scholarly journals Conscious Material Choices. A Systemic Approach to Reframing our Relationship with Materials and to Accelerating the Positive Impact Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Cristina Freire
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Leverage Points ◽  
The Core ◽  
New Ideas

We are immersed in a sustainability crisis fueled by our “take-makewaste” industrial model1 and our throwaway culture2. We need an urgent, seismic shift from linear growth to sustainable prosperity. Positive impact can be at the core of new ideas, projects and business models, integrating all aspects of sustainability and creating tangible, long-lasting value. We can move positive impact front and center in our creative conversations with materials. Using systems thinking, material professionals can imagine a ‘new normal’. Leverage points to activate change include a reframed relationship with materials, a new modus operandi and new opportunities leveraging on circularity thinking and technology. Beyond the immediate opportunities that making conscious material choices can unlock in products and buildings, we can radically accelerate the positive impact future.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Attitudes Towards the Use of CRM’s Analytical Tools in Organizations

Organizacija ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urban Šebjan ◽  
Samo Bobek ◽  
Polona Tominc
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background and Purpose: Information solutions for analytical customer relationship management CRM (aCRM IS) that include the use of analytical tools are becoming increasingly important, due organizations’ need for knowledge of their customers and the ability to manage big data. The objective of the research is, therefore, to determine how the organizations’ orientations (process, innovation, and technology) as critical organizational factors affect the attitude towards the use of the analytical tools of aCRM IS. Design/Methodology/Approach: To measure the orientation of the organization (process, innovation, and technology), we redesigned the existing scale, which was validated using exploratory factor analysis. In the next phase, we created a model by which we examined the impact of the organization’s stance in relation to the use of the analytical tools of aCRM IS, where we used multiple regression analysis. The model was verified on a sample of Slovenian Organizations (n=105), which use the analytical tools of aCRM IS for analyzing the data they have on their customers and business partners. Results: In the study we found that all critical factors of the organization, specifically process, technology, and innovation orientation, have a positive impact on the attitudes towards using the analytical tools of aCRM IS. Innovation orientation is particularly important and has the strongest influence on the attitude towards using the analytical tools of aCRM IS. We found that innovation orientation on new ideas, methods, and approaches has the strongest effect, followed by the impact of innovation orientation on acceptance of novelty. Conclusion: The more innovation-, technology-, and process-oriented organizations are, the more positive their attitude towards using the analytical tools of aCRM IS. The study is particularly important for organizations that are introducing an aCRM IS into their business system.

scholarly journals Can Financial Economics Cure Cancer?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Lo
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Genome Project ◽  
Gene Therapies ◽  
Biomedical Innovation ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Human Genome Project

AbstractFunding for early-stage biomedical innovation has become more difficult to secure at the same time that medical breakthroughs seem to be occurring at ever increasing rates. One explanation for this counterintuitive trend is that increasing scientific knowledge can actually lead to greater economic risk for investors in the life sciences. While the Human Genome Project, high-throughput screening, genetic biomarkers, immunotherapies, and gene therapies have made a tremendously positive impact on biomedical research and, consequently, patient lives, they have also increased the cost and complexity of the drug development process, causing many investors to shift their assets to more attractive investment opportunities. This suggests that new business models and financing strategies can be used to reduce the risk and increase the attractiveness of biomedical innovation so as to bring new and better therapies to patients faster.

“Systems”, Strengths, Weaknesses and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Frank Stowell
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

Systems and Cybernetics no longer occupies the position, in academic circles, it once did. There are many reasons why this is the case but a common reason given is the lack of research funding for the subject. The knock-on effect is that the subject has fewer 'champions' and as a consequence is less prominent then it once was. There are many factors that mitigate against research funding for the domain but the cumulative effect is that there are few (if any) new ideas generated now which in turn is having an impact upon the number of academics attracted to it. In this paper the author revisits the action research programme at the University of Lancaster. This project contributed valuable insights into organisational inquiry and the nature of Systems thinking for over 30 years. In this paper the author revisits the programme to discover if there are lessons to be learnt that may be adopted to help provide a means of re-establishing the profile of the domain.

Bucking the Trend: A Look at Zyme Solutions' Non-linear Business Model for IT Services from India

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.V.R. Seshadri
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Linear Growth ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Data Service ◽  
It Services ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Vertical Market

The case describes XGen Technologies (name disguised), an India-based IT Enabled Services (ITES) company having to grapple with the issues of linear growth. The company's headcount had touched a whopping 40,000 and managing such a large setup was becoming a severe challenge, putting immense pressure on Partha Sen, the CEO, to adopt an innovative business model to sustain historical growth rates of revenue and profitability. This situation was similar to what most Indian ITES companies faced: they had been clocking impressive growth, yet there were concerns about the future. The case then describes some of the strategies that software companies have been adopting in order to achieve greater non-linearity in their business. In particular, the case concentrates on Zyme Solutions, Inc., a fully outsourced hosted data service provider to the high-tech vertical market, which has built as a non-linear business from the ground up, without the legacy of the linear business models to contend with. Students are put in the place of Partha Sen, having to decide on an approach that established companies like XGen could adopt to transit to a non-linear model.

scholarly journals Redesigning Systems Thinking

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Birger Sevaldson
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Many Core ◽  
Systemic Design

