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EPPLER, MARTIN J., FRIEDERIKE HOFFMANN, and SABRINA BRESCIANI. "NEW BUSINESS MODELS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE IDEA GENERATION." International Journal of Innovation Management 15, no. 06 (December 2011): 1323–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919611003751.
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Generating novel and sustainable business model ideas is a crucial yet challenging innovation task. A growing body of literature shows that artefacts, such as visual templates, objects and sketches, can enhance team collaboration and creativity in innovation activities. Drawing on literature from diverse fields we propose a model that aims to explain how artefacts can affect the team processes in developing new business model ideas, positing that they have an impact on creativity and collaboration. We report the results of an illustrative experimental study comparing the team processes of managers working on a business model innovation task. Teams were supported by different types of artefacts (a business model template; physical objects with sketching; or PowerPoint). The results indicate that using the template significantly increases perceived collaboration and decreases perceived creativity, hence showing that artefacts can have the power to shape team work for innovation tasks.
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Gonul, Ozlem Ogutveren. "Teaching and Implementing Ideation in Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Approach." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation 5, no. 2 (February 27, 2019): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jebi.v5i2.13245.
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Idea creation is significant to all disciplines, yet it is even more crucial for entrepreneurs since the process of entrepreneurship requires new and novel ideas in all phases. Ideation should be taught and implemented in an intentional and systematic approach in order to increase the efficiency of idea generation in entrepreneurial activity. Systematic ideation is comprised of a series of steps including observation, building the right ideation team, using multiple thinking methods and idea generation methods together and validating the idea for further improvement. Many of the entrepreneurship programs teach students the process of entrepreneurship after the individual comes forth with an idea, focusing on developing personal skills and business models required for a successful venture. Little attention and focus is dedicated to the initial step of idea creation. Systematic approach to teaching and implementing ideation would fill this gap in entrepreneurship education and field.
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Sudharsan, N. S., and K. Latha. "Preeminent System for Detecting Venomous Banking Sites in Online Business." Applied Mechanics and Materials 573 (June 2014): 519–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.573.519.
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. Phishing has become most notorious security issues in online real time web pages. Many studies and ideas have been proposed related to phishing attack in order to overcome the security issues. Phishing attack can be easily done by Uniform resource locator (URL) obfuscation. It is the trick where the user will be forwarded to fake web page which has look and feel effect as the original web page when they click through the fake link. Organizations which use online business and transaction like ebay, paypal use many preventive approaches like blacklist, whitelist of URL in order to prevent any online theft using phishing attack. This paper propose a novel idea for detecting Phishing attack by checking the URL patterns of the suspected page with generated legitimate common URL pattern by inspecting different international URL patterns of that particular banking site.
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Gottfridsson, Patrik, and Anna Stålhammar. "Transforming the service idea – a communication and learning process." International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 6, no. 1 (March 11, 2014): 2–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqss-03-2013-0010.
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Purpose – This paper is about service innovation processes and especially about how an idea about a new service proposition is realized and gradually transformed during the process. The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain the process by which the idea of what should be developed is formed. Design/methodology/approach – Empirically this study is built on two case studies from the public transport context. The cases studied are long-term and involves a number of different actors from different organizations put together to deliver a new system solution regarding information- and ticketing systems. Findings – The findings indicate that the service ideas gradually develop throughout the service innovation process; some of the changes are that distinct that they could be described as turning points. The reasons for the changes of the ideas are sometimes the renewed awareness that the involved actors get from communicating and learning from each other's, other times the turning points occur as a result form confrontation with the outside world, and what is their perceived as necessary and possible to do. Originality/value – The study is novel in several respects: the notion of the transformation of the service idea during a service innovation process is introduced; it provides an empirical analysis of the knowledge transformation process during a service innovation process, and it applies traditional innovation perspective in a new context.
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Summatavet, Kärt, and Mervi Raudsaar. "Cultural heritage and entrepreneurship – inspiration for novel ventures creation." Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy 9, no. 1 (March 9, 2015): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jec-03-2013-0010.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the role of networking, creating community, product development and mentoring in the experiential and entrepreneurial learning process. A close look is taken at the experiential knowledge of entrepreneurs to understand and bridge the gap between local cultures and entrepreneurial communities: how to map and implement the tacit knowledge possessed by an entrepreneur, and what sources help trainees find attractive ideas for a new venture? Design/methodology/approach – After reviewing the key literature, a phenomenological approach has been applied. Data were collected using not only semi-structured interviews but also secondary data. Findings – Creative entrepreneurs consider it important that learning materials are provided according to the learner’s specialist business idea. They need and expect multi-layered support from peers/coaches/mentors and social/local/specialist networks to test the ideas and products and services directly in the community. Originality/value – As the conventional teaching methodology is inapplicable for creative and community entrepreneurs, the key factors of their venture-creation process focus on their personal experience, skills, capabilities and motivation.
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He, Wei, J. J. Po-An, Andreas Schroeder, and Yulin Fang. "Attaining Individual Creativity and Performance in Multidisciplinary and Geographically Distributed IT Project Teams: The Role of Transactive Memory Systems." MIS Quarterly 46, no. 2 (May 25, 2022): 1035–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.25300/misq/2022/14596.
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Contemporary IT project teams demand that individual members generate and implement novel ideas in response to the dynamic changes in IT and business requirements. Firms rely on multidisciplinary, geographically distributed IT project teams to gather the necessary talent, regardless of their locations, for developing novel IT artifacts. In this team context, individuals are expected to leverage dissimilar others’ expertise for creating ideas during idea generation (IG) and then implement their ideas during idea implementation (II), known as the IGII process. Although much has been done to explain individual creativity, the extant literature offers little theoretical understanding on how to address the double-edged effects of dispersions in both functional expertise (ExpDisp) and geographical locations (GeoDiss)—the two defining characteristics of multi-disciplinary, cross-locational IT project teams—on individual creativity and subsequent performance. Drawing on the IGII framework, we propose transactive memory systems (TMSs) as a plausible team-level solution to tackle the challenge. With a multi-wave multi-level dataset from 141 members and their supervisors from 35 IT project teams, we found that team-level TMS and GeoDiss interactively moderate individual-level IGII processes in multi-disciplinary geographically-distributed IT project teams during both II and IG, but in qualitatively different ways.
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Turk, Žiga, Mewail Giddey, and Robert Klinc. "Platforms - A Novel Paradigm of Construction Collaboration." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1218, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 012029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1218/1/012029.
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Abstract Business and innovation models based on an idea of a digital platform have revolutionized information technology use in many consumer areas where uptake of IT would have otherwise been slow. Slow is also the uptake of information technology in construction. The hypothesis of this paper is that the delivery mechanism for technology has not been the most suitable one and that this can be improved upon – using the digital platforms. Term platform has been used before. In this paper we define the concept of a digital construction platform. We then analyse their potential in construction processes, focusing on construction design. The paper contributes to the understanding of an emerging new paradigm for the delivery, marketing, and innovation in digital technology in construction. Follow up work will examine the platforms from the structure-function-behaviour perspective and present their architectural foundations.
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Xu, Gaochao, Yan Ding, Yuqiang Jiang, Ming Hu, and Jia Zhao. "A Novel Distributed Recommendation Framework Using Big Data in Social Context." International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 31, no. 08 (May 9, 2017): 1759015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218001417590157.
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Recently big data have become a research hotspot and been successfully exploited in a few applications such as data mining and business modeling. Although big data contain a plenty of treasures for all the fields of computer science, it is very difficult for the current computing paradigms and computer hardware to efficiently process and utilize big data to attain what are looked forward to. In this work, we explore the possibility of employing big data in recommendation systems. We have proposed a simple recommendation system framework BDRSF (Big Data Recommendation System Framework), which is based on big data with social context theories and has abilities in obtaining the Recommender based on the idea of supervised learning through big data training. Its main idea can be divided into three parts: (1) reduce the scale of the current recommendation problems according to the essence of recommending; (2) design a rational Recommender and propose a novel supervised learning algorithm to get it; (3) utilize the Recommender to deal with the later recommendation problems. Experimental results show that BDRSF outperforms conventional recommendation systems, which clearly indicates the effectiveness and efficiency of big data with social context in personalized recommendation.
