Business-oriented Analysis of a Social Network of University Students

Despites the great interest caused by social networks in Business Science, their analysis is rarely performed both in a global and systematic way in this field: most authors focus on parts of the studied network, or on a few nodes considered individually. This could be explained by the fact that practical extraction of social networks is a difficult and costly task, since the specific relational data it requires are often difficult to access and thereby expensive. One may ask if equivalent information could be extracted from less expensive individual data, i.e. data concerning single individuals instead of several ones. In this work, we try to tackle this problem through group detection. We gather both types of data from a population of students, and estimate groups separately using individual and relational data, leading to sets of clusters and communities, respectively. We found out there is no strong overlapping between them, meaning both types of data do not convey the same information in this specific context, and can therefore be considered as complementary. However, a link, even if weak, exists and appears when we identify the most discriminant attributes relatively to the communities. Implications in Business Science include community prediction using individual data.Social Networks; Business Science; Cluster Analysis; Community Detection; Community Comparison; Individual Data; Relational Data

Bibliometric Analysis on Women’s Leadership Aspiration (2001:2021)

The persistent underrepresentation of women in leadership positions is a widely acknowledged concern. This study employs bibliometric analysis to critically examine the existing corpus of literature on women's aspirations for career advancement and their drive towards leadership roles, sourced from the comprehensive Scopus database. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using the PRISMA standards. Data from 2001-2021 sourced from the Scopus database was used in the study. A total of 45 publications were identified and evaluated based on their titles, abstracts and keywords resulting in a final sample of 42 articles that underwent data mining and qualitative analysis through the use of Biblioshiny and VOS viewer tools. The findings highlight the most influential literature in the field, the publishing trends, and further areas for research that will help build a conceptual framework for future behavioural research. Recognizing the factors that impact women's career advancement and creating a supportive environment is crucial to promoting gender equality. The outcomes of this study have both theoretical and practical implications and align with the objective of achieving gender equality under the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. The study provides a foundation for the attainment of this goal by shedding light on the issue

Academic research output on social capital: a bibliometric and visualization analysis

PurposeThis study describes and analyzes the output of academic research on the topic of social capital. The concept of social capital has attracted the interest of scholars from a range of academic disciplines, and it has been applied to explain a variety of phenomena.Design/methodology/approachUsing the bibliographic approach, I analyzed aggregate data obtained from the Web of Science database. The analyses were carried out using VOSviewer software.FindingsThe results show social capital to be a topic of interest in multiple fields of academic research. The findings highlight the important role that journals, including those from disciplines other than the social sciences, have played in divulging this concept, and show that some countries and institutions are more productive and engage in more collaborative research efforts than others.Research limitations/implicationsThe main implications of this study regard research on social capital. The results demonstrate how social capital continues to interest scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Future bibliometric research should include other sources (literature databases) and be expanded to consider other types of publication.Originality/valueThis paper furthers previous research by exclusively focusing on the concept of social capital. It analyzes the international trend in publications up until the end of 2021, thus expanding the publication period considered in previous studies. The results of this study highlight the relevance of bibliometric tools for assessing research performance

International approaches to Islamic studies

This report presents the results of a desk-based study of international approaches to Islamic Studies in higher education, commissioned by HEFCE in December 2007. ‘Islamic Studies’ is taken to include the study of Islam and Muslim societies in a variety of disciplines and departments, including named Islamic Studies programmes as well as Religious Studies, History, languages and literature, Politics, Anthropology and Sociology, and interdisciplinary area studies programmes in Middle East or South Asian Studies. Researchers investigated the historical development and current approaches to Islamic Studies in eight countries: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, Malaysia and Turkey. For each country special attention was paid to recent developments in Islamic Studies and the responses of governments, policy makers and funding bodies, as well as to interactions between institutions of higher education and faith-based organisations and communities. Case studies were developed for each country, excluding the UK, in order to highlight examples of innovative practice in relation to Islamic Studies in higher education

Poland's Critical Sociological Significance: A Comparative and Historical Approach to a Nation and Difference

