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In this article, we trace the development of Hatano's research, focusing on the core of his research interest, namely, expertise, conceptual development, and classroom learning. He held both Piagetian constructivist views and Vygotskian sociocultural perspectives in balance, and preferred to study human cognition executed in everyday life. This brief review strongly suggests that Hatano consciously or subconsciously introduced Japanese perspectives into the areas of human development and education, which often contributed to the expansion and enrichment of mainstream viewpoints constructed within the context of the Occidental research culture.

Surveys multiple‐stage production planning literature to reveal that this sizeable body of research is largely inspired by single‐item production planning. Suggests several promising research opportunities, including the possible development of scheduling techniques not derived from older, single‐item procedures. Highlights the need for further comparative testing between existing "improved" techniques, as well as the wealth of work yet to be done in multiple‐stage production planning with limited resources and possible extensions to supply‐chain management.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Introduction -- 1. Social research and its methods: An introductory overview -- 1. Social research and its specificity -- 1.1 What is social research? -- 1.2 Sociology and the other social sciences -- 2. The positivist orientation and quantitative research -- 3. The interpretivist orientation and qualitative research -- 4. The methodological debate between quantitative and qualitative -- 5. A new trend: towards mixed methods research -- Summary -- 2. The origins and development of the case study -- 1. The case study in the Chicago school -- 2. The decline of the case study -- 3. The revival of the case study in sociological literature -- 4. Criticism of the case study -- Summary -- 3. First question: How to define a case study? -- 1. Some preliminary questions of a linguistic-methodological nature -- 1.1 Research method or research approach? -- 1.2 The meaning of case -- 2. Positivist definitions of the case study -- 3. Interpretivist definitions of the case study -- 4. A proposal for synthesis -- Summary -- 4. Second question: Why choose the case study approach? -- 1. The case study research project -- 1.1 The phases of a project -- 1.2 The protocol or operational research plan -- 2. Research questions -- 2.1 Research questions and types of investigation -- 2.2 Case study research questions -- 3. How to identify a case and unit of analysis -- 3.1 The unit of analysis in the case study -- 3.2 Choosing between single and multiple case studies -- 4. The issue of the generalization of results -- 5. The role of theory -- Summary -- 5. Third question: How to conduct social research based on the case study? -- 1. How to collect information -- 1.1 The interview -- 1.2 The use of documents -- 1.3 Observation -- 2. Analyze the data collected.

What is the unique mission of developmental psychology? How has it evolved historically? What are its current challenges? The chapters in this collection present the view that research, history and policy are essential and interlocking components of a mature developmental psychology. Patterns of human development differ markedly across historical epochs, cultures and social circumstances. Major societal changes examined by contributing authors - the advent of universal compulsory schooling, the adoption of a one-child policy in China, US policy shifts in healthcare, welfare and childcare - present 'natural experiments' in social design. Authors challenge the idea of a clear distinction between basic and applied developmental research. In sharp contrast with the view that science is value-neutral, developmental psychologists have from the outset pursued the betterment of children and families through educational, childcare and health initiatives. An historical perspective reveals the beneficial, if sometimes contentious, interplay between empirical research and social programs and policies

Brulle (2000) has noted the failure of the recent literature in critical theory to reflect the commitment of its founders to applying their philosophical and theoretical scholarship to create concrete social change. The authors have taken up the challenge to recover critical theory's "forgotten materialist component" and simultaneously responded to the call to reinvigorate the civic mission of the public university through efforts to integrate critical theory with community service learning and community-based research. The paper discusses historical, philosophical and theoretical issues in this effort and some reflections on our attempt to apply them in practice through the revitalization of the Center for Community Action and Research at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.

Contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the US, including "Air Conditioning, Migration and Climate-related Wage and Rent Differentials"; "The Rail-Guided Vehicles Industry in Italy, 1861-1913: the Burden of the Evidence"; "English Banking and Payments before 1826"; and, "The Great Fortunes of the Gilded Age and the Crisis of 1893".

In this new volume of Research in Economic History, editors Christopher Hanes and Susan Wolcott bring together a cast of expert contributors to vigorously interrogate and analyze historic economics questions, looking across the political economy of the US, European history, and longstanding economic debates.

Volume 33 contains articles on the economic history of Europe, America and Asia and brings new analysis, and newly created datasets to address issues of interest. Two papers focus on the US and contribute to our understanding of the Great Depression. In "Reexamining the Origins of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act", Beaudreau argues industrialists used the plight of farmers to raise tariffs on manufactured goods. And Jalil and Rua show in "Inflation Expectations in the U.S. in Fall 1933" that shifts in inflationary expectations could be responsible for the patterns in output witnessed in 1933: an expansion in the early part of the year which stalled by the Fall. Two papers present new data. "First Cabin Fares from New York to the British Isles, 1826-1914" by Dupont, Keeling and Weiss extends their work on understanding early tourism by creating a new series to examine the time path of first class travel over the 19th century. "Reforms and Supervisory Organizations: Lessons from the History of the Istanbul Bourse, 1873-1883" by Hanedar, Hanedar, Torun and Çelikay data newly collected from the Istanbul Bourse to better understand how investors respond to different types of reforms. And finally, Field in "The Savings and Loan Insolvencies and the Costs of Financial Crisis" gives a reinterpretation of the Savings and Loan Crises of the late 1980s and early 1990s in light of the subsequent, much more severe crisis of 2007/08.