scholarly journals critical Analysis of the current state of research on the topic of business succession

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Weltermann ◽  
Lubimora Strazovska
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Business Succession

In the next few years, many companies in the field of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany are about to change the generation of entrepreneurs. This article deals with the reasons and strategies for regulated succession of entrepreneurs in these SMEs. The following research question is at the heart of the present study: 'What are the reasons and strategies for finding a business successor considering the company analysis for small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany?'. Within the scope of an extensive literature analysis, the current state of research on the topic of business succession is analysed by a qualitative content analysis according to Mayring and the most important reasons and strategies are identified. For this purpose, 4 main codes and 14 subcodes were defined inductively and deductively, and the present literature was encoded according to the method of structured content analysis. 673 codings were carried out and then analysed in the context of the research questions.The main reasons and strategies were identified, and the research question was fully answered. In addition to answering the central research question, the article also makes recommendations for the planning and complete implementation of a regulated business succession within the framework of the article conclusion. This article is the author's second article on the topic of Business Succession and is complementary to the author's first article.

scholarly journals Voices in the Storm: The Lost Discourse of Climate Change in Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
B.F. Battistoli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New York ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Research Question ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Hurricane Irma

This study sought to answer the research question: How did media address climate change in reporting on Hurricanes Harvey and Irma? A content analysis was performed on the coverage of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma over a six-week timeframe by two national newspapers, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and two local newspapers, the Houston Chronicle for Hurricane Harvey and the Tampa Bay Times for Hurricane Irma. A keyword analysis yielded 630 news articles (N=630), of which only 23 (3.65%) mentioned “climate change,” “global warming,” or both. Language that addressed these terms was coded on a Likert Scale (0-5, negative to positive), yielding a median score of 3.44, “slightly positive.” An extensive literature review and discussion of the findings and implications for future research are included. Keywords: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, climate change, global warming, newspaper content analysis.

scholarly journals The Rhetoric of Twitter in Terms of the Aristotelian Appeals (Logos, Ethos, and Pathos) in ESL/EFL Educational Settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Ahdab Saaty
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Current State ◽  
Writing Genres ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
State Of Research

The article argues that the Aristotelian appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos) can be taught through the use of Twitter as an educational tool to build connections between everyday informal writing on social media and academic writing. It highlights the utilization of Twitter in English second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) educational settings for supporting learners’ rhetorical awareness and understanding of different writing genres. The main purpose of this article is to provide pedagogical implications and future research potentials on the use of Twitter in ESL/EFL educational settings. The Aristotelian appeals are discussed as the framework for the analysis of Twitter’s content in ESL/EFL educational contexts. In this regard, this research question is addressed: How can Twitter serve as a tool for teaching the fundamentals of writing competency in terms of the Aristotelian appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos) in ESL/EFL educational settings? To explore the current state of research and inform future studies, the researcher reviews selected academic articles on the use of Twitter in ESL/EFL language classes. All articles were accessed using Google Scholar, ERIC, and ProQuest databases. The researcher examines empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals as well as non-empirical studies. This article addresses Twitter users’ constructions of logos, ethos, and pathos, and presents some of the accessible characteristics of Twitter. Also, it briefly provides pedagogical implications of understanding the Aristotelian appeals through Twitter in ESL/EFL educational contexts that can support the teaching and learning processes. Lastly, the researcher proposes potential research directions for Twitter use in ESL/EFL educational settings.

scholarly journals Why the term "professional language" can confuse the reader?

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-94
Author(s):  
Lesław Cirko
Keyword(s):  
Professional Communication ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
General Linguistics

The article warns readers interested in the specialised communication against an uncritical adoption of the term professional language, which is often used in the extensive literature on the subject without care for terminological precision. The lack of awareness of the meaning of the term professional language leads to negative consequences in linguistic argumentation, such as the neglect of the current state of research in general linguistics, the contamination of the scientific term by its naive understanding in everyday communication between laypersons, or the identification of language and its use, which is a serious methodological deficiency. The reader of the specialised literature might therefore, without sufficient linguistic knowledge, mistakenly take the contents presented in the reading as self-evident and corresponding to the current state of knowledge. In the first part of the article, the aforementioned sources of interpretative dangers in reading are pointed out, using the history of research as an example. Subsequently, the reader is offered some constant points of reference fur further interpretation, which allow to recognise a stylistic-functional variety of ethnic language in the concept of professional language, including phenomena that go beyond the reduction of professional language to mere terminology. The author also pointed out the forms of acquisition and existence of the so-called professional languages, as well as the distributional features that distinguish them from other functional-stylistic varieties of the ethnic language. In conclusion, their peculiarity was highlighted, arising from the need for precise naming of phenomena and processes in the field of human activity, which is concluded by the specificity of the field; from the fact that people in the said field communicate at the expert level, and the related need for such a selection of linguistic means from the ethnic language in which communication takes place that its users communicate efficiently in the field of professional communication. The knowledge of these conditions will enable the reader to approach the relationship between language and the so-called professional language with greater understanding.

scholarly journals Influencers and covid_19: Characterizing and defining courses of action

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Boulet ◽  
Jean-Fabrice Lebraty
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand

Based upon the 55 days of lockdown that occurred during the Covid_19 disaster, the aim of this article is to answer to the following research question: “how can we characterize influencers in social networks?”. Analyzing more than 1.6 million of tweets, we propose a matrix that can be used to characterize an influencer. This matrix has 2 dimensions on one hand the five courses of actions an influencer can use and on the other hand the 3 types of motivation he has got. Regarding the methodology we used R and a qualitative content analysis and provided our scripts. This research is a part of the “lockdown lab” project.

