scholarly journals The role of competitive advantage on the relation between internationalization and export performance: case study of EFACEC

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Orlando Lima Rua ◽  
Liliana Freitas Melo
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
The One ◽  
Object Of Study

The main goal of this study is to analyze the factors that in the internationalization’s process of Portuguese companies that allows to understand the contributions of the competitive advantage that influenced export performance. This will assess how the internationalization’s strategies, considering the competitive advantage as well its interaction with the market’s characteristics, may lead companies, on the one hand, to the implementation of strategies for success, and, on the other, and to the top performances of its export activity. In this context embarked by the qualitative methodology, we used the case study method, regarding to the single case of the largest and the most representative Portuguese multinational company of the electromechanical sector (EFACEC), thus enabling a holistic and integrated vision of organizational phenomena object of study. This methodological option allowed objectify results of practical importance, which will contribute to a lower dispersion in companies’ strategic internationalization process, accentuating the assertiveness of its exporting activity. As main conclusions we highlight the fact of internationalization’s strategies positively influence competitive advantage which, in turn, positively influence the export performance, and this one is positively influenced by markets’ characteristics.

Knowledge co-creation in Open Innovation Digital Platforms: processes, tools and services

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1434-1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tindara Abbate ◽  
Anna Paola Codini ◽  
Barbara Aquilani
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Innovation Intermediaries ◽  
Innovation Platform

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how Open Innovation Digital Platforms (OIDPs) can facilitate and support knowledge co-creation in Open Innovation (OI) processes. Specifically, it intends to investigate the contribution of OIDPs-oriented to successfully implement all the phases of interactive coupled OI processes. Design/methodology/approach The paper carries out an exploratory qualitative analysis, adopting the single case study method. The case here investigated is Open Innovation Platform Regione Lombardia (OIPRL). Findings The case study sheds light on how OIPRL supports knowledge co-creation through its processes, tools and services as a co-creator intermediary. In its launch stage, the platform simply aimed at giving firms a tool to “find partners” and financial resources to achieve innovative projects. Now, however, the platform has developed into an engagement platform for knowledge co-creation. Research limitations/implications One limitation lies in the particular perspective used to perform the case study: the perspective of the digital platform itself. Future research should focus on the individuals engaged in the platform to better investigate the processes, tools and services used to implement the OI approach. Practical implications The paper suggests ways in which OIDPs could be used by firms for effective exploration, acquisition, integration and development of valuable knowledge. Originality/value The study conceptualizes the role of OIDPs in shaping knowledge co-creation, assuming that the platforms act as Open Innovation Intermediaries (OIIs). Specifically, OIDPs can be observed to function as “co-creator intermediaries” that define, develop and implement dedicated processes, specific tools and appropriate services for supporting knowledge co-creation activities.

State actors’ mobilisation of resources for innovation: a case study of a Chinese vaccine

IMP Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy Shih ◽  
Åse Linné
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Biotechnology Sector

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how state actors mobilise resources in business networks to facilitate innovation. Design/methodology/approach – A single case study method is used. The case from the Chinese biotechnology sector illustrates how state actors mobilise resources in a network context in order to develop, produce and use a vaccine. Findings – The case findings demonstrate that state actors indirectly, as well as actively, are involved in the whole innovation process by mobilising resources necessary for the development, production and use of the vaccine. State actors influence other actors, both political and business, and provide resources in order to facilitate innovation. Practical implications – The paper illustrates that state actors, in the specific case, play an important and active role throughout the whole innovation process. This opens up the issue of the possible extended role of state actors in innovation. Originality/value – Over the past decades, Chinese state actors have played an active role in the business landscape. This paper explores state actors’ influence on the innovation process on the network level.

