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SUSTAINABLY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

SUSTAINABLY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

Author(s): Mathias Schüz / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: leadership

Innovation is more than invention and creativity. Most importantly, it should refer to responsible leadership since it creates wealth that might serve parts but not the whole economic, social and ecological environments. Moreover, responsible leadership is linked to the dimensions of sustainable corporate responsibility. It manifests itself in the three main types of leaders: the doer, the coordinator, and the visionary. Each type has different capabilities such as “managerial skills” of the “Knowing-How”, “interpersonal skills” of the “Knowing-Whom”, and the “reflective skills” of the “Knowing-Why”. Ideally, a responsible leader expresses all types, but can also cooperate with others complementing his/ her deficiencies in the one or the other capabilities. Thus, responsible leadership comprises technical skills (cognitive intelligence: IQ); ethical competencies (emotional intelligence: EQ); and esthetical insights (spiritual intelligence: SQ). An empirical pre-study underscores the importance of all the three aspects of responsible leadership. However, it verified them only by surveying 41 leaders and their importance for successfully taking steps of their career ladder. Other empirical studies should verify the importance of the complementing capabilities of sustainably responsible leadership.

Technology Innovations as Drivers of Hotel Attractiveness

Technology Innovations as Drivers of Hotel Attractiveness

Author(s): Tamara Floričić,Nadia Pavia / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: hospitality innovations; experimental innovation testing; hotel attractiveness; special experience; added value

Purpose: In striving to achieve business excellence, hotel companies recognise the importance of new solutions that affect hotel attractiveness and boost demand. In order to implement adequate and optimised innovative concept they need to choose suitable innovations and to test their attractiveness. The aim and purpose of this paper is to explore tourist demand focused on youth tourism within the framework of experimental hospitality innovations. Why experimental hospitality innovations and how can they be organised and valorised within the tourism system? The possible answers emerge in attractiveness exploration and understanding the Millenials as new consumers segment that seeks new excitement, exploration and solutions. Design/methodology/approach: The research includes quantitative as well as qualitative methods which explore the attitudes of tourist demand through 88 questionnaires conducted in January 2017 processed by statistical methodology including chi-squared test (February to May 2017). Methods of best practice research (February, March 2017) that are presented in framework of experimental technologies and creative thinking techniques are implemented and oriented towards creation of a new model that could impact demand of a specific market segment – youth tourists. The presented model of innovative solutions, created in March 2017) recognises categories of innovations that could impact perception of potential consumers about hospitality attractiveness.Findings: Presented research suggests conclusions that would influence new knowledge and present the platform for innovative connections of industry stakeholders including hotel companies and technological innovations companies which could implement and test their innovative product and valuate it by actual consumers, hotel guests. Findings point to conclusions which confirm willingness of youngsters to stay in innovation test hotel, to evaluate and rank selected groups of innovations and to pay the market price for this special experience of being the part of product or service innovation process. Research/practical implications: Paper proposes a new concept of development of hospitality structures that both innovatively organise hotel product and place it on tourism market, and support development and implementation of technological and organisational innovations as a new service that enriches hotel product. The concept provides the responses of tourist demand on sight in real time and that research results present indicative guidelines for further investments. Originality/value: The contribution of this paper is reflected in a both a proposal of new approach and suggestion of innovations as marketing value for hotel companies when considering orientation towards demand as a selective market segment and as a mix of various innovative aspects that form hotel service: technology, organisation, service, experience, architecture and design.

The Innovation Centers Development in the Regional Context of Russia

The Innovation Centers Development in the Regional Context of Russia

Author(s): Ekaterina Panarina / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: innovation; competitiveness; innovative management model; leadership; competence; knowledge-based economy.

Purpose: According to the ranking by global competitiveness benchmarking study (WEF Competitiveness Report, 2017), Russia has the 43rd index of the competitiveness out of 142 countries compared by 67th place at 2012. We can explain it with different reasons but primarily it is a result of strengthened fundamentals, including the quality and quantity of education, training programs, and innovation capacity. In this article we consider the innovation to be the major factor that keeps countries to sustain their competitiveness that is a strategic goal for any economy including the Russian economy as well. Design/methodology/approach: Design approach for the research is based on benchmarking data and case studies analysis, as well as on author´s research activities and practical experience. The sample was chosen from research institutions (national research universities) and innovation centers as well as enterprises in different industries.Findings: There are a few forms of innovation ecosystem were considered that could become a moderator for evolving innovations and sustainable economic growth. Those are integrated distributed centres of competences at enterprise level, innovative business regional clusters (hubs), high skills centres of competences at universities, business-universities joint alliance. The concept of innovation development and the findings of this article defiantly make practical impact and resonance that get to be discussed and resulted in actions of regional and national administrations. Research/practical implications: The outcomes and implications proposed in the article related to functioning of Centres of Competence and Innovation Centres are very important for practice, and for keeping and increasing the positive dynamics of economic development cycle. The establishment of the Innovation Centres of different forms has to become a national idea of the sustainable economic growth. It has to be included to the strategic plans of the government for the better future.

