Knowledge audit as a key tool for business research in the information society

The article discusses aspects of the formation of information security culture of college students. The relevance of the work is due to the increasing threats to the information security of the individual and society due to the rapid increase in the number of information services used. Based on this, one of the important problems of the development of the information society is the formation of a culture of information security of the individual as part of the general culture in its socio-technical aspect and as part of the professional culture of the individual. The study revealed the structural components of the phenomenon of information security culture, identified the reasons for the interest in the target group of students. It justifies the need for future mid-level specialists to form an additional universal competency that ensures the individual’s ability and willingness to recognize the need for certain information, to identify and evaluate the reliability and reliability of data sources. As a result of the study, recommendations were formulated on the basis of which a culture of information security for college students can be formed and developed and a decomposition of this process into enlarged stages is proposed. The proposals on the list of disciplines are formulated, within the framework of the study of which a culture of information security can develop. The authors believe that the recommendations developed will help future mid-level specialists to master the universal competency, consisting in the ability and willingness to recognize the need for certain information, to identify and evaluate the reliability and reliability of data sources, as well as to correctly access the necessary information and its further legitimate use, which ultimately forms a culture of information security.

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Driving international business research forward: emerging themes and insights

MERCATI & COMPETITIVITÀ ◽

10.3280/mc2016-003002 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 15-24

Author(s):

Giuseppe Bertoli ◽

Michela Matarazzo

Keyword(s):

International Business ◽

Business Research ◽

International Business Research ◽

Emerging Themes

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The Power-geometry of Food Business Research

Gastronomica The Journal of Food and Culture ◽

10.1525/gfc.2015.15.3.47 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 47-52

Author(s):

Peter Jackson

Keyword(s):

Conflicts Of Interest ◽

Academic Research ◽

User Engagement ◽

Publicly Funded ◽

Business Research ◽

Academic Researchers ◽

Variable Power ◽

Access To Data ◽

Funding Environment ◽

Power Geometry

In a funding environment where commercial collaboration and “user engagement” are increasingly encouraged, this paper explores the ethical, political, and methodological challenges of various forms of partnership between academic researchers and food businesses. Drawing on two recently completed projects, the paper assesses the variable “power-geometry” of such partnerships, including the process of negotiating access, securing informed consent, and conducting and disseminating the research. The paper distinguishes between publicly funded academic research, where independence is more easily maintained, and market research and consultancy, where conflicts of interest are more likely to arise. Commercial collaboration is academically valuable in providing access to data and insights that are not publicly available, but can be treacherous if researchers are unaware of the uneven power-geometry of such partnerships.

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