Searching by approximate personal-name matching

We discuss the design, building and evaluation of a method to access theinformation of a person, using his name as a search key, even if it has deformations. We present a similarity function, the DEA function, based on the probabilities of the edit operations accordingly to the involved letters and their position, and using a variable threshold. The efficacy of DEA is quantitatively evaluated, without human relevance judgments, very superior to the efficacy of known methods. A very efficient approximate search technique for the DEA function is also presented based on a compacted trie-tree structure.Postprint (published version

The Balanced Innovation Model. The case of Crowdfunding platforms.

Purpose – The paper aims to analyze balanced centricity (Gummesson, 2008) as an institutional arrangement (Vargo and Lusch, 2016) fostering the innovation process by taking out the customer from the central positioning to involve other business partners. The practices of actors’ service ecosystem are put in focus (Russo Spena et al., 2017; Tronvoll, 2017). Methodology–. Qualitative case study research was conducted using different methods of data generation including personal interviews and netnography analysis of the crowdfunding context. fifteen cases on the crowdfunding context from five different platforms and in four different countries were analysed. Research limitations/implications (if applicable) –The empirical approach considers fifteensuccess cases on the crowdfunding context in four different platforms and countries. Other contexts, different from the crowdfunding and other countries would be useful to add new perspectives to the theory development. Originality– The present paper defines a theoretical Model for Balanced Innovation, that brings together the concepts “Balanced Centricity”, “Innovation” and “Service ecosystems”. Hitherto, it offers a basis for designing systems of value co-creation which aims to facilitate innovation through institutionalization and value co-creation in viable service ecosystems.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

The role of network ties in reaching radical innovation

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how institutions can facilitate or inhibit radical innovation. The authors maintain that organizational radical innovation is necessary to maintain a competitive advantage and evolve in the market place, and institutions are the basis of this innovation. From an innovation and Service Dominant Logic perspective, the authors propose network ties to be a determining factor for the achievement of innovation through institutionalization in the University knowledge management context.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tec

Value proposition as a framework for value co-creation in crowd-funding ecosystem

The present paper suggests that crowd-funding in the arts and cultural sector occurs within a complex service ecosystem, where six categories of value propositions frame eight value co-creation processes, namely through ideation, evaluation, design, testing, launch, financing and authorship. Managerial contributions include the development of a crowd-funding service ecosystem model for arts managers, which offers not only a method of financing or economic value, but which also offers opportunities for strengthening bonds with customers and other stakeholders. Our paper is innovative in that we integrate value propositions categories with the micro – meso and macro contexts and analyse the different kind of co-creation are framed in the crowdfunding contextUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

La identidad transexual infantil. Estudio del caso Málaga en elpais.com

Este trabajo es un planteamiento preliminar de una investigación que busca analizar los comentarios producidos por los usuarios registrados de elpais.com en piezas informativas que aluden a la transexualidad infantil. El objetivo de la investigación es identificar el enfoque mayoritariamente empleado para interpretar la identidad transexual infantil y el modo en que la interacción entre usuarios promueve la reestructuración de estas interpretaciones. Para ello, se propone realizar un análisis de discurso, empleando la teoría del framing, sobre noticias aparecidas en la prensa online española. Las noticias seleccionadas corresponden al caso de varios colegios de Málaga que se negaban a respetar la identidad de su alumnado transexual, publicadas en octubre de 2013 en elpais.com

Robustness-Driven Resilience Evaluation of Self-Adaptive Software Systems

An increasingly important requirement for certain classes of software-intensive systems is the ability to self-adapt their structure and behavior at run-time when reacting to changes that may occur to the system, its environment, or its goals. A major challenge related to self-adaptive software systems is the ability to provide assurances of their resilience when facing changes. Since in these systems, the components that act as controllers of a target system incorporate highly complex software, there is the need to analyze the impact that controller failures might have on the services delivered by the system. In this paper, we present a novel approach for evaluating the resilience of self-adaptive software systems by applying robustness testing techniques to the controller to uncover failures that can affect system resilience. The approach for evaluating resilience, which is based on probabilistic model checking, quantifies the probability of satisfaction of system properties when the target system is subject to controller failures. The feasibility of the proposed approach is evaluated in the context of an industrial middleware system used to monitor and manage highly populated networks of devices, which was implemented using the Rainbow framework for architecture-based self-adaptation

The role of balanced centricity on service ecosystems development: an analysis of new business models

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose that for a service ecosystem to arise, there is a need for all the stakeholders to seek for balanced centricity at the micro, meso and macro context. For new collaborative models, can be considered the basis for value co-creation into ecosystems. Design/Methodology/approach – The authors apply a conceptual approach to develop and propose a framework for deepening understanding balanced centricity as the basis for value co-creation at every level of the service ecosystem. Qualitative case study research was conducted with different methods of data generation including interviews and participant observation. Findings –New business models need new strategies as all the actors exchange resources looking for the benefit of the whole system. In this sense, authors argue for considering balanced centricity as an strategy that enables the ecosystems to arise. From this perspective, balanced centricity should be developed at every level of the ecosystem (micro, meso and macro). Research limitations/implications (if applicable) – The paper is a conceptual paper that combines with an empirical approach. The empirical approach only considers five success cases on the arts sector. Other sectors different from the cultural and other countries would be useful to add new perspectives to the theory development. Practical implications (if applicable) – Although sometimes an ecosystem arises in a natural way into markets, the configuration and development of Balanced Centricity as a strategy would be useful in order to both: increase value co-creation among existing ecosystems and facilitation of ecosystems development. As ecosystems arising is considered a desired fact, innovation into public universities have found into this strategy a model to foster and develop new businesses. It is the case of Link by UMA Tech, wich in the context of the University of Málaga is developing with great success an strategy based on facilitating ecosystems arising making use of balanced centricity strategy. Originality/value – The present paper re-defines the conceptualization of balanced centricity, considering it as an strategy to be developed at every level of the service ecosystem. Previous papers have never put together these concepts that build on the ecosystem theory to better understand and make easier the ecosystem management in both directions: for ecosystems fostering and to facilitate new ecosystems arising.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Competences and values to understand students' entrepreneurial intentions

Entrepreneurship is based on human capital, as the development of entrepreneurial activities comes from people committed to society, change and innovation. The generation of entrepreneurial human capital is one of the roles of the Entrepreneurial University, fostering entrepreneurial competences and values within the organization. This study analyses the influence of those factors, intrinsic and extrinsic to the individual, on the generation of Entrepreneurial Intentions (EI). Based on a sample of 420 university students from various degrees and faculties, the present study develops a structural equation model that explain the influence of values and six key entrepreneurial competences on EI, applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as a theoretical approach. The first results show that not all entrepreneurial competences have a significant influence on the formation of EI. Moreover, their effect differs for each of the three dimensions of the TPB. On the contrary, values influence EI across all three dimensions.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech