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Building Food Democracy: Exploring Civic Food Networks and Newly Emerging Forms of Food Citizenship
No full textIn recent years new types of consumer-producer cooperation in food networks have emerged in which consumers play an active role in the operation and thereby clearly go beyond food provisioning as such. Examples include consumer co-ops and solidarity buying groups of local and organic food, communitysupported agriculture and collective urban gardening initiatives. These initiatives raise important new questions that cannot be adequately resolved within existing theoretical perspectives based on concepts such as 'alternative food networks', 'short food supply chains' or 'local food systems'. This article explores possible new analytical frameworks for the study of contemporary dynamics in food networks and develops the concept of 'civic food networks' as an overarching concept to explore contemporary dynamics and sources of innovation within agri-food networks. Building on the empirical diversity of initiatives, this introduction to the Special Issue argues that the role of civil society as a governance mechanism for agri-food networks has increased in significance compared to market and state actors. Moreover, expressions of 'food citizenship' are reshaping the relation between food practices and the market as well as with public institutions in ways that go beyond material and economic exchange and that contribute to a 'moralization' (or even 'civilization') of food economie
1320 IMPACT OF ONLINE RENTING ON SOFTWARE PIRACY ABSTRACT
No full textOnline rental of software is emerging as a new way of dissemination for several major software firms. Compared to outright selling, the renting scheme delivers the software as a service instead of a physical good. Hence, users cannot privately make copies for resale in the market. We investigate the impact of the renting mechanism on software piracy and pricing in a two-period model whereby a piracy market is present in the second period. We develop and compare models with or without renting. Our analysis shows that renting reduces social welfare but helps to increase a vendor’s profit under certain conditions. We also assess the difference in outcomes in the presence of network effect. 1
Impact of Online Renting on Software Piracy
No full textOnline rental of software is emerging as a new way of dissemination for several major software firms. Compared to outright selling, the renting scheme delivers the software as a service instead of a physical good. Hence, users cannot privately make copies for resale in the market. We investigate the impact of the renting mechanism on software piracy and pricing in a two-period model whereby a piracy market is present in the second period. We develop and compare models with or without renting. Our analysis shows that renting reduces social welfare but helps to increase a vendor’s profit under certain conditions. We also assess the difference in outcomes in the presence of network effect
Merging the physical and the digital: a co-creation strategy to transform Used Vehicle Purchasing Renting Colombia
No full textUsados Renting Colombia, empresa del Grupo Bancolombia, busca mejorar la experiencia de compra de vehículos usados. La compañía se destaca por ofrecer soluciones de movilidad a empresas y personas, contando con un amplio portafolio de vehículos usados multimarca en ciudades como Medellín, Bogotá, Cali, Barranquilla y Bucaramanga. Su principal objetivo es acompañar con transparencia a sus clientes en la compra de su vehículo usado, garantizando una experiencia satisfactoria y segura. La empresa se caracteriza por su compromiso con la calidad y el conocimiento detallado de cada vehículo que ofrece, incluyendo la hoja de vida, historial y kilometraje de los carros. Además, Usados Renting Colombia cuenta con una de las ofertas más amplias del país en marcas, modelos y tipos de vehículos, destacándose por su transparencia y confiabilidad. El proyecto actual se enfoca en diseñar una estrategia de cocreación que permita a los clientes participar activamente en el proceso de compra, personalizando su experiencia y aumentando así la satisfacción y fidelización. Esta estrategia que incluye procesos de compra simplificados para mejorar la interacción y el servicio al cliente. Asimismo, se busca integrar una experiencia phygital que combine lo mejor de los mundos físico y digital, brindando una experiencia de compra innovadora y adaptada a las necesidades modernas de los clientes. El objetivo final es realizar un análisis exhaustivo de las necesidades y preferencias de los clientes, implementar un plan piloto en una de las sedes, evaluar su efectividad y aceptación, y finalmente ajustar y expandir la estrategia a todas las sedes de Usados Renting Colombia. Este enfoque innovador no solo busca incrementar la satisfacción del cliente, sino también fortalecer la fidelización y posicionar a Usados Renting Colombia como líder en el mercado de vehículos usados en el país.Usados Renting Colombia, a Bancolombia Group company, seeks to improve the used car buying experience. The company stands out for offering mobility solutions to companies and individuals, with a broad portfolio of multi-brand used vehicles in cities such as Medellín, Bogotá, Cali, Barranquilla and Bucaramanga. Its main objective is to transparently accompany its customers in the purchase of their used vehicle, guaranteeing a satisfactory and safe experience. The company is characterized by its commitment to quality and the detailed knowledge of each vehicle it offers, including the car's resume, history and mileage. In addition, Usados Renting Colombia has one of the widest offers in the country in terms of brands, models and types of vehicles, standing out for its transparency and reliability. The current project focuses on designing a co-creation strategy that allows customers to actively participate in the purchasing process, personalizing their experience and increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty. This strategy includes simplified purchasing processes to improve interaction and customer service. It also seeks to integrate a phygital experience that combines the best of the physical and digital worlds, providing an innovative shopping experience adapted to modern customer needs. The ultimate goal is to conduct a thorough analysis of customer needs andpreferences, implement a pilot plan in one of the locations, evaluate its effectiveness and acceptance, and finally adjust and expand the strategy to all Usados Renting Colombia locations. This innovative approach not only seeks to increase customer satisfaction, but also to strengthen customer loyalty and positio
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Agri-Food systems and territorial development: innovations: new dynamics and changing governance mechanisms
No full textThe chapter explores the linkages between farming systems and agri-food chains in a territorial development context. Lock-in effects within the current agri-food system are analysed through a socio-historical analysis. Then the experiences of emergent, still relatively small-scale, alternative food networks are assessed in terms of their transformative potential to enable sustainable food systems at a larger scale. Finally, the analysis focuses on the transition processes of agri-food systems at the territorial scale and considers the changes needed in governance modes. The chapter underlines the interdependencies and possible complementarities between the various actors of agri-food systems from production to consumption, including intermediaries as well as public policies and civil society. It emphasizes the transition and governance aspects involved
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe 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
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from I. H. Kempner to George L. H. Koehler discussing Kempners son-in-law and daughter renting a cottage or apartment from Koehler for a few days while they visit their son in Hunt, Texas
Exploring the Motives for Online Fashion Renting: Insights from Social Retailing to Sustainability
No full textDespite the exponential growth of collaborative consumption practices, online fashion renting, an important type of collaborative fashion consumption, is still underexplored. Drawing on the theories of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Innovation Diffusion, we developed a holistic research framework to explore the motives for online fashion renting. By analyzing a total of 300 usable responses collected by a research market company using structure equation modeling (SEM), we found that attitudes and subjective norms positively influenced consumers’ intentions to engage with online fashion rental services. Moreover, we found that environmental awareness also had a significant influence on attitudes toward fashion renting through online platforms, and that relative advantage, amplified by personal innovativeness and fashion consciousness, also positively influenced consumers’ attitudes toward online fashion renting. Interestingly, price consciousness did not contribute to relative advantage
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
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