How community matters for user innovation : the "open source" of sports innovation by Shah, Sonali K., Franke, Nikolaus

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Soccer: Moulding The Middle East And North Africa by James M. Dorsey

“…Nowhere in the world has sports in general and soccer in particular played such a key role in the development of a region than in the Middle East and North Africa. …”
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Soccer vs. Jihad : a draw by Dorsey, James M.

“…There is much that militant Islamists and jihadists agree on, but when it comes to sports in general and soccer in particular sharp divisions emerge. …”
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Constructing national identity : the muscular Jew vs the Palestinian underdog by Dorsey, James M.

“…The sport also constitutes a carnivalesque event that lends itself to provocation of and confrontation with authority — local, national or colonial.…”
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Through Their Own Words: Towards a New Understanding of Leadership Through Metaphors by Mayer-Schonberger, Viktor, Oberlechner, Thomas

“…The literature on leadership abounds with metaphors, such as leadership as game, sport, art, or machine. The multitude of leadership metaphors used by authors and leaders alike appears determined by a complex interplay of personal, situational, and cultural factors. …”
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Wahhabism vs. Wahhabism : Qatar challenges Saudi Arabia by James M. Dorsey

“…By projecting itself through an activist foreign policy, an acclaimed and at times controversial global broadcaster, an airline that has turned it into a transportation hub and a host of mega sporting events, Qatar has sought to develop the soft power needed to compensate for its inability to ensure its security, safety and defence militarily. …”
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Finding commercially attractive user innovations: A test of lead user theory by Franke, Nikolaus, von Hippel, Eric A., Schreier, Martin

“…Using a sample of users and user-innovators drawn from the extreme sport of kite surfing, we analyze the relationship between the commercial attractiveness of innovations developed by users and the intensity of the lead user characteristics those users display. …”
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