State-Owned Enterprises: Structures, Functions, and Legitimacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Thynne
Keyword(s):  
Critical Issues ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Development And Management ◽  
Research Analysis

State-owned enterprises are significant features of, and contributors to, the development and management of economies and communities around the globe. Their structures, the functions allocated to them, and the legitimacy of their activities, along with their privatization by divestment, are fundamental to the efficacy of government and governance. Critical issues in their existence and work include the design and choice of structures, the dispersal and performance of functions, and the securing and maintenance of legitimacy. How they fare, and how they are assessed and judged, are of immediate relevance to their continued use, change, and reform. Accordingly, they must be, and remain, important focuses of research, analysis and action.

scholarly journals TESSA: design and implementation of a platform for situational sea awareness

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196
Author(s):  
Mario Scalas ◽  
Palmalisa Marra ◽  
Luca Tedesco ◽  
Raffaele Quarta ◽  
Emanuele Cantoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
End User ◽  
Performance Requirements ◽  
Platform Architecture ◽  
Front End ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Key Aspects

Abstract. This article describes the architecture of sea situational awareness (SSA) platform, a major asset within TESSA, an industrial research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research. The main aim of the platform is to collect, transform and provide forecast and observational data as information suitable for delivery across a variety of channels, like web and mobile; specifically, the ability to produce and provide forecast information suitable for creating SSA-enabled applications has been a critical driving factor when designing and evolving the whole architecture. Thus, starting from functional and performance requirements, the platform architecture is described in terms of its main building blocks and flows among them: front-end components that support end-user applications and map and data analysis components that allow for serving maps and querying data. Focus is directed to key aspects and decisions about the main issues faced, like interoperability, scalability, efficiency and adaptability, but it also considers insights about future works in this and similarly related subjects. Some analysis results are also provided in order to better characterize critical issues and related solutions.

scholarly journals The Effect of Outside Genres on Techniques and Devices in Modern Jazz Composition (1988-2008)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thomas Botting
Keyword(s):  
Jazz Composition ◽  
Modern Jazz ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Research Analysis

<p>This is a study involving research, analysis and performance of music composed by jazz artists in the last twenty years. The focus of this discussion will be on the influence of several outside genres on the music of these jazz composers. In particular it will examine transcriptions of works by composers including Dave Holland, John Scofield, Hiromi Uehara, Nils Wogram, Christian McBride, Bill Frisell, Kenny Garrett and Pat Metheny. The analysis of these transcriptions will examine the devices the composers have used such as counterpoint, harmony, rhythm, instrumentation, melody, time signatures, form et al. and assess how any outside genres may have affected these devices. Furthermore the analysed compositions will be performed in a recital setting, as well as a portfolio of compositions written by myself using the techniques gathered from my analysis.</p>

Development and performance testing of solar cookers

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.Z.M. Kimambo
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mental Testing

The most common type of energy used is firewood. In some Sub Saharan countries, up to 90% of total energy use is from firewood. The consumption of wood fuel is in some countries as high as twice the sustainable yield, something that has led to environ-mental degradation due to deforestation and scarci-ty of firewood. The use of fossil fuels such as kerosene and LPG for cooking is expensive. Solar energy is a non-consumptive and non-polluting fuel. It can help alleviate the problem of insecurity of cooking energy, which is the major domestic energy requirement. Several attempts have been made to introduce solar cookers in different coun-tries and have achieved variable successes. There are still critical issues yet to be resolved in order to make that technology acceptable for wider dissemi-nation. They include getting the most appropriate types of solar cookers for specific locations, opti-mum size/capacity, types of materials to be used, optimal design and affordable cost. In an attempt to resolve these issues, a comprehensive study involv-ing theoretical review, development work, experi-mental testing and evaluation of solar cookers was conducted for several years on six different types of solar cookers. The cookers are the ‘SunStove’ box cooker, wooden box cooker, panel cooker, reflector cooker with unpolished aluminium reflectors, reflec-tor cooker with polished aluminium reflectors and reflector cooker with glass mirror reflectors. This paper presents the results of the study. Results obtained indicate that many of the cookers could be used to cook food for households in areas with medium and high insolation, with appropriate selec-tion of the type and specification of the cookers. The specification should be based on the measured inso-lation data of the location indication of the direct and diffuse components. As a guiding tool, reflector cookers offer best comparative performance in areas with longest durations of clear sky (greatest direct beam), panel and collector cookers under moderate cloudy conditions and box cookers under very cloudy conditions.

