Evaluate to Measure and Report Deal Success

2020 ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Timothy Galpin
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Complete Story

Throughout the ten-stage Deal Flow Model presented in this book there are numerous aspects of the M&A process that when measured are more readily managed. M&A measurement can take the form of process as well as outcome measures. Moreover, M&A assessment is not just to inform. Effective M&A measurement should also support the agile nature of pre- and post-deal activities by prompting both corrective and celebratory actions. Well-defined measures also provide the foundation for rewarding and recognizing people who help achieve desired goals. This chapter covers the benefits of M&A measurement, various types and categories of M&A measurement, and using multiple M&A measures to tell a more complete story. The tools, templates, best practices, potential pitfalls, and a case example of how to effectively measure M&A progress and success are also addressed, along with the main participants, core activities, buyer’s and seller’s perspectives, and key cross-border considerations.

The Effect of Under-Floor Obstructions on Data Center Perforated Tile Airflow

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. VanGilder ◽  
Zachary R. Sheffer ◽  
Xuanhang Simon Zhang ◽  
Collyn T. O’Kane
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Data Center ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Tile Type ◽  
Airflow Distribution ◽  
Specific Advice ◽  
Typical Data ◽  
Cfd Analyses ◽  
Potential Flow Model

Typical data center architectures utilize a raised floor; cooling airflow is pumped into an under-floor plenum and exits through perforated floor tiles located in front of IT equipment racks. The under-floor space is also a convenient place to locate critical building infrastructure, such as chilled-water piping and power and network cabling. Unfortunately, the presence of such objects can disrupt the distribution of cooling airflow. While the effects of other design parameters, such as room layout, plenum depth, perforated tile type, and leakage paths, have been systematically studied — and corresponding best-practices outlined, there is no specific advice in the literature with regard to the effect of under-floor infrastructure on airflow distribution. This paper studies the effects of such obstructions primarily through CFD analyses of several layouts based on actual facilities. Additionally, corresponding scenarios are analyzed using a Potential Flow Model (PFM), which includes a recently-proposed obstruction-modeling technique. It is found that under-floor obstructions significantly affect airflow distribution only when they are located very near perforated tiles and cooling units and occupy a substantial fraction of the total plenum depth.

scholarly journals EU az egészségügyért: az Európai Unió 4. Egészségügyi Cselekvési Programja

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 325-336
Author(s):  
Ágnes Szitáné Kazai
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Healthcare Workforce ◽  
Health Programme ◽  
The Eu

The European Commission proposed a new, ambitious health programme 2021-2027 in May 2020. The main aim of this EU4Health programme is to provide a significant contribution to the post-COVID-19 recovery by making the EU population healthier, strengthening the resilience of health systems, and promoting innovation in the health sector. The general objectives of the programme are to protect people in the Union from serious cross-border threats to health; to improve the availability in the Union of medicines, medical devices and other crisis relevant products, contribute to their affordability, and support innovation; to strengthen health systems and the healthcare workforce, including digital transformation and increasingly integrated and coordinated cooperation among the Member States, sustained implementation of best practices and data sharing, to increase the average level of public health.

Business Continuity of Critical Infrastructures for Safety and Security Incidents

2020 ◽  
pp. 413-449
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Apostolou ◽  
Danai Kazantzidou-Firtinidou ◽  
Ilias Gkotsis ◽  
George Eftychidis
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
Critical Infrastructures ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Security Incidents

The chapter is an overview of important timely concepts with a focus on the safety and security of critical infrastructures (CIs). The content is a result of triangulation of sources from the fields of academia, best practices, legislation, and scientific research. The protection of CIs has been a popular topic of discussion through recent years but also a topic for initiative towards the undisrupted function, prosperity and well-being of nations in a world of interconnections and dependencies. In respect to that, the following content offers input which will assist in the understanding of the concepts surrounding the safety and security of CIs while combining theoretical approaches with practical guidelines for the composition of a business continuity plan. The chapter also discusses the factors contributing to the criticality of technical infrastructures as part of a nation or a cross-border network, the threats to which a CI can be exposed to whether these are natural or man-made.

