Conceptual Analysis Research Articles

Exploration and Practice of Ideological and Political Education in Engineering Courses Based on the 0BE Concept - Taking the 3D Modeling Course as an Example

In higher education, combining ideological and political education with engineering courses has become one of the hotspots of current curriculum reform. This article takes the 3D modeling course as an example to explore the exploration and practice of ideological and political education in engineering courses based on the 0BE concept. Through the analysis of the 0BE concept, this paper analyzes how to implement these ideological and political education goals in curriculum design, teaching methods, evaluation methods, and other aspects. The research found that the ideological and political education of engineering courses based on the concept of 0BE can improve students' innovative consciousness, social responsibility and Lifelong learning ability, and help to cultivate engineering and technical talents with innovative spirit and practical ability.

Measuring Disability in Participation Survey and Social Reporting

The "Representative Survey on the Participation of People with Disabilities" (Participation Survey), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, aims to work in conjunction with participation reporting to assess the social participation of people with disabilities. Both the participation reporting and the Participation Survey claim to operationalize impairment and disability in accordance with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) of the World Health Organization (WHO). A critical analysis of the measurement concept reveals methodological problems: 1) The measurement concept is not consistently ICF-oriented because it does not clearly conceptualize impairments, does not adequately take into consideration environmental factors in the determination of disability and sees impairment as causal for disability. 2) Distinction made between impairment and disability is mainly pragmatic, without any coherent conceptual justification. 3) The chosen operationalization cannot ensure the desired international comparability. In order to achieve a stronger ICF orientation and better international comparability, it is proposed in this study to integrate the "Model Disability Survey", developed by the WHO and the World Bank, into the German Participation Survey's data collection tools. An alternative measurement proposal, which can be implemented with the available data, is to categorize groups solely according to the severity of impairment, forgoing the a priori distinction between impairment and disability. This approach embraces the fundamental idea of the ICF, which views disability as a situational rather than a personal characteristic.

A conceptual analysis of trust

With this article, I present a novel conceptual analysis of trust. The analysis is interdisciplinary, as it acknowledges and combines influential conceptualizations from political science, psychology, and sociology. I emphasize diverging conceptual aspects as complementary and develop an argument for how they relate within different forms of trust. Concretely, I employ Sartori’s conceptual guidelines to systematically develop the concept along the ladder of abstraction. As I descend the ladder, I move from a universal conceptual definition into the development of increasingly concrete subtypes within the realms of interpersonal and institutional trust. The resulting framework centrally exists beyond any particular school of thought, and thereby represents an important move toward multidisciplinary consensus around the meaning of this fundamentally important concept.

Analysis of Students' Mathematical Concept Understanding Ability in Terms of Student Resilience at Ban Kadeng School Thailand

