The article analyzes imitation as both a fascinating and irritating phenomenon in "classical" evolutionary theory. Evolutionists situate imitation on the threshold between the natural and the socio-cultural, hence between the animal and the human. This intermediate position can be regarded as a symptom for the unresolved and maybe unresolvable problem of intentionality and teleology in nature. ...

The present focus on embodiment in cognitive science undervalues concepts such as convention/norm, representation and consciousness. I argue that these concepts constitute essential properties of language, and this makes it problematic for “embodiment theories” to account for human language and cognition. These difficulties are illustrated by examining a particular, highly influential approach ...

The adoption of information technology (IT) along a supply chain has increasingly become a necessity for enhancing supply chain performance. Organizations in a supply chain often adopt IT due to the institutional pressure exerted by their supply chain partners. The implications of the different types of institutional isomorphism, namely coercion, mimesis, and norms, are explored from both the p...

This study uses the institutional theory as a lens for explaining choice of IT governance modes in organizations. Reasons are given to show how an IT governance mode can in itself be considered a legitimized institution. A conceptual framework is then developed, and several hypotheses are presented. The framework considers the IT governance modes from a non-rational perspective. It posits that ...

ijtihad, jurisprudence in religion and imitation that is fojiowing a just religious leader in divine commandments, are fundamental issues in islamic society and are necessary for continuation of divine religion. this article turns to understanding the conception, necessity, beginning and evolution of ijtihad and imitation (taqlid), if s rational and traditional reasons using quran, and also ref...