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Goitom, Meron. "Shared Value Creation in Social Business Models : Shared value in social businesses: A business model approach." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Business Model Innovation (BMI), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-27909.
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Khazanchi, Shalini. "A "Social Exchange" Model of Creativity." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1115336085.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2005.Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 11, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: Creativity; Social Exchange; Fairness; Trust. Includes bibliographical references.
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D'Iverno, Mark Paul. "Social agency : a formal computational model." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300509.
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Atabay, Seda. "Social Market Economy: A Discursive Framework For European Social Model?" Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610222/index.pdf.
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The thesis mainly scrutinizes the evolution of European Social Dimension from the early period of the European integration to the Lisbon Summit of 2000 and the formation of the draft EU Constitution in 2003. While the focus is on the changing role of social policy at the European Union level during the period of welfare state transformation, the thesis tries to lay down the normative and discursive linkages constructed between the concepts of European Social Model and the Social Market
Economy. Subsequent to the inquiry made into the theoretical foundations of the Social Market Economy and its practice in Germany, the thesis discusses how diverse European actors employ the concept, which is ambiguous in nature, as a comprehensive framework within which a European political identity that may be constructed around European Social Model could be grounded.
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Aylott, Jill. "Developing a social understanding of autism through the 'social model'." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2003. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19299/.
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The aim of this study is to design an innovative research methodology to engage young people with a label of 'autism', in the research process. Advancement in the creation of a new and innovative research methodology made it possible for 11 young people to communicate with the researcher about what was important to them as they went through adolescence. 'Barriers' to inclusion in the research process were challenged by developing, practical ways to de-code and translate complex communication systems through the design of a 'communication profile'. Engaging young people with a label of 'autism' in a way that enables them to lead and direct the research process is new and challenges traditional research assumptions. It also challenges traditional research methods used with people with a label of Teaming difficulties' and questions the validity of 'researcher led' narrative. Utilising a more democratic process of 'inclusive' research methodology led to the findings that young people with a label of 'autism' are disabled by 'barriers' within wider society rather than by their perceived 'impairments'. The disabling barriers evident from this research were physical barriers (in relation the physical environment); support barriers (in relation to interpersonal relationships and support); and information barriers (the way information causes disabling barriers if it is not presented in ways that enables understanding). The findings significantly challenged current and past theories of autism and questioned the 'truth' in the 'knowledge' ascertained from positivist research methodologies. Listening to the collective 'voice' of young people with a label of 'autism', urges a move away from a reductionist explanation of 'impairment', to embrace the wider holistic explanation of autism as 'disability'. To advance the continuation of participation in research, this research study calls for a 'paradigm shift' in research methodology, to move away from 'positivist' research methodologies to advancing an 'emancipatory disability research' agenda. This research also calls for the inclusion of people with a label of 'autism' to become engaged in the wider 'social model of disability' debate and to become included as part of the wider disabled people's movement.
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Verrill, Stephen W. "Social Structure and Social Learning in Delinquency: A Test of Akers’ Social Structure-Social Learning Model." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001305.
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Nall, Gregory Allen. "An alternative model of chimpanzee social structure, with implications for phylogenetic models of stem-hominid social structure." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845924.
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The following research paper was concerned with five basic objectives:(1) outlining the major theoretical and methodological approaches used in the reconstruction of early hominid social behavior/social structure as a context in which to view Richard Wrangham's and Michael Ghiglieri's phylogenetic models of stem-hominid social structure.(2) examining Wrangham's and Ghiglieri's models of stem-hominid and chimpanzee social structure.(3) indicating how theoretical and methodological aspects of structure essentially represent an extension of the theoretical and methodological approaches the same researchers applied to their models of chimpanzee social structure.(4) addressing the theoretical and methodological deficiences of Wrangham's and Ghiglieri's models of chimpanzee social structure.(5) providing suggestions for improved phylogenetic models of early hominid social structure.The first objective was achieved by: (a) reviewing Tooby and Devore's (1986) and Wrangham's (1986) evaluations of the major theoretical approaches and methodologies used in the reconstruction of hominid social behavior/structure (b) defining, classifying and evaluating Wrangham's and Ghiglieri's phylogenetic approaches within this context.The second objective was accomplished by outlining, analyzing, and comparing/contrasting Wrangham's and Ghiglieri's phylogenetic models of stem-hominid social structure (i.e.Wrangham 1986; Ghiglieri 1987, 1989) and Wrangham's and Ghiglieri's models of chimpanzee social structure (i.e. Wrangham 1975, 1979; Ghiglieri 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989).The third objective was achieved by recognizing how Wrangham and Ghiglieri used/stressed principles and concepts derived from evolutionary biology and/or behavioral ecology to develop their models of stem-hominid and chimpanzee social structure. This analysis showed that Wrangham's models of social structure were more favorably inclined toward the method of behavioral ecology than Ghiglieri's models, which favored a sociobiological paradigm. Furthermore, although neither researcher relied exclusively on the above theoretical approaches, the main thrust of their argument often centered around it. For instance, Wrangham's analysis of chimpanzee social structure (Wrangham 1975, 1979) indicated that the ultimate cause of that structure was ecological i.e., patchy food distribution leads to wide female dispersal for optimal foraging efficiency, which in turn favors a male kin breeding group that can maintain a territority that includes several individual female ranges. In contrast, Wrangham's phylogenetic model of the social structure of the stem-hominid (Wrangham, 1986) suggested that phylogenetic inertia may be partially responsible for the shared social features found among African Hominoidea. However, in the same work, Wrangham also suggested that further socioecological analysis of African apes may indicate whether food distribution and its effects on female dispersion/association may partially explain conservative African ape social features.Ghiglieri's phylogenetic model of the stem-hominid (1987, 1989), on the other hand, explained the conservative social features of bonobos, common chimpanzees, and hominids to be primarily a product of phylogenetic inertia and sexual selection. Furthermore, for Ghiglieri the most important sexual selection variable was a male communal reproductive strategy. This, according to Ghiglieri, is the ultimate cause of social structure. Notably, Ghiglieri (1984, 1985) had earlier stressed the overiding importance of a male communal reproductive strategy but was less dogmatic in his insistence that chimpanzees had essentially solved their ecological problems (e.g. that they had solved the food distribution problem by fusion-fission sociality; predators were never a real problem). Nevertheless, Ghiglieri's earlier position similarily expressed the idea that a communal reproductive strategy constituted the ultimate cause of social structure.The fourth objective was accomplished by presentation of an alternative model of chimpanzee social behavior which suggested that structure; the effect of phylogenetic inertia on social structure; chimpanzee social structure is the combined product of ecological and sexual selection forces: female optimal foraging, male mating strategies, and predator pressure. The model was considered by the author to be unique in that it integrated essential aspects of both Wrangham's and Ghiglieri's models and, in addition, provided support for Alexander's (1974) contention that predation pressure is an ultimate cause of ape social structure. The model also outlined scenarios for the evolution of chimpanzee group._ extensibility (fusion-fission sociality) and the capacity for warfare among chimpanzees.The last objective was achieved by a discussion of the implications that the author's model had for phylogenetic models of stem-hominid social structure. In this discussion the author reviewed the following issues as they related to the phylogenetic reconstruction of hominid social structure: the role of phylogeny and/or ecology in the causation of social encountered when using a phylogenetic referential model for the personal biases that enter into phylogenetic econstructions; pitfalls reconstruction of early hominid social evolution; the significance of chimpanzee models of social structure.The importance of the preceding study lay in its ability to stimulate improved conceptual models of African hominoid social structure.Department of Anthropology
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Vouitsis, Elpida. "Camille Pissarro's Turpitudes sociales : challenging the medical model of social deviance." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98591.
