Organizational Adaptation to Institutional Change: A Comparative Study of First-Order Change in Prospector and Defender Banks

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Fox-Wolfgramm ◽  
Kimberly B. Boal ◽  
James G. (Jerry) Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Organizational Adaptation ◽  
First Order ◽  
Order Change

scholarly journals Bounded Rationality and the Search for Organizational Architecture: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Design of Organizations and Their Evolvability

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-437
Author(s):  
Sendil K. Ethiraj ◽  
Daniel Levinthal
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Organization Theory ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Organizational Adaptation ◽  
Critical Determinant ◽  
First Order ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Organizational Architecture

We employ a computational model of organizational adaptation to answer three research questions: (1) How does the architecture or structure of complexity affect the feasibility and usefulness of boundedly rational design efforts? (2) Do efforts to adapt organizational forms complicate or complement the effectiveness of first-order change efforts? and (3) To what extent does the rate of environmental change nullify the usefulness of design efforts? We employ a computational model of organizational adaptation to examine these questions. Our results, in identifying the boundary conditions around successful design efforts, suggest that the underlying architecture of complexity of organizations, particularly the presence of hierarchy, is a critical determinant of the feasibility and effectiveness of design efforts. We also find that design efforts are generally complementary to efforts at local performance improvement and identify specific contingencies that determine the extent of complementarity. We discuss the implications of our findings for organization theory and design and the literature on modularity in products and organizations.

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Chemical Stability of Two H1Antihistaminic Drugs, Terfenadine and ItsIn VivoMetabolite Fexofenadine, Using LC-UV Methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Anna Gumieniczek ◽  
Anna Berecka-Rycerz ◽  
Rafał Pietraś ◽  
Izabela Kozak ◽  
Karolina Lejwoda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Chemical Stability ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of Degradation ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
High Doses ◽  
Antihistaminic Drugs ◽  
Kinetics Of

A comparative study of chemical stability of terfenadine (TER) and itsin vivometabolite fexofenadine (FEX) was performed. Both TER and FEX were subjected to high temperature at different pH and UV/VIS light at different pH and then quantitatively analyzed using new validated LC-UV methods. These methods were used to monitor the degradation processes and to determine the kinetics of degradation for both the compounds. As far as the effects of temperature and pH were concerned, FEX occurred more sensitive to degradation than TER. As far as the effects of UV/VIS light and pH were concerned, the both drugs were similarly sensitive to high doses of light. Using all stress conditions, the processes of degradation of TER and FEX followed the first-order kinetics. The results obtained for these two antihistaminic drugs could be helpful in developing their new derivatives with higher activity and stability at the same time.

scholarly journals The challenge of transformation: Breaking the barriers

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. P. Esterhuyse
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Second Order ◽  
First Order ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Second Order Change

One of the most commonly used concepts in post-apartheid South Africa is undoubtedly the concept ‘transformation’. In order to strip this concept of its ‘bewitchments’ (Nietzsche; Wittgenstein) a conceptual analysis is made of the meaning and usage of the term. In view of the distinction between first order change and second order change, the need for transformation (ethical and strategic), the resistance against transformation (systemic and individual) and the execution and management of transformation is discussed.

Institutional change and divergent economic resilience: Path development of two resource-depleted cities in China

Urban Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (16) ◽  
pp. 3466-3485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Hu ◽  
Chun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Change Mechanisms

Existing literature on the economic resilience of cities has primarily focused on the study of capabilities and outcomes, while little has been conducted on the evolutionary processes. Drawing upon institutional change and path development concepts, this article develops an analytical framework that explains how different modes of institutional change shape path development processes in relation to economic resilience in cities. This article provides a comparative study on the divergent path development involving distinctive institutional change mechanisms in two Chinese mining cities both facing resource depletion since 2000, namely Zaozhuang in Shandong province and Fuxin in Liaoning province. It shows that Zaozhuang enables endogenously-based layering and conversion that leads to path renewal and creation with a more dynamic resilience engendering structural change, whereas Fuxin is trapped in exogenously-induced institutional thickening that results in path persistence and extension with a less dynamic resilience hindering economic renewal. The findings of this study advance the regional resilience literature by incorporating the role of agency, institutional change and path development in the context of China.

District Technology Leadership Then and Now: A Comparative Study of District Technology Leadership From 2001 to 2014

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayson W. Richardson ◽  
William L. Sterrett
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Technology Leadership ◽  
District Level ◽  
First Order ◽  
District Level Leaders ◽  
Technology Initiatives

Purpose: This article focuses on district superintendents who were recognized as eSchoolNews Tech-Savvy Superintendents. Research Methods: Using interviews, this study compares data from superintendents who won this award between 2001 and 2010 in contrast to those who won the award between 2011 and 2014. The focus of the study is on understanding how discussions of challenges and successes within this population have shifted over nearly 15 years. Findings: A key finding is that these district-level leaders have shifted away from first-order changes of implementing technology initiatives and toward second-order changes of supporting teaching and learning that is supported with modern digital technologies. Implications: Recommendations are made for leadership preparation as well as lines of inquiry.

The Hybrid Isothermal Air Lubricated Journal Bearing

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Kamala
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Order Perturbation ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Small Eccentricity ◽  
First Order ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
First Order Perturbation

This paper analyzes the load-carrying capacity of the hybrid air lubricated journal bearing. Assuming a small eccentricity ratio, a first order perturbation solution is obtained. The air is fed to the bearing through inherent restrictor with feeding holes distributed around the circumference in one, two, and three feeding planes (Fig. 1). The number of feeding holes in each plane is sufficiently large to permit the feeding planes being treated as the line sources. The results are given for the load-carrying capacity and the attitude angle. A comparative study is made of the three types of gas feeding arrangements.

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