A conceptual framework of cluster innovation mechanism based on network theory: A case of Dalian Software Park in China

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weilin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Software Park ◽  
Innovation Mechanism

Knowledge Sharing in an Organisation

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Anne Lesley Harker ◽  
Michael Twum-Darko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Actor Network

This chapter employed the moments of translation of the actor-network theory (ANT) to understand and interpret the sociotechnical knowledge sharing dynamics in organisations. Given the contextual and sociotechnical nature of knowledge sharing, a model constructed on the concepts of the moments of translation of the actor network theory (ANT), developed from a case study of a higher education institution (HEI) in South Africa, is proposed to help to understand and interpret the knowledge sharing challenges in organisations. A conceptual framework was developed within the context of ANT by adopting its ideals and principles to understand how to introduce and develop knowledge sharing within an organisation, using the moments of translation. As such, it was possible to determine why there is no network of aligned interest for knowledge sharing, and how to create a network of aligned interest.

scholarly journals Assembling community economies

2019 ◽  
pp. 030913251988463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaner Atakan Turker ◽  
James T. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Assemblage Theory ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Community Economies ◽  
The Face

This article advances a framework for the study of community economies as assemblages constituted and shaped by three primary dynamics: relations, resources and constraints, and processes of stabilization and destabilization. Drawing on diverse and community economies scholarship, assemblage theory and actor-network theory, we develop a framework that will contribute significantly to understandings of the emergence of community economies and the strategies that make them more resilient and sustainable. The conceptual framework is illustrated through a case study from Turkey’s Kurdish region – a women’s cooperative that remained resilient in the face of armed conflict and political violence.

scholarly journals Performing the legacy of animative and iterative approaches to co-producing knowledge

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Kelemen ◽  
Martin Phillips ◽  
Deborah James ◽  
Sue Moffat
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
American Pragmatism ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Theatre Studies

This chapter advances a distinctive conceptual framework for defining legacy, seeing it as co-produced and co-performed in relational processes and dialogical encounters between scholars and community partners, facilitated by creative methodologies of knowledge co-production. Nicolini’s (2009) idea of ‘zooming in’ serves as a theoretical anchor to co-define legacy in a pluralistic way by using five distinct yet inter-related lenses that have informed our collaborative research (i.e. Theatre Studies, American Pragmatism, Critical Theory, Deleuzian Studies and Actor Network Theory). Legacy is thus defined as ‘the reproduction and transformation of a theatre tradition for new contexts such as research’, ‘changes inideas or practices (or both)’, ‘the empowerment of individuals and groups through the intersubjective development of understandings’,‘novelty and change through repetition’, and ‘the enrolment of new actants into a network’, respectively. This chapter illustrates how legacy was co-defined, co-performed and co-evaluated with various community partners and suggest how and why our conceptualisation of legacy may appeal beyond arts and humanities subjects.

Domain theory and method theory in management accounting research

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1308-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Lukka ◽  
Eija Vinnari
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Domain Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Conceptual Clarification

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to distinguish two roles of theories, domain theory and method theory, and examine their relationships in management accounting research. Are these two roles explicitly distinguished in management accounting studies? Can this be achieved in an unambiguous manner? Where do ambitions for theoretical contribution lie in management accounting studies that employ method theories? Design/methodology/approach – The authors develop a conceptual framework for analysing possible relationships between domain theories and method theories in studies and illustrate the theoretical arguments with examples from management accounting studies employing Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as their method theory. Findings – There can be various types of relationships between domain theories and method theories, and the theoretical ambition of the analysed studies typically focused on domain theories. However, ambiguity can exist with regard to the location of a study's theoretical ambition. Both domain theories and method theories tend to be moving fields, and their interaction can add to this feature. Research limitations/implications – The suggested conceptual clarification assists in the reconciliation of extreme perspectives that relate to management accounting and theory. It will also help researchers to systematically design their own work and evaluate that of others. An increased understanding of how a field develops as a result of interaction with method theories might perhaps alleviate concerns regarding the value of mobilizing the latter. Originality/value – The analysis contributes to the on-going debate on the value and effects of employing method theories, or theoretical lenses, in management accounting research.

Agents of social change in a crisis society: variants of problematization and contours of conceptual framework of research

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-132
Author(s):  
Liubov Bevzenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Deterministic Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Order

In view of the permanent crisis of the social situation in our country, the question of agents of social change acting in these crisis moments is actualized. Two variants of scientific problematization of this issue are proposed. The first is on the platform of the theoretical vision of social change, proposed by P. Sztompka, which provides a descriptive and ascertaining study of the movements, leaders, ideas and revolutions which change our society. The second option addresses the dilemma of agents and structure, which has been debated for many years in the search for a compromise between micro- and macro-deterministic models of social change. It is emphasized that the terms social transformation, transition, and crisis are not identical; namely, the crisis is characterized by unpredictable consequences of social changes. The search for theoretical micro-macro-compromise for the situation of social crisis is suggested to be searched within the paradigm combination — the paradigm of complexity, the paradigm of practices and network theory. Social changes are specified by a change in the institutional order, which is analytically divided into formal (organizational) and informal (self- organizational) constituents. Тhe difference between the manifestations of agency within these institutional constituents is emphasized. The conceptual series and outline of a possible conceptual scheme of the study of the problem are proposed.

