Minding Matters: The Consequences of Mindlessness–Mindfulness

Langer, Ellen J.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60307-x

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“…To compensate for these limitations, Hall et al (2011) complement the global value chain perspective by combining it with evolutionary economics (Nelson and Winter, 1982), philosophy of science (Kuhn, 1962;Popper, 1945Popper, , 1959 and Aldrich and Fiol's (1994) concept of cognitive versus socio-political legitimacy; Hall et al (2012) combine it with Baumol's (1990) typology of entrepreneurial outcomes (socially beneficial productive entrepreneurship, versus socially detrimental unproductive (rent seeking) and destructive (i.e. criminal) entrepreneurship, the emerging Base of the Pyramid (BOP) discourse (London and Hart, 2004;Prahalad, 2007), entrepreneurial alertness (Kirzner, 1973) and mindfulness (Langer, 1989). Thus, similar to the theories discussed above, the global value chain perspective needs to be combined with other theories to explain sustainable supply chain dynamics.…”

Section: Economic Geographymentioning

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Conceptualizing sustainable development and global supply chains

Boons

Baumann

Hall

2012

Ecological Economics

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This paper introduces a holistic approach to the study of sustainable development of global product chains. We first present a number of perspectives on this topic from disciplines such as economic geography, management science, sociology and environmental sciences. Each of these approaches brings in a specific focus: the consequences of geographical dispersion of economic activities, measurement of ecological and social impact, managing sustainability in supply chains, and power asymmetry among economic actors. Until now, these disciplinary research lines have remained unconnected. We argue that ecological economics provides a promising background for a more holistic conceptualization. To this end, we formulate five basic questions that serve to advance the study of sustainability throughout the product chain by connecting the foci of the identified scientific disciplines. The aim of advancing a holistic perspective has guided the selection of papers for this special subsection, which are introduced throughout the text.

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Section: Economic Geographymentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptualizing sustainable development and global supply chains

Boons

Baumann

Hall

2012

Ecological Economics

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“…The way in which a decision maker cognitively processes information can be measured by the cognitive perception of the problem space (Langer, 1989;Isen, 1989;Fazio, 1990;Maheswaran & Chaiken, 1991;Louis & Sutton, 1991). The proposition is that when controlled modes of cognitive processing are used, information is subjected to a more comprehensive, deliberate and thorough analysis.…”

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Impact of Cognitive Biases on Decision Making by Financial Planners: Sunk Cost, Framing and Problem Space

Laing¹

2010

IJEF

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The aim of this paper is to test the existence of the framing effect and sunk cost effect whilst examining the influence of cognitive factors. The approach to this research involved combing two frameworks, Prospect Theory and Image Theory, to analyse the outcomes of financial decision making from a survey of financial planners. The findings confirm the existence of the framing effect and a sunk cost effect. In particular the lowering of the amount of sunk cost produced a higher mean funding outcome than that attained in the positive frame. With regards to cognitive factors a significant correlation between perception of responsibility and the amount of funding granted was identified. This is consistent with the existence of escalation commitment behaviour, which is considered to be a manifestation of feelings of responsibility. The perception of the problem space produced an unexpected set of results. In particular both low image compatibility and high image compatibility were significant predictors of the level of funding granted.

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“…Central in this view is the work of Langer (1989), where mindfulness relates to having implicit awareness of context and informational content; mindfulness consists of active differentiation and refinement of existing categories, creation of new categories, and a nuanced appreciation for context. Therefore, Western mindfulness is as much about attention as it is about encoding.…”

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confidence: 99%

The structuration of managing for results : a practice perspective on middle managers in the Dutch central government

Ehrenhard¹

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Minding Matters: The Consequences of Mindlessness–Mindfulness

Cited by 396 publications

References 68 publications

Conceptualizing sustainable development and global supply chains

Conceptualizing sustainable development and global supply chains

Impact of Cognitive Biases on Decision Making by Financial Planners: Sunk Cost, Framing and Problem Space

The structuration of managing for results : a practice perspective on middle managers in the Dutch central government

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