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Publication date: 7 March 2008

Blind spots

Caroline Firstbrook

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Strategy & Leadership, vol. 36 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/sl.2008.26136bab.001
ISSN: 1087-8572

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Publication date: 18 May 2017

Blind Spots and Other Areas Deserving Attention

Howard Thomas, Michelle Lee, Lynne Thomas and Alexander Wilson

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Africa
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-095-220171006
ISBN: 978-1-78743-095-2

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Publication date: 20 November 2017

Time and space in business: dynamic geographic concentration and localized industry life cycle

Liang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to theorize how the industry life cycle unfolds differently across places and how economic agglomeration varies over time.

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The purpose of this paper is to theorize how the industry life cycle unfolds differently across places and how economic agglomeration varies over time.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper relies on literature review and conceptual analysis.

Findings

It generates a dynamic geographic concentration model (i.e. an industry’s degree of geographic concentration drops in the growth stage, rises in the mature stage, and drops again in the new growth stage) and a localized industry life-cycle model (i.e. temporal dynamics differ between the center and the periphery).

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It makes contribution by theorizing that the extent to which an industry is geographically concentrated changes over time, and by demonstrating how an industry’s center and periphery may experience different temporal dynamics.

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Journal of Strategy and Management, vol. 10 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-10-2015-0084
ISSN: 1755-425X

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  • Industry cluster
  • Temporal dynamics
  • Industry life cycle
  • Economic agglomeration
  • Geographic concentration
  • Spatial heterogeneity

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Publication date: 21 June 2013

Clusters, networks and firms' product success: an empirical study

Elisa Giuliani

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between different kinds of networking and the performance of firms in industry clusters. In particular, it studies the…

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This paper aims to analyze the relationship between different kinds of networking and the performance of firms in industry clusters. In particular, it studies the importance of local embeddedness and external openness for product success in two wine clusters in Chile and Italy.

Design/methodology/approach

The analysis is based on original firm‐level data. A case‐study methodology is combined with econometric analysis.

Findings

The empirical analysis shows that local embeddedness positively influences the development of successful products, but with decreasing returns. More importantly, however, the author finds that external openness is more significant than local embeddedness for explaining firm success.

Practical implications

The paper has implications for managers not working in current “hot spots” who are keen to transform their environments into thriving economies. The author recommends that managers look beyond the local context and establish extra‐cluster linkages with relevant knowledge sources, which may vary from sector to sector. Managers should tap into local knowledge but avoid local over‐embeddedness.

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The paper contributes to the understanding of how and whether networks influence the performance of cluster firms.

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Management Decision, vol. 51 no. 6
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-01-2012-0010
ISSN: 0025-1747

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  • Industrial clusters
  • Social networks
  • Wine industry
  • Italy
  • Chile
  • Wines
  • Winemaking

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Publication date: 8 April 2020

Approaching multinationals in clusters from different perspectives: An integration of literatures

Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Fiorenza Belussi, Silvia Rita Sedita, Annalisa Caloffi and Gregorio Gonzalez-Alcaide

For the specific topic of multinationals in clusters, both regional strands and international business and management literatures address the topic from different yet…

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For the specific topic of multinationals in clusters, both regional strands and international business and management literatures address the topic from different yet intertwined perspectives. This study aims to facilitate the integration of the conversations and the distinct literatures to produce a clear understanding and conceptualization of the existent knowledge on the topic, with the aim to foster an integration of those different lines of inquiry on the topic that can advance scholarly research and improve policymaking.

Design/methodology/approach

Mixing a robust and longitudinal bibliometric analysis (1992-2018) and a qualitative critical review, the study disentangles sub-conversations on the topic in each literature.

Findings

The study encounters commonalities that foster cross-fertilization and blind spots that prevent integration of findings from each literature.

Research limitations/implications

Both literatures need to cross-fertilize and integrate each other’s knowledge.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to integrate literatures using bibliometrics, mapping the existing knowledge on two key areas of competitiveness: clusters and multinationals.

