Shared Values Research Articles

Reaping what we sow: Centering values in food systems transformations research.

In many transdisciplinary research settings, a lack of attention to the values underpinning project aims can inhibit stakeholder engagement and ultimately slow or undermine project outcomes. As a research collective (The Careoperative), we have developed a set of four shared values through a facilitated visioning process, as central to the way we work together: care, reflexivity, inclusivity, and collectivity. In this paper, we explore the implications of a values-centered approach to collaboration in food system transformation research. The paper presents two cases that illustrate how researchers might approach centering values in practice. Where much research on food system transformation focuses on values of food system stakeholders, we contribute insights into the values of researchers in such transdisciplinary endeavors. Specifically, we argue that researchers working on sustainability transformations need to be better prepared to engage in such reflections and aspire to embody values aligned with the transformations they seek to research.

From Silos to Synergy: A Scoping Review of Team Approaches to Outpatient Eating Disorder Treatment.

This scoping review synthesizes the available evidence on team outpatient eating disorder treatment, focusing on team composition, reported health and service outcomes, and reported principles of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP), a synergistic healthcare approach characterized by shared values and ethics, clear roles, communication, and teamwork. A comprehensive search was conducted across five databases, targeting studies published between January 2004 and August 2024 that discussed team-based outpatient eating disorder treatment. Peer-reviewed and gray literature were included if they detailed team composition, characteristics, dynamics, experiences, processes, or outcomes. Forty-five studies met the inclusion criteria; nearly half were case reports or lacked primary data. Treatment teams commonly comprised mental health professionals, dietitians, and medical practitioners. Clinical outcomes, such as body mass index and psychopathology, were the most frequently reported, while satisfaction and organizational outcomes were underrepresented. IPCP principles were inconsistently reported, with "Roles/Responsibilities" and "Communication" most frequently mentioned but often superficially addressed. The evidence base for team outpatient eating disorder treatment lacks rigor and depth. Future research should focus on refining the integration of roles across disciplines, developing comprehensive outcome measures for benchmarking, and applying IPCP principles more systematically.

THE NO REFLECTIVE LOSS PRINCIPLE IS NOT AN OLD-FASHIONED CORPORATE LAW RELIC

Abstract Shareholders are not allowed to bring actions for damages due to a fall in share value or loss of dividend, which are “reflective” of their company’s loss. Later, this principle also found its application to “reflective” losses of employees and creditors. The Supreme Court, however, in Marex Financial v Sevilleja, unanimously held that the principle would apply only to shareholders and not to creditors. The article argues that, while the majority opinion in the Marex decision is reasonably balanced, the minority opinion went a step further by even doubting the very existence of the no reflective loss principle without properly appreciating what shareholding entails. If the minority’s position becomes the law, it will jeopardise companies’ existence as separate legal entities with the capacity to decide with respect to their assets. Further, if the protection of the principle is removed, companies’ counterparties will have to worry constantly about facing numerous direct shareholders’ actions, whether they settle the dispute with the company or not. As a result, if the minority view becomes the law, it can potentially make the company a less dependable commercial partner.

Canada, India, and their Indo-Pacific visions: prospects for cooperation

ABSTRACT The Indo-Pacific is gaining traction as a geopolitical and geoeconomic space, and countries, including Canada and India, are reorienting their foreign policy toward the region. Canada and India harbor similar interests in the Indo-Pacific region, buttressed by shared values and characteristics. It is argued in the article that they are unable to capitalize on such shared interests to engender cooperation due to differences in their approaches to the region, which are mainly determined by various domestic and systemic realities. It is contended that it remains unclear if Canada and India would come to cooperate closely on matters of the region despite overlaps in their visions for a peaceful and stable Indo-Pacific. Based on the Indo-Pacific visions outlined by both countries, the article examines their regional interests and assesses their cooperation prospects.

