scholarly journals Vein to vein: exploring blood supply chains in Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Joo Maeng ◽  
Kayla Sabharwal ◽  
M. Ali Ülkü
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Blood Supply ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Blood Products ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Life Saving

<p class="Keywords">There is not yet any substitute for human blood which remains a scarce resource in many countries. Effective and efficient management of blood supply chains (BSCs) is utmost important in the healthcare industry. This paper gives an overview of the BSC and how blood products are used at hospitals to provide life-saving services to patients.  Factoring in the blood types and their receipt compatibility, a simple inventory model is proposed. Using secondary data, the model is illustrated by way of a small case study in Nova Scotia, Canada. We highlight that due to both demand and supply uncertainties, and due to its perishable nature, inventorying blood products is not straightforward and brings with it many logistical and management challenges in the BSC.</p>

scholarly journals The Role of Social Media in Entrepreneurship: a Conceptual Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Lupa-Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Impact

The growing importance of social media in entrepreneurship has been observed for a long time already. Their impact is multidimensional and applies to all sectors: private, public and non-governmental. This article focuses on selected entrepreneurship aspects, and it aims to determine the role of social media in entrepreneurship based on selected issues with particular reference to the functioning of enterprises and influencing consumer behaviour. The author has considered the impact of social media on businesses and consumer behaviour. It was determined how social media enable enterprises to interact with consumers and affect demand and supply, including the phenomenon of prosumption. Thus, it can be assumed that social media influence economic equilibrium. Besides, social media allow the optimisation of operating costs and enable more efficient use of resources. They also have a real impact on consumer decisions. As a research method, an in-depth analysis of secondary data available in the literature was used. The article includes theoretical discussion supported by the research of other writers in the literature relating to the issue analysed. The analysis has shown the significant role of social media in the business entrepreneurship economy.

scholarly journals Disability Data Collection in a Complex Humanitarian Organisation: Lessons from a Realist Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10334
Author(s):  
Claire F. O’Reilly ◽  
Louise Caffrey ◽  
Caroline Jagoe
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Implementation Context ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Roll Out

In recent years, global attention to disability inclusion in humanitarian and development contexts, notably comprising disability inclusion within the Sustainable Development Goals, has significantly increased. As a result, UN agencies and programmes are increasingly seeking to understand and increase the extent to which persons with disabilities are accounted for and included in their efforts to provide life-saving assistance. To explore the effects and effectiveness of such measurement, this paper applies a complexity-informed, realist evaluation methodology to a case study of a single measurement intervention. This intervention, ‘A9’, was the first indicator designed to measure the number of persons with disabilities assisted annually by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Realist logic of analysis combined with complexity theory was employed to generate context-mechanism-outcome configurations (CMOC’s) against which primary interviews and secondary data were analysed. We show that within the complexity of the WFP system, the roll-out of the A9 measurement intervention generated delayed, counter-intuitive and unanticipated effects. In turn, path dependency and emergent behaviours meant that the intervention mechanisms of yesterday were destined to become the implementation context of tomorrow. These findings challenge the current reliance on quantitative data within humanitarian-development disability inclusion efforts and contribute to our understanding of how data can best be leveraged to support inclusion in such contexts.

scholarly journals Blood Supply Chain Risk Management using House of Risk Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 573-591
Author(s):  
Wijai BOONYANUSITH ◽  
Phongchai JITTAMAI
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Blood Supply ◽  
Supply Chain Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Blood Supply Chain

Managing blood supply chain has been an important task in the healthcare system because it has to confront not only blood demand and supply uncertainties but also complexities in blood inventory management. In order to overcome these challenges, it is essential to explore the possible risks that could occur in the blood supply chain and discover proper ways to manage these risks. Therefore, this research aims to investigate risks in blood supply chain by using a proactive risk management tool called ‘house of risk’ (HOR) model, in order to conduct risk assessment and evaluate risk management actions. A case study of blood supply chain risk management was analyzed, and the HOR model was incorporated to appraise the appropriate actions in the real situation. The results indicate that there are 30 risk events and 16 risk agents identified and assessed in the case study. The outcomes point out that lack of collaboration, insufficient information for decision-making, and limited information sharing are the top 3 risk agents that contribute to significant impact on blood supply chain management. Risk mitigation and management actions were evaluated and the results show that enhancing the collaboration is the most proactive action to manage risks in the blood service operations, followed by information sharing, and demand and supply statistical analysis. The study has recommended the outlines for improving collaboration between blood service organizations by using information system and technology to mitigate risks, complexities, as well as uncertainties in managing demand and supply in the blood supply chain.

scholarly journals Synoptic Review of Theory and Practice of Diversity Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Kwesi Atta Sakyi ◽  
Geoffrey K. Mweshi ◽  
David Musona ◽  
Esnart Mwaba Tayali
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Video Case Study

Diversity is a topic which has gained much momentum and currency in modern academic discourse partially because of globalisation and also partially because of the increased use of information technology in global transactions. The complex operations of multinational corporations across the globe require prudent and efficient management of employees from different backgrounds. Management of diversity means many things to many people. In this article, the authors delineate the importance, pros and cons of diversity management for firms, and also they deploy the analysis of some case study videos to bring to the fore the growing importance of the phenomenon of diversity. The authors used secondary data and qualitative analysis in their discourse. The authors reviewed literature from diverse sources to give a theoretical foundation to the article and at the same time they approached the topic in a multi-faceted manner to whet the appetite of both theoreticians and practitioners. The philosophical underpinning of their approach was based on Grounded Theory as it could be seen in the video case study narratives and in their own interpretative narrative of the subject.

