scholarly journals Theorizing Business and Local Peacebuilding Through the “Footprints of Peace” Coffee Project in Rural Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 676-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Miklian ◽  
Juan Pablo Medina Bickel
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Societal Development ◽  
Peace Initiatives ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
New Research ◽  
Peace And Development

Despite emerging study of business initiatives that attempt to support local peace and development, we still have significant knowledge gaps on their effectiveness and efficiency. This article builds theory on business engagements for peace through exploration of the Footprints for Peace (FOP) peacebuilding project by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC). FOP was a business-peace initiative that attempted to improve the lives of vulnerable populations in conflict-affected regions. Through 70 stakeholder interviews, we show how FOP operationalized local peace and development in four conflict-affected departments of Colombia, and examine FNC’s motivations for and effectiveness of its peacebuilding activities. Our main finding is that FOP’s success supported several existing theories on business engagement in peace both in terms of peacebuilding by business and for local economic and societal development, providing evidence in support of development–business collaborations and local peacebuilding by business under certain targeted circumstances. We relate these findings to existing literature, highlighting where existing business-peace theory is supported, where FOP challenged assumptions, and where it illuminated new research gaps. These findings serve to take business-peace theory forward and improve our understandings of what can constitute success for business-peace initiatives in Colombia and possibly other conflict-affected regions.

scholarly journals Animal Detection: Techniques, Challenges and Future Scope

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 4706-4710
Keyword(s):  
Economic Losses ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Vehicle Collisions ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Material Costs ◽  
The World ◽  
New Research ◽  
Animal Detection ◽  
Departments Of Transportation

Departments of transportation all across the world are concerned with ever increasing number of Animal-Vehicle Collisions as they cause thousands of human and animal causalities along with billions of economic losses every year. This is one of the few areas of transportation that safety is not improving. As more roads are being built, the areas that animal inhabit is shrinking and thus causing more crashes between vehicles and animals. The human fatalities and injuries, animal fatalities and injuries, and material costs of these crashes emphasize the need for a solution to this problem. Through this paper, new research directions and combination of technologies which are suitable for covering the research gaps are presented

scholarly journals Achieving Levels of Project Management Maturity in Organization / Poziomy osiągania dojrzałości projektowej organizacji

Management ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-89
Author(s):  
Agnieszka A. Szpitter
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Women's Clothing ◽  
Research Company ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Team Organization

Summary The article demonstrates achieving levels of project management maturity and presents research company V on construction levels of project management maturity by the project team organization while creating a new collection of women’s clothing. The results relate to five areas: knowledge areas of design, build structures common processes, build a single methodology, the types of benchmarking and the use of the idea of continuous improvement within the company. Identify research gaps in the maturity of design and knowledge gaps in the test design company, which provides guidance and recommendations for the future.

scholarly journals Alginate-Based Edible Films and Coatings for Food Packaging Applications

Foods ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tugce Senturk Parreidt ◽  
Kajetan Müller ◽  
Markus Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Food Packaging ◽  
Edible Films ◽  
Edible Coatings ◽  
Coating Film ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
New Research

Alginate is a naturally occurring polysaccharide used in the bio industry. It is mainly derived from brown algae species. Alginate-based edible coatings and films attract interest for improving/maintaining quality and extending the shelf-life of fruit, vegetable, meat, poultry, seafood, and cheese by reducing dehydration (as sacrificial moisture agent), controlling respiration, enhancing product appearance, improving mechanical properties, etc. This paper reviews the most recent essential information about alginate-based edible coatings. The categorization of alginate-based coatings/film in food packaging concept is formed gradually with the explanation of the most important titles. Emphasis will be placed on active ingredients incorporated into alginate-based formulations, edible coating/film application methods, research and development studies of coated food products and mass transfer and barrier characteristics of the alginate-based coatings/films. Future trends are also reviewed to identify research gaps and recommend new research areas. The summarized information presented in this article will enable researchers to thoroughly understand the fundamentals of the coating process and to develop alginate-based edible films and coatings more readily.

scholarly journals Crisis Management Art from the Risks to the Control: A Review of Methods and Directions

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdalla ◽  
Louai Alarabi ◽  
Abdeltawab Hendawi
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
New Research

A crisis is an exceptional event that causes damage and negative impacts on organizations. For this reason, crisis management is considered as a significant action needed to follow crisis causes and consequences for preventing or avoiding these exceptional events from occurring again. Studies have devoted their efforts to proposing methods, techniques, and approaches in the crisis management direction. As a result, it is critical to provide a consolidated study that has an integrated view of proposed crisis management methods, crisis impacts, and effective response strategies. For this purpose, this paper first highlights the proposed techniques used in crisis management and presents the main objective behind each technique. Second, the risks and impacts resulting from a crisis are highlighted. Finally, crisis response strategies are discussed. The major contribution of this study is it can guide researchers to define research gaps or new directions in crisis management and choose the proper techniques that cope with their research problems or help them discover new research problems.

