Innovation

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Gordon ◽  
Gabriel Mugar
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
Student Rights ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Police Data ◽  
Chicago Police

This chapter introduces the concept of civic innovation, which is distinct from the more commonly understood market innovation. Instead of moving quickly and disrupting markets through the introduction of novelties, civic innovators use novelties to change organizational cultures, and build publics around common cause. The chapter introduces four primary activities of civic innovation: network building, holding space, distributing ownership and persistent input. Drawing on two case studies, the Chicago Police Data Project and the Boston Student Rights App, the chapter shows how people are putting these activities into practice and reshaping how innovation happens. The chapter reviews popular conceptualizations of innovation, especially as they emerge from Silicon Valley, and describes why innovating in a civic context comes with different demands.

VOKS, Cultural Diplomacy and the Shadow of the Lubianka: Olavi Paavolainen’s 1939 Visit to the Soviet Union

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1022-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ville Laamanen
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Vice Chairman ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Foreign Countries

Existing scholarship suggests that Stalin’s Great Terror of 1936–8 seriously undermined Soviet cultural diplomacy and forced its main promoter, the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (VOKS), to succumb to the strict control of the party and secret police. By contrast, this article argues that by the spring and summer of 1939 VOKS was recovering from stagnation and reintroducing customs from before the Great Terror. Through a micro-historical analysis of Finnish writer Olavi Paavolainen’s exceptionally long visit to the Soviet Union between May and August 1939, the article demonstrates how case studies of select VOKS operations can explain many of the dilemmas and peculiarities of Soviet cultural diplomacy during the thus far scantily researched 1939–41 period. By focusing on the interactions between Paavolainen, the VOKS vice-chairman Grigori Kheifets and Soviet writers, the article illustrates that after the purges, VOKS continued its efforts to disseminate a positive and controlled image of Soviet life by complex means that linked propaganda with network-building. Finally, the article highlights the role of individuals in cultural diplomacy and explores how an outsider perceived the Great Terror’s effects on Soviet cultural intelligentsia.

Successes of quality management systems through self-evaluation and commitment in different organizational cultures

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 1467-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Krajcsák
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Iso 9000 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to create a theoretical framework that shows how the specialties of the organizational culture relate to the success of quality management systems’ (QMSs) application. In addition to these variables, the dependent variables of employees’ self-evaluation and some dimensions of commitment are also analyzed. Design/methodology/approach Unsuccessful organizational implementations of ISO 9000, total quality management (TQM) and Six Sigma are presented in case studies. These conclusions are utilized to retrieve individual and organizational barriers to the variables considered in each culture. Findings The characteristics of adhocracy determine self-efficacy and professional commitment. Through high levels of these variables, Six Sigma can be suggested for adhocracies. The clan culture is characterized by a high level of affective commitment and self-esteem, which support the TQM together with the internal focus dimension of the culture. The market culture is characterized by a high level of continuance commitment and neuroticism, which support ISO 9000 standards together with the control dimension of the culture. Research limitations/implications The limitation of the findings comes from the small sample size. The model presented is partly based on case studies; therefore, further research studies need to support or refute it. Practical implications In the practical use of the results, QMSs can be selected more targeted, reducing the risk of failing quality improvement strategies. Social implications Increasing and aligning quality and commitment in organizations supports the strengthening of individual and social well-being. Originality/value The study attempts to determine the most appropriate QMSs for organizational cultures in a complex way by analyzing the relationships between multiple organizational and individual variables.

scholarly journals Consolidating and Contesting Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Turkey: Towards a Framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-59
Author(s):  
İmren Borsuk ◽  
Pınar Dinç ◽  
Sinem Kavak ◽  
Pınar Sayan
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
International Monetary Fund ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Neoliberal Policies

AbstractDuring the early years of the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, AKP), Turkey was seen as a burgeoning democratic power propped up by economic prosperity in line with the reforms for European Union (EU) accession and International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality. However, 20 years later, it is considered an emblematic case of democratic backsliding in line with rising poverty and inequalities that have been amplified as a result of sweeping neoliberal reforms and authoritarian consolidation in the country. The recent literature has identified these concomitant and complementary modes of authoritarian governance and neoliberal policies in Turkey as ‘authoritarian neoliberalism’. In this chapter, we discuss the dynamics of consolidation of authoritarian neoliberalism in Turkey as well as the acts of contention against it. Building mainly on the eight case studies presented in this volume, we put forward a framework that explains the consolidation of authoritarian neoliberalism in Turkey through the mechanisms of executive centralisation, autocratic legalism, cronyism, violence-fuelled rentier accumulation, criminalisation and stigmatisation, and contestations against authoritarian neoliberalism through strikes, protests, demonstrations, network building, litigation, everyday struggles, and armed acts of contention.

Designing a model for learning self-organized innovation network: Using embedded case studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 314-324
Author(s):  
Ali Shayan ◽  
Shaban Elahi ◽  
Sepehr Ghazinoory ◽  
Seyed Hamid Khodadad Hoseini
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Self Organized

Strategic Positioning and Resource-Based Thinking

2011 ◽  
pp. 102-113
Author(s):  
John Gallaugher
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Strategic Positioning ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Technology Firms

This article synthesizes and leverages two strategic frameworks when analyzing the true nature of strategy and the Internet: (1) the concept of strategic positioning, and (2) the resource-based view of the firm. When considered together, these approaches create a powerful tool for understanding the factors determining the winners and losers among Internet businesses. Several examples of the applied framework are demonstrated. These frameworks also help challenge broken thought around many of the postbubble assertions regarding strategy and the Internet. This analysis is based on a series of case studies, with information drawn both from secondary sources as well as over 60 field visits with senior managers at technology firms in Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Tokyo conducted from 2005-2006.

Strategic Positioning and Resource-Based Thinking

2011 ◽  
pp. 92-103
Author(s):  
John Gallaugher
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Strategic Positioning ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Technology Firms

This article synthesizes and leverages two strategic frameworks when analyzing the true nature of strategy and the Internet: (1) the concept of strategic positioning, and (2) the resource-based view of the firm. When considered together, these approaches create a powerful tool for understanding the factors determining the winners and losers among Internet businesses. Several examples of the applied framework are demonstrated. These frameworks also help challenge broken thought around many of the postbubble assertions regarding strategy and the Internet. This analysis is based on a series of case studies, with information drawn both from secondary sources as well as over 60 field visits with senior managers at technology firms in Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Tokyo conducted from 2005-2006.

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