scholarly journals Anchored Differentiation: The Role of Temporal Distance in the Comparison and Evaluation of New Product Designs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Heong Chan ◽  
Yonghoon G. Lee ◽  
HeeJung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Field Study ◽  
New Product ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dynamic Perspective ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Optimal Distinctiveness ◽  
Informational Value

A new design can be compared with its contemporaries or older designs. In this study, we argue that the temporal distance between the new design and its comparison play an important role in understanding how a new design’s similarity with other designs contributes to its valuation. Construing the value of designs as a combination of their informational value and their expressive value, we propose the “anchored differentiation” hypothesis. Specifically, we argue that expressive value (which is enhanced by how much the new design appears different from others) is emphasized more than informational value (which is enhanced by how much the new design appears similar to others) compared with contemporary designs. Informational value, however, is emphasized more than expressive value when compared against designs from the past. Therefore, both difference from other contemporary designs (contemporary differentiation) and similarity to other past designs (past anchoring) help increase the value of a new design. We find consistent evidence for our theory across both a field study and an experimental study. Furthermore, we show that this is because temporal distance changes the relative emphasis on expressive and informational values. We discuss our contribution to the growing literature on optimal distinctiveness and design innovation by offering a dynamic perspective that helps resolve the tension between similarities and differences in evaluating new designs.

Development of a Tourism Destination: Exploring the Role of Destination Capabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruggero Sainaghi ◽  
Manuela De Carlo ◽  
Francesca d’Angella
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Limited Role ◽  
Dynamic Perspective ◽  
The Creation

This article aims to identify the key elements underlying a destination capability (DC) and to examine what the genesis of these factors is and how they interact to foster the destination development. The article explores a specific development process—the creation of a new product in an alpine destination (Livigno, Italy)—making use of a theoretical framework structured around four major dimensions: DCs, coordination at the destination level, inter-destination bridge ties, and destination development. The results help clarify the genesis of a DC in the context of new product development. First, the dynamics underlying the creation of a DC show that coordination at the destination level constitutes the heart of the process, whereas the integration of scattered resources in the new product plays a more limited role. Second, from a dynamic perspective, the analysis has identified three patterns (scouting, implementation, and involvement).

Equity in Arbitration and in Judicial Settlement of Disputes

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judge Manfred Lachs
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Type I ◽  
International Courts ◽  
The Past ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Settlement Of Disputes ◽  
Recommended Action

Much has been written on the similarities and differences between arbitration tribunals and international courts; much more could and will certainly be written in the future. The purpose of my comments is to define similarities and differences in regard to the role of equity in both. However, I hope to enter the caveat at the very outset that in this paper I will focus solely on the role of equity in cases where the decision is to be based on international law. Accordingly, I will not here discuss cases of the type I had in mind when I pointed out in a speech delivered 34 years ago to the Legal Committee of the UN General Assembly that “[t]he arbitral solution has been applied in the past to a variety of problems, some of which were not judicial in character and did not raise issues of law”. Nor will I now discuss arbitrations in which the parties have agreed that the arbitrators need not be guided by law, or where the arbitral tribunal is expressly authorized by the parties to decide ex aequo et bono and thereby to settle the matter in a liberal spirit without regard to legal requirements and technicalities. Thus, cases in which the arbitrators have been empowered to seek mutual accommodations that would give offense to neither party are outside the scope of this discussion, as are cases where arbitrators recommended action by one of the parties as an act of grace.

CSR in sport sponsorship consumers' perceptions of a sponsoring brand's CSR

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apollo Demirel
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Consumer Response ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Sport Sponsorship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sport Team ◽  
Sport Teams

