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Public value creation experiences in hybrid organizations: a preliminary case study
No full textThis paper presents a preliminary case study investigating the public value creation experiences within the context of the "Sub-
Equana Valley" Smart Energy Community (SEC). The objective of this work is to explore the multifaceted nature of public
value and assess its creation in hybrid organizations operating in the SEC. A hybrid organization refers to a unique entity that
combines elements of both public and private sectors, seeking to achieve societal and economic goals simultaneously. To achieve this
objective, a mixed-methods research approach was employed, combining qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The
study encompassed interviews with key stakeholders, including community members, government officials, and representatives from
the SEC's hybrid organizations. Additionally, surveys and document analysis were conducted to gather comprehensive data on the
SEC's public value creation processes. The results of this study reveal the diverse public value creation experiences within the Sub-
Equana Valley SEC. Three key public value mechanisms emerged from the analysis: collaboration and partnerships, innovative
technologies and community engagement and empowerment. Furthermore, the findings highlight the interplay between public and
private actors in the creation of public value, emphasizing the significance of hybrid organizations as vehicles for achieving
sustainable development goals. The originality of this contribution lies in its exploration of public value creation experiences within
hybrid organizations operating in the context of a Smart Energy Community. While prior research has investigated public value
and hybrid organizations separately, this study synthesizes these concepts, providing a holistic understanding of how hybrid
organizations contribute to public value in the SEC. By focusing on the Sub-Equana Valley case study, this research adds
empirical evidence to the growing body of literature on hybrid organizations and expands our understanding of their role in driving
societal progress. Overall, this preliminary case study sheds light on the complexity of public value creation within hybrid
organizations in the specific context of a Smart Energy Community. The findings have practical implications for policymakers,
community leaders, and practitioners involved in designing and managing hybrid organizations, providing insights into the factors
that contribute to successful public value creation. Further research is needed to explore additional case studies and refine our
understanding of the dynamics of public value creation within hybrid organizations in various contexts
Strategic public management for sustainable development: public value co-creation experiences
No full textThis study explores how strategic public management (SPM) and public value co-creation (PVCC) drive sustainable governance, using energy communities (ECs) as a case. Applying the public value scorecard (PVSC), the authors examine economic, social, and environmental impacts while addressing stakeholder engagement and financial sustainability. Findings highlight the replicability of PVCC models beyond ECs, offering a framework for participatory governance. The article underscores the role of legitimacy, operational capacity, and co-creation in fostering resilient public sector innovations
Knowledge and Creativity Management: Is it a Boost or a Limit for Healthcare in the Post-Covid World ?
Full text linkKnowledge Management (KM) and Creativity Management (CM) are increasingly linked to the analysis of healthcare management. The health management of the Covid 19 emergency has amply demonstrated how these two frameworks, which are widely debated in the literature, find practical operational feedback albeit with profound lights and shadows. This study aims to investigate the contributions and threats of KM and CM within the context of local healthcare in order to highlight, using a quantitative methodology, which variables impact healthcare management the most and which variables are negligible. The analysis conducted concerns a sample of 200 healthcare workers from one of the Italian regions that has been most affected by the pandemic and will show how quickly healthcare management has changed in terms of internal procedures and relationships with stakeholders, subverting the paradigm of "rational planning" connected to typical CM variable
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
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