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On the conceptualization and measurement of dynamic capabilities for sustainability: Building theory through a systematic literature review
No full textWe performed a systematic literature review to explore and understand how the 23-year long debate about dynamic capabilities has addressed sustainability issues. Based on this, we propose a unifying framework that distinguishes different facets of dynamic capabilities for sustainability (DCsS) based on the different types of performance they are more suitable to predict. The theoretical contribution is twofold. First, we add to the literature by highlighting the dependence of different forms of DCsS on different levels of the centrality of sustainability outcomes in corporate strategies. Second, we shed light on the operationalizations of DCsS by providing guidance on the adoption of pertinent constructs and measurement models. The review concludes with a discussion of the managerial implications of the proposed conceptual framework to help decision makers better understand, which strategic moves to make to achieve their intended sustainability goals
Resilient shopping behaviours by change, not by chance: are disruptive events’ effects permanent?
Full text linkThe paper investigates the impact of disruptive events on distribution channels. In particular, it explores the mechanism underlying changes in consumer shopping behaviours during stressful events and their persistence in the aftermath. An empirical study on 2019 Italian consumers allowed us to shed light on the drivers and the dynamics of the changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic from an Alphabet Theory perspective. The paper has the merit of providing one of the first operationalisations of this theoretical framework and proving its capability to, on the one hand, add granularity to the values-beliefs-norms Theory during a disruptive event through habits and context and, on the other hand, to provide retailers with a better understanding of the persisting effects in the aftermath. Results show that context exerts a significant influence on attitudes and habits and that the related behavioural changes are destined to be persistent when associated with new habits that imply the development of new competencies and attitudes whose object carries emotional value
Le scelte scolastiche come processo razionale
No full textQuesto capitolo è dedicato al ventaglio delle ricerche empiriche e delle spiegazioni sviluppate sotto l’ombrello della teoria della scelta razionale. Superando l’approccio della razionalità assoluta di stampo economico, sono presentati e discussi gli approcci interpretativi della razionalità situata e limitata. Una specifica attenzione è poi dedicata al modello delle transizioni scolastiche e agli approcci che affrontano il tema dell’avversione al rischio relativo
Cause-related marketing and disaster management. Opportunities from tourism-related initiatives
No full textGoing 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
The structuring of social finance: emerging approaches for supporting environmentally and socially impactful projects
No full textAlthough a new landscape of social finance institutions (SFIs) is evolving rapidly in Europe, the academic
literature on the structures of legitimation that characterize the development of social finance has been
limited. This paper addresses this gap: (1) by conceptualizing social finance (SF) as a pre-paradigmatic
field where leading SF institutions have spontaneously adopted different investment rationalities and
logics to achieve positive social impact through financing and banking activities; (2) by discussing
dominant institutionalization patterns, empirically exploring the institutionalization of SF at the organizational,
inter-organizational and institutional levels. A sample of seventeen SF institutions in three
European countries, i.e. Ireland, Italy and the UK, was examined. The analysis highlighted that two forms
of SF, i.e. social impact investment and ethical banking, guide the institutionalization and paradigmbuilding
process. These two forms both assume the production of social impact, i.e. impact on society,
the environment and sustainable development, as a distinguishing trait from commercial financial approaches,
but differ in terms of business models and products and services provided to customers.
Dominant institutionalization patterns reflect the social-embeddedness of these institutions. The
convergence of the two dominant models would be desirable in order to further facilitate the development
of social finance as a new paradigm in the financing and banking industry, alternative to
commercial finance
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