Dissertations / Theses: 'Organizational ecosystems'

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Husman, Ingo. "The impact of organizational identity on resource integration in B2B service ecosystems." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2018. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/5710/.

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Purpose – Project business represents a large part of the business-to-business sector. The qualitative and quantitative scope of many project networks requires that several supplier firms participate in their development and delivery. Consequently, such project networks are characterized by a great heterogeneity with respect to the participating firms building a service ecosystem. This raises the question of how resource integration for value co-creation can be shaped successfully for all partners, not least because many projects are characterized by sometimes dramatic failures with respect to costs, duration, and scope. Specifically, the different organizational identities provide institutional frames of reference to the resource-integrating actors. As the organizational identities are typically not harmonious with each other, at least partial misalignments of the institutional arrangements that shape the resource integration processes may emerge, leading to imperfect value co-creation or even value co-destruction. The purpose of this thesis is to conceptualize and to empirically investigate the impact of organizational identity as an institutional context on resource integration in B2B service ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach – The thesis makes use of interpretive phenomenology in conjunction with a qualitative case study approach to access the lived experience of actors of different professional service firms who have experienced changes in resource integration into a single B2B service ecosystem. Findings – A conceptualization of organizational identity as institutional context for resource integration is developed and empirically investigated. The findings show a strong impact on the firms’ organizational identities and the actors’ resource integration experience and evaluation. Moreover, it is also very likely that if unmanaged, an at least partial misalignment of the institutional arrangements of multi-organizational B2B service ecosystems would represent a normal and also stable condition.

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Hausmann, Robert C. "Organizing Ecosystems for Social Innovation| The Relationality of Contexts and Mechanisms in a Social Entrepreneurship Network." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3673046.

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Social enterprises have been emerging to support the growing need to address social challenges in society. However, it is not clear how social entrepreneurs create large-scale change. This research examines the emergence of a new organizing approach, social entrepreneurship networks (SEN), for enacting social innovation.

The premise is individual social enterprises may be limited in their ability to scale, while a network of social enterprises can create greater opportunities for impact. The problem is researchers have tended to focus more on the entrepreneur's human attributes. However, social entrepreneurship networks require an understanding of the interaction between social actions and institutional conditions that support social value creation. This research addresses a gap in understanding the nature of this interaction and how these networks emerge to enable social entrepreneurs the means to harness the complexity to achieve their ends of social change.

This research found the emergence of a network of entrepreneurs over time, which created novel social patterns. These patterns co-evolved to enable a SEN. This new organizing form was studied through the requisite conditions and social mechanisms necessary to create and scale social value. The conditions included the constraints and influences imposed upon particular agents by course-grained social structures. The social mechanisms identified as fine-grained interactions included the sets of internal assumptions that specified how people would interact and connect with each other. These structures and interactions created a set of dynamical tensions that enabled the emergence and sustainment of the SEN.

It was concluded that fine-grained interactions are enabled through networks, which provide the social mechanisms needed to lower the probability of failure and increase the level interactions. In addition, course-grained structures are ratcheted—holding on to what works-- as a result of fine-grained interactions that enable knowledgeable actors to change the structures. Lastly, dynamical tensions create opportunities for hyper-emergence –a form of kick-starting—a social entrepreneurship network. Social entrepreneurship networks simulate collective impact, which holds the promise of sustainable social innovation.

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Floriano, Sergio. "Market challenges of incumbent telecom companies entering Internet-of-Things (IoT) ecosystems and organizational implications : A case study." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231849.

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The Internet-of-Things (IoT) brings machine-to-machine communication to a global scale together with new business scenarios and inter-relationships. If compared to previous communication technologies, IoT transforms the traditional value chain and creates a different business ecosystem. In this scenario, incumbent telecom companies are taking the role of technology enablers to enter the market. These companies are trying to find ways to generate new value propositions and to position themselves along the IoT-specific value chain. To do that, incumbents need to overcome a number of external and internal challenges. The purpose of this research is to investigate those challenges from the perspective of an incumbent telecom company via a case study carried out at Ericsson. This Thesis is built on the theoretical foundations of innovation management and business model innovation. The research behind is based on academic literature, opinions from industry experts, market analyses, and qualitative data collected from several interviews and online resources. The outcome from this study remarks some major external and internal challenges faced by incumbents. From the internal perspective, the challenges are related to enable the structures within the company to make possible the development of IoT as a radically new business area. On the external side, the main challenges shift from entering the market and position themselves in the new IoT value chain, to the development of unprecedented relationships, innovative value propositions and a new business paradigm. In order to do that, companies need to understand the unexplored IoT ecosystem, find needs and opportunities via partnerships and develop joint business models. This work provides specific data to complement the scarce literature around the topic of IoT business models and challenges for incumbent companies. It offers practical help to guide managers to understand the nascent IoT market, to define adoption strategies and to find their way through the emerging ecosystems.

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Hazzard-Robinson, Deborah D. "Social Network Theory in Inter-Organizational Alliances: An Exploratory Examination of Mobile Payments Engagement." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/bus_admin_diss/10.

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Fueled by ubiquitous access to mobile phones, and a massive population of nearly 3 billion unbanked people around the globe, mobile commerce is evolving as a disruptive technology. Simultaneously, mobile payments are surfacing as a killer application within the mobile commerce context (Hu et al. 2008). Undeniably, the proliferation of wireless mobile technology provides much-needed access to vital information, and financial services for disenfranchised, unbanked populations. In addition, technological innovations offer first-time opportunities for suppliers of goods and services in a market context to gain competitive advantages while enhancing their economic viability. According to Portio Research, the volume of mobile payments rose significantly from $68.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2009, with predictions of $633.4 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2014 (mobithinking.com 2012). Despite exponential growth in the number of mobile subscribers globally, and widespread adoption of mobile commerce, acceptance rates for mobile payment applications have lagged (Dahlberg et al. 2007, Ondrus et al 2009, Ondrus and Lyytinen 2011). Yet examinations of factors inhibiting the widespread acceptance of mobile payments are relatively sparse. Using Social Network theory, this research examines factors affecting engagement in mobile payments. The researcher posits that four primary elements influence mobile payment engagement: 1) the relationships between and amongst inter-organizational alliance members; 2) the prevailing regulatory environment; 3) the state of existing banking and technology infrastructures, and 4) an assessment of economic opportunity. The research outcomes from this exploratory examination led to the development of a comprehensive model for mobile payment engagement, and strongly suggest that ties between and amongst firms in inter-organizational alliances help ensure the success of mobile payment engagement. Support was found for the following suppositions: 1) similarities and relations (continuous ties) help establish a framework and understanding amongst alliance members as to each party’s goals and objectives; and 2) interactions and flows (discrete ties) between and amongst inter-organizational alliance members strengthen the overall ties between alliance members while solidifying a viable working relationship amongst the alliance members. This study employs a qualitative approach to obtain real world insight into the dynamism of the mobile payment arena. A model is then proposed to practically examine mobile payment engagement opportunities. From a theoretical perspective, the research contributes to the extant scholarly knowledgebase pertaining to engagement in mobile payments.

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Krasnokutska, Nataliia. "Key trends in modern management." Thesis, NTU "KhPI", 2017. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/34935.

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The study has shown the major trends that affect the creation and spread of new methods of management in the information society.The attained results prove the fact that precisely because of the efforts of managers companies can take their rightful place in the business environment, even at the low level of physical resources.

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Clay, Larry Clinton Jr. "Integrative Ecosystem Management: Designing Cities and Co-creating the Flourishing Ecosystem." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case162584034740029.

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Ladd, Dana Forrest. "Extending Two-Dimensional Knowledge Management System Theory with Organizational Activity Systems' Workflow Dynamics." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3305.

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Between 2005 and 2010 and across 48 countries, including the United States, an increasing positive correlation emerged between national intellectual capital and gross domestic product per capita. The problem remains organizations operating with increasingly complex knowledge networks often lose intellectual capital resulting from ineffective knowledge management practices. The purpose of this study was to provide management opportunities to reduce intellectual capital loss. The first research question addressed how an enhanced intelligent, complex, and adaptive system (ICAS) model could clarify management's understanding of organizational knowledge transfer. The second research question addressed how interdisciplinary theory could become more meaningfully infused to enhance management practices of the organization's knowledge ecosystem. The nature of this study was phenomenological to gain deeper understanding of individual experiences related to knowledge flow phenomena. Data were collected from a single historical research dataset containing 11 subject interviews and analyzed using Moustakas' heuristic framework. Original interviews were collected in 2012 during research within a military unit, included in this study based on theme alignment. Organizational, knowledge management, emergent systems, and cognition theories were synthesized to enhance understandings of emergent ICAS forces. Individuals create unique ICAS flow emergent force dynamics in relation to micro- and macro-meso sensemaking and sensegiving. Findings indicated individual knowledge work significantly shapes emergent ICAS flow dynamics. Collectively enhancing knowledge stewardship over time could foster positive social change by improving national welfare.

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Lescop, Elena. "Co-Evolution of Firms and Markets in Creation of New Organizational Architecture." Thesis, Evry-Val d'Essonne, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014EVRY0012/document.

