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Building theories from case study research.
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In this paper, the authors define a leadership event as a perceived segment of action whose meaning is created by the interactions of actors involved in producing it, and present a set of innovative methods for capturing and analyzing these contextually driven processes.Abstract:
�Traditional, hierarchical views of leadership are less and less useful given the complexities of our modern world. Leadership theory must transition to new perspectives that account for the complex adaptive needs of organizations. In this paper, we propose that leadership (as opposed to leaders) can be seen as a complex dynamic process that emerges in the interactive “spaces between” people and ideas. That is, leadership is a dynamic that transcends the capabilities of individuals alone; it is the product of interaction, tension, and exchange rules governing changes in perceptions and understanding. We label this a dynamic of adaptive leadership, and we show how this dynamic provides important insights about the nature of leadership and its outcomes in organizational fields. We define a leadership event as a perceived segment of action whose meaning is created by the interactions of actors involved in producing it, and we present a set of innovative methods for capturing and analyzing these contextually driven processes. We provide theoretical and practical implications of these ideas for organizational behavior and organization and management theory.read more
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The changing university business model: a stakeholder perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the changing university business model within a region of the United Kingdom, using a stakeholder perspective that will aid theoretical development and refinement in both the business model and stakeholder fields.
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Innovation processes: Which process for which project?
Mario Sergio Salerno,Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Gomes,Débora Oliveira da Silva,Raoni Barros Bagno,Simone de Lara Teixeira Uchôa Freitas +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a taxonomy of eight different innovation processes with specific rationales that depend on a project's contingencies. But the taxonomy does not address the problem of how a firm organizes and plans resource allocation for those innovation processes that do not easily fit into traditional models.
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Creating Sustainable Fresh Food Supply Chains through Waste Reduction
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an exploratory case study in three fresh food supply chains, milk, fresh fish, and fresh poultry, in the Nordic countries, based on interviews and data from the databases of the companies involved.
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Choosing Qualitative Methods for Entrepreneurial Cognition Research: A Canonical Development Approach
TL;DR: The authors presents a structured, manageable approach to the complex problem of how to choose, from the vast arsenal loosely labeled "qualitative methods,” sets of techniques appropriate to advan...
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The Relevance of Stakeholder Theory and Social Capital Theory in the Context of CSR in SMEs: An Australian Perspective.
Suman Sen,James Cowley +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated CSR from the perspective of SMEs in Australia without any theoretical presumptions and then comments on the relevance and applicability of the two theories that have been commonly used to investigate business responsibility, namely, stakeholder theory and social capital theory.
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