Concept understanding ability is one of the main elements in learning mathematics. Understanding students' concept understanding ability will help teachers to plan better learning. Therefore, by understanding students' concepts, understanding ability, and resilience, teachers can improve the quality of education in a school. This study aims to analyze the relationship between students' resilience and understanding of mathematical concepts through story problems. The type of research is qualitative descriptive, the subject of this research is fifth-grade students of Ban Kadeng School, Thailand, and the object of research is the ability to understand students' mathematics concepts in terms of student resilience. The research instruments used are the resilience questionnaire, concept understanding ability test questions, and interviews. The analysis was carried out on indicators of concept understanding, such as restating concepts, classifying objects based on mathematical concepts, and giving examples or counterexamples to the concepts being learned obtained through the instruments that have been carried out. The results showed that in the ability to understand mathematical concepts, Ban Kadeng School students have a moderate level of resilience, namely 65% of students can understand the two main indicators, 25% of students with high resilience can understand all indicators, and 10% of students with low resilience are lacking in understanding the given indicators. So it can be concluded that there are differences in concept understanding ability between high resilience, moderate resilience, and low resilience students in class V Ban Kadeng School, Thailand. The results of this study can be used as a basis for research on the application of learning models, assessments, or types of feedback that are appropriate for students. Kemampuan pemahaaman konsep adalah salah satu unsur utama dalam belajar matematika. Memahami kemampuan pemahaman konsep siswa, akan membantu guru dalam merencanakan pembelajaran yang lebih baik. Oleh sebab itu, dengan memahami kemampuan pemahaman konsep, serta resiliansi siswa, guru akan mampu memperbaiki kualitas pendidikan di suatu sekolah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis antara resiliensi siswa dan pemahaman konsep matematis melalui penggunaan soal cerita. Jenis penelitian deskriftif kualitatif, subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas V BanKadeng School, Thailand, dan objek penelitiannya adalah kemampuan pemahaman konsep Matematika siswa ditinjau dari resiliennsi siswa. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah angket resiliensi, soal tes kemampuan pemahaman konsep dan wawancara. Analisis dilakukan terhadap indikator pemahaman konsep, seperti menyatakan ulang konsep, mengklasifikasikan objek berdasarkan konsep matematika, dan memberikan contoh atau kontra contoh pada konsep yang dipelajari yang diperoleh melalui instrumen yang telah dilakukan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dalam kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis siswa Ban Kadeng School memiliki tingkat resiliensi sedang yaitu sebanyak 65% siswa dapat mememahami dua indikator utama, siswa dengan resiliensi tinggi sebanyak 25% dapat memahami keseluruhan indikator, dan siswa dengan resiliensi rendah sebanyak 10% kurang dalam memahami indikator yang diberikan. Jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan kemampuan pemahaman konsep antara siswa resiliensi tinggi, resiliensi sedang, dan resiliensi rendah di kelas V Ban Kadeng School, Thailand. Hasil penelitian ini dapat digunakan sebagai dasar untuk riset tentang penerapan model pembelajaran, asesmen, ataupun jenis feedback yang tepat untuk siswa.

Analysis of Children's Conceptions of Concepts at the End of Pre-Primary Education

The study presents the results of the authors' original research. The subject of the research were authentic utterances of 5-6-year-old children at the exit from compulsory pre-primary education. They represented individual conceptions of the following concepts: interview, question, poem, fairytale, book, magazine, library, letter, reading, writing, writer. The concepts were selected from the state curriculum (2016). The aim of the study was to present selected findings from research on children's conceptions of language and literary concepts. In the study, we provided answers to the research question. Which claims from psycholinguistic theories about narrower and broader conceptions of concepts are most valid in children's authentic utterances? The research strategy was quantitative. Children's authentic utterances were obtained through individual interviews. Each child answered four basic questions: what is it? What is it for? What would it be if it wasn't? How do you know that? The children's statements were content-analyzed and interpreted. The children in the research sample were dominated by narrower conceptions of linguistic and literary concepts (61%). The narrower conceptions of the concepts contained a pre-scientific concept of knowing their meaning. The content of their utterances predominantly distorted the objective meanings of the concepts. Children were less likely to interpret social interactions and least likely to use explanations of another, familiar concept. When they did explain concepts in broader terms (34%), they mainly relied on sensory experiences. Some children did not know or did not answer the questions (5%). The conducted research is a part of the VEGA 1/0505/24 project - Children's preconceptions about the phenomena of reading literacy.

A conceptual analysis of the public health-architecture nexus within rapidly developing informal urban contexts

A conceptual analysis of the public health-architecture nexus within rapidly developing informal urban contexts

Enhancing South Africans universities engagement during student recruitment through social media marketing

ABSTRACT Social media platforms are popular amongst young people and offer excellent platforms to communicate with this target market. Communication between higher education institutions and potential new students is the focus of this research. This paper explores students’ perceptions of the use of social media marketing in student recruitment done by South African higher education institutions. The aim is to suggest guidelines for the formulation of social media marketing strategies to improve influence on students in the selection of an institution. A qualitative research methodology is employed, using a multimethod approach to data collection, including a conceptual analysis and focus groups. Grade 11 and 12 students, selected from school’s representative of the five different school quintiles, are included in the research sample. Ten guidelines evolved from the data with the most prominent being engagement, relationship building and an increase in the use of creative visual content to disseminate practical application information.

Концепт «Європа» в українському суспільному дискурсі наприкінці першої чверті 21 ст.