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The French temperance movement during the nineteenth century believed that it had discovered the source of social problems when it linked accidents, conjugal violence and crime to an increase in alcohol consumption by the working classes. In a swift attempt to curb these societal ills, the campaign led by the medical community targeted the working classes in France. This instigated the further alienation of the masses and allowed government officials to promote its own agenda of moral reform. In an effort to expose the elitist intentions of this state run temperance movement, this thesis analyzes four images from Camille Pissarro's unpublished album, Turpitudes Sociales of 1889, which represent similar imagery but with an opposite message. I will analyze these images from Pissarro's unpublished work in order to shed light on his incorporation of class relations and depiction of the bourgeoisie's negative impact on the French working classes.
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Suran, Sandra L. "Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions and Social Networking Sites – An Integrative Model." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1265998120.
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Suran, Sandra L. "Evolutionary psychology, social emotions and social networking sites an integrative model /." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1265998120.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2010.Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Feb. 16, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-76). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center and also available in print.
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FORSTROM, MARTIN DYLAN. "CUBAN SOCIALISM: A MODEL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612936.
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As the only developed country with a mostly publicly-owned and centrally-planned economy, sociological study of Cuba offers profound opportunities for theoretical and practical consideration of the viability of that model. Hitherto unseen levels of support for socialism among Americans and a renewed European Left in the wake of the Great Recession and worsening human-caused climate change provide a context of renewed interest. Cuba’s geographic location, high standard of living, ethnic/racial diversity, and relative cultural liberalism, further, make it the uniquely best-suited counterexample to the “end of history” model of (neo)liberal democratic consensus. While limited, partial analyses of the Cuban system abound, attempts to synthesize this information and meaningfully address its unique development of the Marxist-Leninist single-party state as a legitimate form of society are nearly nonexistent. I will argue that the system’s survival and significant adaptations from its past as a Soviet client state warrant a second look as a viable alternative type of social organization. A review and synthesis of the social scientific literature in addition to notions of democracy and attempts to quantify utilitarian function like Happy Planet Index demonstrates that, more so than untested models, the Cuban one presents a viable if very imperfect example of equitable sustainability.
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Collinson, Craig. "Lexism : beyond the social model of dyslexia." Thesis, Edge Hill University, 2017. http://repository.edgehill.ac.uk/9888/.
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In this thesis a new concept called ‘Lexism’ (the Othering and discrimination of dyslexics) is proposed, outlined and defended. The dyslexia debate is currently in a state of deadlock. The origin of this stalemate is not an empirical problem but a conceptual one. The conceptual problems with dyslexia, and the existence of dyslexics, are both recognised, but the contradictions between them remain unresolved. For this reason a philosophical approach (influenced by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Gilbert Ryle) has been adopted. First, the conceptual foundations are set out to enable the recognition of Lexism as a concept, and to reject the concept of dyslexia whilst recognising the existence of dyslexics. Second, Lexism as a concept, is evaluated, compared and contrasted with what some might consider to be the strongest existing account of dyslexics’ social experiences, that of Riddick’s (2001) social model of dyslexia. Third, the key aspects and features of Lexism as a new concept are set out. The original contribution to knowledge is that Lexism enables us to see that dyslexics are defined by Lexism not dyslexia. Lexism, it is argued, in a certain sense, is comparable to, though not the same as, racism, sexism and homophobia. This enables us break the current deadlock and move away from sterile debates over dyslexia’s existence, to how dyslexics are Othered by a literate society. Lexism raises new and significant implications for the dyslexia debate, but also government policy, educational practice, assessments and reasonable adjustments for dyslexics.
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San, Martín Ramas Mauro Adolfo. "A model for social networks data management." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2012. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/111467.
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Doctor en Ciencias, Mención ComputaciónEn el contexto de la administración de datos para redes sociales, esta tesis aborda sus necesidades de manipulación de datos proponiendo un modelo de datos basado en un conjunto exhaustivo de casos de uso tomados del dominio de las redes sociales (SN, del inglés social networks ), y en el trabajo teórico existente sobre modelos de datos, bases de datos, y lenguajes de consulta. Un modelo para la administración de datos de redes sociales debe permitir compartir los datos de redes sociales, así como su reutilización e integración, con apoyo para esquemas flexibles y metadatos apropiados para datos con estructura de grafos. El lenguaje de consulta deseado debe proveer la expresividad adecuada bajo límites factibles de complejidad, siendo además accesible y atractivo para los usuarios. Un requisito encontrado frecuentemente en los casos de uso de SN es la necesidad de reestructurar una red, por ejemplo creando nuevos nodos a partir de grupos existentes, o a partir de valores de atributos. Los lenguajes de consulta tradicionales que son capaces de crear valores u objetos suelen tener la capacidad de expresar todas las consultas computables, por lo tanto la evaluación de las consultas se vuelve computacionalmente costosa. Para abordar estos requisitos se introduce un modelo de datos (SNDM), y un lenguaje de consulta (SNQL). La estructura de de datos utilizada es semiestructurada y está basada en un modelo de triples. SNQL se ha diseñado siguiendo las líneas de lenguajes de consulta ampliamente conocidos, usando como punto de partida una versión de Datalog con una extensión que facilita el cómputo de nuevos valores e identificadores de acuerdo a los requisitos de la manipulación de SN. Dicha extensión se basa en las "second-order tuple-generating dependencies", originalmente propuestas en el contexto de intercambio de datos para capturar la composición de asignaciones entre esquemas. El lenguaje así definido resuelve, con una complejidad computacional eficiente, los requisitos de los casos de uso típicos del análisis de redes sociales. En efecto, su poder expresivo abarca todas las operaciones de SN relevantes, y su evaluación permanece en NLOGSPACE. Se muestra que las características de este lenguaje satisfacen estas metas demostrando sus propiedades formales y con implementaciones prototípicas del modelo, así como con traducciones desde y hacia a otros modelos.
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Miramontes, Nancy Yanette. "Social Validity of a Behavioral Support Model." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2201.
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As more schools turn to School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS) for help with academic and problem behaviors in their schools, the need to adequately evaluate these programs on a socially relevant level increases. The present study employs social validation measures to evaluate Utah's Academic, Behavioral & Coaching Initiative (ABC-UBI), a Positive Behavior Support (PBS) initiative, on socially relevant issues. Participants from across the state of Utah who were active consumers of ABC-UBI's program, were polled for their opinion on the acceptability of the treatment goals, procedures and outcomes of the program. The results outlined several areas of much needed improvement including, but not limited to the amount of paperwork required for successful implementation and the usability of program procedures. Social validity continues to be an important construct to consider when evaluating programs for social relevancy.
