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Il Sustainable Global Sourcing nella letteratura di management
No full textLe imprese occidentali, in misura crescente, si rivolgono ad imprese
localizzate in molteplici e differenziati contesti geografici per
l’approvvigionamento di materiali, componenti e prodotti (Ehrgott et
al., 2011). Questo processo di approvvigionamento internazionale, definito
global sourcing, pur a fronte di grandi opportunità di riduzione
dei costi, si presenta non privo di difficoltà e rischi. In particolare, le
imprese che si ispirano ai principi della sostenibilità trovano problematico
gestire secondo tale principio le relazioni di fornitura localizzate
nei Paesi emergenti.
Al fine di approfondire potenzialità e limiti degli approcci di global
sourcing, proponiamo una analisi della letteratura internazionale di
management. Il focus dell’analisi sarà l’approfondimento degli aspetti
sociali ed etici del Sustainable Global Sourcing (SGS), con minore enfasi
sugli aspetti di natura ambientale, già ampiamenti discussi in studi
precedenti (Lee e Klassen, 2008). L’analisi proposta mostra un crescente
utilizzo di strumenti operativi quali audit o certificazioni, finalizzati
a migliorare il livello di conformità dei fornitori a principi di
salvaguardia dei diritti dei lavoratori e sicurezza dell’ambiente di lavoro
(Vachon e Klassen, 2006).
La corposa presenza di analisi empiriche in argomento testimonia
la volontà da parte delle imprese di rafforzare le proprie competenze e
migliorare i processi decisionali necessari alla gestione della propria
catena di fornitura – soprattutto in relazione a contesti geografici
complessi, come i Paesi emergenti – assicurando il rispetto di una serie di diritti fondamentali e salvaguardie socio-ambientali (Klassen e
Vereecke, 2012). A favore di una maggiore attenzione agli aspetti di
sostenibilità si esprimono anche i consumatori (orientati sempre più a
scelte di acquisto responsabile) e numerosi altri stakeholders quali
azionisti, banche, dipendenti, sindacati, governi, organizzazioni nongovernative
e media. Come emerge dai risultati di seguito illustrati, tali
portatori di interesse sembrano allineati nel mostrare una crescente
preoccupazione soprattutto per le condizioni lavorative che caratterizzano
l’attività dei fornitori localizzati nei paesi in via di sviluppo (Maloni
e Brown, 2006).
Il presente capitolo intende approfondire le tematiche sopra illustrate.
L’analisi della letteratura muove dalle risultanze di articoli accademici
pubblicati a partire dal 2000 sul tema del SGS, con l’obiettivo
di analizzare i temi centrali e di fornire un’analisi prospettica di quelle
che potranno essere le ricerche future in argomento. Il capitolo è organizzato
come segue: la sezione 2 presenta la metodologia utilizzata per
l’analisi della letteratura; la sezione 3 riporta un’analisi descrittiva degli
articoli selezionati; la sezione 4 approfondisce i tre filoni tematici
individuati; la sezione 5 presenta alcune riflessioni su possibili ricerche
future
Supporting the diffusion of innovative SMEs: the Italian experience
No full textInnovative SMEs are believed to be of fundamental importance for a
territorial context’s social and economic development. Countries have adopted
many policies to favour the diffusion of innovative SMEs, even if the results
often appear contradictory. This study verifies the effectiveness of a specific
decree-law encouraging entrepreneurs to open up their businesses to systematic
innovations by analysing the financial and economic performances obtained by
617 innovative SMEs in the five-year period 2016–2020. Findings reveal that
most SMEs who benefited from the measures envisaged by the decree achieved
an acceptable situation, with valid profitability and a bearable financial and
economic balance. The main implication of this study is that the polarisation of
support measures on the enhancement of human resource skills can be at least as important as sources for access to financial resources
Agility in virtual environments: the socio-technical approach of distributed agile teams
Full text linkPurpose – This study aims to understand how distributed agile teams (DATs), encouraged by globalisation, and recently accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak, adopt agile practices to achieve project goals by working virtually.
Design/methodology/approach – This study developed a multiple-case study involving four companies undergoing several changes, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors collected data mainly through in-depth, face-to-face interviews with seven key informants. Moreover, this study operates data triangulation by referring to secondary data sources and developing a grounded theory data analysis.
Findings – The findings highlight three main categories associated with the DAT functioning, namely, “DATs’ implementation issues”, “elements supporting DATs’ implementation” and “outcomes of DATs’ implementation”, that show DATs’ primary triggers, critical aspects and supportive actions for team functioning.
Research limitations/implications – This paper produced valuable theoretical knowledge of DATs’ dynamics within a socio-technical approach that distinguishes soft and hard variables supporting DAT implementation. Moreover, the evidence provides useful suggestions for managers about creating an objective-oriented virtual work environment based on DATs’self-organisation, digitally shared leadership and occasional on-site socialisation.
Originality/value – This paper provides new and interesting insights that bring to evidence the main variables related to DATs’ adoption and dynamics, showing supporting activities that enhanced their operativity. It provides a valuable descriptive framework for academics and practitioners to understand DATs’ functioning better and take action to improve their implementation
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Addressing Plastic Concern: Behavioral Insights into Recycled Plastic Products and Packaging in a Circular Economy
Full text linkVariations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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