The article analyzes the conceptual features of the European phenomenon that formed in Ukrainian public discourse at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century. The purpose of the article is to determine the content of the concept of "Europe" that was in Ukrainian public discourse at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, when the civilizational choice of Ukrainians received a new impetus for realization through the decision of the European Council to begin negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union. The main research method is conceptual analysis, which involves studying various substrate mental units – representations, scenarios, and gestalts associated with the phenomenon of Europe in the collective consciousness of Ukrainian society. Additionally, the method of discourse analysis is applied at the stage of processing the mass media objectification of the concept of "Europe". Results. The following conceptual features have been identified: Europe as a space for the comprehensive realization of the individual; well-being and freedom as fundamental civilizational principles aspired to by Ukrainian society; democracy built on the rule of law and respect for individuals; partnership relations among all states and nations without domination by the stronger; unity of diverse cultures; civilizational choice for progress into the future; an influencing factor on Ukraine; a state of crisis associated with the weaknesses of liberal democracy on the one hand, and the dominance of consumer interests in European societies on the other; and the vulnerability of the political system to hybrid expansion by totalitarian and autocratic regimes. Conclusion. The analysis of the verbal explication of the conceptual features of the phenomenon of Europe in Ukrainian public discourse leads to the conclusion that the content of the studied linguistic construct in the collective consciousness of Ukrainians at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century is formed by the following main frames: institutional Eurocentrism with the system-forming role of the European Union, civilizational values, socio-cultural unity of diversity, production culture, and Eurointegration aspirations as a path to the future.

From Smart and Sustainable Cities to Urban Planning: A Conceptual Cluster Analysis

From Smart and Sustainable Cities to Urban Planning: A Conceptual Cluster Analysis

Learning for children in an educational enrichment: a perspective derived from Taiwan's Early Childhood Education & Care Curriculum Framework

Anchored in the educational philosophy of “benevolence,” the Taiwan's Early Childhood Education & Care Curriculum Framework establishes nine learning goals and emphasizes the cultivation of six core competencies in young children. Recognizing that young children have potential for development, imagination, and creativity, the framework encourages young learners to engage with their surroundings, exhibit curiosity, and explore through play. The curriculum framework highlights the multifaceted roles of teachers, including their roles in shaping class culture and learning environments, partnering in the lives and learning journeys of children, guiding in their educational development, and collaborating with families. This curriculum framework emphasizes a child-centered approach to course development, integrating diverse activities that are reflective of and relevant to children's life experiences. It prioritizes maintaining the physical and mental health and safety of young children and introduces them to the meaning of life and the phenomenon of multiculturalism. The type of this study is a conceptual analysis, and it is a study from a reflective model on the implementation of the curriculum in Taiwan. Through this curriculum framework, children are encouraged to appreciate life's beauty and interact with others effectively and empathetically. Therefore, the curriculum framework emphasizes life education, multicultural education, aesthetic education, and moral education as essential components in the holistic development of young children. The curriculum framework is an educational enrichment for children's learning. This study explores the concept of early childhood learning as conceptualized by Taiwan's Early Childhood Education & Care Curriculum Framework. It is hoped that such an exploration can broaden young children's learning horizons, and enhance the quality of early childhood education.

KEY ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE RUSSIAN REGION (CASE OF LIPETSK REGION)

The article is devoted to the issues of economic security of the Russian region using the example of the Lipetsk region. The study updates the role of regional economic security based on an in-depth analysis of the theoretical concepts of scientists over the past 20 years. Based on the works of the Russian economist S. Y. Glazyev, in which he uses his author’s, integral approaches to indicators of reproduction of human and economic potential, researchers assess the state of economic security in the Lipetsk region. The authors conclude that the main trend at the moment is the “forced” growth of production, not provided with sufficient labor resources for the future, accompanied by low socio-­economic indicators of reproduction. Having sufficiently advantageous geographical, climatic and natural resources, the Lipetsk region does not have a high development potential at this point in time due to the low level of self-awareness of the population. The level of crime, alcoholism or fertility is often not related to the economic standard of living of the population, but rather depends on the level of development of the individual and society. The lack of capital investments in fixed assets for the future shows the lack of strategic goals of producers and the desire to obtain short-term benefits. The authors see the development of patriotic, spiritual and moral education as one of the directions for improving the indicators of reproduction of human and economic potential in the region.

