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What can phenomenology offer the consumer?
Authors: Wilson Tony 
Published: May 2014

PurposeConsumer discourse is a narrative of generically (in)formed, goal‐directed activity. If research interprets such practice, it is often deemed to draw upon phenomenology. Returning to the philosophers (Gadamer, Heidegger, Merleau‐Ponty and Ricoeur) who shaped phenomenology, the purpose of this paper is to argue that consumer studies should further cultivate their important insight – that action (particularly perceiving) is structured temporally as always already realising our pre‐given meaning. Entities areprima facieexperienced as “ready‐to‐hand” “equipment” enabling “potentiality‐for‐being”. Hermeneutic phenomenology is thus a philosophical resource offering appropriate spatio‐temporal images for people responding to media marketing's branded life‐styles.Design/methodology/approachDrawing upon authoritative academic resources, the paper proceeds from philosophical definition to resulting analytical methods in marketing research, using a brief Malaysian case study as an example. Philosophically, phenomenology's core perception is of persons as located in a life‐world of socially shared concepts whose employment/ emplotment is said to “fore‐structure” (Heidegger) their understanding, shaping their “projections” (Gadamer) or expectation of events. Phenomenology posits one engages in a “hermeneutic circle of understanding” – aiming at resolving contradiction between such “fore‐sight” and our subsequent perceptions of events. Consumers thematise “pre‐understood” experience in articulating their storied accounts.FindingsDrawing on phenomenology's account of perceiving, the paper suggests qualitative marketing research unpacks consumers' generic expectation of branding narrative as equipment enabling potentiality‐for‐being, regarding narrative as addressing assumed audience expectation.Originality/valueThe paper provides a conceptual route through phenomenology's application to marketing communication research practice.
Fostering radical innovations with open innovation
Authors: Inauen Matthias , Schenker‐Wicki Andrea 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of inside‐out open innovation (as opposed to closed innovation) on firm innovation performance. Inside‐out open innovation involves the exploitation of existing internal technologies through innovation and commercialization.Design/methodology/approachHypotheses are tested empirically using survey data collected from stock‐listed companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The data include the complete responses from 141 R&D managers for the period from 2004 to 2008.FindingsThe results reveal that companies that emphasize inside‐out open innovation are more likely to create radical innovations and tend to sell a greater number of new products. Companies pursuing closed innovation are more likely to exhibit a higher incremental product innovation performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross‐sectional data approach and its dependency on the perceptions and experiences of the respondents has its limitations. Future research should extend the focus and concept of this study and explore additional closed and open innovation strategies.Originality/valueThe adoption of open innovation in practice has not been examined in depth. This study provides empirical insights into the open innovation approaches in German‐speaking countries and, by drawing important conclusions and implications for managers involved in the R&D processes, fills a gap in the innovation management literature.
A three dimensional knowledge management framework for hospitality and tourism
Authors: Mary Tzortzaki Alexia , Mihiotis Athanassios 
Published: May 2014

PurposeIn pursuit of an alternative competitive strategy for tourism's underperformers and particularly for niche markets such as tourist destination islands, this paper aims to introduce a framework that caters to the post‐modern tourist.Design/methodology/approachThrough a pilot study, the framework was introduced to senior hotel managers on the island of Crete. The framework explores how hotel managers can best use their employees’ knowledge in order to increase their market adaptability and develop unique capabilities.FindingsThe results demonstrated that managers scored highly in their ability to leverage knowledge gained from the market, whereas they gave less importance to their employees’ valuable, internal knowledge. In the majority of cases tested, senior managers lacked an overall knowledge strategy. Although the pilot study's findings cannot be generalized, they can help us anticipate the maturity levels of hotel managers towards knowledge management and contribute towards building a future research agenda for developing the framework further.Originality/valueThe paper introduces a framework that caters to the post‐modern tourist. It is three dimensional, as it combines the disciplines of knowledge management, business strategy and marketing.
