Creative Capacity Research Articles

A Role Of Technological Innovation Of Rural Entrepreneurs In India

Purpose: This study's main objective is to disseminate recently acquired information and understanding of technical elements of rural entrepreneurship, how they might help entrepreneurial survival and growth in rural industries, and what the theoretical and practical implications are.
 Theoretical framework: Thanks to rural entrepreneurship, people relocating from rural or semi-urban regions to metropolitan areas today have many chances. On the other hand, it is also true that the majority of rural businesses face several difficulties due to the absence of essential utilities in rural areas of developing countries like India. Due to a lack of education, financial constraints, and poor technical and conceptual abilities, it is too difficult for rural entrepreneurs to launch companies in rural regions.
 Design / Methodology: The primary data collection came from the 100 rural entrepreneurs who run businesses in the study region. A composite questionnaire containing both quantitative and qualitative questions served as the survey instrument. The entrepreneur received the questionnaire at their place of business, and they had 20 days to fill it out. The researcher and his or her research assistants were always available to assist.
 Findings: The poll's findings revealed that a sizable percentage of respondents used digital technology more for social and personal relationships than for business. It's crucial to exercise caution when extending the results because the study was only done in one Indian province.
 Originality: An innovative idea for increasing the awareness of rural entrepreneurship emphasizes the need for local company owners to have creative capacity in order to succeed and reach a certain level of well-being. The acknowledgement of the impact of innovation on rural entrepreneurs supports the plan.

When Being Managed by Technology: Does Algorithmic Management Affect Perceptions of Workers’ Creative Capacities?

When Being Managed by Technology: Does Algorithmic Management Affect Perceptions of Workers’ Creative Capacities?

Regional Creative Capacity and Creative Tourism Development. The Case of Cultural Associations in Peripheral Areas

Creative Capacity (RCC) is a dynamic research topic that integrates authentic creativity, indigenous knowledge, innovation, entrepreneurship, and networking. RCC is a valuable tool for regional policy makers to achieve economic growth, tourism development, and social cohesion in peripheral areas. Cultural Associations, especially in remote areas, serve as “authentic organizations” related to local culture and traditions that support regional uniqueness, identity, and authenticity, and foster creative capacity through various cultural activities (non-typical museums, local cultural events and festivals, revival of customs, rituals, gastronomy, craft etc.). Nowadays, tourists are increasingly seeking “authentic” cultural tourism experiences that require active participation and co-creation in the community’s customs and manifestations. Therefore, cultural associations can be examined within the broader perspective of creative tourism. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the dynamics of cultural associations can function as a mechanism to encourage creative tourism in peripheral communities, using four creativity criteria: people, process, product, and environment. The study also aims to examine networking opportunities of cultural associations based on three criteria: administrative, spatial and functional, and to propose novel local creative tourism networks. The qualitative research method employed is a case study approach with structured observation, document analysis, and in-depth interviews with nineteen Cultural Associations in the Regional Unit of Rodopi in Northern Greece. Research findings reveal a strong potential for the development of creative tourism in the broader area with highlighted perspectives and options for further action, while emphasizing the need for networking of cultural associations.

On Political Theory and Large Language Models

Political theory as a discipline has long been skeptical of computational methods. In this paper, I argue that it is time for theory to make a perspectival shift on these methods. Specifically, we should consider integrating recently developed generative large language models like GPT-4 as tools to support our creative work as theorists. Ultimately, I suggest that political theorists should embrace this technology as a method of supporting our capacity for creativity—but that we should do so in a way that is mindful of the content and value of theorizing, the technical constraints of the models, and the ethical questions that the technology raises.

The Influence of Organizational Absorptive Capacity on Business Intelligence Systems Output in Strategic Management Perspective