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L'émergence et la propagation des technologies de communication à travers le monde ont facilité l'accélération du rythme de l'innovation dans une multitude de domaines. Avec un accès quasi-continu aux flux de l'information, la façon dont les humains vivent a changé, et avec elle ont évolué la structure et la fonction des entreprises, des marchés et de leurs composants. Dans cette thèse, nous explorons la co-évolution des entreprises et des marchés et analysons la création d'une nouvelle architecture organisationnelle qui résulte de cette co-évolution.Dans le chapitre 1, nous explorions les nombreuses branches de la littérature sur la théorie de la firme et la confrontons au phénomène de platformization des marchés au travers de l'étude d'eBay. Suite à l'analyse détaillée de cette étude de cas, le chapitre 1 conclut que le concept de l'entreprise a subi une métamorphose et que ses contours se redéfinissent aujourd'hui au-delà des définitions traditionnelles et contemporaines de l'entreprise. Pour résoudre ce problème, nus proposons la notion d'équivalence firme / marché. Ce concept sera ensuite utilisé dans les trois autres chapitres de la thèse.Quand les économistes voient une défaillance de marché, les entrepreneurs voient une opportunité d'affaire. Les entreprises d'aujourd'hui sont un entrelacement complexe d'interactions qui répondent aux défaillances du marché. Dans ce chapitre 2, nous expliquons comment les entreprises adressent ces opportunités de marchés grâce à des stratégies d'intermédiation passant par la création de plates-formes. Non seulement les entreprises facilitent l'activité du marché en fournissant aux autres participants des ressources de base, mais elles prennent également un rôle de premier plan dans la régulation de l'ensemble des activités économiques ainsi générées. L'objectif du chapitre 2 est d'explorer le phénomène de la double fonction de l'entreprise (création de marchés et soutien du marché) grâce à la notion d'équivalence firme / marché. Nous expliquons le rôle des entreprises qui choisissent de se positionner comme intermédiaire et qui prennent à leur charge la construction, le fonctionnement et le support de la plate-forme. Dans la littérature, ces entreprises sont appelées entreprises centrales, keystones, catalyseurs, ou tout simplement plates-formes. Ces entreprises sont capables d'attirer à elles une multitude de partenaires qui forment ce qu'une partie de la littérature appelle des écosystèmes d'affaires.Le chapitre 3 propose un regard différent sur la stratégie de création d'une plate-forme. Alors que dans le chapitre 2 nous nous sommes concentrés sur les entreprises qui créent et soutiennent les plates-formes, dans ce troisième chapitre, nous examinons de plus près les autres participants. Nous abordons ces participants comme des entreprises-satellites en raison de leur tendance à graviter vers les créateurs et les opérateurs de plate-forme. Nous étudions le rôle de ces entreprises-satellites dans les écosystèmes à base de plate-forme et observons que certaines entreprises-satellites peuvent potentiellement faire peser des menaces sur les détenteurs de plate-forme. Nous discutons ensuite les questions des clusters et du multi-homing, ainsi que la façon dont ces phénomènes affectent les entreprises centrales et leurs écosystèmes d'affaires. Nous concluons que ces comportements sont une source de pression concurrentielle entre les détenteurs de plateforme. Le chapitre 4 traite de la dynamique de l'équivalence entreprise / marché. Idéalement, l'équivalence entreprise / marché présente deux dimensions : l'innovation et le développement commercial. Dans ce modèle, la plate-forme est un artefact socio-technique central qui soutient les stratégies d'ouverture par rapport à ces deux dimensions. Elle facilite le partage et les échanges entre les participants. Ces systèmes ne sont pas statiques
Emergence and spread of telecommunication technologies throughout the world facilitated acceleration in the pace of innovationin multitude of domains. Having access to the ongoing stream of information, the way human live has changed, and with it evolved the appearance and function of firms, markets, and their constituents. In this thesis we explore the co-evolution of firms and markets and observe the creation of new organizational architecture that resultas from this co-evolution. In chapter 1 we explore the numerous branches of the theory of the firm lterature and confront it to the phenomenon of platformization of markets through the study of the eBay case. Following the detailed annalysis of this case study, chapter 1 concludes that the concept of firm has undergone metamorphosis and has been redefined beyond the traditional and contemporary definitions of the firm. To adress this, we hence propose the concept of film / market equivalency. This concept is thoroughly explained ans discussed in the three chapters that follow. What the economists call a market failure, the entrepreneurs call a market opportunity. Firms today are the intricate interlacing of interactons, which arise in response to market failures. In chapter 2 we describe how the market opportunities that emerge as a result are adressed by the firms through market support strategy, i.e through creation of platforms. Not only do the firms facilitate marketa ctivity by providing participants with basic ressources, firm also take up a leading role in the regulation of all of their creation's activities. The purpose of chapter 2 is to explore the phenomenon of concurrent double function of firm, market creation and market support, through the concept of film / market equivalency. We explain the role of firms that that choose to position themselves as intermediaries and take charge over platform construction, operation and support. In the literature, ssuch firms are referred to as central partners who form what the management calls business ecosystems. Chapter 3 discusses a different take on the platform creation strategy. Whereas in chapter 2 we focused on the types of firms that create and support the platforms,in the third chapter we take a closer look at the constituents of platforms : the small players. In text we adress these players as "firms-satellites" due to their tendency to gravitate toward creators and operators of platforms. We study the role of these firms-staellites in the platform-based ecosystems and identify that some of firms-satellites may potentially bear threats to the platform owners. We then discuss the issues of clustering and multi-homing as welle as how these issues affect central firms, their business ecosystems and whether or not these behaviors are a source of competitive pressure. Chapter 4 discusses the dynamics of firm / market equivalency. Ideally, firm / market equivalency has two dimensions : innovation and business development. In this model, the platfform is a central sociotechnical artefact that supports openness strategies in both dimensions. It facilitates sharing and exchanges among participants. Such systems are not static. They co-evolve with their constituents : the participants and the platform owner. This chapter explores the dynamics involved in firm / market equivalency models. For each stage of development (birth, expansion, leadership, renewal), we study the architecture of the platform, the behaviour of participants and the strategic responseof the platform owner. We conclude the thesis with discussion ofa ntitrust issues that do or may arise as the result of employment of amrket creation and support strategies

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Riasanow, Tobias [Verfasser], Helmut [Akademischer Betreuer] Krcmar, Helmut [Gutachter] Krcmar, and Dowling [Gutachter] Michael. "Digital Transformation from an Inter-Organizational Perspective: Managing the Co-evolution of Platform Owners and Complementors in Platform Ecosystems / Tobias Riasanow ; Gutachter: Helmut Krcmar, Dowling Michael ; Betreuer: Helmut Krcmar." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1210644118/34.

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Altman, Elizabeth J. "Platform and Ecosystem Transitions: Strategic and Organizational Implications." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16881891.

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By most conventional measures of corporate success (revenue, market capitalization, global brand growth, etc.) businesses operating as multi-sided platforms (MSPs) and their associated ecosystems constitute the majority of the fastest growing organizations in the global economy. In the strategy and economics fields there is a burgeoning literature related to MSP-governed businesses and their ecosystems primarily focused on pricing, growth, governance, and competitive considerations. Yet, in organizational studies and innovation there is a dearth of research analyzing characteristics of these businesses and their complementors and the managerial challenges they present. More specifically, an increasing number of mature incumbent organizations in a variety of industries are starting to operate in environments in which they either need to operate as MSP-based businesses, or join ecosystems governed by them to compete successfully and grow. This dissertation consists of two book chapters and one empirical project aligned with one overarching question: As information constraints approach zero and MSP-governed businesses and their complementors become increasingly more prevalent in the global economy, what are the strategic and organizational issues affecting incumbent organizations that choose to become MSPs or compete as complementors to them? The first chapter, incorporating a forthcoming book chapter (see Altman, Nagle, & Tushman, 2015) is a theoretical study exploring the effects on management research and organizations when the costs of information processing, storage, and communication approach zero and organizations engage with a wide range of communities. As these information constraints are reduced, one effect is that MSP-based businesses and ecosystems thrive and impact large sectors of the economy. Thus, this chapter sets the context for the dissertation as it outlines the environment in which MSP-governed businesses and their complementors operate and introduces theoretical challenges posed by the growth of these networks. The second chapter, an empirical paper, focuses on challenges encountered by incumbent organizations joining MSP-governed ecosystems as complementors. This project is a multi-year qualitative inductive field-based research study analyzing the transition of a well-known consumer technology product provider as it joins a powerful MSP-based ecosystem. The accessory organization enters an asymmetric power relationship encountering, and responding to, multiple types of dependencies. I identify three types of dependencies faced by the organization: technological, information, and values-based, and three response strategies the organization deploys: compliance, influence, and innovation. I suggest that these dependencies and responses are related to, but distinct from, extant work on power and dependencies. I also classify three phases of complementor maturity through which the organization passes. I induce a grounded theory model identifying relationships between the concepts and discuss theoretical implications. The final chapter, also a forthcoming book chapter (see Altman & Tripsas, 2015), addresses organizational identity implications of transitions mature organizations undergo as they shift from product to MSP-based business models in which business considerations include network effects and interdependence. This chapter explains that organizational identity may affect, and may be affected by, product-to-platform transitions. It suggests that an organization must question its identity and modify it to be consistent with its re-defined business model.

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Scaringella, Laurent. "Which organizational capabilities and inter-organizational knowledge dynamics enable innovation within an ecosystem ?" Thesis, Rennes 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019REN1G010.

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Cette thèse aborde différents thèmes comme les écosystèmes, la capacité d'absorption et l’innovation radicale. À partir de notre étude systématique de la littérature, nous identifions les invariants des quatre courants divergents de l'approche par écosystème et les invariants des sept courants divergents de l'approche territoriale à travers un modèle intégrateur. Notre contribution vise à renforcer les fondations du champ des écosystèmes par l'approche territoriale. D'après l’étude d’une joint-venture dans le contexte iranien, nos conclusions indiquent que l'innovation radicale est associée à des problèmes de sécurité, de qualité et de planification, entraînant des retards, une non-conformité vis-à-vis du cahier des charges et des coûts supplémentaires. Notre contribution vise à approfondir le concept de dyade d’apprentissage en caractérisant un phénomène bidirectionnel entre deux organisations jouant à la fois le rôle d’enseignant et d’élève. Dans notre étude des spin-offs technologiques grenobloises, nos résultats montrent l’importance de développer des capacités d’absorption potentielles et réalisées. Ces capacités permettent l’internalisation des connaissances du client et la prise de conscience d’émergence technologique, tout en palliant au manque de connaissances techniques des clients lors de la formulation de leurs besoins. Notre contribution vise à fournir un nouvel éclairage sur la participation des clients au processus d’innovation radicale en observant le degré de participation des clients à différentes étapes et d’évaluer leurs rôles dans le processus de développement d’innovations radicales
This dissertation is dealing with different topics such as ecosystem, absorptive capacity and radical innovation. From our systematic literature review of ecosystems based on a selection of 104 articles and books, we identify the invariants across the four diverging streams from the ecosystem approach and the seven diverging streams from the territorial approach toward the proposition of a new research framework. Our contribution aims at enriching the field of ecosystem with the strong theoretical background of the territorial approach. From our study of a joint venture in the Iranian context, our findings indicate that radical innovation is characterized by safety, quality, and planning challenges which engender delays, non-conformity to specifications, and additional costs. Our contribution aims at further developing the concept of “learning dyad” by characterizing a two-way learning between two organizations playing both roles of teachers and students. From our study of technological spin-offs in Grenoble context, our findings show the importance of spin-offs developing both potential and realized absorptive capacities to internalize customer knowledge and technology emergence awareness and to simultaneously offset customers’ lack of technical knowledge in formulating their needs. Our contribution aims at providing new insights to the area of customer involvement in the radical innovation process by examining how the level of customer involvement at different stages has improved or hindered the process of developing radical innovations

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Scaliza, Janaina Aparecida Alves. "Inovação aberta, cultura organizacional e desempenho inovador : análise nos setores químico e de tecnologia de informação /." Bauru, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/192736.

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Orientador: Daniel Jugend
Resumo: Considerada como o elemento que une normas e conjuntos de valores, ideais sociais ou crenças compartilhadas pelos membros de uma organização, a Cultura Organizacional (CO) pode estimular a inovação, na medida em que influencia hábitos, valores e comportamentos. Há estudos que relacionam CO à inovação de forma integrada, porém, a literatura ainda apresenta gaps sobre a compreensão entre as diferentes formas de CO e suas relações com a adoção da Open Innovation (OI), que é definida como o uso intencional de parcerias externas e internas à organização, com o objetivo de desenvolver inovações. A OI pode ser analisada por seus fluxos, ou práticas, que são o inbound e outbound. A literatura tem indicado diversas dimensões de cultura organizacional e maneiras de compreendê-la, por exemplo, níveis como artefatos, valores e pressupostos, características de culturas nacionais e sua relação com a cultura organizacional ou análise dos elementos que colaboram com a inovação. Este trabalho utilizou o modelo proposto por Cameron e Quinn (2006), que por meio do questionário, nomeado como OCAI - Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument, busca classificar a cultura organizacional predominante das empresas, classificando-as como adhocráticas, clãs, de mercado ou hierárquicas. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar como o tipo de cultura organizacional pode impactar o desempenho inovador, por meio das práticas de OI inbound e outbound e moderado pelo desempenho do ecossistema de negócios. Po... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Considered as the element that unites norms andsets of values, social ideals or beliefs shared by the members of an organization, Organizational Culture (CO) can stimulate innovation, insofar as it influences habits, values and behaviors. There are studies that relate CO to innovation in an integrated way, however, the literature still presents gaps on the understanding between the different forms of CO and their relationship with the adoption of Open Innovation (OI), which is defined as the intentional use of external partnerships and internal to the organization, with the aim of developing innovations. OI can be analyzed by its flows, or practices, which are inbound and outboundThe literature points out several dimensions of organizational culture and ways of understanding it, for example, levels such as artifacts, values and assumptions, characteristics of national cultures and their relationship with organizational culture or analysis of the elements that collaborate with innovation. This work used the model proposed by Cameron and Quinn (2009),which through a questionnaire, named as OCAI -Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument, seeks to classify the predominant organizational culture of companies, classifying them as adhocratic, clan, market or hierarchical. The aim of this study was to investigate how the organizational culture type can impact innovative performance, through inbound and outbound OI practices and moderated by the business ecosystemperformance.Throu... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Milon, Sylvain. "Open Innovation in Business Ecosystem : - From the analysis of the Apple ITC Platform through its business ecosystem." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-20939.

