This paper explores the quality of life of non-self-sufficient immigrants in Sweden,focusing on their residential patterns while controlling for individual characteristics.We find large differences in both individual and locational attributes across incomelevels and ethnic backgrounds, illustrating that the status of ‘immigrant’ is far frombeing a homogenous group. The results show that non-self-sufficient individuals,especially those from Africa and the Middle East, may face limitations in their lifesatisfaction as these groups are most likely to reside in socioeconomically weakneighborhoods. Additionally, the results show that the motivation for residentialchoices varies across ethnic backgrounds. For example, ethnicity rather than incomelevel determines the neighborhood patterns of African immigrants, while non-self-sufficiencyis the major determinant for Nordic immigrants residing in poor, ethnicneighborhoods. We thus argue that the location of residence and differences acrossethnic backgrounds deserve more attention in research and policy discussions onquality-of-life issues.

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Dave started working academically as a researcher (and PhD student) at the famous SociologyDepartment of the University of Lancaster. In the early 1990s, Lancaster was one of Europe'sbreeding places for the newly emerging research field of Computer-Supported CooperativeWork (CSCW). It was the key place where the cooperation between Anthropology, in theGarfinkel and Wittgensteinian traditions, and Computer Science was explored. Dave was thelead researcher in investigating into the work of air traffic controllers with a perspective onexploring options to support their complex paper-based practices.

To secure a faculty position, he later moved to Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).Not untypical for CSCW researchers of his generation, this place was maybe a bit below hisacademic standards and aspirations. Building an international network of cooperation, hedeveloped, however, his own vision of how ethnographic work would enrich design practices.Being a bright and prolific writer, he published his academic work in all major conferences andjournals of our field. He also took much more than his proportional share in servicing ourcommunity by reviewing and working in program committees. Leading internationalcompanies, such as Microsoft and Hitachi, and government agencies were eager to be consultedby him.

This paper brings together two important distinctions in the study of entrepreneurship: the difference between full-time and hybrid entrepreneurship and the difference between productive and unproductive or predatory entrepreneurship. We combine the literature on hybrid entrepreneurship, primarily identifying significant differences compared with full-time entrepreneurs, with an adapted framework to distinguish different motives for entrepreneurial effort aimed at productive or unproductive and predatory outcomes. This provides an overview which allows us to identify potential venues for further research to understand both hybrid entrepreneurship and the role it may play in the economy in the future. Copyright © 2021 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

In this paper, I address contemporary attacks on rationalism thanks to Rifkin’s concepts of “extreme productivity” and “zero marginal cost of production” as examples of an ideological twist on genuine economic expressions. The main issue dealt with epistemological issues in the context of the contemporary communication age. It consists to clarify the relation between economic ideas and their relation to reality. To proceed accordingly, I implement a hermeneutic method applied to Rifkin’s discourse. That method is grounded in the scholarly tradition of “the ordinary language philosophy”. Its results proceed to show 2 distinct language games at work: 1- the neoclassical definition of marginal cost and its own logic is distinct from Rifkin’s use of it. 2- Rifkin uses the expression “marginal cost” under the auspices of an ideological discourse on the demise of capitalism. 3- The confusion is based on a systematically deceptive use of scholarly referencing. I conclude by drawing some lessons for the role of a multidisciplinary defense of economic rationality in contemporary discourse.

En este trabajo abordamos un tema epistemológico de la relación entre ideas y realidad económica. Rifkin sostiene que el costo marginal cero de la tecnología favorece la aparición de una economía colaborativa que debilita la función de ganancias de las empresas. Sostenemos que Rifkin amputa retóricamente la función de costo de sus medios de valoración. Con la utilización del método de “filosofía del lenguaje ordinario”, mostramos que el razonamiento de Rifkin se basa en una confusión: el uso de dos juegos de lenguaje distintos simultáneamente. Primero, la expresión económica de la valoración del costo; segundo, la misma expresión truncada de su cálculo, alimentando un discurso ideológico sobre la desaparición del capitalismo. Esa confusión trae dos cuestiones relacionadas: la dificultad de comprender la dinámica de los factores productivos que traen las nuevas tecnologías y el despido de las cuestiones laborales reales.

Neste artigo, abordamos um tema epistemológico da relação entre ideias e realidade econômica. Rifkin defende que o custo marginal zero da tecnologia favorece o aparecimento de uma economia colaborativa que enfraquece a função do lucro das empresas. Argumentamos que Rifkin amputa retoricamente a função do custo de seus meios de valoração. Utilizando o método da “filosofia da linguagem comum”, mostramos que o raciocínio de Rifkin se baseia em uma confusão: o uso simultâneo de dois jogos de linguagem distintos. Primeiro, a expressão econômica da valoração de custos; segundo, a mesma expressão reparada do cálculo, alimentando um discurso ideológico sobre o fim do capitalismo. Essa confusão levanta duas questões relacionadas: a dificuldade de entender a dinâmica dos fatores de produção gerada pelas novas tecnologias, e a negação das questões laborais reais.