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Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal , vol. 30 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-07-2019-0071
ISSN: 1059-5422

Keywords

  • Innovation
  • Multinationals
  • Clusters
  • MNEs
  • Internationalization
  • Localization
  • Co-location
  • Economic geography
  • International business
  • O3
  • R1

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Publication date: 1 March 1992

New Skills for Workers

John Sinclair and David Collins

Critiques the visions of management gurus in comparison to themeasures which they offer to “deliver” them. Argues thatorganization development requires a qualitatively…

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Critiques the visions of management gurus in comparison to the measures which they offer to “deliver” them. Argues that organization development requires a qualitatively different look at workers and work going beyond behavioural prescription. Presents the concept of the new skills mix supported by arguments that integrate and develop more systematic analyses informed by frames of reference often regarded as mutually exclusive – this leads to a critical examination of proactivity and empowerment.

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Leadership & Organization Development Journal, vol. 13 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739210013379
ISSN: 0143-7739

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  • Management theory
  • Skills
  • Employees
  • Organizational development

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Publication date: 29 April 2014

Authenticity in educational leadership: history, ideal, reality

Patrick A. Duignan

The purpose of this paper is to undertake a personal, historical, analytical and interpretive investigation of the evolution of the concept of authentic leadership in…

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The purpose of this paper is to undertake a personal, historical, analytical and interpretive investigation of the evolution of the concept of authentic leadership in educational administration/leadership over a number of decades.

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The paper includes the author's reflections on his own journey on the topic as well as an analysis of the contributions of great researchers, theorists and writers since early in the twentieth century but, especially, since the early 1960s.

Findings

While there is no coherent body of literature on the development of the concept of authentic leadership, there is a general discernible trend starting with a focus on self (know thyself, to thine own self be true); to considering and defining self in relationships; to accepting that there is a moral force behind notions of self-fulfillment; to recognising that authentic leaders operate in a real post-modern (perhaps post-post modern) world of pressures, paradoxes and ethical challenges. This is often a world of standards, assessment and accountability for performance outcomes.

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The paper draws on the author's own research journey and legacy on the topic as well as the contributions of “giants in the field” who have continually pushed the envelope when exploring the topic and closely interrelated topics.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 52 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-01-2014-0012
ISSN: 0957-8234

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  • Authentic leadership
  • Educational leadership
  • Ethical Leadership

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Publication date: 3 April 2017

Corporate social responsibility as shared value creation: toward a communicative approach

Christiane Marie Høvring

The debate on corporate social responsibility (CSR) as shared value creation is trapped between management scholars and business ethics scholars, focusing merely on the…

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The debate on corporate social responsibility (CSR) as shared value creation is trapped between management scholars and business ethics scholars, focusing merely on the distribution of values from an outcome-oriented perspective. The result is a juxtaposition of shared value from either a corporate or a societal perspective, providing only little attention to the actual communication processes supporting the creation of shared value. The purpose of this paper is to re-conceptualize shared value creation from a communicative approach as an alternative to the current situation caught between the management and societal perspectives.

Design/methodology/approach

Building upon recent constitutive models of CSR communication, this conceptual paper explores the potentials and implications of re-conceptualizing shared value creation as an alternative approach that recognizes the tensional interaction processes related to shared value creation.

Findings

The paper suggests a new conceptualization of shared value creation, which is sensitive to and able to advance the understanding of the tensional and conflictual interaction processes in which the continuous negotiation of corporate and stakeholder interests, values and agendas may facilitate a new understanding of shared value creation.

Practical implications

In order to succeed with the shared purpose of creating shared value (CSV), the company and the multiple stakeholders should neither disregard nor idealize the interaction processes related to shared value creation; rather, they should acknowledge that processes filled with tensions and conflicts are prerequisites for CSV.

Originality/value

A re-conceptualization of shared value creation that provides an alternative approach that is sensitive toward the tensions and conflicts occurring between corporate voice and multiple stakeholder voices.