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Fischbach, Sarah, and Veronica Guerrero. "Mobile Business Retailing: Driving Experiential Learning on Campus." Journal of Marketing Education 40, no. 1 (September 22, 2017): 56–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0273475317733509.
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Engaging students in the classroom is a struggle all faculty face especially in the age of modern technology. This article proposes a novel approach to engage and motivate students through the mobile business “on wheels” marketing concept. The growth in mobile business retailing (e.g., food trucks, mobile dog groomers, etc.) is an appealing concept for today’s entrepreneurial-minded students. This concept provides students with an opportunity to combine their creativity with their understanding of the seminal marketing concepts of a principles of marketing course. The project involves two marketing challenges: the promotion of a mobile business retailing event on campus and the development of a marketing plan for a unique mobile business retailing idea developed by the students. The project provides a variety of hands-on, engaging pedagogies to guide the students from concept creation based on primary research through campaign proposals integrating digital media examples. Resources in project design, implementation, evaluation, and critical analysis of this comprehensive marketing project are outlined in this article. Recommendations for future research and implementation are also provided.
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Rice, Mark. "SmartPooch: pre-venture opportunity assessment." CASE Journal 14, no. 3 (May 8, 2018): 292–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tcj-12-2017-0116.
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Synopsis In an MBA capstone project course, a team of four mid-career, working professionals had assessed the feasibility of a new venture idea. All four were dog-lovers who had been frustrated by the ineffectiveness of the various dog training programs and products in which they had participated. Their idea was to utilize a novel technology to assist dog owners in the training process. After completing the course, the team met to determine whether SmartPooch was just an interesting idea—or alternatively was a sufficiently promising opportunity that one or more of them would continue to explore it. Research methodology The four students who are the case protagonists conducted both primary and secondary research. In addition, the case writer conducted additional secondary research and consulted with the four students during the development of the case study. Relevant courses and levels Introductory Entrepreneurship course at Master’s or Undergraduate levels Theoretical bases Frameworks from which feasibility analysis questions were derived include Mullins’ New Business Road Test and Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas. The discussion of opportunity recognition starts with the definition of opportunity drawn from Hansen, D.J.; Shrader, R.; and Monllor, J. (2009), “Composite definitions of entrepreneurial opportunity and their operationalizations: toward a typology”, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 29 No. 17.
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De Araújo Burcharth, Ana Luiza, and John Parm Ulhøi. "Structural Approaches to Organizing for Radical Innovation in Established Firms." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 12, no. 2 (May 2011): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ijei.2011.0025.
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Management research has consolidated around the idea that organic structures (typically found in start-ups and young firms) are better at generating novel ideas and products, while mechanistic ones (typically found in established companies) are better at generating incremental improvements. Therefore, the usual recommendation to established firms with the goal of producing radical innovations is to develop them outside the firm itself. This paper questions this ‘standard solution’ and discusses alternative organizational approaches to producing radical innovation that avoid extreme forms of separation and relate to critical contextual issues. The paper ends with a discussion of implications for managers.
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Shabani, Amir, and Reza Farzipoor Saen. "Developing a novel data envelopment analysis model to determine prospective benchmarks of green supply chain in the presence of dual-role factor." Benchmarking: An International Journal 22, no. 4 (May 5, 2015): 711–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-12-2012-0087.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a model based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) and program evaluation and review technique/critical path method (PERT/CPM) for determining prospective benchmarks. Design/methodology/approach – The idea of determining prospective benchmark is needed for developing a model for future planning where inputs and outputs of systems are influenced by external factors such as economic conditions, demographic changes, and other socio-economic factors. In this paper, the PERT/CPM method estimates prospective inputs and outputs. On the other hand, in particular systems some measures play the role of both input and output. Such factors in DEA literature are called dual-role factors. This paper integrates PERT/CPM technique and the DEA. Findings – The results of the proposed model depict that a present benchmark may not be a benchmark in future. A numerical example validates the proposed model. Originality/value – This paper, for the first time, applies the PERT/CPM technique to incorporate the ideas for identifying prospective benchmarks. Moreover, the proposed model is an alternative solution for classifying inputs and outputs in DEA. Also, the proposed model is utilized in benchmarking green supply chain management.
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Brown, Ed, and Jonathan Cloke. "The critical business of corruption." Critical perspectives on international business 2, no. 4 (October 1, 2006): 275–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17422040610706622.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to set out an agenda for promoting collaboration between researchers in critical geography and critical management studies.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is divided into two main sections. In the first, a detailed discussion of the nature of critical perspectives in the two traditions is advanced which focuses upon the nature of the two disciplines, the contested meaning of “critical” approaches and our relationship with the wider political world. The opportunities for collaboration are explored in more specific detail through consideration of the ongoing attempts to develop a new perspective on the current international pre‐occupation with corruption and anti‐corruption initiatives, which is both critical and multi‐disciplinary.FindingsIn trawling through the political economy of the development of an idea, corruption, the paper demonstrates, not just the part that a critical geographical narrative has to play in informing policy, but also the vital links that geography has to develop with the critical appraisal of business, business management and economics. The paper calls for the combining of insights from both traditions to better assess what is signified by corruption, how the concept is used in the business world and how to convince policymakers that, in this area at least, there is no such thing as a consequence‐free policy.Originality/valueThis paper's originality lies in: its bringing together of two distinct research traditions in geography and management studies; and the novel approach it espouses in relation to refining our understanding of the meaning of corruption and its place in broader debates about economic policy and broad patterns of development.
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Turner, Abigail, and Hui Zhang. "Preface: 2nd International Conference on Global Business and Management Science (GBMS 2022)." BCP Business & Management 28 (October 14, 2022): I. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v28i.2088.
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The 2022 2nd International Conference on Global Business and Management Science (GBMS 2022) was held during July 30-31, 2022 in Kunming, China on the basis of Hebei Normal University, China and Northern Arizona University, USA. It is one of the conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of global business and management science.
GBMS 2022 provides an excellent international platform for the academicians, researchers, and industrial experts from around the world to share their research findings with the global experts. The event is also an opportunity for PhD students in this area to moot their dissertation works to a global audience. The key intention of this seminar is to provide opportunity for the global participants to share their ideas and experience in person with their peers expected to join from different parts of the world. In addition, this gathering will help the delegates to establish research and business relations and linkage for future collaborations in their career path. We hope that the outcome of this seminar will lead to significant contributions towards creation of new knowledge.
The idea of the GBMS 2022 is for the scientists, scholars, engineers and students from the universities all around the world and the industry to present ongoing research activities, and hence to foster research relations between the universities and the industry. There is a real opportunity among a wide range of scientists, teachers, industry representatives, and students in various fields related to global business and management science, to exchange ideas, share knowledge and establish close cooperation.
Regards,
The Organizing Committees of GBMS
Kunming, China
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Niemi, Petri, and Petra Pekkanen. "Estimating the business potential for operators in a local food supply chain." British Food Journal 118, no. 11 (November 7, 2016): 2815–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-03-2016-0086.