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.

scholarly journals Género, ciencia y mujer=Gender, science and woman

2020 ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Yoilen Barreira Rodríguez ◽  
Cynthia Acevedo Rodríguez ◽  
Cheila Alfonso Alverdi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
Technological Field ◽  
The University

<p class="margen05CxSpFirst"><strong><span>Resumen</span></strong></p><p class="margen05CxSpMiddle"><span>Los estudios sociales de ciencia y tecnología desde la perspectiva de género permiten una comprensión más integradora de la relación que se presume hoy entre hombres y mujeres, particularmente en el ámbito científico. La investigación <em>Género, ciencia y mujer</em> tiene como objetivo general analizar las relaciones de género en el ámbito científico-tecnológico en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Cienfuegos. Para este propósito se utiliza la metodología cualitativa, a través del método del estudio de caso único. La novedad del estudio radica en que se aborda este fenómeno desde una concepción de análisis más integradora, lo que permite una mejor comprensión de las relaciones de poder que se establecen entre hombres y mujeres en el contexto universitario.</span></p><p class="margen05"><span class="tlid-translation"><strong><span lang="EN">Abstract</span></strong></span></p><p class="margen05"><span lang="EN"><span class="tlid-translation">Social studies of science and technology from a gender perspective allow a more integrative understanding of the presumed relationship between men and women nowadays, particularly in the scientific field. The research "Gender, science and women" aims to analyze "gender relations in the scientific-technological field at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Cienfuegos." For this purpose, the qualitative methodology is used, through the single case study method. The novelty of the study</span></span><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN">lies in the fact that this phenomenon is approached from a more integrative conception of analysis, which allows a better understanding of the power relations established between men and women in the university context.</span></span></p>

scholarly journals PERANAN PEMBIMBING AGAMA ISLAM DALAM MEMBERIKAN MOTIVASI PENTINGNYA BELAJAR AL-QUR’AN DI MAJELIS TAKLIM BANDUNGAN KAMPUNG SAWAH LEGA KECAMATAN PASIRWANGI KABUPATEN GARUT

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saepul Ulum
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
The One ◽  
Religious Counselor ◽  
Depth Interviews

The focus of this research is the members of the Bandungan Taklim Assembly of Kampung Sawah Lega, Pasirwangi Subdistrict, Garut Regency, which notes the background of the farmers who have concerns about the importance of learning the Qur'an, which in their daily life every morning until evening takes care of their agricultural land in the mountains and rice fields. and in the evening gather with family members so that at an advanced age they want to try to get closer to the almighty Allah Almighty by studying reading the Qur'an in the Taklim Bandungan Assembly. This research was conducted at the Taklim Bandungan Assembly. The formulation of the problem in this study is how the Motivation of Belaja Al-Qur'an at the Taklim Bandungan assembly. And How the Role of Islam in Increasing Motivation the importance of Learning the Qur'an at the Taklim Bandungan Assembly. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research with descriptive design, a case study method with a phenomenological approach, the informants in this study consisted of 1 Islamic religious counselor and 4 members of the Bandungan Taklim Assembly Jama'ah who routinely attend recitals every week. The data collection techniques using the method of observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. The results achieved from this study indicate that the role of Islamic religious supervisors is very important in increasing the motivation of the importance of learning the Koran for the Jama'ah Taklim Bandungan Assembly, in the process of Islamic religious guidance beginning with the recitation of the Qur'an simultaneously which then proceed with the Koran independently with listened to and observed by supervisors and other worshipers, continued tausiyah and Question and Answer. The method of giving motivation is used by religious counselors, namely the one-way lecture method and the question and answer process.

De la gestión local a la gobernanza global: actores e interacciones multiniveles en la gestión del agua en la ciudad de México

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-66
Author(s):  
Joyce Valdovinos
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Service Contracts ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The One