Strategic corporate social responsibility in the tourism and hospitality industry: Conceptual proposal

Considering the growing significance of CSR in the corporate world, this study critically reflects the extant CSR literature and CSR practices, and proposes a conceptual CSR framework, called Strategic CSR, to highlight the importance of developing and implementing CSR practices that can create and optimize both social and business value. Strategic CSR incorporates four existing concepts and frameworks: creating shared value, enlightened stakeholder theory, resource-based theory, and CSR fit perspective. The essential argument for Strategic CSR is that businesses should develop and implement CSR practices that are directly related to the businesses’ core operations and competencies. This study also discusses several additional important issues to consider in developing and implementing Strategic CSR to enhance the understanding of the framework along with tourism and hospitality industry examples. This study conducted survey of which results generally support the proposed framework. Lastly, the study suggests several research directions for CSR scholars.

Forming national identity with televised cultural rituals: a critical discourse analysis of China’s Ancient Rhyme and New Voice—Qingming program

Studies on media and national identity emphasize the need for a comprehensive and culturally sensitive approach to understanding the complex relationship between media and identity. This study used critical discourse analysis to examine the depiction of cultural rituals in the Ancient Rhyme and New Voice—Qingming program and its role in forming and reinforcing national identity in China. The program, broadcast on China Central Television, showcases three traditional Chinese cultural rituals: ancestor worship, agricultural rites, and spring outings. The analysis showed that the program aroused shared emotions, beliefs, and values among Chinese audiences, enhancing cohesion and cultural identification, and advancing the construction of Chinese national identity. The study highlights the importance of such cultural programs in promoting cultural identification and underscores the significant role of televised cultural rituals in shaping and reinforcing national identity in an increasingly globalized world.

Internal and External Determinants of Banking Stock Performance: Evidence From The Indonesia Stock Exchange

This study examines the factors influencing stock performance in banking institutions listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the 2019–2023 period. A quantitative approach using panel data regression is applied to assess the impact of internal financial metrics—such as Earningss per Share (EPS), Dividend per Share (DPS), Price-to-Earningss Ratio (P/E), and Book Value per Share (BVPS)—as well as external macroeconomic variables, including inflation, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and bank size, on Market Price per Share (MPS). The study employs the random-effect model, along with statistical tests such as Chow, Hausman, and Lagrange Multiplier, to determine the most suitable regression model. The results reveal that EPS, BVPS, and bank size have significant positive impacts on MPS, indicating that higher profitability, strong intrinsic equity value, and larger institutional size are associated with better stock performance. In contrast, DPS, P/E, inflation, and GDP show no significant influence, suggesting that investors in the banking sector focus more on other aspects, such as EPS, BVPS, and bank size rather than the amount of dividends distributed, share price compared to profitability, inflation, and GDP. These findings offer practical implications for bank management to enhance financial performance and attract investments by focusing on improving profitability and equity growth. Additionally, this study serves as a valuable reference for investors in developing stock selection strategies by emphasizing the importance of strong fundamentals. Furthermore, the research identifies limitations in existing variables in capturing stock volatility and recommends future studies to expand the scope by incorporating additional market dynamics and longer observation periods.

CSR investments and innovation – aligning and creating shared value

This research aims to advance the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and innovation by exploring how CSR investments can drive product and service innovations, creating value for both the firm and its broader stakeholders. Specifically, it examines the relationship between CSR initiatives and their influence on CSR investments, as well as the resulting impact on innovation in products or services that contribute to shared value creation. The proposed framework is tested across three firm sizes—small, medium, and large—using a sample of 410 businesses within the Australian economy. The analysis was conducted using AMOS version 28, which established appropriate measurement indicators and revealed significant direct and indirect effects for the full sample. Additionally, the multi-group analysis explored nuanced relationships based on firm size.By investigating a relatively unexplored Australian context, the paper makes significant contributions by addressing the limited research on internal (employee) CSR, external (environmental) CSR, and ethical (governance) responsibility, examining their impacts on CSR investments. Furthermore, it explores how CSR investments influence innovation to create shared value and highlights the moderating effects of different firm sizes on the relationships between the antecedents, CSR investments, and innovation. The paper concludes by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of the findings, as well as outlining directions for future research and acknowledging limitations.