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Purpose Estimating the business potential for local food intermediary businesses, like wholesales and retailing, can be extremely difficult. The purpose of this paper is to present an approach at finding out the possibilities of estimating the business potential of a business idea in advance. Design/methodology/approach In the approach, a model is built based on two data sources. Statistical data on the food expenditure of households and average division of the revenues and margins of the local food supply chain are divided to production, intermediate level (wholesales/distribution) and retailing stages. To estimate the regional local food business potential as a whole, the market share estimations have been made by local food experts. Findings The approach was tested and utilized in evaluating the feasibility of a local food wholesale business in South-East Finland. It produced a credible overview of the business potential and pinpointed the challenges of the local food wholesales. The study indicated also that expressing the feasibility in terms of the required market share for employee count is an easy-to-understand way to depict the feasibility of a business. Research limitations/implications The model gives indicative, industry average-based results: the results of the model should be refined with analyses on the particular business model, especially its cost efficiency and other competitive parameters compared to more traditional way of doing business. Practical implications The model helps local food entrepreneurs and firms as well as their financiers to get a realistic picture of the business potential and the economic feasibility of the targeted business. Originality/value The study introduces a novel approach combining quantitative data and expert evaluation for evaluating the market potential and economic prerequisites of a regional food supply chain operator.
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Tang, Victor. "Matrix representation of ideas: stimulating creativity using matrix Algebra." International Journal of Innovation Science 11, no. 4 (November 29, 2019): 489–538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijis-06-2018-0062.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a fresh approach to stimulate individual creativity. It introduces a mathematical representation for creative ideas, six creativity operators and methods of matrix-algebra to evaluate, improve and stimulate creative ideas. Creativity begins with ideas to resolve a problem or tackle an opportunity. By definition, a creative idea must be simultaneously novel and useful. To inject analytic rigor into these concepts of creative ideas, the author introduces a feature-attribute matrix-construct to represent ideas, creativity operators that use ideas as operands and methods of matrix algebra. It is demonstrated that it is now possible to analytically and quantitatively evaluate the intensity of the variables that make an idea more, equal or less, creative than another. The six creativity operators are illustrated with detailed multi-disciplinary real-world examples. The mathematics and working principles of each creativity operator are discussed. Design/methodology/approach The unit of analysis is ideas, not theory. Ideas are man-made artifacts. They are represented by an original feature-attribute matrix construct. Using matrix algebra, idea matrices can be manipulated to improve their creative intensity, which are now quantitatively measurable. Unlike atoms and cute rabbits, creative ideas, do not occur in nature. Only people can conceive and develop creative ideas for embodiment in physical, non-physical forms, or in a mix of both. For example, as widgets, abstract theorems, business processes, symphonies, organization structures, and so on. The feature-attribute matrix construct is used to represent novelty and usefulness. The multiplicative product of these two matrices forms the creativity matrix. Six creativity operators and matrix algebra are introduced to stimulate and measure creative ideas. Creativity operators use idea matrices as operands. Uses of the six operators are demonstrated using multi-disciplinary real-world examples. Metrics for novelty, usefulness and creativity are in ratio scales, grounded on the Weber–Fechner Law. This law is about persons’ ability to discern differences in the intensity of stimuli. Findings Ideas are represented using feature-attribute matrices. This construct is used to represent novel, useful and creative ideas with more clarity and precision than before. Using matrices, it is shown how to unambiguously and clearly represent creative ideas endowed with novelty and usefulness. It is shown that using matrix algebra, on idea matrices, makes it possible to analyze multi-disciplinary, real-world cases of creative ideas, with clarity and discriminatory power, to uncover insights about novelty and usefulness. Idea-matrices and the methods of matrix algebra have strong explanatory and predictive power. Using of matrix algebra and eigenvalue analyses, of idea-matrices, it is demonstrated how to quantitatively rank ideas, features and attributes of creative ideas. Matrix methods operationalize and quantitatively measure creativity, novelty and usefulness. The specific elementary variables that characterize creativity, novelty and usefulness factors, can now be quantitatively ranked. Creativity, novelty and usefulness factors are not considered as monolithic, irreducible factors, vague “lumpy” qualitative factors, but as explicit sets of elementary, specific and measurable variables in ratio scales. This significantly improves the acuity and discriminatory power in the analyses of creative ideas. The feature-attribute matrix approach and its matrix operators are conceptually consistent and complementary with key extant theories engineering design and creativity. Originality/value First to define and specify ideas as feature-attribute matrices. It is demonstrated that creative ideas, novel ideas and useful ideas can be analytically and unambiguously specified and measured for creativity. It is significant that verbose qualitative narratives will no longer be the exclusive means to specify creative ideas. Rather, qualitative narratives will be used to complement the matrix specifications of creative ideas. First to specify six creativity operators enabling matrix algebra to operate on idea-matrices as operands to generate new ideas. This capability informs and guides a person’s intuition. The myth and dependency, on non-repeatable or non-reproducible serendipity, flashes of “eureka” moments or divine inspiration, can now be vacated. Though their existence cannot be ruled out. First to specify matrix algebra and eigen-value methods of quantitative analyses of feature-attribute matrices to rank the importance of elementary variables that characterize factors of novelty, usefulness and creativity. Use of verbose qualitative narratives of novelty, usefulness and creativity as monolithic “lumpy” factors can now be vacated. Such lumpy narratives risk being ambiguous, imprecise, unreliable and non-reproducible, Analytic and quantitative methods are more reliable and consistent. First to define and specify a method of “attacking the negatives” to systematically pinpoint the improvements of an idea’s novelty, usefulness and creativity. This procedure informs and methodically guides the improvements of deficient ideas.
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Secundo, Giustina, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Giovanni Schiuma, and Giuseppina Passiante. "Activating entrepreneurial learning processes for transforming university students’ idea into entrepreneurial practices." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 23, no. 3 (May 2, 2017): 465–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-12-2015-0315.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how collaborative entrepreneurial learning (EL) processes between entrepreneurs and university students can enhance the entrepreneurial practices in the context of knowledge-intensive enterprises. These learning processes represent a valuable source for entrepreneurship development in incumbent enterprises in the forms of innovative products, services, processes or organizational renewal. Design/methodology/approach An extreme case study is the project “Mimprendo” (www.mimprendo.it), an initiative promoted by the Italian Conference of the University Colleges and the Italian Association of Young Entrepreneurs in collaboration with Italian universities. This is analyzed in the period 2009-2015, during which seven editions were developed. Findings A framework is presented based on collaborative EL processes to perform relevant entrepreneurial projects in knowledge-intensive enterprises. The framework provides a coherent and systematic approach to generate, select and implement entrepreneurial practices in incumbent companies starting from a project competition involving creative students and innovative entrepreneurs. EL processes in the community composed of entrepreneurs, experts and university students are grouped into the entrepreneurial phases of inspiration, exploration, exploitation, acceleration and growth, and include the learning processes of “intuition and sensing,” “contamination,” “experiential and contextual learning,” “experimenting and acting” and finally “thinking and reflecting.” Research limitations/implications Implications for research can be identified according to many perspectives to deepen the centrality of the learning process in the research on knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. Practical implications The framework results to be a promising approach to diffuse an entrepreneurial culture both in incumbent enterprises and in university students through a synergic collaboration among industry, university and institution. Practical implications could be derived for enterprise, students and educators involved in the design of innovative learning initiatives to sustain the development of an entrepreneurial mind-set. Originality/value The framework contributes to extending an emerging research area exploring entrepreneurship as a never-ending dynamic learning process. The involvement of brilliant university students in activating EL process with entrepreneurs in incumbent enterprises represents a novel aspect in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation.
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Liu, Chuan Chang. "A Framework for Handling with Web Services Exception." Advanced Materials Research 121-122 (June 2010): 287–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.121-122.287.
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Service oriented architecture presents us with a standards-based architecture for developing modular business applications and a lightweight framework for the business integration across heterogeneous platforms. However, due to the traits such as loose coupling, autonomy and distribution of web services, service oriented architecture is inherently vulnerable to exceptions. Moreover, the traditional exception handling strategies can hardly handle with the exceptions occurred in service oriented architecture. Based on the idea that exception management should be implemented in the system infrastructure, the paper presents a novel web services working framework with exception handling capability, including exception definition, exception handling policies, exception monitoring mechanism and handling process. The framework can dynamically monitor and handle with the exceptions that occur during the execution of web services.
