scholarly journals How Authenticity and Tradition Shift into Sustainability and Innovation: Evidence from Italian Agritourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 5389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Palmi ◽  
Greta Enrica Lezzi
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Novel Products ◽  
Positive Impacts

This study investigates the topic of innovation strategies based on tradition in the wake of sustainability, in the agritourism sector, as derived from the phenomenon of multifunctionality in agriculture. The results reveal that the tangible and intangible resources that originate from tradition are drivers for innovation. The research highlights how tradition, as grounded on diverse foundations, is able to generate novel products and services stemming from an innovative arrangement of past events, particularly the identity of a place, which brings out its authenticity and makes it even more attractive. In this paper, we delve into the multifaceted outcomes that tangible and intangible traditions have on the innovation and distinctive standing of this rising accommodation offer with regard to post-productivism agriculture, and how this is accomplished while also looking for sustainability. The sourced dataset is based on a qualitative investigation of 10 cases in the Salento area of Puglia, a region of southern Italy. Tradition-grounded strategies proved to have several viable routes leading to innovation and bear positive impacts on the territory and the creation of value, yielding significant results both for scholars and practitioners.

THE COMPLEMENTARY OF INTANGIBLE RESOURCES AND THE CREATION OF EDUCATIONAL CAPABILITIES AT UNIVERSITY

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen de Pablos Heredero ◽  
Mari Carmen Gallego-Sánchez ◽  
Jose Amelio Medina-Merodio
Keyword(s):  
Intangible Resources ◽  
The Creation

Creating Product Innovation Strategies through Knowledge Management in Global Business

2016 ◽  
pp. 330-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
The Creation

This chapter aims to create product innovation strategies through knowledge management (KM) in global business, thus explaining the theoretical and practical concepts of product innovation strategy and KM; the significance of product innovation strategies and KM in global business; and the creation of product innovation strategies through KM in global business. The capability of product innovation strategies and KM is significant for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, increase business performance, strengthen competitiveness, and attain regular success in global business. Modern organizations should establish a strategic plan to create product innovation strategies through KM. The chapter argues that creating product innovation strategies through KM has the potential to improve organizational performance and achieve strategic goals in global business.

Design Principles and Function of Mechanical Fasteners in Nature and Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsie Jeffries ◽  
David Lentink
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Mechanical Testing ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Loop Design ◽  
Mechanical Fasteners ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Function ◽  
Novel Products

Abstract Probabilistic mechanical fasteners are used to provide secure, reversible, and repeatable attachments in both nature and industry. Since the first observation of this mechanism in nature, which led to the creation of hook-and-loop fasteners, there has been a multitude of variations on the basic hook-and-loop design. However, few fastener designs have looked back to nature for inspiration in creating novel products or improving existing fasteners. Given the diverse probabilistic mechanical fasteners employed in nature, there is opportunity to further the research and development of these underdeveloped fasteners. To this end, we present a framework which describes the theory, design considerations, modelling, and mechanical testing required to study probabilistic mechanical fasteners. We further provide a comparison of the performance of existing probabilistic mechanical fasteners found in nature and industry as a reference for novel bio-inspired designs. Finally, we discuss current areas of application and future opportunities for fastener innovation.

Becoming Achaean in Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-84
Author(s):  
Mark R. Thatcher
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Similar Process ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Ethnic Origins

This chapter examines the Achaeans of southern Italy through case studies of two communities, Croton and Metapontion. It first examines the creation of Achaean ethnicity, which occurred not through a single shared process but rather through a series of conflicts between different Greek communities in Italy. Croton articulated its ethnic and polis identities in intertwining ways, through a series of foundation myths, coins, and a prominent cult of Hera, which worked together to claim ethnic origins both in the northern Peloponnese and from the Homeric Achaean heroes and, at the same time, to define a distinctively Crotoniate polis identity. Metapontion followed a similar process but with different materials and shaped by different circumstances, since its identity was defined partly by outsiders using it for their own purposes. The two cities did not form a single unified ethnic group but rather used Achaean ethnicity to articulate their identities separately.

Andrea Papadopoulo Vretto between East and West

2018 ◽  
pp. 144-160
Author(s):  
Konstantina Zanou
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Ionian Islands ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
The Creation ◽  
East And West ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Way

Chapter 9 narrates the life of Andrea Papadopoulo Vretto (1800–76), through his autobiographical manuscript. By illuminating the activities of this itinerant and adventurous man—in Naples, the Ionian Islands, Nafplio, St Petersburg, Venice, and Varna—the chapter offers a contribution to a number of issues in intellectual history, such as the creation of Albanian nationalism in the diasporic centres of southern Italy, the rise of interest in archaeology in the British Mediterranean, as well as the emergence of the modern Greek bibliographic tradition. It also provides insight into the consolidated links between Greece and Russia throughout the 1830s and illustrates the way Orthodox ecumenism was reshaped within the Greek kingdom.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Regional Studies ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Influence Spread ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
A Site ◽  
Material Record ◽  
Key Questions ◽  
Cultural Developments