Behavior Dimensions: An Organizational Study

Behavior Dimensions: An Organizational Study

Author(s): Zafar Ansari Yalman / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Behaviour Dimensions; Transformation

Purpose: As the IT sector is flourishing in Pakistan with new entrants entering the market, the study focuses onthe impact of personal selling, customer relationship management and product quality on consumer behavior inthis sector. The results from the current study will provide a guideline for IT firms to get better growth, have anadvantage through better customer relationship and have value in their product, so that they can retain and increasecustomer loyalty. It identifies and argues that if certain behavioural tendencies are organizationally encouraged,they can play a significant role in bringing creative transformation to an organization.Design/methodology/approach: The present study has attempted to produce results and findings that will in turnanswer questions regarding the effectiveness of variables known as personal selling, product quality and customerrelationship management in the context of online shoping experience in Pakistan. The statistical part of analysisis based on descriptive statistic, correlation and regression analysis of the online shoppers including universitystudents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The data was collected from a sample size of 250 respondents out of 270in January 2017. Convenience sampling technique was used for data collection.Findings: Results indicate that customer perceived value, customer satisfaction and switching cost are majorfactors which can highly affect the customer loyalty in the nascent online Pakistani market.Research/practical implications: The present study offers a reality check to local IT companies of sophisticatedcustomer base despite the online business being in its very early stage. It gives them a framework of how toeffectuate their organizational effectiveness.Originality/value: This paper makes an attempt to reason why technology matters for linking behaviour andcreativity together to create new ways of doing business.

Stoļerova Parish Church in the Context of the 18th Century. Artistic and Architectural Heritage of Polish Livonia

Stoļerova Parish Church in the Context of the 18th Century. Artistic and Architectural Heritage of Polish Livonia

Author(s): Rūta Kaminska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Polish labour law 10 years after the accession to the European Union (certain issues linked to the determination of the direction of change)

Polish labour law 10 years after the accession to the European Union (certain issues linked to the determination of the direction of change)

Author(s): Zbigniew Góral,Ewa Staszewska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: polish labour law;the accession to the European Union

Comparative Managerial Approaches on Immunization through Vaccination at European Level and its Relation to the Living Standard

Comparative Managerial Approaches on Immunization through Vaccination at European Level and its Relation to the Living Standard

Author(s): Claudiu Cicea,Corina Marinescu,Ioana Andrada Udroiu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Europe; health systems; immunization; vaccination; vaccination matrix

This paper focuses on a subject of great interest to contemporary society, widely debated around the world: immunization through vaccination. The authors aim at first to present the main features of the health care systems in European countries, with emphasis on immunization related aspects. Afterwards, the authors conduct a comparative macroeconomic analysis of the vaccination schemes existing in European countries in order to highlight specific aspects of vaccination as an intervention in the public health system. Furthermore, the comparative analysis serves as a tool for selecting 28 European countries to be included in a diagram with the following dimensions: the mandatory vaccination level (to prevent a certain disease, for example mumps) and the effectiveness of vaccination (measured by the number of cases recorded for that disease). For each country included in the matrix, the vaccination rate for the disease will also be considered. The vaccination diagram or matrix allows one to position the selected countries according to the two dimensions, creating four distinct situations. These will highlight either countries where immunization through vaccination proves useful, or countries where measures need to be taken to imply adequate control of diseases that can be prevented by vaccination. In the same time, as compared to the living standard of the population (quantified by the Gross National Income per capita), the vaccination reveals both its influence and also the fact that its success may be influenced by the living standard.

Brentix: An industry challenge in a globalised world

Brentix: An industry challenge in a globalised world

Author(s): Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: internationalisation of companies;Brentix company;foreign market entry;industry life cycle;globalisation;

The author presents the internationalization process of the Brentix company.

