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Managing public sector innovation for a better society: the case of public procurement of innovation
No full textThis study examines the relationship between strategic management (SM) practices and performance in public sector innovation, focusing on Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) as a policy mechanism to address societal challenges. Analyzing data from 185 PPI projects in Italy using Structural Equation Modelling, the findings show that strategic goal setting enhances performance outcomes, including local economic growth, community benefits, innovation promotion, and intellectual capital creation. Intra-agency collaboration facilitates the use of innovation policy instruments but does not directly improve performance. In contrast, instrument utilization positively affects strategic outcomes and mediates the link between goal setting and performance. This study contributes to procurement, innovation policy, and SM literature by demonstrating how procurement can drive innovation and societal impact. It provides actionable insights for managers and policymakers to strengthen PPI effectiveness through clear goal setting, internal collaboration, and targeted policy instruments
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
Understanding the Factors Determining Green Public Procurement Practices Among Local Governments in the United States
Get PDFOne of the wicked problems communities face worldwide is climate change. Among potential solutions and current efforts is green public procurement (GPP), an innovative policy approach to change business as usual in the governmental sector. Local governments in the U.S. annually spend approximately $1.72 trillion on purchasing goods and services. Given substantial purchasing power of municipalities, GPP practices at the local level can incite a transition toward a more sustainable society. This study is the first to delineate the levels and variations of existing GPP practices among U.S. localities and examine the factors that facilitate or hinder GPP engagement.
Collaborative governance has been advanced as an approach to overcome barriers that arise from fragmentation of authority at the local level. Prior research suggests that collaboration leads to economies of scale, a more agile procurement process, and enhanced capacity. However, we know little about its impact on GPP practices. Drawing on Feiock’s (2013) Institutional Collective Action framework and resource exchange theory, this research also analyzes the impact of collaboration on GPP utilization.
I triangulate data from an innovative national survey, conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Public Procurement (NIGP), and multiple case studies. Research evidence shows that a strategic vision, pressures from the federal government, and familiarity with GPP practices motivate U.S. local governments to engage in GPP. Surprisingly, local governments’ use of GPP practices is hindered by availability of green suppliers. I also find that collaborative governance could indirectly enhance GPP implementation. The findings of this dissertation contribute to the advancement of theory and provide actionable recommendations for practice, as well as avenues for future research
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
Determinants of Local Government Innovation: The Case of Green Public Procurement in the United States
No full textPurpose – Green public procurement (GPP) may be a viable solution and an innovative policy tool for public managers to address complex environmental issues facing communities globally. Given their substantial purchasing power, local GPP initiatives and success can accelerate a transition toward a more sustainable society through governments’ influence over the private sector. The study’s central research question is: What are the factors associated with US local governments’ engagement with GPP practices?
Design/methodology/approach – This research applies the Mohr’s (1969) model of motivations, obstacles and resources (MOR) and draws on original, comprehensive and national survey data collected in collaboration with NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement to explain adoption of GPP as an innovative policy tool. To ensure the robustness of the findings, the data are analysed by running two types of regression – ordinal logistic and negative binomial – using two different operationalizations for the dependent variable, a GPP scale (ordinal) and a GPP scorecard (count).
Findings – The decision surrounding GPP adoption is ultimately driven by organizations’ strategic visions, organizations’ familiarity with the GPP concept and practices, and mandates from the federal government through funding mechanisms.
Originality/value – This study offers guidance to both academic researchers and policymakers in public management and public budgeting and finance on strategies and policy options to expand GPP adoption and utilization
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
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