The Transformative Capacity of Regional Design

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Lukas Gilliard ◽  
Fabian Wenner ◽  
Alain Thierstein ◽  
Nadia Alaily-Mattar
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Capacity ◽  
Regional Design

ICT SMEs, Performance, Absorptive Capacity and Transformative Capacity

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-188
Author(s):  
Yeon-Sung Cho ◽  
Kyung-Il Khoe
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Transformative Capacity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Innovative Capacity

This study intends to integrate the relationship of market orientation, innovative capacity and firm performance to Information and Communication Technology(ICT) SMEs. The purpose of this study is to identify the role of absorptive capacity and transformative capacity that affect the performance of ICT SMEs. Hypotheses were established between five latent variables. A total of six hypotheses were established including the moderated effects of absorptive capacity and transformative capacity. Of the data collected after the survey, 112 valid surveys were selected as the final sample, except for 17 questionnaires with high non - response and insincere response. The empirical analysis of this study used smartpls3.0, Partial Least Squares (PLS), a variance-based structural equation modeling. The empirical analysis of this study revealed that the impact of market orientation on innovative capacity was significant. Moreover, the innovative capacity had a positive effect on the performance of ICT SMEs. In addition, the absorptive activity had a positive moderated effect between the market orientation and the innovative capacity. On the other hand, the transformative capacity showed a positive moderated effect in relation to innovative capacity and firm performance. Our empirical results have demonstrated the importance of knowledge based capacity in the ICT SMEs.

scholarly journals The transformative capacity of the Brazilian federal government in building a social welfare bureaucracy in the municipalities

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Guimarães Duarte Sátyro ◽  
Eleonora Schettini Martins Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Transformative Capacity ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Institutional Learning ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The article analyzes the transformative capacity of the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS) in shaping structural change in Brazilian municipalities. The study is based on the concepts of organizational and institutional learning, on a combination of analytical categories of the institutional and neo-institutional approaches and on traditional means of government control. As for methodology, this study used process tracing, in-depth interviews, and documentary analysis of regulations, decrees, and resolutions that create direct and indirect incentives to induce agreements and cooperation of municipalities with the Ministry. We identified two important causal mechanisms: a) organizational and institutional learning processes; and b) inter-federative cooperation that, combined, generated significant changes in municipal bureaucratic capacity. The findings show the importance of the Union’s transformative capacity in the process of public policy decentralization in Brazil.

Transformative Capacity, Information Technology, and the Making of Business ‘Experts’

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Knox ◽  
Damian O'Doherty ◽  
Theo Vurdubakis ◽  
Chris Westrup
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Transformative Capacity

The Transformative Capacity of Commemorating Racial Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-151
Author(s):  
Claire Whitlinger
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Racial Violence ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Transformative Capacity ◽  
Structural Context ◽  
Racial History

This chapter examines the differences between the 1989 and 2004 commemorations to identify the factors that were pre-sent in 2004—but not in 1989— that enabled the 2004 commemoration to have transformative commemorative outcomes. Most notably, the chapter suggests that the environment’s capacity to commemorate was more developed in 2004 than in 1989, as a number of historic, educational, and civil society organizations had developed in the succeeding years. This structural context enhanced the mnemonic capacity of locals to organize a commemoration and to pursue additional reparative efforts related to the state’s racial history. Beyond these structural factors, this chapter suggests that the 2004 commemoration resonated more deeply with target audiences and generated a collective identity and commitment to mnemonic activism among local organizers.

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