The last decade has witnessed accelerated growth in investment in business intelligence (BI) systems. We still lack, however, a clear view as to when a particular system should be preferred over the others. This paper examines the role of the BI use for enhancing an organizational absorptive capacity (ACAP) for knowledge creation and proposes a model to investigate its direct effects on further firm’s performance. We collected survey data from 150 experts and decision-makers at the organizational level from several industries. For data analysis, we followed the general coding, aggregation and synthesis process with the use of the qualitative data analysis software. The results from the Partial Least Squares — Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) demonstrated that the BI use relates significantly to ACAP enhancement, thus fostering knowledge creation. Moreover, information quality and system quality are positively linked with BI use at the organizational level. The results demonstrate that organizational ACAP is critical to establishing appropriate technology infrastructure and to assimilating BI systems for organizational efficiency. Accordingly, the core contribution of the research provided a more comprehensive framework that serves managers and strategic professionals to assist them in classifying their ACAP measures before attempting to purchase state of the art BI systems with a high amount of expenditures. Instead, they should pay attention to the nature of use considering it as a very important determinant of the BI use and reconcile the nature of the use with the intended organizational benefits. Second, the mediation role of the BI use supports the notion that managers should carefully opt for both high system quality and information quality of the installed BI systems. This raises trust in BI and prevents managers from reverting to intuitive decision-making and the underuse of BI.

The Essence and Specificity of Innovative Activity of the Teacher

The article analyzes the specifics of the teacher's innovative activity. The views of domestic and foreign scientists regarding the interpretation of the concepts of pedagogical innovation and innovative activity were analyzed. Indicators of the teacher's readiness for innovative pedagogical activity are substantiated. The results of the study of teachers' attitude to innovations are also described. The purpose of the study is to analyze the essence and specifics of the teacher's innovative activity. This article describes that the innovative activity of teachers enriches pedagogical activity with new ideas, new content, and new technologies, it is specific and quite complex, and therefore requires special knowledge, skills, and abilities. The introduction of innovations in education is impossible without a teacher-researcher who possesses systemic thinking, a developed capacity for creativity, and a formed and conscious readiness for innovations. Innovative teachers of this type are called teachers with innovative thinking. It is emphasized that modern society needs new type of pedagogical specialists who are able to think systematically and constructively, quickly find the necessary information, make the right decisions, and produce fundamentally new ideas in various pedagogical directions. Solving this task requires new approaches, creative thinking, and a different attitude of the teacher towards his work. The need for innovative pedagogical activity from the point of view of education reform is determined by certain circumstances: firstly, Ukraine's entry into the humanitarian context of world civilization necessitated a radical change in the educational system, methodology and technology of the educational process in educational institutions of Ukraine. The structure of the teacher's innovative activity, which is manifested in the formation of components: motivational; technological; valeological; reflective; informational (which characterizes the informational culture of the innovative teacher and the effectiveness of his informational activity).

Blended knowledge sharing model in design professional

Grounded in Nonaka and Takeuchi (Long Range Plan 54(4):102070, 2021) Socialization, Externalization, Combination, and Internalization (SECI) model, the present research develops a Blended Knowledge Sharing Activity (BKSA) model tailored for design practitioners, targeting the enhancement of learning outcomes and creativity. The investigation centers around the influence of BKSA on higher education students' learning achievements and creative potential, further delving into their application and performance relative to social media within design-related coursework. Employing a comprehensive methodological approach including sampling, t-tests, and structural equation modeling, questionnaires were disseminated to a cohort of 105 undergraduate students from two sophomore-level design classes. It is worth underscoring that despite the SECI model finding extensive applicability across numerous domains, its implementation within the context of design education remains comparatively underrepresented. This research lacuna served as a catalyst in our endeavor to apply the SECI model within knowledge-sharing activities specific to design majors, in anticipation of uncovering more potent strategies for learning and innovation. Our findings disclose a tangible positive correlation between BKSA and both the learning outcomes and creativity of undergraduate students. Moreover, the instrument we devised and utilized, acting as a robust measurement tool for the SECI model, provided additional validation for the beneficial influence of BKSA on university students' learning achievements and creative capacities. This novel insight not only redresses the underexplored application of the SECI model in design education but also furnishes a fresh theoretical vantage point for the amalgamation of blended learning and knowledge sharing paradigms.

