From Individual Consumption to Venture Development: the Role of Domain Passion in the Videogame Industry

Casprini, Elena; Pucci, Tommaso; Vitale, Gino; Zanni, Lorenzo

doi:10.1007/s13132-019-00611-6

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“…Our findings emphasize the importance of a previously under searched micro-level (individual) "soft" dimension that helps in pursuing academic excellence: individual academic passion. Passion has been identified as an important concept in management and entrepreneurship fields, being a driver of entrepreneurship (Cardon et al, 2009;Casprini et al, 2020), especially when it is domain-specific (Milanesi, 2018). Furthermore, scholars have also investigated how it is contagious within a team (Cardon, 2008;Cardon et al, 2017).…”

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Blending “hard” and “soft” TQM for academic excellence: the University of Siena experience in the field of Life Sciences

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PurposeFocusing on the adoption of Total Quality Management (TQM) principles in universities, this research paper explores how the “soft” dimensions of TQM trigger its “hard” dimensions considering them at the individual (micro-) and the university (meso-), and eventually at cluster (system-), levels.Design/methodology/approachAdopting a qualitative approach, this study presents an in-depth, longitudinal case study of University of Siena, one of the oldest Italian universities, that has been at the core of the research-based cluster on vaccines, today converged in the Tuscan Life Science Cluster. In particular, data were collected between 2018 and February 2022 and consists of archival data (press articles, websites, books), nine interviews to key informants, multiyear experience of the Life Sciences sector by two of the authors and other material put at disposal by university offices, and emails. Data analysis relied on a timeline, a coding procedure that considered three levels of analysis (individual, organization and cluster). Finally, the authors looked at the “how” and “why” the emerged themes have contributed to academic excellence.FindingsThis paper unveils how “soft” and “hard” sides of TQM are blended across multiple levels for reaching academic excellence. The grounded model emerged enlightens the importance of an individual “soft” dimension, academic passion (composed by its three subdimensions of individual research, teaching and entrepreneurial passion) and also sheds light on the organizational “soft” and “hard” sides that the university has been able to design for encouraging research, teaching and third mission quality. Academic excellence has been possible thanks to the capitalization of the individual and organizational “soft” sides into real outcomes as represented by the organizational and individual “hard” sides.Practical implicationsThe paper suggests the importance of TQM principles applied at universities' level, providing an in-depth description of “soft” and “hard” sides dimensions of TQM and their impact on all the three pillars of academic excellence. The study findings suggest implications for managers and professionals in the higher education domain as well as for policymakers emphasizing the importance of supporting the individual and organizational soft sides of TQM. The authors provide practical implications recommending universities to consider not only the organizational dimensions but also individual ones when pursuing higher education excellence. In particular, individual passion plays a crucial role and universities need to identify ways of nurturing it. The authors also recommend policymakers to think about new ways to sustain universities as crucial actors in boosting a cluster development, as well as to consider higher education institutions, especially in more rural areas, as a privileged player not only capable of nurturing academic excellence but also able of creating an internationally renowned cluster.Originality/valueTQM principles have been intensively analysed from an industrial perspective focusing on manufacturing and services, while this paper focuses on TQM in universities, presenting a grounded model that blends the individual and organizational “soft” and “hard” sides.

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“…Passion has been identified as an important concept in management and entrepreneurship fields, being a driver of entrepreneurship (Cardon et al. , 2009; Casprini et al. , 2020), especially when it is domain-specific (Milanesi, 2018).…”

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Blending “hard” and “soft” TQM for academic excellence: the University of Siena experience in the field of Life Sciences

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Pucci

Fiorini

et al. 2023

TQM

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“…For instance, throughout the diverse phases of the entrepreneurial process, each component of passion may be manifested to diverse degrees (Cardon et al ., 2009). Overall, entrepreneurial passion can lead to a more innovative and creative approach to venture development (Casprini et al. , 2020).…”

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On the role of team passion in inventing, founding and developing: what happens in the early stages of entrepreneurship?

Maryami,

Loi,

Martinez

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PurposeDrawing on the Broaden-and-build theory, the study investigates the impact of team entrepreneurial passion (TEP) on team performance. This study further examines the mediating role of team cooperation between TEP and team performance. Thus, by expanding the conceptual model of TEP, the authors examine how three domains of TEP, namely inventing, founding and developing affect the entrepreneurial outcomes in the early stages of entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 29 entrepreneurial teams, and the proposed relationships were assessed through Smart-PLS 3.2.8 structural equation modeling (SEM) tool.FindingsRegarding the domains of TEP, the authors' findings show that the TEP for inventing is positively related to team performance. As for the influences of TEP for inventing and TEP for developing, both are the most beneficial for entrepreneurial outputs, such as team members' abilities to recognize and exploit opportunities.Originality/valueAlthough there is an increased scholars' interest in entrepreneurial passion, there is a lack of research that examines the enabling factors and outcomes of entrepreneurial passion at the team level. This study is among the earliest research studies that not only empirically explores the relationships between TEP and team performance but also illustrates how each domain of TEP uniquely influences entrepreneurial outcomes by extending existing studies on entrepreneurial passion.

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Pirates’ Voices: Motivations of Pirate Film Translators and Distributors in Ukraine

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2024

Silenced Voices and the Media

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From Individual Consumption to Venture Development: the Role of Domain Passion in the Videogame Industry

Cited by 3 publications

References 45 publications

Blending “hard” and “soft” TQM for academic excellence: the University of Siena experience in the field of Life Sciences

Blending “hard” and “soft” TQM for academic excellence: the University of Siena experience in the field of Life Sciences

On the role of team passion in inventing, founding and developing: what happens in the early stages of entrepreneurship?

Pirates’ Voices: Motivations of Pirate Film Translators and Distributors in Ukraine

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