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Corporate Communications: An International Journal, vol. 22 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-11-2016-0078
ISSN: 1356-3289

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  • CSR
  • Stakeholders
  • CSR communication
  • Constitutive
  • Creating shared value

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Publication date: 5 November 2018

Spatial data managements in indoor environments: Current trends, limitations and future challenges

Sultan Alamri

With the rapid development of the indoor spaces positioning technologies such as the radio-frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth and WI-FI, the locations of indoor…

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With the rapid development of the indoor spaces positioning technologies such as the radio-frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth and WI-FI, the locations of indoor spatial objects (static or moving) constitute an important foundation for a variety of applications. However, there are many challenges and limitations associated with the structuring and querying of spatial objects in indoor spaces. The purpose of this study is to address the current trends, limitations and future challenges associated with the structuring and querying of spatial objects in indoor spaces. Also it addresses the related features of indoor spaces such as indoor structures, positioning technologies and others.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, the author focuses on understanding the aspects and challenges of spatial database managements in indoor spaces. The author explains the differences between indoor spaces and outdoor spaces. Also examines the issues pertaining to indoor spaces positioning and the impact of different shapes and structures within these spaces. In addition, the author considers the varieties of spatial queries that relate specifically to indoor spaces.

Findings

Most of the research on data management in indoor spaces does not consider the issues and the challenges associated with indoor positioning such as the overlapping of Wi-Fi. The future trend of the indoor spaces includes included different shapes of indoors beside the current 2D indoor spaces on which the majority of the data structures and query processing for spatial objects have focused on. The diversities of the indoor environments features such as directed floors, multi-floors cases should be considered and studied. Furthermore, indoor environments include many special queries besides the common ones queries that used in outdoor spaces such as KNN, range and temporal queries. These special queries need to be considered in data management and querying of indoor environments.

Originality/value

To the best of the author’s knowledge, this paper successfully addresses the current trends, limitations and future challenges associated with the structuring and querying of spatial objects in indoor spaces.

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International Journal of Web Information Systems, vol. 14 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWIS-05-2018-0039
ISSN: 1744-0084

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  • Data management
  • Graph connectivity
  • Indoor space
  • Spatial databases
  • Spatial objects

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Publication date: 22 June 2012

Black swans to grey swans: revealing the uncertainty

A.J. Masys

The emergence of “black swans” represents (according to Taleb) “[…] our misunderstanding of the likelihood of surprises”. The purpose of this paper is to study accidents…

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The emergence of “black swans” represents (according to Taleb) “[…] our misunderstanding of the likelihood of surprises”. The purpose of this paper is to study accidents and disasters and the inherent misunderstanding and absence of awareness associated with the existence of black swans and their complex aetiology. Red teaming and scenario planning provide a methodology to explore the uncertainties and challenge of the mental models associated with accident and disaster aetiology.

Design/methodology/approach

The argument draws upon the successful application of red teaming and scenario planning in various domains noted in the literature and lessons learned from the failure to recognize black swans. An analysis of the literature illustrates how the salient characteristics of red teaming and scenario planning can be applied to the illumination of black swans to support risk, crisis and disaster management.

Findings

Recognizing the uncertainty resident within the safety and security problem space opens up the notion that more than one future is potentially open. It is argued that the inherent properties of red teaming, within the context of scenario planning, facilitates an effective approach to bring risk, crisis and disaster planners/managers together to discuss their concerns and explore the factors creating uncertainty and the emergence of black swans.

Originality/value

The value of red teaming (scenario planning) to challenge linear thinking and recognize the inherent uncertainty in the space of possibilities is well supported. Applied to the risk, crisis and disaster management domain, red teaming and scenario planning can provide insights into the emergence of black swans and thereby shape mitigation strategies.

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Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, vol. 21 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09653561211234507
ISSN: 0965-3562

Keywords

  • Disaster management
  • Uncertainty management
  • Systems thinking
  • Black swan
  • Grey swan
  • Red teaming
  • Scenario planning
  • Accidents

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