. Three examples of realized 'system innovations' are examined: · The privatization of British Rail, · The explosive development of a biotech- industry around Boston (USA), and · The realization of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program (South Florida, USA). It emerges from these case studies that many themes arise consistently, including the role of knowledge, the way initiators deal with social resistance and the role of public- private interaction. The authors show that even seemingly well designed 'system innovations' contain many emergent elements and often lead to unforeseeable and unmanageable dynamics.

Creating System Innovation

de Bruijn, H.

van der Voort, H.

Dicke, W.

Veeneman, W.

CRC-Press

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