scholarly journals Strategists on the Board in a Digital Era

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Åberg ◽  
Niloofar Kazemargi ◽  
Max Bankewitz
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

Considering the complexities and dynamics that firms are facing in a digital era, it is no exaggeration to argue that the way boards of directors contribute to strategy needs some new perspectives. In this article, we reconsider some of the commonly used notions and assumptions of board strategizing. We conceptualize a framework for board strategizing by revisiting and providing new elements to the work introduced by McNulty and Pettigrew in 1999 (Strategists on the board. Organization Studies, 20(1): 47-74. http://doi.org/10.1177/0170840699201003). Our framework highlights a number of timely board practices that have the potential to improve the way boards strategize under conditions of increasing digitalization. Further, the findings suggest that valuable strategic actions and priorities can be made by boards that use and develop dynamic capabilities as they strategize. Implications for theory and practice as well as future research directions are discussed.

Potentials of Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs in Transforming Global Cities and Regions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1165-1187
Author(s):  
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar ◽  
Abubakar U. Benna ◽  
Umar G. Benna
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Computing Technologies ◽  
New Development ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

The emergence of digital currencies is substantially influencing the growth of global financial markets and cities. Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs (CEs) are reshaping global cities and regions by transforming the way we live, work and interact. This chapter explores how the entrepreneurs use cryptocurrency assets and their underpinning computing technologies to transform the dysfunctional and evolving global cities. The CEs generate funds and create cutting-edge technologies to meet the challenges faced by cities, including unemployment, inadequate and rundown infrastructure and facilities as well as for new development to meet the needs of massive future urbanization. The chapter is organized in five parts. It first introduces the study and presents a background on the concepts of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency, their emergence and development trend. It then discusses the rise of global cities and how technology impacts them, followed by the potentials and challenges of CEs in transforming global cities and regions. It ends with conclusion and future research directions.

scholarly journals A Survey on Blockchain Interoperability: Past, Present, and Future Trends

2022 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
Rafael Belchior ◽  
André Vasconcelos ◽  
Sérgio Guerreiro ◽  
Miguel Correia
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

Blockchain interoperability is emerging as one of the crucial features of blockchain technology, but the knowledge necessary for achieving it is fragmented. This fact makes it challenging for academics and the industry to achieve interoperability among blockchains seamlessly. Given this new domain’s novelty and potential, we conduct a literature review on blockchain interoperability by collecting 284 papers and 120 grey literature documents, constituting a corpus of 404 documents. From those 404 documents, we systematically analyzed and discussed 102 documents, including peer-reviewed papers and grey literature. Our review classifies studies in three categories: Public Connectors, Blockchain of Blockchains, and Hybrid Connectors. Each category is further divided into sub-categories based on defined criteria. We classify 67 existing solutions in one sub-category using the Blockchain Interoperability Framework, providing a holistic overview of blockchain interoperability. Our findings show that blockchain interoperability has a much broader spectrum than cryptocurrencies and cross-chain asset transfers. Finally, this article discusses supporting technologies, standards, use cases, open challenges, and future research directions, paving the way for research in the area.

Learning With Mobile Devices

2019 ◽  
pp. 793-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Crompton ◽  
John Traxler
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Portable Computers ◽  
The Way

The concept of learning with small portable computers was developed by Alan Kay in 1972. Since that early conception, scholars, such as Traxler, Sharples, and Soloway are the pioneering scholars who paved the way to a better understanding of the philosophical, pedagogical, and conceptual underpinnings of mobile learning today. In this chapter, an overview is provided to explicate the initial foundations of the emerging field of mobile learning (mlearning). Next, current scientific knowledge is delineated with explicit references to the early scholars. This chapter concludes with a preview of the future research directions in mobile learning.

A systematic review of innovation in family firms and future research agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manzoor Ul Akram ◽  
Koustab Ghosh ◽  
Dheeraj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Future Research Directions

PurposeIn this paper, the authors have used a systematic literature review methodology of 147 journal articles published in peer-reviewed journals. The analysis includes studies based on country of origin, the periodic proliferation of studies and the methodological design of the studies. As an outcome of the review, the studies are classified on the innovation in family firms under four broad categories – innovation input, family governance mechanisms, innovation output and the external environment. Some fruitful avenues of research are outlined in this domain.Design/methodology/approachThe literature on innovation in family firms – the most dominant and ubiquitous form of organization across the world – is gaining pace. The influence of family by way controlling ownership, management and governance on, and in interaction with business acts as a complex proposition that shapes the strategic decision-making in the family firm including innovation. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to advance the understanding of innovation in family firms and provide a list of future research questions of theoretical and practical value.FindingsBased on this review, the authors provide future research directions pertaining to innovation in emerging economy family firms, effect of the institutional environment of family firm innovation as well family firms' innovativeness in the wake of pro-market reforms, different classes of ownership in family firms and innovation, family firm goal heterogeneity and innovation, and family firm dynamic capabilities and innovation.Originality/valueThe review provides a comprehensive understanding, trends and future research directions in the domain of innovation in family firms.

