Facts to Fiction: The Dramaturgical Re-Presentations of the British Conquest of Africa in Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and Iredi War

This study explores the interactional effects and fit of internal and external collaboration on supply chain performance based on the fit theory. Data collected from 205 firms located in China was used to test the hypotheses via partial least squares structural equation modelling, polynomial regression and response surface methodology. The results demonstrate that there is an interactive effect, i.e. fit between internal collaboration and external collaboration on supply chain performance – a phenomenon not previously well understood. The results indicate that not all firms implementing internal collaboration and external collaboration can attain the desired goals. Only when the strength and balance of the two are similar, and at a moderate to upper level, can the supply chain performance be achieved the best; and once a certain threshold value of internal collaboration and external collaboration is achieved, further enhancement in internal and external collaboration will cause the decline of supply chain performance. Our study emphasises the importance of balancing internal constraints and external requirements across the whole supply chain, and provides insights into supply chain collaboration by suggesting that internal collaboration and external collaboration must be fit in the pursuit of supply chain performance.

A majority of today’s product and service innovations call for firms to engage in collaborative activity within and simultaneously collaborate with entities outside their boundaries. In many circumstances, this requires firms to align their internal collaborative activities with their external collaborative activities. However, while collaboration within the firm (internal collaboration) and between firms (external collaboration) both have received much attention in a variety of research domains in the last 25 years, they have remained fairly disconnected research streams. Little is known about how internal and external collaboration activities align to improve innovative performance. I present a series of five inter-linked core papers that attempt to address this question of alignment. Based on a literature review of 119 studies in core paper 1, a multi-attribute conception of collaboration emerges. This forms the basis for my definition of a collaboration system. The latter is then used in subsequent core papers 2, 3, 4, and 5 to empirically examine the configurations of and alignments between internal and external collaboration systems and how they jointly impact on 134 innovation alliances. In core paper 2 (Chapter 4), I find that a mediation effect of internal collaboration systems on external collaboration systems matters more than the effect of external collaboration on innovation performance alone. The findings of core paper 3 (Chapter 5) suggest that internal and external collaboration systems are differently configured and that external collaboration systems still account for value to innovation performance through multiplicative relationships amongst external collaborative activities. In core paper 4 (Chapter 6), I find that internal collaboration systems also moderate the relationship external collaboration systems have with new product development performance. In core paper 5 (Chapter 7), I compare internal and external collaboration systems as predictors of performance in service developments versus new product developments. The findings suggest that internal collaboration systems look and impact in a similar way, independently of whether a new service or a new product is being developed. However, in an examination of NSD versus NPD, attributes of external collaboration systems reveal significantly different relationships with performance. Together, the findings of each of the five core papers of this thesis add to the current body of collaboration research in different ways. The alignments within and across both collaboration systems, captured in terms of the relationships among a number of attributes, highlight the need to investigate collaboration as coordinated systems. Both systems are distinct in terms of their components and add different value for different types of innovation. Albeit being different, their interactive nature is essential to understand in order to align them for successful new product and service innovations. In the Conclusion and Future Research Chapter (Chapter 8), I first integrate the findings of the five preceding core papers into a number of key implications before shifting to suggestions for future research. This future research part focuses on aligning collaboration systems over time. I raise a ‘stability-flexibility paradox’ that guides future research into managing collaboration systems. I use and expand upon current dynamic capability theory to address this paradox.

The purpose of writing this article is to determine the Gawai culture in shaping the values of solidarity among the Dayak tribal communities in West Kalimantan. This article was prepared using the library research method, namely the method of collecting data by utilizing literature sources and materials. The result of the conclusion is that Gawai is a traditional Dayak ceremony which has become a tradition to this day. The Dayak gawai is one of the traditional ceremonies which is still actively carried out by the Dayak people. The Gawai Dayak traditional ceremony is one of the sources of local history in West Kalimantan. The implementation of the traditional Gawai ceremony aims to ask for safety and gratitude to God for the harvest which is usually done every one year. The traditional Gawai ceremony is held after the main harvest and ends with the traditional ritual of Rising Dango and reciting incantations and prayers or commonly known as Matik which aims to ask for blessings to God or Jubata. The implementation of the traditional gawai ceremony requires the involvement of all Dayak tribal communities to be able to work together in the preparation and implementation. Therefore, gadgets become the media needed to renew the spirit and sense of solidarity between Dayak tribal communities in West Kalimantan. The Gawai Traditional Ceremony is one of the very sacred religious rituals for the Dayak Tribe, therefore the Gawai Traditional ceremony only involves the Dayak Tribe. However, as the times progressed, the government tried to preserve the traditional Gawai ceremony, so that it became a routine tourism agenda in Pontianak City every year.

