scholarly journals Policy action for green restructuring in specialized industrial regions

2021 ◽  
pp. 096977642110491
Author(s):  
Stig-Erik Jakobsen ◽  
Elvira Uyarra ◽  
Rune Njøs ◽  
Arnt Fløysand
Keyword(s):  
Green Technology ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Evolutionary Economic ◽  
Transition Pathways ◽  
Policy Mixes ◽  
Industrial Regions ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Transition Studies

Combining insights from evolutionary economic geography and socio-technical transition studies, this article provides a conceptual framework and a theory-informed empirical analysis of policy dimensions for regional green restructuring. The combination of these two perspectives allows the application and confrontation of analytical concepts with the particularities of regions, with a specific focus on the role of policy to ensure directionality. Empirically our discussion is illustrated by a case study of Western Norway, a specialized industrial region. We focus on the role of policy for the development of new green technology pathways within this region. We observe that different industry transition pathways within a region are influenced by various combinations of policy action, and that policy for regional green restructuring includes complex policy mixes initiated at different levels of governance. Our framework provides a suitable scheme for assessing the role of policy for green restructuring in regions.

scholarly journals Assessing the Impacts of Hierarchical Healthcare System on the Accessibility and Spatial Equality of Healthcare Services in Shenzhen, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Zhuolin Tao ◽  
Wenchao Han
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Accessibility ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Different Levels

The hierarchical healthcare system is widely considered to be a desirable mode of the delivery of healthcare services. It is expected that the establishment of a hierarchical healthcare system can help provide better and more equal healthcare accessibility. However, limited evidence has been provided on the impacts of a hierarchical healthcare system on healthcare accessibility. This study develops an improved Hierarchical two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method, which incorporates variable catchment area sizes, distance friction effects and utilization efficiency for facilities at different levels. Leveraging the Hierarchical 2SFCA method, various scenarios are set up to assess the accessibility impacts of a hierarchical healthcare system. The methods are applied in a case study of Shenzhen. The results reveal significant disparity and inequality in healthcare accessibility and also differences between various facility levels in Shenzhen. The overall healthcare accessibility and its equality can be significantly improved by fully utilizing existing facilities. It is also demonstrated that allocating additional supply to lower-level facilities can generate larger accessibility gains. Furthermore, allocating new supply to primary facilities would mitigate the inequality in healthcare accessibility, whereas inequality tends to be aggravated with new supply allocated to tertiary facilities. These impacts cannot be captured by traditional accessibility measures. This study demonstrates the pivotal role of primary facilities in the hierarchical healthcare system. It can contribute to the literature by providing transferable methods and procedures for measuring hierarchical healthcare accessibility and assessing accessibility impacts of a hierarchical healthcare system in developing countries.

Rethinking the Role of Islam in Malaysian Politics: A Case Study of Parti Amanah Negara

ICR Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-472
Author(s):  
Maszlee Malik
Keyword(s):  
Political Activism ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Islamic Political Thought ◽  
Party Members ◽  
Malaysian Politics ◽  
Different Levels

In 2015, a group of sidelined and outcast progressive leaders and other activists from Parti Islam SeMalaysia (the Islamic Party of Malaysia, also known as PAS) decided to leave that organisation and form Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH). The establishment of this new party was linked to efforts at saving the moderate form of Islamic political thought once embraced by PAS; the founders of AMANAH claimed that the new PAS leadership, elected during the 2015 Muktamar (Annual General Assembly), were too conservative and threatened the continuation of this moderate heritage. According to its founders, AMANAH has therefore been established to bring Islamic political activism into a new paradigm, with the hope of shaping a future Islamic discourse in Malaysia that is more inclusive, moderate, democratic and progressive. This article is an attempt to understand the party’s ideology, supposedly a new discourse in political Islam, and evaluate the level of adherence it enjoys amongst AMANAH members. This is done through a qualitative study conducted with 100 party members from different levels.

