scholarly journals IMPLICATIONS OF BLOCKCHAIN AND TRANSPARENCY FOR BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
HEDWIK D. GIESEL ◽  
FARLEY S. M. NOBRE
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Method Approach

ABSTRACT Purpose: Blockchain protocol comprises several attributes, among which transparency stands out. In this vein, the purpose of this article is to advance research on the implications of transparency (as derived from the use of blockchain) for business sustainability (BS). Originality/value: There is continuing interest in applying blockchain for creating and improving transparency, with this latter representing a strategic asset in BS. However, despite advancing this subject, the literature still lacks studies that explain the organizational circumstances in which blockchain can enable progress on transparency in the scope of BS. Design/method/approach: The methodology involved an integrative literature review on blockchain, transparency, and BS, and it was conducted with the support of Web of Science and Scopus to attend the research objective. Findings: The results favored the proposal of two analytical frameworks: one refers to the concepts of blockchain and transparency presented by the academic literature, and the other to the benefits of blockchain and transparency for the economic, social, and environmental BS dimensions. Furthermore, discussions involved deducing propositions about the use of blockchain to improve transparency in the BS context. The propositions open future research directions to studies that aim to test them qualitatively or quantitatively.

Emergency inventory management for disasters—A review

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eren Erman Ozguven, PhD ◽  
Kaan Ozbay, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Management ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Comprehensive Search ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Delivery Options

There has been a recent surge in the publication of academic literature examining various aspects of emergency inventory management for disasters. This article contains a timely literature review of these studies, beginning with an exposition of the characteristics of storage and delivery options for emergency supplies, with a particular emphasis on the differences between emergency inventories and conventional inventory management. Using a novel classification scheme and a comprehensive search of the inventory-related literature, an overview of the emergency inventory management studies is also presented. Finally, based on this extensive review, a discussion is presentedbased on the critical issues and key findings related to the emergency inventory management field, and include suggestions for future research directions.

Auditing Fair Value Measurements: A Synthesis of Relevant Research

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger D. Martin ◽  
Jay S. Rich ◽  
T. Jeffrey Wilks
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Judgment And Decision Making ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Fair Value Measurements

To contribute to the PCAOB project on auditing fair value measurements (FVMs), we synthesize relevant academic literature to offer insights, conclusions, and future research directions for auditors, standard-setters, and academics focusing on auditing FVMs. We structure our synthesis along two dimensions: (1) an emphasis on the auditor's need to understand how FVMs are prepared, and (2) the audit steps and procedures necessary to verify and attest to FVMs, including an awareness of the potential biases inherent in auditing FVMs. Drawing primarily from the judgment and decision-making literature, we highlight a number of potential biases and limitations in the preparation and audit of FVMs. Additionally, we note that the specialized valuation knowledge necessary to effectively audit FVMs will be difficult for auditors to gain and maintain.

Islamic social finance: a literature review and future research directions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Aibolovna Kuanova ◽  
Rimma Sagiyeva ◽  
Nasim Shah Shirazi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Web

Purpose This paper aims to study the main trends of scientific research in Islamic finance’s social aspects to clarify place, role and functions, especially in the context of increasing social problems. To achieve this goal, this paper focuses on the social component of Islamic finance, analyzes publications on social Islamic finance in the Web of Science database, covering the period from 1979 to 2020, specify the geographical localization of research networks, determines the most cited authors and their scientific position. Design/methodology/approach The authors have applied several literature review techniques, a bibliometric citation and co-citation analysis, a co-authorship analysis and a review of the most cited papers. The analyzes’ results allow us to offer five future questions in Islamic social finance, zakat and waqf, which have not been investigated before and could influence Islamic social finance and Islamic finance research. Findings The authors also derive and summarize five leading future research questions. Research limitations/implications This is a limitation of using only the Web of Science Core Collection database as the premier resource and the most trusted citation index for the world’s scientific and scholarly research. Further study might expand the types of analyzed units, include more keywords and include other databases, such as Scopus. Originality/value This paper can be considered as an inspirational one to future researchers and policymakers in Islamic social finance.

Business Sustainability Indices

2019 ◽  
pp. 200-211
Author(s):  
Arunasalam Sambhanthan
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Industry Clusters ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Country Level ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Sustainability Indices

Business sustainability models and indices are useful in theorizing and measuring organizational elements of sustainability. It is often the case that there are not many models and scales out there in the literature for theorizing business sustainability. Existing sustainability models from the published literature are reviewed. The review suggests that there is not much documented research in business sustainability typologies. There is a considerable amount of research required from the applied researchers working in this area to contextualize and re-specify the business sustainability typologies to differing industry clusters such as e-learning, agriculture, manufacturing, and healthcare. In addition to this, the chapter also reviews the existing indices available out there in the literature to measure sustainability. A summary of existing sustainability indices available to measure sustainability at country level and a number of business sustainability indices have been presented. This is followed by a discussion of future research directions.

