scholarly journals THE ROYAL WELSH SHOW: THE NATION’S TRUE CAULDRON

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Langridge-Thomas ◽  
Philip Crowther ◽  
Caroline Westwood
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Archival Research

The Royal Welsh Show (RWS), which is the largest event of its kind in Europe, is used as a single case study to examine events as a catalyst in the context of networks and the knowledge economy. The long-established essence of agricultural shows is a coalescing of dispersed populations in a temporary cluster, expressed most recently as ‘rural buzz’. This paper takes a new, and emerging, perspective of value and specifically examines how the show, through its manifold platforms and fusing of resources, generates network value. The RWS operates in a 176-acre showground, with exhibitors, partners, and close to 250,000 attendees, therefore engagement platforms are many and varied, and often co-produced. Thus, the event is a canopy, both within and beyond of its 4 days each July, for incalculable planned and less planned interactions and linkages. The event has been labelled ‘the nations true cauldron’, reflecting its proven potential to engage people, and organisations alike, and consequently co-create network value. The extensive case study includes 43 interviews and 1,322 questionnaires, in addition to archival research. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data is used to develop a ‘Taxonomy of Platforms’, exposing the multi-layered, co-creative, and pervasive approach to the generation of network value. The findings reveal the importance of such knowledge sharing and creation. Also evident is the manifest and focal role of the RWS in merging the events value creation partners and enabling linkages which can endure and underlie the stimulation and perpetuation of networks. The study endorses the virtue of the network lens through which to examine and reveal event induced value, but also as a way of more introspectively interpreting how value is extracted by event actors.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Academics’ Knowledge Sharing Motivations at Malaysian Public Academic Institutions

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 265-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alsaleh Saad
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Public University ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Analysis Method

This qualitative case study aims to explore and describe the academicians’ knowledge sharing motivations in a Malaysian public university. A single case study was conducted with the aim to gather deeper insights on the knowledge sharing motivation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. A total of 15 renowned academicians were interviewed. Content analysis method was used to extract the knowledge sharing motivations from the qualitative data. The research results reveal seven important factors which motivate academicians to share their knowledge. These motivations are build reputation, acknowledgement (includes gain rewards, get a promotion, and recognition), to be knowledgeable, reciprocity, vision and mission, mentoring, personal beliefs (includes culture, sense of responsibility, and religion). The research comprehensive analysis and results would expand an area of knowledge sharing motivations among academicians in universities which may still theoretically and empirically not adequately explored and described.

Artefacts and the Dynamics of Truces in Organizational Routines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás J.B. Wiedemann ◽  
Leona Wiegmann ◽  
Juergen Weber
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Organizational Routines ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Temporary Settlement

Organizational routines can constitute a temporary settlement of individual actors’ diverging interests, described as a truce that enables the routine as a collective accomplishment to proceed. In this regard, scholars have recognized the central but ambiguous role of artefacts; they may be used to coordinate the interactions in routines but may also be mobilized to serve individual interests. Following this line of thinking, this chapter assumes a process perspective to advance our understanding of how such temporal settlements are continuously formed and in particular, the role artefacts play in this process. Based on a single case study over a period of thirty-three months, it analyses the use of a newly implemented artefact that inadvertently impeded smooth routine functioning as the artefact provided content that gave actors leeway to act out their interests in enacting the routine.

scholarly journals Regeringsautonomi og delegeringstab i dansk EU-politik: Et principal-agent teoretisk perspektiv

Politik ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmus Bruun Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Maastricht Treaty ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Government Behavior ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Treaty Negotiations ◽  
Role Of Information

Where do states’ positions on EU-integration come from? Despite a large number of studies we simply do not know which factors determine states’ positions in specific cases and why. This article analyses position making between ‘governments’ and ‘parliaments’ during the Maastricht Treaty negotiations. Furthermore, an analysis of the role of information asymmetries as intermediating factors in generating ‘influence on position’ will be carried out. The question asked is: Do governments enjoy relative autonomy vis-à-vis the Folketing that enables them to develop ‘positions’ they feel are in ‘the national interest’ or is Parliament able to control government behavior? The conclusions indicate that Parliaments control governmental positions, but also that governments, are able to exploit the negotiations to pursue certain ‘policy drifts’. The research design used is an in-dept single case study that analyses the level of inFluence on a multitude of different issues varied over the conflict level between the actors. 

