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Gray Matter Correlates of Creativity in Musical Improvisation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019
Creativity has been defined as requiring both novelty and effectiveness, but little is known about how this standard definition applies in music. Here, we present results from a pilot study in which we combine behavioral testing in musical improvisation ...
Cameron Arkin, Emily Przysinda, Charles W. Pfeifer, Tima Zeng, Psyche Loui, Psyche Loui   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Last‐minute coordination: Adapting to demand to support last‐mile operations

Journal of Operations Management, Volume 71, Issue 2, Page 176-194, March 2025.
Abstract In the highly competitive e‐commerce industry, customer‐facing warehouses are crucial as the “order penetration points” for e‐commerce last‐mile operations. This research examines how warehouses use last‐minute coordination, an unstructured mechanism, to ensure sufficient inventory at the order penetration points. Previous research has focused
Kedong Chen, Hung‐Chung Su, Kevin Linderman, William Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scaling Emerging Healthcare Technology: Managing Paradoxical Tensions in A Connected Health Platform

Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To address growing geographical disparities in healthcare access and quality, connected health platforms (CHPs) have emerged as promising solutions. However, rapidly scaling CHPs poses significant challenges, particularly in managing tensions among multiple entities.
Yichuan Wang, Minhao Zhang, Jens K. Roehrich, Rui Ma, Yunkai Zhai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Laparoscopic and Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Surgeon Experience, Learning, and Task Performance

Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines the transfer of learning in the context of different surgical methods used to complete surgical procedures. Surgeons' total experience is characterized by the procedure (i.e., focal or different) and the surgical technology or method used (i.e., laparoscopic‐assisted minimally invasive surgery [LAS] or robot‐assisted ...
Pradeep K. Pendem, Sriram Narayanan, Roger R. Dmochowski, Vikram Tiwari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liberazione della vita

Itinera, 2015
Philosophy and music can achieve the same thing by different means. This paper considers three types of improvisation (on a harmonic structure [jazz], free, and “deep listening”) as steps in an investigation on freedom in musical improvisation, as well ...
Daniele Goldoni
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Portfolio Entrepreneurs' Strategic Responses to the COVID‐19 Outbreak: The Role of Adaptation, Decision‐Making, Temporality, and Coordination

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the immediate responses of portfolio entrepreneurs (PEs) in the Netherlands to the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Employing a longitudinal design, real‐time data were collected from 21 PEs through verbal interviews and open‐ended questionnaires, capturing their initial entrepreneurial reactions.
Tobias Kutzewski, Ingrid A. M. Wakkee
wiley   +1 more source

Master of Uncertainty: How Strategic Resilient Organizations Navigate Crisis

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic resilient organizations (SROs) adapt and recover from adversity by drawing on dynamic and context‐specific internal capabilities. This study investigates the combinatory conditions under which small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) achieve strategic resilience.
Oluwasoye P. Mafimisebi, Adekunle I. Ogunsade, Wasiu O. Kehinde, Demola Obembe, Sara Hadleigh‐Dunn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the Empirical Evidence between Personality, Work Experience, and Improvisation among Middle Management Government Officers

Journal of Business Management and Accounting, 2014
This  study  examined  the  empirical  association  between  personality  traits,  work experience, and improvisation. Big five personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness) and individual work experience
Darwina Hj. Ahmad Arshad, Sharifah Nora Al-Idrus   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping the Influence of Ansoff's Corporate Strategy

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper conducts a systematic, data‐driven analysis of H. Igor Ansoff's enduring impact on strategic management scholarship. Despite Ansoff's recognition as the “father of strategic management” and the continued relevance of his frameworks—including the Ansoff matrix, weak signals analysis, and strategic thrust—a comprehensive understanding
Ivan Zupic, Tomaž Čater, Andrea Caputo, Dejan Uršič   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improvisation: Performer as Co-composer

Musical Offerings, 2012
Elements of musical improvisation have been present throughout the medieval, renaissance, and baroque eras, however, improvisation had the most profound recorded presence in the baroque era. Improvisation is inherently a living practice and leaves little
Kyle Schick
doaj   +1 more source