Mapping research on family business in tourism and hospitality: a bibliometric analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shekhar Shekhar ◽  
Anjali Gupta ◽  
Marco Valeri
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Citation Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Eastern Hemisphere ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

PurposeThis study aims to map the development of research on family business in tourism and hospitality and provides insights into the key contributors, key areas and current dynamics, and suggests future research directions in the field.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the Web of Science (WoS) database to identify the 124 articles published in the theme. The study uses bibliometric indicators such as the co-citation network, word co-occurrence network to analyze the publication and citation structure using Science of Science (Sci2), OpenRefine, and Gephi.FindingsThe top authors, top journals and major themes are recognized using bibliometric techniques. The study identifies six keyword clusters: entrepreneurship, innovation, and empirical collaborating with tourism, hospitality, and family business. The country-wise collaboration indicates the lack of research in the eastern hemisphere of the world. The co-authorship shows studies shared among individuals of a few organizations. The trends from bibliographic coupling depict the evolution of research.Research limitations/implicationsThe scope of data collection for the network analysis is limited to the WoS. Incorporating papers from other databases might provide different network structures and insights.Originality/valueThe study is the first of its kind in the theme of family businesses in tourism and hospitality and will contribute to the literature by identifying future research directions.

scholarly journals Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis of Mobile Technology in Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7975
Author(s):  
Sirong Chen ◽  
Rob Law ◽  
Shaogui Xu ◽  
Mu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Mobile Communication Technology

With the advent of the fifth-generation mobile communication technology era, mobile technology will further change tourism. However, studies on mobile technology in tourism from the perspective of bibliometrics and visualization are limited. This research aimed to systematically, comprehensively, and objectively analyze the current research status and potential future research directions in this field through a visual bibliometric analysis of mobile technology research in tourism. This study used CiteSpace software to analyze 803 related journal papers from the Web of Science Core Collection and provided insights into the research of mobile technology in tourism from the aspects of research trends, research areas, top journals, author/institution/country or region collaboration networks, research keywords, and research foundations. The study can help related personnel in academia and industry to fully understand the research of mobile technology in tourism and provides valuable references for related research fields on bibliometric and visualized analysis.

scholarly journals On Italian mobilities and ecological fretwork

Modern Italy ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Stephanie Malia Hom
Keyword(s):  
Environmental History ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Humanities ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
History Of ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
History Of Migration

This invited commentary explores the ecological fretwork binding people and nature, and, specifically, how Italy and Italianness serve as critical frames for envisioning an environmental history of migration. It examines how each contribution in this special issue adds rigorous archival research to the growing body of academic literature on Italy and the environmental humanities. It also comments on the future research directions, which are connected to this emerging history. Situating these contributions in the wider context of climate change and planetary transformation, this article illuminates how mobilities, understood as an Italian phenomenon, have shaped the globe on a scale previously unknown.

scholarly journals Learning from Each Other—A Bibliometric Review of Research on Information Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10094
Author(s):  
Ramona Bran ◽  
Laurentiu Tiru ◽  
Gabriela Grosseck ◽  
Carmen Holotescu ◽  
Laura Malita
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Knowledge Framework ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Interest In Research ◽  
Different Parts

Interest in research connected to information disorders has grown considerably in recent years. The phrase “information disorders” refers to three different notions: dis-, mis-, and malinformation. It is difficult to pin down this new and dynamic phenomenon of informational disruption and to assess its impact on society. Therefore, we conducted a bibliometric analysis on the complexity of information disorders using the Web of Science Core Collection database from 1975 to June 2021. We analyzed 8964 papers with the goal to have an overall picture of the topic, clarify the knowledge framework of research in this field, examine the development dynamics, identify future research directions and increase the understanding of the research on information disorders. The following are our main findings: the number of publications, authors, and journals has increased; research on information disorders has earned considerable attention in multiple academic fields; there are more and more works written in collaboration by scholars from different parts and cultures of the world. This paper makes important contributions to the literature, not only by providing researchers and practitioners with a coherent and perceptible intellectual basis to find answers, but also by bringing valuable insights for further investigation and future research directions.

Design 3D Printed Coils for WPT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Xu ◽  
E. (Zjenja) L. Doubrovski ◽  
Jo M. P. Geraedts ◽  
Yu (Wolf) Song
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Receiver Coil ◽  
Coil Design ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Seed Position ◽  
Transmitter Coil ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
3D Shapes

Abstract The geometric shapes of coils influence the performance of a 3D IPT system. In this paper, we proposed a 3D coil design method based on (3D) printing electronics. Given a 3D transmitter coil, the center position of the receiver coil is estimated as a random seed position in the corresponding 3D surface first. At this position, we use the heatmap method with electromagnetic constraints to iteratively extend the coil until the desired power can be transferred via the coil. For each extension of the coil, i.e. a new turn, the shape of the coil is optimized by calculating the convex hull of the new turn in the 2D projection plane. Using this method, we are able to generate a receiver coil to transmit “just enough” power at a given seed position. Then, by fixing the receiver coil, the 3D shape of the transmitter coil can be optimized as well. This zig-zag optimization process iterates until there are few changes of the position and 3D shapes in the iteration. Experiment results with Ansys Maxwell verified the effectiveness of the proposed 3D coil design method, and highlighted possible future research directions as well.

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