Perceived voluntary code legitimacy: Towards a theoretical framework and research agenda

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Helms ◽  
Kernaghan Webb
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
The Creation

AbstractIncreasingly within industries voluntary codes (standards) are being developed and subsequently used by firms to address social and environmental issues. On any particular issue multiple competing codes may be available for adoption by firms. Given a choice of codes, which ones will firms adopt? Building on existing institutional and economic research pertaining to voluntary codes this paper proposes a theoretical model as to why some codes are perceived as legitimate by firms and hence are widely adopted while others are not. This model proposes that, in addition to the role of the code's content, the characteristics of the adopting firm, and environmental factors, the origins of a voluntary code, including the characteristics of the developer creating it, the development process, and the opportunity for firms to engage in formalized ‘normative conversations’ regarding the code subsequent to its adoption, will influence whether potential firm adopters perceive the code as legitimating and hence decide to adopt it. Rather than code adoption simply reflecting institutional mimicry or a rational transaction by adopting firms this model suggests that both the creation and the maintenance processes surrounding codes play important roles in the perceptions of legitimacy and subsequent adoption of codes by firms.

Development of a Tourism Destination: Exploring the Role of Destination Capabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruggero Sainaghi ◽  
Manuela De Carlo ◽  
Francesca d’Angella
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Limited Role ◽  
Dynamic Perspective ◽  
The Creation

This article aims to identify the key elements underlying a destination capability (DC) and to examine what the genesis of these factors is and how they interact to foster the destination development. The article explores a specific development process—the creation of a new product in an alpine destination (Livigno, Italy)—making use of a theoretical framework structured around four major dimensions: DCs, coordination at the destination level, inter-destination bridge ties, and destination development. The results help clarify the genesis of a DC in the context of new product development. First, the dynamics underlying the creation of a DC show that coordination at the destination level constitutes the heart of the process, whereas the integration of scattered resources in the new product plays a more limited role. Second, from a dynamic perspective, the analysis has identified three patterns (scouting, implementation, and involvement).

EIMECA: A Proposal for a Model of Collective Environmental Actions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Carmona-Moya ◽  
Antonia Calvo-Salguero ◽  
M.Carmen Aguilar-Luzón
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Environmental Action ◽  
Environmental Identity ◽  
Group Efficacy ◽  
Negative Affects ◽  
Environmental Actions

The deterioration and destruction of the environment is becoming more and more considerable and greater efforts are needed to stop it. To accomplish this feat, all members of society must identify with environmental problems, with collective environmental action being one of the most relevant means of doing so. From this perspective, the analysis of the psychosocial factors that lead to participation in environmental collective action emerges as a priority objective in the research agenda. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the role of "environmental identity" as conceptualized by Clayton, as a central axis for explaining environmental collective action. The inclusion of the latter in the theoretical framework of the SIMCA model gives rise to the model that we have called EIMECA. Two studies were conducted, and the results reveal that environmental identity, a variety of negative affects, as well as group efficacy accompanied by hope for a simultaneous additive effect, are critical when it comes to predicting environmental collective action.

Diamond in the Rough

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 481-491
Author(s):  
Steven F. Hayward
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Decision

This review of Jared Diamond's new book, Collapse, analyses the book in the context of other Malthusian treatments of environmental issues, noting its original and unconventional analysis of the role of environmental factors in the fate of past cultures, but critiquing its lack of imagination for the institutional dimensions of environmental decision-making for our future today.

Public finance during the reign of Catherine the Great

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2138-2150
Author(s):  
L.V. Gudakova ◽  
E.D. Grebennikova
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Banking System ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Monetary Reform ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
The Creation

Subject. We study the main directions and special aspects of the monetary system development during the reign of Catherine II. We discuss the monetary reform associated with the introduction of bank notes and the emergence of the banking system, as well as the creation of new financial systems. Objectives. We focus on identifying the economic reasons that propelled Catherine the Great to use a new instrument of State regulation of the financial system, on showing how the creation of the banking system, still within the conditions of serfdom, acquired its own specifics. Methods. We apply the logical, historical and diachronous approaches, economic research methods. We also use the principles of historical method, dialectics, the method of scientific abstraction and analysis, which determine the foundations of the financial reforms of Catherine the Great. Results. We revealed the role of creating the banking system and non-banking institutions during the second half of the eighteenth century, classified their types and goals, determined the main characteristics of paper money. The monetary reform of Catherine the Great, which created favorable conditions for external borrowings, ensured the recovery of public finance in general. Conclusions. The study concludes on important role of State regulation in the development of financial infrastructure, on the need to use the experience in the modern practice of private enterprise development and capital accumulation. The findings can be used in lectures and seminars for basic courses, like History of Finance and Economic History.

