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Lately, a new trend has specially outreached on the Information Society that of Social Computing. Starting from a citizen-focused model of health seamless provision of services, this paper analyses some current Web 2.0 initiatives on the Health sector. These opportunities would not be fully...
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activities, innovation increasingly becomes an essential element for business survival and for economic development of regions …
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For nearly 200 years, the modern cooperative movement has known how to adapt itself to the different circumstances our societies have suffered have undergone, keeping alive the values and principles it inspires. This article describes the economic importance of the cooperative movement...
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This paper focuses on the effects of new information and communications technologies (NICT) on innovation and …, location, sector of activity and time of first contact with IT. This positioning determines the commitment to innovation both …
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Since the beginning of the 1990?s, the social entrepreneur has become a fundamental actor within capitalism. But, what is a social entrepreneur, one must ask? The question is debated and defies consensus. Is an entrepreneur social because he founds a nonprofit enterprise? If so, then how can he...
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examines sustainability innovation pathways and second is a social practices approach that illuminates the possibilities (or …
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sustainable development, which is understood to involve organizational and social innovation leading to change. The paper draws on … theoretical and empirical studies to examine leadership for CR as a particular example of management innovation. Design … integrating the literatures on management innovation and leadership for CR. The proposed model is consistent with the direction …
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Traditionally, the concept of innovation has been associated to the world of technologies and has been analyzed in an … individual or entrepreneurial context. This paper proposes that innovation is embedded in a much larger and multidimensional … process. Certainly, the innovation is a technologic one, but it is also a social one. Analyzing an innovation implies …
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usually seen in new technologies, innovation and economic changes. Vulnerability of such a familiar approach is that it … of social culture on the future of innovation and economic growth provides controversial perspectives for both companies … in consumer needs should be considered in the innovation and marketing strategies. Note: Downloadable document is in …
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First stage of research on the effects of anti-tobacco brand spoof ads on the consumer, this paper proposes an exploratory study of netnographic inspiration of the comments left on YouTube by individuals freshly exposed to anti-tobacco brand spoof ads. The results show that anti-tobacco brand...
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