scholarly journals Sustainability Strategy

2021 ◽  
pp. 647-662
Author(s):  
Michael L. Barnett ◽  
Irene Henriques ◽  
Bryan W. Husted
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
System P ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Future Research Directions

The planet and our society are on unsustainable footing. Many firms do more harm than good in helping to bring about environmental, social, and economic sustainability. This chapter offers guidance on how firms can make the urgently needed strategic shift to sustainability. The chapter begins by defining sustainability strategy and reviewing the literature on this topic. Much of the current literature views sustainability strategy as a plan to sustain and increase firm performance, subject to constraints imposed by the natural environment. However, to help bring about sustainability, firms must treat their environments not as something to be strategically buffered from, but as parts of a vulnerable system that they have an active and critical role in sustaining. We outline four sustainability strategies—calculative, cooperative, concerned, and co-creative—and suggest future research directions to aid firms in shifting from firm-centric solutions toward strategies that sustain the vulnerable social-ecological system.

A Review of Heat Transfer in Contemporary Optical Fiber Technology

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Yablon
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Fiber Technology ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Silica Optical Fiber ◽  
Glass Science

Several recent technological breakthroughs have led to a renaissance of interest in optical fibers, which are now widely used for applications as diverse as telecommunications, medicine, and sensing. Contemporary optical fiber technology is inherently multidisciplinary, inter-relating fields as diverse as glass science, mechanical engineering, and optics. This paper reviews several aspects of silica optical fiber technology in which thermal transport plays a critical role. Future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Autophagy in crop plants: what's new beyond Arabidopsis ?

Open Biology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 180162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Tang ◽  
Diane C. Bassham
Keyword(s):  
Stress Responses ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Crop Plants ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Agricultural Applications ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Recycling Pathway

Autophagy is a major degradation and recycling pathway in plants. It functions to maintain cellular homeostasis and is induced by environmental cues and developmental stimuli. Over the past decade, the study of autophagy has expanded from model plants to crop species. Many features of the core machinery and physiological functions of autophagy are conserved among diverse organisms. However, several novel functions and regulators of autophagy have been characterized in individual plant species. In light of its critical role in development and stress responses, a better understanding of autophagy in crop plants may eventually lead to beneficial agricultural applications. Here, we review recent progress on understanding autophagy in crops and discuss potential future research directions.

Underdog Status Yields Support for Musicians

2019 ◽  
pp. 102986491985962
Author(s):  
Kenneth S. Michniewicz ◽  
Laura L. Edelman
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Interpersonal Support ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Answering Questions

Prior research suggests that underdogs elicit from others an increased affiliation (e.g., liking, identification) as well as an increased desire for success (e.g., support). In the present study, we examined whether or not people similarly endorsed underdog, relative to topdog, musicians. In Study 1, we found that underdog (relative to topdog) musicians received greater affiliation, in the form of higher interpersonal evaluations, and support, in the form of greater desire for career success. Moreover, this support weakened when statistically accounting for interpersonal support. Study 2 replicated Study 1 but additionally asked participants to listen to a sample of music ostensibly produced by the musician described prior to answering questions about the musician. Findings suggest that although underdog status did not bolster liking of the music sample itself, people nonetheless expressed greater affiliation and support for the musician. These findings emphasize the critical role of identity presentation in listeners’ evaluations of musicians, particularly when that musician communicates underdog status. We discuss the implications of underdog status on a musician’s identity as well as future research directions exploring the ways underdog status may be established and maintained. We additionally discuss the role of the aspects of music, such as the musician’s genre or platform, in communicating this underdog status.

Bridge Individuals in Multinational Organisations

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoki Sekiguchi
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Foreign Subsidiaries ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Future Research Directions

In multinational organisations, individuals who mediate or bridge between different national and cultural groups, such as headquarters (HQ) and foreign subsidiaries, play a critical role and are known as ‘bridge individuals’. This perspective article reviews the recent literature on bridge individuals and offers future research directions in which organisational psychology can contribute to the deeper understanding of the individuals in this role. I propose the interdisciplinary approach, in which knowledge of organisational psychology and other academic fields, such as cognitive linguistics, cross-cultural communication, and social network theory, are integrated when studying bridge individuals.

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