Was that capitalism? A future-oriented big data analysis of the English language area in the 19th and 20th century

Roth, Steffen; Valentinov, Vladislav; Augustinaitis, Arūnas; Mkrtichyan, Artur; Kaivo‐oja, Jari

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2017.12.009

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“…Functional differentiation is an alternative concept for the domination lens. Functional differentiation refers to a distinction of interdependent yet contradicting function systems (including polity, economy, science, art, religion, legal system, sport, health, education and media) that, for Luhmann, is the main attribute (of complexity, dynamics and openness) of the industrial and digital age (Roth et al, 2017;Roth et al, 2018). In contrast with value spheres, function systems are defined by (environmental, that is, multi-system) complexity reduction and operational closure, with no function system (including religion, polity and economy) every being powerful enough to be able to control interdependencies between function systems in their environment (Valentinov et al, 2018).…”

Section: Social Theory Digital Transformation and The Economic Spherementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given Luhmann's systems theory, economization, like religionization and politicization, can only be highly limited: no function system can control other systems. Roth et al (2017Roth et al ( , 2018 observe that economization does not take place. The economy never had a dominant position in capitalist society.…”

Section: Social Theory Digital Transformation and The Economic Spherementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social theory in general does not necessarily reject technology and information capitalism: in fact, technology, including Windows, Apple and Google tools, may well be used to generate new social theoretic insights (cf. Roth et al, 2017;Roth et al, 2018). Fifth, in the digital age, economization as understood in this article comes to assume the form of digital transformation, in the sense that digital transformation, which may be a most welcoming process, tends to be hijacked by dominating powers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital transformation and the renewal of social theory: Unpacking the new fraudulent myths and misplaced metaphors

Ossewaarde¹

2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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In this article, it is argued that social theory must be renewed to comprehend the new power constellations and new challenges to aesthetic and intellectual ways of life that are being shaped by digital transformation. However, while social theory has to renew its tools in order to grasp previously unknown realities, it also runs the risk of being assimilated into the very process that it seeks to understand, or to assimilate so much of the dominant belief system that it loses its critical and creative potential. The aim of this article is to propose a particular, renewed social theory that consists in a recasting some social theoretic insights to be able to preserve aesthetic and intellectual potentials of critique and negation. Through the lens of this renewed social theory, digital transformation is understood as a form of economic domination, which, as this article shows, is sustained by un-enlightenment, that is, by fraudulent myths and misplaced metaphors.

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Section: Social Theory Digital Transformation and The Economic Spherementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Theory Digital Transformation and The Economic Spherementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Digital transformation and the renewal of social theory: Unpacking the new fraudulent myths and misplaced metaphors

Ossewaarde¹

2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…Roth, Melkonyan, Kaivo-Oja, Manke and Dana (2018, p. 586) have argued that “(m)arket research in general and new venture discovery in particular implies the identification of key variables that influence the outcome of entrepreneurial ventures. The main variables processed in this context are identified by segmentation, centralization, and stratification, while the variables of functional differentiation remaining largely, if not fully, ignored.” The authors go on to give numerous examples of how the strategic navigation of borders between segments, centers, and peripheries, or strata of society leads to the discovery or creation of new business models, and how first movers across these borders may be observed to have considerable competitive advantages such as the “the blue ocean of a more or less durable monopoly” (Roth, Melkonyan, Kaivo-Oja, Manke and Dana, 2018; Roth, Valentinov, Agustinaitis, Mkrtichyan and Kaivo-oja, 2018). In a similar fashion, the systematic navigation of the borders of functional differentiation allows for the discovery and creation of the new inter-functional horizon of opportunities that may be exploited by the multifunctional business models.…”

Section: Multifunctional Business Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multifunctional organisation models

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Journal of OrgChange Mgmt

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Purpose Are entrepreneurial opportunities discovered or created? The debate around this question has crucial implications for successful organizational change management in the business world. The present conceptual paper transcends this debate by embedding the concept of the entrepreneurial opportunities within a Luhmannian systems – theoretical framework which accentuates the unique role of organization and change in the age of functional differentiation. The purpose of this paper is to show how the strategic navigation of the borders between function systems such as politics, science, education, religion, art, or, of course, economy leads to the discovery or creation new opportunities for both business and social entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The paper combines Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social differentiation with Kim and Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy. The key argument is that the alternative regimes of social differentiation, such as segmentation, centralization, stratification, and functional differentiation, create distinct pools of entrepreneurial opportunities to be discovered, created, and exploited by adequate business models. (Business) Organizations, therefore, need to strategically adjust the amount of attention they devote to the different forms of social differentiation. The argument is buttressed with illustrative examples of business models related to the regime of functional differentiation. Findings A paradoxical finding is that the multifunctional business models which explicitly draw on the value creation potential of the most recent form of social differentiation, functional differentiation, remain little known even though they infuse business organizations with a unique capacity of new venture discovery and creation in the modern society. Originality/value Multifunctional business models have so far remained unexplored in entrepreneurship theory and practice. This paper develops a first strategic approach to the discovery or creation of both multifunctional business models and a broader framework of multifunctional organization models.

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“…Other studies that apply quantitative text analysis in the field of system theory areRoth et al (2017) andRoth et al (2018), which make use of the frequency counts of the Google Ngram Viewer. Regarding topic models,Wehrheim (2018) provides an overview of published studies.…”

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Greece and the media – A qualitative assessment of the news impact on credit conditions in the Greek debt crisis

Daniel¹,

Peters²

2018

J. sociocybern.

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We study the extent to which events transmitted by the media affect Greek bond interest rates by analyzing qualitatively articles in global newspapers during the Greek debt crisis. We focus on dates with strong changes in the yield to maturity of Greek government bonds in order to test whether news coverage matters for financial markets. We relate our results to a quantitative measure of media coverage using the novel method of topic models and examine days with a high level of a quantitative topic series. News coverage seems to matter on the majority of dates. However, we also find dates without crucial events and media coverage but that have strong changes in the bond yield and that seem affected by sources other than the media. The quantitative news measure regularly reveals relevant news articles on the days we analyzed.

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Was that capitalism? A future-oriented big data analysis of the English language area in the 19th and 20th century

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

Digital transformation and the renewal of social theory: Unpacking the new fraudulent myths and misplaced metaphors

Digital transformation and the renewal of social theory: Unpacking the new fraudulent myths and misplaced metaphors

Multifunctional organisation models

Greece and the media – A qualitative assessment of the news impact on credit conditions in the Greek debt crisis

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