Making Things Quantitative

Porter, Theodore M.

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“…Algumas dessas revistas foram inseridas na lista do Qualis e no SJR, o que denota a necessidade de se ter precaução em uma associação direta entre Qualis-SJR e qualidade (Adler & Harzing, 2009;Domingues, 2014;Freitas, 2011;Rond & Miller, 2005;Starbuck, 2005 É necessário ter cautela, portanto, nos usos de mensurações para fins públicos. Como ressalta Theodore M. Porter (1994), as "métricas para propósitos públicos raramente são tão simples como aplicar uma régua" (p. 391), o que é observável nas dificuldades enfrentadas pelas avaliações da CAPES. A perda da credibilidade nas publicações e nos próprios instrumentos de avaliação podem causar graves problemas para as instituições de ensino e pesquisa de pós-graduação.…”

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“…O maior desafio permanece sendo o de lidar com uma adequada quantificação de qualidades (Porter, 1994). Para continuar a desenvolver os usos de quantificação, é importante ressaltar que se deve avaliar não apenas a validade da métrica em si, como também "sobre como o mundo pode ser mudado pela adoção de novas formas de quantificação" (Porter, 1994, p. 404).…”

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Análise do Perfil dos Acadêmicos e de suas Publicações Científicas em Administração

2017

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Resumo A produção da ciência tem sido foco de diversas discussões, particularmente no que se refere à produtividade científica. Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar o perfil de pesquisadores doutores que atuam na área de Administração no Brasil e as suas respectivas publicações científicas, de modo a identificar fatores que expliquem esse aspecto da produtividade científica. Utilizando estatística descritiva e modelos estatísticos, com base em dados provenientes de 1976 docentes registrados na Plataforma Lattes, a pesquisa identificou fatores ligados à formação e experiência que influem na produtividade científica dos acadêmicos em Administração. Os resultados da pesquisa também indicam que houve importantes modificações nos padrões de formação acadêmica e de produtividade no país. Considerando a centralidade do tema da produtividade científica, o trabalho sugere novas pesquisas para que se ampliem as discussões sobre os rumos da produção intelectual e da pós-graduação em Administração no Brasil.

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“…According to Porter (1996), when consistent and transparent measurement is required to demonstrate whether and/or when a regulatory threshold has been breached, a reliance on numbers can present unexpected challenges. For example, the administrative and oversight arrangements, as well as the surveillance systems that are required to keep numbers reliable and trustworthy for regulation, can become resource intensive:…”

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“…Notwithstanding the development of a user and input protocol for Overseer ® , insights from Porter (1996) Mulkay, 1980, p. 111) encapsulates the challenge. For example, the architects of the HWRRP and the LWRP appear to have assumed that farmers and their consultants will simply use Overseer ® as they always have done with the exception of printing out a report for inspection by the regional council.…”

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“…For example, the architects of the HWRRP and the LWRP appear to have assumed that farmers and their consultants will simply use Overseer ® as they always have done with the exception of printing out a report for inspection by the regional council. Yet, Porter (1995Porter ( , 1996 illustrates how the enforcement of numbers changes people's behaviour. In the past, nutrient budgets were done to tailor the sale of fertiliser to the needs of a farm business.…”

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Regulating agricultural land use to manage water quality: The challenges for science and policy in enforcing limits on non-point source pollution in New Zealand

Duncan

2014

Land Use Policy

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Abstract:The management of non-point source pollution from agricultural land use is a complex issue for the management of freshwater worldwide. This paper presents a case study from New Zealand to examine how predictive modelling and land use rules are being used to regulate diffuse pollution to manage water quality. Drawing on a science studies conceptual framework, the research evaluates the deployment of a numeric regime to enforce compliance with resource limits. It shows that in contrast to claims that a quantitative modelled 'outputsbased' approach would provide certainty and clarity and remove ambiguity in the implementation of resource limits at the farm scale, the opposite is unfolding. It is argued from the case study that in the development of land use policy greater recognition and understanding is needed of the social and political dimensions of numbers and predictive models. This research highlights epistemological, institutional and practical challenges for the workability and enforceability of policy regimes seeking to regulate diffuse pollution that tightly link numbers derived from predictive models to compliance and enforcement mechanisms.Keywords: New Zealand, non-point source pollution, resource limits, water quality, predictive modelling, science policy, knowledge governance Highlights  In contrast to assertions that numbers and models would provide clarity and remove ambiguity, the opposite is unfolding  Seeking to resolve 'upstream' effects presents a range of challenges that centre on credibility and accountability  While the need for credibility is shared, criteria to achieve it differ across the science policy interface  Regulating diffuse pollution is not just a scientific and technical endeavour -it is also a social-political one 2  Relying on numbers presents epistemological, institutional and practical challenges for implementing resource limits IntroductionWorldwide, non-point source pollution from agricultural production is contributing to the nutrient enrichment of freshwater and the diminishment of water quality. Management efforts are exacerbated by lag effects. In New Zealand, the erosion and nutrient leaching legacies of past and current land use change from sheep and beef to dairy farming are merging with challenging implications for science and policy (PCE, 2013). Even with extensive improvements in land use practices and expensive mitigation, authorities have to explain to communities that water quality is likely to get worse before it gets better. This is due to nutrient losses from past land practices still moving through the system into waterways and contributing to the growth of nuisance algae and eutrophication (Goolsby et al., 2001;Howden et al., 2013; PCE, 2012 PCE, , 2013Sanford and Pope, 2013;Sims and Volk, 2013;Skelton and Caygill, 2013 The starting point for this research are assertions that certainty and clarity and the removal of ambiguity would be achieved under a water quality management regime that creates enforceable quantitative limits and a regula...

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Von Biodiversität zu Biodiversifizierung: Eine Neue Ökonomie der Natur?

Höhler

2014

Ber Wissenschaftsgesch

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This paper explores the relations between economy and ecology in the last quarter of the 20th century with the example of biodiversity. From its definition in the 1980s, the concept of biodiversity responded not only to conservational concerns but also to hopes and demands of economic profitability. The paper argues that archival systems of inventorying and surveying nature, the biodiversity database and the biodiversity portfolio, changed the view on nature from a resource to an investment. The paper studies the alliances of ecologists and environmental economists in managing nature according to economic principles of successful asset management, "diversification", with the aim to distribute risk, minimize ecological loss and maximize overall ecosystem performance. Finally, the paper discusses the assumptions and the consequences of transferring principles from financial risk management to landscape management. How has the substitution of the existential values of nature by shareholder value affected the relations between ecology, environment, and ecosystem conservation? Who gains and who looses in exchanging natural capital and financial capital, yields, and profits?

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Making Things Quantitative

Cited by 124 publications

References 22 publications

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Regulating agricultural land use to manage water quality: The challenges for science and policy in enforcing limits on non-point source pollution in New Zealand

Von Biodiversität zu Biodiversifizierung: Eine Neue Ökonomie der Natur?

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