A machine translation model for abstractive text summarization based on natural language processing

“Knowledge is power and knowledge is liberating” conveys that there is a need for the capacity for creativity and that information is plentiful. The key application of natural language processing (NLP) is text summarization. It is a well-known technique for copying text, selecting accurate content, and get insight from the text. The purpose of this study is to propose for providing a summary of the text employing the seq2seq concept from the TensorFlow Python library. Through the use of deep learning-based data augmentation, the suggested method has the potential to increase the effectiveness of the text summary. Finally, the bilingual evaluation understudy (BLEU) criterion is used to judge the effectiveness of the suggested methodology

Impact of local processing of agricultural raw materials on job creation in the West African Monetary and Economic Union

Purpose. This work evaluates the relationship between the processing of agricultural raw materials and the level of employment in the West African Monetary and Economic Union (WAEMU).
 Methodology / approach. The Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) estimation proposed by Chudik and Pesaran (2015) is used. The data for this study come from the World Bank and the International Labour Office and cover the Consumer Price Index, human capital, trade openness, foreign direct investment, and agricultural manufacturing industry for the period 1990–2019.
 Results. The results show that agricultural manufacturing, human capital and foreign direct investment have positive influences on job creation in WAEMU countries in the long term, even if this impact remains small. On the other hand, trade openness and inflation lead to a decrease in employment level. Indeed, the specialization in the export of unprocessed agricultural raw materials with low benefit, the massive import of consumer goods and the delay in terms of global competitiveness in most of these countries justify such results. Therefore, in order to boost job creation, it would be expedient to accelerate the process of developing local industries and promote the production of consumer goods. 
 Originality / scientific novelty. Previous studies on local processing of agricultural raw materials have mainly focused on the production process and related constraints. However, very little work has been done on their effects on economic growth and job creation. This study fills this gap. It extends the existing literature on the causal relationship between local processing of agricultural raw materials and job creation. Finally, the Dynamic Common Correlated Effects estimator is used to address this issue.
 Practical value / implications. The information generated will be useful to a number of organizations, including: research centers, universities, governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations, to better guide the development and implementation of policies and strategies for job creation and unemployment reduction. Finally, by knowing the existing relationship between local processing of agricultural raw materials and job creation, as well as the limitations of this raw material processing policy, the study provides the different ways to improve the capacity for job creation and unemployment reduction. Research on this issue is too important to inform policy makers on the structural transformation of their economies to achieve full economic growth and reduce the unemployment problem.

Applying The Blended Learning Teaching Model to Develop Self-Learning Capabilities for Students

The Industrial Revolution 4.0 presents both opportunities and essential requirements for the development of Education 4.0. Accordingly, education becomes an ecosystem where individuals can learn together anytime, anywhere using connected devices. Educational institutions transform into an ecosystem that fosters individualized, innovative products with knowledge and capacity for personal innovation and creativity. This article presents the results of developing self-learning capabilities for students with the support of the Blended Learning model. The research outcomes were achieved through the design of a teaching website, proposing processes and measures to enhance self-learning capabilities in general physics for engineering students. Experimental results demonstrate that the Blended Learning model in physics education has effectively leveraged its advantages, contributing to the improvement of the quality of general physics teaching.

Experiences and Views on Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning Program for Teachers and Students

This two-year study investigated the impact of professional development interventions for teachers on students’ learning. In the first year, this study focused on designing, implementing, and evaluating the teachers' professional development program of interdisciplinary project-based Learning (T-IPjBLP). In the second year, this study focused on the experimental teaching of the student learning program of interdisciplinary project-based learning (S-IPjBLP) that teachers designed. Further, the author assessed the impact of S-IPjBLP on students’ capacities for critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration (i.e., the 4Cs) and technological application from teachers’ and students’ views. The participants comprised seven teachers who taught natural science and technology subjects at the same junior high school in central Taiwan and their 26 eighth-graders. The results revealed that after attending the T-IPjBLP, the teachers' beliefs changed from a teacher-centered approach to a learner-centered approach, and their knowledge of PjBL improved significantly. After implementing the S-IPjBLP in class, teachers affirmed that PjBL pedagogy was a practical approach for increasing the students’ 4Cs capacities and technological application. The barriers that they encountered included time constraints and mandated curriculum pacing. Regarding student learning, students had positive experiences and feelings toward the S-IPjBLP. Most perceived that S-IPjBLP could improve their capacities for 4Cs and technological applications.