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Firms operate in an increasingly complex, unpredictable and fast-moving environment. Understand the business ecosystem in which an innovative company operates is a major leadership stake. Indeed, know how the various possibilities to interact with the actors present in the business ecosystem of an organization are part of the leadership role. In order to survive facing competitive organizations, and to get a sustainable competitive advantage, an innovative organization must be able to combine with various partners on its business ecosystem in order to share knowledge and competencies, and therefor implement open innovation processes may be a key success factor that should not be sidelined. To do so, an oganization must understand innovation to adopt open innovation processes, must also take into account various elements of its business ecosystem to settle competitive dynamics with stakeholders and be able to interact with these different actors, and to finish an innovative organization must be able to set open innovation processes to find a key success factor and perform a sustainable competetive advanage.

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Tashev, Azamat. "Understanding Ecosystem Services through Organizational Analysis: Application to the Truckee-Carson River System." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1515072255449453.

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Göransson, Nils. "Sustainability strategies, organizationallearning and green structureperceptions of Stockholm urbanplanning organizations : A case study of organizational barriers and opportunitiestowards managing for ecosystem services within urbanplanning and development." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-50962.

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The global urbanization process occurs at an ever-increasing rate, appropriating ecosystemservices (ESS) from areas often several hundred times larger than the actualurban areas themselves. Such notions further press the needs of attaining sustainableurban development. According to recent research, an important element of such a developmentis to incorporate knowledge on ESS and ecosystem function into urbanspatial planning. This study investigates 1) how different sustainability aspects areaddressed by Stockholm’s urban planning organizations and 2) organizational barriersand opportunities towards better including urban ESS in the planning. The focal pointwas set to three environmentally profiled districts in Stockholm – empirical data wascollected through interviews with individuals within urban planning organizations andenvironmental urban planning documents. These data were analyzed through organizationallearning theory and an ESS analysis framework. It showed that in the twobiggest projects, the economic sustainability aspect is perceived as the slow driver; inthe third project, this was not as apparent. Further, there were two time aspects involvedin the learning process – a long-term process of evaluating and revising, and ajuncture-associated timing-aspect. Many interviewees experienced lack of commonsustainability strategies, which is partly related to the ambivalence and complexity ofthe sustainability concept. Even if interviewees understand greater sustainability implications,there is a need to translate it into pragmatic solutions. Thus, there is knowledgeaccumulation on ESS but it is currently held in the individuals, risking deteriorationif/when key individuals leave the organizations. Single-loop and double-looplearning is simultaneously occurring with symbiotic functions, however a doublelearning-loop on the full significance of urban ESS is yet to be completed. In terms oftriple-loop learning, there is currently a paradox in the requirements for it to occurthat the contemporary governance framework of Stockholm does not seem able to resolve.

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Orenga, Roglá Sergio. "Framework for the Implementation of a Big Data Ecosystem in Organizations." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Jaume I, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/481983.

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The core of this Ph.D. thesis is the development of a framework that serves as a guide for implementing ecosystems based on Big Data and Web 2.0 technologies in organizations. Unlike existing frameworks, this framework not only considers operations to be performed with data, but also takes into account other aspects related to the implementation, such as technical, political, cultural, behavioral, etc. In addition, the main axis of the framework consists of a methodology that guides in detail all the necessary steps to make a correct implementation. In order to debug and validate the framework, two specializations have been created, one adapted to the knowledge management and the other adapted to the customer relationships management. These two specializations have been applied successfully in case studies in real companies.
La presente tesis doctoral consiste en el desarrollo de un framework que sirve como guía para realizar la implementación de ecosistemas basados en las tecnologías Big Data y Web 2.0 en organizaciones. A diferencia de los frameworks existentes, este framework no sólo considera las operaciones a realizar con los datos, sino que también tiene en cuenta otros aspectos relacionados con la implementación, como los técnicos, políticos, culturales, de comportamiento, etc. Además, el eje principal del framework está formado por una metodología que guía detalladamente todos los pasos necesarios para realizar una implementación correcta. Con el objetivo de depurar y validar el framework se han creado dos especializaciones del mismo, una adaptada a la gestión del conocimiento y la otra adaptada a la gestión de las relaciones con los clientes. Estas dos especializaciones han sido aplicadas con éxito en casos de estudio en empresas reales.

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Goerlich, Daniel Lee. "The Value of Cooperative Extension's Public Benefit Explored through Enhancements to Forest Ecosystem Services Provision." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/92586.

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Cooperative Extension produces public value through educational programming that benefits the greater community. Forests provide numerous valuable benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services. Cooperative Extension educational programming positively impacts forest owners, who in turn conduct actions that enhance ecosystem services. A heretofore unrecognized relationship exists between Cooperative Extension and ecosystem services that provides opportunity for mutual benefit. Applying ecosystem services values to Extension natural resources-related programmatic outcomes through benefit transfer provides an avenue for Extension to make significant advancements in monetizing public value. Beyond serving simply as a source of financial justification, however, linkages with ecosystem services also provide Cooperative Extension with opportunities to improve the design and delivery of educational programs, do a better job articulating an array of public benefits resulting from agency accomplishments, and optimize allocation of sparse resources and Extension efforts. This dissertation thoroughly explores these concepts by providing an overview of: Cooperative Extension in general and Extension forestry more specifically; public value in an Extension context; ecosystem services; ecosystem services valuation; benefit transfer, and; connections between these diverse topics. In addition, benefit transfer principles are applied to an existing Extension evaluation data set in attempt to monetize Cooperative Extension's impact, lessons learned are explored, and the Cooperative Extension public value discussion is re-framed as one aspect of overall continuous organizational improvement.
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Jackson, Summer R. "Ecosystem disclaimers for successful influence of higher power occupational groups inside organizations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122834.

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Thesis: S.M. in Management Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2018
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-28).
We use data from a two-year comparative ethnographic field study of public defenders in two offices to examine how lower power occupation members are able to influence higher power occupation members, which the literature on work and occupations has shown to be difficult. Lower power public defenders in both offices faced the same barriers to influence of higher power prosecutors and had access to the same contextual facilitators of influence. Yet, public defenders from one office influenced prosecutors at a higher rate than they did in the other. Our paper demonstrates how "ecosystem disclaimers"-activities that allow lower power occupational group members to demonstrate their commitment to third party audiences before engaging in influence tactics with a more powerful occupational group that could be negatively misinterpreted by these audiences-can facilitate lower power occupational group influence. This paper contributes to the literature on work and occupations by incorporating the importance of a general community of others' whose impression of upward influence must also be managed.
by Summer R. Jackson.
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Danter, K. Jeffrey. "Organizational aspects of ecosystem management : analysis of a US fish and wildlife service data set /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487953204279341.

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Ingvaldsdóttir, Embla, and Mikaela Sundin. "Learning Ecosystem : A framework for large manufacturing firms based on practical and theoretical insights." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-299781.

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The purpose of the study has been to investigate and shed light on practical measures companies take to create a culture that promotes learning, as well as the role of technology. It is an important topic for organizations to face major challenges regarding reskilling and upskilling of employees, to ensure that the company has the right skills for the future. We have examined 11 companies where we took a closer look at their organizational structure, how they use leadership around learning, their vision, mission and strategy for learning, what technology is used for learning (and how and why exactly these technologies), how they create and buy digital content / courses, what can be measured and used as guidelines for driving learning and finally we have looked at the challenges production companies are especially faced with. Our analysis shows that there are some common denominators in which competencies and tasks must exist and take place internally to be able to facilitate work towards a learning culture, that learning is designed after having a high business relevance, that the top management's attitude to learning is essential, that learning technologies are used frequently, there is data on learning activities that can be used as guidelines and that production companies need to take special measures to be able to include their entire workforce in their learning initiatives. Our analysis also shows that the quality and usefulness of learning technologies has accelerated in recent years and has been given a leading role in organizations' investments to improve the learning culture. In the report, we propose that companies realize the power they have to influence how learning is done by setting up and working with the essential building blocks of the learning ecosystem we have identified.
Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka och belysa praktiska åtgärder företag tar sig an för att skapa en kultur som främjar lärande, samt vilken roll teknologi har. Det är ett viktigt ämne för att organisationer står inför stora utmaningar gällande upplärning och omskolning av anställda, för att säkerställa att företaget har rätt kompetenser. Vi har undersökt 11 företag där vi har tittat närmare på deras organisationsstruktur, hur de använder sig av ledarskap kring lärande, deras vision, mission och strategi för lärande, vilka teknologier som används för lärande (samt hur och varför just dessa teknologier), hur de skapar och köper in digitalt innehåll/kurser, vad som kan mätas och användas som riktlinjer för att driva lärande och till sist har vi tittat på utmaningar produktionsföretag speciellt ställs inför. Vår analys visar att det finns några gemensamma nämnare i vilka kompetenser och arbetsuppgifter som ska finnas internt för att lättare kunna arbeta mot en lärande kultur, att lärande designas efter att ha hög affärsrelevans, att högsta ledningens inställning till lärande är essentiell, att lärande teknologier används flitigt, det finns data kring lärande aktiviteter som kan användas som riktlinjer samt att produktionsbolag behöver vidta särskilda åtgärder för att kunna inkludera hela sin arbetsstyrka i sina lärande initiativ. Vår analys visar även att kvaliteten på och nyttan av lärande teknologier har accelererat de senaste åren och har fått en huvudroll i organisationers investeringar för att förbättra lärande kulturen. I rapporten föreslår vi att företag inser makten de har att påverka hur lärande går till genom att sätta upp och arbeta med de olika delarna vi belyser är essentiella i ett lärande ekosystem.

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Nagel, Franziska. "Mobile Commerce : The retail ecosystem in the technological transition." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-78383.

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The purpose of this study is to problematize the technological transition from traditional retail to mobile commerce, its following challenges, and its impact on organizations. Further, to highlight what companies need in order to consider the implemention of this technological transition. Finally, this study aims to tackle synergies that are exposed in this study that defines factors which drive the technological transition from traditional retail to m-commerce.

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de, Rover Ted, and Tobias Persson. "The Concept of Ecosystem Services : Integrating the concept of ecosystem services on the environmental impact assessment of the Bunge Quarry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-233297.

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With the growing awareness and urgency of sustainable business behavior, conducting environmental impact assessments is an important tool for companies to evaluate their impacts. However, the assessment tool has received critique over the last years, and seems not to accomplish its goal to assure a sustainable development and use of the environment. In this thesis, the possibility of integrating the concept of ecosystem services in an environmental impact assessment is investigated. The aim of this study was to create a theoretical framework that facilitates the decision making process of impact assessments with the dimension of ecosystem services. This research is based on an empirical analysis surrounding the environmental assessment of the Bunge Area on Gotland, Sweden by the Finnish mining company Nordkalk AB, together with the legal decision making process that derived from it. The theoretical framework was tested upon applicability, and resulted into providing information concerning the integration of ecosystem services on the environmental impact assessment.

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Fujii, Saori. "Effects of fine roots on the organization of collembolan community in a forest ecosystem." Kyoto University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/157713.