Mobilising in the face of large-scale urban change: a conversation between two community organisers from Johannesburg and London

Large-scale and long-term urban development projects often cause sizeable transformations in the built and social fabric, raising questions about the impacts on existing neighbourhoods and communities, and how they might try to shape the development. There are significant challenges to achieving community-based engagement at a large scale involving mobilising a wide range of stakeholders with different positionalities, agendas and priorities across multiple and diverse areas of a city. In this interview, two experienced organisers reflect together on their different but resonant experiences in building community networks to engage with large-scale developments. Between 2016 and 2018, the research project ‘Governing the Future City’ explored the governance of large-scale developments in three urban areas—London, Johannesburg and Shanghai. In Johannesburg and London, the research process directly funded and supported community-based organising in relation to the planning and implementation of the developments. The organisers and researchers worked with existing community-based organisations to try to influence the planning process, drawing together a wide range of affected community and neighbourhood groups. During the course of the research project, the two community coordinators, Mike Makwela (Planact, Johannesburg), focusing on the Corridors of Freedom project, and Sharon Hayward (London Tenants Federation and Grand Union Alliance), working on the Old Oak Park Royal development, visited the other city to explore possibilities to learn from each other’s experiences and contexts. In 2017, while Sharon was in Johannesburg, project researcher Romain Dittgen interviewed them together, twice, on 18 and 20 July, about their experiences of organising and mobilising in their respective cities, specifically in relation to large-scale development projects and in the context of highly diverse communities. Key issues that emerged concerned shared values of community self-organising, the benefits of building consensus or working with different views, and different approaches to relations with government officials and elected representatives. In parallel, they also reflected about working and collaborating with academics, as well as about possibilities for critical analysis of the developments and mutual learning across the two cases.

Conceptualise the model of creating shared value, organisational performance and the mediating role of change management

Orientation: This research conceptualised the effect of implementing creating shared value concept on organisational performance for the companies in the oil and gas sector in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and introduced the role of change management as mediating factor.Research purpose: The research aims to illustrate the influence of applying creating shared value (CSV) strategies on corporate organisational performance and craft the impact of change management practices on these organisations.Motivation for the study: This study was carried out after spotting the gap and inconsistency pattern in academic literature for the concept of adopting creating shared value as ecological and practical strategies to tackle the unprecedented challenges in the oil and gas sector after unprecedented crisis occurred.Research approach/design and method: The study adopted conceptual analysis as theoretical research methodology that focused on examining and clarifying the definitions, meanings and utilisation of study key variables within a certain field, hence it aimed to ensure the consistent and accurate application of these concepts.Main findings: This study successfully conceptualised the effect of CSV on organisational performance (OP). In addition, this study conceptualised the role of organisational change management (OCM) as a mediating variable on the relationship between CSV and organisational financial performance.Practical/managerial implications: This research crafted the dynamic flow chart for the variables that affect the organisational performance in the oil sector that led to enriching the understanding and prospects of managers and executives to utilise that model among their organisations.Contribution/value-add: This is the first study to enhance the perceptions of factors that influence corporate performance, especially among oil and gas companies in the UAE.

Penentuan Strategi Pegembangan UKM Tempe Pak Fadli Menggunakan Metode Analisis SWOT dan Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are an important part of the Indonesian economy to improve people's welfare. Pak Fadli's Tempe UKM located in Parerejo Village, Purwodadi District, faces the problem of fierce competition in the tempeh industry and the lack of information obtained by business actors regarding modern technology in the marketing system. Using SWOT Analysis and BCG Matrix, this study aims to find out internal and external factors and what strategies can be used for the growth of Mr. Fadli's tempe business. The results showed using a SWOT Analysis that Pak Fadli's Tempe SMEs had a higher total strength score (4.08) than a total weakness score (3.17), which placed him in Quadrant I. This shows that Pak Fadli's Tempe SMEs should use all their strengths to take advantage of the best opportunities. According to Matrix BCG's calculations, Pak Fadli's Tempe SMEs are in Quadrant III (Cash Cows) with a total market share value of 1.03 and a market growth value of 2.4%. Because it has a large market share but is in a slow-growing sector. Increasing market share and expanding distribution networks is one strategy that can be used. With this research, it is hoped that it can provide recommendations for development strategies and the right marketing strategy for Pak Fadli Tempe SMEs to be able to compete with their competitors.