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between sponsorship of professional sport teams and consumers' socially responsible perceptions of a sponsoring brand. More specifically, this research investigates if sponsorship of professional sport teams in itself leads consumers to perceive a sponsoring brand as socially responsible, and what factors may produce CSR perceptions and subsequent consumer response.Design/methodology/approachAn experimental study was conducted to examine the impact of sponsorship of professional sport teams on consumers' CSR perceptions of a sponsoring brand. Further, a field study was used to explore the role of sponsorship fit in generating CSR perceptions.FindingsThe results from the experimental study indicated that brand sponsorship of professional sport teams contributes to the socially responsible image of that brand, and sponsorship fit induces consumers' CSR perceptions of a sponsoring brand. Additionally, the results from the field study identified CSR perceptions as an underlying process driving the effect of sponsorship fit on consumers’ behavioral intentions toward a sponsoring brand. Lastly, the role of team identification was shown as a boundary condition shaping the effects of sponsorship fit.Practical implicationsBrands specifically seeking to create a socially responsible image, thanks to sponsoring a sport team, should consider the importance of perceived fit between their brand and the sponsored sport team as it is a key predictor of CSR perceptions.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical evidence for the sport sponsorship and CSR perceptions link and sheds light on important predictors for consumer response.

scholarly journals Discourse of the postgeneration: Remembrance and identity of the descendants of the perpetrators and the victims of the holocaust

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Julija Matejic
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
World War ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Family ◽  
Perpetrators And Victims ◽  
Second World

By analyzing the role of the family in the process of inter/transgenerational inheritance of trauma and memory (remembrance), the paper is an attempt at providing an answer to how the un-experienced past affects the lives of the descendants of the direct perpetrators and victims of the Holocaust, or rather, how it affects the identity forming of the so-called postgeneration. As the temporal distance from the Second World War increases, and as the number of those with immediate experiences and memories decreases, the expressions like memory and remembrance begin to lose their conventional meaning. As the research shows, even with the lack of first-hand experience, the descendents of those who survived mass traumatic events are subjectively deeply attached to the memory of the previous generation (so much so that they label that attachment as remembrance, and they feel their parents? traumas as their own). Given the fact that it is not possible to physically transfer the trauma and memory to descendants, the paper analyzes and compares the terminology that the professional literature has adopted so far, i.e. secondary traumatization (in case of a child), tertian traumatization (in case of a grandchild), as well as echoes of the trauma and postmemory. The main thesis of this paper is that echoes of the memory and echoes of the trauma cause the so-called identity crisis of the Holocaust postgeneration, that is, only facing the past leads to postgeneration?s coming to terms with it.

Organizational virtuousness and spontaneity: a social identity view

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1302-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Tsachouridi ◽  
Irene Nikandrou
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct and indirect effect of perceived organizational virtuousness (POV) on organizational spontaneity. The assumed indirect effect is investigated through the social identity perspective. As such, organizational identification, pride and respect are examined as mediators of the POV-spontaneity relationship. Design/methodology/approach To test the hypotheses the authors conducted two studies. First, the authors conducted an experimental study with 136 participants in which the authors investigated the role of organizational identification as mediator of the examined relationship. Second, the authors conducted a field study in which 572 employees working in various organizations participated. In this study, pride and respect were incorporated as first-step mediators explaining serially (indirectly) the relationship between the independent and the dependent variable through organizational identification. Findings The findings of the experimental study indicate that organizational identification mediates the positive relationship between POV and organizational spontaneity. The results of the field study indicate that pride and respect serially mediate the examined relationship through organizational identification. Practical implications The study accumulates further evidence that treating employees with care and respect can bring benefits to organizations. Perceiving organizational virtuousness makes employees identify with their organization and view organizational successes as their own. Thus, they become more willing to benefit the organization. Originality/value This study is unique to the literature by being the first to examine the relationship between POV and organizational spontaneity through social identity processes.

Achieving Immersion in the Tourism Experience: The Role of Autonomy, Temporal Dissociation, and Reactance

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1151-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renaud Lunardo ◽  
Frédéric Ponsignon
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Robust Evidence

In the past two decades, research in tourism has explored the shift to the experiential economy in which consumers (visitors) seek memorable experiences. While prior studies converge toward the idea that immersion is a critical dimension of the tourism experience, research on immersion remains scarce, particularly the conditions under which immersion is achieved and its consequences on visitor evaluations. To fill this gap, this research builds on the experiential and flow literature to propose a model where immersion derives from autonomy and leads to greater visitor satisfaction through the underlying mechanism of temporal dissociation. Additionally, it is proposed that reactance moderates the relationship between autonomy and temporal dissociation. Two empirical studies—a field study in an experiential wine museum and an experiment involving a zoo visit—provide robust evidence of these effects, fostering theoretical progress on immersion and subsequent temporal dissociation as important dimensions of the tourism experience.

