scholarly journals Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the “Border Sociocultural Cluster” Concept in the Context of Modern Russian and Chinese Methodology

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Valentina S. Morozova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Cluster Policy ◽  
Foreign National ◽  
Cluster Concept ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Sociocultural Characteristics ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Regional Cultures

The term “cultural cluster” in recent years has been used extensively in the academic literature in the context of such areas as urban planning, cultural and economic geography, regional development, etc. However, the interdisciplinary aspect has deprived this term’s academic scope of a clear definition. The situation is complicated by the fact that the discussed concept implies an international component; therefore, its interpretation becomes even more specific. To solve this problem, the article presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical concepts of Russian and Chinese scholars. Based on the review, the author made a conclusion about a similar interpretation by Western and Chinese schools of thought of the sociocultural characteristics of a cluster with its sustainable competitive advantages, and also raised the question of the absence of a unified method of their measuring and evaluating. The author’s position is that the border sociocultural cluster is considered as a border formation of units with similar sociocultural characteristics (establishments of science and culture), which, through innovative mechanisms, raise the level of regional competitiveness. Proceeding from the intensification of clustering processes in the Russian-Chinese borderland, the author defines the features of the initial concept using the method of comparative studies, analyzes its specifics, focusing on the cultural and philosophical content (border ontological status, regional culture values, population’s similar ideological attitudes). The author compares Russia’s and China’s border areas clustering processes and determines their features. Thus, the clustering processes in the border areas of Russia and China as an innovative mechanism of the territories’ development are based, firstly, on the existing potential of regional cultures, which allows speaking about the sociocultural basis of this formation. Based on the above, the article substantiates the importance of including the scientific and educational component as a part of the sociocultural in forming the “border sociocultural cluster” concept. In conclusion, the author’s definition of the “border sociocultural cluster” is formulated, which, first of all, rests on cultural-philosophical reflection. Thus, the “border sociocultural cluster” is considered as a specific sociocultural formation, structured by the regional cultures of the border administrative-territorial units, but at the same time conditioned by the existence and functioning in three cultural dimensions – foreign, national and local. In this connection, the author proposes some recommendations for the border cluster policy development with an emphasis on the resources of a regional culture, which will contribute not only to strengthening the Russian cultural presence in the world, but also create favorable conditions for promoting the cultural and spiritual values of our country abroad.

scholarly journals Impact of regional cultures on the business performance of women entrepreneurs with special reference to small and medium enterprises in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Rida Fatima Akhtar Shamsheri ◽  
Sana Mukarram ◽  
Shaheryar Naveed ◽  
Aleena Mukarram
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Economic Development And Growth ◽  
Regional Cultures ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan

Women entrepreneurs’ role is considered crucial for the overall economic development and growth. Entrepreneurship is embedded in the cultural norms and values of the society, and it affects the way individual define their behavior, activities in terms of risk taking proactiveness, the aim of this study is to investigate the influence of the two cultural dimensions of Hofstede’s model i.e., Masculinity and Individualism on the business performance of women entrepreneurs with special reference to small and medium enterprises. The Masculinity side of this dimension represents a preference in society for achievement while individualism indicates greater importance on attaining personal goals.  The study intends to analyze the relationship of women entrepreneurship with cultural dimensions individualism and Masculinity in Pakistan’s two culturally diversified regions, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad, home to large numbers of women entrepreneurs. To capture the diversity of these regions by using the technique of purposive sampling, a sample of 374 was collected, 51% participants from the capital city and 49 % belonged to GB. The findings indicate that regional cultures within the context of Masculinity and Individualism have significant but antagonistic influences on the business performance of women entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurial intentions and perceived barriers to entrepreneurship among youth in Uttarakhand state of India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lalit Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regional Cultures ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of gender and regional cultures on entrepreneurial intentions and perceived barriers to entrepreneurship in two diverse regions of a state. Authors in the past have consistently expressed the need for studies on entrepreneurial intentions that would encompass both the gender and cultural dimensions, as there is a potential interactive effect between sex and culture, which remains largely unstudied despite its potential to provide an explanation for the contradictory findings that have emerged when either sex or culture was studied separately. Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative study. The primary data were derived from the students of professional courses. The sampling method used was proportionate stratified sampling. The scales used were tested with regard to validity and reliability. The chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and Mann–Whitney U test were used to draw relationships between the variables. Findings The findings indicated significant gender differences in perceptions of barriers and entrepreneurial intentions among youth. The findings also showed that the barrier perceptions and the entrepreneurial intentions between genders vary with change in culture at the regional level. Originality/value This paper adds to the very limited research available on perceived barriers and entrepreneurial intentions that focuses on the effect of gender from a cross-cultural perspective. This paper further contributes by testing the results in two culturally diverse regions of a single state of India, which has helped us understand the impact of regional cultures while controlling for the effects of the entrepreneurship support systems provided by the governments in different nations.