Conceptual design and analysis of a box fan-in-split-wing tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft

PurposeWith the advancements in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft technology such as batteries, mechanisms, motors, configurations and so on, designers and engineers are encouraged to create unique and unconventional configurations of eVTOL aircraft to provide better capabilities and higher efficiencies to compete in the market. The box fan-in-split-wing tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft is an innovative design that aims to address the aerodynamic inefficiencies such as propeller effects in cruise and engine mounts drag that existed in traditional eVTOL aircraft designs such as vectored thrust, rotorcraft, lift + cruise and multi-copter configurations. This paper aims to propose a multi-disciplinary design process to conceptually design the box fan-in-split-wing Tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft.Design/methodology/approachAn unconventional methodology was used to design the UAM aircraft, and the following parameters are considered: capable of vertical take-off and landing, highly aerodynamic with a high lift-to-drag ratio, low Cd0 modern and appealing, rechargeable or battery swappable and feature to minimise or negate propeller drag. A heavy emphasis on improving performance and weight based on aerodynamics was enforced during the conceptual design phase. MAPLA and XFOIL were used to identify the aerodynamic properties of the aircraft.FindingsUpon determining the key parameters and the mission requirements and objectives, a list of possible VTOL configurations was derived from theoretical and existing designs. The fan in the wing/split wing was selected, as it could stow the propellers. A tiltrotor configuration was selected because of its ability to reduce the total number of lift props/motors, reducing powerplant weight and improving aerodynamic efficiency. For the propulsion configuration, a battery–motor configuration with a hexa-rotor layout was chosen because of its ability to complement the planform of the aircraft, providing redundant motors in case of failure and because of its reliability, efficiency and lack of emissions. Coupled with the fan-in-wing / split wing concept, the box wing seamlessly combines all chosen configurations.Originality/valueThe box fan-in-split-wing Tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft aims to address the aerodynamic inefficiencies of earlier designs such as propeller effects in cruise and engine mounts drag. The potential benefits of this aircraft, such as increased range, endurance and payload capacity, make it an exciting prospect in the field of Urban Air Mobility.

Nurturing Football Talent: A Conceptual Framework for Talent Development Environment

ABSTRACT The environment is believed to play a crucial role in developing sport talents. Over the past two decades, a great deal of research has been carried out on sport talent development environment (TDE). However, few theoretical frameworks are dedicated to helping understand the TDE in a particular sport. Seeking a better understanding of the TDE in football, also known as “soccer” in North America, this study proposes a novel environmental framework that takes particular account of the situational characteristics of football, using a conceptual framework analysis. The framework is organized hierarchically with two main factors: sport and non-sport domains. The sport factor is further divided into four sub-factors: football coach, interaction with teammates, football training, and football competition. Academic and family support are identified as two sub-factors of the non-sport factor. This two-domain and six-factor TDE framework can help improve the understanding of the application of the TDE factors in the football context and thus optimize the football talent development practice.

Strategies of resource sharing in clonal plants: a conceptual model and an example of contrasting strategies in two closely related species.

Clonal growth is widespread among herbaceous plants, and helps them to cope with environmental heterogeneity through resource integration via connecting clonal organs. Such integration is considered to balance heterogeneity by translocation of resources from rich to poor patches. However, such an 'equalization' strategy is only one of several possible strategies. Under certain conditions, a strategy emphasizing acropetal movement and exploration of new areas or a strategy of accumulating resources in older ramets may be preferred. The optimal strategy may be determined by environmental conditions, such as resource availability and level of light competition. We aimed to summarize possible translocation strategies in a conceptual analysis and to examine translocation in two species from different habitats. Resource translocation was compared between two closely related species from different habitats with contrasting productivity. The study examined the bidirectional translocation of carbon and nitrogen in pairs of mother and daughter ramets grown under light heterogeneity (one ramet shaded) at two developmental stages using stable-isotope labelling. At the early developmental stage, both species translocated resources towards daughters and the translocation was modified by shading. Later, the species of low-productivity habitats, Fragaria viridis, translocated carbon to shaded ramets (both mother and daughter), according to the 'equalization' strategy. In contrast, the species of high-productivity habitats, Potentilla reptans, did not support shaded mother ramets. Nitrogen translocation remained mainly acropetal in both species. The two studied species exhibited different translocation strategies, which may be linked to the habitat conditions experienced by each species. The results indicate that we need to consider different possible strategies. We emphasize the importance of bidirectional tracing in translocation studies and the need for further studies to investigate the translocation patterns in species from contrasting habitats using a comparative approach.