scholarly journals Agile leadership - a comparison of agile leadership styles

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Greineder ◽  
Niklas Leicht
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Research

Leadership has been the focus of research in the social sciences since the early 1930s. However, no generally valid theory exists to date. In recent years, theories relating to agile leadership have also increasingly emerged. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the current state of research on agile leadership. For this purpose, a systematic literature analysis is conducted. The different terms used in the context of agile leadership are restricted by means of selection criteria. Furthermore, characteristics of agile leadership will be analyzed and consolidated. This results in a catalogue of criteria with which the selected leadership styles. The evaluation shows that there are overlaps in the styles, which also can be identified in the research.

scholarly journals Colonial Representations of British India: A Description and Analysis of the First Twenty-Four Issues of The Indian Amateur’s Photographic Album

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Macmillan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
British India ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Creation ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Colonial Representations

This thesis provides a description and analysis of the first twenty four issues of the Indian Amateur's Photographic Album (IAPA), serially published between 1856 and 1858, in the collection of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (GEH). The thesis traces the origins of the publication to the creation of the Bombay Photographic Society, and considers its relationship with European photographic societies and a similar publication in Europe. It contains an extensive literature survey summarizing the current state of research on the IAPA within the framework of colonialist photography in British India: a detailed description of the publication and an analysis of the photographic and written components of the IAPA; and a consideration of the IAPA's contributions to and its role in the visual culture of nineteenth century India. Three appendices accompany the thesis, including an annotated and fully illustrated catalogue of the seventy-two photographs in GEH album.

The translation applied in intersemiotic study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collin Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Dependent Process ◽  
Stage Performance ◽  
Iconic Signs ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The present research was a corpus-based descriptive qualitative content analysis of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, based on Peirce’s intersemiotic model. The drama was translated interlingually from English to Farsi and intersemiotically by Servati for stage performance. Regarding the first research question (Which signs (iconical, indexical, or symbolic) are more applicable to semiotic analysis of Macbeth performance?), the results of the analysis show that the intersemiotic translation of drama was not successful in transferring some iconic signs from page to stage. Iconic signs are more susceptible to inappropriate intersemiotic translation than indexical signs and symbolic signs. Considering Servati’s adaptation, it can be judged that other aspects, namely, secondness and thirdness, are more manageable when translating drama into a stage performance. This finding, in this case study, contradicts the findings of some previous studies regarding the point that intersemiotic translation is a deeply iconic dependent process. The contradictory results may be related to cultural differences and different cultural signs of the two involved languages.

Major Topics of Research on Chinese Foundations over the Last Decade: An Exploration Drawing on Co-Word Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-315
Author(s):  
Chen Xuqing ◽  
Tian Zhenhua
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Word Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
State Of Research

Abstract This paper adopts a co-word analysis approach and uses EXCEL and SPSS as tools to assist the authors in undertaking content analysis and mining of research on Chinese foundations between 2003-2012. In this way, the authors attempt to develop an understanding of the current state of research on Chinese foundations and to grasp the major areas within this research that has commanded the most attention. Our study reveals that the four main sub-divisions of this field that have been main focal points of scholarly interest are: the institutional environment within which foundations exist; internal governance; systems for foundation evaluation; and foundations linked to institutes of higher education.

scholarly journals A Framework for ERP Post-Implementation Amendments: A Literature Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiwo Oseni ◽  
Susan Valerie Foster ◽  
Rahim Mahbubur ◽  
Stephen Patrick Smith
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
State Of Research

Post-implementation amendments to ERP systems (ERP-PIA) are of importance for advancing ERP research, but more importantly essential if ERP systems are to be used as a strategic and competitive business tool. For ease of clarity, we have adopted the term “amendments” to encompass the main forms of post implementation activities: maintenance, enhancements and upgrades. The term ‘amendments’ is used to counteract one of the major findings from this research - the inconsistency of terms used by many authors to explain post implementation activities. This paper presents a review of the ERP post-implementation amendment literature in order to provide answers to two specific questions: first, what is the current state of research in the field of ERP-PIA; and second, what are the future research directions that need to be explored in the field of ERP-PIA. From the review, we develop a framework to identify: (a) major themes concerning ERP post-implementation amendments, (b) inherent gaps in the post-implementation amendments literature, and (c) specific areas that require further research attention influencing the uptake of amendments. Suggestions on empirical evaluation of research directions and their relevance in the extension of existing literature is presented.

scholarly journals Business Succession

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-191
Author(s):  
Jürgen Weltermann ◽  
Lubimora Strazovska
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Purchase Price ◽  
Payment Method ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Great Economic Importance ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
A Company ◽  
Successful Transfer

This article deals with the key factors of a successful company handover. The aim is to use a qualitative content analysis to determine which factors are relevant to this project. The research question is therefore: ‘What are the success factors for a successful transfer of the company?’. This article relates to seven factors that are relevant to this. This issue is of great economic importance. It is a question of preparing the transfer of the company for the employees, the outgoing shareholders, the incoming shareholders, the coordination on the size and payment method of the purchase price, the drafting of contracts, the inheritance situation, and the preparation of a company concept with a timetable. Of course, in the end, implementation is also presented based on these factors.

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