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Taming the waves of adversity: Exploring the multidimensional construct of organizational resilience
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Organizational energy as the mediator between organizational structure and absorptive capacity
No full textThe ability of an organization to prosper in highly volatile and often disruptive environment is mainly dependent on its ability to profitably manage its internal and external sources of knowledge. Two key structural factors such as centralization and formalization have been suggested in the literature to play an important role in this process. Organizations however, are socially constructed entities and knowledge related capabilities, remain socially founded primarily in the emotions and cognition of individual members. By adopting a behavioral strategy lens, we explore the underlying mechanism connecting structure to AC by investigating the mediating role of organizational energy (i.e. the mobilization of the emotional, cognitive and behavioral resources of an organization). A survey was conducted among firms that are challenged by the disruptive effect of cloud computing. The results suggest that energy mediates the impact of decentralization on absorptive capacity, while the equivalent effect of formalization was not fully supported. The findings carry theoretical implications for the literature of absorptive capacity and dynamic capabilities as they connect cognitive and micro-psychological phenomena to strategic outcomes
Municipal budget strategies and local economic growth
No full textLocal governments invest heavily in economic development, yet such spending often fails to produce entrepreneurial dynamism. This study examines how different configurations of municipal spending contribute to new firm formation across 336 Dutch municipalities. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we identify multiple, size-specific combinations of foundational infrastructure and business-climate interventions that are sufficient for higher entrepreneurial activity. The results show that the effectiveness of municipal spending depends on its alignment with local fiscal and institutional capacity, rather than on the presence of any single policy lever. We conceptualise this as a capacity logic of public investment, whereby different capacity regimes enable different causal pathways to entrepreneurship. The findings reframe local development from a search for universally effective instruments to the design of capacity-contingent policy bundles, offering an alternative basis for both theorising and governing subnational economic growth
Sprites and stories: the impact of hedonic game elements on perceived learning outcomes
No full textDigital games are gradually entering our workplaces and educational institutions in the form of learning/training platforms. Due to their ability to engage and motivate players their educational potential has been greatly advertised. While research has already begun exploring the role of different game elements (challenge, competition, feedback, goals) on user engagement and learning, attention on the role of hedonic elements like narrative and aesthetics on player behaviors and responses has been limited. This study attempts to explore the influence of narrative and game aesthetics on perceived learning while taking into consideration how individual differences like goal-orientation influence the aforementioned relationship. We discuss the implications for organizations and game design and provide IS scholars with avenues for future research
Exploring the learning potential of serious games
No full textDigital game technology has been recently introduced in formal training and education through Serious Games applications. Advocates of the new technology highlight the capacity of games to intrinsically motivate and engage users, and the technology’s potential to train users with some realism through the use of high fidelity virtual environments. However, in order to examine the effectiveness of this new medium it is also necessary to look into the individual differences of users, which are rarely accounted for. Not all people respond the same to a given set of stimuli and the different implementations of game elements could significantly influence the users’ levels of engagement and learning transfer. This article provides a framework for exploring the effectiveness of serious games as a training application by exploring the role of different features of digital games as antecedents of engagement, and the moderating effect of individual characteristics on engagement and user acceptance of the medium
Legacy technology reemergence: the case of the vinyl record
No full textThis paper studies the vinyl records as a cultural icon that “refuses to die” in order to enhance the existing theory about legacy technology and how instead of disappearing, got redefined by its enthusiasts, remerged and created a sustained market growth. After the appearance of CDs and Mp3s, Vinyl Records reached the lowest level of sales from their existence but in 2008 vinyl records managed to gain market share again and year by year became again an equal competitor of the other music formats. This research reveals the processes that vinyl records have gone through in order to reemerge. Furthermore, all the factors that contributed to vinyl records resurgence are analytically discussed and analysed. The vinyl record is being analysed as a cultural icon and a legacy technology and how it managed to reemerge in the digital era. Vinyl records’ enthusiasts' community following the lead of the community’s influencers increased the sales by 300% in a year redefining the meaning of vinyl records and generating word-of-mouth and online and offline mentions about vinyl records. This caused the increase in demand for vinyl records which are considered to have an alternative value rather than functionality
Productive organizational energy mediates the impact of organizational structure on absorptive capacity
No full textThe ability of an organization to cope with radical technological change is regarded to be heavily dependent on its ability to absorb and apply knowledge from its environment. This study investigates the role of organizational structure in driving absorptive capacity and uncovers the role of the emergent phenomenon of organizational energy as the enabler of this relationship. A field study was conducted among firms that are challenged by the disruptive nature of Cloud computing. Our results show that organizational design affects the degree of mobilization of an organization's affective, cognitive and behavioral resources, which in turn influence the effectiveness of learning processes related to the absorption and exchange of knowledge within the organization. Furthermore, they reveal the positive relationship between the enactment of absorptive capacity and the successful adoption of Cloud technology for incumbent firms. The findings contribute to our understanding of the micro-foundations of absorptive capacity and how positive organizational phenomena facilitate effective adoption and implementation of emergingtechnologies
Towards a model for building information awareness in crisis situations
No full textIn crisis situations access to information is key to reduce uncertainty and enable effective decision making. With the advent of modern information technologies there is an abundance of possibilities to obtain, process, and share information. The number of actors that can potentially provide information has grown concomitantly. The challenge therefore is no longer the availability of information but rather the ability to find and connect with actors providing information in a volatile and dynamic environment. This requires of organizations to be aware of the actors and their information potential, and actively build informational awareness. In this paper we propose a model for the development of the awareness of organizations of the information landscape during critical events. We validate this model using two case studies and extract key factors that contribute to the challenges and success of leveraging information potential of actors in a crisis
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