The Document on Rain (Yushu 雨書): Weather and Prognostication in Early China

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-223
Author(s):  
Rebecca Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Early China ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Predictive Methods ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Abstract The Document on Rain (Yushu 雨書) is a short manuscript that forms part of the Beijing University collection of Han slips. This text, divided into two sections, has thus far garnered little scholarly attention. However, it presents to us an unusual example of a daybook (rishu 日書)-type manuscript, one which is primarily concerned with the weather. The Document on Rain, while sharing many characteristics of excavated daybooks, is unusual in its treatment of humans. Rather than providing advice on whether or not one should undertake activity on a certain day or engaging in the discourse about whether or not humans can manipulate the weather, the Document on Rain represents an understanding of the weather as a phenomenon that cannot be manipulated by humans, but one which can, perhaps, be understood. The Document on Rain integrates practices of prognostication based on calendrical and sexagenary cycles with theories about rain and its relationship to the symbolic characteristics of the twenty-eight lodges (ershiba xiu 二十八宿). This article analyses some of the predictive methods in the text and situates it within a longer tradition of meteoromantic practices.

scholarly journals Circular economy: laying the foundations for conceptual and theoretical development in management studies

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta De Angelis
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Scholarly Attention

PurposeThis article develops conceptual and paradigmatic clarity in the circular economy literature from a management studies perspective.Design/methodology/approachThis article uses a systematic literature review for analysing how circular economy is currently understood. It also reflects on how to establish paradigmatic anchoring of the circular economy in the management field.FindingsMultiple definitions of the circular economy exist, but they depict the circular economy narrowly and fail to incorporate aspects of competitiveness and profitability. Additionally, most of sustainability management research displays shortcomings in the way this literature frames the organisation–nature relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThis article aims to support conceptual and theoretical development in the circular economy literature and highlights opportunities for enhanced competitiveness and profitability deriving from circular business model innovation. However, further research is welcomed to assess this connection.Practical implicationsThe conceptualisation of the circular economy proposed in this study emphasises aspects of competitiveness and profitability, which is of relevance to management practitioners.Originality/valueThis study addresses current shortcomings in how the circular economy is conceptualised. As a result, it proposes a more comprehensive conceptualisation which also includes competitiveness and profitability aspects and, thereby, is relevant from a management studies perspective. It also provides paradigmatic anchoring to the circular economy concept by suggesting that the sustaincentric paradigm, which has received limited scholarly attention so far, is suitable to inform circular economy research and practice.

Earthmoving trucks condition level prediction using neural networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Marinelli ◽  
Sergios Lambropoulos ◽  
Kleopatra Petroutsatou
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Predictive Methods ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
Very High ◽  
Sound Condition

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an artificial neural network (ANN) model that predicts earthmoving trucks condition level using simple predictors; the model's performance is compared to the respective predictive accuracy of the statistical method of discriminant analysis (DA). Design/methodology/approach – An ANN-based predictive model is developed. The condition level predictors selected are the capacity, age, kilometers travelled and maintenance level. The relevant data set was provided by two Greek construction companies and includes the characteristics of 126 earthmoving trucks. Findings – Data processing identifies a particularly strong connection of kilometers travelled and maintenance level with the earthmoving trucks condition level. Moreover, the validation process reveals that the predictive efficiency of the proposed ANN model is very high. Similar findings emerge from the application of DA to the same data set using the same predictors. Originality/value – Earthmoving trucks’ sound condition level prediction reduces downtime and its adverse impact on earthmoving duration and cost, while also enhancing the maintenance and replacement policies effectiveness. This research proves that a sound condition level prediction for earthmoving trucks is achievable through the utilization of easy to collect data and provides a comparative evaluation of the results of two widely applied predictive methods.

scholarly journals Putting process on track: empirical research on start-ups’ growth drivers

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1633-1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Pugliese ◽  
Guido Bortoluzzi ◽  
Ivan Zupic
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Approaches To Study ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Empirical Approaches ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the growth drivers of start-up firms from the process perspective. Increasing scholarly attention to the growth of start-up firms has led to a more sophisticated understanding of their drivers. However, the richness of the results is partly offset by both potential and real contradictions in the literature. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, 233 studies on the growth of start-up firms are reviewed using a process-oriented lens. Findings – The analysis reveals an imbalance in the use of variance-based empirical approaches to study the process-based phenomenon and some misalignments in the use of non-process-based empirical approaches to improve a process-based theory. Originality/value – This paper offers an original perspective from which to reconsider the relevant literature and provides useful recommendations for researchers to forge a path ahead in this field.