Between History and Propaganda: Examining the Royal and Military Attributes of Knútr inn ríki in “Liðsmannaflokkr”

Between History and Propaganda: Examining the Royal and Military Attributes of Knútr inn ríki in “Liðsmannaflokkr”

Author(s): Łukasz Neubauer / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Reflections On Collective Insecurity And Virtual Resistance In The Time Of Covid-19 In Malaysia

Reflections On Collective Insecurity And Virtual Resistance In The Time Of Covid-19 In Malaysia

Author(s): Linda A. Lumayag,Teresita C. Del Rosario,Frances S. Sutton / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: collective insecurity; covid-19; migration;Malaysia;

No one escapes insecurity today. It is one of the most basic human experiences, more pronounced in others depending on their personal and social circumstances. Personal insecurities refer to the subjective feeling of anxiety and to the concrete lack of protection. This paper attempts to interrogate collective insecurity particularly among migrant workers. The paper likewise argues that such experience gives rise to a form of collective resistance which has become more pronounced within the context of the coronavirus pandemic. In this paper, we argue that migrant insecurity is a collective experience, and is all the more heightened in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. (see for example, Cohen, 2020). We further argue that forms of resistance have been developed as a response to collective insecurity.

Facing A Pandemic Away From Home: Covid-19 And The Brazilian Immigrants In Portugal

Facing A Pandemic Away From Home: Covid-19 And The Brazilian Immigrants In Portugal

Author(s): Patricia Posch,Rosa Cabecinhas / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Portugal; immigrants; covid-19;Brazilian immigrants;

On January 7, 2020, the Portuguese newspaper, Público, published an article about an unprecedented challenge facing Chinese leaders: a “strange form of pneumonia” (Chaiça, 2020) diagnosed in several patients in the Chinese city of Wuhan, that was subsequently named COVID-19. On March 2, the Portuguese government had placed major hospitals under alert and reinforced the supply of medicines (Campos & Lins, 2020). This occurred even before the declaration of a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, on March 12 (WHO, 2020), and diagnosis of the first cases in Portugal. On March 18, a national state of emergency was declared - which imposed social measures, such as social isolation and mobility restrictions in public spaces. The state of emergency continued until May 2, when it was replaced by the state of calamity, and then by the state of contingency on July 1.

Managing Remittance And Agricultural Development In Nepal A Case Of Policy Dereliction?

Managing Remittance And Agricultural Development In Nepal A Case Of Policy Dereliction?

Author(s): Santosh Adhikari / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Managing remittance; agricultural development; Nepal; policy;

Nepal has been a politically sovereign country since its pre-historical time as a Kiranta dynasty in 800 B.C. and also as a modern state (M. Jha, 1998). Modern politics explains the year 1951 as the first democracy to entail direct Monarchy by throwing familial dictatorships of the Rana regime for 104 years. Similarly, people’s movement ended more than 240 years long Shah dynasty in 2006 to emerge as a Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that too could not stop Nepal becoming a politically unstable country. Political instability has hindered economic growth and increased unemployment (Yami, 2017).

The Culture Of Migration: A Case Study From Punjab

The Culture Of Migration: A Case Study From Punjab

Author(s): Shweta Sinha Deshpande / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: culture; migration; social; political; institutional;

Migration does not take place in a social, cultural, political and institutional void (de Haas 2008). It is socially embedded and culturally informed within the transnational social field of the sending and receiving communities creating a ‘culture of migration’ embedding economic and cultural values to the aspiration and inclination of mobility (Glick-Schiller, Basch and Blanc, 1992; Levitt, 2001; Kandel and Massey, 2002; Jónsson, 2008). Transnational networks influence not just the life of immigrants but also the communities and countries of origin in all socio-cultural aspects including religion. It builds social fields in the form of social remittance that are transformed to social capital which is aspired by the non-migrant. The transnational experience of the non-migrant leads to new aspirations among individuals and families strengthening old traditions of migration, while also reinforcing new paths and destinations. This need to immerse and embrace the global cultural economy has resulted in the ‘culture of migration’ in the Doab region of Punjab over the last century. While there is an increase in the non-Jat, migrations out of Punjab, the opportunities are restricted for the unskilled to low paid and temporary jobs which are insecure and individualised. The unskilled aspirant with low social and financial capital takes the burden of limiting possibilities of mobility leading to a state of ‘involuntary immobility’ (Carling, 2002) within a culture of migration. The non-migrant while not moving spaces through physical mobility, is nevertheless engaged with changed contexts of living experiences and expectations. Migration literature however, does not account for the experiences of the non-migrant and the social fields that they engage with. For a complete understanding of the migration network, the paper presents an ethnographic account of the economic, social and psychological dimensions of the aspirant’s departure context outlining the negotiations and renegotiations with human and beyond human mechanisms further promoting a culture of mobility among populations. The current research adds to the Indian experience of transnationalism and the culture of migration in the region of Punjab by exploring the socio-economic and religious intersections of a population with a long tradition and history of migration. The work outlines a certain degree of emotional and psychological gravity that permeates the cultural and social space of the region through accounts of people’s aspirations, in context of the multi-million-dollar migration industry and the influence it has on the narratives established with media, employment and educational opportunities and everyday lived experiences including religion as a coping mechanism in dealing with the problems and hurdles of migration reiterating the global realities within localised fields.