scholarly journals Can Corporate Social Strategy Create Shared Value Toward Creative Business? “Volvo Social Strategy Model”

ECONOMICS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-124
Author(s):  
Ishak Kherchi ◽  
Fellague Mohamed ◽  
Haddou Samira Ahlem
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Shared Value ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
Creating Shared Value ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to provide corporate social strategies as an entrance to create shared value, in addition to that we aims to provide a theoretical and practical contributions that ground understanding the concept of creating shared value. Design/methodology/approach: The authors analyze a single case study of Volvo corporation. The objective is to evaluate whether the corporate social strategies can yields to a shared value creation. Findings: We found that corporate social strategies followed by Volvo Corporation yields to a shared value creation. Research limitations/implications: This single case study provides an entrance to create shared value; however, more research is needed to find other entrances. Practical implications: The paper has practical implications that relate to the design of shared value model. We provide practical well known strategies that could be apply by corporations to reach shared value creation. Originality/value: A unique view of corporate social strategy and creating shared value concept.

scholarly journals CELTA Course from the Perspective of EFL Instructors: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolga Çay ◽  
◽  
Cenk AKAY ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Private University ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Evaluation Survey

The aim of this study is to explore the CELTA course from the perspective of EFL instructors. A single case study of qualitative research methods is employed in the study. The sample consists of 6 EFL instructors working for a private university in Turkey. The quantitative data of the research was obtained through course evaluation survey. Qualitative data was gathered by open-ended questions and interview forms developed by the researcher and also with the documents. Descriptive analysis was performed to show evaluation of the course in the quantitative phase of the research. On the other hand, the content analysis method was applied in the analysis of qualitative data. As a result of the study, the CELTA course is useful for EFL instructors’ careers; nevertheless the course components and content should be redesigned considering andragogic principles. Moreover, EFL instructors were pleased to take the course at the end of the course although the course’s weaknesses.

The Project Manager as the Driver of Organizational Knowledge Creation

2020 ◽  
pp. 313-333
Author(s):  
Ted Bibbes ◽  
Minna Rollins ◽  
Wesley J. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Seci Model ◽  
Organizational Knowledge Creation ◽  
Team Environment

The areas Project Management and Knowledge Management include studies on the project and project team levels, but a specific focus on the role of the Project Manager in managing knowledge within the team has received less focus. The authors show how knowledge is created within the project team environment, and the specific role of the Project Manager as an individual uniquely situated to drive the creation of knowledge in the environment by facilitating, directing, and controlling team activities through the four SECI model phases. Using a single case study approach, this research shows how the PM acts as a “mixing valve” in the flow of knowledge in a dynamic, multi-directional, process within the project team environment.

Understanding the role of the broker in business non-profit collaboration

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Lee
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Employee Volunteering

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the contribution of brokers to business non-profit collaborations, in the context of employee volunteering. It investigates the roles brokers play and ways they contribute to value creation within social alliances. Design/methodology/approach – This research focusses on a case study of a UK employee volunteering broker programme run by a local volunteer centre. A combined qualitative methodology involved document analysis and interviews, with brokers and business, community and government partners involved in employee volunteering collaborations. Findings – Brokers play three key roles in business non-profit collaboration as connectors, facilitators/co-designers and learning catalysts. These roles help stimulate manifestations of associational value, transferred resource value, interaction value and synergistic value. Research limitations/implications – Results indicate brokers play an important part in nurturing conditions underpinning innovation and value co-creation, key characteristics of transformational forms of business non-profit collaboration. This study was based on a single case study. Future research could explore broker contributions within a variety of business non-profit settings. Practical implications – For managers implementing business non-profit collaborations, this paper provides a framework depicting key broker roles and ways brokers enable collaborative value that may be useful when assessing whether to use the services of a broker. Originality/value – This paper enriches the understanding of business non-profit collaboration and the role of individual actors in affecting value creation, an under-researched area in the social alliance literature. It provides a framework for assessing broker contributions in business non-profit collaborations.

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