Formulate a Clear M&A Strategy

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Timothy Galpin
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Strategic Choice ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Strategic Options

Mergers and acquisitions are a strategic choice. Favorable regulatory environments, economic expansion, the emergence of new technologies, high stock prices, and liquidity in credit markets have all contributed to creating “waves” of M&A characterized by periods of high and low transaction volumes. M&A is a high-risk growth strategy, with ample evidence demonstrating that buyers struggle to capture value from their transactions. Yet, the Oxford M&A Insights Project found that almost two-thirds (64%) of respondents indicated that their company is “very likely” or “likely” to conduct future transactions. This chapter provides an overview of the strategic options for M&A and how firms develop their M&A strategies. The tools, templates, best practices, potential pitfalls, and a case example of how to go about setting a clear M&A strategy are also addressed, along with the main participants, core activities, buyer’s and seller’s perspectives, and key cross-border considerations.

scholarly journals Compliance Behaviour of New Zealand Exporters with Best Practices of Supply Chain Security

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Vinka Cisternas Torres
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Voluntary Standards ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Voluntary Compliance ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
Compliance Behaviour ◽  
Number Of Firms

<p>Uninterrupted growth of international trade and the constant threats to global supply chains have led to the emergence of numerous voluntary compliance guidelines based on standards and compliance. Initiatives, such as, the Authorised Economic Operators is the result of the global efforts to facilitate, prevent and secure international trade against cross-border crime. The Authorised Economic Operator is an initiative of the World Customs Organisation and its member countries. Its core philosophy is developing public to private partnerships for the safety of international trade and trade facilitation. These initiatives are growing in scope with a variety of programmes developed by governments. The objective of these programmes is encouraging an ethos of voluntary compliance based on standards, best practices and self-governance. Certified firms can obtain a trusted trader status and cross-border benefits when they demonstrate that their supply chain is secure. New Zealand has its own programme called the Secure Export Scheme. While this programme is voluntary in nature, firms entering the programme are required to adopt, maintain, and comply with the standards of security for their supply chain. This thesis investigates the compliance behaviour of New Zealand exporters with the standards of security of the Secure Export Scheme.  The Authorised Economic Programme is a new concept, and while there is scholarly research of other types of voluntary standards, research in this particular area is minimal. To the best of the researcher’s knowledge, this is one of the first studies to examine the compliance behaviour of firms that have been part of the programme since inception. Accordingly, this study is guided by the various views of the compliance theory and proffers a conceptual framework to delineate the different actors and factors that influence firms’ compliance behaviour. The study measured compliance and non-compliance of firms to understand the underlying patterns with specific best practices. This study contributes towards our current understanding of compliance behaviour. While, overall, the compliance of the New Zealand exporters with the best practices is high, there are some areas of concern. The study further identified that a number of firms were not compliant with certain best practices. This finding indicates that other factors, such as, the way the governing body presents its written requirements might influence the compliance behaviour with those specific best practices. The conceptual model proposed in this study lays the foundation for further research seeking to probe compliance behaviour of Authorised Economic Operators.</p>

scholarly journals Best practices and training for preparedness and response at airports

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Heidrich ◽  
J Angrén ◽  
D Schwarz ◽  
A Klahr ◽  
M Dirksen-Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Local Level ◽  
International Health ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Simulation Exercises

Abstract Introduction Airports are important points of entry (PoE). More than 2.5 billion passengers pass through Europe’s airports every year. The nature of airports provides manifold opportunities for interactions among persons from all over the world and their environment with the potential for exposure, transmission and spread of infectious disease. Therefore, training, preparedness and response (P&R) to public health risks and events at airports are of utmost importance. The EU Joint Action Healthy Gateways airports branch (HGair) aims to strengthen P&R at airports in a multidisciplinary way. Methods Based on the international health regulations (IHR) and on previous research, HGair investigates P&R using a multi-method approach and offers a variety of training activities. A survey to identify best practices on IHR core capacities, event detection, surveillance, management and contingency planning at airports is being carried out. Training methods include face-to-face trainings on European, national and local level, table-top and simulation exercises as well as web-based training. Results Main results of HGair are best practice catalogues, a tool for contingency plan development and assessment at airports, a depository of P&R training materials and table top/simulation exercises, standardized operation procedures for vector control at airports and for inspection of aircrafts for vectors, a web-based platform and network of experts to communicate and notify rapidly in case of cross-border risks to health at airports and in air travel. So far, completed questionnaires (n = 14) on best practices in P&R were received from designated airports in 13 European countries, showing variations in reported practices. Conclusions European airports report different P&R practices. Deliverables and results of HGair provide the opportunity to strengthen IHR core capacities at airports and to harmonize surveillance and management of cross-border health threats in the air travel sector.