Toponyms as group with a primary ‘-e

Toponimy z końcówką ‘-e w mianowniku

Author(s): Maria Czaplicka-Jedlikowska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: toponyms as group with a primary ‘-e;microtoponyms;language cultural heritage

The here to fore monographs compiled on the basis of historical material prove how much valuable information can be found in archives. Documentation of materials gathered from the dictionary entitled ‘Nazwy miejscowości w Polsce. Układ a tergo’, ed. by E. Jakus-Borkowa and K. Nowikowa, proves that the collection of acquired names is extremely rich (380 names) and interesting. Half of the collection comprises topographic (Podjaworze, Śródborze, Zagórze) and cultural names (Ołtarze, Podworze, Zatorze). The remaining part of the collection is names registering existence of game and domestic animals (Kozarze, Turze). However, the most interesting group includes eponyms such as: Grzegorze, Łazarze, Niemierze, Samborze / Szymborze and Sławoborze which have a distinct microtoponymic function (former parts of castellany, chapter or a village) located in various parts of Poland (podkarpackie, mazowieckie, podlaskie, warmińsko-mazurskie, kujawskopomorskie) from the 13th to 15th century.

History Of Syrian Kurds And Their Political Parties

History Of Syrian Kurds And Their Political Parties

Author(s): Jordi Tejel / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: History; Syrian; Kurds; Political Parties;

As the Syrian army pulled out of several towns in the north and northeast of the country in July 2012, Kurds found themselves masters of their own destiny after more than 40 years of dictatorship and political marginalisation.In the face of the sudden retreat of the state security apparatus, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and the Kurdish National Council, composed of sixteen political parties, signed a political agreement providing for the creation of a joint Supreme Kurdish Council and the establishment of‘popular defence forces’ in order to secure Kurdish gains. However, despite the apparent unity, the operational capacity of the Supreme Kurdish Council was hindered by an unbalanced power relationship between the PYD and the Kurdish National Council, in favour of the former, as well as their uneven representation in the three main Kurdish enclaves in northern Syria (Allsopp2014: 194–200).

Institutional Adaptation in the Security Environment - A Case Study on the Concept of Social Network

Institutional Adaptation in the Security Environment - A Case Study on the Concept of Social Network

Author(s): Dan Mazăre / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: military science; change management; social network; interoperability; social environment;

Current theorizations in military-related studies outline the need for a fresh postmodern approach, extending the “modern”, the positivist foundation of military thought and aiming at increasing the potential of institutional adaptation, with both knowledge management and action related goals. Institutional adaptation gets a multi-level approach, extending from the frames used to conceptualize the space of military action to the framework defined to set methodologies and procedures, down to the military action and its material related assets. In such a context, the “network” and the “social network” turned into pervasive concepts during the last two decades, defining a route to understanding the new increased complexity in the action space: for understanding the human terrain in military settings, the intelligence realm and its challenges, the law enforcement and the legal framework it is built on. A brief conceptual archaeology of the “network” term is employed to outline some peculiar transformations during the evolution of Romanian security institutions during the last decades, as parts and as an integrated ensemble, in terms of missions, values and operational approaches.

Information Warfare, Security Intelligence and Military Intelligence. A Short Theoretical Approach

Information Warfare, Security Intelligence and Military Intelligence. A Short Theoretical Approach

Author(s): Teodor Badiu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: information warfare; security; deception; multinational exercises; asymmetrical confrontations;

In research, discussions from public space and materials designed and disseminated by media trusts, the issue of hybrid warfare/hybrid threats is often analysed either as a phenomenon or as a specific factor of an event. However, due to the complexity of the subject, confusion is often made or the concepts are mixed as the subject becomes even more ambiguous. In addition, the excessive use of simple terms such as “information manipulation”, “propaganda”, “misinformation”, “influence”, in the public space, has led to an alteration of their meaning and an ambiguity of the effects that these terms have on the perception of threat. On the other hand, in this context, the role and relevance of security and military intelligence in the management and limitation of hybrid warfare/hybrid threats has been little discussed. Thus, this paper tries to detail in a succinct manner (due to the complexity of the topics), at a theoretical level, the concepts of security intelligence, military intelligence and information warfare.