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Kyoto University (京都大学)
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新制・課程博士
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京都大学大学院農学研究科地域環境科学専攻
(主査)教授北山兼弘, 教授東順一, 教授二井一禎
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Mazer, Cherie. "An Evaluation of the Iowa State University Ecosystem." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6319.

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Purpose – This dissertation in practice is an evaluation study conducted at Iowa State University, entitled, Learning Ecosystem Assessment Review of Needs (LEARN). The evaluation posed these questions: (a) What educational technologies are currently used and what technologies will be needed in the future? (b) What are the attitudes and practices of faculty and students toward online and blended learning? (c) What academic technology support services are used? What are the perceptions of the support provided for the application of academic technologies? Methodology/design – The study was a mixed-methods design employing interviews with deans and focus groups and surveys of faculty and students. Findings – Iowa State University faculty and students use a wide array of academic technologies both in physical and virtual classrooms. The prevailing sentiment regarding the need for future academic technologies is not for new offerings and new features but for easier to use, more reliable technologies, and more timely support. Although Iowa State University has formally adopted online learning by offering numerous programs and courses, the university is in the early stages of adopting blended learning. Implications – The results and implications of the study inform the university on next steps to ready the institution for leveraging technology and preparing for the transformation toward strategic adoption of online and blended learning. The author outlines an organizational learning approach to manage change and promote adoption of blended learning.
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Parisot, Xavier. "Influence des logiques d'innovation ouvertes sur l'émergence des écosystèmes d'affaires dans les Bioindustries françaises." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CNAM0996/document.

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Les biotechnologies mobilisées aujourd'hui dans les bioindustries requièrent des compétences qu'une entreprise ne peut plus maîtriser seule. L'aboutissement d'innovations disruptives implique une approche pluridisciplinaire nécessitant l'intervention de plusieurs secteurs industriels ce qui s'oppose à une logique d'innovation propriétaire. La transversalité nécessaire à ces rapprochements entre entreprises privées et secteurs public et ou entre industries issues de secteurs d'activités différents modifie profondément la nature des modèles d'organisation. Parmi l'ensemble des modèles adoptés, celui des écosystèmes d'affaires (EA) occupe une place de plus en plus centrale dans les bioindustries. L'optimisation des logiques d'innovation associées est devenue un enjeu auquel même les institutions tentent de répondre en soutenant l'adoption de logiques d'innovation ouverte (IO) et le développement d'EA. Pourtant la nature de ces deux notions restent discutées et leur combinaison théorique mal comprise. Bien que les études de cas montrent que les EA appuient leur développement sur l'IO dans les domaines dont le développement repose sur la connaissance, la nature et la séquence de mise en œuvre des concepts mobilisés restent à déterminer. De plus, le débat demeure concernant la nature ontologique et les limites épistémologiques des notions d'IO et d'EA. Cette thèse s'efforce de préciser ces éléments puis elle détermine quel rôle est joué par l'IO dans l'émergence des EA dans les bioindustries françaises.L'analyse ontologique de la notion d'EA révèle la valeur purement métaphorique des transpositions effectuées par Moore depuis l'écologie pour en établir la définition. Par conséquent, l'approche analogique adoptée par une partie des scientifiques ne peut être retenue pour établir les limites épistémologiques de la notion d'EA. La nature ontologique de la notion d'IO reste incertaine. Nature des flux d'informations inter-organisationnels et capacités dynamiques des firmes sont conjointement mobilisés. Cette incertitude n'étant pas permissive à la réalisation d'une analyse épistémologique, les capacités dynamiques sont ici choisies comme fondement théorique de l'IO. L'analyse épistémologique de la notion d'EA démontre l'application d'une boucle récursive dans sa construction. De plus, elle révèle l'existence d'une théorie substantive derrière la notion d'EA, théorie mobilisant une séquence de concepts mise en œuvre successivement dans l'émergence des EA. L'IO étant l'une des notions mobilisées.La posture épistémologique adoptée dans cette thèse est celle du réalisme critique. Elle permet la prise en compte de la boucle récursive, est adaptée à l'approche par les théories ancrées, et intègre les circonstances intrinsèques et extrinsèques justifiant la manière dont les mécanismes générateurs sont activés. Elle autorise la formulation d'hypothèses fondatrices d'ordre ontologique. Ce choix permet de conserver la posture épistémologique séminale implicite de Moore, de légitimer la valeur de sa démarche ancrée, d'assumer l'hypothèse ontologique formulée à propos des fondements de l'IO, et de tenir compte des facteurs tant environnementaux qu'organisationnels justifiant de l'émergence des EA. La méthodologie d'analyse qui en découle est qualitative. Elle passe par une comparaison de deux études de cas réalisées sur la base d'analyses de données secondaires. Les facteurs contextuels de chaque cas sont corrélés afin de dévoiler les mécanismes générateurs justifiant du rôle de l'IO dans l'émergence des EA.Les résultats confirment la séquence de mise en œuvre des concepts proposés par Moore dans l'émergence des EA pour les bioindustries françaises. Ils précisent la place de l'IO dans cette séquence en spécifiant son rôle dans le passage de la collaboration à la coévolution des firmes au sein de l'EA. Ils confirment que l'EA ne constitue pas un modèle d'organisation en soi mais une posture inter-firmes favorisant l'adoption de modèles adaptés
Biotechnologies mobilized today in bio-industries require skills that companies can no longer control alone. The development of disruptive innovations involves a multidisciplinary approach requiring the intervention of several industrial sectors that is opposed to proprietary innovation logic. Transversality necessary for these collaborations between private companies and public sectors and or between industries from different business sectors profoundly changes the nature of organizational models chosen by firms. Among all the models adopted, the business ecosystem (BE) occupies a more and more central place in bio-industries. The optimization of the associated logical innovation has become a challenge that even the institutions are trying to respond by supporting the adoption of open innovation logics (OI) and the development of BE. Yet, the nature of these two notions is still discussed and there theoretical combination remains poorly understood. Although case studies show that BE support their development on OI in knowledge based industries, nature and implementation sequence of underlying concepts remain to be determined. Moreover, the debate remains regarding the ontological and epistemological limits of OI and BE notions. This thesis seeks to clarify these elements and determines what role is played by the OI in the emergence of BE in the French bio-industries.The ontological analysis of BE notion reveals the purely metaphorical transpositions made by Moore from ecology to establish its definition. Therefore, the analogical approach supported by a part of the scientific community can't be applied to establish the epistemological limits of BE notion. The ontological nature of OI notion remains uncertain. Nature of inter-organizational information flows and dynamic capabilities of firms are jointly mobilized. This uncertainty is not permissive to the achievement of an epistemological analysis, therefore dynamic capacities here were chosen as theoretical foundations of the OI notion. The epistemological analysis of the development of BE notion demonstrates the application of a recursive loop in its construction. Moreover, it reveals the existence of a substantive theory behind the BE notion, theory which mobilizes a sequence of concepts implemented successively in the emergence of BE. The OI is one of mobilized notions.The epistemological posture adopted in this thesis is that of critical realism. It allows the inclusion of the recursive loop. It is suitable for the approach by grounded theories. It integrates intrinsic and extrinsic circumstances justifying how generating mechanisms are activated. It allows the formulation of founding ontological assumptions. This choice preserves Moore's implicit epistemological posture, legitimizes the value of its grounded approach, assumes the ontological assumption made about the foundations of OI notion, and takes into account both environmental and organizational factors justifying the emergence of BE. The resulting methodology is qualitative. It goes through a comparison of two case studies based on secondary data analysis. Contextual factors of each case are correlated to reveal the generative mechanisms justifying the role of OI in the emergence of BE.The results confirm the implementation sequence of concepts proposed by Moore in the emergence of BE in the French bio-industries. They precise the place of OI in this sequence by specifying its role in the transition from collaboration to co-evolution of firms within BE. They confirm that BE is not an organizational model in itself, but an inter-organizational stance promoting the adoption of appropriate models

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Shahidullah, AKM. "Community-Based Developmental Entrepreneurship: Linking Microfinance with Ecosystem Services." International Journal of Development and Sustainabilty, 2 (3), 1703-1722, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31836.

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This research examined whether microfinance-assisted developmental mechanisms can integrate ecological objectives alongside social and economic ones—thus promoting sustainability. The specific focus was to test the ability of microenterprises operated by community-entrepreneurs in supporting local ecosystem services. To this end, the research: elucidated the nature and dynamics of linkages between communities and the local ecosystems with the lens of coupled social-ecological systems, i.e. illustrated ecological modernization of microenterprises in a developing country context; tested how community-based enterprises transform upon application of green microfinance strategy; and then recognized how social learning is promoted through such community-based intervention mechanisms, e.g. microfinance. The research used case study and participatory approaches. The case study comprised two components: i) a green microfinance program, and ii) communities in a riparian, and a wetland ecosystem in Bangladesh engaged in entrepreneurship. The major tools that the study employed for data collections were: household surveys, participatory land -use surveys, semi-structured interviews, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, multi-stakeholder workshops, field observations, and document reviews. The research findings reveal that the green microfinance strategy, in the short and medium terms, catalyzes entrepreneurial and social innovations, and combine the embedded economic and social objectives of the classic microfinance with the new ecological objectives towards sustainability. The strategy applied by Microfinance Institution (MFI) and adopted by community enterprises transformed the ventures—helping them to go green and reducing greenhouse gas emission. Besides, the partnerships that occur between non-governmental organization (NGO) and community-based organization (CBO) in the process of implementing developmental programs—result social learning and innovations in the communities. The research review found grassroots developmental initiatives as an evolving phenomenon over time. With this view, and with its observation through this cross-sectional study, the research proposes a framework entitled ‘community-based developmental enterprise (CBDE)’. The framework proposes community level entrepreneurial ventures, associated NGO-MFIs, CBOs and other development partners to consider ecosystem services and wellbeing components in entrepreneurial design and actions.
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Cheng, Yiwei. "Impacts of self-organizing mechanism and topography on wetland ecosystem dynamics." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47705.

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Understanding the first order controls over resource cycling and limitation in ecosystems is critical for predicting ecosystem response to disturbances. Topography and vegetation self-organizing mechanisms are first order controls over resource fluxes across the landscape. Topography controls downslope flow of resources (i.e water and nutrients). Through spatial feedbacks, vegetation is able to actively modify its environment and maximize resource flows towards it. To date, the impacts of these controls on ecosystem dynamics have mostly been investigated separately. As such, there is a knowledge gap in the understanding of how these first order controls together dictate the dynamics of the ecosystem. This dissertation aims to gain a better understanding of how self-organizing mechanisms and topography operate together to affect wetland ecosystem dynamics. A spatially explicit, wetland vegetation patterning model that includes for both vegetation self-organizing control and topographic control is developed (Nutrient Depletion Model, NDM). The model describes a scale dependent feedback between vegetation, transpiration and nutrient accumulation that drives the formation of vegetation patterns. The model is applied to investigate the effects of topography and self-organizing mechanisms on form and orientation of vegetation patterns and vegetation growth dynamics of wetland ecosystems. Results show that the two first order controls synergistically impact the formation of the various patterns as observed in wetland ecosystems. Results also show the following: (1) Self-organizing mechanisms result in a more efficient retention of resources, which result in higher biomass in the model that include for both self-organizing mechanism and topographic control (SO+TC) than in the model that that includes only for topographic control (TC). (2) However, when resources or topographic gradients increase or annual rainfall decrease, the vegetation growth dynamics of the TC+SO and TC models converge. The NDM is applied to arctic Alaska to investigate how do the two first order controls impact present and future C-N dynamics of an arctic ecosystem. Simulation results show no significant difference in the dynamics between the SO+TC model and the TC model. The climate change simulation results suggest that changes in daily variability of temperature and precipitation can impact ecosystem dynamics as much as the changes in mean temperature and precipitation. Results from this dissertation provide a more complete picture on the relative roles of the two first order controls over ecosystem nutrient cycling and vegetative growth dynamics. Finally, in this thesis, in order to simulate small-scale feedbacks over large spatial domains, the NDM is implemented in a GPU computing language, which accelerates computational simulation by at least two orders of magnitude. These tools for grid-based simulations can provide a platform for using GPUs in other areas of scientific investigation.