Towards well-being: role of diversity and nature of work

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akanksha Jaiswal ◽  
Lata Dyaram
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Diversity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scholarly Attention

PurposeLiterature highlights diversity to facilitate cognitive outcomes; nevertheless, there is limited scholarly attention on affective diversity effects. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of perceived diversity on employee well-being (EWB) and contend different types of diversity to yield differential impact. Further, the authors explore how nature of employee work can moderate these relationships.Design/methodology/approachWith 311 full-time employees representing large manufacturing organizations in India, the authors test the hypothesized relationships using PROCESS macro.FindingsResults indicate perception of surface and knowledge diversity having a significant positive impact on EWB. Further, the authors found nature of employee work to moderate the link between knowledge diversity and well-being such that perception of knowledge diversity under complex tasks enhanced well-being; no impact of work complexity was observed on the link between surface diversity and well-being.Research limitations/implicationsPerceived diversity is malleable lending itself to longitudinal work in this field. Besides nature of work, future research may explore other key contextual factors in diversity dynamics.Practical implicationsContrary to the longstanding theories such as social categorization/similarity attraction, the authors found surface diversity to positively influence EWB. This indicates firms’ effective diversity management strategies in creating inclusive workplace. Further, the authors draw implications around team design and workforce composition.Originality/valueWhile the scholarly attention to perceived diversity is gradually growing, in a first, the authors empirically examine the impact of diversity perceptions on employee affect in the context of Indian manufacturing firms.

scholarly journals Explaining the embodied hospitality experience with ZMET

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 3442-3461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingjie Ji ◽  
Brian King
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Chinese Tourists ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Scholarly Attention

PurposeScholars have rarely applied an embodied perspective when studying hospitality experiences. They have given even less attention to methodological considerations. This paper aims to introduce Zaltman’s Metaphor elicitation Technique (ZMET) to explore various domains of the embodied experience.Design/methodology/approachIn demonstrating the applicability of the ZMET procedure to understanding embodied hospitality experiences, the researchers present a study of emotional encounters that involve the dining experiences of Chinese tourists with Western cuisine. The focus of the paper is on data collection, i.e. detailing the step-wise procedures of ZMET that have received minimal scholarly attention.FindingsThrough the medium of this empirical study, the ZMET example uncovers deep metaphors and answers previously unanswered questions about embodied experiences. The detailed information and nuanced insights that are generated through this ZMET application offer the prospect of enhanced understanding of the hospitality experience.Originality/valueThis investigation contributes an innovative research method to the embodied experience in the hospitality and tourism context.

Ere-inscripties

Lampas ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-91
Author(s):  
Anna Heller
Keyword(s):  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Abstract This paper offers a presentation of the genre of honorific inscriptions, engraved on statue bases. This type of inscriptions has received a lot of recent scholarly attention and is particularly valuable to illuminate the workings of civic societies of the Hellenistic and Imperial periods. The paper first reflects on the chronology of the genre, which expands as the habit of engraving honorific decrees simultaneously declines. Then it studies the actors involved in the honorific transaction and establishes the differences (but also the points of contact) between public and private honorific inscriptions, while shedding light on the actions and qualities that may be worthy of the honour of a statue. Finally, it returns to the identity of the honorandi, whose status and social prof ile can vary greatly. The engraved texts thus may publicize relationships on the scale of a city, a region, a kingdom or an empire.

The More Control, the Better?

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeeyun Oh ◽  
Mun-Young Chung ◽  
Sangyong Han
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Design ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Story Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High User ◽  
User Control ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Control Versus ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Despite of the popularity of interactive movie trailers, rigorous research on one of the most apparent features of these interfaces – the level of user control – has been scarce. This study explored the effects of user control on users’ immersion and enjoyment of the movie trailers, moderated by the content type. We conducted a 2 (high user control versus low user control) × 2 (drama film trailer versus documentary film trailer) mixed-design factorial experiment. The results showed that the level of user control over movie trailer interfaces decreased users’ immersion when the trailer had an element of traditional story structure, such as a drama film trailer. Participants in the high user control condition answered that they were less fascinated with, absorbed in, focused on, mentally involved with, and emotionally affected by the movie trailer than participants in the low user control condition only with the drama movie trailer. The negative effects of user control on the level of immersion for the drama trailer translated into users’ enjoyment. The impact of user control over interfaces on immersion and enjoyment varies depending on the nature of the media content, which suggests a possible trade-off between the level of user control and entertainment outcomes.

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