scholarly journals Soundcool: A Business Model for Cultural Industries Born Out of a Research Project

2021 ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Nuria Lloret-Romero ◽  
Jorge Sastre-Martínez ◽  
Crismary Ospina-Gallego ◽  
Stefano Scarani
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Musical Sound ◽  
Initial Idea ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Current Reality

AbstractSoundcool is a system for musical, sound and visual collaborative creation through mobile phones, tablets and other interfaces. This paper describes the creation of the app from the outset, illustrating not only how the Soundcool® system has been developed from the initial idea to the current reality, but also the evolution that the app has had during this period and how it has become ready to use. The research group in the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) has played a key role in the development of the app. We also explain the opportunities for Soundcool in different markets and economic sectors. Last but not least, we describe how the idea has been financed to make it a reality.

scholarly journals Local Government Financial Institution and FinTech

2019 ◽  
pp. 557-566
Author(s):  
Witold Srokosz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Legal Barriers

The article compares the characteristics of local government financial institutions and FinTechs in order to make an attempt to answer the question whether a local government financial institution may constitute a FinTech. The study analyses a particular case of using the business model based on blockchain technology for a local government financial institution, as well as discusses the possibility to base the functioning of such institution on the DAO concept. The article is summarised with the outline of the analyses of legal barriers concerning the creation and functioning of local government financial institutions as FinTechs.

scholarly journals Άτυπη οικιακή εργασία και μετανάστευση: ευκαιρία προς μία διαφορετική θεώρηση της αγοράς εργασίας

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Θάνος Μαρούκης
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Reversible Process ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Domestic Labour ◽  
The Creation ◽  
High Skill

<p>This paper intends to show, that the current<br />marginalization of domestic labour runs in the<br />detriment of both the workers and the needs<br />of the labour market. It is strongly contested<br />whether domestic labour in its current form<br />can meet the demands of a fl exible and<br />economic and social environment. At the<br />core of discussions on new, fl exible forms<br />of organization of labour one usually fi nds<br />economic sectors involving high skills and<br />added value. However, the diffusion of fl exible<br />employment schemes is related not only with<br />more high skill jobs in the labour market<br />but also with the creation of infrastructures<br />and niches able to support them. In this<br />context, a pathway towards the viability of<br />the marginalized niche of domestic labour<br />is discussed. Key position in this venture<br />is that the devaluation of domestic labour<br />is the product of a social – and therefore<br />manageable and reversible – process.</p>

Entrepreneurial resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic: navigating survival, continuity and growth

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyke Rudy Purnomo ◽  
Rocky Adiguna ◽  
Widodo Widodo ◽  
Hempri Suyatna ◽  
Bangun Prajanto Nusantoro
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Economic Survival ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Adaptive Resilience

Purpose This study aims to explore how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia display resilience in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research design was used, which involved semi-structured interviews on five creative industry-based businesses in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A narrative inquiry approach was used to obtain an in-depth understanding of SMEs’ resilience. The data obtained were analyzed using thematic analysis via MaxQDA 2020. Findings The Covid-19 pandemic triggered the emergence of both new opportunities and new constraints for SMEs. These, in turn, significantly interrupt their business model. SMEs are found to navigate survival, continuity and growth by drawing from their resourcefulness and firm-level strategies to cope with the new opportunities and constraints. Research limitations/implications This study was conducted qualitatively based on five SMEs in the creative industry in Indonesia. This limits the ability to compare the findings across different economic sectors. Practical implications SMEs facing emergent constraints may need to find new ways to recombine existing resources and simultaneously seek to innovate their business model. Business owners and entrepreneurs should adopt a positive mindset such as optimism, perseverance and efficacy, to cope with adversity. Growth-oriented SMEs may make use of a competitive mindset such as flexibility, speed and innovation, to spot and exploit opportunities that emerge from the crisis. Social implications SMEs’ resilience should be understood not only in terms of economic survival and continuity but, more deeply, about their social contribution to the localities where they operate. Originality/value This study illustrates the process of how adaptive resilience is adapted and executed by SMEs. It also contributes to entrepreneurial resilience and resourcefulness literature by explaining how entrepreneurs anticipate, respond to and leverage from the crisis.

The Role of Business Model Development in the Ex-Post Creation of Online Entrepreneurial Opportunity

2017 ◽  
pp. 818-842
Author(s):  
İpek Koçoğlu ◽  
Ali E. Akgun ◽  
Halit Keskin
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunity ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Online Entrepreneurs ◽  
Business Model Development

This research aims to tap into the largely opaque origins of opportunities in the online context by exploring the role of business model development as a key for the creation and configuration of the mental and social infrastructure necessary for the emergence of online entrepreneurial opportunity. Tracing the sources of online entrepreneurial opportunity reveals that successful online entrepreneurs claim to proactively manage their environment in terms of unfolding actions which result in the enactment and creation of entrepreneurial opportunities. Based on this real life contention and the emerging view of entrepreneurial opportunity, this chapter aims to achieve a deeper understanding on the creation of online opportunities through a quantitative study empirically testing the link between business model development and online entrepreneurial opportunity as creation in order to shed light on how business model generation shapes the way entrepreneurs socially co-create opportunities in the online context.

A Prototype E-Business Model to Create a Competitive Advantage in SMEs

2009 ◽  
pp. 1853-1869
Author(s):  
S. Pavic ◽  
M. Simpson ◽  
S. C. Lenny Koh
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Uk

This study explores new ways for SMEs to create a competitive advantage through the use of e-business. It examines the level of ICT use in SMEs and identifies the drivers and barriers which owners/managers face in adopting e-business. Furthermore, it explores the degree of awareness amongst SMEs of the opportunities available to them for developing their employees, their business strategies, and their attitudes toward the range of initiatives and options, on the use of e-business. Industry behaviour and organisational culture in relation to the creation of competitive advantage through e-business also are explored. Case studies and literature review are used to collect information from and about SMEs in the UK. The results of these are employed to propose a prototype business model, named CATE-b – “Competitive Advantage Through e-business.”

Narratives of Spirituality

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lynne Bird ◽  
Eric T. Wanner
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Large Role ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Statistical Table ◽  
Initial Idea

How does spirituality inform narratives? Some readers may view the experiences survived by the authors as a series of random coincidences, but because religion plays a large role in the lives of both authors, they believe that their experiences happened for a reason. They are not trying to convert you to a certain religion but simply want to show the power religion can have. It is recommended to take out all prejudgments on this issue and read the chapter as is. After that, take out of it what you wish. When the authors conducted a research study, they discovered potentially groundbreaking implications for the fields of patient education and health education. The official narrative of the research follows the research project from the initial idea to the final statistical analysis. The unofficial narrative of the research illustrates all the moments that cannot be captured in a statistical table as the authors answer questions, share stories, and provide information of what they learned.

‘A touch of power’: Agents, dynamics and multiple perspectives in running a research project

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Kjellfrid Mæland
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Project Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Dynamic Relations ◽  
Insight Into

The aim of this study is to get an insight into how members of a research project group describe and interpret the dynamic relations in the group in running a research project investigating improvisation in teacher education. The empirical data consists of field notes from the research group meetings and project events in the initial phase of the project, and from retrospective interviews with the research project group a year later. The data was analysed in an abductive process in light of the concept of power and the concept of the group as an interpretative zone. The findings indicate that there is ‘a touch of power’ when reflecting on followership and leadership, conflicts and professional disagreement, and unity and multiple perspectives.

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