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Digital Transformation of Pharmaceutical Industry
Full text linkDigital transformation (DT) in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PI) is a topic of increasing scholarly importance but remains underexplored within management studies. This thesis, comprising five scientific articles, addresses various aspects of DT in PI, offering significant contributions to existing literature and proposing new research perspectives, in particular:
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To analyze the key technologies driving DT in PI.
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To develop practical frameworks for implementing DT.
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To integrate interdisciplinary and stakeholder-oriented perspectives.
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To investigate the impact of DT on sustainability dimensions.
The main research objectives are specifically addressed in the five articles, each focusing on a particular aspect of PI-DT:
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Paper 1: Establish a theoretical foundation and identify literature gaps in the existing literature on PI-DT.
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Paper 2: Develop a practical framework for implementing DT by integrating people, processes, and technology.
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Paper 3: Explore the alignment between AI-driven and Stakeholders engagement
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Paper 4: Investigate the relationship between strategic and cognitive readiness, AI Social Engagement, and the improvement of SDGs and economic performance.
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Paper 5: Analyze opportunities and challenges for PI-DT deployment in practice
The five articles included in this thesis are connected by a common thread that explores how DT can transform various aspects of the Pharmaceutical Industry (PI), and how these transformations can be integrated into a broader framework of sustainability and digital innovation. The first paper, through a systematic literature review, initially covering 404 articles and narrowing down to 35 relevant papers, proposes a future research agenda to be pursued in the next years of studies. This agenda focuses on key technologies driving DT in PI and addresses significant gaps in the current literature of Operations Management, Strategic Management, Organization's Theory, and Stakeholder's Theory. This review offers a theoretical foundation for further scholarly inquiry and knowledge development of the overall thesis.
The second study highlights the transformation of organizational business structures and processes through DT, emphasizing the need for an interdisciplinary approach and cross-level perspectives. Using Action Design Research (ADR), a practical "Digital by Design" (DbD) framework is developed, emphasizing the interconnected dimensions of People, Process, And Technology dimensions. This framework provides practical guidance for designing and implementing DT into business processes, recognizing the significance of diverse organizational needs, individual uniqueness, technology integration, and cross-level empirical perspectives.
The third study addresses the lack of research aligning AI and stakeholder Theory with industry and technology-oriented, interdisciplinary perspectives, utilizing different empirical lenses. Based on 16 interviews with Italian and Indian PI experts, 14 relevant themes were identified, leading to the development of an AI-driven Stakeholder Engagement Strategies. This model integrates organizational structure, culture, and means, enhancing stakeholder engagement and providing theoretical insights for effective AI deployment.
The fourth paper emphasizes the relationship between strategic and cognitive readiness for digital innovation, AI Social Engagement, and their role in enhancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and economic performance. Using a Structural Equation Model based on a sample of 511 respondents in the PI, the study identifies that strategic and cognitive readiness improves SDG performance through AI Social Engagement. It also highlights the positive and significant relationship between AI user acceptance and improved economic performance through enhanced SDGs commitment.
The fifth paper, an analysis of the evolving landscape of DT in the PI, based on a systematic literature review and topic modelling, identifies the opportunities and challenges of future PI-DT deployment. This study explores the transformative impact of integrating digital technologies, emphasizing the potential of the metaverse to revolutionize collaboration, patient care, simulation, precision, and safety within the industry. It provides a foundation for further exploration and discourse in this rapidly evolving field.
Overall, this thesis significantly contributes to the understanding of DT in the PI by offering a comprehensive exploration of both theoretical and practical frameworks. Each article not only proposes innovative models and frameworks but also demonstrates their practical applications, thus bridging the gap between theory and practice. The insights gained from this research are instrumental in shaping the future of DT in PI and guiding the development of sustainable and innovative strategies. These strategies are crucial for enhancing operational efficiencies, fostering stakeholder engagement, and achieving long-term sustainability goals within the PI landscape. Through this work, new pathways are opened for academic inquiry and practical implementation, ensuring that the PI can effectively navigate and leverage the opportunities presented by digital transformation
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
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
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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