Goddess encounters: Mughals, Monsters and the Goddess in Bengal

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1435-1487 ◽  
Author(s):  
KUMKUM CHATTERJEE
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Community Formation ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis paper makes a case for exploring the cultural facets of Mughal rule as well as for a stronger engagement with sources in vernacular languages for the writing of Mughal history. Bengal's regional tradition of goddess worship is used to explore the cultural dimensions of Mughal rule in that region as well as the idioms in which Bengali regional perceptions of Mughal rule were articulated. Mangalkavya narratives—a quintessentially Bengali literary genre—are studied to highlight shifting perceptions of the Mughals from the late sixteenth century to the eighteenth century. During the period of the Mughal conquest of Bengal, the imperial military machine was represented as a monster whom the goddess Chandi, symbolizing Bengal's regional culture, had to vanquish. By the eighteenth century, when their rule had become much more regularized, the Mughals were depicted as recognizing aspects of Bengal's regional culture by capitulating in the end to the goddess and becoming her devotees. This paper also studies the relationship of the Mughal regime with Bengal's popular cultural celebration—the annual Durga puja—and explores its implications for the public performance of religion and for community formation during the early modern period.

scholarly journals Competing and conflicting messages via online news media: Potential impacts of claims that the Great Barrier Reef is dying

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Eagle
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Online News ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
The Impact

Coverage of issues by news media is known to impact on both public perceptions and policy development aimed at addressing the featured issues. We examine the potential impact of news media coverage regarding the health and potential future of the World heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, which is under multiple pressures, both natural and anthropogenic. We draw on the extant literature regarding the impact of news media coverage of other complex issues, linking to relevant, albeit limited theoretical concepts that have been applied to previous media studies. We find that media coverage is predominately sensationalized and negative, with the potential to reinforce perceptions that mitigation attempts will be ineffective and thus likely to inhibit future policy development. We discuss the need for a review of existing science communication models and strategies to reduce the knowledge-practice gap between scientists and policy makers, together with proactive strategies to counter negative news coverage.

scholarly journals Social economy advancement: from voluntary to secure organizational commitments to public benefit

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen M. Haugh
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
The Social

Purpose This paper aims to explain the development of the social economy by analyzing when, why and how the community interest company (CIC) legal structure was established in the UK. The CIC legal structure was designed for social enterprise to ensure that company assets are committed to public benefit in perpetuity. Design/methodology/approach This research paper uses archival data and semistructured interviews to analyze the historical development of the social economy, emergence of social enterprise and the establishment of the CIC legal structure. Findings The historical analysis describes why and how the idea for the CIC emerged from practitioners and explains how collaboration between practitioners, lawyers, civil servants and politicians established the CIC as a new legal structure for social enterprise. Practical implications The analysis explains how practitioners influenced policy development and demonstrates how practitioner influence can be usefully incorporated into policy development. Social implications The CIC legal structure advanced the social economy by creating an institutionally recognized brand identity for social enterprise that locks assets to public benefit in perpetuity. Originality/value The paper presents a detailed empirical account of the establishment of a new legal structure for social enterprise and applies theoretical concepts to develop an integrated account of social economy advancement.