Dusza człowieka we współczesnym świecie. Dwa ujęcia: Wisławy Szymborskiej oraz Olgi Tokarczuk i ich przemieszczenie w przekładzie

The article offers an analysis of the linguistic-cultural concept of dusza/soul present in two literary works by contemporary Polish Nobel-Prize winners, as well as in their translations to English: Wisława Szymborska’s poem Trochę o duszy and Olga Tokarczuk’s story Zgubiona dusza. Their English translations are, respectively: A Few Words on the Soul (trans. Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh) and The Lost Soul (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones). Alternative translation attempts by BA translation students at the University of National Education Commission in Kraków are also discussed. The two texts share the idea that today’s world, with its haste, attention deficit, and consumerism, is not a friendly place for the human soul. In their search for the human soul, both authors prompt similar solutions: a person must return to a small world of their own, or their inner reality, far from fast progress and globalisation. The present analysis takes a cognitive-ethnolinguistic perspective and begins by considering the entity named dusza in Polish and soul in English as cultural-linguistic concepts, tracing the similarities and differences conventionalised in the two languages, and thus the status of those concepts in the respective linguistic worldviews. This leads to an interpretation of Szymborska’s poem and Tokarczuk’s story as non-standard, individual, literary realisations of the standard worldview shared by the community of speakers of Polish. In this context, the English translations can be viewed as records documenting the transfer of the Polish concept of dusza to a new cultural-linguistic location. This approach is grounded in the idea of culture as an iceberg, where individual texts are viewed as expressions of an underlying cultural content.

Enantiosemia a sprawa polska. Kategoria Obcego i Swojego w badaniach etnolingwistycznych Wojciecha Chlebdy

The article presents Wojciech Chlebda’s model of contronyms, developed through his analyses of the cultural concepts of Polska (Poland) and Europa (Europe) in Polish discourse, with a special attention to the identity-building function of the opposition “us/them” (“one’s own/the Other”). The three parts of the article are devoted to: the opposition “us/them” (“one’s own/the Other”) in ethnolinguistic research and discourse analysis, the contronymic division of the cultural concepts Polska and Europa, and the borderland as a space where the “us/them” opposition can be rendered void.

Looking backward toward the future: A bibliometric analysis of the last 40 years of meningioma global outcomes.

This study is the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis about meningioma to date. The aim of this study is to identify the most influential publications in this field through citation and co-citation analysis, to examine international collaborations, to identify the conceptual framework of the subject and emerging trending topics through keyword analysis, and to identify the most productive countries, authors and journals. 9619 articles on meningioma published between 1980 and 2023 were downloaded from the Web of Science (WoS) database and statistically analyzed. In this study, various bibliometric techniques were utilized, including trend keyword analysis, thematic evolution analysis, factor analysis, conceptual structure analysis, citation and co-citation analyses. Bibliometric network visualization maps were created to identify trend topics, citation analysis and cross-country collaborations. The Exponential Smoothing estimator was used to predict article productivity in the coming years. The first 3 countries that contributed the most to the literature were respectively; USA (2664, 27.7%), Japan (972, 10.1%), Germany (943, 9.8%). The first three most productive journals were respectively; Journal of Neurosurgery (number of article = 496), World Neurosurgery (399), Acta Neurochirurgica (378). The most productive author was Mcdermott MW (number of article = 88) and the most active institution was the University of California System (number of article = 470). In addition to high-grade meningiomas, the most studied topics from past to present have been magnetic resonance imaging, recurrence, radiation therapy, and skull base. As a result of the analyses to determine trend topics, the subjects studied in recent years were diagnostic and imaging methods, surgical and treatment methods, prognosis and survival, epidemiology and quality of life, and with the advancement of technology, machine learning and prediction models. Scientific collaboration was seen primarily in articles from western countries, especially the USA, European countries, and Canada. However, there was also a not insignificant effect in developing countries such as China, India, and Turkey.