How is innovation empowered by design thinking for new product development? a case study in Taiwan

ABSTRACT Innovation is vital for sustainable competitiveness and a process that can be trained and managed. Design thinking is an effective approach that helps create innovative solutions and contributes to new product development (NPD). When applied to NPD, how the involvement and intensity of design thinking offers benefits to firms with distinct organisational cultures remained unclear. This study investigates the effect of the use of design thinking in NPD. A hybrid method approach is adopted. First, 35 senior managers from diverse industries in Taiwan are participated in a set of design thinking workshops hosted by the present study. The participants were interviewed after the workshops to investigate design thinking's influences on organisational creativity capacity. This study highlights two key successful factors to enable an effective NPD by design thinking: 1) clarifying bottlenecks against innovation and 2) establishing an open cooperate culture of innovation. Further, a quantitative study was conducted to validate the proposition, stating that by adopting design thinking, firms can improve their innovation in NPD. The correlation between design thinking and organisational culture by industrial types is examined.

Implementasi Kompetensi Kewirausahaan Kepala Madrasah dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Lulusan Madrasah Aliyah

Madrasah heads who have high creative capacities will affect the advancement, improvement, and freedom of madrasas. The motivation behind this examination is to depict marks of enterprising capability for madrasa heads; execution of pioneering ability; and consequences of innovative skill. The methodology utilized is a subjective kind of phenomenology. That s what the outcomes showed: the pioneering capability of madrasah heads at MA Al-Amien 1 Pragaan and MA At-Taufiqiyah Bluto both had great innovative ability; the execution of the enterprising skill of the madrasah head is by arranging, carrying out and assessing; the aftereffects of the pioneering skill of the madrasah head are to create vacationer madrasas, understudies who succeed and instructors and understudies who are enterprising.

Pengelolaan Daun Kering untuk Dijadikan sebagai Pupuk Kompos

A substance administered to plants with the intention of enhancing nutrient availability is referred to as fertilizer. The goal of this study project was to find a solution to the issue of environmental contamination brought on by the buildup of dry leaf detritus. Compost is created using dry leaf waste as the primary component and EM4 as an aid.EM4 is responsible for breaking down the organic material in leaves. The characteristics of the pre-made dry leaf compost are its blackish brown hue, crumbly and somewhat rough texture, lack of odor, and loose granular shape. The method of research used is library research, or research that is based on printed books and journals that are accessible on Google Scoolar. This type of study is a descriptive analysis that draws on the works of authors who have expertise in relevant disciplines and other studies that are descriptive in nature. Using data gathered through the inductive method, generalizations are then analyzed using one or more initial data sets. The acquired data was examined using a descriptive analytic approach. By turning dry leaves into compost that is more beneficial and valuable economically, this research also aims to strengthen and expand the community's creative capacities as well as its economics. Bright colors are a sign of overly dry composting or a humidity level below 30%. One factor in determining a compost's maturity is aroma. The compost fermentation process will produce a variety of strong aromas.
 Keywords: Utilization of waste, compost, dry leaves, EM4 

Creative Achievement of Eminent Scientists in Tang and Song Dynasties of China: A Historiometric Study

ABSTRACTThe creative achievements of eminent genius in Chinese history are of enormous interest. There is, however, uncertainty about the accurate measurement of eminence and creativity. The most tenable measurement approach is historiometric. Nearly all historiometric research on eminence and creative achievement has involved Western samples. The present investigation used historiometry to test two hypotheses about creative achievement with Eastern samples. These point to developmental adversity (DA) and the “madness‐to‐genius link” thought to facilitate unusual cognitive patterns and thus a creative capacity. Here, historiometric methods were applied to a sample of 55 eminent scientists in the Chinese Tang and Song dynasties. DA and mental illness did not significantly predict Chinese scientists' creative outcomes. Other diversifying experiences, such as religious beliefs, migration, and role model mentors, had a positive relationship with eminence and creative achievement. The Tang and Song dynasties had different religious structures, so religion had a different impact on the creative achievements of scientists. In the Tang Dynasty, religion could positively predict the creative achievements of scientists, while in the Song Dynasty it could not. These findings warrant further research using other eminent creators in Chinese history.

