The bottom-up approach involves gradual transformation of the public psyche.

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As the program developed, modules were continuously adjusted and the approach to implementing projects had to be modified to a bottom-up approach from top-to-bottom previously.

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The chapter discusses both the bottom-up environmental movement in the West and the top-down governmental approach in China and presents a case for mutual learning and collaboration.

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In another interesting presentation, Alan Shalloway, CEO of Net Objectives, suggested that the reason for this is that Scrum is essentially a bottom-up approach to work, which is highly effective for generating high productivity at the team level.

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Jim felt this bottom-up approach was the best way to generate novel and exciting story ideas.

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Spain and other distressed parts of the Eurozone require a two-pronged top-down and bottom-up approach which will assist in implementation of reform.

CNN: After the bailout, Spain needs to rise to the challenge

At CircleUp, we are taking a bottom-up approach to financing innovation, but, as the examples above illustrate, industries far and wide will be disrupted by bottom-up innovation.

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Generally, I prefer a primarily bottom-up approach with a healthy amount of deference to the top-down, regardless of market cap, and I think such a combination works especially well for penny stocks.

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As I highlighted in my previous blog entry, a bottom-up approach to regional innovation is a recurring theme in current policy discussions across the county.

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