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SME corporate social responsibility and competitiveness: a literature review
No full textThe importance of SMEs to the economy and society and their special characteristics relevant to the adoption of CSR principles, the implementation of CSR activities, and the study of the relationship between SME, CSR behaviour and competitiveness, have stimulated the interest of both practitioners and academicians. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature addressing SME CSR behaviour and competitiveness. The paper summarises the major trends emerging from the literature review and provides recommendations for further research
The dark side of companies’ digital transformation:the carbon footprint of online activities
Full text linkPurposeWe aim to explore the negative side of the digital transformation of firms by focusing on the carbon footprint of consumers’ everyday behaviours online.Design/methodology/approachA multi-method approach was employed. We collected data from interviews with experts, a netnographic study of online users and in-depth interviews with sustainability-minded consumers before and after an intervention. Data were analysed by employing sequence analysis.FindingsFindings suggest that even among sustainability-minded individuals, knowledge of the carbon footprint of online activities is very low. Upon being educated about it, however, consumers responded in a few different ways, which are showcased here.Originality/valueWe know very little about the social practices and consumer behaviour that influences the environmental outcome of digital actions. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is among the first to explore the mechanisms that affect consumer behaviour online and the role sustainability plays in shaping it
Εταιρική κοινωνική ευθύνη και η ανταγωνιστικότητα των μικρομεσαίων επιχειρήσεων
No full textThere is increasing research attention as to how SMEs might realize corporate social responsibility opportunities. The majority of studies focus on the pursuance of responsible business strategies that may result in favorable business outcomes, including better financial performance. This study investigates a sample of SMEs who actively participate in CSR activities in Greece. The role of the SME in developing CSR focused relationships with particular stakeholders is examined. Data collected reveals that stakeholder salience and proximity moderate these relationships and this leads to improved financial performance. The context of this study is important as it addresses the paucity of research carried out in countries during economic crisis and sheds light on the positive aspects of CSR that are adopted during crisis. Managerial suggestions are made and research implications are discussed.Υπάρχει αυξανόμενο ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον σχετικά με τρόπο με τον οποίο οι ΜΜΕ θα μπορούσαν να κερδίσουν από τις προσπάθειες εταιρικής κοινωνικής ευθύνης (ΕΚΕ) τους. Η πλειοψηφία των μελετών επικεντρώνεται στην εφαρμογή υπεύθυνων επιχειρηματικών στρατηγικών που μπορεί να οδηγήσουν σε ευνοϊκές επιχειρηματικες συνθήκες, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της καλύτερης οικονομικής απόδοσης. Αυτή η μελέτη ερευνά ένα δείγμα ΜΜΕ που συμμετέχουν ενεργά σε δραστηριότητες ΕΚΕ στην Ελλάδα. Αναλύεται ο ρόλος των ΜΜΕ στην ανάπτυξη σχέσεων ΕΚΕ με συγκεκριμένους ενδιαφερόμενους φορείς (stakeholders). Τα στοιχεία που συλλέγονται αποκαλύπτουν ότι η σημασία (salience) και η εγγύτητα(proximity) των ενδιαφερομένων μερών συγκρατούν αυτές τις σχέσεις και αυτό οδηγεί σε βελτιωμένη οικονομική απόδοση. Το πλαίσιο αυτής της μελέτης είναι σημαντικό καθώς αντιμετωπίζει την της έλλειψη έρευνας που διεξάγεται σε χώρες κατά τη διάρκεια της οικονομικής κρίσης και φωτίζει τις θετικές πτυχές της ΕΚΕ που υιοθετούνται κατά τη διάρκεια της κρίσης. Λαμβάνονται διαχειριστικές προτάσεις και εξετάζονται οι συνέπειες της έρευνας
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
Variations 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
Female Sexualisation and Objectification in Advertising: Research Insights and Future Research Agenda for Advertising Ethics
No full textMany adverts continue to use executional appeals that represent sexualised violence towards women, trivialising instances of sexual assault and objectification that can shock and cause controversy among consumers. While research on the ethics of controversial advertising has progressed significantly over the past years, additional understanding of the societal impacts of female objectification and sexualisation (FOAS) in advertising is needed, to minimise advertising theory and practice leading to negative societal impacts. In response, this chapter seeks to identify and synthesise diverse, interdisciplinary research documenting the negative impacts of FOAS in advertising. It does so by highlighting the most relevant themes of a literature review covering 87 key articles published in cross-disciplinary journals over the past 30 years. Selected themes are summarised and reviewed according to: 1) gendered differences in consumer responses to adverts depicting FOAS; 2) ad FOAS effects specific to female consumers; and 3) ad FOAS effects specific to male consumers. Literature review themes suggest that FOAS in advertising can have negative societal effects, including long-term effects on consumers’ attitudes and behaviours towards sexual relationships, at times leading to normalisation of sexual violence and harassment. The chapter’s originality lies in its foregrounding of actual negative effects of FOAS in advertising. It contributes to the advertising ethics field by offering research propositions and illuminating new areas for future research where knowledge gaps still exist in the field
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