scholarly journals Distance learning of foreign languages

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia White
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Way

This article provides a critical overview of the field of distance language learning, challenging the way in which the field is often narrowly conceptualised as the development of technology-mediated language learning opportunities. Early sections focus on issues of concept and definition and both theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on the field. Emphasis is placed on evident shifts from a concern with structural and organisational issues to a focus on transactional issues associated with teaching/learning opportunities within emerging paradigms for distance language learning. The next section reviews choices and challenges in incorporating technology into distance language learning environments, foregrounding decisions about technology made in particular sociocultural contexts, the contribution of ‘low-end’ technologies and research directions in developing new learning spaces and in using online technologies. The investigation of learner contributions to distance language learning is an important avenue of enquiry in the field, given the preoccupation with technology and virtual learning environments, and this is the subject of section six. The two final sections identify future research directions and provide a series of conclusions about research and practice in distance language learning as technology-mediated interactions increasingly come to influence the way we think about the processes of language learning and teaching.

scholarly journals An Assessment of the Exporting Literature: Using Theory and Data to Identify Future Research Directions

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Chabowski ◽  
Pinar Kekec ◽  
Neil A. Morgan ◽  
G. Tomas M. Hult ◽  
Travis Walkowiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Export Activity ◽  
Export Marketing ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Nonlinear Performance

Exporting research is an established facet of the field of international marketing. That stated, the radical increase in recent export activity necessitates a sustained research effort devoted to the topic. In this article, the authors provide a qualitative review of the core theoretical exporting areas and evaluate the exporting domain quantitatively over six decades (1958–2016). For the quantitative analysis, they use multidimensional scaling and apply established bibliometric principles to offer an understanding of the field and to provide suggestions for future exporting research. For the evaluations, the authors used data from 830 articles with 52,191 citations from 35 journals. Using cocitation analysis as the basis to evaluate the data, they propose a series of intellectual structure implications on exporting that relate to internationalization process stages, dynamic capabilities, knowledge scarcity, social networks, export marketing strategy, absorptive capacity and learning, and nonlinear performance relationships involving marketing channel relationships.

Potentials of Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs in Transforming Global Cities and Regions

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar ◽  
Abubakar U. Benna ◽  
Umar G. Benna
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Computing Technologies ◽  
New Development ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

The emergence of digital currencies is substantially influencing the growth of global financial markets and cities. Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs (CEs) are reshaping global cities and regions by transforming the way we live, work and interact. This chapter explores how the entrepreneurs use cryptocurrency assets and their underpinning computing technologies to transform the dysfunctional and evolving global cities. The CEs generate funds and create cutting-edge technologies to meet the challenges faced by cities, including unemployment, inadequate and rundown infrastructure and facilities as well as for new development to meet the needs of massive future urbanization. The chapter is organized in five parts. It first introduces the study and presents a background on the concepts of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency, their emergence and development trend. It then discusses the rise of global cities and how technology impacts them, followed by the potentials and challenges of CEs in transforming global cities and regions. It ends with conclusion and future research directions.

scholarly journals Digital business model innovation: toward construct clarity and future research directions

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Fabian Gregersen Trischler ◽  
Jason Li-Ying
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Contemporary Management ◽  
Management Challenge

AbstractIn times of unprecedented change related to the ongoing digital transformation of business and society at large, a pressing contemporary management challenge is recognizing and translating these changes into digital business model innovation (DBMI). Academia potentially has much to offer in aiding this managerial challenge, yet research in the field remains vague with regard to what DBMI is. We detect conceptual ambiguity among scholars as a bottleneck that prevents advancements in the field of DBMI research. In this article, we aim to trace the foundation of key attributes of the DBMI concept and propose a novel definition. Our insights are based on a targeted, state-of-the-art literature review of 57 publications. We conclude with an exploration of avenues for future research, which we closely link to the broader fields of strategic management, information systems, and organization studies, thereby exposing the issue of DBMI to a wider audience. Overall, we aim to make a significant step toward construct clarity in DBMI research.

Learning With Mobile Devices

2018 ◽  
pp. 6347-6360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Crompton ◽  
John Traxler
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Portable Computers ◽  
The Way

The concept of learning with small portable computers was developed by Alan Kay in 1972. Since that early conception, scholars, such as Traxler, Sharples, and Soloway are the pioneering scholars who paved the way to a better understanding of the philosophical, pedagogical, and conceptual underpinnings of mobile learning today. In this chapter, an overview is provided to explicate the initial foundations of the emerging field of mobile learning (mlearning). Next, current scientific knowledge is delineated with explicit references to the early scholars. This chapter concludes with a preview of the future research directions in mobile learning.

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