Intelligence Challenges at the European Union Level

Intelligence Challenges at the European Union Level

Author(s): Robert Calinoiu,Danut Mircea Chiriac / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: security;defence; European Union; military/civilian defence information; strategy;

Since its creation in 1950, as an organisation of states sharing primarily economic interests, the European Union (EU) has been developed continuously on multiple levels, the security and defence domain being one of the most dynamic starting in 2000. Therefore, in 2001, there were established the Political and Security Committee – PSC, the EU Military Committee – EUMC, and the EU Military Staff – EUMS – within the General Secretariat of the EU Council. Eventually, after the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) in 2009, EUMS has changed the subordination to this structure. One of the five directorates of EUMS is the Intelligence Directorate – DINT whose mission is to provide strategic intelligence to its customers. Along the process of developing and improving the intelligence activity, in 2007 the EEAS leadership made the decision of creating the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity – SIAC, bringing together the military expertise of DINT and the civilian intelligence knowledge of the EU Intelligence Centre (INTCEN). Since its inception, DINT has proved to be a very effective fusion centre of the national intelligence products, issuing strategic documents of significant interest for the EU and national leaders alike, and positively influencing the EU and member nation’s security. Nevertheless, the importance of a flawless functioning of DINT and SIAC results not only from its successes but also from failures, which could have had a major impact on the security of some European states or at the EU level. One of this is the shot down of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over the Ukrainian airspace, whose case study we will present in the present article.

Narratives of Trauma Across Generations of Pontic Greeks and Their Impact on National Identity

Narratives of Trauma Across Generations of Pontic Greeks and Their Impact on National Identity

Author(s): Georgia Lagoumitzi / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Pontic Greek diaspora; sociology of generations; generation location; generation units; trauma; genocide narratives; identity;

Karl Mannheim’s 1928 essay ‘The Problem of Generations’ introduced a unique perspective on the dynamic development of social relations, social knowledge and social action. In this essay, he maintained that simple generational separation performed by positivist demographers on the basis of simple biological facts was meaningless. Instead, he defined a generation in terms of distinct collective experiences of given age groups, which stamp those age groups with a permanent separate identity. These experiences, in turn, give a new meaning to both, individual (subjective) and historical (objective) time. Mannheim distinguished between the ‘generation location’, actual generations comprised of individuals bound together by a common destiny, and the ‘generation unit’, establishing in this way the dialectical relationship between history and subjective knowledge. The conceptualization of diaspora as a ‘narrative of displacement’ provides the opportunity to assess the impact of such traumatic experiences on the separate ‘generation units’ among Pontic Greeks. Sharing the experience of successive displacements from the Ottoman Empire to Russia, from Caucasus to Kazakhstan under the Stalinist regime, and finally from the ex-Soviet Union to Greece in the wake of the 1989 Revolutions, they constitute an ideal-typical group for the study of the way in which different generations perceive a common past and face new challenges. Moreover, we explore the mediating role of genocide narratives in the perception of trauma and suffering by different generation units and their impact on their diasporic identity. In doing so, we affirm Stuart Hall’s interpretation of “identities… [as] projects and practices, not properties. Finally, we assess the importance of diasporic memory for the nation.

On the Road to the Smart Reindustrialization

On the Road to the Smart Reindustrialization

Author(s): Beata Gontar,Zbigniew Gontar / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Smart Reindustrialization; Business Model Innovation; Industrial Grid

This paper discusses the design of smart reindustrialization projects. The DFKI’s project, called SmartFactoryKL is an attempt to introduce cyber-physical systems and manufacturing intelligence to factories. SmartFactoryKL presents a new way of looking at dispersed factories enabling creation of manufacturing pools in future cities of science. The University of Aachen’s project StreetScooter is providing business model innovation based on dynamic partner and supplier assessment and the concept of on-demand access to products rather than ownership. The MIT’s project FabLab is the example of 3D trend rising in the industry. FabLabs are digital fabrication environment for start-ups which allows to get experience in the future smart environment (smart manufactories, smart grid companies, smart city, smart society). We discuss the design of these initiatives in terms of the mechanism, the business model innovations, and creating the vision of smart reindustrialization on the base of industrial grid.