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The value of value: Further excursions on the meaning and role of customer value
2011
Grounded on fundamental marketing principles, the concept of customer value has been revisited and refined by academicians and practitioners for the last 30 years. However, research devoted to achieving a consistent theoretical and conceptual development of valuerelated concepts has proceeded apace without ever reaching full closure. The present essay seeks reasons behind remaining deficiencies in value-related research and offers a review intended to move our understanding of customer value toward what promises to become a more enlightened future. The topic of value is approached by theoretical analysis and conceptual development. First, ‘‘the challenge’’ of value research is presented: th…
Digital Diasporas : An Overview of the Research Areas of Migrationand New Media Through a Narrative Literature Review
2019
Academic research on migration and the use of new media constitutes a growing field. The first studies dealing explicitly with the field appeared in the end of the 1990s. Now, it has become an established research area. The impact and importance of the new technologies for migrants is well established. Appropriation of ICTs and new media environments have become a ubiquitous feature of everyday life in migrant groups. The research area is still understudied, characterized by rapid changes and shifts, and is shaped by the changing structural conditions of migrants and the proliferation of forms of media. In this article, I provide an overview of the developing research area through a review …
Strengthening the Social Capital in Rural Areas Through the Rural Renewal Program. A Case Study of Opole Voivodeship
2019
Opinions regarding the limited resources of the social capital in Poland are quite common. The country is particularly often referred to as a place with a lower level of organization of its inhabitants. Therefore, a change is necessary towards a greater activation of local communities and creation of social organizations aimed at solving local problems. The effective implementation of development programs may provide considerable support for the introduction of these changes. The Rural Renewal Program may serve as a particularly good example in this respect because the local community is not only the beneficiary, but mainly the initiator of the actions taken. The purpose of the paper is to …
User Psychology: Re-assessing the Boundaries of a Discipline
2010
Currently, efforts of psychologists to improve interactive technology have fragmented and the systemization of scientific knowledge stalled. There is no home for integrative psychological research on computer use. In this programmatic paper, we reassess three meta-scientific issues defining this discipline. As the first step, we pro- pose to extend the subject of study from the analysis of human mind in the interaction to the broader view of human as an intentional user of interactive technology. Hence, the discipline is most aptly called user psychology. Secondly, problem-solving epistemology is advocated as an alternative to the notion from natural sciences that progress in science involv…
Stakeholders' Perceptions about Fire Impacts on Lithuanian Protected Areas
2016
The aim of this work is to study Lithuanian stakeholders' perceptions of fire impacts in protected areas. For this study, the stakeholders consisted of foresters, ecologists and farmers. A clear understanding of the opinions of stakeholders about fire effects on environmental, social and economic aspects of Lithuanian protected areas will allow an assessment of the stakeholders' reaction to fire policy, including government measures towards fire prevention, suppression and application of prescribed fire to landscape management. The results showed that stakeholders in general think that fire is not a threat to Lithuania and to the ecological processes in the protected areas. However, they ag…
Programs' Efficacy to Develop Employable Skills for People With Functional Diversity: A Meta-Analysis
2021
Purpose: Promoting the labour integration of people with functional diversity is a key element to achieve their social inclusion. This meta-analysis aims to examine the effectiveness of experimental programs in developing employable skills for people with disabilities. Methods: Literature searches up to June 2019 were conducted in four databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO and ERIC). Studies that met the following criteria were selected: (1) The program should develop employable skills; (2) the participants should be people with functional diversity; (3) the study should have a design with an experimental group and a control group as well as pretest and posttest measurements; (4) the …
A Territorial Contradiction
2014
Spatial planning and environmental restoration are essential corollaries to the management of protected natural areas; however, without a sound awareness of the evolutionary consistency of biocoenoses, the harmonious integration between human activities and ecosystem preservation remains an unattainable utopia. The theorisation of a balanced welfare, inspired by the universal tendency of ecosystems to reach a steady state, has to go along with the defection from any economic greed. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.
Urban rehabilitation areas in Oporto, Portugal. A brief overview
2020
This paper establishes some preliminary outcomes of the research period carried in 2019 at CITTA – University of Porto as a visiting student. Oporto is the second largest Portuguese city and the engine of the metropolitan system of the northern region of the country. For more than 30 years local urban policies have been articulated with the EU urban policies to deal with severe urban problems and boost regeneration processes. Whilst the PhD research project is entitled – Understanding the EU’s urban agenda at the margins of Europe: lessons and perspectives – studying the case of Oporto is an opportunity to reflect on the influence and impact of the EU’s regional policy over the trajectories…
Orientēšanās sports Latvijas Universitātē
2019
Orientēšanās ir gan individuālais, gan komandu sports. Kā viens no veselību veicinošiem izturības sporta veidiem tas bija un joprojām ir cieņā arī Latvijas Universitātē. Laikposmā no 1963. līdz 2008. gadam aktivitātes šajā jomā organizēja LU Orientēšanās sporta sekcija. Rakstā sniegts ieskats orientēšanās sporta vēsturē saistībā ar Latvijas Universitātes simtgadi un "Universitātes sporta" 90 gadu jubileju.
Airēšana Latvijas Universitātē
2019
Airēšanas sporta pirmsākumi Latvijā meklējami 19. gadsimta vidū, kad Rīgā izveidojās vairāki baltvācu airētāju pulciņi jeb airēšanas draugu kopas. Nozīmīgākais no tiem Latvijas airēšanas vēsturē bija Rīgas Airētāju klubs (RAK) – ir ziņas, ka pulciņš ar šādu nosaukumu Rīgā darbojies jau 1852. gadā. Pirmās lielākās sacensības starp airēšanas draugu kopām Rīgā notikušas 1957. gadā, un to dalībnieki sacentušies četrās pārcēlāju laivās. Dažādi avīžraksti sniedz priekšstatu par to, kā tolaik izprata airēšanas sportu – tas bija plašs daudzpusīgu izpriecu klāsts. Airēšana tradicionāli daudzās valstīs ir saistīta ar universitātēm un studentiem. Līdz ar to nav nekāds brīnums, ka paši pirmie šī sporta…