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The Half-Life & After-Life Of New Media, Nancy Austin
The Half-Life & After-Life Of New Media, Nancy Austin
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
It is fitting to think of the half-life of new media using the time-based metaphor of radioactive decay. As a metaphor, an object’s half-life can be a useful way to talk about the potent technological modernity of new media and, like Walter Benjamin’s well-known notion of the aura, call attention to an object’s performativity. However, Benjamin’s aura remains a constant reminder of irrevocable originality whereas remarking on half-life references a quality that changes over time. But what happens after the rhetorical impact of being new has run its course? What is the life expectancy of once-new media and what of …
Csr Balanced Scorecard Systems And Business Performances: Smes Case Study, Edward Sek Khin Wong, Rusnah Muhamad, Lau Wee Yeap
Csr Balanced Scorecard Systems And Business Performances: Smes Case Study, Edward Sek Khin Wong, Rusnah Muhamad, Lau Wee Yeap
The South East Asian Journal of Management
This paper aims to examine the performance measurement using the CSR Balanced Scorecard system in SMEs firms in Malaysia. It investigates the relationships of the four perspectives of CSR Balanced Scorecard system toward performance measurement. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not the improvement of the non-financial CSR measures will lead to the improvement of performance measures. To test these relationships, data were collected using the four perspectives approach introduced by Utting (2007). The finding indicates that the organizational business performance can be greatly increased by putting greater emphasis to CSR measures. The results also reveal …
Scholarly Pursuits: Business Insights From Driehaus Faculty Research
Scholarly Pursuits: Business Insights From Driehaus Faculty Research
Business Exchange
Lessons in Marketing from the "Obama Model"; Lack of Self-Awareness at Work Hurts Team Performance; Award-Winning Research Sheds Light on Shareholder Activism
Activating The Power Of Place: A Case Study Of Market Creek, Elizabeth Castillo, Angela Titus
Activating The Power Of Place: A Case Study Of Market Creek, Elizabeth Castillo, Angela Titus
The Foundation Review
This article tells the story of a placed-based initiative to develop well-being and wealth in the historically underserved Diamond Neighborhood in San Diego, and discusses the place-based philosophy of the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation and the foundation’s motivation for place-based work.
Its theory of change is presented through examples, along with the entry points the foundation chose for engagement and how it developed community capacity to engage effectively in this change work.
The article also discusses plans to transition ownership to the Diamond Neighborhood community when the foundation sunsets in 2030.
Impact Of Innovation Variables On Quality Of Pharmaceutical Products Packaging, Solmaz Sadat Naghavi Alhosseini, Habibollah Danai, Mehdi Nassaji Kamrani
Impact Of Innovation Variables On Quality Of Pharmaceutical Products Packaging, Solmaz Sadat Naghavi Alhosseini, Habibollah Danai, Mehdi Nassaji Kamrani
Journal of Applied Packaging Research
Emergence of new demands in consumers due to changes in consumption habits and patterns and also increased awareness of health issues among consumers can pose the need to provide new and innovative packaging. Innovation in packaging, in addition to product introduction, has been the main factor to differentiate product from competitors' offerings, and has played an important role in marketing, whilst is considered as the main selling factor. On the other hand, given the economic conditions today, quality is a crucial component in the packaging and appears to be a prerequisite for entering the labor market.
This study aimed to …
Catalytic Funding, Partnership, Evaluation, And Advocacy: Innovation Strategies For Community Impact, Lora Warner
Catalytic Funding, Partnership, Evaluation, And Advocacy: Innovation Strategies For Community Impact, Lora Warner
The Foundation Review
With long-term commitments to concentrated geographic regions, community foundations are in a unique position to highlight problems and stimulate other nonprofit organizations and funders to develop local solutions. Seizing an opportunity to address a growing community concern over cutbacks in youth arts education, the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region undertook an initiative that utilized several innovation strategies in a way that would impact the community and its own work.