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Kinyon, Teresa M. "Validating a social model wargame: an analysis of the Green Country Model." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27854.
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Modern most wargaming models are a simulation of large force-on-force conflicts, and are not capable of articulating social factors of the society being modeled. The Green Country Model (GCM) was established as a two-player wargame utilizing unconventional and irregular warfare tactics, taking in consideration the effects of social factors on the population and stability operations of the regions (winning the hearts and minds of a society). The game is not meant to offer predictions for a course of action or the impact of a course of action on the future, but to provide players, particularly those players who are leaders, a forum in which to discuss strategy, tactics and possible courses of action, thus improving the knowledge base and ability to think outside the box concerning various regions. Utilizing the concepts, input parameters, and underlying algorithms established by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, we build a simulation model to begin the validation process of the GCM. This model, which can run one action in thousandths of a second, will not only provide developers a framework for continued validation, but can provide users and policy makers training opportunities while would aid in decision-making.
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White, Sara. "An investigation of a model of social competence." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3164712.
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Mogapi, Oemetse. "A Latent Partial Order Model for Social Network." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504572.
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Samad, Nayyer. "Contraceptive social marketing towards an optimum performance model." Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.536634.
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Against the backdrop of impending population explosion and the need to adopt reliable control measures, this thesis investigates the effectiveness of contraceptive social marketing (CSM) interventions for population control in a given socioeconomic context. The main purpose is to identify lacunae in principles and practice of CSM with the view to generate evidence-based strategic guides to inform. future programmes. A case study method was adopted to assess the impact of various social marketing approaches in Pakistan. With a population of 174 million, Pakistan is the sixth most populated country and the third largest contributor to the world population after China and India, and known to have had serious setbacks in population control. The main research questions were: (i) What are the concepts and principles that guide CSM intervention methods? (ii) How effective are the various intervention methods in achieving the CSM programme objectives? (iii) What factors facilitate or restrict the sustainability of a programme and whether they can be influenced? The research used primary and secondary data from various sources collected through interviews, archival records and documents of relevant institutions. It used a combination of pattern matching and explanation building for embedded case analysis. The results were then combined at national level for making general conclusion. The study finds that CSM programmes when significantly designed and implemented with end users in mind have robust explanatory powers in relation to usage of health products as part of behaviour change. The interventions in Pakistan reflected two distinctive theoretical orientations: the non-governmental organisational model focussed on equity while manufacturer's model aimed to build sustainable delivery of contraceptive methods. Generally both approaches were effective in creating health impact but failed to contribute towards equity or sustainability objectives. The research also indicates excessive reliance by practitioners on impacts of the transactional oriented marketing mix as opposed to culturally sensitive behavioural. antecedentsB. ased on the results of this researcht he thesis provides a framework for an integrated evidence based approach for future interventions.
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Johansson, Anton. "Bi-directional flow in the Social Force Model." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-43274.
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We use the social force model to study the behaviour of two crowds of pedestrians in a bi-directional flow. There are two main goals of the project. The first goal is to study the effects of perception anisotropy on lane formation of the two crowds. The perception anisotropy models the fact that people actually do not perceive their surroundings equally well in all directions, i.e they have a field of vision. The second goal is to develop pedestrian viscosity indices to characterize the motion of the crowds. Our concepts of viscosity indices estimate how fluid the motion of the crowds are. We develop two viscosity indices. A lane viscosity index which gives information of the flow on large timescales, and a space-dependent viscosity index which can pinpoint where in space the motion is less fluid. Our results indicate that there is a small correlation between the perception anisotropy and the lane formation of the two crowds. The two viscosity indices work as intended but more refinement is needed to cope with simultaneous space-time changes.
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Weng, Huibin. "A Social Interaction Model with Endogenous Network Formation." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin159317152899108.
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Roegner, Garrick Christian. "Social trinity as a model for multicultural fellowship." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Ogunleye, Michael. "Social Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Bricolage Model in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6640.
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Nigerian entrepreneurs face government barriers and lack the skills and awareness needed for successfully creating and scaling public value in resource-constrained environments. The concept of bricolage, which involves doing business by making do with resources at hand, has been addressed in the literature, but not as it occurs among Nigerian entrepreneurs. This study was conducted with the aim of narrowing this gap in knowledge by exploring how Nigerian entrepreneurs have successfully carried out their businesses. The research question addressed how Nigerian entrepreneurs overcame critical situations to successfully address the challenges of scaling and creating public value, and whether the theory of entrepreneurial bricolage can support their actions. A qualitative descriptive single case study with a purposeful sample of 22 interview respondents was employed. A total of 145 critical incidents were analyzed by fitting them into themes constructed a priori from the known behavioral patterns that emerged through the theoretical taxonomy of the concept of entrepreneurial bricolage. The results showed that Nigerian entrepreneurs made do with the resources at hand, improvised, and invoked stakeholder participation and persuasion to solve critical challenges of business continuity. The outcome of the research should help potential entrepreneurs determine strategies to scale their ideas or innovations to achieve positive social change. The results may be useful to any fledgling entrepreneur who needs encouragement when feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of doing business in Nigeria. Budding entrepreneurs can learn from the experiences of those who are deemed successful in their businesses, thereby avoiding challenges when they can and strategizing for those challenges that are unavoidable.
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Johns, Lance. "The Development of a Comprehensive Model of Social Anxiety and Anticipatory Social Appraisals." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/515.
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In anticipation of a future social interaction, socially anxious individuals (SAIs) may imagine themselves appearing stupid or foolish and predict and exaggerate the probability and costs of conveying these undesirable social images both on oneself (e.g., “I will feel stupid”) and on others impressions of oneself (e.g., “Others will think I’m stupid”). However, there is a paucity of research examining the latter bias; moreover, research regarding SAIs estimates of the probability and costs of conveying a positive impression (e.g., “I will feel smart”) has typically been neglected. Thus, the a novel questionnaire was created in order to develop a more comprehensive model of SAIs estimates of probability and costs. We expected that positive and negative, self- and other-related judgments will represent four distinct, latent constructs that will be related to trait social anxiety indirectly through fears of positive and negative evaluation per the evolutionary model of social anxiety. Structural equation modeling was used to test study hypotheses. The final sample included four hounded and seventy-four college students (307 males and 167 females). Results generally supported study hypotheses. After minor theoretically justified modifications, the hypothesized model provided good fit to the data, χ2(94) = 151.78, CFI = .99, TLI = .99, RMSEA = .04. All social appraisals (or judgments) with the exception of other-negative appraisals were indirectly related to social anxiety through fears of positive and negative evaluation. Contrary to expectations, other-positive appraisals were negatively related to fear of negative evaluation and other-negative appraisals were uncorrelated with fear of positive evaluation, providing partial incremental validity of the novel questionnaire used in this study. Results provide preliminary evidence that suggests future research should extend evaluation of SAIs anticipatory social appraisals beyond negative, self-related social impact. Implications, limitations, and future directions of the research are be discussed.
