Configuring a new business model through conceptual combination: The rise of the Huffington Post

How a successful business model (BM) is designed is a key question in the business model innovation (BMI) literature. Delving on the shared concept of BM as a configuration of components and interdependencies, we take a cognitive perspective to study the conceptual combination as a central process in BMI. We investigate the complexity of conceiving a new BM configuration, through a longitudinal study of the emergence of “The Huffington Post” which combined newspaper and blog in a disruptive and successful BM. With our research we theoretically frame the dynamic interplay between the three cognitive mechanisms of conceptual combination and the system of interdependent components of an emerging BM. Our findings unveil how the overall process unfolds and specifically delves into the dynamic iteration of composing and experimenting with the new configuration until the overall coherence is reached. Hence, we advance the literature by showing how the conceptual combination of a new BM is a complex effort and comprises some iterative cycles, vital to reach a coherent configuration which could secure a superior performance.     

Toward Defining the Causal Role of Consciousness: Using Models of Memory and Moral Judgment from Cognitive Neuroscience to Expand the Sociological Dual‐Process Model

What role does “discursive consciousness” play in decision‐making? How does it interact with “practical consciousness?” These two questions constitute two important gaps in strong practice theory that extend from Pierre Bourdieu's habitus to Stephen Vaisey's sociological dual‐process model and beyond. The goal of this paper is to provide an empirical framework that expands the sociological dual‐process model in order to fill these gaps using models from cognitive neuroscience. In particular, I use models of memory and moral judgment that highlight the importance of executive functions and semantic memory. I outline each model as it pertains to the aforementioned gaps in strong practice theory. I then use the models from cognitive neuroscience to create an expanded dual‐process model that addresses how and when conscious mental systems override and interact with subconscious mental systems in the use of cultural ends for decision‐making. Finally, using this expanded model I address the sociological debate over the use of interview and survey data. My analysis reveals that surveys and interviews both elicit information encoded in declarative memory and differ primarily in the process of information retrieval that is required of respondents.     

概念隐喻认知语言学研究对英语词汇学习的影响

隐喻不仅是一种语言手段,而且还是一种思维方式,它的研究已从传统的修辞学进入了认知科学。本文在介绍隐喻的实质：替代论、比较论和互动论的基础上,从认知的角度以大量的例子详细阐述了概念隐喻认知语言学研究对多义词和习语的影响,让英语学习者和教学者都能够在词汇习得中获益。     

不同农业生产模式中农户对绿色农药的认知及采纳行为研究——基于北京海淀、山东寿光、黑龙江庆安三地的调查

随着我国提出建设"资源节约型社会"和"环境友好型社会"等相关概念,绿色农药的认知和采纳逐渐成为了学者们关注的焦点。然而,尽管国内外学者已经对农药的使用状况、农民采用农药的行为及对其产生影响的因素等进行了研究,但目前国内仍然缺乏针对不同农业生产模式中绿色农药的认知与采纳状况的研究。基于北京海淀、山东寿光、黑龙江庆安三地的调查进行研究,发现:政府作为第一推动力推动市场行为,并协助某一地域范围内的市场形成完整成熟的产业链——这种发展模式是提高绿色农药认知与使用的最佳方法。黑龙江庆安地区的农业生产模式在三种模式中尤为值得借鉴。     

农民对农村社会工作的认知研究——以江苏省的调查为例

在我国城市和农村地区有大量的专业社会工作服务与实践。社会工作已经从理论教育转向服务社会需求,并且在应对和解决社会问题方面发挥着越来越大的作用。了解农民对专业社会工作的认知现状,对于寻求专业社会工作在农村的突破口,进一步推动专业社会工作在农村地区的发展具有重要意义。     

“A＋N”的认知研究

文章从认知语言学的角度出发,对＂A＋N＂结构进行全面的考察,包括原型理论、构式、隐喻、成分意义等。指出＂,A＋N＂结构从一个侧面反映了人类认知的体验基础,以及认知遵循的从简单到复杂、从客观到主观的基本规律,而隐喻则是人类认识不断深化的重要机制之一。隐喻具有突破语义限制的作用,其产生的结果可使＂A＋N＂的意义固化,从而形成习语和惯用语。     

农民工融合度主观认知状况:身份认同、城市归属与发展规划——以江苏省1085名农民工为例

从融合度主观认知角度看,农民工的自我身份、城市归属和发展规划三方面是一个连续的过程。当前农民工的自我身份认同更为分化,在更多的人认为自己仍然是农民的同时,也有相当部分人希望成为城市人;农民工城市归属认知状况总体上较好,但是利益相关性影响对城市归属具体指标的评价要消极一些;倾向于留城和返乡的农民工在发展规划认知方面的人数差别不大。社会性排斥制度、城市歧视和传统同质性社会资本下形成的农民工亚文化,影响了农民工融合度认识的上述三方面,然而这不过是二元社会结构的表征而已。促进农民工融入城市,首先需要在制度上保证其享有公平的的国民待遇。     

当代大学生对儒家优秀文化的认知与认同

当代大学生对儒家优秀文化的认知一般通过学校教育、自学、社会教化等途径,但大部分大学生对儒家优秀文化只是略知皮毛,部分大学生对儒家优秀文化的认同存在非理性态度及重言轻行和言行不一的现象。高校应当加强大学生对儒家优秀文化的认知认同教育,引导大学生处理好儒家文化的精华与糟粕的关系、儒家优秀文化与西方优秀文化的关系,儒家优秀文化与现实矛盾的关系、知与行的关系、传承与创新的关系。     

A Canadian Population Level Analysis of the Roles of Irrational Gambling Cognitions and Risky Gambling Practices as Correlates of Gambling Intensity and Pathological Gambling

Using population data (N = 11,562) drawn from five Canadian gambling prevalence surveys conducted between 2000 and 2005, the current study investigated the relationship between irrational gambling cognitions and risky gambling practices upon (a) gambling intensity, as measured by percent of income spent on gambling and (b) tolerance, a diagnostic indicator of pathological gambling. First, we found irrational gambling cognitions and risky gambling practices to be positively related. Second, irrational gambling cognitions moderated the relationship between risky gambling practices and gambling intensity. Specifically, people engaging in risky practices, spent less of their income on gambling when they had fewer irrational gambling cognitions compared to those with more irrational cognitions. Third, irrational gambling cognitions moderated the relationship between risky gambling practices and tolerance. Of the people engaging in risky practices, those with no irrational cognitions reported lower levels of tolerance than those with at least one irrational cognition. Interactions with gender are reported and discussed. These findings demonstrate the importance of both gambling cognitions and gambling practices upon the intensity of gambling and pathological gambling.