This article describes how the foundation combined catalytic funding, partnership with grantees, creative use of evaluation, and design of advocacy tools to promote and strengthen youth arts programming. The …
How To Build A Learning Capability For Innovation? A Framework Of Market-Based Learning Process, Hyun Jung Lee, Jeong Eun Park, Jae Hyun Pae
How To Build A Learning Capability For Innovation? A Framework Of Market-Based Learning Process, Hyun Jung Lee, Jeong Eun Park, Jae Hyun Pae
Asia Marketing Journal
Learning organization has been an important issue in both management and marketing areas. Also learning capability is a key construct of innovation process in a firm. Especially, in marketing context, several researchers have studied market-based learning and its relation with performance. Previous studies have shown that market-based learning has a positive impact on overall firm performance. However, there has been inconsistency in the concept of market-based learning itself and its relationships with antecedents and consequences. Given this conflicting and inconsistent results of previous research, this study has two main objectives. First, this paper proposed a conceptual framework that marketbased learning …
Organizational Culture, Absorptive Capacity, Innovation Performace And Competitive Advantage: An Integrated Assessment In Indonesian Banking Industry, Ahmad Adriansyah, Adi Zakaria Afiff
Organizational Culture, Absorptive Capacity, Innovation Performace And Competitive Advantage: An Integrated Assessment In Indonesian Banking Industry, Ahmad Adriansyah, Adi Zakaria Afiff
The South East Asian Journal of Management
The positive impact of absorptive capacity (ACAP) on innovation and the positive impact of innovation on competitive advantage have been proven in different research contexts. However, current knowledge on organizational culture that affects ACAP, innovation and competitive advantage as a whole, remains unclear. This article proposes a model to examine how organizational culture (developmental culture and rational culture) affects ACAP, innovation and competitive advantage, directly and indirectly as well. Surveyed data (in Indonesian Banking Industry) shows that both of organizational culture have a direct impact on ACAP. Only developmental culture has a direct impact on innovation. There is no culture …
Aekyung : Design Innovation On New Product Development, Changjo Yoo, Kyungdo Park, Yeonjin Cho
Aekyung : Design Innovation On New Product Development, Changjo Yoo, Kyungdo Park, Yeonjin Cho
Asia Marketing Journal
Because of fierce competition, the importance of product design has been emphasized. In this case study of Aekyung, we mainly focus on this company’s efforts to incorporate design innovation into new product development process. Their efforts on innovative product design turn out to be rewarding as the sales and market share soar. Through this case, we try to identify what aspects of Aekyung’s efforts lead to the better and more innovative product design.
Understanding The Adoption Behavior Of Indian Consumers: The Key To Enhance The Diffusion Of Personal Computers, Chitra Krishnaswamy
Understanding The Adoption Behavior Of Indian Consumers: The Key To Enhance The Diffusion Of Personal Computers, Chitra Krishnaswamy
Communications of the IIMA
The market for personal computers, particularly in the household segment, is burgeoning on account of the liberalization, privatization and globalization measures initiated by Government of India. Consequently competition to win over the PC market has intensified. This scenario has enhanced the need for understanding the adoption behavior of the personal computer which would enable marketers to arrive at strategies corresponding to the target markets socio, economic, political, cultural and competitive setting at the macro level and adopter-centered approach at the micro level. This study is based on the collection of primary data from 335 adopters of personal computers and 165 …
The Innovation Value Chain And Adaptability Of Organizations, Jakobus Smit
The Innovation Value Chain And Adaptability Of Organizations, Jakobus Smit
Journal of International Technology and Information Management
This paper reports on a study of adaptability of organizations and how that relates to their ability to generate innovations. Constructs from an organizational culture model and the innovation value chain was used as the foundation for a cross-sectional study in 7 organizations in Ireland. The findings reveal that adaptability is indeed related to innovativeness. Organizations that are good at creating change, learning, and creativity are better able to generate new ideas. In addition organizations that are also flexible can convert these ideas into outputs and subsequently disseminate them internally as well as outside the organization.