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Mead, Michael P. "Dual Effects Model of Social Control: Extending the Model to 24-Hour Health Behavior." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28590.
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The Dual Effects Model of Social Control suggests that partners can positively and negatively influence the health behaviors of their partner. However, the model fails to consider the impact of control on non-targeted health behaviors, such as sleep. The current study sought to expand this model by including sleep continuity and duration as outcomes related to control efforts targeting diet and exercise. Partner control and objective sleep data were collected via daily sleep diaries and Fitbit Charge HR. Regression models were used to test the direct and indirect effects of control on sleep duration and continuity and the extent to which affective response mediates this relationship. Negative control had a significant effect on negative affect, but not on sleep continuity or duration. Positive control had a significant effect on positive affective response, but the full mediation model was not supported. Recommendations for future research using the proposed model are discussed.
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James, Jenee. "A Multidimensional Model of Sociosexuality." W&M ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626468.
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Löf, Kasper. "Investigating the Neural Correlates of Perceived Social Isolation : Is Perceived Social Isolation Confined to the Social Brain?" Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15985.
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Loneliness, or the perceived discrepancy of ones relationships in terms of quality, is known as Perceived Social Isolation (PSI). Studies have shown that PSI is both increasing and is correlated with health risks. Specifically, PSI is not only related with risks of mortality but is also linked with variations in the brain. Having few social contacts, or being Objectively Socially Isolated (OSI) does not qualify as PSI. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the neural correlates of PSI, as distinguished from OSI. The true role of PSI is still unknown, however, arguments can be made that PSI serves an important role in survival. The social brain, which allows for social cognition is used as a basis for understanding PSI in this thesis. In this thesis, I found that individuals suffering from PSI have increased attention towards social threat, and a preference to engage in positive social stimuli. Further, PSI affects both social cognition and the social brain. However, regional brain activity was not confined to the social brain. The results showed that PSI may be related to both affective and attentional networks of the brain. PSI also affects activity in the ventral striatum. Further, PSI is related to varied regional brain size. I argue that PSI can be reduced by mainly fixing maladaptive cognitive patterns.
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Rodriguez, Donaire Silvia. "Social media, interactive tools that change business model dynamics." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/83599.
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The aim of this research is two-folded. On the one hand, it attempts to assist
employers of Catalan micro-retailers in designing, implementing and developing their
Social Media strategy as a complementary channel of communication. On the other
hand, it attempts to contribute to the research community with a better understanding
on both which building block of the micro-retailer¿s Business Model is more
influenced by the customer level of interaction by means of the Social Media and how
a transformation can be observed in the micro-retailers¿ Business Models as a result
of the Social Media implementation.
The research question to be answered in this paper is how the transformation of the
activity system of the micro-retailers¿ Business Model would allow the emergence of
a Participatory Business Model by means of Social Media. To carry out this research
the Participatory Action Research methodology was used, whose contribution has two
results: the one is more practitioner oriented and the other is more academic.
The incipient results of the research showed a scarce transformation of Catalan microretailer¿s
business model as a consequence of the implementation of social media.
However, it is significant enough to be considered as more than just a simple adoption
of an alternative channel of communication.
One of the main contributions is related to how customer influences the activity
system of the micro-retailer¿s business model beyond four levels of customer
interaction (communication, interaction, participation and collaboration) by means of
social media. On the one hand, the activity system of a business model is referred to
the eight building blocks of Osterwalder, Pigneur and Tucci (2005) research that
includes customer segment, customer relationship, distribution channel, capabilities,
partner, value configuration, value proposition, profit and cost. On the other hand, the
four defined levels of customer interaction are based on the literature of group
collaboration systems.
The results showed that not all the building blocks forming the business model are
influenced by consumer interaction. The only building blocks influenced by an initial
communication level in the current social media strategy implementation stage of our
sample (five micro-retailers) are the following: customer segment, customer
relationship, distribution channel, value proposition and cost. This incipient stage of
transformation can be justified by a lack of effort made due to the small size of the
business and a lack of team working inside the companies, easily adapting to changes.
It can also be justified by the fact it was carried out by the micro-retailers only during
a short period of time (14 month).
Another contribution of the paper shows that Social Media transformation drives a
BM innovation according to the following mediator elements: (1) the dynamic
capabilities, (2) the ability of learning, (3) the dedicated effort, (4) the implementation
time and (5) the level of customer participation.
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Ozturel, Adnan Ismet. "A Computational Model Of Social Dynamics Of Musical Agreement." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613693/index.pdf.
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Semiotic dynamics and computational evolutionary musicology literature investigate emergence and evolution of linguistic and musical conventions by using computational multi-agent complex adaptive system models. This thesis proposes a new computational evolutionary musicology model, by altering previous models of familiarity based musical interactions that
try to capture evolution of songs as a co-evolutionary process through mate selection. The proposed modified familiarity game models a closed community of agents, where individuals of the society interact with each other just by using their musical expectations. With this novel methodology, it is found that constituent agents can form a musical agreement by agreeing on a shared bi-gram musical expectation scheme. This convergence is attained in a self-organizing fashion and throughout this process significant usage of n-gram melodic lines become observable. Furthermore, modified familiarity game dynamics are investigated and it is concluded that convergence trends are dependent on simulation parameters.
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ISHIDA, Ken, Fujio TORIUMI, and Kenichiro ISHII. "Proposal for a Growth Model of Social Network Service." IEEE, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/12108.
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Jansson, Kenny. "A model for cultivating resistance to social engineering attacks." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1588.
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The human being is commonly considered as being the weakest link in information security. Subsequently, as information is one of the most critical assets in an organization today, it is essential that the human element is considered in deployments of information security countermeasures. However, the human element is often neglected in this regard. Consequently, many criminals are now targeting the user directly to obtain sensitive information instead of spending days or even months trying to hack through systems. Some criminals are targeting users by utilizing various social engineering techniques to deceive the user into disclosing information. For this reason, the users of the Internet and ICT-related technologies are nowadays very vulnerable to various social engineering attacks. As a contribution to increase users’ social engineering awareness, a model – called SERUM – was devised. SERUM aims to cultivate social engineering resistance within a community through exposing the users of the community to ‘fake’ social engineering attacks. The users that react incorrectly to these attacks are instantly notified and requested to participate in an online social engineering awareness program. Thus, users are educated on-demand. The model was implemented as a software system and was utilized to conduct a phishing exercise on all the students of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The aim of the phishing exercise was to determine whether SERUM is effective in cultivating social engineering resistant behaviour within a community. This phishing exercise proved to be successful and positive results emanated. This indicated that a model like SERUM can indeed be used to educate users regarding phishing attacks.
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Sergeant, Jamie C. "Some model-based approaches to measurement in social sciences." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491974.