From Liberal Utopia to Fukuyama’s Anti-Utopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 35.5 ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Yulia S. Chernyakhovskaya
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Wondering about the essence and goals of modern liberalism, the author of the article turns to the study of the origins of liberalism, and first of all, to the utopias of modern times, that are viewed as an indicators allowing to characterize the essential features of a particular ideology. Considering logically the three political models embodying ideal constructs that address the past, present and future, the author of the article also compares them with the approaches and concepts of modern liberals - primarily with the doctrines of F. Fukuyama. Having drawn the conclusions about the similarities and differences of the basic ideals of liberalism and the value constructs of Fukuyama, the author of the article also turns to the search for other ideal political constructs of the 20th century, capable of assuming the role of a new liberal utopia.

scholarly journals SHADES OF THE INNOVATION-PURCHASING FUNCTION — THE MISSING LINK OF OPEN INNOVATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romaric Servajean-Hilst ◽  
Richard Calvi
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Automotive Sector ◽  
Fuzzy Front End ◽  
Front End ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Internal Benchmarking ◽  
New Research

This paper seeks to instigate a new area of research in the Early Purchasing Involvement (EPI) literature around the question: How should a Purchasing function evolve in order to identify and capture innovation in the supplier market? Particularly, we attempt to characterise the specificities of the Innovation-Purchasing function, an emerging function acting in the fuzzy-front-end of projects. The contribution of this paper is a reification of the role of this function in an Open Innovation context, through the description of Early Purchasing Involvement in the Innovation (EPI2) agenda. For that, we collected data through an internal benchmarking study within a multinational/multidivisional firm of the automotive sector. Our study reveals similarities and differences between the observed practices of what we call EPI2 and the more classical EPI activities in a New Product Development (NPD) context. This study provides a model that can help practitioners and raises some propositions to test in new research.

The Effect of Followers’ Belongingness Needs on Leaders’ Procedural Fairness Enactment

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Cornelis ◽  
Alain Van Hiel ◽  
David De Cremer
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Procedural Fairness ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Group Attraction ◽  
Procedural Rule

An important component of ethical leadership entails leaders’ enactment of procedural fairness. The present two studies examined the role of followers’ relational motives as antecedents of leaders’ adherence to procedural fairness rules and explored the mediating role of attraction. In an experimental study, we demonstrated that followers’ belongingness needs influenced leaders’ inclination to grant them voice. This finding was corroborated in a multisource field study of organizational supervisors. Furthermore, these two studies demonstrated that the effect of followers’ belongingness needs on the enactment of fair procedures was mediated through a process of interpersonal and group attraction. We discuss the relevance of these findings for theories of procedural rule adherence as a dependent variable and for the literature on ethical leadership.

scholarly journals Hermeneutics of recollection: Gadamer and ricoeur

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-725
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Ostojic
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Other ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutics ◽  
The Past ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
Time Gap ◽  
The One ◽  
Hans Georg Gadamer

This paper analyzes the notion of recollection in Hans Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur?s thought, in the context of time distance as ?obstacles? towards understanding the past. Particular attention is paid to the understanding the phenomenon of ?Death? as a time gap between the past and the present. In connection with this problem, we find efforts of philosophical hermeneutics on the one hand and historicism on the other. Differences between historicism and hermeneutics can be outlined in relation to the role that memory plays in the process of understanding in Gadamer and Ricoeur. What does Death mean in terms of understanding for history, and what for hermeneutics? How can we understand temporal distance? Is it possible and necessary to overcome it? What is the role of recollection and how does it participate in understanding? - these are some of the main issues that will be addressed in the text. Finally, the task of the text is to offer the meaning and significance of the hermeneutics of recollection in relation to the mentioned questions, through the interaction of the thoughts of the two authors.

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