Complementary Resources, Web-Based Applications, and the Development of Web-Enabled Supply Chain

2010 ◽  
pp. 159-175
Author(s):  
Yootaek Lee ◽  
Jay Kim ◽  
Jeffery G. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Complementary Resources

The purpose of this chapter is to enhance our understanding of how web-based applications and complementary resources can work together to create competitive advantages in supply chains. This chapter is organized as follows. First, this chapter introduces the theoretical background of complementary resources. Then, it moves on to report a preliminary result of secondary data analysis that explores the role of complementary resources to the development of web-enabled supply chains. Lastly, this chapter reports a case study that focuses on identifying: 1) the complementary resources that influence the successful implementation of web-based applications for supply chain management, and 2) the degree to which certain types of complementary resources function to support the successful implementation of web-based applications.

scholarly journals A Case Study on E-Commerce: An Emerging Business Practice and Trend during and Post COVID-19 with a Special Reference to Development of North East India with the Help of E-commerce Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 186-192
Author(s):  
Dr. Pradipta Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Electronic Network ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Massive Growth

E-commerce or electronic commerce refers to the exchange of goods, services, funds or information between business and consumers using the electronic network where all the activities like purchasing, selling, ordering, and paying are performed over the internet. During Covid-19 Pandemic while supply chains and logistics sectors have undergone major disruptions several persons logged on to various e-commerce websites to make safe virtual purchases of various items including basic essentials such as groceries, medicines, food items along with luxury and lifestyle purchases. In this way it is observed that in-spite of various challenges such as manufacturing slowdown, transportation problem, unavailabilty of labour and disruption of national and international supply chains there has been a massive growth in the e-commerce sector during COVID-19. In this paper we will study the challenges and aspects of e-commerce during and post Covid-19 along with a Special Reference to the development of North East India with the help of e-commerce sector. In order to conduct the study both primary and secondary data have been collected by two stage sampling technique in the cities of Kolkata (West Bengal ) and Guwahati (Assam).

Cyber crimes in the banking sector: Case study of Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
LE Thanh Tam ◽  
Nguyen Minh Chau ◽  
Pham Ngoc Mai ◽  
Ngo Ha Phuong ◽  
Vu Khanh Huyen Tran
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Cyber Crimes

The technological revolution 4.0 brings great opportunities, but also cybercrimes to economic sectors, especially to banks. Using secondary data and survey results of 305 bank clients, the main findings of this paper are: (i) there are several types of cybercrimes in the banking sector; (ii) Vietnam is one of the top countries worldwide having hackers and being attacked by hackers, especially the banking sector. Three most common attacks are skimming, hacking and phishing. Number of cybercrime attacks in Vietnam are increasing rapidly over years; (iii) Vietnamese customers are very vulnerable to cybercrime in banking, as more than 58% seem to hear about cybercrimes, and how banks provide services to let them know about their transactions. However, more than 50% do not have any deep knowledge or any measures for preventing cybercrime; (iii) Customers believe in banks, but do not think that banks can deal with cybercrime issues well. They still feel traditional transactions are more secure than e-transactions; (iv) the reasons for high cybercrimes come from commercial banks (low management and human capacity), supporting environment (inadequate), legal framework (not yet strong and strict enough on cybercrimes), and clients (low level of financial literacy). Therefore, several solutions should be carried out, from all stakeholders, for improving the cybersecurity in Vietnamese banks. 

ANALISIS KINERJA ASURANSI SYARIAH MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN MASLAHAH SCORECARD (Studi Kasus Pada PT. Asuransi Takaful Umum)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-125
Author(s):  
Jaharuddin Jahar ◽  
Melia Rostiana ◽  
R Melda Maesarach
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Process Performance ◽  
Measuring Process ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
A Value ◽  
Takaful Insurance ◽  
Collection Methods

The purpose of this study was to decide the elements of performance at PT. General Takaful Insurance, to find out how to measure performance using the scorecard approach that is by measuring process performance and results performance, and interpreting in the form of conclusions. In this study, researchers tested apply maslahah at PT. General Takaful Insurance with a case study design. This research is a type of quantitative and qualitative research because it uses measurement data through formulas and if interpretative qualitative, and the data used are primary and secondary data. Data collection methods used are observation, interviews and documentation. The results showed that PT. General Takaful Insurance received a value of the performance benefit process of 0.7 which indicates that the company simply applied benefits in terms of process performance. And behave the benefit of PT. General Takaful Insurance got a value of 0.89 which shows that the company is quite good in providing benefits to stakeholders and shareholders. Keyword: Performance, Insurance, Scorecard Maslahah

Proportional Representation and its Impacts on Multi Ethnic Society of Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seeni Mohamed Aliff
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Ethnic Violence ◽  
Institutional Affiliation ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
The Impact

This paper will examine the impact of PR electoral systems in a divided society. This research will explore the strength and weakness of the current electoral system and institutional design of Sri Lanka and will recommend changes to decrease the risk of minority exclusion in decision making and ethnic violence. The objectives of this research are to examine the character of the merits and demerits of the PR, and to investigate and assess the impacts of the PR in the multi ethnic societies of Sri Lanka. The study is a qualitative case study, and primary and secondary data sources have been employed to gather relevant data. The My Fieldwork was conducted in Sri Lanka, with the intention of gaining a better and more thorough understanding of the current situation. The interviews conducted were as such not structured or semi-structured, due to the interviewees’ varying professional background and institutional affiliation. Accordingly, unstructured interviews, as well as informal conversations and meetings, were conducted throughout Sri Lanka.

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