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Ahrens, Andreas, Jeļena Zaščerinska, Julija Melnikova, and Natalia Andreeva. "AN APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 1 (May 26, 2017): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2017vol1.2363.
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In business practice the paradigm has changed from global business to hybrid business. This shift requires a new quality of management education in order to bring out next-generation managers and leaders. The aim of the research is to shape an approach to management education through interdisciplinary research underpinning elaboration of a hypothesis on an innovative approach to preparing next-generation managers and leaders within management education. The meaning of the key concepts of “approach” and “principles” is studied. Moreover, the study demonstrates how the key concepts are related to the idea of “management education”. The study shows how the steps of the process are related following a logical chain: analysis of the terms “approach”, “principles” and “conditions” → approach to management education → conclusions. The novel contribution of this paper is the hypothesis on an innovative approach to preparing next-generation managers and leaders within management education.
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Barrett, Jennifer, Jack Goulding, and Pamela Qualter. "The social life of the novel idea: what did social psychologists ever do for us?" Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 20, no. 3 (April 26, 2013): 250–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09699981311323998.
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Looser, Stéphanie, and Walter Wehrmeyer. "An emerging template of CSR in Switzerland." Corporate Ownership and Control 12, no. 3 (2015): 541–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i3c5p6.
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This paper investigates current Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices of Swiss Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with the aim to aggregate an underlying SME business model as value driver of Swiss CSR. To analyse these patterns this study conducted 30 interviews. A two-step Delphi process challenged the results and enabled the aggregation and visualisation of – L’EPOQuE – as emerging template of CSR. Overall, there is a strong emphasis on ownership, or to be precise, ownership-within-tradition. Family/middle class capitalism and the political/historical background of Switzerland are deciding as well, whereas size and capacities astonishingly seem to matter less. This generated some testable hypothesis, e.g., on how the Swiss SME model will be received in particular settings to which it is “exported”. Further, Swiss SMEs turned out to be genuine “social enterprises” so that the relevance of “social business planning” needs to be questioned, certainly as a novel idea in Switzerland. Overall, this study challenges the primacy of formal management systems to support CSR in companies, especially SMEs, and addresses critical moments at which the nexus between small businesses, Swiss society, and the state might be adjusted
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VidyaBanu, R., and N. Nagaveni. "Low Dimensional Data Privacy Preservation Using Multi Layer Artificial Neural Network." International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies 8, no. 3 (July 2012): 17–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jiit.2012070102.
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Government agencies, business enterprises and non-profit organizations are searching for innovative methods to collect and analyze data about individuals or businesses to support their decision making processes. Data mining techniques are able to derive sensitive knowledge from unclassified data, causing a severe threat to privacy. The authors provide a promising solution to address the demand for privacy preservation in clustering analysis. They propose a novel dimensionality expansion based data privacy preservation technique using multi-layer artificial neural network. By applying this idea, the authors can project a low dimensional data into a high dimensional space to enhance the privacy level. Clustering was done using K-means and the results show that privacy level and the nature of data were very much preserved even after this transformation. The results arrived at were significant and the proposed method transformed the data better than the classical Geometric data transformation based methods.
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Kolhan, Olena, and Yuliia Matsokina. "Terms of the Military Business in the Novel by Walter Scott Ivanhoe: Structural Organization." Terminological Bulletin, no. 5 (2019): 298–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.37919/2221-8807-2019-5-41.
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Terminological stylistics is one of the most relevant areas of linguistics in the 21st century. The subject of the study, according to A. Kryzhanovska, is “using multidisciplinary terminology in its definitive sense, the author’s creating the necessary and special words on models of the real terms, introducing redefined terminology in the arsenal of artistic means.” In modern Ukrainian linguistics, as you know, there are no comprehensive studies on using the terms in styles unusual for them, including the belles-lettres. Today, in Ukrainian terminology, there are only a small number of works that deal exclusively with some aspects of the functioning of special words in journalistic and belles-lettres styles that are specific to this type of vocabulary. The article continues the cycle of publications in the field of studying the specific functioning of military terminology in the writings of the writers from different countries of the world. The investigation is aimed at studying the peculiarities of the structural-component organisation of the military terms in the language of the work by W. Scott “Ivanhoe”, in particular, the word terms and phrase terms have been analysed. The authors of the study present the main problematic ideas existing at the present stage in the circle of narrow specialists, which are terminology. The relevance of the paper, first of all, is due to the lack of comprehensive studies on the peculiarities of using the military terms in the works by Walter Scott and the need for linguistic analysis of the texts, in particular the novel “Ivanhoe”, which is a pearl of world literature. The paper gives the main thoughts on defining the concepts “word term”, “phrase term”. The authors’ classification of the military terms which Walter Scott successfully introduced in his fiction work is represented on the basis of the generally accepted in modern Ukrainian linguistics. The military terms of the above mentioned work are analysed, and the specifics of their use is defined, their structural-component organisation in the prose work of the prominent writer Walter Scott is determined. The investigators in their article define the main characteristics of the military terms that function in the analysed fiction work, present these units determine their grammatical categories and structure. The word term and phrase terms, which include military terms, which are introduced into the language of the text by the author, are investigated. The function of this vocabulary taking into account the subject area, the ideological content, the purpose of the work, the creative idea of the author is determined. The quantitative characteristics of the military terminological units of Walter Scott’s novel “Ivanhoe” have confirmed the opinion of most linguists regarding the benefits of the multi-component terms over the word terms. This phenomenon is due to the fact that such units, which have a large number of components, allow describing in more detail, describing the concept of a particular industry, in particular military affairs. Introducing such multicomponent terms is absolutely justified in fiction texts, because the author must take into account the fact that the reader of his work may not only be a person who has special military training, but also be a representative of another profession, or the reader does not have any specialty, education, etc. This can complicate the reader’s understanding of the work, so the true artist takes on such multicomponent terms in his text to create the most vivid and understandable image.
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Hobbs, Francis. "The Inventor—Investor Conundrum." Industry and Higher Education 20, no. 6 (December 2006): 381–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000006779882940.
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The complexities of developing a business based on a novel product may appear insurmountable. Stereotypical convention suggests that there are two major players: polarized inventors and ‘greedy’ investors. Surely there is a way of aligning the inventor–investor relationship into something positive for both parties? In this paper Francis Hobbs explores how both inventor and investor can be incentivized in a virtuous circle through the creation of a formal link between an ‘IP holding’ (inventor) company and an ‘exploitation’ (investor) company which is then free to commercialize the idea as it sees fit. With grant funding provided by the government and channelled through the exploitation company, the investor maintains cherished commercial freedom while the inventor benefits not only from paid contract employment to develop his or her own idea in the short term but royalties and, perhaps, exploitation company equity rewards in the longer term when product sales commence.
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Allen, B. J., Deepa Chandrasekaran, and Suman Basuroy. "Design Crowdsourcing: The Impact on New Product Performance of Sourcing Design Solutions from the “Crowd”." Journal of Marketing 82, no. 2 (March 2018): 106–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jm.15.0481.
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The authors examine an increasingly popular open innovation practice, “design crowdsourcing,” wherein firms seek external inputs in the form of functional design solutions for new product development from the “crowd.” They investigate conditions under which managers crowdsource design and determine whether such decisions subsequently boost product sales. The empirical analysis is guided by qualitative insights gathered from executive interviews. The authors use a novel data set from a pioneering crowdsourcing firm and find that three concept design characteristics—perceived usability, reliability, and technical complexity—are associated with the decision to crowdsource design. They use an instrumental variable method accounting for the endogenous nature of crowdsourcing decisions to understand when such a decision affects downstream sales. The authors find that design crowdsourcing is positively related to unit sales and that this effect is moderated by the idea quality of the initial product concept. Using a change-score analysis of consumer ratings, they find that design crowdsourcing enhances perceived reliability and usability. They discuss the strategic implications of involving the crowd, beyond ideation, in helping transform ideas into effective products.