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Statistical models are often used as the defining basis of measurement in social science. However, important issues such as uncertainty, model criticism and the impact of model assumptions are often neglected. These issues are explored in the context of three leading cases of model-based measurement. The relative index of inequality (RII) is used to measure socioeconomic inequality in health outcomes. A new definition of the RII is introduced, in place of the standard formulation based on linear regression. Non-linear outcome rates are accommodated, and estimation using cubic splines fitted by maximum penalized likelihood is developed. The modeling approach taken naturally handles standardizing variables such as age. Bootstrap estimation of variability is pursued. Simulations and a real data example demonstrate a reduction in bias, at the cost of some increase in variance, when incidence rates are non-linear. Social mobility can be measured using an index of mobility, which summarizes a mobility table in a single number. A certain index, based on the supposition of an underlying continuous-time Markov process, satisfies criteria set out in the literature. The 'embedding problem' is explored to assess when it is valid to apply this index. A sufficient condition for the distribution of a likelihood ratio test statistic is derived, and used to develop confidence intervals. In an example using French data, the index is used to caution against the conclusions of the popular UNIDIFF model. Electoral transitions between parties can be measured via a transition table of votes. The aggregated compound multinomial model for such a table appears rigid. Flexibility is introduced in two ways: the log-linear dependence on covariates is relaxed to one involving thin plate splines, and a new model with a general covariate structure is introduced. However, little improvement is offered in the example of describing the dependence of the 2005 British general election results on the 2001 results. This is illustrated using novel plots of residuals.
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Gibbins, Christopher. "Validation of a social cognitive model of childhood aggression." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22310.pdf.
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King, Michael. "The radicalization of homegrown terrorists: A social-personality model." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110446.
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A new type of terrorist has emerged in the last decade. Inspired by jihadi ideology, these individuals are born and raised in the very country they wish to attack. Such homegrown terrorism has become the primary concern of security agencies in Western countries. While many theories purport to describe the exact stages involved in the radicalization leading to homegrown terrorism, very little empirical data exists on the psychology of those who become radicalized. In the present dissertation, I propose and test a novel model of the social psychological factors contributing to radicalization: the two-factor model of homegrown terrorism. The origins of the two-factor model are discussed in Manuscript 1, where I reviewed five major models of radicalization and analyzed them through the lens of terrorism studies and social psychology. This analysis yielded several avenues for future research, including the importance of the jihadi narrative and of personality traits. These two themes then formed the basis of the two-factor model of homegrown terrorism tested in Manuscript 2. In order to derive specific, testable hypotheses, social identity theory was used to deconstruct the jihadi narrative and social dominance theory was used to inform the theme of personality. I hypothesized that the jihadi narrative, which underscores a threat to Islam, is interpreted on an individual level as a threat to collective pride, and that low social dominance orientation (SDO) is linked to increased support for the use of violence. Together, a threat to collective pride and low SDO formed the two-factor model of homegrown terrorism. The initial test of the two-factor model consisted of a survey conducted with Canadian Muslims. Results supported one factor in the model but not the other. Respondents who perceived a greater threat to Islam reported less collective pride, which in turn lead to more aggressive action tendencies towards non-Muslim Canadians. Moreover, it was high SDO, rather than low SDO, that were linked to more aggressive action tendencies towards non-Muslim Canadians. A similar pattern of results was found in two laboratory experiments where participants were deceived into thinking that group members had either truly planned, or successfully carried out, acts of terrorism. When this violence was presented as a response against a threat to group pride, strongly identified group members viewed terrorism more positively. Moreover, during these experiments, higher levels of SDO were associated with more positive appraisals of terrorism. Manuscript 3 describes additional testing of the link between high SDO and terrorism. Capitalizing on an annual large-scale civil-war simulation, I investigated if participants' personality characteristics predicted their selection of simulation role. For two consecutive years, students who requested to enact terrorists and insurgents rated significantly higher on SDO than students requesting other roles. Overall, the results identify collective pride and high SDO as key factors in the radicalization process leading to terrorism. Implications for future research and counter-terrorism strategies are discussed.Un nouveau type de terroristes est apparu au cours de la dernière décennie. Ces individus, inspirés par l'idéologie djihadiste, tentent de s'attaquer au pays local dans lequel ils sont nés et ont grandi. Ce terrorisme local est au cœur des préoccupations des agences de sécurité occidentales. Bien que de nombreuses théories visent à décrire les étapes du processus de radicalisation menant au terrorisme local, très peu de données empiriques existent concernant la psychologie de ceux qui se radicalisent. Dans cette thèse doctorale, j'adopte une perspective fondée sur la psychologie sociale pour élaborer et tester un nouveau modèle théorique de la radicalisation : le modèle bifactoriel du terrorisme local. Les origines du modèle bifactoriel font l'objet du Manuscrit 1, dans lequel cinq grands modèles théoriques de la radicalisation sont analysés par le bais de la psychologie sociale et d'études sur le terrorisme. Cette analyse a généré plusieurs avenues de recherche potentielles, incluant l'importance du récit djihadiste et des traits de personnalité du terroriste. Ces deux éléments ont ensuite formé la base du modèle bifactoriel du terrorisme local qui a été testé dans le Manuscrit 2. Afin de tirer des hypothèses précises et vérifiables, la théorie de l'identité sociale a été appliquée afin de déconstruire le récit djihadiste et la théorie de la dominance sociale a alimenté la réflexion portant sur les traits de personnalité du terroriste. J'ai proposé l'hypothèse que le récit djihadiste, qui souligne la notion de menace à l'Islam, soit interprété à un niveau personnel comme une menace à l'estime collective. J'ai également proposé l'hypothèse qu'une faible orientation à la dominance sociale (ODS) soit reliée à un soutien accru pour l'utilisation de la violence. Ensemble, la menace à l'estime collective et une ODS faible composent le modèle bifactoriel du terrorisme local. Le modèle bifactoriel a initialement été testé grâce à un sondage effectué auprès de Canadiens musulmans. Les résultats ont confirmé un seul des deux facteurs du modèle : les participants qui percevaient une menace à l'Islam se disaient moins fiers de leur groupe, ce qui à son tour était associé à une tendance agressive envers les Canadiens non-musulmans plus élevée. De plus, c'était une ODS forte, plutôt que faible, qui menait à une tendance plus élevée à vouloir poser des gestes agressifs envers les Canadiens non-musulmans. Des résultats similaires ont été obtenus lors de deux études expérimentales où les participants étaient amenés à croire que des membres de leur groupe avaient soit vraisemblablement planifié, ou véritablement réussi, à perpétrer des actes terroristes. Lorsque cette violence était présentée comme étant une réponse face à une menace à l'estime collective, les membres qui s'identifiaient plus fortement à leur groupe percevaient le terrorisme plus positivement. De plus, dans ces deux études expérimentales, une ODS forte était associée à une évaluation plus positive du terrorisme. Le Manuscrit 3 décrit une autre évaluation du lien entre l'ODS et le terrorisme. Ainsi, profitant de l'occasion unique offerte par une simulation à grande échelle de guerre civile, j'ai cherché à savoir si les traits de personnalité des participants prédiraient le rôle qu'ils allaient choisir lors de la simulation. Durant deux années consécutives, les participants qui souhaitaient tenir les rôles de terroristes et d'insurgés présentaient une ODS plus forte que les participants qui souhaitaient tenir d'autres rôles lors de ces simulations. Dans l'ensemble, les résultats de mes études indiquent que l'estime collective et l'ODS sont deux facteurs clés dans le processus de radicalisation qui mène au terrorisme. Les implications de ces résultats pour la recherche future et pour les stratégies anti-terrorisme font l'objet de discussion.