Research Summary The last decade has witnessed an increasing interest in the use of history and historical research methods in strategy research. We discuss how and why history and historical research methods can enrich theoretical explanations of strategy phenomena. In addition, we introduce the notions of “history‐informed strategy research,” distinguishing between the dimensions of “history to theory” and “history in theory” and discussing various under‐utilized methods that may further work on history‐informed strategy research. We then discuss how contemporary research contributes to history‐informed research within the strategy field, examine key methodological and empirical challenges associated with such research, and develop an agenda for future research. Managerial Summary Firms are increasingly making use of their historical past as they reflect on their identities and how these can be used strategically. At the same time, strategy researchers are paying increasing to the use of historical research methods, as well as to how firms use history strategically. We take stock on the role of history in strategy research, outline the key strategic issues that can be informed by a historical way of doing research, discuss the available historical methods, and offer suggestions for future research in the history/strategy intersection.

Integrating creativity in knowledge management perspectives, the present study theoretically and empirically analyzes both internal and external collaborations and their effect on individual creativity. Furthermore, this article highlights the importance of multilevel-frameworks when evaluating knowledge exchange processes and their influence on individual creativity. I hypothesize that internal and external collaborations are more likely to enhance creativity when teamwork quality within the team is high. Using data from 465 scientists, engineers, and developers working in R&D departments, I test the direct and moderating effects. The results show that external collaboration has a positive effect on individual creativity. Internal collaboration had a positive effect on individual creativity only in combination with high teamwork quality. Surprisingly, the interaction of teamwork quality and external collaboration on creativity turned out to be negative. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The development and use of information technology (IT) have been thematic in recent literature. IT has been viewed as an enabler of internal and external firm collaboration, which is the foundation of supply chain management. Firm collaboration and information sharing, in turn, are expected to improve firm performance. A model of the relationship between firm IT capability, internal and external collaboration, and firm performance is proposed and tested, using empirical data. The findings show that firm IT capability directly impacts internal and external collaboration as well as firm performance. This finding has important implications for managers as they evaluate investment in information technologies.

With the development of the service economy, the service-oriented transformation of the manufacturing industry has become a crucial strategy pursued by major manufacturing enterprises globally. They must constantly innovate their services and provide customers with comprehensive solutions to succeed in a dynamic market environment. Improving service innovation performance becomes a key element. Based on the service-dominant logic, this paper analyzes the organizational ambidextrous culture in the manufacturing industry’s service transformation. A theoretical model is established with ambidextrous culture as the independent variable, service innovation performance as the dependent variable, external collaboration and internal collaboration as the mediating variables, and environmental uncertainty as the moderating variable. This study examines how an ambidextrous culture affects service innovation in manufacturing companies based on data from firms engaged in service innovation. By using the structural equation modeling for hypothesis testing, SPSS and AMOS version 23.0 software for analyzing, the following conclusions are obtained: first, organizational ambidextrous culture has a significant positive impact on service innovation performance; second, external collaboration and internal collaboration play mediating roles in the relationship between ambidextrous culture and service innovation performance; third, environmental uncertainty positively moderates the relationship between ambidextrous culture, internal and external collaboration, and service innovation performance.

The colonisation of Trimurjo that occurred in 1935-1942 was an initiation of the Dutch Colonial to implement ethical politics, although in reality it was solely to benefit the Dutch who at that time were experiencing a post-world war crisis. This research aims to explore the local history of Trimurjo colonisation in 1935-1942. In order for the research to be well structured and fulfil the writing rules, the author uses the historical research method. This historical method is a tool to identify a historical event in which it contains systematic principles and rules, there are four stages in the historical research method, among others, heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. These stages are closely related and cannot be separated, so that the results of the research have suitability and can be accounted for. The result of this research is evidence of colonisation in Trimurjo by Dutch colonials whose aim was to open agricultural land and exploit natural resources. This can be seen from the various relics that still exist today in the form of a steel bridge located in Batang Hari Ogan Village, Agroguruh Dam, and sluice gates that still stand firm and function properly until now. The existence of these relics can prove that during the Dutch government had colonised Trimurjo in 1935. Trimurjo colonisation is one of the local histories that is important to learn so that the values in it are not lost in time.

