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Exploring factors influencing the development of social entrepreneurs in Carinthia business environment: a qualitative research
No full textBackground: In the Carinthia business environment of Austria, social entrepreneurs face unique challenges and opportunities. Understanding the factors influencing their development is crucial for fostering a supportive ecosystem. Social entrepreneurship in this region aims to address societal issues through innovative solutions, but the specific regional dynamics and cultural settings of Carinthia play a significant role in shaping these ventures. The study aimed to analyse the motivations of social entrepreneurs in Carinthia, Austria, to identify the key challenges they face, and to explore the strategies they employ to overcome these challenges. Methods: This study employs a qualitative research approach inspired by phenomenology to explore the experiences and perspectives of social entrepreneurs in Carinthia. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with three active social entrepreneurs and two social entrepreneurship experts, selected via purposive sampling to ensure rich and relevant insights. The interviews were semi-structured, allowing participants to elaborate on their experiences. The acquired data underwent thematic analysis, which was aided by the use of Atlas.ti software. This study aimed to discover recurring themes and patterns. Ethical considerations, including participant confidentiality and secure data handling practices, were rigorously followed. The qualitative methodology was chosen to capture the depth and complexity of individual experiences and reveal insights that might not be evident through quantitative methods. Results: Preliminary findings indicate that social entrepreneurs in Carinthia are primarily motivated by a desire to address global and societal issues, such as climate change, gender equality, and social cohesion. However, they face significant challenges, including financial constraints, regulatory hurdles, and the need for greater public recognition and support. Key strategies employed to overcome these challenges include deep community engagement, leveraging local resources, and forming strategic partnerships with public and private entities. The thematic analysis revealed that motivations for becoming a social entrepreneur often stem from personal experiences and a strong desire to create social impact. Challenges include securing funding, navigating complex regulatory environments, and achieving visibility and recognition. Strategies to mitigate these challenges involve building strong community networks, innovating resource utilisation, and forming alliances with stakeholders who can provide support and legitimacy. Conclusion: The study highlighted the crucial role of social entrepreneurship in addressing regional challenges in Carinthia. Despite significant obstacles, social entrepreneurs use innovative, community-focused strategies to achieve their social missions. The findings emphasised the need for a supportive environment, including financial support, regulatory facilitation, and public awareness, to enhance the impact of social entrepreneurship. This research offers valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders aiming to strengthen social entrepreneurship in regional contexts. Creating an ecosystem that supports social entrepreneurs can facilitate sustainable and impactful solutions to societal issues. Understanding social entrepreneurs' motivations, challenges, and strategies enables stakeholders to tailor support mechanisms effectively. The study's insights are particularly useful for developing targeted interventions and policies to nurture the growth of social enterprises. Financial support mechanisms, such as grants and subsidies, can address financial constraints, while regulatory bodies can streamline processes and provide clear guidelines. Public recognition and awareness campaigns can also build a supportive community that values and engages in social entrepreneurial ventures.Toheebat Abiola AzeezMasterarbeit Universität Klagenfurt 202
Exploring factors influencing the development of social entrepreneurs in Carinthia business environment: a qualitative research
No full textBackground: In the Carinthia business environment of Austria, social entrepreneurs face unique challenges and opportunities. Understanding the factors influencing their development is crucial for fostering a supportive ecosystem. Social entrepreneurship in this region aims to address societal issues through innovative solutions, but the specific regional dynamics and cultural settings of Carinthia play a significant role in shaping these ventures. The study aimed to analyse the motivations of social entrepreneurs in Carinthia, Austria, to identify the key challenges they face, and to explore the strategies they employ to overcome these challenges. Methods: This study employs a qualitative research approach inspired by phenomenology to explore the experiences and perspectives of social entrepreneurs in Carinthia. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with three active social entrepreneurs and two social entrepreneurship experts, selected via purposive sampling to ensure rich and relevant insights. The interviews were semi-structured, allowing participants to elaborate on their experiences. The acquired data underwent thematic analysis, which was aided by the use of Atlas.ti software. This study aimed to discover recurring themes and patterns. Ethical considerations, including participant confidentiality and secure data handling practices, were rigorously followed. The qualitative methodology was chosen to capture the depth and complexity of individual experiences and reveal insights that might not be evident through quantitative methods. Results: Preliminary findings indicate that social entrepreneurs in Carinthia are primarily motivated by a desire to address global and societal issues, such as climate change, gender equality, and social cohesion. However, they face significant challenges, including financial constraints, regulatory hurdles, and the need for greater public recognition and support. Key strategies employed to overcome these challenges include deep community engagement, leveraging local resources, and forming strategic partnerships with public and private entities. The thematic analysis revealed that motivations for becoming a social entrepreneur often stem from personal experiences and a strong desire to create social impact. Challenges include securing funding, navigating complex regulatory environments, and achieving visibility and recognition. Strategies to mitigate these challenges involve building strong community networks, innovating resource utilisation, and forming alliances with stakeholders who can provide support and legitimacy. Conclusion: The study highlighted the crucial role of social entrepreneurship in addressing regional challenges in Carinthia. Despite significant obstacles, social entrepreneurs use innovative, community-focused strategies to achieve their social missions. The findings emphasised the need for a supportive environment, including financial support, regulatory facilitation, and public awareness, to enhance the impact of social entrepreneurship. This research offers valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders aiming to strengthen social entrepreneurship in regional contexts. Creating an ecosystem that supports social entrepreneurs can facilitate sustainable and impactful solutions to societal issues. Understanding social entrepreneurs' motivations, challenges, and strategies enables stakeholders to tailor support mechanisms effectively. The study's insights are particularly useful for developing targeted interventions and policies to nurture the growth of social enterprises. Financial support mechanisms, such as grants and subsidies, can address financial constraints, while regulatory bodies can streamline processes and provide clear guidelines. Public recognition and awareness campaigns can also build a supportive community that values and engages in social entrepreneurial ventures.Toheebat Abiola AzeezMasterarbeit Universität Klagenfurt 202
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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