Improving Research Patient Data Repositories from a Health Data Industry Viewpoint (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunlei Tang ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
Joseph Plasek ◽  
Yangyong Zhu ◽  
Yajun Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Patient Data ◽  
Biomedical Data ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Central Resource ◽  
Science And Research

UNSTRUCTURED Electronic patient data are critical to clinical and translational science, and research patient data repositories (RPDRs) are a central resource for any work in biomedical data science. However, the data science ecosystem, due to its inherently transdisciplinary nature, poses challenges to existing RPDRs and demands expansions and new developments, calling for a wide variety of new functions and capabilities in the administrative, educational, and organizational domains. The power of data science in the business realm is tremendous. In business, it is already viewed as a critical resource, and this will likely occur in healthcare as well. This perspective focuses on best practices in developing RPDRs, and identifies areas which we believe have not received enough attention. These include deployment, contribution calculation, internal talent marketplaces, data partnerships, data sovereigns’ new capital assets, and cross-border data sharing.

Integrate to Achieve Accelerated Synergy Capture

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-129
Author(s):  
Timothy Galpin
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Integration Management ◽  
Post Merger Integration ◽  
Merger Integration

A study of 1,000 corporate and private equity executives found that post-deal integration was the number one factor in realizing deal success. While the term “post-merger integration” (PMI) is commonly used, it is very much a misnomer, as PMI should begin early in the deal process, prior to deal close. This chapter covers three main PMI phases, ten key PMI work streams, agile integration management, and how to accelerate synergy capture during integration. The tools, templates, best practices, potential pitfalls, and a case example of how to conduct effective M&A integration are also addressed, along with the main participants, core activities, buyer’s and seller’s perspectives, and key cross-border considerations.

Service-Learning in Audiology: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Alexis Ronney ◽  
Benjamin J. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Student Knowledge ◽  
Standard Scale ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Service-learning has the potential to improve student outcomes by providing students opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills in real-world contexts and is well suited to graduate education in communication sciences and disorders. However, relatively few service-learning studies in the literature focus on audiology, and the range of outcomes specific to audiology service-learning has not yet been characterized in a systematic way. The purpose of this critical review was to characterize the impact of service-learning on audiology students and clients/patients as evidenced by reflection activities and outcome measures, as well as to describe the common challenges and best practices in the available literature that may inform future research on service-learning in the field. Method A systematic search of the literature using multiple databases was completed according to standard guidelines. The impact of each study was evaluated using a standard scale of training efficacy. Study methods, including reflection activities and outcome measures, were recorded. Results Nine peer-reviewed studies on service-learning in audiology were selected. Six of the nine studies reported changes in student attitudes or awareness related to issues of clinical practice; five of the nine studies reported improvements in student knowledge/skills. Conclusions Overall, results of the review indicated benefits of service-learning to student clinicians. However, evidence for transference of service-learning benefits to organizational or departmental practice and benefit to patients/clients was lacking. Methodological limitations in the measurement of outcomes in prior works complicated evaluation of their impact; best practices were identified and synthesized for use in future research on audiology service-learning experiences.

scholarly journals Multilateral Mechanisms for Eliminating the Global Phenomena of Double Non-Taxation / Multilateralni mehanizmi za eliminaciju globalnog fenomena dvostrukog neoporezivanja

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Dinka Antić
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Capital Allocation ◽  
Market Exchange ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Operational Model ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Tax Fraud ◽  
The Eu

Internationalization of administrative cooperation of tax administrations is an adequate response to the growing internationalization of taxpayers’ business and the emergence of new financial instruments. The emergence of cross-border and international tax frauds in addition to threatening the budgets of states, it also undermines fairness of taxation, since regular taxpayers pay more tax than they should, and threatens the efficiency of capital allocation and equal competition in the market. Exchange of information on taxpayers and transactions within multilateral agreements allows states to assess properly tax obligations in the field of direct taxes but also to combat tax evasion and tax fraud and eliminate double non-taxation at the global level. The adoption of a harmonized legal framework for cooperation between tax administrations is the winning of new forces in the world that are committed to maximum transparency in taxation and finances in global business. Bearing in mind the commitment of B&H for European integrations the operational model of administrative cooperation of tax administrations in B&H should be based on mechanisms, standards and best practices of the EU. Such approach would not only enable the fulfillment of obligations to the IMF but it would also represent an appropriate step towards integrating B&H into the system of administrative cooperation of tax administrations of the EU.

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