Europe vs Hong Kong partnership agreements: reversing trends

The comparison between EU cohesion policies on public works as a common good and Hong Kong’s policies on public-private participation to preserve and revitalise architectural heritage highlights cultural and operational differences. While Europe often adopts an inclusive approach, involving the communities mainly in the valorisation of public spaces, Hong Kong implements models more focused on public-private partnership to preserve the public real estate. Thus, the adaptive reuse of public works at the two different scales transforms public works into catalysts of prosperity for the community by preserving historical memory, but has a different impact on shared value generation, social cohesion enhancement, sustainable development promotion, and collective identity valorisation. The contribution analyses the two models (centrifugal and centripetal), focusing on objectives and implementation tools.

A study on differences in economic and social structure between education and food production

Education and food are vital commodities, yet their economic and social structures differ greatly. Food production requires private enterprise to maintain financial efficiency, while education relies on the government to maximize social efficiency. This paper examines the rationale behind disparities in the distribution of education and food production sectors through the lens of economic efficiency, accessibility and informed public decision-making. Education has positive externalities, promoting social cohesion by teaching shared values, stabilizing the functioning of society and achieving social and educational equity through the participation of an educated population in democratic processes. Private food production can maintain the ability to minimize costs and maximize product quality through market competition. In addition, private companies are better equipped to take on the significant risks associated with agribusiness. Competition and technological innovation in the food industry have made prices accessible, ensuring that essential nutrients are affordable to low-income and vulnerable groups. Public education can also have a positive impact on food production. Public education promotes the long-term development of the food industry by training relevant agricultural talents to carry out technological innovations related to food production. In addition, educated citizens are more likely to be concerned about food safety and its production process—the demand for food transparency and quality forces food producers to adhere to higher standards and innovate. Thus, rationalizing distribution and interaction between the education and food production sectors results in optimal social outcomes.

Analyzing The Investable Value of Five Automotive CompaniesThrough Financial Data and Data Mining Techniques

Automobile industry is a capital-intensive, technology-intensive modern industry, after more than a hundred years of development and evolution, the automobile manufacturing industry has formed a huge industrial chain, becoming one of the world’s largest and most important industries with the highest output value. In this research, I selected five world-famous automobile brand companies, stands for Ferrari, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Rolls-Royce. With reference to the operating financial data such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, year-end market share values, etc. of these five companies for the years 2021-2023, several financial ratios are used for comparative analysis and Ferrari is recommended as a company with the most promising investment outlook.

Cultural Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the Cluj Metropolitan Area: An Exploration in Cultural Commoning and Collaborative Development

We explore cultural participation's impact on subjective well-being in Cluj Metropolitan Area. Using telephone surveys, we identify a positive correlation between cultural engagement and increased well-being, mediated by cultural appraisal. Three primary participation types—active, receptive, and entertainment-related—are identified. Active and entertainment-related activities indirectly enhance well-being through cultural appraisal, while receptive participation shows no significant direct or indirect effect. Controlling socio-economic factors, the mediation analysis underscores cultural practices’ significant impact on well-being. These findings support the “cultural commoning” hypothesis, indicating collective urban cultural engagement fosters shared values and improves subjective well-being.

Erasmus and the Need for Shared Values

Abstract Many people in the Netherlands are familiar with the image of Erasmus, who has become a symbol of wisdom and independence of spirit in this country. Yet it is difficult to truly understand this thinker, in part because he constantly played with language and perspectives and enjoyed wrong-footing readers. At the same time, this playfulness in Erasmus is exactly what makes him so interesting, especially to today’s readers. The philosopher developed a way of thinking that appeals to modern-day people, who value their own individuality but also need shared values: the question of what binds us. This essay is an attempt to unravel Erasmus’ challenging thinking and his philosophical principles, in the expectation that his method of thinking could be helpful in the current discussion about the need for shared values.