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Schmieg, Felix, and Alia Mostafa. "A New Player Joins the Game: Development Organizations and their Impact on the Egyptian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39477.

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Background: While entrepreneurship is now seen as an important focus in Egypt to elevatepoverty and improve the economic status, a strong and coherent entrepreneurialecosystem is necessary to achieve this. The Egyptian ecosystem is lacking a lotof principal elements such as access to finance, proper entrepreneurialeducation, and a culture that supports entrepreneurship. Developmentorganizations, whose aim is to sustainably develop the society, have recentlyjoined the Egyptian entrepreneurial ecosystem, equipped with funding,knowledge, and capacity. They aim to contribute to the Egyptian entrepreneurialecosystem and support entrepreneurship as a mean for sustainable development. Purpose: Despite their promising role, development organizations have not beenemphasized in the literature on entrepreneurial ecosystems. This could bereturned to the fact that most of the research on ecosystems is done in the contextof developed countries. Our aim is to shed light on the new role of developmentorganizations in the Egyptian ecosystem, explore what they offer toentrepreneurs, understand their impact, and analyze how they can improve theecosystem further. Method: The study is conducted through a multiple case study approach. Data is collectedthrough in-depth interviews with 21 employees and entrepreneurs from 3different development organizations in Egypt Conclusion: The results show that development organizations have a massive impact on theentrepreneurial ecosystem in Egypt. On the Isenberg model, developmentorganizations have the highest impact on market, support, and finance. Whilethey already impact culture and human capital, more emphasis needs to be puton these two domains to improve the mindset of entrepreneurs and the differentplayers in the ecosystem. Development organizations do not contribute to thepolicy domain since its mostly dominated by the government.

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Kusbach, Antonin. "Terrestrial Ecosystem Classification in the Rocky Mountains, Northern Utah." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/679.

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Currently, there is no comprehensive terrestrial ecosystem classification for the central Rocky Mountains of the United States. A comprehensive classification of terrestrial ecosystems in a mountainous study area in northern Utah was developed incorporating direct gradient analysis, spatial hierarchy theory, the zonal concept, and concepts of diagnostic species and fidelity, together with the biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification approach used in British Columbia, Canada. This classification was derived from vegetation and environmental sampling of both forest and non-forest ecosystems. The SNOwpack TELemetry (SNOTEL) and The National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) weather station network were used to approximate climate of 163 sample plots. Within the large environmental diversity of the study area, three levels of ecosystem organization were distinguished: (1) macroclimatic - regional climate; (2) mesoclimatic, accounting for local climate and moisture distribution; and (3) edaphic - soil fertility. These three levels represent, in order, the L+1, L, and L-1 levels in a spatial hierarchy. Based on vegetation physiognomy, climatic data, and taxonomic classification of zonal soils, two vegetation geo-climatic zones were identified at the macroclimatic (L+1) level: (1) montane zone with Rocky Mountain juniper and Douglas-fir; and (2) subalpine zone with Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir as climatic climax species. A vegetation classification was developed by combining vegetation samples (relevés) into meaningful vegetation units. A site classification was developed, based on dominant environmental gradients within the subalpine vegetation geo-climatic zone. Site classes were specified and a site grid was constructed. This site classification was coupled with the vegetation classification. Each plant community was associated with its environmental space within the site grid. This vegetation-site overlay allowed ecosystems to be differentiated environmentally and a structure, combining zonal, vegetation, and site classifications, forms a comprehensive ecosystem classification. Based on assessment of plant communities' environmental demands and site vegetation potential, the comprehensive classification system enables inferences about site history and successional status of ecosystems. This classification is consistent with the recent USDA, Forest Service ECOMAP and Terrestrial Ecological Unit Inventory structure and may serve as a valuable tool not only in vegetation, climatic, or soil studies but also in practical ecosystem management.

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Valman, Matilda. "Three faces of HELCOM - institution, organization, policy producer." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-108455.

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Despite early initiatives during the 1960s and 1970s, and continuing efforts ever since, the Baltic Sea remains in poor condition. The Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) is the governing body tasked with protecting the marine environment from further deterioration through intergovernmental collaboration between the Baltic Sea states and the EU. In 2007, HELCOM launched a new tool – the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), of which the so-called ecosystem approach is a cornerstone. However, how and why the BSAP reform was launched, and also what consequences such management reforms can have for transboundary resource management, is unknown. By using institutional theory, organizational theory and the advocacy coalition framework, in combination with content analysis of official documents derived from HELCOM, this thesis argues that the BSAP is the end result of a gradual process of change within institutional structures and actor beliefs. This thesis also shows that HELCOM's capacity to detect, process, and react in response to changes in its regulatory objective has not changed as a consequence of the BSAP. In contrast to earlier research, it seems HELCOM responds better to slow and opaque changes than to quick and visible ones. Finally, by comparing HELCOM with two other similar cases, the thesis shows that HELCOM's adaptive capacity could be improved in line with the recommendations of the ecosystem approach. This thesis illustrates the importance of studying the emergence of new tools for governing transboundary resources from several theoretical perspectives. The thesis uses an innovative quantitative content analysis and concludes that new methods might be required to enable such studies. The different perspectives used here give various explanations concerning the causes and consequences of the BSAP. In a future Baltic Sea, where environmental changes are likely to be abrupt, a multitude of understandings regarding the governance of the Baltic Sea will be crucial.

At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Submitted. Paper 3: Submitted. Paper 4: In press.

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Fitzgerald, Lily(Lily Marie). "Gene drives and international trade : an analysis of World Trade Organization rules and their governance of ecosystem-altering organisms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123079.

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Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-30).
The development of self-propagating gene drive containing organisms may have wide-reaching consequences, including for international trade. Given compelling potential applications in disease mitigation and pest management, countries may develop and release these self-propagating products of biotechnology in the near future. Such products will cross international borders through natural organism movement and through trade, potentially altering not only the populations and ecosystems of the country that developed the product, but also those of the countries to which they spread. Political and economic consequences will arise, some of which the World Trade Organization (WTO) will govern. The WTO's Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) is an especially pertinent set of trade rules which permits trade restrictions aimed at protecting the health of a country's citizens or other species only when scientific evidence supports the perception of risk to the health of citizens or other species. In the early 2000s, the WTO evaluated the SPS Agreement for applicability to genetically modified crops, but no such analysis has yet been completed for gene drive containing organisms. In this thesis, I first summarize the status of gene drive development, highlighting divergent techniques and their status in laboratory experiments. I then explore potential scenarios for trade disputes involving gene drive containing organisms, with differing technological and ecological specifications. I examine the text of the SPS Agreement, as well as its past application to trade disputes, to evaluate relevance to gene drive containing organisms. Finally, I formulate suggestions to policy makers and technology developers for preventing international disputes on, and disruption of trade by, gene drive containing organisms.
by Lily Fitzgerald.
S.M. in Technology and Policy
S.M.inTechnologyandPolicy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

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Ferm, Märta. "Supportive Measures for Scaling Swedish Social Organizations Abroad: Intermediaries’ Perception of Initiatives Needed." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254949.

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Den här studien undersöker om intressenter som verkar i det svenska ekosystemet för entreprenörskap upplever att det finns ett behov av insatser för att stötta sociala organisationers internationalisering – och om sa är fallet, vilket stöd som ska implementeras för att skapa maximalt värde. Nio semistrukturerade intervjuer med intressenter som representerar akademiska institutioner, myndigheter och stödorganisationer genomfördes. Resultaten visar att majoriteten av sociala entreprenörer som idag verkar i Sverige inte vill skala internationellt. Det framkommer också att de som skalar har ett tydligt tekniskt fokus och i första hand söker sig till övriga länder i Norden. Intressenterna upplevde vidare att det fanns ett behov av stödinsatser relaterat till internationalisering, i huvudsak kopplat till att stärka affärsmässigheten bland organisationerna. I diskussionen används en modell för skalbarhet samt den svenska regeringens strategi för sociala organisationer för att identifiera potentiella överlapp samt för att placera resultatet i en teoretisk kontext. Da fältet innefattar organisationer som verkar inom ett brett spektrum inkluderar rekommendationer för framtida forskning att identifiera stödinsatser som riktar sig mot mer nischade delar inom socialt entreprenörskap, samt att utvärdera hur offentliga organisationer kan bidra till att skapa ökad tillväxt.
This study is investigating if stakeholders in the Swedish ecosystem of entrepreneurship perceive that there is a need for initiatives supporting social organizations’ internationalization and if so – what support should be implemented to provide maximum value. Nine semi-structured interviews with stakeholders representing academic institutions, public agencies and support organizations were conducted. The result shows that the majority of social entrepreneurs currently operating in Sweden are not looking into scaling internationally and those who do often have a clear technology focus and target the Nordic countries. The stakeholders perceived that there was a need for support initiatives related to internationalization, mainly with regards to strengthening business-mindedness. In the final discussion, the results are mapped into a scalability framework and the strategy for social organizations developed by the Swedish government, to identify potential overlaps and place the findings in a theoretical context. As the field entails a wide variety of organizations, suggestions for future research includes identifying support initiatives targeting niches within social entrepreneurship, and assessing how public organizations can support further growth.

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Schultz, Lisen. "Nurturing resilience in social-ecological systems : Lessons learned from bridging organizations." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Systemekologiska institutionen, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-27503.

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In an increasingly complex, rapidly changing world, the capacity to cope with, adapt to, and shape change is vital. This thesis investigates how natural resource management can be organized and practiced to nurture this capacity, referred to as resilience, in social-ecological systems. Based on case studies and large-N data sets from UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) and the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), it analyzes actors and social processes involved in adaptive co-management on the ground. Papers I & II use Kristianstads Vattenrike BR to analyze the roles of local stewards and bridging organizations. Here, local stewards, e.g. farmers and bird watchers, provide on-site management, detailed, long-term monitoring, and local ecological knowledge, build public support for ecosystem management, and hold unique links to specialized networks. A bridging organization strengthens their initiatives. Building and drawing on multi-level networks, it gathers different types of ecological knowledge, builds moral, political, legal and financial support from institutions and organizations, and identifies windows of opportunity for projects. Paper III synthesizes the MA community-based assessments and points to the importance of bridging organizations, leadership and vision, knowledge networks, institutions nested across scales, enabling policies, and high motivation among actors for adaptive co-management. Paper IV explores learning processes catalyzed by bridging organizations in BRs. 79 of the 148 BRs analyzed bridge local and scientific knowledge in efforts to conserve biodiversity and foster sustainable development, provide learning platforms, support knowledge generation (research, monitoring and experimentation), and frame information and education to target groups. Paper V tests the effects of participation and adaptive co-management in BRs. Local participation is positively linked to local support, successful integration of conservation and development, and effectiveness in achieving developmental goals. Participation of scientists is linked to effectiveness in achieving ‘conventional’ conservation goals and policy-makers enhance the integration of conservation and development. Adaptive co-management, found in 46 BRs, is positively linked to self-evaluated effectiveness in achieving developmental goals, but not at the expense of conservation. The thesis concludes that adaptive collaboration and learning processes can nurture resilience in social-ecological systems. Such processes often need to be catalyzed, supported and protected to survive. Therefore, bridging organizations are crucial in adaptive co-management.

