Should a small robot have a small personal space? Investigating personal spatial zones and proxemic behavior in human-robot interaction

This paper presents the first study in a series of proxemics experiments concerned with the role of personal spatial zones in human-robot interaction. In the study 40 participants approached a NAO robot positioned approximately at participants' eye level and entered different social zones around the robot (personal and intimate space). When the robot perceived the approaching person entering its personal space, it started gazing at the participant, and upon the intrusion of its intimate...

Green Innovation in Family Firms: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Model Innovation and Dynamic Capabilities: a literature review based on a bibliometric analysis

This review article originates from the need of studying how firms can survive in the current business system, characterized by continuous changes and disruptions. Business model innovation (BMI) and Dynamic capabilities (DCs) are widely assumed to be crucial to overcome obstacles and changes ham- pering the survival of the firm. As the research on BMI and DCs have expanded in multiple directions, both jointly and not, we argue that a systematic process to identify and organize the trends...

Flexible Identity: A Case Study on Social Identity of Young People Experiencing Job Insecurity in Italy

This work illustrates a particular application of the case study method on the topic of job insecurity in a group of Italian young people with non-standard employment (e.g. flexible and fixed-term contracts). Starting from the results of a survey carried out on a sample of 800 Italian young people regarding their attitudes towards work, an analysis in the framework of a case study approach has been conducted by mixing different strategies, such as focus groups, structured interviews and in-de...