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New organizational forms: Deconstructing and reconfiguring the literature

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Less hierarchical, self‐managing, agile, alternative: so‐called “new organizational forms” draw interest from scholars and practitioners alike. Despite an abundance of both conceptual and empirical research, the “new organizational form” concept remains elusive, capturing a growing diversity of phenomena and labels.
Constantin Bremer
wiley   +1 more source

Daoism’s Threefold Defense of Ecocentrism

Religions
Ecocentrism has emerged as a significant theoretical paradigm for addressing ecological crises and promoting sustainable development. However, while influencing the evolution of ecological governance systems, it faces fundamental criticisms including ...
Xian Li, Haoran Jia
doaj   +1 more source

DAO as Rhizome: Reimagining Rules, Governance and Organisations

Law and Critique
Abstract Blockchain’s disruptive potential finds a compelling expression in decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs), which deploy smart contracts to automate core functions and displace traditional forms of governance. This paper offers a critical interrogation of the DAO phenomenon, examining capacity of DAOs to reconfigure ...
openaire   +1 more source

Variability in intracellular localization of D‐amino acid oxidase in choroid plexus epithelial cells

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
D‐amino acid oxidase (DAO) in choroid plexus epithelial cells (CPECs) shows vesicle‐like localization by histological and super‐resolution analyses. DAO colocalizes with peroxisomal, Golgi, endosomal, lysosomal, autophagosomal, and exosomal markers, indicating diverse subcellular distribution. This suggests DAO is transported within CPECs to metabolize
Koji Ono, Yuji Shishido, Toshiyuki Yamagishi, Kiyoshi Fukui   +3 more
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How Teachers See It: Understanding Young Learners’ Engagement in Primary L2 Classrooms

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated primary school teachers’ views and the basis for assessing young learners’ engagement in second language classrooms. Using a sequential mixed‐methods design, it analyzed interviews (n = 10) and surveys (n = 134) from teachers of learners in Grades 3–5 (aged 8–10 years old) across 102 public primary schools in Vietnam ...
Phung Dao, Trang Le Diem Bui
wiley   +1 more source

Who controls East Asian corporations ? [PDF]

The authors identify the ultimate ownership structure for 2,980 corporations in nine East Asian countries. They find that: A) More than half of those firms are controlled be a single shareholder.
Claessens, Constantijn A., Djankov, Simeon, Lang, Larry H. P.   +2 more
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Responsible Innovation for Decent Nonliberal Peoples: A Dilemma? [PDF]

, 2016
It is hard to disagree with the idea of responsible innovation (henceforth, RI), as it enables policy-makers, scientists, technology developers, and the public to better understand and respond to the social, ethical, and policy challenges raised by new ...
Wong, Pak-Hang
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Compassionate Digital Innovation: A Pluralistic Perspective and Research Agenda

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital innovation offers significant societal, economic and environmental benefits but is also a source of profound harms. Prior information systems (IS) research has often overlooked the ethical tensions involved, framing harms as ‘unintended consequences’ rather than symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Raffaele F. Ciriello, Lars Mathiassen, Marten Risius, Marc Cheong, Helana Scheepers, Emmanuelle Vaast   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain Technologies: The Foreseeable Impact on Society and Industry [PDF]

, 2017
The authors describe blockchain's fundamental concepts, provide perspectives on its challenges and opportunities, and trace its origins from the Bitcoin digital cash system to recent ...
Aste, T, Di Matteo, T, Tasca, P
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An iterated greedy‐based metaheuristic with local search for the rank pricing problem

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The rank pricing problem involves determining optimal prices for a set of products while accounting for customers' budgets and preferences. This study develops an iterated greedy‐based metaheuristic to efficiently solve this problem. The core idea is to generate a sequence of solutions by iteratively applying destruction and reconstruction ...
Herminia I. Calvete, Carmen Galé, Aitor Hernández, José A. Iranzo   +3 more
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