Value management: recent developments and way forward
Authors: Qiping Shen Geoffrey , Yu Ann T.W. 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the development of value management (VM) over the last few decades and propose ways for future development.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research methodology was adopted which involved a comprehensive review of relevant literature leading to a better understanding of the history and development of VM. A way forward is suggested for the future development of VM.FindingsThe research revealed that sustainable development is an area which has great potential for the application of a VM methodology in the construction industry in order to ensure sustainable design and development is leveraged during the life span of construction projects.Originality/valueThe research work described in this paper encourages researchers and practitioners to integrate VM and sustainable development. It enables the VM community to have a better understanding of applying VM techniques to address “green building” issues and the potential of applying VM to promote sustainability in buildings.
Family ownership, board committees and firm performance: evidence from Hong Kong
Authors: Lam Tin‐yan , Lee Shu‐kam 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThis paper seeks to examine the relationship between board committees and firm performance and the moderating effect of family ownership for public companies in Hong Kong.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs publicly available data from financial databases and annual reports of a sample of 346 firm‐year observations of public companies in Hong Kong for the periods 2001‐2003.FindingsThe empirical evidence indicates that a nomination (remuneration) committee is positively (negatively) related to firm performance, depending on the independence of its composition. Furthermore, family ownership does have an adverse effect on the relationship between board committees, specifically the remuneration committee, and the performance of public companies in Hong Kong.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is based on publicly available data and the board process is not actually observed.Practical implicationsThe effectiveness of a board committee is contingent on its independence and family ownership.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical evidence that an independent board committee could enhance the corporate governance of public companies in Hong Kong and would be of interest to regulatory bodies, business practitioners, and academic researchers.
Health tourism: definition focused on the Swiss market and conceptualisation of health(i)ness
Authors: Hofer Susanne , Honegger Franziska , Hubeli Jonas 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThis paper's purpose is to give an overview of current research regarding the concept of “health tourism” with a focus on Switzerland, and to determine whether a consensus on this concept and its embedding in existing/future markets can be found.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is an explorative study combining literature review, questionnaires and qualitative interviews. Grounded theory was employed.FindingsA service from the field of health care must have been provided prior to health tourism, allowing it to be classified under the health care system. Thus, health tourism is classified under the market for the sick and not under tourism which targets the healthy. Furthermore a new market for the healthy is emerging, which needs to be defined. As an example health(i)ness could help to clarify the terminology, to be seen as a gatekeeper of health and as a cultural paradigm change from cure to prevention.Research limitations/implicationsFurther research is needed, regarding the positioning and development of health tourism and its synergies, as the cost pressures in health care increase and will continue to have a sustainable impact on health tourism.Practical implicationsThe paper provides better knowledge of the term health tourism, its general classification, and particular reference to Switzerland, and information about upcoming changes in health care.Originality/valueThe findings add to the knowledge of how health tourism is embedded into health care and tourism, and show potential within the market for the healthy. It provides information to members of the tourism and health care market.
Radical change in healthcare organization
Authors: Chreim Samia , Williams B.E. (Bernie) , Coller Kristene E. 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine: the content of radical change by mapping differences between two templates for organizing delivery of healthcare; the enabling and constraining mechanisms underlying major change from one template to another; and the processes implicated in change implementation.Design/methodology/approachLongitudinal, qualitative case study design allowed the tracking, over a four‐year period, of the transformation of healthcare service in a community from provider‐centered, fragmented delivery to patient‐centered, integrated delivery. The authors conducted 90 interviews at three intervals, observed meetings, and analyzed internal and external documents. Concepts on content, process and mechanisms were used to analyze the data.FindingsTransition from one template to another involves radical change in structures/systems and underlying values. Mechanisms precipitating and enabling change include: powerful stakeholders' dissatisfaction with current template and commitment to a new one, willingness to resource the change, provision of credible leadership, and manipulation of incentive programs. Radical change is underlain by a series of micro change processes that involve emergent, non‐linear dynamics, and that follow their own track with enabling and constraining mechanisms.Originality/valueThe paper describes a case of positive, successful change. Implications include importance of: attention to power dynamics, persistent leadership, elimination of boundaries between collaborating groups, and aligning incentives with desired practice changes; and attending to both variance and process in understanding healthcare change.
