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Network Centrality and Homophily in Stakeholder Relationship Management: The Effects on a Social Enterprise’s Decision-Making Process
Full text linkManaging relationships with all the stakeholders is a central issue in Social Enterprises' management; these enterprises, operating across the faded boundary between for profit and not for profit sectors, overcome having limit scarce resources dotation trough relationships with other organizations in order to reach success in the society.
In our paper, we have studied the capability of this class of enterprises to create and sustain relationships on the basis of the concepts and principles of Stakeholder Theory, that according enterprises' survival capacity is linked to their manage ability those actors that affects or are affected by enterprise actions in their decision-making. Our empirical studies have focused on the social network, defined trough a snowballing process (degree = 3), insisting on a Social Cooperative in Naples with two world shops and one wholesale warehouse.
Each node in the Social Cooperative's egonetwork has been tested for two classical measures of Social Network Analysis (Wasserman & Faust, 1994; Scott, 1991): centrality and proximity. These tests have been later used to compare actors and to analyze if more central or more homophilous actors, those who share similar interests, are better able to influence the social cooperative.
Our paper highlights that homophily can better explain stakeholders' effects on the outcomes of strategic decision-making processe
Turismo sostenibile, responsabile ed accessibile: orientamenti e prospettive
No full textIl contributo fornisce un analisi dei concetti di turismo responsabile, accessibile e sostenibile
Destination management: l'analisi del caso Barcellona
No full textIl lavoro ha l'obiettivo di mostrare il caso del rilancio della destination Barcellona che da sempre rappresenta un fenomeno di rilevante interesse scientifico e manageriale nel settore turistico
Relational Capabilities in Stakeholder Management: an analysis basedupon Social Enterprise
No full textIl paper ha proposto ad un uditorio specializzato di studiosi che approfondiscono il filone dello stakeholder approach, una metodologia di analisi applicata alla individuazione del ruolo delle relational capabilities nei network aziendali
Ethical Branding in the Modern Retail: A Comparison of Italy and UK Ethical Coffee Branding Strategies
Full text linkModern markets can be seen as complex systems of relationships where stakeholders are able to influence the firms’ decision-making processes and their value creation processes. Modern businesses should adopt a broader perspective in order to not focus their actions only on maximize economic performance, but to design them considering even their social and environmental impacts on the system as a whole. Firms have to respond to the stakeholders’ expectations as a way to obtain the legitimacy needed to create a beneficial environment that will help them in creating a positive effect out of their system of relations, without violating the social contract tying together all the actors in a given system. It follows that, when companies can effectively communicate to their systems’ actors how they are following the principles of sustainability and prove that their actions are socially responsible, they can get several advantages. One of the way companies must accomplish this feat is to ask third parties to certify their actions in order to be able to print on their products one of the various Ethical Labels. Using these labels to mark their products can be a tool to influence the consumer to buy from the firm over the competitors, leveraging on a higher legitimacy.
In this paper, we have studied the evolution of the practice of non-financial disclosure trough ethical labels that 14 coffee brands, both in Italy and in England, as a way to understand how, in different markets they have changed over a 5-year time
Equity and Reward Crowdfunding: A Multiple Signal Analysis
Full text linkThis paper aims to analyse the success signals of initiatives through equity and reward crowdfunding, the two typologies most used by start-ups and SMEs. This article discusses and compares these two models, highlighting the main differences and similarities, by analyzing the factors that influence the success of initiatives through crowdfunding, measured both in terms of amount of funding raised and number of investors that funded the initiatives. The focus is on three sets of signals, venture quality (human capital, information about the establishment and the status of the initiatives), the level of information the company provides to reduce the degree of uncertainty and campaign quality. Using two distinct datasets, one of 235 equity-model initiatives and one of 274 reward-model initiatives, in both cases analyzing projects that have reached (or exceeded) the funding goal, it turns out that venture quality affects in both types, though distinctly, in particular in the reward model play an important role the awards, in addition to the rounds and the tutors (the latter two also present in the equity model), which constitute the status information of the company, while the information about the establishment and the human capital affects only the equity model. Equally for the equity model affects the level of information to reduce uncertainty, while campaign quality in both types seems to have a very slight impact
A technology‐enabled framework for stakeholder engagement in a destination management system: Evidence from DMS Puglia
No full textIn tourism, the presence of different stakeholders, sometimes with conflicting interests, requires a clear understanding of how to manage and engage them effectively. Despite the importance of this topic, tourism studies lack a univocal framework for destinations aiming to develop a destination management system (DMS) focused on empowering stakeholder engagement. To fill this gap, this study aims to identify the key dimensions that can strengthen stakeholder engagement in the tourism sector. Particular attention is given to the role of technology in mediating relationships among DMS participants and to the role of ‘intermediary’ stakeholders in facilitating collaboration and engagement. By adopting a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates stakeholder theory, stakeholder engagement and destination management, and by examining a case study of an Italian best practice, DMS Puglia, a technology-enabled framework for stakeholder engagement in a DMS was elaborated. This study contributes to the advancement of the literature on stakeholder engagement in tourism by demonstrating that the structure and composition of a DMS, and the communication methods it enables, along with the role of the destination management organisation and the preparedness of stakeholders to participate in a DMS, significantly influence stakeholder engagement and can strengthen relationships among participants in a technologically advanced tourism system. This study also provides directions to stakeholder bridges about how to effectively improve stakeholder engagement through technology-focused tools and strategies
Reti sociali e impatto degli stakeholder sull'innovazione sociale:un'analisi degli egonetwork di alcune imprese sociali
No full textNel contributo viene presentata una metodologia di rilevazione quantitativa dell'impatto delle competenze relazionali all'interno di una rete (egonetwork) analizzata con riferimento ad alcune imprese sociali campione
A case study analysis on the effect of TO’s previous experience and motivations on sustainable tourism activities
No full textThis work analyses the motivation leading Tour Operators to start sustainable tourism activities to understand if and how their previous experiences have influenced their approach to torusim. We use a multipole case study methodology , selecting 10TOs, members of AITR and actively selling sustainable and responsible tourism products. The adata gathering topics were focused on how these operators started working in their niche and how they are carrying on their operations
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