Search results for "innovation"

Journal of Economics and Management Research, Vol. 4/5

2016

Sociālā inovācija: būtība, tendences un barjeras starptautiskajā un Latvijas kontekstā

2016

Bakalaura darba „Sociāla inovācija: būtība, tendences un barjeras straptautiskajā un Latvijas kontekstā” mērķis ir pamatojoties uz sociālās inovācijas teorētiskajiem aspektiem un starptautisko pieredzi un tendencēm, analizēt sociālās inovācijas situāciju Latvijā, noskaidrot Latvijas sabiedrības izpratni par sociālo inovāciju, kā arī identificēt galvenās barjeras, kas kavē sociālās inovācijas attīstību Latvijā. Darba ietvaros izvirzīti sekojoši pētnieciskie jautājumi: Kāda ir sociālās inovācijas situācija un attīstības tendences Latvijā? Kāda ir sabiedrības izpratne par sociālo inovāciju Latvijā? Kādas ir galvenās sociālās inovācijas barjeras Latvijā? Mērķa sasniegšanai apskatīti starptautis…

Life-based design as an extension of problem-based learning:A tool for understanding people and technology

2015

Global conditions are changing at such a rate that foreseeing trends in technological development, economic fluctuations and climatic conditions is ever more difficult. When developing technologies, there is one constant factor that practitioners and researchers should be aware of, and that is people. This is not to say that people, culture and social conditions remain stagnant, for these too evolve with the surrounding circumstances. Rather, appropriate tools and capabilities for investigating people, their lives and life situations, are integral to understanding what people need in terms of technology, how these technologies will be used, and more importantly how they will be valued in th…

New Metropolitan Perspectives Transition with Resilience for Evolutionary Development

2023

This open access book conveys attention to the theme of transition towards resilience and sustainability and its evolutionary perspective that emphasizes the complexity and uncertainty that governments and society are called to address in response to the ongoing challenges. "New Metropolitan Perspective Post COVID Dynamics: Green and Digital Transition, between Metropolitan and Return to Villages’ Perspectives”, 25–27 May 2022, Reggio Calabria, Italy. The papers included in the book are grouped around the following main topics: the envisaged transition towards resilience and sustainability; the relevance of the planning dimension for defining sustainable development pathways and managing co…

THE MODERN LANDSCAPE OF EXTERNAL CORPORATE VENTURING: AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY ON THE CHOICE AMONG NEW AND TRADITIONAL CORPORATE VENTURING MODES

Pair interactions in online assessments of collaborative problem solving: case-based portraits

2018

This exploratory case study focuses on how pairs of students can build a shared understanding and acquire collaborative problem-solving (CPS) practices during an online assessment of CPS skills, which is seen in the context of the CPS construct, in a symmetrical and asymmetrical task type. Even though CPS is widely recognised as a core twenty-first-century competency, its nature is not yet well understood. Also, until recently, most of studies have focused on the individual’s solution to a problem or on the skills individuals bring into a problem-solving space. This study extends from an individual- to group-level focus in CPS, emphasising the role and quality of the social aspects in CPS p…

Great expectations: Learning the boundaries of design rights

2019

We present a case study of an increase in design right filings and concurrent design right litigations in an industry that previously had little experience of design right protection. The motives for and outcomes of filing, and how these changed over time are discussed. We go on to explore the events, which offered the decision makers opportunities to update their beliefs about the scope of design right protection. We find that filing motives changed from specific protection goals to freedom to operate over time. We also find that the actors faced several, but sometimes contradictory, learning opportunities. There are two types of learning relating to the usage of design rights: 1) learning…

Critical Exploration of Flexible Delivery

2020

This work-in-progress research article presents an introductory qualitative study on students' perceptions of a flexibly delivered, modular computer science course. Many contemporary approaches to education rely in various ways on flexible delivery of course content. This is often done to capitalize on modern technology and the web, and to put the student ‘in the center.' However, it is becoming manifest that these approaches may challenge both the students and the equity between them, making it important to understand the effects of flexible delivery in terms of the students. In the voice of our students, flexible delivery was seen as a largely positive approach, reducing stress, promoting…

Practical, Not Radical : Examining Innovative Learning Culture in a Public Service Media Organization

2022

Recent scholarship has argued for media organizations’ need to radically innovate to ensure their survival in the future. This study deploys the innovative learning culture (ILC) framework to qualitatively study innovation and learning in a legacy public service media organization. While innovation and learning are linked, the learning processes of professional journalists have received only little attention. Through an analysis of a development network operating in a public service media organization, we identify characteristics of ILC in the network and how those characteristics manifest in practice, as well as examine contextual factors that shape ILC. Our findings indicate that innovati…

Virtues for innovativeness : a mixed methods study of ethical organisational culture and organisational innovativeness

2016

Artikkeliväitöskirja. Sisältää yhteenveto-osan ja neljä artikkelia. Article dissertation. Contains an introduction part and five articles. This study examined ethical organisational culture, consisting of ethical organisational virtues, and organisational innovativeness. More specifically, the study explored the relationship between the phenomena. Ethical organisational culture was studied using Corporate Ethical Virtues (CEV) model, which is based on the virtue theory of business ethics. This research makes a contribution to prior research on ethical organisational culture by linking the concept of organisational innovativeness (OIN) to it. The overall goal of this study was to increase th…