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Domanskii, Yurii V. "ON THE ISSUE OF THE “ROCK POETRY WORD” IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN NOVEL. THE WORLD OF BORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV IN THE WORLD OF “DREAMS SWIMMER” BY LEV NAUMOV." RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" Series, no. 8 (2021): 96–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2021-8-96-111.
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The article deals with references to the work of Boris Grebenshchikov in the “Dreams Swimmer” by Lev Naumov “The swimmer of dreams” (2021). The common denominator of the system of these references is the aesthetic character of the hero’s understanding of himself in the world and the world in relation to himself, which, if not directly leads the hero to the idea of his own chosenness, then at least is a symptom of the emergence of this idea. As a result, the system of references to the songs of “Aquarium” in Naumov’s novel makes it possible to interpret the character’s worldview as a worldview based on the aesthetic concept of understanding reality. The example of the appeal of a modern Russian novel to the “word of rock” considered in the article allows us to make sure that such an inclusion contributes to the disclosure of the specifics of the character’s worldview, and the analysis of this appeal brings one closer to a deeper understanding of the text.
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Kumar, Nishant, Ali Yakhlef, and Fredrik Nordin. "Validation of organizational innovation as a creative learning process." Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 34, no. 3 (April 1, 2019): 643–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jbim-02-2017-0026.
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Purpose Previous studies on innovation tend to view innovation as consisting of a creative phase of novel and useful ideas, and a non-creative, or at least a less creative phase, as this considered to be the mere implementation and validation of the initially created ideas. In contrast, this paper aims to stress on the significance of the process of validating a new idea as being a creative, learning, exploratory process that shapes the degree of novelty of the innovation as a whole. Design/methodology/approach In driving this argument, this study deductively builds on a theoretical pre-understanding derived from extant literature related to management innovation and organizational legitimacy, and inductively draws on information gleaned from three in-depth case studies. Findings The study shows that the validation phase in the innovation process is a creative process, rather than just being a set of activities that relate to the mere execution of the created ideas. Viewing the validation process as an exploratory search for new knowledge, this study establishes a relationship between the form of knowledge mobilized, vertically within an organization or horizontally from outside, and the form of legitimation required. Validation based on internally generated knowledge is effective in terms of achieving pragmatic (efficiency-driven) objectives. Inter-organizational knowledge inflows are associated with cognitive legitimacy – a form of legitimacy that leads to changes in the stakeholders’ beliefs about a the product. In contradistinction, horizontal, socio–cultural inflows of knowledge are likely to improve on the product itself, thereby generating more traction for validation. Research limitations/implications This research is based on data collected from three firms only. Practical implications The idea developed here can provide business organizations a better understanding of the validation process of management innovations. This study suggests that successful innovation often requires managers to be prepared to seek knowledge beyond the confines of their own organizations. Originality/value This study contributes in three ways: it submits that there is a dynamic interplay between the moments of creation and validation, which is largely shaped by the novelty of the mobilized knowledge, depending on whether it is internal top–down or external horizontal; relatedly, the effectiveness of validation is shaped by the novelty of the knowledge garnered to justify the initial ideas; and the present paper has extended Suchman’s (1995) framework by linking the effectiveness of the various forms of legitimacy to the source of knowledge mobilized in the validation process.
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Ramzan, M., M. S. Farooq, A. Zamir, W. Akhtar, M. Ilyas, and H. U. Khan. "An Analysis of Issues for Adoption of Cloud Computing in Telecom Industries." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 8, no. 4 (August 18, 2018): 3157–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.48084/etasr.2101.
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In the modern era companies seek the use of modern technologies in order to upgrade their infrastructure and enhance their business growth. The use of business intelligence, data science and cloud computing (CC) has become an integral part of business. Different factors play important role in the adoption of cloud services. An organization willing to adopt cloud services should consider them. This paper explores the factors and addresses the issues in implementing and deploying CC in telecom companies. In addition, this study also shares the benefits of utilizing CC which is a novel technical pattern which can change the use of different associations of information technology as a service. CC concentrates on the idea of definition, security problems, service models and infrastructures of its development. The important point is to analyze how this paradigm should be adopted in telecom industries and its results. This research study presents a comparative analysis of adaptation of CC by various telecom industries. The results identify certain limitations which also play their role for adaptation of CC in telecom companies.
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Starkey, Kenneth, Sue Tempest, and Silvia Cinque. "Management education and the theatre of the absurd." Management Learning 50, no. 5 (October 22, 2019): 591–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350507619875894.
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In this article, we recommend the drama of theatre of the absurd as a novel space for critically reflecting upon management and management education as shaped by the forces of emotion, irrationality and conformism rather than reason. We discuss the theatre of the absurd as uniquely relevant to understanding our troubled times. We present a brief overview of the history of business schools and management education. We apply the idea of absurdity to the world of business schools and management education, focusing on the work of one of the theatre of the absurd’s leading proponents, Eugène Ionesco. We emphasise the importance of fiction and fantasy as key aspects of organisation and education. We contribute to debates about management education by reflecting on possible futures for management education and the business school, embracing the humanities as a core disciplinary focus. We suggest that this will help rebalance management education, retaining the best of the existing curriculum, while re-situating the study of management in its broader historical and philosophical nexus.
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Edom, Eunice Uchechi (PhD, CLN, AWLIN), and Christiana C. (CLN, AWLIN) Ihim. "Future Perspectives on Entrepreneurship in Library and Information Science Profession and Associated Constraints." Advances in Multidisciplinary and scientific Research Journal Publication 10, no. 1 (March 30, 2022): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.22624/aims/humanities/v10n2p2a.
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There has been a clarion call for people to diversify their interest and acquire skills that can make them fit in properly in the present economic condition under which the country finds itself. Tertiary institutions have also been advised by education planners to introduce entrepreneurship courses in every discipline to prepare prospective grandaunts with the skills they need to be self-reliant upon graduation. However this novel idea is not working in most professions. This paper examines the constraints of entrepreneurship development in library and information sciences profession. It x-rays the concept entrepreneurship, types, Professionalism in jobs and duties of library and information science professionals. Impediments to entrepreneurial or business success in the world, strategies for preventing constraints of entrepreneurship. The paper concludes by recommending the way forward for future entrepreneurs who will emerge from library and information science profession. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Library, Information Science, Profession, Business, Constraints
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L., J. F. "PROFESSORS' PAY IN CHINA." Pediatrics 84, no. 3 (September 1, 1989): A86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.84.3.a86a.
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Beijing, April 7—The director of a research institute here made a novel proposal the other day: he suggested that full professors receive the same salary as waitresses at the nearby Shangri-La Hotel. There is little chance that the Government will approve the proposal, which would involve huge pay increases for the professors. But his idea underscores the humble circumstances of teachers in China, contributing to what is widely perceived today as a crisis in education. A professor in China averages $39.50 a month, a bit less than the average for employees in Chinese business enterprises, and much less than taxi drivers or waitresses at international hotels.
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Clim, Antonio, and Răzvan Daniel Zota. "Game theory in designing mHealth apps for monitoring hypertension." Management & Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society 14, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 220–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2019-0015.
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Abstract The Game Theory model provides revolutionary grounds for tackling problems in an optimal manner by considering various constraints and conditions. This research paper proposes a novel idea of monitoring, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension using game theory model using systematic review methodology. The theoretical framework for designing software called Hypertension Management System (HMS) is proposed using underlying principles of game theory by considering patients and doctors as players. The system is installed in the smartphones of players and its functioning follows the hierarchy of Big Data mining and extraction. The theoretical framework of HMS starts from data sensing through physical sensors, proceeds along layers for data processing and reduction, and finally arrives at the decision-making step to assist doctors in the treatment of disease. This novel system will reduce the mortality due to chronic diseases like hypertension by enabling game patients and doctors to deal with its symptoms in a timely manner according to feedback from previous data.
