1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449851703321

Autore

Boyce Gordon <1954, >

Titolo

Co-operative structures in global business : communicating, transferring knowledge, and learning across the corporate frontier / / Gordon H. Boyce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-134-60610-9

1-280-32645-X

0-203-25218-7

0-203-18767-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in business history ; ; 9

Disciplina

338.87

Soggetti

Business networks

International business enterprises - Management

Technology transfer

Strategic alliances (Business)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; The theoretical and historical context; Agency agreements in international business: dynamic model of shipowner  agent relations, 1870  1939; A family-based network: the Holt  Swire  Scott connection, decision-support systems and staff development, 1860  1970; A multinational joint venture: the Orient Paint, Varnish and Colour Co., 1932  49; A purchasing co-operative: the Steel Manufacturers' Nickel Syndicate, 1901  39; A licensing pyramid: John Brown Company and International Curtis Marine Turbine Company, 1908  29

A technology transfer agreement: Babcock  Wilcox, 1880  1970Learning within an inter-organisational group: the Union Steamship Co. and oil propulsion, 1912  39; A joint exploration venture: Western Mining Corporation and Hanna/Homestake, 1960  72; Contracts based on knowledge: the J. Walter Thompson Company and Unilever    compounding intangible assets, 1900  70; An Australian supplier chain:



the New South Wales Bottle Co., 1909  80; Hollywood networks, 1970  99; Conclusion: inter-firm relationships; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using a series of twelve historical case-studies that are based on extensive archival research, this book explains why firms succeed or fail in communicating or transferring knowledge and discovering new expertise. By analysing how workable trade-offs between opposing forces have been achieved in the past, this study provides a set of guidelines for executives who embark upon inter-firm projects.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996508668203316

Titolo

The authoring problem : challenges in supporting authoring for interactive digital narratives / / edited by Charlie Hargood [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-05214-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 pages)

Collana

Human–Computer Interaction Series, , 2524-4477

Disciplina

025.174

Soggetti

Interactive multimedia

Digital storytelling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I. Authors and Processes -- Understanding the Process of Authoring -- Interactive Digital Narrative: The Genealogy of a Field -- Authorial Burden -- We Make How We Learn: The role of Community in Authoring Tool Longevity -- The Authoring Problem is a Publishing Problem -- Part II. Content -- Getting Creative with Actions -- Authoring Interactive Narrative Meets Narrative Interaction Design -- Writing for Replay: Supporting the Authoring of Kaleidoscopic Interactive Narratives -- Strange Patterns: Structure and Post-structure in Interactive Digital Narratives -- Mapping the Unmappable: Reimagining Visual Representations of Interactive Narrative -- On Story -- Part III. Form -- Authoring for Story Sifters -- Authoring Locative



Narratives - Lessons Learned and Future Visions -- Shower Curtains of the Mind -- Game Mechanics as Narrative Mode -- Working with Intelligent Narrative Technologies -- Part IV. Research Issues -- Authoring Issues in Interdisciplinary Research Teams -- The Authoring Tool Evaluation Problem -- Quantitative Analysis of Emergent Narratives -- An Ethics Framework for Interactive Digital Narrative Authoring.

Sommario/riassunto

Authoring, its tools, processes, and design challenges are key issues for the Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN) research community. The complexity of IDN authoring, often involving stories co-created by procedures and user interaction, creates confusion for tool developers and raises barriers for new authors. This book examines these issues from both the tool designer and the author’s perspective, discusses the poetics of IDN and how that can be used to design authoring tools, explores diverse forms of IDN and their demands, and investigates the challenges around conducting research on IDN authoring. To address these challenges, the chapter authors incorporate a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on ‘The Authoring Problem’ in IDN. While existing texts provide ‘how-to’ guidance for authors, this book is a primer for research and practice-based investigations into the authoring problem, collecting the latest thoughts about this area from key researchers and practitioners.