Lately, the concept of regional resilience has drawn some attention in academic and policies circles. In a macroeconomic perspective, resilience is essentially conceived through recovery from recession (industrial redeployment, path dependency) or external shock (economic crisis). In this chapter, we will adopt a mix approach of resilience associating economic geography with labour capital. We define the notion of regional resilience through labour characteristics (regional net employment, job accessibility defined as commuting surplus/deficit, employment resilience and labour dynamics) of the six most innovative Swedish regions (NUTS 3 level). We observed those regions under a 10 years period between 2004 and 2014. Our descriptive approach shows the relevance to consider regional resilience from the institutions of the job market in regard of business cycle, i.e. in line with regions’ abilities to adapt to continuous changes over time. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.

Since the mid-1990s, the interrelationship between ICT, the location of media consortia and their innovation processes have been essential features of agglomeration renewals. In many arenas, academic research as well as policy-orientated projects have focused on understanding the factors operating the re-organization of new media and their development in particular major cities and their agglomerations. Increasing numbers of case studies have investigated particularly remarkable media clusters (Achtenhagen and Picard, 2011; Davis et al., 2009; Picard, 2008 and 2010; Von Streit et al., 2010) which are used as either exemplary models of developments or starting to question traditional industrial and economic growth policies (Backlund and Sandberg, 2002; Bathelt and Boggs, 2003). In this chapter, we will not address the policy implications of media clusters. We rather want to bring some preliminary reflection on media clusters, the dynamic of knowledge and agglomeration. We think it is premature to develop planning policies on clusters when the main issue remains to identify properly the role of knowledge dynamics and its economic implication in both the constitution of media clusters and agglomeration economies (Cheshire and Malecki, 2004; Oinas, 2002). At this moment, it seems unclear to what extent we are able to draw the right lesson of the accumulations of cases on the innovative performance of media clusters. In other words, we think that there are still spaces to investigate conceptually and/or empirically appropriate analytical tools and knowledge bases on media clusters.

Objectives: The paper explores possibilities for situating IT design and development work within the context of use so as to support the co-realisation of technology and 'design in use'. The aim is to build a new understanding between IT professionals and users which is grounded upon what happens as the latter grapple with the problems of applying IT, appropriating its functionalities and affordances into their work practices and relations. Methods: Following a discussion of participatory design and ethnomethodology, a novel method called co-realisation, which aims to provide a synthesis of the preceding methods, is suggested as an alternative. Through a discussion of findings from a case study of IT systems design and development in healthcare we show how the co-realisation approach might provide work-affording systems and how user-designer relations might be reformulated. We suggest that work-affording systems con be developed through the deployment of an engaged facilitator who works with the users to unpack the work site-specific potentialities of technology. Results: The case study shows how risk of non-adoption might be minimised through the development of partnerships, and how the presence of the facilitator in the workplace capitalises on the mundane work undertaken therein and how the facilitator might work with the users to develop artefacts that support this work as opposed to reconfiguring it. Conclusions: The case study illustrates co-realisation in action and how it might be seen to reconfigure relations between users and designers in a way that appears productive. Co-realisation con help address the widely observed problem of IT systems failures in healthcare.

The paper explores possibilities for situating IT design and development work within the context of use so as to support the co-realisation of technology and `design in use'. The aim is to build a new understanding between IT professionals and users which is grounded upon what happens as the latter grapple with the problems of applying IT, appropriating its functionalities and affordances into their work practices and relations. Following a discussion of participatory design and ethnomethodology, a novel method called co-realisation, which aims to provide a synthesis of the preceding methods, is suggested as an alternative. Through a discussion of findings from a case study of IT systems design and development in healthcare it is shown how the co-realisation approach might provide work-affording systems and how user-design relations might be reformulated. It is suggested that work-affording systems can be developed through the deployment of an engaged facilitator who works with the users to unpack the work site-specific potentialities of technology. The case study shows how risk of non-adoption might be minimised through the development of partnerships, and how the presence of the facilitator in the workplace capitalises on the mundane work undertaken therein and how the facilitator might work with the users to develop artefacts that support this work as opposed to reconfiguring it. The case study illustrates co-realisation in action and how it might be seen to reconfigure relations between users and designers in a way that appears productive. Co-realisation can help address the widely observed problem of IT systems failures in healthcare