scholarly journals Efficiency and Effectiveness of Web Application Vulnerability Detection Approaches: A Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Bing Zhang ◽  
Jingyue Li ◽  
Jiadong Ren ◽  
Guoyan Huang
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Vulnerability Detection ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Test Suites

Most existing surveys and reviews on web application vulnerability detection (WAVD) approaches focus on comparing and summarizing the approaches’ technical details. Although some studies have analyzed the efficiency and effectiveness of specific methods, there is a lack of a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of various WAVD approaches. We conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) of WAVD approaches and analyzed their efficiency and effectiveness. We identified 105 primary studies out of 775 WAVD articles published between January 2008 and June 2019. Our study identified 10 categories of artifacts analyzed by the WAVD approaches and 8 categories of WAVD meta-approaches for analyzing the artifacts. Our study’s results also summarized and compared the effectiveness and efficiency of different WAVD approaches on detecting specific categories of web application vulnerabilities and which web applications and test suites are used to evaluate the WAVD approaches. To our knowledge, this is the first SLR that focuses on summarizing the effectiveness and efficiencies of WAVD approaches. Our study results can help security engineers choose and compare WAVD tools and help researchers identify research gaps.

scholarly journals The impact of air quality on tourism: a systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celeste Eusébio ◽  
Maria João Carneiro ◽  
Mara Madaleno ◽  
Margarita Robaina ◽  
Vítor Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Tourism ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Tourism may have important positive and negative economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts. However, cultural and natural resources are also the base to the development of competitive destinations and changes in these resources can have an important impact on tourism development. Despite the considerable literature regarding the impacts of tourism, a limited number of studies examine the impact of the environment on tourism, specifically the impact of air quality (AQ). Therefore, this paper aims to review what is known about the impact of AQ on tourism demand, analysing the different methods and approaches used, as well as the results obtained. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review method was used to examine the state of the art in this topic and identify research gaps and new research directions. Only 26 papers were identified that examine the impact of AQ on tourism demand. Findings The majority of the studies were carried out in China and investigate the impact of AQ on tourism from the perspective of tourism demand. Both global (tourism demand) and individual (tourist perceptions) approaches have been used to investigate the impact of AQ on tourism. Originality/value This is the first systematic literature review on the impact of outdoor AQ on tourism demand. Moreover, this paper analyses the methods and approaches that have been used in the literature to examine the impact of outdoor AQ on tourism demand. The paper ends with a discussion on the identified research gaps concerning the influence of AQ on tourism development.

scholarly journals Sustainable Building Renovation: Proposals for a Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Jensen ◽  
Esmir Maslesa ◽  
Jakob Brinkø Berg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
New Research

The purpose of this paper is to identify research gaps and potential new topics for research in relation to the management of sustainable building renovation. The paper is based on a literature review of current research on sustainable building renovation. It analyses the research to pinpoint main focus areas and strengths, as well as identifying areas of weakness and research gaps, which are seen as potential topics for new research. The emphasis is on comprehensive renovation projects of buildings with a holistic sustainability approach. The analysis focuses on the management and process aspects in relation to planning, decision-making, conducting, and evaluating renovation projects. The result is a proposal for new research topics for sustainable building renovation. The current research shows a dominating focus on developing new tools for design support and measuring environmental performance, while there is limited research on developing strategies for renovation and improving the productivity of renovation processes. Out of the three pillars of sustainability, social sustainability is the least defined, and there is a need to develop methods to make a holistic prioritization and evaluation of all aspects of sustainability.

scholarly journals SCOPE OF YOGA IN REDUCING STRESS AND MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC- A REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE

AYUSHDHARA ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 2992-3003
Author(s):  
Arun Gupta ◽  
Meenakshi Verma
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Therapeutic Modality ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Gaps

Background: With the emergence of Covid 19 pandemic due to increased socio-economic curbs and increased uncertainty of life, psychological disorders are getting surged up. Due to restricted access and poor mental health care facilities, Yoga can be seen as possibility to give a respite to the vulnerable populations and individuals. Aims and Objectives: To establish the role of Yoga as an effective therapeutic modality for catering the need of emerging psychological health issues during Covid 19 pandemic. Material and Methods: (a) Narrative review of existing scientific literature on the mental health and Yoga especially during Covid-19. (b) Studies specifically related to high-risk or vulnerable populations (c) Review of effectiveness of Yoga interventions on the mental health (d) Evidence based use of the Yogic interventions in mitigation of commonly manifested signs of psychological distress during Covid-19 pandemic. Total in depth study of 28 articles dealing with the above mentioned areas. Many methodological and research gaps are noted. Discussion: In Indian context, many research gaps exist in the study of Yoga as an effective therapeutic modality for psychological first aid and mental health care, especially in the emergent Covid 19 pandemic. Conclusion: Globally and nationally there is need to plan and execute high quality research studies to establish Yoga as an evidence based therapeutic modality especially for management of Psychological disorders and to include Yoga in existing mental health care services.

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