Stefano Pascucci
I am professor in Sustainability and Circular Economy at the University of Exeter Business School and visiting researcher at the Management Studies Group in Wageningen University.
My research agenda is rooted in my background as applied economist who developed an interest for sustainability as connected to organization theories, innovation and value chain analysis. My research focuses on cases related to agribusiness, sustainability and circular economy. I am particularly concerned about how to analyse the interplay between organizational and institutional changes, collaborative (open) innovation and value chain configurations. In this domain, research topics include:
1) Economic Institutions and Organizations of Circular Economy
2) The Social and Institutional dimensions of Alternative Food Networks
3) Contracts and Collective Actions for Sustainable Farming Systems
4) Radical and collaborative innovations in the Agri-food sector;
5) The Governance of Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainability
As lecturer I am increasingly investing in introducing new teaching techniques within my courses, such as action-based teaching and gamification. Both techniques are based on a more interactive way to engage with students. Action-based teaching is related to the idea of directly exposing students to research topics and activities, to let them explore and experience interactions with key stakeholders, thus combining theoretical learning with application and action. Gamification is a principle used in learning processes which relies on using elements from games to increase students engagement in the classroom.
Phone: +4401326254454
My research agenda is rooted in my background as applied economist who developed an interest for sustainability as connected to organization theories, innovation and value chain analysis. My research focuses on cases related to agribusiness, sustainability and circular economy. I am particularly concerned about how to analyse the interplay between organizational and institutional changes, collaborative (open) innovation and value chain configurations. In this domain, research topics include:
1) Economic Institutions and Organizations of Circular Economy
2) The Social and Institutional dimensions of Alternative Food Networks
3) Contracts and Collective Actions for Sustainable Farming Systems
4) Radical and collaborative innovations in the Agri-food sector;
5) The Governance of Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainability
As lecturer I am increasingly investing in introducing new teaching techniques within my courses, such as action-based teaching and gamification. Both techniques are based on a more interactive way to engage with students. Action-based teaching is related to the idea of directly exposing students to research topics and activities, to let them explore and experience interactions with key stakeholders, thus combining theoretical learning with application and action. Gamification is a principle used in learning processes which relies on using elements from games to increase students engagement in the classroom.
Phone: +4401326254454
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Following the call for process-oriented research on business incubation processes, this paper investigates the process of business incubation (BI) via an understanding of management practices and interactions. Based on a comprehensive literature review and empirical evidence of management practices in business incubators (N ¼ 16) dealing with new technology-based ¯rms (NTBFs), we develop a conceptual model of factors having an impact on the incubation process of NTBFs, including propositions that can be tested in future research. Our results show that a combination of six management practices enables BI managers to accelerate the learning curve of entrepreneurs and the start-up process of their ¯rms. Our results help to theorize about the factors having an impact on the incubation process of NTBFs and the dynamics behind the incubation process, and will enable BI managers to develop practices that really help entrepreneurs in the development of their NTBF.
has been used in our empirical strategy. Farmers’ characteristics, production systems features, quality attributes, and types of marketing context have been used as main explanatory variables. Results indicate the Beninese pineapple farmers select market channels with high values when they have the expertise and know-how for coping and complying with quality issues.
– The purpose of this paper is to address how food, social status as well as the interactions at the food bank induce emotions in receivers, such as shame, gratitude and anger. Since early 2000s a steadily growing number of low-income and/or over-indebted households in the Netherlands alleviate their situation with food donations from local food banks. Such food banks collect from companies edible food that would otherwise have gone to waste. The growing demand for food assistance indicates it is a welcome contribution to the groceries in many households. However, receiving food assistance as well as eating the products forces the receivers to set aside embodied dispositions towards food and norms about how to obtain food. Furthermore, it places them in interactions of charitable giving that may be harmful to the self-esteem of receivers.
Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based on a qualitative study at a food bank in the Netherlands, consisting among others of in-depth interviews with 17 receivers of food assistance, observations and several interviews with volunteers.
Findings
– Of all emotions that were expressed during the interviews, shame appeared as the most prominent. Particularly issues of shame emerged in relation to all three food-bank-related experiences: the content of the crate, the interaction with volunteers and lastly the understanding of one's positioning in a social hierarchy. While shame can be a very private emotion – even talking about being ashamed can be shameful – it is also an utterly social emotion.
Originality/value
– This research is among the few ones explicitly addressing emotional emotions related to receivers in food bank.
Following the call for process-oriented research on business incubation processes, this paper investigates the process of business incubation (BI) via an understanding of management practices and interactions. Based on a comprehensive literature review and empirical evidence of management practices in business incubators (N ¼ 16) dealing with new technology-based ¯rms (NTBFs), we develop a conceptual model of factors having an impact on the incubation process of NTBFs, including propositions that can be tested in future research. Our results show that a combination of six management practices enables BI managers to accelerate the learning curve of entrepreneurs and the start-up process of their ¯rms. Our results help to theorize about the factors having an impact on the incubation process of NTBFs and the dynamics behind the incubation process, and will enable BI managers to develop practices that really help entrepreneurs in the development of their NTBF.
has been used in our empirical strategy. Farmers’ characteristics, production systems features, quality attributes, and types of marketing context have been used as main explanatory variables. Results indicate the Beninese pineapple farmers select market channels with high values when they have the expertise and know-how for coping and complying with quality issues.
– The purpose of this paper is to address how food, social status as well as the interactions at the food bank induce emotions in receivers, such as shame, gratitude and anger. Since early 2000s a steadily growing number of low-income and/or over-indebted households in the Netherlands alleviate their situation with food donations from local food banks. Such food banks collect from companies edible food that would otherwise have gone to waste. The growing demand for food assistance indicates it is a welcome contribution to the groceries in many households. However, receiving food assistance as well as eating the products forces the receivers to set aside embodied dispositions towards food and norms about how to obtain food. Furthermore, it places them in interactions of charitable giving that may be harmful to the self-esteem of receivers.
Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based on a qualitative study at a food bank in the Netherlands, consisting among others of in-depth interviews with 17 receivers of food assistance, observations and several interviews with volunteers.
Findings
– Of all emotions that were expressed during the interviews, shame appeared as the most prominent. Particularly issues of shame emerged in relation to all three food-bank-related experiences: the content of the crate, the interaction with volunteers and lastly the understanding of one's positioning in a social hierarchy. While shame can be a very private emotion – even talking about being ashamed can be shameful – it is also an utterly social emotion.
Originality/value
– This research is among the few ones explicitly addressing emotional emotions related to receivers in food bank.