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Afraz, Nima, Frank Slyne, Harleen Gill, and Marco Ruffini. "Evolution of Access Network Sharing and Its Role in 5G Networks." Applied Sciences 9, no. 21 (October 28, 2019): 4566. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app9214566.
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This paper details the evolution of access network sharing models from legacy DSL to the most recent fibre-based technology and the main challenges faced from technical and business perspectives. We first give an overview of existing access sharing models, that span physical local loop unbundling and virtual unbundled local access. We then describe different types of optical access technologies and highlight how they support network sharing. Next, we examine how the concept of SDN and network virtualization has been pivotal in enabling the idea of “true multi-tenancy”, through the use of programmability, flexible architecture and resource isolation. We give examples of recent developments of cloud central office and OLT virtualization. Finally, we provide an insight into the role that novel business models, such as blockchain and smart contract technology, could play in 5G networks. We discuss how these might evolve, to provide flexibility and dynamic operations that are needed in the data and control planes.
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Hirunyawipada, Tanawat, Audhesh K. Paswan, and Charles Blankson. "Toward the development of new product ideas: asymmetric effects of team cohesion on new product ideation." Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 30, no. 7 (August 3, 2015): 855–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jbim-02-2014-0042.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate asymmetric effects of team cohesion and team members’ relational qualification on the creativity of new product ideas. Design/methodology/approach – Structural equation modeling was conducted on survey data collected from 195 new product development practitioners in various US high-technology industries. Findings – The study suggests that creative and potentially successful product ideas include three dimensions – usefulness for customers, and novelty for customers and usefulness for the firms (i.e. enhancement efficiency and effectiveness of companies’ new product development process). By focusing on a relational aspect of new product development teams, the study shows that team task cohesion mediates the relationship between the antecedents (team members’ organizational commitment and social competency) and the three outcome dimensions of a successful product idea (novelty, usefulness to customers and usefulness to the firm). The team members’ interpersonal relationship has no positive association with task cohesion and the desirable qualifications of product ideas. Research limitations/implications – An ideation team’s socially competent members who identify with their organization are likely to be attracted to a given task. This task cohesion, in turn, enhances the creativeness of the development of product ideas. Practical implications – To generate fruitful product ideas using a team approach, companies should make sure that their new product ideation teams achieve a sense of mutual commitment to the given ideation tasks, develop a feeling of belongingness and ownership toward the firms and include members who have good social and interpersonal skills. However, the possession of strong social cohesion is not essential for the teams. Originality/value – This study provides novel insights concerning the relational aspect of product development teams assigned to the initiation phase (front end) of a new product development process.
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Stout, Lynn A. "On the Nature of Corporations." Deakin Law Review 9, no. 2 (November 1, 2004): 775–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/dlr2004vol9no2art263.
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Legal experts traditionally distinguish corporations from unincorporated business forms by focusing on such corporate characteristics as limited shareholder liability, centralised management, perpetual life, and freely transferred shares. While this approach has value, this essay argues that the nature of the corporation can be better understood by focusing on a fifth, often-overlooked, characteristic of corporations: their capacity to “lock in” equity investors’ initial capital contributions by making it far more difficult for those investors to subsequently withdraw assets from the firm. Like a tar pit, a corporation is much easier for equity investors to get into, than to get out of. An emerging school of theorists has begun to explore the implications of this idea for corporate law and practice. The idea is still novel enough to lack a uniformly- accepted label—in addition to the phrase “capital lock-in,” scholars have described this aspect of incorporation as “affirmative asset partitioning,” “the absence of a repurchase condition,” and “asset separation from shareholders.” Whatever label one chooses, the idea shows great promise for illuminating a variety of thorny problems that have long troubled corporate scholars and practitioners. In illustration, this essay considers how the idea of capital lock-in sheds light on three corporate mysteries in the United States: the sui generis nature of corporate directors’ fiduciary duties; the rise of the large modern service partnership; and lawmakers’ enthusiasm for meddling with corporate governance rules.
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Smith, Robert. "Of bad-seed, black-sheep and prodigal-sons." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 22, no. 1 (March 7, 2016): 39–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-04-2014-0059.
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Purpose – In small-business-communities trust is important inter/intra family particularly in relation to familial dynamics. Seldom is mistrust or distrust examined in an academic context. In business families “Black-Sheep” often rebel against familial expectations by engaging in criminal activity. This is important because entrepreneurs are eulogised by society and as an institution, family business is venerated. The very idea that small business owners would knowingly engage in crime is anathema. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Using retrospective ethnography and immersion techniques this quasi-longitudinal study of (dis)organized crime in a small-business-community (SBC) starts the bridging process. Findings – There is an assumption that business crime is best accommodated under the rubric of white-collar-criminality typically regarded as an excusable middle-class crime compared to organized working-class crime. By focusing on the black-sheep of business families collectively this work illustrates how there may be a stronger link between organized-crime-groups and the local-business-community than previously assumed because a small minority of businessmen engage in the commission of ordinary crime by choice. Research/limitations/implications – The methodology used is a limitation as is replicating it in other small-business-communities. Practical/implications – This study provides an alternative heuristic through which to understand the application black-sheep-thesis in business settings. The knowledge developed has practical implications for the investigation of crime in such communities and for researchers in the field. Social/implications – This study extends knowledge of white-collar-criminality within the business domain. Originality/value – This is an original and novel study which extends our knowledge and understanding of trust based issues in business settings and the SBC.
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Fulbright, Ron. "Innovation assurance using BACUP and Jobs Theory." International Journal of Innovation Science 9, no. 1 (March 6, 2017): 38–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijis-11-2016-0052.
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Purpose Companies and organizations use various innovation governance structures, processes and metrics to make decisions about allocation of resources to the development of an innovative idea. Although many metrics measuring the process of innovation and the performance of the enterprise have been developed, a fundamentally solid and complete metric speaking to the quality and viability of the innovative idea itself is lacking. The business, applied innovation, creativity, unmet user needs and problem-solving (BACUP) model of innovation quality is proposed as such a metric based on viewing innovation from the five different viewpoints mentioned in its definition. BACUP is shown to facilitate discussion and analysis in innovation theory and is proposed as a tool allowing any innovation governance structure to achieve innovation assurance by mitigating risk and uncertainty and maximizing an innovation’s chance for success. Design/methodology/approach The BACUP framework was inspired by researching definitions of innovation and coming upon a survey in which different definitions were obtained from several different roles in companies and organizations. To use BACUP as a metric, the author and research assistants made qualitative judgments about innovations. Several judgments were obtained independently and consensus was plotted on the BACUP graphs. Findings BACUP can be used to illustrate and discuss major concepts in innovation theory. BACUP can be used to compare the relative viability of different innovative ideas. BACUP can be used to detect vulnerabilities in innovative ideas and provide information to innovation management and governance so that corrective measures can be taken. BACUP can be extended by other researchers and practitioners. Research limitations/implications In its current form, BACUP is not a quantitative tool; however, the authors envision other researchers applying existing quantitative tools and incorporating them into the BACUP framework. Practical implications BACUP is an innovative idea quality metric employable in any existing innovation management/governance structure or methodology. BACUP also gives practitioners a way to engineer innovative ideas into successful innovations. Social implications BACUP can lead to predictable and repeatable improved innovation outcomes, resulting in superior solutions to problems in all domains. Originality/value The BACUP framework is a novel, multi-dimensional view of innovation. Application of BACUP as a metric yields a new type of capability for innovation governance called innovation assurance.
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Kurovs, Jevgenijs, and Tadeusz Waściński. "The Concept of Social Responsibility in the Business Model of a Company." Foundations of Management 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 189–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/fman-2016-0015.