Social values and health policy: a new international research programme
Authors: Littlejohns Peter , Weale Albert , Chalkidou Kalipso , Faden Ruth , Teerawattananon Yot 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThis editorial aims to outline the context of healthcare priority‐setting, and summarise each of the other ten papers in this special edition. It introduces a new multidisciplinary research programme drawing on ethics, philosophy, health economics, political science and health technology assessment, out of which the papers in this edition have arisen.Design/methodology/approachKey normative concepts are introduced and policy and research context provided to frame subsequent papers in the edition.FindingsCommon challenges of health priority‐setting are faced by many countries across the world, and a range of social value judgments is in play as resource allocation decisions are made. Although the challenges faced by different countries are in many ways similar, the way in which social values affect the processes and content of priority‐setting decisions means that those challenges are resolved very differently in a variety of social, political, cultural and institutional settings, as subsequent papers in this edition demonstrate. How social values affect decision making in this way is the subject of a new multi‐disciplinary research programme.Originality/valueTechnical analyses of health priority setting are commonplace, but approaching the issues from the perspective of social values and conducting comparative analyses across countries with very different cultural, social and institutional contexts provides the content for a new research agenda.
Efficiency or equity: value judgments in coverage decisions in Thailand
Authors: Tantivess Sripen , Pérez Velasco Román , Yothasamut Jomkwan , Mohara Adun , Limprayoonyong Hatai , Teerawattananon Yot 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the roles of social values in the reform of coverage decisions for Thailand's Universal Health Coverage (UC) plan in 2009 and 2010.Design/methodology/approachQualitative techniques, including document review and personal communication, were employed for data collection and triangulation. All relevant data and information regarding the reform and three case study interventions were interpreted and analysed according to the thematic elements in the conceptual framework.FindingsSocial values determined changes in the UC plan in two steps: the development of coverage decision guidelines and the introduction of such guidelines in benefit package formulation. The former was guided by process values, while the latter was shaped by different content ideals of stakeholders and policymakers. Analysis of the three interventions suggests that in allocating its resources to subsidise particular services, the UC authority took into account not only cost‐effectiveness, but also budget impacts, equity and solidarity. These social values competed with each other and, in many instances, the prioritisation of benefit candidates was not led solely by evidence, but also by value judgments, even though transparency was recognised as an ultimate goal of reform.Research limitations/implicationsThe study findings indicate room for improvement and for future research – the current conceptual framework is inadequate to capture all the crucial elements which influence health prioritisation, as well as their interactions with social values.Originality/valueThe paper fills a gap in literature as it enhances understanding of the effects of social value judgments in real‐life health prioritisation.
Social values and health priority setting in England: “values” based decision making
Authors: Littlejohns Peter , Sharma Tarang , Jeong Kim 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the organisational and procedural arrangements for priority setting in England and Wales. It describes the role of social values in the decision‐making process.Design/methodology/approachThe processes and content of decisions made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence are analysed using the framework developed by Clark and Weale for identifying social values in health priority‐setting.FindingsWhile countries are seeking to achieve similar outcomes from their health prioritisation processes, each country has established different systems that reflect the social and legal framework underpinning their health systems. England is somewhat unique in being explicit about assessing “value for money” and using formal cost‐effectiveness in developing policy.Originality/valueMany countries are now considering the use of formal health economic methodologies to assess the value and prioritise health care interventions. However there is increasing recognition of the importance of values other than efficiency (cost effectiveness) in making acceptable decisions. This is manifest in the range of potential new approaches being developed including multiple criteria decision analysis.
A proposal for a new social values research program and policy network
Authors: Littlejohns Peter , Yeung Kai , Clark Sarah , Weale Albert 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the social values framework developed by Clark and Weale could be applied to publicly available data and to explore the concordance between the framework values and those present in the statements of decision‐making protocols of Health Technology Assessment Agencies.Design/methodology/approachThe web sites of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); the All Wales Strategy Medicines Group; and the Scottish Medicines Consortium were searched for references to social value statements and assessed according to the social values framework.FindingsThe framework was easy to apply and demonstrated that it is possible to find statements of operational expression of a range of social values in the description of the decision protocols used by the public agencies. Most of the framework's values find some expression in the statements of the decision protocols, but there are differences. For example, the All Wales Group, when discussing clinical effectiveness, explicitly refers to an assessment via “pathways of care” in a way that neither of the other two do. The value of autonomy is explicitly mentioned by NICE but not by the other two, whereas the value of solidarity (a value most typically associated with European social insurance systems) finds only indirect expression in the guidance notes of all.Practical implicationsThe paper provides further information that will be useful in revising the framework in preparation for its role in future data collection.Originality/valueThis is the initial step in developing a social values instrument that will support health policy decisions. While there are other check lists of social values, this is the first time that an approach to creating a framework is being tested empirically.