Students' Creative Thinking Ability Through Open-Ended Problem Learning

One of the elements affecting students' success rates in the learning process is their capacity for mathematical creativity. According to survey findings, pupils still have a limited capacity for mathematical creativity in their learning, as evidenced by the markers of this capacity. This study sought to ascertain how adopting open-ended problem learning models affected students' mathematical and creative thinking skills. This study employs quantitative research and descriptive methodologies. This study employed a research design was quasi-experimental research. The investigation employed a posttest-only control group design. Students in class VII made up the study's population. Class VIIb and VIIc samples were used in this study. Class VIIc serves as the control class and follows a traditional learning approach while Class VIIb serves as the experimental class. Research strategies for gathering data take the shape of tests. t-test data analysis formula. Based on the one-sided test calculation results, it can be seen that the average mathematical creative thinking ability of students using the Open-Ended Problem learning model is higher than the average mathematical creative thinking ability of students using conventional learning models, meaning that there is an influence using the Open-Ended Problem learning model on students' mathematical creative thinking abilities. The study's overall conclusion is the Open-Ended Problem learning approach has an impact on students' mathematical and creative thinking skills.

Future Perfect: Imagination and Ideology

The purpose of this paper is not to detail what kinds of systems of belief there are or the capacity to discern between individual beliefs. It does not attempt to demonstrate the character of belief. My hope is to disclose a mechanism whose function details the operation that articulates concepts whose content are expressed by the function of our beliefs. I propose a theory of imagination based on a generative recursive and creative capacity. What I am interested in are the possible realities that can be mapped out by virtue of the models of consequence derived from the employment of belief systems. I intend to do this by illustrating a means of these systems’ construction and deployment. Imagination becomes an expression of possibility by way of a modal operation characterized by the functional-content of our propositions regarding the world. Ideology, then, will be considered a system that dictates the necessity of beliefs prior to ascertaining their possibility and before their assertion.

What can economic coordination do for creativity and well‐being?

The scope of this paper is contributing to unveiling how economic organizing can be more humanistic by delving into ideas of well‐being and advancing them through the concepts of creativity. Accordingly, our contribution reflects on how designing and implementing organizations and processes inspired to creativity can ameliorate the life of participants. We therefore analyse issues of economic coordination through fundamental mechanisms elaborated by organizational economists (market exchange, organized hierarchies) and associate them with diverse consequences in terms of creative capacity. Illustrations are taken from the creative sectors. The creativity dimension (as an outcome) assumes especial relevance in our analysis, not only or primarily because of its potential link with competitiveness and economic prosperity (as in the current economic approach to creativity) but mostly because of the connections with the creation of a public good in the form of well‐being and value for the public.

Educational Management to Promote Inclusive Environments in Costa Rica: An Analysis from an Educational Policy Perspective

The educational management implemented by principals is essential to guarantee compliance with educational policies, which are not only an obligation but a conviction in schools wanting to promote inclusive environments and respect for diversity, multiculturalism, comprehensive training, teamwork, creative capacity, abstract thinking, and social entrepreneurship through equitable and accessible coexistence spaces. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the fulfillment of the educational policy on inclusive education from the perspective of educational management. The research implemented a qualitative approach, with the participation of six primary school principals in Costa Rica and used the case study technique through a semi-structured interview. The findings show the existence of situations limiting the application of educational policies, mainly in the promotion of inclusive environments oriented to prejudice-free coexistence respecting diversity, as well as in issues of lifelong learning and institutional transformation as part of the orientations of the country’s public policy in education.

Digital media and creative economy potential on youth employment in Kenya: a grounded theory perspective

PurposeKenya leads East Africa in creative goods export and enjoys high internet penetration. Therefore, identifying pathways, missed opportunities for accelerating job creation and development in the sector and strategies for mitigating youth-related challenges are essential. This paper therefore aims to examine the effects of digital media and the cultural and creative industry (CCI) on youth employment and economic development.Design/methodology/approachThe document review and analysis data came from 45 scientific and 23 grey literature articles. While the lack of primary data is a study limitation, secondary data were drawn from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Statistics and the 2016–2022 entertainment and media outlook analysis. Microsoft Excel 2021 for Windows was used to analyze quantitative data and generate results.FindingsSince the CCI sector is characterized by limited financial opportunities, low youth participation in the labor force and weak policy frameworks, success in the industry requires key pathways. These include investment in digital-led innovations, developing innovative models, building partnerships with the private sector, strategic investment by government in the potential creative industry sub-sectors and identifying successful scaling-up models.Originality/valueInformation gathered through this study is crucial to counter the youth unemployment challenge and strategy identification, which could be used in skills and capabilities development in the potential creative economy. Future researchers must explore how to apply the proposed creative capacity theoretical lens to inform research in the sector.