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Fabricating methods: untold connections in story net work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper responds to current interest in the ‘untold’ in organizational storytelling research. In particular the research presented here contributes to studies that consider storytelling in relational terms.
Hitchin, Linda
core  

Consumer Resistance to Circular Fashion: A Systematic Literature Review of Consumer Barriers and Innovation Resistance in Circular Business Models

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
wiley   +1 more source

The Narrator: NLG for digital storytelling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We present the Narrator, an NLG component used for the generation of narratives in a digital storytelling system.
Hielkema, Feikje   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Out-of-Character Reasoning to Combine Storytelling and Education in a Serious Game [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
To reconcile storytelling and educational meta-goals in the context of a serious game, we propose to make use of out-of-character reasoning in virtual agents.
Linssen, Jeroen, Theune, Mariët
core   +2 more sources

Analyzing the Development of a Sustainable Enterprise in an Emerging Economy: Black Cacau and the Bean‐to‐Bar Philosophy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) in emerging economies through the case of Black Cacau, a Brazilian bean‐to‐bar enterprise integrating agroforestry, direct trade, and Afro‐Brazilian cultural empowerment. Adapting the Patagonia‐based framework of Allal‐Chérif et al., the study explores how SE operates under conditions of ...
Marcelo Dionisio
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the two Methods of Storytelling in Decrease of Aggression from ParentsPoint of View

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2010
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Aggression is known as prevalent childrens behavior problems. Storytelling is one of the methods used to decrease aggression. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of the two methods of storytelling (
R Nasirzadeh,, R Roshan
doaj  

[Review of] Sherman Alexie. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
A member of the Spokane tribe, Alexie writes the heart of a community that is joined through hardship, hope, land, and story. On and off the reservation, from the storytelling of Thomas Builds-the-Fire to Norma\u27s fancydancing, a drumbeat of home ...
John, Hershman, McNeil, Elizabeth
core   +1 more source

Fueling Tomorrow: Scenario Planning for the Future of Gas Stations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transport electrification is reshaping the service infrastructures that mediate everyday mobility, yet most electrification scenario studies remain macrolevel and offer limited insight into how incumbent forecourt (gas‐station) networks can adapt under deep uncertainty.
Joao Gabriel Rosa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hierarchically Structured Reinforcement Learning for Topically Coherent Visual Story Generation

open access: yes, 2019
We propose a hierarchically structured reinforcement learning approach to address the challenges of planning for generating coherent multi-sentence stories for the visual storytelling task.
Celikyilmaz, Asli   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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