Harnessing adaptive capacity to close the pandora’s box of open innovation

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on how companies deploy structural properties of adaptive capacity (multiplexity, redundancy and loose coupling) to cope with the phenomenon of internal challenges of Open Innovation (OI) implementation, i.e. organisational and cultural changes. We developed a single case study, which offered significant findings. First, the multiplexity of relationships in OI settings helps to face the challenges of organisational and cultural changes by triggering trust formation and interaction. Second, redundancy has twofold elements: institutional logics redundancy triggers cultural change challenges which can be overcome through management practices and communications; task redundancy facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration, thus helping to deal with organisational change challenges. Finally, loose coupling in OI settings facilitates social interconnectedness among members through management practices, helping to face organisational and cultural change challenges. We provide managerial and theoretical implication to deal with the challenges of OI in relation to both organisational and cultural changes.     

地域文化元素在景观设计中的应用探究

景观设计与地域文化元素之间既互相影响又相互作用,在进行设计的时候要将这个地区的文化作为设计的基础,然后在设计的时候两者进行相互融合,这样设计出来的作品才会有更高的文化认同感,而且地域文化也能作为景观设计作者进行创作的源头。     

文旅融合下的京津冀校园文化衍生品设计研究

探析如何让京津冀地区独特的校园文化衍生品得到创新性发展，让文创产品更容易达到共情的目的，并传递不同的校园文化价值，围绕校园文化衍生品进行创新性设计。基于对京津冀地区不同校园文化背景的调研，在文旅融合背景下分析校园文化产品的现状与发展，以及有代表性的校园文化品牌。以清华大学文创产品为例，设计出具有创新性的校园文化产品，将文化元素与产品设计相结合。运用校园特色建筑、色彩、文化背景，发挥其原创性、传播性、文化性等优势，传播学校的理念及文化，扩大校园文化传播途径。在文旅融合背景下，设计出独特的校园文化衍生产品，传承文化内涵与理念，并提高校园文化认同感与归属感，成为京津冀地区发展校园文化的趋势，从而推动文化旅游产业的发展。     

跨学科对话的思考——以“初诣”传统与明治神宫营建关系的讨论为例

于文化的合流,是景观学科与文化人类学对话的基础。但如何规避静态文化表象的陷阱,统合宏观与微观视角是今后工作的课题。从这一问题意识出发,通过讨论日本初诣传统与明治神宫营建之间的互动关系,揭示影响景观生成的多种互动因素,同时提示对景观实践本身的关注为未来跨学科对话提供新可能。被视为日本传统的初诣的确立与明治神宫的营建,其互相成就的动态发展过程展示了"空间"与"场所"的"调和",并体现了对景观实践反身性思考的重要性。明治神宫的林苑营建,在争议中确立"森林美学",创造了初诣亲身体验的物质性基础。明治神宫背后的美学价值的建立与初诣传统的确立,共同传达了在日本近代化进程中,其遭遇西方文化冲击时对自我的求索。     

Dissecting culture at work: Conversation with Indian immigrant scientists & engineers in the US industrial sector

Scientists and engineers’ social background, cultural upbringing, educational training, and world outlook influence how they perform the work and interact with their colleagues. We conducted a study on Indian immigrant scientists and engineers employed in the US industrial sector. We interviewed 40 Indian immigrant scientists and engineers, some of whom came for higher studies and found employment after graduation, while others came directly from India to work. Findings show that the overwhelming majority of interviewees (n = 35) noted significant cultural differences with their colleagues in the workplace; only a small number of interviewees (n = 5), believed that their foundation in professionalism eliminated significant impacts from cultural dissimilarities. Interviewees identified cultural differences in the areas of social interactions, work-related practices, intercultural communication, and management. When immigrant scientists and engineers from developing countries join industrial organizations, they do not leave their cultural practices at home. A conversation with Indian immigrant scientists and engineers shows how Indian culture manifests itself in the workplace.     

The Effects of Isolation and Acid Mine Drainage on Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities of Monday Creek, Ohio, USA

Isolated headwater streams in mined watersheds may have good water quality and fish habitat, yet be disconnected from immigration sources by stream segments impaired by acid mine drainage (AMD). Studies of fish and macroinvertebrate communities, habitat, and a number of hydrochemical parameters in Monday Creek, Ohio, show that AMD eliminates fish communities and severely limits macroinvertebrate communities in directly affected tributaries. Isolated headwaters in the heavily mined Monday Creek watershed have relatively good water quality and habitat, but poor fish communities. Comparison of isolated Monday Creek headwaters with non-isolated reaches in unmined watersheds indicates that differences in fish communities are attributable to isolation. Fish communities in isolated headwaters have lower Indices of Biotic Integrity (IBI) than comparable non-isolated communities, reduced species numbers, and lower numbers of individuals, despite suitable habitat as measured by the Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI). Comparison of macroinvertebrate communities shows higher Invertebrate Community Indices (ICI), and no apparent species loss, which can be attributed to the obligate flight stage in the life cycle of many macroinvertebrates, which enables them to overcome aquatic barriers. The implication of this research is that there is an opportunity for recovery of depleted fish communities in large AMD-isolated areas with good water quality, suitable habitat, and intact macroinvertebrate communities, by downstream treatment or source control of AMD to create aquatic corridors for fish immigration.     

景观研究的文化转向与景观人类学

"景观"起源于地表形态研究,并作为地理学基本研究视野,经历了"区域特性""人地关系""文化史"等研究主旨的转换,自20世纪70年代开始出现"文化转向"。存在主义视角下的景观的文化认知,需要以理解性方法解析其地方情感和意义维度,以获取"知觉知识"作为新的研究范式。而几乎同时,文化人类学研究领域的"空间转向"呼应了景观研究的新视野与新方法论需求。由此,在20世纪90年代诞生了景观人类学的研究领域。基于地理学景观研究主旨历史脉络梳理,进一步厘清现象学视角下"景观"的文化现象本质;并由景观"知觉认知"的研究主旨、范式需要,阐释"景观人类学"作为交叉研究领域的研究范畴,以及未来其应用于景观研究实践的潜力。     

中国建筑文化再反思——回应叶廷芳先生《中国传统建筑的文化反思及展望》

叶廷芳先生肯定中国人创造的文明先进、文化灿烂,但从明代中期开始衰落。他以为原因在于中国文化传统和文化心态。他从对历史之误读,而采纳了自“五四”以来的流行说法,把中国之衰落归咎于中国文化本身,忽视了清朝入关之承袭绝对皇权专制而实施300年民族压迫,置中国命运于万劫不复之地。中国开始落后于西方,中国建筑在明代已露头的文艺复兴也被中断。叶先生正文从七个方面对中国传统建筑进行反思并提出本于良好愿望的建议,由于立论基点之欠正确,几乎全盘不得要领。笔者主张:中国建筑传统必须继承,保护遗产必须具有继承传统的积极目标,更须放眼世界,通过中国建筑的文艺复兴补课,达到整合东西方建筑文化成为世界体系的最高境界。