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Tang, Hon Cheong 1980. "Gravity-based trust model for web-based social networks." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112366.
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Web-based social networks have become one of the most popular applications on the Internet in recent years. However, most of the social networks rely on some simplistic trust models to manage trust information of the users, which can cause problems ranging from unsatisfied user experience to exposure to malicious users. This thesis proposes a gravity-based trust model to enhance the aggregation of personal trust information into a subjective reputation system. This new model maps all users on the social network into n-dimensional Euclidean spaces based on their direct trust information, and creates a trust social neighborhood for each user. The reputation of a target user is determined by applying gravity model to the information from both target's and observer's trust social neighborhood. A prototype of this trust model is implemented in order to evaluate the effects of varying different parameters of the gravity-based trust model.
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Slugoski, B. R. "Grice's theory of conversation as a social psychological model." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.355809.
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Watts, Christopher John. "An agent-based model of energy in social networks." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2009. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2799/.
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We present a family of simulation models of agents with energy from social interactions. We take the concept of “energy” from social network analysts Cross & Parker, from Collins’s micro-sociology of interaction rituals, and from the social psychologists Ryan & Deci’s studies on intrinsic motivation. We use simulation models as “tools for thinking” about what energy is, and how it relates to the take up of ideas, the formation of cultural groups and the performance of work. Our models also provide insight into phenomena from studies of “communities of practice”, social capital and computer models of networks. Baker & Quinn have also developed simulations of agents with energy, and so we offer a critique of those. We develop our models as extensions of the Axelrod Cultural Model. Our family of energy models include those that ascribe “emotional energy” variously to individual agents, to agents’ individual attributes, and to agents’ memories of interactions rituals. Agents obtain energy payoffs from interactions based variously on their sense of autonomy, belongingness and competence. We compare the behaviour of each model and choice of payoff function through experiments to test claims derived from Cross & Parker: namely that “energisers” cause greater take up of their ideas, cause larger cultural groups to form around them, and raise the problem-solving performance of the agent population. We demonstrate this first claim for several model scenarios, but fail to find scenarios where the second two hold. We then conduct experiments to relate the capabilities of energisers to tasks of: disseminating ideas to otherwise homogeneous groups, and; spanning boundaries across cultural divides between groups. In all experiments we find two factors play critical roles in determining the diffusion and homogenisation of culture: the decay of energy charges on memories, and; the initial number of cultural traits in the population.
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Copeland, Paul. "Does EU enlargement dis-embed the European social model?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498806.
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The aim of the thesis is to investigate the impact of the 2004 EU enlargement upon the sustainability of the European Social Model. Prior to the 2004 enlargement the existing literature, which conducted various top-down empirical studies of the 2004 new member states, argues the new member states to be a homogenous neoliberal bloc of countries which will erode the ESM. In a post 2004 EU the thesis takes a bottom-up analysis of the behaviour of two new member states, Hungary and Poland, upon two EU, policy-making case studies to assess the current claim. Firstly, the thesis investigates the current varieties of capitalism within Hungary and Poland to assess the claim that the new member states are a homogenous neoliberal bloc of countries.
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So, Moon-tong, and 蘇滿堂. "Applications of Bayesian statistical model selection in social scienceresearch." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39312951.
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Brandt, Johnson Viktor, and Amanda Leo. "Re-make / Re-model : Om social hållbarhet i industriomvandlingar." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-12055.
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Denna uppsats undersöker hur kommuner med stark industritradition behandlar social hållbarhet och hur sociala hållbarhetsaspekter i dessa implementeras vid industriomvandlingsprojekt. Detta görs genom att utifrån uppsatsens forskningsöversikt definiera nyckelord som appliceras i kvalitativa innehållsanalyser på kommunala plandokument. De översiktliga planerna består av Ljungby kommuns fördjupade översiktsplan för stadens centrum, Tierps kommuns översiktsplan och Lindesbergs kommuns fördjupade översiktsplan för tätorten. I de två sistnämnda kommunerna har även detaljplanedokument som berör industriomvandling analyserats. I analyserna framkommer att många av de aspekter som utifrån teorin beskrivs som betydelsefulla för social hållbarhet i planering förekommer i de översiktliga plandokumenten men behandlas mindre utförligt och frekvent på en detaljerad plannivå i industriomvandlingsprojekt. På detaljplanenivå uppmärksammas istället för nyckelorden i flera fall översiktsplanernas beskrivningar av nyckelorden. Uppsatsen innehåller även ett gestaltningsförslag för omvandling av ett centralt beläget industriområde i Ljungby. En deltagande observation genomfördes med syfte att skapa ett underlag för omvandling. De åtgärder som föreslås utgår från goda exempel på hur de ur forskningsöversikten definierade nyckelorden konkretiserats i de undersökta planerna. I förslaget framkommer att det främst var de översiktliga planernas strategier som var lämpliga att implementera. Det visar också att sociala hållbarhetsaspekter är realiserbara i industriomvandlingsprojekt på en mer detaljerad nivå. Uppsatsen visar att social hållbarhet uppmärksammas i de undersökta kommunernas planering men snarare på en allmän översiktlig nivå än i specifika planförslag som berör industriomvandling.
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WANG, SZU-YIN, and 王斯音. "Social Marketing in NPO: Reviewing Kotler’s Sociel Marketing Model." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09728198941518947196.
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碩士國立臺北大學
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NPO is occupied an important status in current society, it provides the services which government or enterprise does not serve. In addition to giving services, the NPO not only publicize ideas, but also try to change behavior of people from the concepts of management Science and marketing. The reason why some outstanding activities promoted by famous foundations is that some advantages of strategy performing and marketing technique are used by that organization. CONSUMERS' FOUNDATION and The John Tung Foundation are chosen for the body of my research. I hope to aim at the cooperate process of social marketing of social society, and try to analyze the marketing activities of the process of planning and executing by the social marketing strategy analyzing frame of Kolter. Because the social marketing strategy analyzing frame is faultless by now, my research was based on further discussing. The research of this paper: 1.The level of theory was coordinated after references analyzing and collecting. 2.The level of practical case study is in-depth surveys with interviews also auxiliary with analyzing of secondary data. My research analyzes the social marketing of CONSUMERS' FOUNDATION and The John Tung Foundation applying with social marketing model of Kotler, also compare with changes of The John Tung Foundation’s business promotion after the implementation of Tobacco Hazard Control Act and Consumer Protection Law. The Kohler's social marketing model is discussed in following parts: Analyzing social marketing environment, the targets and competitors, social marketing strategy, and social marketing management. Additional the shift of foundations after the implementation, approving of Tobacco Hazard Control Act ,and Consumer Protection Law. Final, the factors of success to foundations is that can use social marketing model in Taiwan's NPO for promoting social marketing by the steps of operate, especially fit to initiative NPO. Besides, in the social marketing 4P strategies presented by Kotler, through researching we discovered it expended by 6P, adding Passion and Public Relationship. We also understood that CONSUMERS' FOUNDATION and The John Tung Foundation did not change anything when they want promote in their business region after the implementation of Tobacco Hazard Control Act and Consumer Protection Law by using in-depth surveys with interviews in this research. Although the bill through innovates and implemented, in the future CONSUMERS' FOUNDATION and The John Tung Foundation still promote to modify of the law in legislation, even this bill is under implementation, the responsibility of foundations still exists, and continue supervising the bill is implemented or not.
