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“Planning for the Future of the Electric Power Sector through Regional Collaboratives”

As it undergoes rapid evolutionary change, the electric power sector has become highly fragmented and complex, with divided responsibilities, lopsided investments, and insufficient coordination to set goals and meet them. The use of regional collaborative governance structures might reimagine the goals and governance of the sector.
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Inara Scott and David Bernell "Planning for the Future of the Electric Power Sector through Regional Collaboratives" The Electricity Journal The Electricity Journal 11 pages 2015 View on: Google Scholar

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Management

“Predicting Organizational Reconfiguration”

This chapter addresses the issue of structural change within for-profit organizations, both as adaptation to changing markets and as purposeful experimentation to search for new opportunities, and builds upon the “reconfiguration” construct. In the areas of strategy, evolutionary economics, and organization theory, there are conflicting theories that either predict structural change or discuss obstacles to change. Our aim is to highlight relevant theoretical rationales for why and when organizations would, or would not, be expected to undertake structural reconfiguration. We conclude with remarks on how these literatures, together, inform our understanding of reconfiguration and organization design and provide insights for practitioners.
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Tim Carroll and S. Karim "Predicting Organizational Reconfiguration" Springer 79-97 pages 2009 View on: Google Scholar

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Marketing

“Preparing for the Attack: Mitigating Risk through Routines in Armed Self-Defense”

Prior research has shown that owning firearms for self-defense can be motivated by perceived risks and a desire to mitigate those risks. Keeping and carrying guns for self-defense also introduces risks to owners and others. We examine ways that consumers mitigate these latter risks. We employ theories of practice and prior work on risky consumption to interpret observational, interview, and textual data gathered from a multi-sited ethnography of consumers of handguns for self-defense. We reveal that these consumers attempt to mitigate risks in three ways: through readiness practices with guns but no assailant, simulated scenario practices incorporating simulated assailants, and mental rehearsals incorporating imagined assailants. This research contributes a model of risk mitigation in risky consumption, explicates how social norms and mental activities foster a sense of security from specific risks, and shows that collaboration is required for development of practical understanding of risk-mitigating routines that incorporate multiple people.
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Michelle Barnhart, Aimee Dinnin Huff, Brandon McAlexander and Jim McAlexander "Preparing for the Attack: Mitigating Risk through Routines in Armed Self-Defense" Journal of the Association for Consumer Research Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 2018 View on: Google Scholar

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