Exploring the role of human capital,renewal capital and entrepreneurial capital in innovation performance in high-tech and low-tech firms     

Marta?Buenechea-ElberdinEmail author  Josune?Sáenz  Aino?Kianto 《知识管理研究与实践》2017,15(3):369-379

According to past research, intellectual capital (IC) is a key driver of innovation performance and subsequent competitive advantage. Given the human nature of innovation activities (i.e. human beings produce innovations), human capital (HC) deserves special attention. Although researchers in the past have analysed the HC–innovation linkage, we still do not have a detailed understanding of how specific human capabilities affect innovation. Furthermore, the technology level of the firm could generate major differences in the HC–innovation relationship as it influences both the type of knowledge prevalent within the company and the radicalness of the innovations developed. Nevertheless, former literature has largely omitted technology level when studying the IC–innovation linkage. To fill this research gap, this study examines the role of human attributes, including knowledge, skills and motivation (i.e. traditional HC), learning capability (i.e. renewal capital) and entrepreneurial attitude (i.e. entrepreneurial capital) on innovation in high-tech versus low-tech companies. To that end, survey data from 180 Spanish companies were analysed by means of structural equation modelling based on partial least squares. The results obtained confirm that the influence of HC, renewal capital and entrepreneurial capital on innovation differs depending on the technology level.  相似文献   

What Is Inside the Earth?     

Alexandra Cardoso  Tiago Ribeiro  Clara Vasconcelos 《Science & Education》2018,27(7-8):715-736

This article studies the conceptions of the interior of the Earth held by Portuguese elementary school children and senior citizens. Several studies were conducted regarding conceptions related to Earth sciences, such as rocks, minerals, earthquakes geological time, and Earth structure. Most of these studies involved students enrolled in compulsory education, some involved higher education students, several involved teachers, and only a few involved adults. The majority of the results showed that many misconceptions are held by people of all ages. Similar results were found in this study, as both children and senior citizens revealed several misconceptions. The research resorted to a questionnaire based on a drawing task so as to find out the way that children and senior citizens imagine the structure and composition of the interior of our planet. A comparison between children’s and senior citizens’ drawings was made, as well as a comparison between those drawings and the historical models of the internal structure of the Earth. We found that only a small number of children and even a smaller number of senior citizens recognize that the interior of the Earth is organized in concentric layers. They assume that soil and water are a common part of the internal composition of our planet. Similarities between the drawings and the historical models were identified, particularly similarities related to Gautier’s model, which accepts the possibility of the existence of life in the interior of the planet as it happens on its surface.  相似文献   

Academics’ participation in quality assurance: does it reflect ownership?   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Sónia Cardoso  Maria J. Rosa  Pedro Videira 《Quality in Higher Education》2018,24(1):66-81

Academics’ support for quality assurance (QA) depends on several factors, including their sense of ownership, which seems to be influenced by academics’ participation in QA’s implementation. This paper aims to understand whether this participation is indeed contributing to academics’ ownership of QA. Findings from a survey of Portuguese academics’ on their participation in study programmes accreditation suggests that this may not be the case. Academics present a partial withdrawal towards effective participation in study programmes’ accreditation, especially regarding external assessment. Furthermore, they do not seem willing to enhance this participation nor are they very critical about it. Since academics’ sense of ownership is essential for the successful implementation of QA, these results may represent a challenge for both institutions and QA agencies.  相似文献   

Social robots as cultural objects: The sixth dimension of dynamicity?     

Leopoldina Fortunati  Mauro Sarrica  Giovanni Ferrin  Sonia Brondi  Furio Honsell 《The Information Society》2018,34(3):141-152

We investigate youths' conceptualization of social robots. Informed by Schudson's theory of the potency of the cultural object, we conducted two studies. The first study centered on essays on social robots written by bachelor's and master's students. The second study centered on prototypes of social robots built by small groups comprised of same students. The essays and prototypes were content analyzed. The results confirm that social robots embody all five dimensions that characterize cultural objects. However, to fully understand this peculiar cultural object, another dimension needs to be introduced: dynamicity.  相似文献   

Prevalence of urinary incontinence in high-impact sports athletes and their association with knowledge,attitude and practice about this dysfunction     

Amanda Maria Brito Cardoso  Cláudia Regina Oliveira de Paiva Lima 《European Journal of Sport Science》2018,18(10):1405-1412

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in female athletes practising high-impact sports and its association with knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP).

Design: Observational study.

Methods: A semi-structured evaluation form, KAP survey and the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Short Form were used. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to verify the association of UI with KAP, sociodemographic, gynaecological and sports-related variables, with significant variables remaining in the model (p?Results: The prevalence of UI in 118 athletes was 82 (70%), of which 19 (23%) had pure stress UI, 19 (23%) had pure urgency UI and 44 (54%) had mixed UI; with 50 (61%) athletes losing urine during training and 37 (45%) during competitions. Regarding the KAP survey, 37 athletes (31%) demonstrated adequate knowledge, 63 (53%) adequate attitude and zero adequate practice. In the multivariate analysis, a sports practice time of over 8 years and dyspareunia presented significant values, with odds ratios (OR) of 2.66 and 2.99, respectively. Knowledge was significantly associated with UI (OR 0.43). UI had a slight impact on QOL.

Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of UI yet low levels of adequate knowledge and practice regarding the occurrence of UI in sports, with sports practice time over 8 years and dyspareunia factors predisposing female athletes to UI by 2.7 and 3 times, respectively. Athletes with adequate knowledge were 57% less likely to develop UI.  相似文献   

A review of the main approaches to knowledge management     

M?Bego?a LloriaEmail author 《知识管理研究与实践》2008,6(1):77-89

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Group-Work In Primary Education: An Analysis Of Textbooks In Spain     

Mariangeles?De La?Caba ColladoEmail author  Rafael?Lopez?Atxurra 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2005,51(5-6):439-458

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Besprechungen     

D. Brodtmann  H. de Marées  H. Eichberg  E. Dunning 《Sportwissenschaft》1982,12(4):421-433

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Research and Teacher Education: A Singapore Perspective     

Sim Wong Kooi 《Asia Pacific Journal of Education》1983,5(2):127-136

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On the definition of likelihood in abstract spaces     

Mauro Piccioni 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1982,313(1):1-15

The aim of this work is to give a rigorous definition of likelihood without any reference to the peculiarities of Euclidean spaces, and is thus applicable to a larger class of problems with a more complex result space.Here we intend to offer the simplest possible discussion of the ideas on which likelihood methods are based, with some remarks about their links to some classical measure-theoretical concepts, such as Radon—Nikodym derivatives. Since the definition of likelihood relies on the topological structure of the result space, it is necessary to point out the connections that it has with the measure-theoretical one, mostly caused by the fact that singletons, i.e. the actual observable results, are usually measure-zero sets.  相似文献