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Vehbi Koc Legacy

Vehbi Koç was a visionary who began his business career running a single grocery store and went on to build one of the largest conglomerates in the world, comprising 113 companies, 90,000 employees, and 14,000 dealer agencies. These statistics alone represent the monumental accomplishment of Koç’s life and work. His approach was generative and impactful in part because Koç was ahead of his time in conceptualizing and implementing a number of strategies for which successful modern-day businesses are often lauded: human capital development, diversification, sustainability, strategic resource allocation, talent identification and support, collaborative innovation, strategic partnerships, and corporate social responsibility to create and harness social and economic impact. This case study brings Vehbi Koç’s key undertakings to light and reveals how his forward-thinking, innovative strategic legacy continues through the work of the Koç Foundation today. The case study utilizes theories of Human Capital Development, Stakeholder Capitalism, and Corporate Social Responsibility to analyze the work of Koç Foundation in Turkey

A bibliometric analysis of the literature on non-financial information reporting : review of the research and network visualization

Este artículo presenta un análisis bibliométrico de la literatura sobre informes no financieros (INF). El crecimiento exponencial durante la última década (el 90% de los artículos sobre este tema de investigación fueron publicados en los últimos 10 años) indica la relevancia del mismo. No obstante, se sabe poco sobre la estructura y extensión de la investigación en este campo académico. El propósito de este artículo es brindar un estado del arte actualizado y estructurado sobre el tema. Analizamos los artículos, autores, revistas, países y organizaciones más relevantes. El análisis incluye un total de 3113 artículos, recopilados de la Colección principal de Web of Science (WoS) desde 1970, cuando se publicaron los dos primeros artículos sobre el tema, hasta 2019. Se utiliza el programa VOSviewer para mostrar gráficamente los datos. Identificamos y describimos un total de seis líneas de investigación en la literatura: los determinantes, la esencia, los informes, el informe integrado, el medio ambiente, y las consecuencias. Se analizan estas líneas de investigación y se sugieren ideas para futuras investigaciones. También se comentan las implicaciones de las importantes redes de colaboración encontradas dentro de países árabes, europeos y asiáticos. Este estudio es de gran interés ya que proporciona a los investigadores un mapa de este tema académico, mejorando la comprensión y conexión de los aspectos estudiados. También les permite posicionar sus estudios e identificar nuevas corrientes de investigación. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of articles on the topic of non-financial information (NFI) reporting. The exponential growth over the last decade (90% of the articles were published in the last 10 years) indicates the relevance of the topic, but little is known about the structure and extent of research in this academic field. The purpose of this article is to provide a structured and up-to-date picture of the state of the art on the topic. We analyse the most relevant articles, authors, journals, countries and organizations. The analysis includes 3113 articles, collected from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection from 1970 when the first two articles on the topic were published to 2019. The software VOSviewer was used to graphically display the data. We identified and described a total of six research lines in the literature: determinants, essence, reports, integrated reporting, environment, and consequences of reporting. These research lines are analysed and gaps for future research are identified. We also comment on the implications of the strong collaboration networks found within Arab, European and Asian countries. This study is of great interest because it provides researchers with a map of the field, improving their understanding of the interconnection between aspects within the topic. It also enables researchers to better position their studies and to identify new streams of research

Preschool children's use of perceptual-motor knowledge and hierarchical representational skills for tool making

Although other animals can make simple tools, the expanded and complex material culture of humans is unprecedented in the animal kingdom. Tool making is a slow and late-developing ability in humans, and preschool children find making tools to solve problems very challenging. This difficulty in tool making might be related to the lack of familiarity with the tools and may be overcome by children's long term perceptual-motor knowledge. Thus, in this study, the effect of tool familiarity on tool making was investigated with a task in which 5-to-6-yearold children (n = 75) were asked to remove a small bucket from a vertical tube. The results show that children are better at tool making if the tool and its relation to the task are familiar to them (e.g., soda straw). Moreover, we also replicated the finding that hierarchical complexity and tool making were significantly related. Results are discussed in light of the ideomotor approach