Quo Vadis Contract Management?

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-510
Author(s):  
Ralph Schuhmann
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Content Representation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Quo Vadis ◽  
Suitable Framework ◽  
Lifecycle Management ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe progressive automation of management and production processes is increasingly affecting the way contracts are handled. Although for contract automation more concepts are currently being discussed than actually applied, the outlines of what will be possible in the future have become apparent. They raise the questions of what challenges contract handling will have to cope with in the future and whether the concept of contract lifecycle management (CLM) provides a suitable framework for this task. To give answers to these questions, the present article analyses the impact of the pull-effects of new forms of business and the push-effects of technology on the function, content, representation and usage of contracts. The results indicate that these developments entail major changes in the way contracts are handled and that the CLM concept will only be able to address them with considerable adjustments.

scholarly journals Genomic Biomarkers of Meningioma: A Focused Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (19) ◽  
pp. 10222
Author(s):  
Jacob A. Pawloski ◽  
Hassan A. Fadel ◽  
Yi-Wen Huang ◽  
Ian Y. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Targeted Therapies ◽  
Recurrence Risk ◽  
Tumor Location ◽  
Genetic Mutations ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
The Future ◽  
Genetic Landscape ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Meningiomas represent a phenotypically and genetically diverse group of tumors which often behave in ways that are not simply explained by their pathologic grade. The genetic landscape of meningiomas has become a target of investigation as tumor genomics have been found to impact tumor location, recurrence risk, and malignant potential. Additionally, targeted therapies are being developed that in the future may provide patients with personalized chemotherapy based on the genetic aberrations within their tumor. This review focuses on the most common genetic mutations found in meningiomas of all grades, with an emphasis on the impact on tumor location and clinically relevant tumor characteristics. NF-2 and the non-NF-2 family of genetic mutations are summarized in the context of low-grade and high-grade tumors, followed by a comprehensive discussion regarding the genetic and embryologic basis for meningioma location and phenotypic heterogeneity. Finally, targeted therapies based on tumor genomics currently in use and under investigation are reviewed and future avenues for research are suggested. The field of meningioma genomics has broad implications on the way meningiomas will be treated in the future, and is gradually shifting the way clinicians approach this diverse group of tumors.

scholarly journals Modelling ecological systems in a changing world

2012 ◽  
Vol 367 (1586) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Modelling ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Future State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The world is changing at an unprecedented rate. In such a situation, we need to understand the nature of the change and to make predictions about the way in which it might affect systems of interest; often we may also wish to understand what might be done to mitigate the predicted effects. In ecology, we usually make such predictions (or forecasts) by making use of mathematical models that describe the system and projecting them into the future, under changed conditions. Approaches emphasizing the desirability of simple models with analytical tractability and those that use assumed causal relationships derived statistically from data currently dominate ecological modelling. Although such models are excellent at describing the way in which a system has behaved, they are poor at predicting its future state, especially in novel conditions. In order to address questions about the impact of environmental change, and to understand what, if any, action might be taken to ameliorate it, ecologists need to develop the ability to project models into novel, future conditions. This will require the development of models based on understanding the processes that result in a system behaving the way it does, rather than relying on a description of the system, as a whole, remaining valid indefinitely.

The Potential for Immersive Technology combined with Online Dating

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
David Evans Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Online Dating ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immersive Technology ◽  
Made In ◽  
Immersive Technologies ◽  
The Way

Whilst online dating has been around for several years; immersive technologies are relatively new to this type of interaction. The first forays into immersive VR online dating have only just being made in the past year. To what degree this type of technology will change the way that we date is potentially quite different from the current way that online dates are conducted. The way the technology works could make virtual dates seem as real as a physical date. Understanding how immersive technology functions gives some insights into the future of online dating and also the impact on the digital economy.

scholarly journals PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS BY STUDENTS ACQUIRING ART EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Bohdanova Yu. ◽  
◽  
Klymko Z. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Art Education ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Phenomenology Of Perception ◽  
The Future ◽  
National University ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Major Project ◽  
The Way

The article deals with the impact of a phenomenology of perception in the depiction of objects in Ivan Levynsky’s works during a graphic plein air for students of the Institute of Architecture of Lviv Polytechnic National University, held in the summer of 2019. The main idea of ​​the event was to try to depict houses and their details not in a dry and academic manner, but emotionally, the way the author intuitively understands and feels an object. In the future such quick sensory-based tasks will be a good learning base for the first stage of a major project – it will be its rough sketch.

Epilogue

Tap ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anindya Ghose
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Mobile Advertising ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
The Way

This epilogue presents a few closing thoughts about the impact of mobile technology on society at large. It argues that the future of mobile advertising depends on a bargain that consumers and firms need to strike with each other. Both sides will have to make some investments and offer some trust for this give-and-take relationship to prosper. Consumers will need to find better ways to strike a personal balance between their lives and mobile technology. They will need to make the choice about how much they let technology intrude and inform their lives. They will hold the key to how open or private they want to be with their data. But this does not relieve businesses of their responsibilities. They need to pay attention and take their roles very seriously in this ecosystem. They should surprise and impress consumers while helping them with their needs the way a butler or a concierge would. More importantly, they need to take data security and privacy issues seriously.

