Search results for "Engineering ethics"

Research methods in business: Quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis

2020

[EN] Research in the social sciences is built on either quantitative or qualitative analysis, depending on the research context. Using both quantitative and qualitative analyses in the same study presents major obstacles. In the real business world, empirical studies could benefit from using multiple research methodologies. Thus, this editorial presents an overview of the literature on quantitative and qualitative research methods in business research to clarify some key issues on the subject. The following section introduces the papers included in the special issue on "Research Methods in Business: Quantitative and Qualitative Comparative Analysis" and highlights several novel ideas, emerg…

Open Science now: A systematic literature review for an integrated definition

2018

Abstract Open Science is a disruptive phenomenon that is emerging around the world and especially in Europe. Open Science brings about socio-cultural and technological change, based on openness and connectivity, on how research is designed, performed, captured, and assessed. Several studies show that there is a lack of awareness about what Open Science is, mainly due to the fact that there is no formal definition of Open Science. The purpose of this paper is to build a rigorous, integrated, and up-to-date definition of the Open Science phenomenon through a systematic literature review. The resulting definition “Open Science is transparent and accessible knowledge that is shared and develope…

Quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis in business

2018

Abstract Studies show that symmetric theory construction is problematic. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) may be better suited to data analysis and theory construction. The Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (GIKA) Conferences have consistently endeavored to promote outstanding research. Continuing in this endeavor, this special issue of the Journal of Business Research presents articles that explore “Quantitative and Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Business.” The original papers were presented at the 2017 GIKA Conference, held at ISEG School of Economics and Management, Lisbon, Portugal, from June 28 to 30, 2017. After undergoing double-blind peer review, 37 pape…

Technology, Innovation and Knowledge

2016

The relevance of ideas is at the core of the IB field and has been captured in concepts like technology, innovation and knowledge. While these concepts have evolved over the last decades, the point that the ideas and the international connectivity are central for IB remains genuine. This paper is an attempt to take stock of the evolution of the concepts technology, innovation and knowledge in IB literature along the past five decades with a particular focus on the role of the Columbia Journal of World Business (CJWB) and the Journal of World Business (JWB) in this evolution. Likewise, our objective is to offer a research agenda for the coming decade. We proceed in two steps. First, we scrut…

New knowledge impacts in designing implementable innovative realities

2016

Abstract This special issue describes new knowledge impacts in designing implementable innovative realities. The special issue blends contextual information and cognitive knowledge from Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (GIKA) contributions. The GIKA Annual Conference provides a platform to discuss challenges pertaining to contemporary issues. The 5th GIKA Annual Conference took place at the University of Valencia from July 14 to July 16, 2015. The Journal of Business Research (JBR) is a sponsor journal of the Academy. One of the aims of the GIKA Conference is to select high-quality conference papers for publication in a special issue of the JBR. After undergoing double-blind reviews …

Creating Better Human Motivation Theories for Personal Flourishing in Organizations

2017

In order to pursue organizational objectives effectively and to develop skills and virtues that lead to flourishing in the workplace, motivation has to be properly understood and explained. This study contends that the classical and most popular taxonomies describing employee motives and needs have either neglected or minimized the importance of the ethical and spiritual dimensions of motivation, resulting in a model of a person as self-interested, amoral and non-spiritual. This work summarizes, discusses and expands some of the ideas recently published by the author and two other colleagues in the Journal of Business Ethics. There they presented a new categorization of motivations that bri…

Organized systems in eilat

1990

La Bibliometría en la evaluación de la actividad científica

2018

El análisis y la evaluación de la información y el conocimiento resultante de la actividad científica es un elemento imprescindible para todos los programas de investigación pública, tecnología y desarrollo que se implementan en una sociedad; y es allí donde la Ciencia de la Información brinda una ayuda inestimable, al desarrollar técnicas e instrumentos para medir la producción de conocimiento y su transformación en bienes.La cuantificación de las publicaciones es el elemento básico de la mayor parte de los estudios bibliométricos, mientras que la de las citas puede usarse directamente como medida de la repercusión o importancia de una publicación, o de las publicaciones de una persona, in…

Educational Publishers and Educational Publishing

2018

This chapter focuses on the institutional originators of educational materials for primary and secondary education. On the basis of publications from recent decades up to the present, it gives an overview of insights about textbook publishers (as they can be called for short) from different disciplines, from subject field didactics to media linguistics. These insights are categorised in accordance with aspects like organisations, processes, state interventions, and new models for the provision of materials. Moreover, the chapter presents critical positions towards schoolbook publishers with respect to their alleged undue promotion of hegemonic views. Finally, and originally, it takes a rath…

Herbal medicinal products - Evidence and tradition from a historical perspective.

2017

Abstract Background Aside from the fully licensed herbal medicines there are products on the European pharmaceutical market which are registered by virtue of their longstanding traditional use. The normal registration procedure does not apply to them because presently they do not meet the legal requirements for a full license as set out in the relevant European Union Directive. One of these requirements, “proof of tradition”, has so far been dealt with in different ways and fails to meet the criteria of good practice. Method This analysis is based on a selective literature search in PubMed and in databases of medical and pharmaceutical history, interviews with licensing experts, a consensus…