The Potential Role of Government in Development Process of a Cluster Policy

2013 ◽  
pp. 114-132
Author(s):  
Hadi Tolga Göksidan ◽  
Ioannis N. Katsikis ◽  
Erkan Erdil
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Joint Action ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Cluster Policy ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Governmental Intervention ◽  
Insight Into

Recent evidence strongly suggests that firms’ joint action may be insufficient for the creation of clusters in order to face the new competitive pressures of globalization. To cope with these pressures, the authors argue that governments can play an important role in the process of creating the development of clusters. Based on a theoretical framework, they examine the way in which governmental intervention and public policies to foster cluster creation may provide positive outcomes. Here, the authors study the different approaches developed in cluster theories and provide an insight into the set of governmental and policy roles that may facilitate the formulation of local clusters. Finally, they propose a re-conceptualization of clusters theory that will potentially increase its value as a comprehensive tool for regional economic development.

scholarly journals A Research Agenda for the Future of Ecological Economics by Emerging Scholars

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1557
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Kish ◽  
Joshua Farley
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Ecological Economics ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Normative Foundations

As a discipline, ecological economics is at a turning point and there is a need to develop a new research agenda for ecological economics that will contribute to the creation and adoption of new economic institutions. There are still considerable environmental issues and a new generation of scholars ready to tackle them. In this paper and Special Issue, we highlight the voices of emerging scholars in ecological economics who put social justice squarely at the center of ecological economic research. The papers in this issue remain true to the central focus of economic downscaling while calling for greater emphasis on culture and society. We acknowledge that methodological and intellectual pluralism inherently entail tensions but strive to find shared normative foundations to collectively work toward socio-ecological transformations. In this editorial, we emphasize the need for further attention to social aspects of ecological economics and evolutionary approaches to further strengthen cooperation.

scholarly journals The role of the nameless in isiXhosa ntsomi

Literator ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.B. Mkonto
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Creation

This article looks into the custom of not giving names to pivotal characters in some selected Xhosa tales. Given that the word “tales” means different things to different people, it is used in this article to refer to both fables (stories which deal with animals only) and folktales (stories dealing with both animals and humans). The unnaming practice is not uncommon in all types of tales and is applied to both males and females, young and old, as well as to strange mysterious beings. The motive for unnaming is analysed and its functions are alluded to. References to popular generic names of animals found in Xhosa tales are made for the sake of clarifying the need for naming, though these are not the subject of discussion here. It is therefore most fitting to use onomastics as the theoretical framework of this article in order to capture convincing patterns of the unnaming system and the creation of faceless characters in indigenous Xhosa tales.

A possible role for non-gamma oscillations in conscious perception: Implications for hallucinations in schizophrenia

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 798-798
Author(s):  
Ian J. Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Perceptual Experience ◽  
Thalamic Nucleus ◽  
Gamma Oscillations ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Conscious Perception ◽  
Reticular Thalamic Nucleus ◽  
Temporal Encoding

Behrendt & Young (B&Y) propose a useful theoretical framework for the study of processes underlying perception and hallucinations. It focuses on gamma oscillations in thalamocortical networks and the role of the reticular thalamic nucleus in modulating these oscillations. I suggest that their theoretical model might also be applied to the investigation of temporal encoding deficits in disorders such as dyslexia. I further suggest, however, that a role for slower rhythms, such as theta, might also be considered when investigating perceptual experience.

scholarly journals Public finance during the reign of Catherine the Great

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-444
Author(s):  
Lyudmila V. GUDAKOVA ◽  
Elena D. GREBENNIKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Banking System ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Monetary Reform ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
The Creation

Subject. We study the main directions and special aspects of the monetary system development during the reign of Catherine II. We discuss the monetary reform associated with the introduction of bank notes and the emergence of the banking system, as well as the creation of new financial systems. Objectives. We focus on identifying the economic reasons that propelled Catherine the Great to use a new instrument of State regulation of the financial system, on showing how the creation of the banking system, still within the conditions of serfdom, acquired its own specifics. Methods. We apply the logical, historical and diachronous approaches, economic research methods. We also use the principles of historical method, dialectics, the method of scientific abstraction and analysis, which determine the foundations of the financial reforms of Catherine the Great. Results. We revealed the role of creating the banking system and non-banking institutions during the second half of the eighteenth century, classified their types and goals, determined the main characteristics of paper money. The monetary reform of Catherine the Great, which created favorable conditions for external borrowings, ensured the recovery of public finance in general. Conclusions. The study concludes on important role of State regulation in the development of financial infrastructure, on the need to use the experience in the modern practice of private enterprise development and capital accumulation. The findings can be used in lectures and seminars for basic courses, like History of Finance and Economic History.

‘System of collective representations’ in humanist marriage ceremonies in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-495
Author(s):  
Agata Rejowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Performance ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Collective Representations ◽  
Empirical Material

In Poland we observe that humanist (strongly individualized and mostly secular) marriages are growing in number. This article focuses mainly on the analysis of one of the elements of performance in humanist wedding ceremonies indicated by Jeffrey Alexander, which is ‘system of collective representations’. The analysis is divided into two parts. The first describes the theoretical framework, beginning with an outline of the Polish context with the main focus on the role of religion. Then it addresses the category of social performance by Alexander, and the broader theoretical contexts in which humanist marriage ceremonies can be inscribed (individualisation, transformations of contemporary love, changes in religiosity). In the second part this theoretical framework is applied to the gathered empirical material. The article concludes with the statement that the creation of new ceremonies leads to some transpositions into a wider system of meanings and attempts to describe these changes.

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