The provision of water services has traditionally been considered a responsibility of the state. During the late 1980s, the private sector emerged as a key actor in the provision of public services. Mexico City was no exception to this trend and public authorities awarded service contracts to four private consortia in 1993. Through consideration of this case study, two main questions arise: First, why do public authorities establish partnerships with the private sector? Second, what are the implications of these partnerships for water governance? This article focuses, on the one hand, on the conceptual debate of water as a public and/or private good, while identifying new trends and strategies carried out by private operators. On the other hand, it analyzes the role of the state and its relationships with other actors through a governance model characterized by partnerships and multilevel networks.Spanish La provisión del servicio del agua ha sido tradicionalmente considerada como una responsabilidad del Estado. A finales de la década de 1980, el sector privado emerge como un actor clave en el suministro de servicios públicos. La ciudad de México no escapa a esta tendencia y en 1993 las autoridades públicas firman contratos de servicios con cuatro consorcios privados. A través de este estudio de caso, dos preguntas son planteadas: ¿Por qué las autoridades públicas establecen partenariados con el sector privado? ¿Cuáles son las implicaciones de dichos partenariados en la gobernanza del agua? Este artículo aborda por una parte, el debate conceptual del agua como bien público y/o privado, identificando nuevas tendencias y estrategias de los operadores privados. Por otra parte, se analizan el rol y las relaciones del Estado con otros actores a través de un modelo de gobernanza, definido en términos de partenariados y redes multi-niveles.French Les services de l'eau ont été traditionnellement considérés comme une responsabilité de l'État. À la fin des années 1980, le secteur privé est apparu comme un acteur clé dans la fourniture de certains services publics. La ville de Mexico n'a pas échappé à cette tendance et en 1993, les autorités publiques ont signé des contrats de services avec quatre consortiums privés. À travers cette étude de cas, nous nous interrogerons sur deux aspects : pourquoi les autorités publiques établissentelles des partenariats avec le secteur privé ? Quelles sont les implications de ces partenariats sur la gouvernance de l'eau ? Cet article s'intéresse, d'une part, au débat conceptuel sur l'eau en tant que bien public et/ou privé, en identifiant les tendances nouvelles et les stratégies menées par les opérateurs privés. D'autre part y sont analysés le rôle de l'État et ses relations avec d'autres acteurs à travers un modèle de gouvernance, défini en termes de partenariats, et des réseaux multi-niveaux.

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 The Role of White Matter Disconnection in the Symptoms Relating to the Anarchic Hand Syndrome: A Single Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Valentina Pacella ◽  
Giuseppe Kenneth Ricciardi ◽  
Silvia Bonadiman ◽  
Elisabetta Verzini ◽  
Federica Faraoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Brain Lesion ◽  
Structural Connectivity ◽  
Disconnection Syndrome ◽  
Neuroimaging Data ◽  
Neuropsychological Investigation ◽  
Anterior Posterior

The anarchic hand syndrome refers to an inability to control the movements of one’s own hand, which acts as if it has a will of its own. The symptoms may differ depending on whether the brain lesion is anterior, posterior, callosal or subcortical, but the relative classifications are not conclusive. This study investigates the role of white matter disconnections in a patient whose symptoms are inconsistent with the mapping of the lesion site. A repeated neuropsychological investigation was associated with a review of the literature on the topic to identify the frequency of various different symptoms relating to this syndrome. Furthermore, an analysis of the neuroimaging regarding structural connectivity allowed us to investigate the grey matter lesions and white matter disconnections. The results indicated that some of the patient’s symptoms were associated with structures that, although not directly damaged, were dysfunctional due to a disconnection in their networks. This suggests that the anarchic hand may be considered as a disconnection syndrome involving the integration of multiple antero-posterior, insular and interhemispheric networks. In order to comprehend this rare syndrome better, the clinical and neuroimaging data need to be integrated with the clinical reports available in the literature on this topic.

The Rhetorical Case: Its Roman Precedent and the Current Debate

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mendelson
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Early Case ◽  
New Phase

Because of the recent emphasis on rhetorical context in business and technical writing (BTW) instruction, the problem-solving case has become a staple in BTW classrooms. However, a number of critics have voiced concerns about the use of the rhetorical case. These concerns recall an ancient debate among Roman rhetoricians over an early case-study method called declamation. For contemporary theorists, the debate over case study revolves around its value as a stimulant to problem-solving skills, its ability to imitate the realistic circumstances of professional BTW, and its emphasis on persona and audience along with its deemphasis of the teacher. A full spectrum of arguments on these and other issues in the case-study debate indicates that the discipline is entering a new phase in its deliberations over the role of problem-solving and pragmatics in the BTW classroom.

scholarly journals Can We Generalize from Case Studies?

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Large N ◽  
Climate Change Politics ◽  
The Comparative Study

This article considers the role of generalization in comparative case studies, using as exemplars the contributions to this special issue on climate change politics. As a research practice, generalization is a logical argument for extending one’s claims beyond the data, positing a connection between events that were studied and those that were not. No methodological tradition is exempt from the requirement to demonstrate a compelling logic of generalization. The article presents a taxonomy of the logics of generalization underlying diverse research methodologies, which often go unstated and unexamined. I introduce the concept of resonance groups, which provide a causeway for cross-system generalization from single case studies. Overall the results suggest that in the comparative study of complex political systems, case study research is, ceteris paribus, on par with large-N research with respect to generalizability.

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