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Мельник, Леонід Григорович, Леонид Григорьевич Мельник, and Leonid Hryhorovych Melnyk. "Системно-информационные аспекты самоорганизации систем и вопросы природопользования." Thesis, Технологический институт «Южного федерального университета», 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/67317.

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Розкрито сутність самоорганізації систем. Сформульовані закони самоорганізації систем.
Раскрыта сущность самоорганизации систем. Сформулированы законы самоорганизации систем.
The essence of self-organization of systems is revealed. Formulated laws of self-organization of systems.

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Park, SunJeong. "ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOIL NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA, NEMATODE COMMUNITY, AND NUTRIENT POOLS." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250522818.

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Brechtel, Vailferree Stilwell. "IMAGES AS A LAYER OF POSITIVE RHETORIC: A VALUES-BASED CASE STUDY EXPLORING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN VISUAL AND VERBAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON A RURAL NATURAL RESOURCES NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WEBSITE." The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-08262008-152018/.

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Ikenami, Rodrigo Kazuo. "A abordagem \"ecossistema\" em teoria organizacional: fundamentos e contribuições." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-28092016-112348/.

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Este trabalho teve por objetivo avançar no entendimento acerca do constructo \"ecossistema\" quando aplicado na área da teoria organizacional, especificamente dentro do campo da gestão da inovação. A investigação desse termo foi considerada importante por despertar o interesse tanto da comunidade científica quanto dos empreendedores. Após uma revisão de literatura com as principais publicações sobre esse tema, percebeu-se que essa abordagem utilizava conceitos de outras teorias, principalmente da teoria de sistemas, cadeia de valor e teoria de rede. A partir dessa constatação, o estudo chegou a seguinte questão de pesquisa: \"Como a abordagem de Ecossistema explica - de maneira original em relação à cadeia de valor e a teoria de rede - a atividade empreendedora de base tecnológica em sua fase nascente?\". Dessa discussão, intuiu-se que a lógica de ecossistema propiciava maiores benefícios em momentos de instabilidade de um empreendimento, onde o caminho a ser perseguido era incerto. Essa característica, se confirmada seria de particular proveito para os empreendimentos inseridos nos chamados mercados dinâmicos, que são ambientes constantemente envoltos em incertezas. A fim de testar essa hipótese, foram formuladas quatro proposições: (P1) A lógica de ecossistema tem boa aderência em empreendimentos nascentes, pois ela consegue adaptar-se às mudanças que não foram previstas no escopo inicial do planejamento; (P2) A cadeia de valor, pelo fato de não considerar atores complementadores perde capacidade de avaliar um empreendimento em fase inicial; (P3) A cadeia de valor, por se tratar de uma ferramenta de análise de melhoria contínua, tem dificuldades para lidar com mudanças disruptivas, que altere seu estado estável; (P4) O mapeamento de uma rede pode ser difícil e custoso, dificultando sua execução prática. A investigação dessas proposições foi conduzida por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com quatro empresas nascentes de base tecnológica. Em relação à proposição (P1), concluímos que além da adaptação esperada da abordagem ecossistema perante as mudanças ocorridas na trajetória planejada do empreendimento, o ecossistema consegue ainda sugerir que metas concretas a serem perseguidas pelo empreendimento a fim de conseguir sobreviver e evoluir para os próximos estágios. A proposição (P2) também foi confirmada na pesquisa de campo, sugerindo que os atores complementadores são sim de relevância significante para que o cliente reconheça valor à oferta da firma focal. Além disso, esta pesquisa sugere ainda que de todos os complementos da sua oferta, devem ser monitorados com especial cuidado aqueles que estão na fronteira da inovação tecnológica. A proposição (P3) não pode ser verificada neste trabalho e a proposição (P4) precisa de maior verificação para uma conclusão segura. A pesquisa conclui com um posicionamento otimista em relação à abordagem \"ecossistema\", acreditando ser uma abordagem promissora para o gerenciamento de empreendimentos inseridos em ambientes de alta velocidade. Por se tratar de um estudo exploratório, sugere que as investigações não se encerrem neste trabalho, apresentando por fim alguns caminhos que podem ser aprofundados.
This dissertation is an attempt to push forward the knowledge boundary concerning the construct \"ecosystem\" placed in the organizational theory, precisely within the innovation management field. The investigation was considered important because it arouses the interest both of the scientific community than the managers and entrepreneurs. After the literature review, which included the most important publications about the theme, it came to our sight that this approach use concepts of different theories, mainly the system theory, the value chain and the network theory. Along with this finding, this study arrive to the following research question: \"How does the Ecosystem approach explains - in an original basis facing the value chain and the network theory - the entrepreneurship activity in technological startups?\". From this debate, an insight sparkles, saying that the ecosystem logic offers more benefits during the instability phases of a business, when the way to follow is uncertain. This feature, assuming to be right, would be particular useful for organizations placed in dynamic markets, which are environments surrounded by uncertainties. In order to test this hypothesis, four propositions were formulated: (P1) The ecosystem logic has good adherence in startups, because it can adapt to the changes that were not expected in the first planning scope; (P2) because the value chain do not consider the complementors, it loses capability to evaluate a business startup; (P3) the value chain is a tool for continuous improvement , and therefore, have difficulties to deal with disruptive changes that modifies an organization stable state; (P4) mapping a network is complex and costly, hampering its practical execution. The investigation of these propositions was conducted through semi structured interviews performed with four startups. Concerning to the proposition (P1), we concluded that beyond the adaptation expected in the first place, the ecosystem can also suggest objective goals to be chased so that the ecosystem can survive and evolve to the next stage. The proposition (P2) was also confirmed in the field research, suggesting that the complementors have significant relevance on the client\'s value perception regarding the focal firms\' offer. Besides, this research also proposes that not every complementors should be tracked from the focal firm, but only the ones that are at the technological innovation boundary edge. The proposition (P3) couldn\'t be verified in this study while the proposition (P4) needs more investigation to a reliable conclusion. The research concludes with a positive perspective about the ecosystem, believing it is a promising approach for organizations residing in high velocity markets. Since this is an exploratory study we strongly suggest that the investigations do not end in this dissertation, where is presented some possible paths so that this work can be continued.

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Дегтярь, Наталія Вікторівна, Наталия Викторовна Дегтярь, and Nataliia Viktorivna Dehtiar. "Організаційно-економічні засади управління екосистемними послугами водно-болотних угідь." Thesis, СумДУ, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/35800.

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У дисертації здійснено теоретичне узагальнення та запропоновано нове вирішення науково-практичного завдання, що полягає в удосконаленні організаційно-економічних основ управління екосистемними послугами водно-болотних угідь. Запропоновано концептуальні підходи до вдосконалення класифікаційних ознак екосистемних послуг, здійснено вартісну оцінку екосистемних послуг водно-болотного угіддя у контексті необхідності формування механізму управління та розвитку системи платежів за екосистемні послуги, сформовано структуру організаційно-економічного механізму управління екосистемними послугами водно-болотних угідь, визначені методичні положення щодо впровадження та функціонування фінансових та організаційних механізмів управління екосистемними послугами водно-болотних угідь. У роботі запропоновані методичні підходи до проведення індикаторної оцінки екосистемних послуг водно-болотних угідь у механізмі управління як основи для вибору стратегій управління такими послугами. Визначені напрями систематизації стратегій управління екосистемними послугами водно-болотних угідь, а також сформовано критеріальну основу для розвитку платежів за екосистемні послуги. При цитуванні документа, використовуйте посилання http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/35800
В диссертации осуществлено теоретическое обобщение и предложено новое решение научно-практической задачи, заключающейся в совершенствовании организационно-экономических основ управления экосистемными услугами водно-болотных угодий. Экосистемные услуги водно-болотных экосистем определены как экономическая категория, охватывающая потоки экономических выгод и ценностей, которые получают хозяйствующие субъекты и другие заинтересованные стороны от использования существующих свойств водно-болотных экосистем, а также таких, которые образуются в результате генерирования, восстановления, поддержки, регулирования экосистемных процессов, формирующихся в результате целенаправленной деятельности субъектов хозяйствования различных форм собственности и иерархических уровней управления. Вышеизложенные особенности предложенной дефиниции экосистемных услуг и необходимость принятия эффективных управленческих решений, направленных на их имплементацию в экономический механизм функционирования субъектов хозяйствования, обусловили целесообразность совершенствования классификационных признаков экосистемных услуг через выделение функционально-регуляторных, экосистемных, организационно-экономических признаков и признаков времени. Эти признаки определяют такие виды экосистемных услуг: по стадиям и причинам динамики экосистем; по функциональному назначению (экосистемные услуги обеспечения, регулирования, поддержки и социокультурные экосистемные услуги); по типам бенефициаров экосистемных услуг и формам их потребностей; по срокам реализации и уровню легальности использования; по степени осязаемости экосистемных услуг; по пространственным признакам, типам и размеру экосистем; по этапам и вектору процесса предоставления экосистемной услуги; по способу оплаты и форме собственности; по степени вклада в благосостояние населения и уровню потребительской полезности. Исходя из основных принципов теории хозяйственного механизма разработан организационно-экономический механизм управления экосистемными услугами водно-болотных угодий, который структурно является частью синергетического механизма функционирования экономики экосистем. Сущностно-содержательную основу данного механизма определено как динамическое взаимодействие и согласование организационных структур и процессов управления, основанных на совокупности стратегий, стимулов, ресурсов и инструментов, которые влияют и обусловливают изменение состояния экосистемных услуг водно-болотных угодий. Функционирование данного механизма происходит в пределах круга изменений экосистемных услуг водно-болотного угодья. Научно обосновано, что развитие механизма эффективного управления требует структурированного подхода к декомпозиции и выбору стратегии управления экосистемными услугами водно-болотных угодий по следующим признакам: общие и доминантные стратегии, стратегии по способу достижения цели управления экосистемными услугами, стратегии по характеру поведения субъектов управления экосистемными услугами, а также целевые стратегии по видам таких услуг. В работе предложены методические подходы к проведению индикаторной оценки экосистемных услуг водно-болотных угодий в механизме управления как основы для выбора стратегий управления такими услугами. Определены направления систематизации стратегий управления экосистемными услугами водно-болотных угодий, а также сформирована критериальная основа для развития платежей за экосистемные услуги. При цитировании документа, используйте ссылку http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/35800
The thesis presents a theoretical synthesis and proposes a new solution of scientific and practical tasks of improving organizational and economic bases of wetlands ecosystem services management. The conceptual approaches to improve classifications of ecosystem services have been offered. In the thesis is implemented the valuation of wetlands ecosystem services in the context of the need to develop management mechanism and development of payments for ecosystem services system, the structure of organizational-economic mechanism of wetlands ecosystem services management has formed, methodological position on the implementation and functioning of financial and organizational mechanisms of wetlands ecosystem services has identified. The paper presents the methodological approaches to indicator assessment of wetlands ecosystem services in the mechanism of management as a basis for selecting ecosystem services management strategies. Determined the directions of systematization of wetlands ecosystem services management strategies and criterial basis for the development of payments for ecosystem services has formed. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/35800

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Guttal, Vishwesha. "Applications of nonequilibrium statistical physics to ecological systems." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1209696541.

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Kreiling, Laura. "Intermediaries in innovation ecosystems. Delineating practices and context of European Knowledge Transfer Organisations University technology transfer organizations: Roles adopted in response to their regional innovation system stakeholders A practice-based maturity model for holistic TTO performance management: development and initial use A European clustering study with Knowledge Transfer Office DNA." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPASS025.