Transaction Cost Approach to the Outsourcing Decision Problem

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Dilek Erdogan
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Decision Problem ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Problematic Issue ◽  
Evaluation Problem ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Outsourcing Decision

Outsourcing has become a management tool that is increasingly involved in the manager's agenda, but the decision to outsource is a problematic issue for decision makers in organizations. Outsourcing provides many benefits but also includes many risks, so every outsourcing agreement does not result in success. This chapter aims to provide a better understanding of the outsourcing problem in light of transaction cost economics. For this purpose, the concept of outsourcing is first explained. The transaction characteristics and the behavioral assumptions of the theory, which play a role in increasing or decreasing transaction costs, are clarified. Finally, governance decision (outsource or not) and some critical issues (safeguarding mechanism against opportunistic behavior by supplier, adaptation, and performance evaluation problem) that will arise after the outsourcing decisions are discussed.

Study and Performance Analysis of MOS Technology and Nanocomputing QCA

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 93-96
Author(s):  
Vinay Kumar Verma ◽  
Neeraj Kumar Misra
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
Power Dissipation ◽  
Digital Circuits ◽  
Combinational Circuits ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Simulation Purpose ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Synthesis Approach ◽  
Computing Speed

One of the critical issues in VLSI circuit is High Power dissipation. Quantumdot Cellular Automata (QCA) which is widely utilized in nanocomputing era. QCA has Landauer clocked based synthesis approach and it has clocked based information flow. This manuscript analysis and design a combinational digital circuits in an emerging QCA framework. The design is evaluated and formulated in terms of area, latency and power dissipation. QCA Designer tool has been taken for the design of quantum cell-based combinational circuits and simulation purpose. Moreover, it is believed based on experimental analysis that the QCA based combination circuits will make a contribution to high computing speed and low power paradigm.

scholarly journals The Effect of Outside Genres on Techniques and Devices in Modern Jazz Composition (1988-2008)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thomas Botting
Keyword(s):  
Jazz Composition ◽  
Modern Jazz ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Research Analysis

<p>This is a study involving research, analysis and performance of music composed by jazz artists in the last twenty years. The focus of this discussion will be on the influence of several outside genres on the music of these jazz composers. In particular it will examine transcriptions of works by composers including Dave Holland, John Scofield, Hiromi Uehara, Nils Wogram, Christian McBride, Bill Frisell, Kenny Garrett and Pat Metheny. The analysis of these transcriptions will examine the devices the composers have used such as counterpoint, harmony, rhythm, instrumentation, melody, time signatures, form et al. and assess how any outside genres may have affected these devices. Furthermore the analysed compositions will be performed in a recital setting, as well as a portfolio of compositions written by myself using the techniques gathered from my analysis.</p>

Big Data for Digital Government

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Che Chen ◽  
Tsui-Chuan Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Big Service

“Big data” is one of the emerging and critical issues facing government in the digital age. This study first delineates the defining features of big data (volume, velocity, and variety) and proposes a big data typology that is suitable for the public sector. This study then examines the opportunities of big data in generating business analytics to promote better utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) resources and improved personalization of e-government services. Moreover, it discusses the big data management challenges in building appropriate governance structure, integrating diverse data sources, managing digital privacy and security risks, and acquiring big data talent and tools. An effective big data management strategy to address these challenges should develop a stakeholder-focused and performance-oriented governance structure and build capacity for data management and business analytics as well as leverage and prioritize big data assets for performance. In addition, this study illustrates the opportunities, challenges, and strategy for big service data in government with the E-housekeeper program in Taiwan. This brief case study offers insight into the implementation of big data for improving government information and services. This article concludes with the main findings and topics of future research in big data for public administration.

scholarly journals Creating New Standards: Jazz Arrangements Of Pop Songs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Trudy Lile
Keyword(s):  
Jazz Ensemble ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Research Analysis

<p>This study involves the research, analysis, and performance of existing arrangements of songs that have been played and recorded by jazz musicians, and are identifiable as pop songs of the last thirty years. This project will discuss the development of these songs as new repertoire in the jazz idiom. In particular it will examine transcriptions of arrangements by Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Brad Meldau, Charlie Hunter, Christian McBride, and Bob Belden. The analysis of these transcriptions will consider the techniques these musicians used in their arrangements including reharmonisation, melodic interpretation, rhythm, and restructuring of the form of the original song. Further, the techniques identified in the analyses will be applied in the creation of new arrangements of similar songs from that era for jazz ensemble of various sizes.</p>

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