scholarly journals Methodology Focused on Identifying Variables Necessary to Develop Logistics Clusters

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Cristiano Farias Almeida ◽  
Yaeko Yamashita ◽  
Mario Cools ◽  
Jean Marchal ◽  
Bernard Piette
Keyword(s):  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Structural Modelling ◽  
Cluster Policy ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modelling

Several scholars have addressed the locational factors necessary for the best installation of industries or services; among them, one finds the costs with transportation of products and raw materials, labor-related costs, benefits deriving from the agglomeration of companies, as well as place-environment associations. Some agglomeration types stand out in this context, each one of them has its specific features, although they share the same goal. The agglomeration of companies is an increasingly frequent trend observed in production centers. Companies belonging to the same production chain remain close to each other in order to reduce costs with product transportation, storage and distribution processes. Consequently, they get to optimize their processes and increase their profits. The proximity between companies belonging to the same branch increases competitiveness between them. In addition, there is significant presence of skilled labor in these regions, a fact that favors logistics operations such as the transportation of inputs needed to enable companies’ production, and cost reduction. Thus, the aim of the present research is to create a methodology capable of identifying the variables necessary to develop a logistics cluster based on concepts such as productive economic agglomerations, by taking into consideration aspects addressed in a survey conducted with key cluster policy-development actors. Moreover, Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) was used to create an ontology to help better understanding the association among all variables necessary to structure logistics clusters.

Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemin Song ◽  
Yingying Zhang-Zhang ◽  
Mu Tian ◽  
Sylvia Rohlfer ◽  
Nora Sharkasi
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Orientation ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in China where innovation is deemed as a key for sustainable economic development. The diversity of China’s regional culture and its rising economic and innovative capability enhancement provides an opportunity for such an exploration. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts the GLOBE’s nine cultural dimensions to empirically examine the relationship between culture and Chinese regional innovation performance through multiple regression analysis. Findings The study results find that performance orientation and gender egalitarianism have positive and significant influences on regional innovation performance, while institutional collectivism has a negative and significant influence. The remaining six GLOBE cultural dimensions show no significant effect on regional innovation performance. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research exploring the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in a Chinese context by using GLOBE’s cultural dimensions that are deemed as a valuable empirical alternative to Hofstede’s cultural measures. The results of this study help further the understanding of the cultural influence in China’s regional innovation performance.

scholarly journals A conceptual approach to assessing the cluster potential of regions based on the use of intelligent information systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-717
Author(s):  
Irina R. RUIGA ◽  
Evgeniya S. KOVZUNOVA
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Cluster Policy ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Intelligent Information Systems ◽  
Intelligent Information

Subject. This article discusses the role of intelligent information systems in assessing the cluster potential of regions. Objectives. The article aims to develop methodological tools to assess the cluster potential of regions applying intelligent information systems, and test them using the Siberian Federal District regions as a case study. Methods. For the study, we used econometric and expert assessment methods. Results. The article proposes a stepwise algorithm for assessing the cluster potential of regions, taking into account the appropriate methodological and mathematical apparatus. It presents a cumulative indicator of the development potential of cluster groups. Conclusions. The proposed methodological, and information and analysis tools can serve as a basis for decision-making on cluster policy development at the regional level.

scholarly journals Bagaimana nasib budaya betawi di masa depan: tantangan dan prospek

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
muhammad dafa arijuddin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
The Future ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Regional Cultures ◽  
Descriptive Method

In this millennial era, many Indonesian regional cultures, especially Betawi culture, are increasingly in demand because of the youths who love foreign culture more than to preserve their own regional culture. That is because young people in the area no longer like or are no longer interested in their regional culture. The purpose of writing this article is to find out what are the challenges and cultural prospects in Indonesia, especially in Betawi culture in the future. The method that I use in this article is a qualitative descriptive method with a SWOT analysis. The results of this study will show that aspects of globalization which are the challenges of the Betawi culture in the future and its prospects.

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