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Cette thèse porte sur les organisations intermédiaires de transfert de connaissance et de technologies des universités vers l'industrie, au sein des écosystèmes d'innovation. Les pratiques de gestion et le contexte régional des organisations européennes de transfert de connaissances (OTC) sont étudiés afin d'enrichir la compréhension de leurs déterminants managériaux. Une approche systémique est adoptée qui aboutit à des études empiriques à de multiples niveaux.La première porte sur l'influence du contexte régional et analyse le rôle des acteurs dans les systèmes d’innovation régionaux. Sur la base d'entretiens dans des OTC régionales françaises et de la théorie des parties prenantes, un modèle théorique sur l’ambidextrie de création de valeur est développé, sept parties prenantes régionales identifiées, ainsi que six rôles organisationnels adoptés.La deuxième étude porte sur les pratiques de gestion interne et examine leur maturité par rapport à d'autres dimensions de la performance des OTC en mobilisant les capacités dynamiques et la théorie de la contingence. Il en résulte l'élaboration et l'utilisation d'un modèle de maturité holistique fondé sur les pratiques managériales des OTC. Les données d'enquête de 17 OTC européennes montrent que la maturité est la plus élevée dans le domaine des pratiques de “traduction et combinaison” et la plus faible pour “la gestion des connaissances”.La troisième étude utilise le groupe de référence et l'analyse de benchmarking pour développer une approche de regroupement de OTC européennes basée sur des indicateurs d‘activité. Un cadre est proposé sur la base duquel des clusters européens transnationaux sont créés. Il en ressort que les variables liées à la culture interne de transfert des connaissances sont principalement à l'origine de la création de groupes, suivies de la variable ”'écosystème externe” et de celle relative au budget.En conclusion, cette recherche contribue à l'émergence de nouveaux thèmes dans la littérature sur le transfert des connaissances entre l'université et l'industrie, en particulier sur l'existence et l'influence des intervenants régionaux, le rôle des capacités et des pratiques dans la performance des OTC et la capacité non seulement de créer des groupes transnationaux pour le benchmarking et le benchlearning, mais aussi la mise en évidence des variables qui déterminent la création de groupes. Cela a des répercussions managériales ainsi que sur les politiques publiques, mais également offre un terrain fertile pour la recherche future en management sur les liens entre les universités et l'industrie
This thesis research is on intermediary organisations for the transfer of knowledge and technology from academia to industry in innovation ecosystems. Managerial practices and regional context of European Knowledge Transfer Organisations (KTOs) are investigated to enrich the understanding of their managerial determinants. A systemic approach is adopted resulting in research on multiple analytical levels. Consequently, the empirical part of this thesis consists of three studies.The first is on the regional context and analyses the influence of actors in the regional innovation system. Based on interviews at French regional KTOs and stakeholder theory, a theoretical model on their value creation ambidexterity is created and seven regional stakeholders identified, as well as six organisational roles which are adopted in response.The second study is on the internal managerial practices and investigates their maturity in relation to other KTO performance dimensions using dynamic capabilities and contingency theory. It results in the development and initial use of a holistic practice-based maturity model for KTO performance management. Initial data from 17 European KTOs shows that maturity is highest in the area of ‘translation & combination’ practices and lowest for ‘knowledge management’.The third study uses reference group and benchmarking theory to develop a clustering approach for the comparison of similar European KTOs based on existing activity metrics. A framework is proposed based on which transnational European peer groups are created with a clustering approach. Variables related to the internal knowledge transfer culture primarily drove cluster creation, followed by the external ecosystem and KTO budget.In conclusion, the research findings shed light on emerging topics in the university-industry knowledge transfer literature, particularly on the existence and influence of regional stakeholders, the role of capabilities and practices in performance management and the ability to not only create transnational groups for benchmarking and bench-learning but also visibility on the variables that drive cluster creation. This has managerial and policy implications as well as provides fertile ground for future research on management at the intersection of academia and industry

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Worgu, Stanley, and Adibi Soroush. "An exploratory study of the prospects and application of life cycle perspective and ISO 14001 in product design and development as a means of sustainability excellence." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-42149.

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Product life cycle perspective, a concept emanating from sustainable product development has gradually emerged as one of the key areas in product design and development. Several studies and research have shown the direct co-relationship between product design, development and manufacturing and its impact on our environment and ecosystem. The need to take these environmental factors into consideration is fundamental and highly prioritized in organizations that seeks to minimize the environmental impact of their operations in our ecosystem and if possible redirect these operations to contribute positively to saving the natural ecosystem. In the latest revision of ISO 14001:2015 standard, the term product life cycle perspective (LCP) has now become a fundamental requirement for organizations to fulfill. The requirement specifies the need for life cycle perspectives to be a significant factor during product design and development. However, the practical challenges of continuously integrating life circle analysis in product design is enormous for companies and organizations. This thesis will look at the challenges confronting ISO 14001 certified product manufacturing companies and allied services in implementing product LCP during product development and design and also the interpretations given by auditors from certification companies concerning how companies implement product LCP in relation to the requirements in ISO 14001:2015 at the product design and development stages.

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Joshi, Raoul, and Fredrik Hammarström. "Bridging the Broadband Divide through Universal Service Funds : Key Principles for Broadband Connectivity Projects in Underserved Areas." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Ekonomiska informationssystem, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-98195.

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The rapid emergence of broadband, or always-on Internet, during the course of the last decade, has increased the importance of the so- called information society in urban and industrialized societies world- wide. Liberalized information and communications technology (ICT) market forces worldwide have however failed to supply these services to rural and low-income regions resulting in the so-called digital divide. One financial tool, adopted by many developing nations to drive broadband investments in underserved areas, is the universal service fund (USF), a public fund mainly levying its resources from ICT market players. USFs have previously been used to fund telecom networks but with the growing importance of broadband, structural and regulatory discrepancies are preventing USFs from adequately supporting broadband investments. Currently, little up-to-date academic theory exists within this field; thus, this thesis serves to outline principles that policy-makers and regulators need to consider when designing or reforming universal service fund mechanisms. The research is based on a series of qualitative country case studies investigating policy, procedural, and executional aspects related to USFs and rural broadband. Publicly available material has been complemented with interviews of stakeholders from various levels to establish a holistic empirical base upon which conclusions have been drawn. The conclusions outline principles governing public involvement in USFs, roles played by various stakeholders in the broadband ecosystem, and strategies for rural broadband network deployment.
Framfarten av bredband under det senaste årtiondet har ökat vikten av det så kallade informationssamhället i de industrialiserade och urbaniserade samhällen. Marknadskrafterna inom den liberaliserade informations- och kommunikationsindustrin har dock misslyckats med att göra dess tjänster tillgängliga till glesbefolkade och låginkomstregioner, vilket har lett till en digital klyfta. Ett finansiellt hjälpmedel som många utvecklingsländer har anammat för att påskynda bredbandsinvesteringar i regioner med få bredbandsuppkopplingar är fonder för samhällsomfattande tjänster (USF), som är en offentlig fond vilken får den största delen av sitt kapital genom en pålaga på intäkterna från aktörer inom informations- och kommunikationsindustrin. USF:er har tidigare använts för att finansiera telekomnätverk, men i takt med att bredbandets ökande genomslag i samhället har strukturella och regleringsmässiga problem med USF:erna uppdagats vilka hindrar dem från att effektivt stödja bredbandsinvesteringar. För närvarande finns lite akademisk teori på området, och sålunda syftar denna uppsatts till att tillhandahålla principer vilka beslutsfattare och regulatorer bör efterfölja vid utformning eller reformering av mekanismer för samhällsomfattande tjänster för bredband. Arbetet baseras på en serie kvalitativa fallstudier av länder med policy, procedurella och verkställande aspekter kopplade till USF:er i områden med få bredbandsuppkopplingar i fokus. Material tillgängligt för allmänheten har kompletterats med intervjuer av intressenter från olika organisations- och samhällsnivåer för att skapa en heltäckande empiri på området från vilka slutsatser har dragits. Slutsatserna innehåller principer som rör offentlig inblandning i USF:er, roller för samhällets olika intressenter i ett ekosystem för bredband, samt strategier för utbyggnad av bredbandsnätverk i glesbefolkade områden.

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Gossiaux, Alice. "Effets des changements environnementaux sur le fonctionnement des ruisseaux de tête de bassin versant." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0260.

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Dans le contexte actuel des changements environnementaux, de nombreuses pressions menacent le fonctionnement et l’intégrité des milieux naturels. Parmi ces pressions, l’augmentation des températures et les modifications de la disponibilité des nutriments sont au cœur des préoccupations, en particulier concernant les écosystèmes aquatiques d’eau douce. Pour les ruisseaux de tête de bassin versant, qui sont des écosystèmes fragiles dont le fonctionnement est déterminant pour les masses d’eau situées à l’aval, les conséquences de ces changements sont primordiales à anticiper afin de prévoir des mesures de gestion et de conservation de ces milieux qui rendent de nombreux services écosystémiques. Le fonctionnement de ces cours d’eau repose principalement sur la décomposition de matière organique d’origine allochtone, qui constitue l’apport majeur de carbone des réseaux trophiques benthiques. Dans une moindre mesure, la production primaire y est représentée par les organismes autotrophes du biofilm. En utilisant différentes approches (microcosmes, mésocosmes, in natura), les travaux de cette thèse visent d’abord à comprendre comment les compartiments microbiens et macro-invertébrés, impliqués dans le fonctionnement des cours d’eau de tête de bassin, réagissent à l’augmentation des températures, puis tentent d’en démêler les effets conjoints de la modification de la disponibilité en nutriments, de la saisonnalité, de l’identité des espèces et des interactions biotiques sous-jacentes. Les résultats obtenus lors de cette thèse démontrent que la température et les nutriments ont des effets complexes—potentiellement faibles, non-linéaires et parfois opposés aux résultats de la littérature—sur les processus de décomposition des litières dans les cours d’eau. De plus, ces travaux soulignent l’importance de considérer les effets saisonniers et la dynamique temporelle pour mieux appréhender les processus mesurés en milieux naturels ou semi-naturels. Enfin, l’identité des espèces (litières, micro- et macro-organismes), leur rôle dans la communauté (groupes fonctionnels) et leurs interactions (antagonistes, facilitatrices) jouent un rôle clef dans la variabilité des réponses observées, en modulant, par exemple, l’importance de la voie brune et verte dans le fonctionnement de ces systèmes. Finalement, la variabilité des effets de l’augmentation de la température et de la disponibilité en nutriments sur le fonctionnement des cours d’eau de tête de bassin versant, fortement liée au contexte et au niveau d’organisation biologique, ouvre de nombreuses perspectives de recherche, et notamment dans le cadre des sciences participatives
In the current context of environmental changes, many pressures threaten the functioning and integrity of natural environments. Among these pressures, concerns about increasing temperatures and changes in nutrients availability are rising, particularly for freshwater aquatic ecosystems. The consequences of these changes on headwater streams, which contribute to downstream water bodies and provide many ecosystem services, are essential to anticipate in order to plan management and conservation measures. Headwater streams functioning is mainly based on the decomposition of allochthonous organic matter, which is the major carbon input for benthic food webs. To a lesser extent, primary production is represented by the autotrophic organisms of biofilm. Using different approaches (microcosms, mesocosms, in natura), this thesis aims at understanding how microbial and macro-invertebrate compartments, involved in the functioning of headwater streams, react to temperature increases, and at disentangling the combined effects of nutrients availability changes, seasonality, species identity and underlying biotic interactions. The results of this thesis demonstrate that temperature and nutrients have complex effects on stream litter decomposition processes (potentially weak, non-linear and sometimes opposed to the results of the literature). In addition, these studies highlight the importance of taking seasonal effects and temporal dynamics into account in order to improve the understanding of the measured processes in natural or semi-natural environments. Finally, species identity (litter, micro and macro-organisms), species roles in the community (functional groups) and interactions among them (antagonists, facilitators) play a key role in the variability of observed responses, by modulating, for example, the importance of the brown and green pathways in the functioning of these systems. Finally, the variability of the effects of temperature increase and nutrient availability on the functioning of headwater streams, which is strongly linked to the context and level of biological organization, leads to many research opportunities, and in particular for citizen science

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Kaspar, Roxane. "La mise en œuvre des aménagements de peine en Franche-Comté : un processus actionné par l'organisation de la chaîne judiciaire et pénitentiaire et une approche du système nature - individualité - société." Thesis, Besançon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BESA1004.

