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Transformation And Resilience At The University Of Redlands, James Spee
Transformation And Resilience At The University Of Redlands, James Spee
James Spee
Small, private, non-profit liberal arts universities with professional schools face threats that differ from those of large, public, and private institutions. These include threats such as low brand recognition outside a small geographic area, changes in the natural environment, and lower business school enrollments which reduce income from tuition. The University of Redlands responded to these threats by merging with a small institution in a different market and by adding a major in sustainable business and adding online delivery to its MBA program. These changes both built on the existing capacity for change and
added new sources of resilience. They …
Assimilation Of Big Data Innovation: Investigating The Roles Of It, Social Media, And Relational Capital, Pratyush Bharati, Abhijit Chaudhury
Assimilation Of Big Data Innovation: Investigating The Roles Of It, Social Media, And Relational Capital, Pratyush Bharati, Abhijit Chaudhury
Pratyush Bharati
In a knowledge-based economy with increasing competition, firms are under pressure to enhance their innovation capability. Social capital theory advances the idea that social capital promotes firm-level innovation. However, little is known about the process by which social capital of a firm translates into innovation outcomes such as implementation of big data initiatives. Little research has been done on what role information technology plays, if any, in this translation process. In this paper, we investigate how relational capital, a form of social capital, in the presence of social media and IT platforms, impacts innovation in the form of assimilation of …