“Something like Happiness”

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-468
Author(s):  
Adrienne M. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Private Space ◽  
Velvet Revolution ◽  
The Family ◽  
Industrial Regions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Privately Owned

This article uses the medium of film to analyze masculinities at the intersection of the regionally specific with the typical: the peripheral factory town with the universalizing panelák, or apartment block. This article addresses how the private spaces in industrial regions achieve new meaning when the role of the factory or public space, idealized in communist propaganda, has undergone a dramatic transformation. After the narratives that made spaces “great” became irrelevant in 1989 and the paneláky and factories lost their metaphorical meanings, they became simply apartment buildings and privately owned worksites. Within these spaces, many working-class men in industrial regions have faced more difficult transitions than women because they, as idealized workers under socialism, were more invested in the system and lost more from its collapse. Through an analysis of common themes in films released roughly fifteen years after the Velvet Revolution, the author asks how these men relate to the panelák, or private space, when excluded from the masculine, public space of the factory. How does the employment situation impact the family unit? What solutions do directors present to these men who find themselves ill-equipped for life in the industrial periphery after the post-1989 transition? This article draws from and contributes to recent work in the field of Czech gender studies and functions as a Czech case study on the relationship between gender and space in the former Eastern Bloc.

scholarly journals Does Vocational Education at Regular Schools Matter? – A Longitudinal Case Study of Students’ Experiences with Vocational Orientation Programs

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-237
Author(s):  
Sina-Mareen Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Vocational Orientation ◽  
Transition Pathways ◽  
Socialization Agents ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Empirical Design

This contribution presents results of a longitudinal qualitative study of young adults with different career plans and transition pathways. The central question of this study focuses on the relevance of vocational orientation programs at regular schools for young people’s career plans and transitions. The first part deals with the organization and research about vocational orientation programs. The second part begins by giving an insight into the empirical design of the longitudinal study. It then proceeds to discuss how the methodological perspective of reconstructive research can provide deeper understanding of student’s perspective. Narrative interviews are used as the basis to investigate how the socialization contexts are relevant and interconnected. Through the deeper understanding of student’s perspectives and the role of different socialization agents, it is possible to highlight the relevance of vocational orientation programs at schools. The findings could prove useful for improving vocational orientation programs at schools. Currently, such programs are disconnected from students’ everyday life and show little regard for their perspectives.

Secure Authentication Process for High Sensitive Data E-Services

2009 ◽  
pp. 2198-2213
Author(s):  
Claudio Agostino Ardagna ◽  
Ernesto Damiani ◽  
Fulvio Frati ◽  
Salvatore Reale
Keyword(s):  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Single Sign On ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Secure Authentication ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Web

The widespread diffusion of online services provided by public and private organizations, firstly driven by e-commerce and more recently by egovernment applications, has stressed the need of secure ways to authenticate users who need to access online resources. The huge number of resources accessible on the Web leads to different authentication mechanisms implementations that often require multiple log-on actions also in intradomain multiservices scenario. In case of high sensitive services, users’ authentication plays a role of paramount importance. In this article is presented a case study that gives a roadmap of authentication mechanisms implemented at different levels of services’ software structure. The discussion starts by illustrating different authentication solutions implemented at operating system, application server or components level to conclude with Single Sign-On approach. For each solution, pros and cons are discussed. The SSO system, called CAS++, developed as an extension to Yale University’s CAS, is then presented.

scholarly journals Understanding Is Key: An Analysis of Factors Pertaining to Trust in a Real-World Automation System

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Balfe ◽  
Sarah Sharples ◽  
John R. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Trust Development ◽  
Real World Setting ◽  
Important Mediator ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Trust In Automation ◽  
Different Levels

Objective: This paper aims to explore the role of factors pertaining to trust in real-world automation systems through the application of observational methods in a case study from the railway sector. Background: Trust in automation is widely acknowledged as an important mediator of automation use, but the majority of the research on automation trust is based on laboratory work. In contrast, this work explored trust in a real-world setting. Method: Experienced rail operators in four signaling centers were observed for 90 min, and their activities were coded into five mutually exclusive categories. Their observed activities were analyzed in relation to their reported trust levels, collected via a questionnaire. Results: The results showed clear differences in activity, even when circumstances on the workstations were very similar, and significant differences in some trust dimensions were found between groups exhibiting different levels of intervention and time not involved with signaling. Conclusion: Although the empirical, lab-based studies in the literature have consistently found that reliability and competence of the automation are the most important aspects of trust development, understanding of the automation emerged as the strongest dimension in this study. The implications are that development and maintenance of trust in real-world, safety-critical automation systems may be distinct from artificial laboratory automation. Application: The findings have important implications for emerging automation concepts in diverse industries including highly automated vehicles and Internet of things.

scholarly journals Relationships between Depression and High Intellectual Potential

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Catherine Weismann-Arcache ◽  
Sylvie Tordjman
Keyword(s):  
Modern Times ◽  
Quantitative Factor ◽  
Intellectual Potential ◽  
Major Depressive Episodes ◽  
Depressive Episodes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Original Approach ◽  
Different Levels