The New Ethics of Neuroethics

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOM BULLER
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Empirical Basis ◽  
Moral Decisions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Present Understanding ◽  
The Way

Abstract:According to a familiar distinction, neuroethics incorporates the neuroscience of ethics and the ethics of neuroscience. Within neuroethics, these two parts have provoked distinct and separate lines of inquiry, and there has been little discussion of how the two parts overlap. In the present article, I try to draw a connection between these two parts by considering the implications that are raised for ethics by scientific findings about the way we make moral decisions. The main argument of the article is that although neuroscience is “stretching” ethics by revealing the empirical basis of our moral decisions and, thereby, challenging our present understanding of the dominant ethical theories, substantial further questions remain regarding the impact that neuroscience will have on ethics more broadly.

scholarly journals Musically Creolizing Subjects: Re(envisioning) world music education

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Hess
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
World Music ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
The Future ◽  
Identity Shifts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

This paper explores possibilities for constructing creole subjects through world music education. Creolization results from the “fusing and mixing of cultures forced to cohabit together to render something else possible” (Walcott, 2009, p. 170 citing Hall, 2003, p. 193). As cultures fuse musically, our identity shifts. We become creole subjects through the encounters we experience, particularly, Walcott (2009) posits, in highly diverse urban spaces. The mobile nature of cultures is intrinsic to world music. My participation in an Ewe ensemble in Toronto demonstrates that cultures travel musically. The question then becomes: when cultures travel, who or what is refigured or remade and what becomes possible after the encounter? I posit that these encounters affect all parties; people become creole subjects—subjects constantly affected by their continuously changing cultural environments. In this paper, I think about this idea from a utopian perspective. I find thinking in this manner particularly useful in thinking about the future. In many ways, I feel we are mired down in academia with discussions of race and the “crisis of raciology” (Gilroy, 2000, Chapter 1) and that it might be quite productive to think beyond. I begin by arguing that there is the potential for world music education to be a colonizing project. I look specifically to Said (1993) and Thobani (2007) to inform my thinking on this topic. From there, I explore what might happen when an encounter facilitated through world music education occurs and the impact that this encounter could have on the way we define the category of the human. Finally, I think about what might occur after this encounter and redefinition take place.

Defence Acquisition

2017 ◽  
pp. 150-166
Author(s):  
Derrick J Neal
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
Disruptive Technologies ◽  
Professional Organisation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Through the lenses of Strategy and Change management academic theory this chapter presents a view of the evolution of defence acquisition using the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) as the vehicle and assesses the impact of disruptive technologies. The chapter proposes a number of changes that need to be embraced by the defence acquisition community if it is to be able to meet the needs of the nation now and in the future. The chapter concludes that the UK MOD must accept that the old model is now flawed and that in order to bring about the necessary changes a shift in mind-set is a sine qua non and that this change will take time. The envisaged way forward with a fundamental change in the way defence capability is acquired will result in a smaller, more agile and more professional organisation if, and only if, the required transformational change can be implemented effectively.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON THE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES EFFICIENCY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
D. Shkolnyi ◽  
I. Groshev
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Industrial Enterprise ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Competitive Product

Organizational culture is an attribute of any company. Manufacturing enterprises are most affected by it. The quality of organizational culture affects the efficiency of all production processes. To achieve the best results, it is necessary to work on optimizing the company’s culture. The functions of the organizational culture, its type, the nature of the interaction between employee and organizational elements have been considered and the estimated components of the efficiency of the organizational culture have been identified. The ideology of a competitive product of an industrial enterprise in the future has been considered conceptually.

scholarly journals Lahore as a Centre of Commerce: 1580–1707

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Naseer Ahmad Mir
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Strong Interaction ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Mughal Empire ◽  
Great Demand ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The Mughal Era witnessed a ceaseless movement of people, money and resources, which paved the way for a strong interaction between different provinces of that time. The desire to oversee a solid political domain by the Mughals brought forth a progression of urban focuses in various parts of the realm for their productive control. Urban Centres performed a distinctive sort of function by becoming either administrative, commercial or religious centres. Among these, Lahore was one which gloated the economy of Mughal Empire through its inland and overseas exchange. In the present article, an attempt has been made to assess the geographical location of Lahore, with its water and land transport facilities as a supporting factor for trade and to know the commodities of which there was a great demand, both inside and outside of the Mughal Empire. This article highlights the attributes of power in Mughal India; the interdependence of trade and politics; the impact on other towns of Lahore suba as well as on other subas of empire also. Furthermore, to examine the overall commerce of Lahore Suba (reflected from travelogues) is the part of paper.

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