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Chen, Yen-Wen, and 陳妍彣. "Demographic Model for Social Insurance." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64436585062203000714.
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碩士逢甲大學
統計學系統計與精算碩士班
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This study will provide a population statistic model based on the full number of National pension insurance insured to make an analysis of future cash flows. The primary target of national pension insurance is citizens from 25 years old to 65 years old who has legal household registration in the country, and not participate in other social insurance. The national pension insurance must be influenced by population structure, social economics and whole financial environment. In addition, the personal condition of insured may also impact it; for instance economic situation, working environment, and whether to participate in labor insurance or not. Thus, there might be obstacles while we are doing the actuarial and financial report of insurance. However, the historical national pension actuarial report doesn’t define and speculate population statistic model in detail. As the result, the model might not have described the risk of future cash flow adequately. The risk could be the aging population or the reduction of insured population which may definitely influence the revenue of insurance and the social insurance system(Pay As You Go). In this study concept of The Cohort Component Method will influence composition of Insurant population and mode of flow except mortality rate. Included lapse rate calculate to propose estimated method that describe premiums paid population to decrease and ageing phenomenon of age structure year by year in recently. For explaining income of insurance will decrease and elderly pension increase trends year by year in the future. Using back test in this study to add samples of insurant in October, 2008 for the first time and develop premiums paid population, Insurant population, premiums income and elderly pension payment in past seven year step by step. Testing the result confirm that we suggest model indeed can effectively describe to change population structure of overall national Pension recently and cash flows of payment. Model of this study can apply to national pension and the actuarial and financial report of insurance of similar social insurance.
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Dilworth, Kathryn Frances. "The Social Capital Fundraising Model." Diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/25988.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)In current higher education fundraising models where alumni are aligned with their degree-granting unit, the academic library struggles to match the fundraising outcomes of its campus peers. A survey of seventy-nine fundraisers in academic libraries collected data on fundraising activity. It reveals common practices amongst fundraisers working in this environment and ongoing challenges to success. In a second study, a fundraising model based on social capital is proposed as an alternative to the traditional alumni model. The final study evaluates interviews with thirty-two individuals that further explores the challenges to fundraising success and the efficacy of social capital building as a method to overcome systemic challenges. Interviewees include academic library fundraisers, library deans/directors and university development leaders. Findings reveal a strong interest in a social capital-based approach to fundraising but reveal the necessity to pair the new model with revised fundraiser assessment models capable of measuring these soft skills.
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Wang, Meng-Chin, and 汪孟瑾. "A Social Capital Valuation Model for Social Network Sites." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71040152435225113559.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
資訊管理學研究所
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Social network sites (SNSs) have been flourishing for these years and are deeply integrated in people’s daily lives. This kind of online services has substituted traditional sharing ways and is rapidly changing our lifestyles. Through SNSs, users’ can keep contact with others and obtain lots of timely information. Many investigators even have found that using SNSs may create a strong positive effect on one’s real life quality. We can describe this intangible benefit in terms of “social capital.” However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no models dedicated to analyzing the social capital on online social networks. Therefore, in this thesis, we first identify the contributing factors for the social capital on SNSs, namely, the level of sociability, the level of content sharing, the investment level of sociability, the investment level of content sharing and the level of privacy disclosure. Then, we build a social capital valuation model for SNSs based on these factors and utilize the optimal control theory to obtain the optimal solution. The analysis of our model can be divided into two cases, static and dynamic. In the static case, we analyze the problem by assuming the level of privacy disclosure is constant over time and analyze how the levels of sociability, content sharing and social capital are influenced. We next investigate the results in the case of dynamic privacy disclosure. In the static case, we found that the social capital derived by sociability, the sensitivity to privacy disclosure, the aggregated social capital and the system quality have positive impacts on sociability. And the level of content sharing is positively influenced by that the social capital derived by content sharing and the sensitivity to privacy disclosure. But high system quality will decrease content sharing at early stage. We also found that the optimal privacy disclosure of user will be higher at early stage but dramatically decrease in later period. By conducting this optimal privacy disclosure strategy, user can gain more social capital on social network sites. Finally, we discuss the management insights of the results. Our model can well explain users’ behavior on SNSs and can be used to improve the management strategies of SNSs.
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CHENG, JYI-TSUEN, and 鄭吉村. "The Model of TownWay’s Social Innovation." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x5s79w.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
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The concept of “Social Innovation” is new strategies to “Social Problems” or “Social Needs”, while the type of the organization is “Social Enterprise”. This case describes the Social Entrepreneur, Mr. Pei-gen Ho, also founder of “El Patio Del Cielo” who tried to extend the experience of operation & management from Mountain Da-An to the whole Jhushan Town. He established “TownWay Cultural and Creative Corp., LTD” in Jhushan, Nantou, 2011. The main purpose of TownWay is to build an everlasting cultural and creative business model and help the revival of declining towns & villages. Facing the location with resource-poor of tourism, Jhushan, Mr. Pei-gen Ho proposes the concept of “Turn Tourists into Sociologists” and introduces external resources brought in various kinds of manpower by the project of “Trips Exchange for Talents” to make Jhushan a better place. Through the method of “Design Collaboratively, Produce Locally & Sell Cooperatively”, TownWay gradually assists local stores for product innovation & business development. By the end of 2013, TownWay started integrated services, targeted to step-by-step transform the idea of “Trips Exchange for Talents” to “Youth Start-up Locally” and put the development of towns & villages into effect. We can use this case to discuss the themes of Value Co-creation, Modularity, Resources Bricolage, Ambidexterity and related issues. Meanwhile, we are able to have basic understanding of Social Enterprise and Social Innovation.
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CHIU, SHAO-WEI, and 邱紹煒. "ManFair Social Enterprise Creative Business Model." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79676965360618566276.