Methodological Aspects of Estimating the Value of Shares of Issuing Companies on the Stock Market

Methodological Aspects of Estimating the Value of Shares of Issuing Companies on the Stock Market

Structural Functionalism in Rural Primary Education: An Inquiry into the Alleviation of Digital Dilemmas

This paper thoroughly examines the educational challenges faced by China's rural primary schools in the modern digital context and suggests solutions based on the structural functionalism theory. The allocation of educational resources in rural primary schools is blatantly unequal under the dual structures of urban and rural areas, and the use of digital teaching also creates the dual issues of system imbalance and incomplete function. This paper, which is based on the structural functionalism theory, explains the challenges that digital education in rural primary schools faces, including a lack of resources, a shortage of skilled teachers, and an imperfect top-level educational design. In light of these challenges, the paper proposes some solutions, including enhancing the creation of digital education resources, enhancing teachers' capacity for digital teaching, creating and refining the digital management system for rural primary education, and fostering shared values to support the social identity of rural primary education digitization. In order to improve rural primary education in China, close the educational resource gap between urban and rural areas, advance educational equity, and raise the standard of rural primary education, this paper offers a theoretical and practical perspective on the digital transformation of rural primary schools.

Warming Increases Ecological Niche of Leymus chinensis but Is Detrimental to Species Diversity in Inner Mongolia Temperate Grasslands

Dominant species are crucial in regulating the structure and productivity of plant communities. Adaptation strategies to climate change vary among the dominant species of different life types. However, the responses of the ecological niches of dominant species to warming and precipitation in semi-arid grasslands and their impacts on community structure and function are unknown. This study involved conducting a long-term experimental simulation of warming and increased precipitation on grasslands in Inner Mongolia and studying population dynamics, ecological niches, and their responses to the structure and function of the community species of two dominant plants, L. chinensis (perennial rhizome grass) and S. krylovii (perennial clumped grass). The results show that the niche width of L. chinensis increased and S. krylovii decreased under warming and increased precipitation conditions. The overlap of L. chinensis and S. krylovii decreased under the same conditions. The niche widths of L. chinensis and S. krylovii were 1.22 for the control (C), 1.19 and 1.04 under warming (W) conditions, 1.27 and 0.97 under warming plus precipitation (WP) conditions, and 1.27 and 1.24 under the conditions of precipitation addition (P). The niche overlap of L. chinensis and S. krylovii were 0.72 in C, 0.69 in W, 0.68 in WP, and 0.82 in P. The biomass share and importance value of L. chinensis increased, and those of S. krylovii decreased in response to warming and precipitation. The effects of warming on species diversity and community stability are primarily influenced by the effects on the niche breadth of S. krylovii. Combined with our previous study, L. chinensis will offer more resources in communities in warmer and wetter steppe climates in the future. However, this is not conducive to community diversity.

Shared value in female entrepreneurship. A publicness frame in the field of knowledge sharing

PurposeWhile most research on female entrepreneurship has been conducted using the traditional private-for-profit logic, with the growing rise of hybrid and public organizational forms, the value of female entrepreneurial initiatives tends to be shared with society at large. Overcoming the traditional distinction between private vs public sectors, this paper relies on the publicness theory and aims to appreciate the shared value of female entrepreneurship by reviewing evidence from the field of knowledge sharing.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conduct a three-phase systematic literature review on female entrepreneurship and knowledge sharing based on a sample of 188 articles for the period 2010–2022 retrieved from the three most extensive databases for evaluating scientific research (i.e. WoS, Scopus and Google Scholar) using a combination of relevant keywords within business and management domain. After the performance analysis of selected publications, the authors conduct a content analysis aimed at identifying the most recurrent theoretical framing, the impact of female entrepreneurship on value creation and the use of knowledge sharing. Finally, the authors conduct a thematic analysis using the theoretical perspective of the publicness to frame how different knowledge-sharing practices have been used in female entrepreneurship to create and spread public value.FindingsThe findings reveal that female entrepreneurship research has generally adopted managerial organizational and sociological theoretical frameworks, reported positive implications on value creation and has seldom exploited knowledge-sharing practices, with particular reference to the settings of low level of publicness. In addition, based on the development of the conceptual model, the authors suggest that the practice of networking in organizational structures characterized by a high level of political and/or economic authority makes the pattern of public value-sharing with the entire ecosystem easier.Originality/valueThe authors adopt an original approach that frames female entrepreneurship research within the lens of publicness theory to highlight the knowledge-sharing practices that allow the value created by female entrepreneurial initiatives to become a shared value in organizations characterized by high levels of political and/or economic authority. The proposed framework contributes to the research on entrepreneurship and knowledge sharing by providing a structured reference point to carry forward research on gender entrepreneurship and knowledge-sharing practices through the theoretical lens of the publicness.