Why Matter Matters in Theological Action Research: Attending to the Voices of Tradition

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tone Stangeland Kaufman ◽  
Jonas Ideström
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Mutual Relationship ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Church And Society

AbstractIn this article we show how a sensibility of materiality offers helpful perspectives on issues of tradition and normativity in theological action research. Employing Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as our conceptual framework, we analyze work published by the Action Research – Church and Society (ARCS) team. We argue that a sociomaterial understanding of the embodiment of the normative voices of tradition in ecclesial practices, such as the liturgy, offers resources to overcome a tension we see inherent in the work of the ARCS team. Developing the ARCS team’s conversational approach by including this sociomaterial sensibility allows for a more mutual relationship between the normative voices of the Christian tradition, the academy and the inherent theology of what is enacted and expressed by participants in the fieldwork.

scholarly journals New light on the role of instruments in exploration during the 1830 s

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Wess
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
New Interpretation

This paper sets out a new interpretation of the agency of scientific instruments in the field. It uses Actor Network Theory as a conceptual framework, which invokes the concept of non-human agency, meaning that scientific instruments can affect outcomes and processes. It argues that the instruments taken on expeditions by travellers on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) had agency in knowledge creation simply by being present. Having bequeathed the instruments, the RGS had sanctioned the expedition, and knowledge had to result regardless of whether the instruments had been utilized as intended. The paper builds on the work of historians on the morality of precision, but, by engaging in a detailed comparison of rhetoric and action in two case studies, it suggests a different approach. Observing the strategies of the RGS for knowledge creation in varying circumstances, it argues that the instruments had agency owing to their embedded resource rather than their tangible numerical outputs. The instruments did not always work as mediators between humans and natural phenomena, as the human actants were not able to exploit them as such. Nevertheless, they had agency in knowledge creation as their presence ensured success. The paper is based on published and unpublished material, the latter in the RGS–Institute of British Geographers archives.

Actors, Networks and Assessment

2011 ◽  
pp. 178-191
Author(s):  
Jonathan Tummons
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Course Assessment ◽  
The University

This chapter is an exploration of one particular form of non-traditional provision of higher education (HE) in England, known as higher education in further education: the provision of HE courses that are offered on a franchise basis in one or more colleges of further education (FE colleges). Focussing on assessment on one teacher-training course, this chapter offers ways of conceptualising the responses of FE colleges where the course is run to the quality assurance systems and procedures established by the university that provides the course. Assessment has been chosen as the specific focus of this paper for several reasons: it is an activity that must be performed in certain ways and must conform to particular outcomes that are standardised across colleges; it is an established focus of research; and it is a focus of specific traceable activities across both the university and the colleges. Drawing on data collected over a three-year period, the chapter suggests that the ways in which assessment processes are regulated and ordered are characterised by complexities for which actor-network theory provides an appropriate conceptual framework.

scholarly journals The tripartite partnership between female entrepreneurs, banks and governments in female entrepreneurship-development: a case study of Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Womba Kamuhuza ◽  
Junjie Wu ◽  
George Lodorfos ◽  
Zoe McClelland ◽  
Helen Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Engagement Theory

Purpose This paper aims to provide insights on the void between the needs and demands of bank finance from female entrepreneurs and the supply, as well as the approaches of banks for that finance. In addition, it creates a conceptual framework recognising a tripartite and dynamic partnership amongst female entrepreneurs, banks and governments as essential to female entrepreneurship-development, based on Zambia as the context. Design/methodology/approach Concepts and theories are explained to construct a conceptual framework using the lens of multi-polar network theory and stakeholder engagement theory. In-depth discussions are facilitated through a bilateral partnership between each party and tripartite partnerships amongst female entrepreneurs, banks and governments. Findings The framework presents how female entrepreneurs, banks and governments are interconnected in the network as mutually benefiting stakeholders and shows their collective contribution to female entrepreneurship-development within certain contexts. The findings suggest that the sustainable development of female entrepreneurship depends on a dynamic tripartite partnership amongst female entrepreneurs, banks and governments. Research limitations/implications The conceptual framework has important implications when setting up a nation’s enterprise development strategies and policies promoting inclusivity and diversity amongst a nation’s entrepreneurs. The contributions and the dynamic relationship of the three stakeholder groups should be acknowledged and considered to achieve sustainable development in female entrepreneur enterprises. The framework can be generalised to other emerging economies with similar social, economic and cultural profiles to Zambia, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries with patriarchal norms. Originality/value This paper extends multi-polar (network) theory and stakeholder management engagement theory, previously explained in homogeneous firms, to more complex and dynamic partnerships amongst heterogeneous organisations, i.e. female entrepreneurs, banks and governments.

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