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Intellectual capital’s link with financing opportunities
No full textAbstract
Purpose – This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the link between intellectual capital and a firm’s
ability to attract funding and financing in Italian companies.
Design/methodology/approach – Data from 125 Italian companies was collected through an online survey
and analysed using structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).
Findings – Results show that structural capital has a positive, direct impact on both human and relational
capital. At the same time, relational capital is the only intellectual capital component that has a positive, direct
impact on a firm’s ability to attract funding and financing. Finally, we found that a firm’s ability to attract
funding and financing impacts both innovation and financial performance.
Originality/value – This novel study is among the first to provide empirical evidence of how human,
relational and structural capital interact with each other and enhance a firm’s ability to attract funding and
financing
Knowledge management, problem solving and performance in top Italian firms
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to empirically test the link among knowledge management practices, problem solving processes, and organizational performance.
Design/methodology/approach:
This study uses survey data from 112 leading Italian companies. To test the structural relations of the research model we used the partial least square (PLS) method.
Findings:
Results show a strong relationship between knowledge management practices and intermediate activities of creative problem solving and problem solving speed. In addition, creative problem solving has a direct impact on both organizational and financial performances whereas problem solving speed has a direct effect only on financial performance.
Research limitations/implications
The focus on top Italian firms limits the generalizability of results.
Practical implications:
This study provides empirical evidence of the importance of knowledge management practices for problem solving activities and firm’s performance.
Originality/value:
The present paper fills an important gap in the extant literature by conceptualizing and empirically testing the relationship among knowledge management, problem solving processes (creative problem solving and problem solving speed) and firm performance. This study is the first ever to study these relationships within the Italian context
Intellectual capital in East and West African social enterprises
No full textPurpose: This study aims to identify the main factors of knowledge assets (i.e., human, relational and structural capital) that affect the value creation process of social enterprises located in East and West Africa. Design: A survey was administered to a sample of social enterprises located in developing countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Ghana. The survey was designed to gather background information about social enterprises, social entrepreneurs as well as data pertaining to intellectual capital. Therefore, descriptive statistical analysis, principal component analysis and Pearson correlations were employed to identify the main components of IC for African SEs and the inter-relationship among intellectual capital components. Findings: Research findings confirmed that human capital (i.e., a social entrepreneur's knowledge), relational capital (i.e., local and global relationship quality) and structural capital (i.e., long-term and up-to-date firm knowledge) were validated as important resources for African SEs in the value creation process. Moreover, correlation analysis showed that human capital and relational capital were positively correlated; whereas structural capital was positively correlated with the local and global relationship's quality and with the social entrepreneur's skills. Limitations: The main limitations concern the heterogeneity and the restricted sample size due to challenges in the data gathering process. Moreover, the results could potentially be influenced by the context and the low response rate. However, this study can represent a starting point for future research in this unique but important research setting. Originality: This study can be considered original for several reasons. First, empirical evidence on knowledge assets in developing countries in Africa is still scarce, despite the potential of being a new frontier for intellectual capital studies and social and economic growth. Second, the use of a survey method as an IC measurement tool in this context is unique. Finally, this study helps in providing a platform for further investigation in Africa
Key factors that improve knowledge-intensive business processes which lead to competitive advantage
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the knowledge-intensive process of creative
problem-solving and its outcomes.
Design/methodology/approach – This study uses survey data from 113 leading Italian companies. To test
the structural relations of the research model the authors used the partial least square (PLS) method.
Findings – Results show that work design and training have a positive direct impact on creative
problem-solving process while organizational culture has a positive impact on both creative problemsolving
process and its outcomes. Finally creative problem-solving process has a strong direct impact on its
outcomes and this, in turn, on firms’ competitiveness.
Practical implications – This study suggests that managers must highlight the problem-solving process
as it affects a firm’s capability to find creative solutions and therefore its competitiveness. Moreover, the
present paper suggests managers should invest in specific knowledge management (KM) practices for
enhancing knowledge-intensive business processes.
Originality/value – The present paper fills an important gap in the BPM literature by empirically testing
the relationship among KM practices, multistage processes of creative problem-solving and their outcomes,
and firms’ competitiveness
The moderating effect of corporate size on the relationship between prospector strategy and management accounting practices
No full textThe relevant role of management accounting within large companies is highly rec
ognized. However, there is little evidence of its role in Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises (SMEs), especially concerning the variables affecting the adoption and
usefulness of Management Accounting Practices (MAPs). This study aims at verify
ing the moderator effect of corporate size on the relationship between prospector
strategies, governance bodies and MAPs. In detail, the governance bodies’ demand
for MA and the prospector strategy (oriented to opportunity-seeking and problem
anticipating) can affect MAPs’ adoption and usefulness, especially when investigat
ing the role of corporate size as a moderator variable. A survey was administered to
a sample of SMEs located in Italy. Descriptive statistical analysis and ordinary least
squares (OLS) models were employed. The empirical analysis shows that the gov
ernance bodies’ demand for MA positively affects both MAPs’ adoption and useful
ness. The prospector strategy also positively influences the level of MAPs’ adoption.
This study confirms the critical role of corporate size but as a moderator variable.
The corporate size negatively moderates the positive effect of a prospector strat
egy on MAPs’ adoption. Hence, the prospector strategy is more positively linked to
MAPs’ adoption for smaller firms than for bigger firms. Thus, the prospector strat
egy among smaller companies is fundamental when promoting the spread of MAPs
to support decision-making processes
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
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