This thematic report has been prepared in the context of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Research Careers. The report focuses on the topic of Skills and Intersectoral, Interdisciplinary, and Interoperable Careers and is based on a survey sent to the 16 participating countries in the MLE in...

Product innovation is crucial for the future of the publishing industry, and the objective of this study was to understand the role of multi-disciplinarity in publishing innovation teams, typical patterns of interaction between team members, and similarities and differences in multidisciplinary...

This article explores and consolidates the factors that influence the donor's trust from cross-disciplinary literature, and we put factors from these different fields to the test in one topic: the donor's trust in the fundraiser organisation. Grounded on the literature, we can say that there are...

Es ist eine Herausforderung und häufig noch eine methodische Leerstelle in Beteiligungsprozessen, wie unterschiedliches Wissen zusammengeführt und der Stand der Diskussion aufgearbeitet und geteilt werden kann. In diesem Paper zeigen wir auf, wie die Methode der Argumentationskartierung dazu...

The entrepreneurship field is increasingly interlaced with diverse disciplines, tackling complex societal issues from sustainability to digitalization and family business dynamics. Recognizing the necessity to steer future research, the editorial team of Cogent Business and Management's...

Interdisciplinary research (IDR) is a widely applied research approach, combing the efforts of multiple academic disciplines to work on complex problems. Within transdisciplinary research (TDR), non-academic stakeholders participate in the project and offer hands-on experience to the research....

Das Institut für Organisationsökonomik (IO) an der Universität Münster wurde am 1. Oktober 2024 vierzehn Jahre alt. Dieser 14. Jahresbericht informiert über das vierzehnte Jahr, d. h. über das Wintersemester 2023/24 und das Sommersemester 2024. Wie in den Vorjahren werden das Institut und...

As societal challenges grow, so does the role of universities in finding social and technological solutions. Technical universities are prominent in educating future innovators and developing desired technological and social change. This paper seeks to identify commonalities and better...

Background Integrated Communications Management (ICM) has emerged as a critical strategy in the evolving economy of organisational dynamics. This paper delves into its evolution, challenges, and thematic axes, addressing theoretical controversies and practical applications. Objective This paper...

Trotz des andauernd protektionistischen Kurses der US-Handelspolitik in den letzten Jahren und des Aufstiegs Chinas zur globalen Wirtschaftsmacht bleiben die deutsche und die US-amerikanische Wirtschaft eng miteinander verflochten. Dies gilt umso mehr, als die Vernetzung und die Rolle der...

Purpose This study aims to examine the connection between scholars' research performance and the multidisciplinary nature of their collaborative research. Furthermore, in response to mixed results regarding the effects of multidisciplinarity on research performance, this study explores how human...

The food system nowadays has proven to be unsustainable from the ecological and social points of view and the need of supporting food security and sustainability through local, short-supply chain food systems is manifest. Against this background, several municipalities all over the world have...

Background Medical research is increasingly interdisciplinary. However, not all projects are successful and cooperation is not always sustained beyond the end of funding. This study empirically assesses the efect of control and trust on the sustainability of interdisciplinary medical research in...

What are the insights from historical pandemics for policymaking today? We carry out a systematic review of the literature on the impact of pandemics that occurred since the Industrial Revolution and prior to Covid-19. Our literature searches were conducted between June 2020 and September 2023,...

Using three examples, this opinion piece argues that introductory economics can provide an effective context in which to introduce university students to interdisciplinary learning and thinking. The first example illustrates how input-process-output diagrams can be used to stimulate...

Lela Mélon’s edited collection brings a fresh perspective to the intricate relationship between corporations and sustainability. The book focuses on the role of state actors in boosting environmental protection and the increasing importance of state awareness on environmental crises. Whether...

Transdisciplinary Management of Polycrises – A Philosophical Approach -- Methodology of Transdisciplinarity–Levels of Reality, Logic of the Included Middle and Complexity -- History of Science in a Transdisciplinary Perspective - From Transdisciplinarity to Transcultural Science -- Levels of...

"Educational institutions have invested greatly in the introduction and development of new teaching methods in recent years, especially during and after the pandemic. Despite these new approaches, relevant questions related to learning objectives, suitable methodologies, and impact assessment...

The study states that ecological economics is a synthesis of traditional neoclassical economics and resource economics combined with technological, social, and philosophical assessments of environmental impact. The author proposed to consider in the focus of ESG the sustainable management of the...

Although workplace design and management are gaining more and more attention from modern organizations, workplace research is still very fragmented and spread across multiple disciplines in academia. There are several books on the market related to workplaces, facility management (FM), and...

The act of owning a home is a complex concept. Homeownership includes several consumer decisions, processes, laws, rights and responsibilities across a span of time. This article offers a review of the literature related to the complexities and competencies of homeownership. The approach...

Corporate political connections (CPCs)—ties that firms forge with political actors—directly affect firms, political actors, and various stakeholders in societies. This topic has been studied extensively in multiple disciplines including management, economics and finance, political science,...

Problem-solving often requires crossing boundaries, such as those between disciplines. However, the measurement and evaluation of “interdisciplinarity” can be confusing because the concept itself is composite