The resent movement of Systemic Design seeks for new synergies between Design and Systems. While the usefulness of systems approaches in design has been fairly obvious, this paper argues that many core concepts in design are beneficial in systems thinking. This seems reasonable when it comes to the concept of Design Thinking. However, as this paper argues, the more practical core concepts of design are equally important. Designerly skills have been regarded as belonging mainly in the realm of traditional commercial design, whereas design thinking has been regarded as useful in strategic management settings. This paper argues against the idea of separating design thinking from design action. The skills and competences of design, such as the composition of the shape and form that are obvious in product design, are central to Systems Oriented Design (SOD). SOD is a version in the emerging pluralistic field of Systemic Design. The Systemic Design movement should recognise the core values of design and integrate them in systems thinking. This integration would contribute to innovation in both Systemic Design and systems thinking. Among the core competences of design discussed in the paper are composition, choreography, orchestration, the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk and open-ended multi-scalar design strategies that allow for both structural and organic development. The paper provides examples to support its proposal for the use of concrete aesthetic principles to guide Systemic Design processes. This paper expands the working paper entitled “Holistic and dynamic concepts in design: What design brings to systems thinking”, which was presented at the RSD3 symposium (2014). 

scholarly journals Top Management Supports and Informationization Performance: A Moderated Mediation Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Ming Zhong ◽  
Fuangfa Amponstira
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Enterprise Informatization ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
Mechanism Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Passion ◽  
Antecedent Variable ◽  
New Ideas

Senior managers can influence the cognition and behavior of other members of the enterprise by formulating informatization strategies and initiating informatization reforms, thereby affecting the success or failure of enterprise informatization. This paper establishes a model of the influence mechanism of the level of executive support on the performance of enterprise informatization. Taking enterprises in Guangdong Province, China as the survey object, through a three-stage questionnaire survey, 419 valid questionnaires were obtained. This paper shows that: executive support has a positive impact on team entrepreneurial passion. Executive support is the antecedent variable of enterprise informatization reform, and informatization reform plays an intermediary role between the executive support variables and informatization performance variables. Organizational communication plays a moderating role between informatization reform and informatization performance. This will improve the guiding theories in the field of organizational behavior and provide new ideas for the construction of the mechanism model of informatization performance.

scholarly journals Banking sector competitiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202
Author(s):  
Champika Liyanagamage
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Commercial Banking ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Banking Institutions

Despite core banking, banks also engage in off-balance-sheet (OBS) market activities. In many developed banking industries, OBS activities have grown to be significant during the last two decades. This paper provides rather scarce evidence on the competitiveness among banks for OBS activities and its impact on the degree of banking sector competition in Sri Lanka. Panzar-Ross H statistic approach employing in this study to estimate bank competition used a comprehensive set of bank-level data of the whole commercial banking sector in Sri Lanka covering the period 1996-2018. The first-round analysis of the study uncovers substantial differences among banks concerning the OBS activities. EGLS panel estimation procedure applied in this study provides evidence for a lower level of competitiveness among Sri Lankan banks for OBS activities. More interestingly, the findings further reveal that the degree of competitiveness for OBS activities has a significant positive impact on the overall competitiveness of the banking sector in Sri Lanka.  These results suggest banking institutions re-visit their business models with greater emphasis on nonconventional banking activities in enhancing bank-level efficiency and hence positively contributing to the overall competitiveness of the banking sector.

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI DALAM PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ARAB DI MADRASAH ALIYAH KABUPATEN SUKOHARJO

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Imam Makruf
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Outcomes Research ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
The Core ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Interactive Models

This study aimed to analyze various ICT-based media and learning resources used in learning Arabic, the selection or development process, the process of using it in learning, and the learning outcomes. Research data collected from observations, documentation, and interviews were validated with FGD and analyzed with interactive models. The results of this study show that; (1) the most widely used media in learning Arabic is powerpoint presentations with LCD and language laboratories, then video, audio and games, (2) the process of selecting developing media and learning resources is done by design and by utilization, (3) the process of utilizing media and learning resources is done more for the delivery of material at the core activities in addition to enrichment and assignment, and (4) media and learning resources for Arabic-based ICT that use material from native speakers have a positive impact on improving the motivation, self confidence, and Arabic competence of students.

Study on the Weaving Beauty of Monochromatic Knit Fabrics

2012 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 239-242
Author(s):  
Shu Xian Du ◽  
Yan Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
The Core ◽  
Knit Fabrics ◽  
New Ideas

A breakthrough of monochromatic knit fabrics innovation is in weaving links design, which presents its various textures and unique visual aesthetics by combing different weaving types with longitude and weft line. By studying the beauty in weaving, this paper aims to explore the importance of developing weaving beauty in knit fabrics, emphasize the designing principle that weaving beauty is the core in order to propose new ideas for the value-added monochromatic knit fabrics with modern technology in its full use, and expand the innovation area of monochrome knit fabrics.

Effectiveness of Fintech-Based Sharia Cooperative Development in the New Normal Era : Interpretative Structural Model Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Elida Elfi Barus ◽  
M.Yasir Nasution ◽  
Andri Soemitra
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cooperative Development ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Interpretive Structural Model ◽  
Core Problem ◽  
Model Approach

In the Covid Pandemic 19, sharia cooperatives must be a solution for the welfare of their members and the UMKM that they support so that they can move up in class, but how if it is difficult to access, therefore sharia cooperatives must be digital-based and include collaborating with fintech. This study tries to answer the problems that occur, strategies, and stakeholders involved in the development of Islamic cooperatives in collaboration with sharia fintech in Indonesia using the Interpretive Structural Model (ISM) approach. The core problem faced in developing sharia cooperatives in collaboration with sharia fintech is the lack of education and promotion of Islamic financial institutions collaboration, especially in sharia cooperatives with sharia fintech (E9), which initially became competitors to financial institutions because they were very flexible and fast and have become OJK's instructions that fintech must collaborate with financial institutions including sharia ones. Furthermore, it can be suggested for legislators, actors and drafter to constantly monitor and improve the process in the context of the progress and welfare of cooperatives and SMEs in Indonesia.

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