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Abstract The article presents a research topic focused on the issues relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is a component of company’s business model. The fact that it is a relatively novel trend in the scope of economics inspired us to raise the aforementioned problem of social responsibility in business, since that area of study is still subject to systematization. The existing interpretation of the concept mainly refers to the questions connected with the commercial sector. CSR is said to be an idea, thanks to which enterprises freely take into account the need for social environmental protection and also relations with various groups of stakeholders at the stage of developing their strategy. Therefore, there is a demand for new scientific studies in that scope. Considering the methodological premises of the article, the author carried out an analysis and evaluation of heating companies in Poland and in Latvia between 2002 and 2014. The analysis was conducted in a dynamic perspective with the use of statistical and econometric tools in order to verify the research hypothesis and achieve the purpose of the thesis. It should be highlighted that a survey questionnaire was the main source of the research data. The study covers 212 out of 445 enterprises operating in the heating sector in Poland and 26 out of 45 operating in Latvia.
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Lee, Chih-Jen, and Stanley Y. B. Huang. "Can ethical leadership hinder sales performance? A limited resource perspective of job embeddedness." Chinese Management Studies 13, no. 4 (November 4, 2019): 985–1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-05-2018-0517.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to borrow from a limited resource view of job embeddedness to argue that ethical leadership can hurt salespeople’s growth of sales performance by a latent growth model. Design/methodology/approach This work surveyed 825 salespeople in Greater China at three points over six months to test the latent growth model. Findings The findings reveal that as salespeople perceive more ethical leadership at the initial point, they may show more increases in job embeddedness behavior development that lead to decreases in social capital and human capital behavior development, which consequently decreases sales performance over time. Originality/value These findings unearth a novel idea that ethical leadership may erode growth of sales performance over time.
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Khurana, Karan. "An overview of textile and apparel business advances in Ethiopia." Research Journal of Textile and Apparel 22, no. 3 (September 10, 2018): 212–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rjta-01-2018-0003.
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Purpose One of the oldest civilizations of Africa, Ethiopia is today at the advent of industrialization in various business sectors. Agriculture being a primary source of income (50 per cent of the GDP) is now transforming into more dynamic and new sectors. Textile and apparel is one of the sectors that has received a lot of attention from the government and the objective is to become sourcing destinations of the world. The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of the current advances to the stakeholders, academia and industry from concept to the consumer. The aim of the paper is to present a transition of advances made in textile and apparel business that the country has made in the past decade and also to examine the potential of the consumer for this country. The consumer in the country is young and brings a lot of novel opportunities for textile and apparel industry. Design/methodology/approach This analysis is an empirical journey of the author’s research in academia and textile and apparel industry in Ethiopia. Findings This paper establishes a connection between the stakeholders, academia, industry and beneficiaries of this business so that it could become a guideline for future business investors. It also highlights the problems within this sector and provides a clear idea for domestic companies to compete with global competitors in terms of upcoming future business trends. Originality/value Presently, in the atmosphere of fashion and textiles, there is air about Ethiopia being the next manufacturing hub of the world in Africa. However, no academic literature is available which summarizes the opportunities and tasks in this industry, and this paper caters to the need of the hour.
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Frizelle, Gerry, and Ivian Casali. "Novel measures for emission reduction in supply chains." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 63, no. 4 (April 8, 2014): 406–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-03-2013-0045.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at how novel measures of supply chain performance can be used to identify unnecessary waste in terms of under-loaded vehicles and extended delivery times, along with their causes. In particular it focuses on problems that can be tackled without the need for capital expenditure. The measures go under the collective name of “turbulence”. This represents the chain deviating from its goals. Quantifying unnecessary waste then allows unnecessary carbon emissions to be estimated while pointing to what changes will have the biggest impact. The measures have been used by three companies and some early results are provided. Design/methodology/approach – The approach was first to use evidence from the literature to show the value of having a new measure. Next the creation of one specific new measure, called relative turbulence, a relative measure for the more general concept of turbulence. Third testing it in the field with data from companies. Then showing how carbon emissions can be derived. Findings – The first finding is that the analysis can pinpoint sources of unnecessary emissions. Second the results suggest excessive emissions arise both though poor planning and poor practice. Third that there is a need for two models – from the users’ viewpoint and the carriers’ viewpoint. Finally the approach can be used with field data that is currently available, thus avoiding expensive one-off studies. Research limitations/implications – The main research implication is that entropic measures are useful and can provide fresh insights. Being generic they may be applicable in other contexts. However, they can be mathematically tricky to use. Practical implications – The analysis has been tested in companies and findings are included in the paper. They provide an insight that is not available solely from current measures. Businesses cannot only measure emissions but start to pinpoint causes. Originality/value – The main areas of original contributions are in the introduction of a new measure, based on entropic principles, particularly the one called relative turbulence. The second is juxtaposing this measure with standard measures to gain new insights. Finally the idea that supply networks can be built from, what is called the irreducible chain.
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BRUNSWICKER, SABINE, and ULRICH HUTSCHEK. "CROSSING HORIZONS: LEVERAGING CROSS-INDUSTRY INNOVATION SEARCH IN THE FRONT-END OF THE INNOVATION PROCESS." International Journal of Innovation Management 14, no. 04 (August 2010): 683–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919610002829.
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"Open innovation" and "external search" for new ideas are central topics in the recent discourse in innovation research. External search helps firms to identify new opportunities for innovation and alleviates the risks of local search. It is widely acknowledged that novel ideas regularly emerge from the combination of distant pieces of knowledge and interaction with "idea suppliers" from distant knowledge domains. However, the current discussion on open innovation has hardly touched upon the question of how firms can systematically search for cross-industry innovation inputs in the fuzzy front-end of the innovation process. This paper links relevant concepts of cognitive psychology and management theory — such as analogical problem solving and the principle of isomorphism — with open innovation in the front-end. It discusses relevant dimensions of systematic search for innovation across industries. A piloted framework is presented that assists firms in systematically and interactively searching for external innovation inputs in distant industries. This framework supports external innovation search in distant industries for a fuzzy customer problem. The results of this participatory action research indicate that a systematic and interactive search process is of practical value to innovation managers. It also points out contingencies of cross-industry innovation search.
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Ashta, Ashok. "Postulation of India-Japan Vedic-Buddhist cross-cultural management cluster: conceptualizing a spiritual philosophy-based explanation for emerging theory." Management Research Review 44, no. 7 (January 20, 2021): 1029–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-06-2020-0345.
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Purpose Though there is emerging research that induces a postulation for a Vedic–Buddhist (V–B) cultural cluster, good theory development requires not only generalizability but also strong explanation. This paper aims to address the explanation gap to strengthen emerging theory development. Design/methodology/approach Religion-derived spiritual philosophy travel is traced from historical origins in India to contemporary Japanese management practice and its underpinning values. Findings The enhanced explanation developed in this paper finds a clear trace of spiritual values with roots in India surfacing in contemporary Japanese management as identified in extant cross-cultural management (CCM) literature. Research limitations/implications This paper offers important explanation to strengthen emerging theory on the novel idea of a V–B CCM cluster. Practical implications The strengthening of explanation for emerging theory adds to the case for modification of the traditional CCM meta-narrative that has positioned India and Japan in separate cultural clusters. Social implications Strengthening the postulation of a V–B cultural cluster potentially lubricates foreign investment from Japan to India contributing to achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal no. 17 that pertains to international partnerships. Additionally, the findings raise questions for public policymakers who in modern times occlude religion from the public sphere. Originality/value This paper offers novel explanatory perspectives for emerging CCM theory, potentially expanding the spiritual philosophy avenue of management research.
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Ng, Desmond, Harvey S. James Jr, and Peter G. Klein. "Keeping it in the family: a socio-cognitive approach to the prioritization of family goals." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 27, no. 3 (May 18, 2020): 471–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-07-2019-0257.
