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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
Developing Central And Eastern Europe As A Hub For Global Entrepreneurship: Budapest and Prague As Cases In Point
No full textIt can be stated that Central and Eastern Europe is fast becoming a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation. There appears to be a robust ecosystem where universities/business schools, venture capitalists and non-profit organizations are working together to promote entrepreneurship at several levels. This paper seeks to explore the entrepreneurial ecosystems prevalent in 2 prominent central and eastern European capital cities – Budapest and Prague, often referred to as the “Entrepreneurial corridor” of the CEE due to the straight line they represent geographically, cutting across the CEE region and being the main centers of entrepreneurial activity in this region. In the past few years several startup success stories have emerged across these cities. These include AVG and Avast from the Czech Republic and Prezi, LogMeIn, and Ustream from Hungary. To study the entrepreneurial ecosystems, we employ the case study methodology and interview key stakeholders at prominent business schools and venture capital firms in the region in addition to the founders of new businesses. We seek to understand the challenges faced by new businesses in these regions and how the regional ecosystems could best assist in the start-up and development of new ventures. We conclude by presenting key recommendations on how best to strengthen the region as a global entrepreneurial hub, to bring valuable ideas to the market with support from university management, policy makers as well as the region’s burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem of angel investors, venture capitalists and business incubators.Europę Środkowo-Wschodnią można uznać za szybko rozwijające się centrum przedsiębiorczości i innowacji. Istnieje tam rozbudowany ekosystem, w którym współpracują uniwersytety/ szkoły biznesu, inwestorzy kapitału wysokiego ryzyka i organizacje non-profit, dążąc do wsparcia przedsiębiorczości na wielu poziomach. Artykuł ma na celu przeanalizowanie ekosystemów przedsiębiorczości występujących w dwóch znaczących stolicach Europy Środkowo- Wschodniej – Budapeszcie i Pradze, które ze względu na przebiegającą przez nie prostą linię geograficzną, przecinającą tę część Europy, są często określane mianem „korytarza przedsiębiorczości” Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej i stanowią główne ośrodki działalności gospodarczej w tym regionie. W ciągu ostatnich kilku lat w tych miastach powstało szereg nowych firm, które odniosły sukces. Należą do nich AVG i Avast z Czech i Prezi, LogMeIn oraz Ustream z Węgier. W badaniu ekosystemów przedsiębiorczości zastosowaliśmy metodę studium przypadku i przeprowadziliśmy wywiady z kluczowymi interesariuszami z czołowych szkół biznesu i przedsiębiorstw venture capital w regionie, a także z założycielami nowych firm. Staramy się określić wyzwania, przed którymi stoją nowe firmy w tych regionach oraz sposób, w jaki ekosystemy regionalne mogłyby najlepiej pomóc w rozruchu i rozwoju nowych przedsięwzięć. Artykuł kończą główne zalecenia dotyczące najlepszych sposobów umocnienia regionu jako globalnego centrum przedsiębiorczości, wprowadzenia cennych pomysłów na rynek przy wsparciu kadry kierowniczej uczelni, decydentów, jak również rozkwitającego w regionie ekosystemu przedsiębiorczości obejmującego tzw. anioły biznesu, inwestorów kapitału wysokiego ryzyka i inkubatory przedsiębiorczości
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
RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change
No full textRVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Through a network of sponsors and volunteers, they have provided a weekly entrepreneur presentation series, mentorship, a cohort-based training curriculum, pro bono professional services, and other referrals. This work has raised entrepreneurs’ household income levels, created new jobs, and provided strong community role models. This case allows students to evaluate challenges faced by micro-enterprise owners across America and understand the frameworks for boosting community entrepreneurship. Students will also be able to assess RVA Works’ strategic growth goals, particularly considering the adoption of technology into the organization’s business model. The case ultimately gives students tools to help them decide on what action RVA Works can take to maximize the extent of their social impact in balance, within the financial constraints of an operating charity
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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