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碩士中華大學
企業管理學系
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ManFair social enterprise, derived from ManFair sheltered workshop, in order to provide employment opportunities to the disabled. ManFair social enterprise is going to cooperate with other local enterprises and organizations, for the purpose of improving ManFair’s operating performance. Meanwhile, by means of advocating the concept of local society-compassion and fulfillment of corporate social responsibility, to organize and plan ManFair social enterprise. In order to help ManFair social enterprise develop, I expect that ManFair’s quality goods can be put on the tea-stalls which are set up in local enterprises through ManFair social enterprise creative marketing planning. Therefore, I do the research, which depends on ManFair social enterprise creative marketing planning, is going to establish a new business model and find out the key elements can facilitate ManFair social enterprise operate more successfully. With the aim of achieving the purpose of research, the research on the basis for business model structure and combines with expert interview method, creative marketing planning and focus group, then establish a new ManFair’s creative business model. The result of the research presumed several elements in this creative business model: The customer segment involves commercial groups, educational groups and institutions. The value proposition is to supply the high quality goods, which not only represent fair trade, but also can transfer love and care to society. The channel is online platforms include Facebook, Line and APP. The customer relationship is ManFair keeps touch with local enterprises by social care. The key resources are ManFair brand, fair trade coffee and relationship with media. The key activities are holding press conference and accepting organization’s by ManFair social enterprise. The key partners are ChungHua university, Hsinchu government, media, peer union in Hsinchu Science Park and Hsinchu local organizations( Rotary Club, Lions Club, Junior Chamber) etc. To sum up, the key successful elements of this creative marketing planning are the key resources, key partners and key activities what mentioned above. Keywords:ManFair’s social enterprise, social enterprise, business model, focus group,creative marketing
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Chen, Guan-Zhi, and 陳冠志. "Social status in endogenous growth model." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32117012339221418884.
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碩士淡江大學
經濟學系碩士班
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This paper uses an Uzawa (1965) - Lucas (1988) two-sector model of endogenous growth to examine how the social status affects economic growth. The social status is derived form the accumulation of physical capital (wealth) and human capital (education). We find that human capital not only plays the role of growth-engine but also acts the accelerative intermedium between the social status and growth. The investment of human capital crowded out and the long-run growth would be reduced when people desire more physical-capital derived social status. This paper also examines the relationship between inflation and growth in an economy in which money is introduced through a cash-in-advance constraint. We fine that the existence of social status produces three channels to affect the relationship between inflation and growth: 1. the opportunity cost of investment in human capital induce by inflation. 2. the gap between social status derived and opportunity cost of investment in human capital when inflation occurs. 3. the difference between social status derived from physical capital accumulation and the opportunity cost of human capital accumulation.
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Lin, Yi-ching, and 林佾靚. "The model of independent social work." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32374848341241370299.
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碩士東吳大學
社會工作學系
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The purpose of this study is to explore the model of independent social work through the private practicers’ aspects and to detect the problems about existed system, further, as the suggestions for the social workers and the policy makers. This study utilized in-depth interview to the independent social workers who provide professional services in Taiwan as the interviewees. Five workers were interviewed. To sum up, the results are as follows: 1、The experience of independent social workers before they engaged in. 2、The model of independent social work. 3、The aspects of independent social workers about the strengths of their business and the professial suggestions of them. At last, the suggestions are focused on two aspects, practicers and policy makers, to improve the quality of independent social work.
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Wu, Zhen-Qi, and 吳臻祺. "The Operation Model of Social Organizations." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m9c53a.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
臺大-復旦EMBA境外專班
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Social organizations have been boosting in China since reform and opening up. These organizations have inhabited an important role in both establishment and perfection of socialist market economy, whilst they are characterized by vital significance of value in safeguarding the sound and stable development of society and economy. As the deepening of reform and rapid development of society and economy in China, social organizations have been a supporting force for the economic development in the perfection of socialist market economy, which can stimulate the energy of the society and promote the construction of harmony society in an active way. Hence, it is an inevitable trend to develop social organizations in the construction of the society. However, passion and enthusiasm are not enough for the operation of social organizations, and it is more urgent to build a sound operation system and management pattern. When an organization has innovative motivation, clear mission and effective management, and its operation model can be agreed by its object of service, it can come to develop and boost, thus strengthening its own influence and winning the support from the society. Therefore, apart from a good motivation of foundation, social organizations should have clear mission, identified target, correct strategy and effective operation pattern so as to ensure its sound development in the long run. At present, Chinese social organizations are still in the initial stage, so there are still many shortages, including the lack of ability to develop; immature social organization system; lack of independency, innovation and autonomy; inadequate supporting policy by government; low recognition and participation of the public, etc. As such, the paper makes explanation and analyzes practical cases from the aspects of their history, current situation and innovation in operation and introduces an application value model of social organizations in an innovative manner. In addition, with the reference of experience of social organizations in developed countries, the paper, combined with the development of the society in China, analyzes their new manifestation pattern of value and its innovative operation model and value of the platform in depth through practice. It is an academic study on the value of social organizations, which will be a complementation and strengthening for eh innovation and application of operation model of social organizations. Moreover, it may develop a new branch in the application study and promote the emergency of a new round of social value, which is of great significance of study. Hence, the paper is dedicated to drive the development ideology of social organizations and the reform and innovation of policy system, promote the establishment and perfection of supervision system for social organizations, strengthen the regulation on the negative effect of social organizations, enhance the independency and autonomy of their management and operation, advance the public to inspect social organizations in an open and transparent manner, promote the innovation of their value creation, explore an effective way for social organizations to play their own functions, stimulate the energy of the social organizations, through the study on innovative application value model. Hereby, social organizations can serve the society with an ambitious mission and responsibility, create value for people, fulfill the desire of care, free health, security, fairness and justice of the whole society, and build a broad prospect, deep influence and solid status in the international community. With all these efforts, social organizations can accomplish innovative development and sustainable prosperity.
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胡書豪. "Analyzing Social Commerce Model by Sport Social Website User Behavior Data." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29134758945312299876.
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碩士逢甲大學
科技管理研究所
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Recently, there are more people using portable devices to access Internet thus there are different kinds of social website appear and keep growing. The reason why many people are using portable device can be the following reasons: frequently use of social website to communicate with other people and exchange information to create and build the relationship between each other. As a result of that, many companies start searching the social website that relate to the product they produced whereas they can make a business through the social website. The Interest-based social website members not only share the same habit and expertise, but also segment the market targeting for the company. The professional recommendation or opinion are built through the social website, it can bring a high reputation to the company and enhance the value of the brand to the company as well. Company should clearly evaluate and analyze the behavior of the members provide by the Interest-based social website in order to completely understand the behavior of consumers. This thesis is going to corporate with one of Interest-based social website from Taiwan. This study analyzes social commerce behavior model on Interest-based social website by using the user behavior data by logistic regression. Hence in the future we can propose a feasible studied by understand the behavior of this.
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Chang, Chih-Shan, and 張至善. "Analysis Model of Social Media Attraction Based on Social Media Post." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b2bweq.
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碩士國立清華大學
全球營運管理碩士雙聯學位學程
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As the social media publisher issues a post on the social media, they get a high degree of concern and his/her post might grab much social media attraction and great responses from the social media readers. The publishers with many responses from the public can be regarded as social media leaders. However, with the changes in the contents of posts, the publisher might not always grab the reader attention and great responses; that is, the social media publisher does not have a great attraction all the time. In order to reveal the factors that affect the attraction of the social media post, this research collected a great number of posts and analyzed the potential factors which might influence the attraction and responses from the social media readers. Furthermore, this research develops a model for attraction analysis of social media posts. The proposed model can be used to extract the contents of the potential factors from the posts and analyze the expression structure from posts. After that, the model utilizes the k-means method to identify the social media posts with great attraction and applies the hypothesis test to determine the key factors for reader attraction. On the basis of key factors and personal charisma, the social media publisher might issue the attractive posts to catch the social media reader attention and great responses.