Where is practice in inter‐organizational R&D research? A literature review
Authors: Smith Pernille 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a review of the empirical literature on inter‐organizational R&D collaborations in order to highlight the tendencies in research methodologies so far and to identify possible future research directions.Design/methodology/approachThe literature review is based on a bibliographical search of a number of academic search engines. These sources include all the major management, organizational behavior, marketing, engineering, sociology, and psychology journals, thus ensuring a thorough search on the topic of inter‐organizational R&D. The review includes papers from 1995 to 2010.FindingsThe main focus of research on inter‐organizational R&D is on innovation performance enablers, organizational and coordination aspects, and knowledge exchange. The vast majority of which is based on snapshot studies at the management or firm level of analysis that leave open questions regarding the actual inter‐organizational innovation practices. To fill the gap evidenced in the literature, the author concludes that longitudinal qualitative micro‐level research would help to expand existing knowledge on the practices in inter‐organizational R&D.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper proposes a practice‐based research framework for future studies of inter‐organizational R&D, in order to gain a better understanding of the social dynamics of such collaborations.Originality/valueThis paper focuses onempiricalresearch in the area of inter‐organizational R&D, and links the methodological approaches used to the limitations in the knowledge base of the topic.
Three‐dimensional quantification of the manufacturing defects for tolerances analysis
Authors: Barkallah Maher , Jaballi Karim , Louati Jamel , Haddar Mohamed 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an experimental approach to measure and quantify the three‐dimensional geometrical manufacturing errors on a mass production of parts.Design/methodology/approachA methodology is developed to model and analyse the combined effect of these errors on a machined feature. Deviation of a machined feature due to the combined errors is expressed in terms of the small displacement torsor (SDT) parameters. Given a tolerance on the machined feature, constraints are specified for that feature to establish a relationship between the tolerance zone of the feature and the torsor parameters. These constraints provide boundaries within which the machined feature must lie. This is used for tolerance analysis of the machined feature. An experimental approach is proposed to measure and quantify the three‐dimensional manufacturing variations as torsors. The results are used to verify the analytical model.FindingsResults show that it is possible to quantify manufacturing dispersions. The paper proposes a measuring method which can be done during the production. In the context of process planning, these experimental data allow us to perform realistic geometrical simulation of manufacturing. The results of this method are torsor components dispersions. Analysis and synthesis of the geometrical simulation of manufacturing are viable with reliable numerical data in order to predict the defects.Originality/valueTo perform realistic geometrical simulation of manufacturing, an experimental approach to measure and quantify the three‐dimensional geometrical manufacturing errors is proposed which is based on the SDT concept.
Basic models of isothermal depolarization analysis for diagnostics of heterogeneous materials
Authors: Khandetskyi V.S. , Tonkoshkur Yury A. 
Published: May 2014

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore and develop specific models of the kinetics of isothermal depolarization currents (IDC) and the corresponding methods for the diagnostics of the physical parameters of localized electronic states (LES) in heterogeneous materials and corresponding polycrystalline semiconductor materials and heterogeneous insulators with a conductive phase.Design/methodology/approachAnalysis of the kinetics of isothermal depolarization on the basis of the models allowed the authors to establish a sufficient level of their information content. This also allowed the possibility of applying for research and testing of heterogeneous structures of electronic technique.FindingsOptimal conditions (full charge of LES on one side of the object and full discharge on the other side) and the correction factors, allowed the researchers to find concentration of these states using the developed models.Originality/valueThis paper uses a particular method to determine and test the parameters of LES, including operations of determining the time constant of IDC signal from its frequency spectrum, finding the ionization energy and the capture coefficient of electrons from the temperature dependence of this time constant, determining the concentration based on the integration of the time dependence of current density of IDC in the time interval that boundaries are determined from the limited range of frequencies of the signal IDC spectrum has been proposed, validated and verified by numerical experiments.