From History to Hadith Studies: Understanding Critical Historical Methods and Dating Hadith in the West This article describes the historical research method implemented by hadith scholars in the West. Since Ignaz Goldziher developed Aloys Sprenger’s idea, scholars of hadith in the West have always based their studies on critical historical methods to formulate various methods of dating hadith as a source of historical reconstruction in the early periods of Islamic development. The reality of hadith studies in the West based on research methodology in the historical discipline has not yet received the attention of Muslim scholars, not least in Indonesia, which provides a critical review of the results of studies in the West. Instead of proposing a critique from a compatible paradigm, the arguments put forward are often based on assumptions that originate in the tradition of traditional hadith criticism. This article examines literature sources using a qualitative method and a narrative approach. Starting from the description of the formation and development of historical science in Europe, this article shows how the historical method was used by scholars of Islamic studies in the West to formulate four types of methods of dating hadith. The application of one or more of these methods in the study of hadith involves considering its suitability with the sources' characteristics. However, Muslim scholars’ involvement in the discourse of hadith studies in the West undoubtedly departs from the paradigm, theory, and method of historical research

This study examines the impact social capital exerts on supply chain adaptability in Pakistan's manufacturing sector under the Dynamic Capability View, offering theoretical and managerial implications. Social capital was conceptualized through internal collaboration among employees and external collaboration, and its impact on supply chain adaptability. The measurements were gathered within manufacturing companies and analyzed with PLS-SEM. The results indicate that internal and external collaboration is remarkable and positively affects all dimensions of Supply chain adaptability (p < 0.005), and R² values of 0.691 (CSCA), 0.669 (ISCA), and 0.571 (SSCA), demonstrating strong explanatory power. Model fit indices further confirmed robustness. Theoretically, findings extend DCV by showing how relational resources act as dynamic capabilities, enabling firms to reconfigure processes in volatile environments. For managers, the study underscores the strategic importance of cultivating trust-based relationships and fostering knowledge exchange both within and beyond organizational boundaries to enhance adaptability and responsiveness to market shifts.

This research highlights the differences of the adoption of collaborative tools between one European and one emerging country in Asia. Based on the Adaptive Structuration Theory and the Technology Spirit concept, it uses a three dimensional model focused on both internal and external collaboration. 18 tools were surveyed in a sample of 75 managers of large companies with more than 1000 employees. The results show a wider external collaboration in the emerging country, particularly in the dimensions of actor’s satisfaction and flexible frontier. Internal collaboration is more developed in both countries, but mainly in the dimension of value creation. The paper illustrates and adapts the theory in a high tech web 2.0 environment. Managerial implications are suggested in collaboration practices and measurements.KeywordsCollaborative networkscollaborative toolscollaborative behaviortechnology adoptioncommunity managementweb 2.0

In this study, we examine whether internal and external collaboration (considering institutional and national levels) among scientific associates with research impact relates to research performance. We extract data from Scopus, a bibliometric database, searching for journal publications having 'information science' phrase in their title or keywords or abstracts and retrieve totally 4,579 publications. Spearman correlation rank test is used to examine the hypotheses. Analysis of collected data shows that publication's impact is significantly and positively associated with collaboration indicators based on authors' affiliations. However, internal collaborations at both institutional and national levels show stronger associations with publications' impact than external collaborations do.

This paper, coauthored by an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a sociologist, presents reflections on conducting a collaborative and interdisciplinary in-house study of students who left other occupations for teaching. Data for this account include two jointly constructed interview protocols, memos to students and other faculty members, and field notes taken by all three investigators as participant observers in a variety of contexts at the field site. We describe and analyze four dimensions of our qualitative mode of inquiry: initiation of the internal interdisciplinary collaboration, external collaboration with faculty advisors, external collaboration with students, and internal collaboration in the construction of the research narrative. The paper concludes with observations and recommendations on what facilitates and constrains the successful conduct of collaborative interdisciplinary research.

The contingency effects of internal and external collaboration on the performance effects of green practices

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to argue that historical research methods offer an innovative and powerful way to examine, frame, explain, and disrupt the study of contemporary issues in educational leadership. More specifically, the authors examine how historical methodology might recast some of the questions educational leadership researchers presently engage and how the act of “doing history” might simultaneously lead to new research agendas and social change.Design/methodology/approach– This conceptual paper provides a discussion of the explanatory and disruptive power of historical research methods and how intentional ignorance of uncomfortable historical realities, such as racist institutional structures and practices, undermines present-day efforts to advance equity in schools. Using the mainstream achievement gap narrative as an example, the authors consider the ways in which historical scholarship can effectively disrupt current conceptions of educational inequality and opportunity in the USA.Findings– The paper suggests researchers close the “history gap” by engaging historical research methods in ways that better ground, contextualize, and disrupt the often ahistorical and uncritical ways the field frames present-day challenges like the achievement gap.Originality/value– This paper explores the explanatory and disruptive power of historical research as a mode of inquiry in education leadership.