Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

We investigate the role and influence of the biological metaphor ‘growth’ in studies of organizations, specifically in entrepreneurial settings. We argue that we need to reconsider metaphorical expressions of growth processes in entrepreneurship studies in order to better understand growth in the light of contemporary challenges, such as environmental concerns. Our argument is developed in two stages: first, we review the role of metaphor in organization and entrepreneurship studies. Second, we reflect critically on three conceptualizations of growth that have drawn on biological metaphors: the growing organism, natural selection and co-evolution. We find the metaphor of co-evolution heuristically valuable but under-used and in need of further refinement. We propose three characteristics of the co-evolutionary metaphor that might enrich our understanding of entrepreneurial growth: relational epistemology, collectivity and multidimensionality. Through this we provide a conceptual means of reconciling an economic impetus for entrepreneurial growth with an environmental imperative for sustainability.     

供需双侧改革的协同演进

构建国内经济大循环离不开供给侧结构性改革与需求侧改革的有机配合,二者相互影响,其协同配合具有内在机理.供给侧改革通过新技术扩散、创新投资、升级要素收入和改善供给质量、提高适配性等路径,实现需求创造;需求侧改革通过消费能力提升、需求偏好引导、需求结构改善和压力传导、动力激发等路径,实现供给牵引.制度系统是供需双侧改革的嵌入体,既保障供需双侧动态协同,又降低协同成本,畅通经济循环.     

Co-evolution in tourism: the case of Albergo Diffuso

An important aspect of competitiveness between destinations concerns the way in which historical and cultural heritage is used. Thus, the relationship between territories and firms grows stronger, shifting the focus on the innovation processes within and across destinations. To increase our understanding of how these processes take place in a tourism destination, more theoretical and empirical research is required. This paper aims to respond to this call by examining the central role played by the Italian phenomenon of Albergo Diffuso (AD) through a co-evolutionary approach, fertilized by the evolutionary economic geography literature. The study focuses on the dynamics of the relationship between this new hospitality model, territories and tourists, by analysing 14 case studies of ADs rooted in historical villages. Findings show that AD can be considered as a new sustainability-oriented hospitality model which, by creating synergies with its territory, positively affects the competitiveness of the destinations where ADs are located. The theoretical implications suggest that the creation and development of these innovative firms are the result of effective multi-level co-evolutionary adaptations, adding new elements to the existing literature on innovation in tourism. Moreover, implications for both entrepreneurs and policy-makers emerge, together with suggestions for future research.     

政府管理的电子化治理：技术与制度共同演化的思路

政府的决策者正面临官僚制度、跨机构网络以及因特网的设计与管理问题,同时也面临非常复杂的制度问题和治理问题。本文从财政联邦主义视角分析了政府多级管理体制,指出政府加强网络形成同时必须增加协调,政府有效治理的关键在于技术与制度协同及共同演化。     

旅游研究与区域旅游发展的共同演化——基于湘鄂渝黔边区的案例分析

旅游研究的广度和深度与区域旅游的发达程度呈正相关关系,旅游研究与旅游目的地生命周期呈现共同演化趋势,旅游研究的内容重心跟随区域旅游发展而不断深化;旅游研究的人员分布以区域内本地学者为主体并以区域为中心向外层扩散。文章以湘鄂渝黔边区20年来的旅游研究文献为例,分析了上述规律与原因。     

Industry Transformation – Conceptual Considerations from an Evolutionary Perspective

The explanandum ‘industry transformation’ is conceptualized against the background of market process theories. A system of indicators to measure industry transformation is set up and typical patterns of development and challenges for entrepreneurial action on business-to-business markets are derived. Analyzing industry transformation requires a co-evolutionary approach. Change is then detected using different indicators, exemplified using the German healthcare sector as an insight to business-to-business markets in transition. Entrepreneurial action is the key to an evolutionary understanding of business systems as drivers of change processes and the fact that – at the same time – they are driven by them. Typical features of industry transformation include historicity, path dependencies, and evolutionary interpretations of specificity leading to trajectories and multiple patterns like for example (dis-/re-)intermediation and cooperation.

演化视角下亚当·斯密经济发展理论的重构

斯密的经济发展学说内涵丰富。“回到亚当·斯密”,重新思索斯密的发展学说对于理解经济发展乃至中国的改革开放具有重要意义。本文从演化经济学的视角重构了斯密的经济发展学说,认为其发展理论是以制度、劳动分工、资本积累三者螺旋式协同演化为基础的动态有机演化系统。     

复杂性技术创新与企业创新网络的共生演化

本文基于对技术创新过程的特征分析 ,认为技术创新与企业创新网络之间存在共生演化关系。技术由简单走向复杂的过程 ,也是组织逐渐网络化的过程。随着技术复杂性的提高 ,创新网络通过自组织机制不断进化并逐步完善。     

知识网络的超循环结构及协同演化

知识网络是组织之间知识作用的基本形态。研究知识网络的结构及协同演化,对于认识企业创新网络、产业集群等的内在演化规律,具有重要的理论意义和实践意义。首先,基于超循环理论,研究了知识网络中的知识反应循环、催化循环和超循环,建立知识网络的超循环结构;其次,研究了知识网络的协同演化机制,并应用协同演化机制,分析企业创新网络的协同演化。     

公司治理、组织能力和社会责任--基于整合与协同演化的视角

公司治理、组织能力和社会责任是企业永续经营难以回避的关键问题，但在学术界它们是被分开来研究的．这很大程度上制约了对企业发展的综合思考。本文在批判性回顾已有相关研究成果的基础上．论述了三者作为企业价值运作机制的组成部分而具有的共同特征。本文基于整合视角而不是分离角度、基于动态视角而不是静态角度，将组织能力、公司治理和社会责任融合在一起，构建了三者的整合模型和演化过程，对其协同演化的“最佳实践”作了相关拓展．并提出初步政策建议。