This chapter advances the theoretical construct of institutional innovation, which we define as novel, useful and legitimate change that disrupts, to varying degrees, the cognitive, normative, or regulative mainstays of an organizational field. Institutional innovation, like all innovation, is both novel and useful, but differs in that it is also legitimate, credible and appropriate. Legitimacy...

Optical and magneto-optical properties of amorphous Gd22Fe78 (GdFe) thin films prepared by direct current (DC) sputtering on thermally oxidized substrates were characterized by the combination of spectroscopic ellipsometry and magneto-optical spectroscopy in the photon energy range from 1.5 to 5.5 eV. Thin SiNx and Ru coatings were used to prevent the GdFe surface oxidation and contamination. U...

The process by which hundreds of identical capsid proteins self-assemble into icosahedral structures is complex and poorly understood. Establishing constraints on the assembly pathways is crucial to building reliable theoretical models. For example, it is currently an open question to what degree overall assembly kinetics are dominated by one or a few most efficient pathways versus the enormous...

This study examines how bloggers establish and enhance the credibility of their blogs through a series of blogging practices. Based on an analysis of interviews with 22 independent bloggers who blog on a range of topics, we present audience-aware credibility as a theoretical construct. Audience-aware credibility is defined as how bloggers signal their credibility based on who they think their a...

In this paper some theoretical results in ASP are discussed in the context of application development. An application of ASP in collaborative learning is presented as a motivation. Some extensions to the syntax of ASP are discussed. For a particular extension, namely logic programs with embedded implications, new results are given.

We present a photogrammetric system for on-line pose measurement of a robot. The system is based on photogrammetric measurement techniques, namely resection. We describe the theoretical foundations of our approach as well as early details of our implementation and hardware set-up. The results achieved are compared to those of a commercial ball-bar system.

We outline the solution of a fundamental problem in quantum theory which has hitherto lacked a proper solution, namely, finding the requisite quantum theoretical framework guaranteeing that the calculated inverse spontaneous emission rate of a moving atom, as a composite system of charged particles interacting with the Maxwell field, is slowed down exactly as in time dilation.

The article at hand identifies two kinds of problem difficulty in dynamic environments: discontinuities in the fitness landscape caused by moving optima and the discrepancy between tracking and optimization. These problem difficulties are supported by theoretical considerations and experimental findings. Various methods of resolution are discussed and a new adaptation method, namely the correct...