This paper proposes to analyse the relationships between depression and high intellectual potential through a multidisciplinary and original approach. Based on their respective experience in psychology and child psychiatry, the authors will focus their analysis on creative potential. First, relationships between creativity (literary, artistic, or scientific creativity) and melancholy (“melancholy” comes from the Greek words for “black” (“melas”) and “bile” (“khole”)) will be examined from antiquity to modern times. Aristotle introduced a quantitative factor, asserting that levels of melancholy and black bile are positively correlated; however, under a given threshold of black bile, it can give rise to an exceptional being. Second, the case study of Blaise Pascal (scientific and philosophical creativity associated with major depressive episodes from childhood) will be presented and discussed. This case study sheds light on the paradoxical role of depression in the overinvestment in intellectual and creative spheres as well as on the impact of traumatic events on high intellectual potential. Third, observations will be reported based on a study conducted on 100 children with high intellectual potential (6–12 years old). Finally, based on these different levels of analysis, it appears that heterogeneity of mental functioning in children with high intellectual potential is at the center of the creative process and it has related psychological vulnerability.

scholarly journals Investigating the effect of customers' education level on loyalty and trust (Case study: Alborz Province Export Bank)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahla Sohrabi ◽  
Pouria Rahimi
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Customer Participation ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Different Levels

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of customer participation on customer loyalty with the mediating role of trust by considering the effect of literacy level. This research is descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the present study included all customers with different levels of literacy in Bank Saderat. Using Cochran's formula, the sample size required for the study was 196 people. The collection tool in this study was a questionnaire of Chen et al. The reliability of these questionnaires was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Amos23 software was used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that customer participation has a significant impact on customer loyalty. In addition, as the level of literacy of customers increases, their level of cooperation and trust increases or decreases. Trust also plays a mediating role in customer engagement, which affects customer loyalty.

Partnering hierarchy of needs

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 1907-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattias Jacobsson ◽  
Timothy L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Building Blocks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Collaborative Climate ◽  
Interpersonal Level ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Large Case

Purpose – First, the purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the role of the components in the creation of a partnering way of working; second, to illustrate how the achievement of such collaborative state is dependent on a hierarchy of constructs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper builds on a large case study of a successful Swedish partnering project. The case, studied through extensive interviews and observations, was process-oriented and analyzed using a theoretically driven thematic analysis. Findings – It is shown that components exist on different levels and constitute different types of building blocks in striving toward a “true” collaborative climate. It is also shown that as the project progressed, even the non-partnering sub-projects were infused with a collaborative way of working. To this end it is suggested that there might be a certain stickiness related to this way of working. As trust, openness, and mutual understanding are constructs on an interpersonal level, it is on the interpersonal level partnering endeavors are won or lost. Research limitations/implications – The paper provides a new conceptualization of the partnering components and also an understanding of how the components contribute to the creation of a collaborative climate. Because the research was built on a case study, one has the limitations common with that approach. Practical implications – The importance of understanding that individual expectations are the basis for the action and learning that interact in a constant feedback loop, as the partnering pyramid is climbed. Originality/value – This understanding should be of interest for both practitioners and academics working with partnering.

The mediation role of the PMO in the transfer of knowledge between projects – a case study of five PMOs

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brighton Tshuma ◽  
Herman Steyn ◽  
Cornelis Cristo van Waveren
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis Software ◽  
Different Levels

PurposeThis article describes advances in the study of knowledge transfer (KT) in project-based organizations (PBOs). Project management offices (PMOs) have both a moderation role and a mediation role to play in KT between projects. In order to improve KT between projects, this paper explores the mediation role of the PMO in the transfer of knowledge with different levels of articulability. The aim is to improve the usability of transferred knowledge.Design/methodology/approachThe case study method was used to investigate KT in five-divisional PMOs within a multinational engineering and project management PBO. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted and the results were analysed using ATLAS.Ti (a computer-aided qualitative data analysis software).FindingsThe findings show that it is the way in which the PMO structures knowledge management (KM) infrastructure and processes, which determines the success of its mediation role in the transfer of tacit and explicit knowledge between projects. The articulability of knowledge influences the PMO's mediation role and the PMO's mediation role in turn improves the usability of knowledge, thereby creating a conducive environment for a competitive advantage.Originality/valueThis study offers a framework to assist scholars and practitioners to understand the mediation role of the PMO in the transfer of knowledge with different levels of articulability within the projects environment. Such understanding can improve the usability of transferred knowledge, thereby creating a competitive edge for a PBO. The study shows that the PMO can be used as an instrument for KT between projects, a theme that was not found in literature. The paper thus offers new empirical information.

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