The introduction situates the book within the broader discourse of work on the Roman conquest of Italy. It begins by discussing the theoretical underpinnings and methodological considerations of the work. After a historiographical discussion of “Romanization studies,” it mentions three models that will be drawn on in the work (those of Mattingly, Barrett, and Terrenato). It then discusses the importance of the spread of Hellenistic culture throughout Italy for studies of the Roman conquest. Next, it examines recent regional studies of the Roman conquest of Italy, particularly in central and southern Italy. It brings up three key questions that will be addressed in the work: How did Larinum’s participation in the broader Hellenistic koiné contribute to its integration into the Roman state? What forms of Roman influence spread to Larinum during the period in question and how did they arrive there? And, in what ways do the changes in Larinum’s material record reflect broader cultural developments both at the site and within its territory? It makes the case for Larinum’s being a prime candidate for this type of study by laying out the available evidence for the creation of a site biography before ending with an overview of the main argument of the book.

scholarly journals Regions, Innovations, and the North–South Divide in Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-134
Author(s):  
Loet Leydesdorff
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The North ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

AbstractUsing firm-level data collected by Statistics Italy for 2008, 2011, and 2015, the Triple-Helix synergy among geographical and size distributions of firms and technology classes is analyzed both regionally and nationally. The Italian system is both knowledge-based and knowledge-intensive, and therefore an interesting case. The contributions to national synergy of the twenty regions in Italy have increased between 2008 and 2015, but synergy generation at levels above the regions has remained relatively stable at approximately 45%. As against the statistical classification into twenty regions, or into Northern, Central, and Southern Italy, the greatest synergy is retrieved by defining the country in terms of Northern and Southern Italy as two sub-systems, with Tuscany included as part of Northern Italy. Different innovation strategies could be developed for these two parts of the country. However, the current focus on twenty regions for innovation policies may to some extent be an artefact of the statistics and EU policies. In terms of sectors, both medium- and high-tech manufacturing (MHTM) and knowledge-intensive services (KIS) are integrated proportionally in the various regions.

scholarly journals The legal aspect of security over future receivables in Japan and suggestions for Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. First
Author(s):  
Lien Dang Phuoc Hai
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Financial Vulnerability ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Business Financing ◽  
Positive Impacts

Enabling the use of future receivables as collateral to access to credit is highly economically meaningful, as its development is for one thing to assist businesses and individuals to access the capital easily with movable assets to be accrued in the future, and for another thing to encourage lending by reducing the financial vulnerability of lenders. In Vietnam, the recognition of future objects as a form of property eligible to be used as collateral since the 2005 Civil Code has had positive impacts on business financing. However, the term “future objects” does not explicitly cover all types of assets to be formed in the future such as future property rights not categorized as eligible collaterals. This shortcoming later has been revised and supplemented under Decree 163/2006/ND-CP, amended by Decree 11/2012/ ND-CP (Collectively Decree 163) which permits the creation of security over both existing and future receivables. The 2005 Civil Code has been replaced by the 2015 Civil Code, and it is necessary to revise or replace Decree 163 to reflect the changes in the Civil Code and the new practice. Vietnamese Government has been collecting comments for a draft decree on security measures to replace Decree 163, and this article aims to analyze the legal schemes in the former and current Civil Code regarding the use of future receivables as security for performance obligations, and compare with Japanese laws on securitization of future receivables in Japan. The author will try to provide suggestions drawing from Japanese lawmaking for reforming Vietnamese statutory.

scholarly journals I contain multitudes: A qualitative investigation of impacts of COVID-19 on alcohol use disorder recovery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Scarfe ◽  
Amanda K Haik ◽  
Liah Rahman ◽  
Akshiti Todi ◽  
Claire Kane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Recovery Resources ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Virtual Resources ◽  
Positive Impacts

Objective: In March 2020, restrictions on in-person gatherings were introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, integral alcohol use disorder (AUD) recovery resources migrated to virtual platforms. Given the importance of these resources for maintaining recovery, this study investigated how these restrictions impacted recovery attempts and explored participant experiences with virtual resources. Methods: Participants attempting recovery from an AUD (N=62; M age = 48.2; %F=53.2; 71% White) were recruited from two larger research projects. Participants completed virtual interviews, responding to questions about their experience during the COVID-19 lockdown, impacts on recovery, and experiences with online resources. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a thematic coding process. Results: The three overarching themes identified were: Effect on Recovery, Virtual Recovery Resources, and Effect on General Life. Within each overarching theme, lower-order parent themes and subthemes reflected varied participant experiences. Specifically, one group of participants cited negative impacts due to COVID-19, a second group reported positive impacts, and a third group where each participant reported experiencing both positive and negative impacts. Additionally, while participants had positive experiences with virtual resources, they also cited negative experiences and identified suggestions for improvement and other requested resources. Conclusions: Findings suggest that while many participants experienced significant hardships, a proportion of participants experienced unexpected positive impacts as well. Additionally, findings highlight that virtual resources may not work for everyone, and a longterm replacement of in-person with virtual resources may leave some individuals without the support they need to maintain recovery.

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