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La mise en oeuvre des aménagements de peine en Franche-Comté s‟avère être un objet de recherche multidimensionnel. Il se déploie simultanément dans plusieurs dimensions sociologiques. Premièrement, il s‟insère dans un contexte sociétal global et dans un cadre législatif national. Deuxièmement, il se réalise au sein de territoires locaux, de géographies distinctes et d‟infrastructures spécifiques. Troisièmement, il existe grâce à la présence et à l‟action de différents groupes d‟acteurs aux caractéristiques particulières. Quatrièmement, il est animé par les individualités, toutes aussi singulières les unes que les autres, qui constituent ces groupes d‟acteurs. En somme, la mise en oeuvre des aménagements de peine est un objet indubitablement humain, organisationnel et social.En menant une recherche Ŕ aussi bien empirique que théorique Ŕ architecturée par ces différentes dimensions, il est possible de pénétrer au coeur de l‟objet étudié. L‟enquête portée sur les sept sites francs-comtois de la mise en oeuvre des aménagements de peine conduit à percevoir cette mise en oeuvre comme un processus actionné par la chaîne judiciaire et pénitentiaire. En étant structurée et agencée, cette chaîne prend la forme d‟une organisation. La chaîne judiciaire et pénitentiaire est aussi une organisation étendue en se connectant à des groupes (partenaires) extérieurs nécessaires à son fonctionnement optimal. Dans la réalisation de ce processus, l‟organisation prend en charge singulièrement les personnes placées sous main de justice. Elle démontre une mobilisation sociétale dont la finalité est de retravailler le système Nature-Individualité-Société
The implementation of the sentence adjustment in Franche-Comté is proving to be a multidimensional object of research. It unfolds simultaneously in several sociological dimensions. First, it is part of a global and societal context and of a national legislative framework. Second, it is realized within local territories, distinct geographies and specific infrastructures. Third, there is due to the presence and action of different groups of actors with particular characteristics. Fourth, it is driven by the individualities, all as unique as each other, forming these groups of actors. In short, the implementation of the sentence adjustment is undoubtedly a human, organizational and social object.By conducting research - both empirical and theoretical - architectured by these dimensions, it is possible to penetrate the heart of the object studied. The survey focused on the seven francs-comtois sites of the implementation of the sentence adjustment led to perceive this implementation as a process driven by the judiciary and penitentiary chain. Being structured and arranged, this chain takes the form of an organization. The judiciary and penitentiary chain is also an organization extended by connecting external groups (partners) necessary for its optimal operation. In carrying out this process, the organization takes singularly charge of person placed in judicial custody. It demonstrates a social mobilization whose purpose is to rework the Nature-Individuality-Society system

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淳也, 佐野, and Junya Sano. "小規模自治体における内発的地域イノベーション・エコシステム : 創造的人口減少を可能にするまちづくり生態系." Thesis, https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/opac/opac_link/bibid/BB13142998/?lang=0, 2020. https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/opac/opac_link/bibid/BB13142998/?lang=0.

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「内発的地域イノベーション・エコシステム」とは、地域課題の革新的な解決を可能にする多様なプレイヤーによる機能的ネットワークであり、相互作用と共進化により持続する自律的システムである。人口減少を迎える小規模自治体において、いかにそうしたエコシステムを生み出し、地域公共財としての社会関係資本を蓄積しながら、しなやかに地域社会を維持・発展させていくことが可能なのかについて、国内の先進事例をもとに分析を行った。
"Endogenous Regional Social Innovation Ecosystem" is that enable innovative solutions to regional challenges. It is a functional network of multi-sectoral players that is autonomous, sustained by interaction and co-evolution among the players. I analyzed based on advanced cases in Japan, about how it is possible for domestic small municipalities with declining populations to maintain and develop the local community in a flexible manner by creating such an ecosystem while accumulating social capital as local public goods.
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Doctor of Philosophy in Social Innovation
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Doshisha University

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Pankov, Susanne. "Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and the Sharing Economy." 2020. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72872.

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This cumulative dissertation captures the sharing economy’s sustainability dynamics by applying a macro-, meso-, and micro-level analysis to investigate the actors and elements involved in constituting the field. On a macro-level, the first study examines the social, political, and economic context that shapes (non-)sustainable sharing entrepreneurs’ behavior. The second study's meso-level analysis investigates how sharing entrepreneurs affect other organizations and communities to act more sustainable. Lastly, the third study adopts a micro-level analysis that focuses on entrepreneurs’ identity formation in the contested sharing economy. Overall, this dissertation contributes to a more fine-grained understanding of sustainability in the sharing economy and the various actors and elements involved in constituting the field. Moreover, the dissertation highlights the actions and interventions necessary for the sharing economy’s sustainability path.:List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations CHAPTER 1: Background and Research Gap 1.1 Theoretical Framework 1.1.1 The Evolution of the Sharing Economy 1.1.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 1.1.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Organizational Identity Work 1.2 Research Purpose and Scientific Contribution 1.2.1 Research Article I 1.2.2 Research Article II 1.2.3 Research Article III References CHAPTER 2: Research Article I CHAPTER 3: Research Article II 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theoretical Background 3.2.1 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 3.2.2 Sustainability in the Sharing Economy 3.3 Data and Method 3.3.1 Research Context 3.3.2 Sampling Logic and Data Collection 3.3.3 Data Analysis 3.4 Findings 3.4.1 Building a Supportive Environment 3.4.2 Disrupting Normative Standards 3.4.3 Reframing the Sustainability Paradigm 3.5 Discussion 3.5.1 Implications for Theory 3.5.2 Implications for Practice 3.5.3 Limitations and Future Research References CHAPTER 4: Research Article III 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical Background 4.2.1 Identity Narratives in Contested Fields 4.2.2 Label Work and Collective Identity 4.3 Methodology 4.3.1 Research Setting: The Sharing Economy as a Contested Field 4.3.2 Data Sources and Collection 4.3.3 Data Analysis 4.4 Findings 4.4.1 Embracing the Label for Configuring Local Identity and Field Aspirations 4.4.2 Fixing the Label to Signal Distinctiveness 4.4.3 Unfixing the Label to Embrace Tensions and Ambiguities 4.4.4 Re-Fixing the Label to Consolidate a Collective Identity 4.5 Discussion 4.6 Conclusion References

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Almeida, João Nuno Barreiros. "Porto’s startup ecosystem : how are tech startups shaping the development & growth of Porto’s ecosystem?" Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26370.

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The area of entrepreneurship and innovation has been increasingly debated during the last years. Major cities across the world have been focused on creating ecosystems capable of supporting its startups, aiming to bring innovation and socio-economic improvements to their citizens. The city of Porto is not an exception, and over the last few years has been assuming its position, focused on foster entrepreneurship and innovation. The process is slow and complex, and as suggested by the literature, the creation of an ecosystem is only possible when a set of different factors and elements align together and form interconnections that allow mutual development. The problem is that there are no two equal ecosystems, each one has its own characteristics and limitations that constitute a unique case study that can lead to the ecosystem’s growth, or to its destruction. Therefore, the objective of this investigation was to study the unique case of Porto’s startup ecosystem, resorting to different types of documentary analysis and conducting interviews with experts and professionals inserted in the context of Porto’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, to explore the impact of startups activity in the city, and to understand the connections, relations, and major limitations of the different elements of study. Through the analysis of Porto’s policies, support, human capital, finance and culture, it was possible to understand the efforts being made towards the success of its entrepreneurial activity, as well as the major limitations that are holding entrepreneurs and getting in the way of startups growth. Because the only way to overcome limitations is to become aware of them, although the praiseworthy increasing number of cooperation initiatives and talented people in technological and scientific areas, Porto is an early-stage ecosystem with room for improvements in different areas of knowledge, as talent management, financial supports, entrepreneurial incentives, and startup’s programs, all addressed during this investigation and with great relevance to the ecosystem sustainable growth.

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"Ecosystem Spatial Heterogeneity: Formation, Consequences, and Feedbacks." Doctoral diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.35960.

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abstract: An understanding of the formation of spatial heterogeneity is important because spatial heterogeneity leads to functional consequences at the ecosystem scale; however, such an understanding is still limited. Particularly, research simultaneously considering both external variables and internal feedbacks (self-organization) is rare, partly because these two drivers are addressed under different methodological frameworks. In this dissertation, I show the prevalence of internal feedbacks and their interaction with heterogeneity in the preexisting template to form spatial pattern. I use a variety of techniques to account for both the top-down template effect and bottom-up self-organization. Spatial patterns of nutrients in stream surface water are influenced by the self-organized patch configuration originating from the internal feedbacks between nutrient concentration, biological patchiness, and the geomorphic template. Clumps of in-stream macrophyte are shaped by the spatial gradient of water permanence and local self-organization. Additionally, significant biological interactions among plant species also influence macrophyte distribution. The relative contributions of these drivers change in time, responding to the larger external environments or internal processes of ecosystem development. Hydrologic regime alters the effect of geomorphic template and self-organization on in-stream macrophyte distribution. The relative importance of niche vs. neutral processes in shaping biodiversity pattern is a function of hydrology: neutral processes are more important in either very high or very low discharge periods. For the spatial pattern of nutrients, as the ecosystem moves toward late succession and nitrogen becomes more limiting, the effect of self-organization intensifies. Changes in relative importance of different drivers directly affect ecosystem macroscopic properties, such as ecosystem resilience. Stronger internal feedbacks in average to wetter years are shown to increase ecosystem resistance to elevated external stress, and make the backward shifts (vegetation loss) much more gradual. But it causes increases in ecosystem hysteresis effect. Finally, I address the question whether functional consequences of spatial heterogeneity feed back to influence the processes from which spatial heterogeneity emerged through a conceptual review. Such feedbacks are not likely. Self-organized spatial patterning is a result of regular biological processes of organisms. Individual organisms do not benefit from such order. It is order for free, and for nothing.
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Boushaba, Kamal. "Relations sociétés-nature et stratégies intégrées de conservation et du développement : cas de la Réserve de Biosphère Intercontinentale de la Méditerranée." Thèse, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/18420.

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Loureiro, Sara Maria do Carvalhal Roque. "Business support networks for social enterprises: a study of the Brazilian support ecosystem." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/120299.

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Social enterprises, economically self-sufficient businesses with primarily social objectives, are emerging and promising to help tackling Brazil’s social problems. Nevertheless, such promise is contingent on the development of a supportive ecosystem. This study explores the business support ecosystem for social enterprises in Brazil by providing a preliminary qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of the support network for social enterprises according to the perceptions of both social entrepreneurs and support providers. Such analysis is developed using Turrini et al. (2010)’sconceptual model on the determinants of network effectiveness for pattern matching. Results suggest that such network has been marked by a rapid growth of high quality business support availability but that such services are still concentrated in the South east of Brazil, being higher levels of both interaction and formalization among support organizations and of financial resources, public awareness and government support considered paramount to enhance ecosystem building.

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