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How digital platforms affect local entrepreneurial activities: Evidence from the staggered entry of craigslist

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Access to markets is critical for entrepreneurial success, yet many face significant barriers. This study argues that digital platforms functioning as peer‐to‐peer marketplaces can facilitate entrepreneurial activity by improving market access for new ventures.
Daehyun Kim, Yongwook Paik, Namil Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting standards due to social class? The role of social class background in CEO career outcomes

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study investigates how social class background shapes CEO career outcomes. Extending the shifting standards model to post‐appointment evaluation, we theorize that CEOs from lower‐class backgrounds face persistently high confirmatory standards, producing asymmetric consequences.
Michelle Lee, Shelby L. Gai
wiley   +1 more source

The digital melting pot: Bridging the digital native-immigrant divide

First Monday, 2009
Educational technology advocates claim today’s students are technologically savvy content creators and consumers whose mindset differs from previous generations. The digital native-digital immigrant metaphor has been used to make a distinction between those with technology skills and those without.
openaire   +2 more sources

Are client ties pre‐entry resources? Performance implications of client tie diversification

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study investigates client tie diversification, where firms enter markets with existing clients. Recognizing the theoretical basis for both positive and negative performance implications, the paper adopts a question‐driven approach and discovers a strong negative correlation between client tie diversification and firm ...
Heejung Byun
wiley   +1 more source

Online Religious Resources in Sustaining Islamic Practices Among Turkish Immigrants in Poland

Studia Religiologica
This study explores how Turkish immigrants to Poland maintain their Islamic worship using online resources.
Deniz Doğanay
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary and Future Challenges for Structured Democratic Dialogue

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Structured Democratic Dialogue (SDD) is a participatory problem structuring methodology grounded in Structured Dialogic Design Science. It was created to help diverse stakeholders co‐construct influence maps that reveal leverage points and support coordinated action.
Yiannis Laouris, Gerald Midgley
wiley   +1 more source

Semester in Dialogue: A Systems Thinking Approach to Dialogue‐Based Higher Education at Simon Fraser University

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses a gap in the application of systems thinking to higher education programme design. We use the Complexity Theory of Outcome Creation (CTOC), a structured model for working in complexity, to analyse Simon Fraser University's Semester in Dialogue (SiD)—an innovative undergraduate programme applying the ideas of dialogic ...
Diane T. Finegood, Chris Yakimov, Max French   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
wiley   +1 more source

“Heroes Like Me”—Envisioning Possibilities for Enacting Culturally Inclusive Digital Multimodal Literacies

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In fostering asset‐based literacy and language teaching in classroom and digital spaces, this study draws on OmoBerry, an educational YouTube channel, to demonstrate how educators can enact culturally inclusive digital multimodal language and literacy instructions with African immigrant youth.
Akinkunmi Oseni, Vaughn W. M. Watson
wiley   +1 more source

Receptive Meaning‐Recall Knowledge of Derivational Morphology Among EFL Learners: A Case for L1‐Population‐Specific Assessment

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Vocabulary knowledge plays a crucial role in L2 proficiency, significantly impacting learners' reading comprehension. Although extensive research has explored whether knowledge of base words extends to recognition of derivational forms, results are inconsistent, especially among learners from non‐Indo‐European linguistic backgrounds.
Mastoor Al‐Kaboody, Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck, Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Paweł Mandera, Stuart McLean   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source