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PurposeAs the prioritization of family goals depends on the resolution of family conflict, this study's purpose is to explain how a dominant coalition (DC) of parental family members prioritizes their family economic and non-economic goals when faced with different types of family conflict.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework is developed drawing on a socio-cognitive approach to explain a family's goal formation process. This socio-cognitive approach extends the stakeholder salience underpinnings of family influence/essence theory. It shows that family conflict arises from the complex and novel social settings of a family business and that a DC prioritizes their family's goals by drawing on heuristic biases to resolve such family conflict.FindingsA key finding of this study is the introduction of a distinct type of agency to family influence/essence research. Unlike the salient explanations, a family's goal formulation process is attributed to a DC's heuristic response in resolving their family business conflict.Originality/valueScholars have called for a greater need to investigate the social and cognitive underpinnings of a family's goal formation process. While the social settings of a family business are often explained in terms of family conflict, an understanding of the sources of such conflict and their resolution have received limited attention. This study opens new avenues to understanding the sources of such family conflict and the cognitive mechanisms needed to overcome them. This understanding is critical not only to the prioritization of a family's goals but also to the idea that “influence” defines the essence of a family business.
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Johnson, Brittany J., Dorota Zarnowiecki, Claire L. Hutchinson, and Rebecca K. Golley. "Stakeholder Generated Ideas for Alternative School Food Provision Models in Australia Using the Nominal Group Technique." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21 (October 29, 2020): 7935. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217935.
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Good nutrition is important for children’s learning, growth, and development, yet food intake during school hours does not align with recommendations. In Australia, most school children currently bring a packed lunch from home, but what if there was a different way? This project aimed to engage a diverse range of stakeholders to (1) generate, refine and prioritize ideas for novel models of food provision to Australian children within school hours, and (2) to determine and rank the potential barriers and facilitators to changing the school food provision system. This study used nominal group technique virtual workshops—three idea generation workshops (n = 21 participants) and one consensus workshop (n = 11 participants). School lunch prepared onsite was the top ranked food provision model option based on impact and achievability. Potential barriers (n = 26) and facilitators (n = 28) to changing the school food system were generated. The top ranked barrier and facilitator related to government support. This study highlights that there is an opportunity to explore partnerships and utilize existing skills and infrastructure to introduce a universal school-provided lunch model in Australia. The next steps should focus on building the business case capturing the social value of investing in school lunches, including considering parent-paid and subsidized options.
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Cochoy, Franck. "Open-display and the ‘re-agencing’ of the American economy: Lessons from a ‘pico-geography’ of grocery stores in the USA, 1922–1932." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 52, no. 1 (March 20, 2018): 148–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518x18763165.
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This paper aims to describe marketization processes in terms of ‘market agencing’. The agencing framework is presented through the study of the Progressive Grocer, a trade magazine that presented new ideas about the grocery business and proposed novel ‘agencements’ for American grocery stores in the early 1920s. The case shows that agencing consists of combining the agency of grocers and market devices to shape a different retail environment; that is, a new ‘agencement’ as a situated and flexible combination of market equipment and managerial logics. The paper shows how the introduction of ‘open display’ – that is, providing a better visual access to the goods while preserving service – introduced new furniture and ideas, and thus eased the transition from counter service to self-service. The first section presents the agencing framework, the empirical source, The Progressive Grocer, and the method used to analyse it. This method is labelled ‘pico-geography’. The idea is to conduct analysis on an even smaller scale than micro-geography by focusing on spatial reconfigurations that occur at the indoor and store level. The second section presents the concept of the open display and describes how it contributed to ‘re-agence’ the grocery equipment, workforce and even consumers. The third section puts this journey into perspective, revealing that, though promoted by The Progressive Grocer, it was also part of a larger reconfiguration involving several other actors. The conclusion stresses the empirical, methodological and theoretical contribution of the paper.
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Nur Hasnida Abdul Rahman and Mohd Zaidi Md Zabri. "Why the “One-Size-Fits-All” Subsidy Structure of Tabung Haji No Longer Works and How to Move Forward." ICR Journal 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 98–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.52282/icr.v12i1.827.
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The original, novel idea behind Tabung Haji’s establishment is to help Malaysian-Muslims to save for hajj. However, over the years, the subsidy amount for hajj pilgrims is ever-increasing. A case in point, for the 2020 hajj season, a first-time hajj pilgrim needs only to pay RM9980 out of RM22,900 of the original costs. Stated differently, Tabung Haji subsidizes almost half (43.58%) of the total costs. As with any subsidy, the main question is, where do we find the money? Ironically, Tabung Haji is a business entity that needs to generate profit. Consequently, this paper aims to examine the sustainability or lack thereof of the existing subsidy structure and suggest the way forward. Due to its politically sensitive nature, instead of eliminating subsidy, the authors used the Household and Basic Amenities Survey 2019 data to simulate a regressive subsidy structure for first-time hajj pilgrims mathematically.
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Boumahdi, Fatima, and Rachid Chalal. "SOAda." International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering 4, no. 2 (April 2014): 13–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijssoe.2014040102.
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For the last few years, a rise has been observed in research activity in Service Oriented Architectures, with applications in different sectors. Several new technologies have been introduced and even more are being currently researched and aimed to the future. To meet the goals of a successful SOA implementation, enterprises need to reconsider how they provision decision aspect. This paper puts forward one novel idea and architecture about how enterprises move to a new SOA which leverages with decision aspect. In this paper, the authors describe an extended Service-Oriented Architecture - SOAda for supporting a decision aspect. The authors also present our DMS meta-model (Decisional Model of the Service) to define a new set of concepts necessary for modeling the three levels: business, information and decision. Some of them are already known, whereas others are new and are proposed as an element of this work.
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Yakoob, S. K., and V. Krishna Reddy. "Efficient Identity-Based Multi-Cloud Security Access Control in Distributed Environments." International Journal of e-Collaboration 19, no. 3 (January 27, 2023): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijec.316771.
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Distributed computing is a forceful idea in disseminated registering which depicts versatile information to the executives for a minimal price dependent on client interest to various business associations. Because of multi-cloud identity-based encryption over distributed environment, in this document, the authors present and implement a novel identity-based multi-cloud security access control approach (NIMSACPA) for efficient security in multi data security and privacy based on three basic parametric concepts: 1) open minded security between autonomous user privacy using Byzantine protocol, 2) to classify the security privileges with respect to multi-cloud data sharing is described using DepSky Architecture, and 3) for identity-based information distribution between diverse users in CC described using Shamir secret key sharing procedure. This execution gives better and critical execution as far as data stockpiling and information investigation contrast and existing cryptographic techniques alongside practical multi-cloud information.
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Zhang, Xiaoping, Yanhui Li, Meixiu Li, Heng Zheng, Qiuju Du, Hong Li, Yuqi Wang, et al. "Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution using high performance calcium alginate/activated carbon membrane." International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology 32, no. 3 (November 13, 2019): 307–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijcst-03-2019-0044.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to purify the wastewater in the garment industry. Design/methodology/approach The preparation of the calcium alginate (CA)/activated carbon (AC) composite membrane was achieved by vacuum freeze-drying and the cross-linking reaction between sodium alginate and CaCl2. Effective parameters in the methylene blue (MB) adsorption such as temperature, dose, contact time and pH were discussed. The adsorption properties of the composite membrane were investigated by isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamic analysis. The adsorption equilibrium data were described by the adsorption isotherm Langmuir model and the Freundlich model. The pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and intra-particle diffusion equations were selected to evaluate the kinetics. The thermodynamic study described that the adsorption reaction was spontaneous and exothermic. Findings The AC/CA membrane is an efficient and powerful adsorbent to remove MB in printing and dyeing wastewater, and provides a new idea for the selection of adsorption materials for industrial printing and dyeing wastewater. Practical implications The composite membrane research on CA and AC can provide new ideas for the research of these kinds of materials. Social implications The paper contributes to its wider and convenientapplication in wastewater treatment. Originality/value Studies on the combination of CA and AC into adsorption membranes and for the removal of dyes from printing and dyeing wastewater have not been reported. A novel composite material is provided for treatment dyeing wastewater in garment production. The composite membrane research on CA and AC can provide new ideas for the research of these kinds of materials and contribute to its wider and convenient application in wastewater treatment.