Pengaturan dan Kewenangan Polisi Pamong Praja dalam Upaya Penanggulangan Gelandangan dan Penduduk Pendatang di Kabupaten Badung

The linkage between the Civil Service Police Unit officers with appropriate agencies whose activities have a close connection in creating a conducive environment between local government and the people can perform activities in a safe, peaceful, orderly and applicable in areas with motivating people to create the rule of law. This needs to be pursued so that the police authority of the civil service as a law enforcement officer in fostering peace and order will be based on the activities and supervision of extension, no longer be a matter of the sanctions, penalties or fines. Be aware that in creating an orderly and safe condition, not just the responsibility of the Municipal Police alone, but public participation is crucial the achievement of order and peace. Given the number of homeless and migrants who are not registered in the registry office or the competent authority, in addition to the lack of government attention to the homeless, so the implication raises public order and public tranquility be disturbed. Principal issues to be addressed in this study is the First, the setting and the authority of the Municipal Police and the Homeless curb migrants in Badung, and constraints faced in the Municipal Police enforcing rules on homeless and migrants. This study is the approach taken by the normative approach to law (statute approach), approaches the concept (conceptual research), case-based approach (case approach) the nonnative analysis shows that the police authority of the civil service is based on the principles of the law, the nonns applicable law, whereas the juridical conceptual analysis regarding the effectiveness of law enforcement. Based on the results of the discussion, setting and Municipal Police Authority in carrying out duties and discipline Homeless Population entrants subject to the provisions of Law No. 32 of 2004, and regulations Badung District No. 4 of 2001 on public order. Constraints faced by local governments in the enforcement of rules against bums and penduduku immigrants are human resource constraints the police civil service itself is still not professional and legal culture of society that still considers the work is still a beggar or bum culture.

The Surrogacy Contract: The Legal Nature and Problems of Legal Regulation

Introduction: the paper deals with the problem of the legal regulation of the surrogacy contract. The complex nature is emphasized, and the main approaches to determining the legal nature, subject, and object of such a contract are highlighted. Particular attention is paid to the lack of consensus on the legal nature of such a contract, its legal definition, and the legally established rights, obligations, and responsibilities of the parties for breach of obligations. A comparative law analysis of Russian and foreign legislation is carried out. Purpose: to conduct a conceptual analysis of the legislation of both the Russian Federation and neighboring countries in the field of regulation of surrogacy contracts and to study the legal nature of the surrogacy contract. For this purpose, the provisions of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus are considered; in addition, modern approaches to determining the legal nature of the surrogacy contract are studied. In the course of composing this work, a variety of methods were employed, including general scientific approaches such as analysis and synthesis of legal doctrines and legislative norms, as well as special legal methods such as comparative legal analysis and formal legal analysis. Results: as the regulation of the surrogacy contract in the legislation of the Russian Federation is not sufficiently developed, it creates legal gaps. The conclusion is made about the civil legal nature of the surrogacy contract.

Value capture in IoT-driven business models: considerations about smart resources and isolating mechanisms in networked environments

PurposeThis conceptual paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of value creation and value capture with smart resources in the Internet of Things (IoT)-driven business models against the backdrop of an increasingly networked and connectivity-based environment. More specifically, the authors screen strategic management theories and adapt them to the specificities of new types of smart resources by focusing on a conceptual analysis of isolating mechanisms that enable value creation and value capture based upon different types of smart resources.Design/methodology/approachBy adapting the state of the art of the contemporary resource-based discussion (resource-based view, dynamic capabilities view, relational view, resource-based view for a networked environment) to the context of IoT-driven business models, the paper typifies valuable intra- and inter-organisational resource types. In the next step, a discursive discussion on the evolution of isolating mechanisms, which are assumed to enable the translation of value creation into value appropriation, adapts the resource-based view for a networked environment to the context of IoT-driven business models.FindingsThe authors find that connectivity shapes both opportunities and challenges for firms, e.g. focal firms, in such business models, but it is notably social techniques that help to generate connectivity and transform inter-organisational ties into effective isolating mechanisms.Originality/valueThis paper lays a foundation for a theoretically underpinned understanding of how IoT can be exploited through designing economically sustainable business models. In this paper, research propositions are established as a point of departure for future research that applies strategic management theories to better understand business models that work with the digitisation and connectivity of resources on different levels.