A Review of Risk Contents in the WTO Subsidy Agreements of Government-driven R&D Projects for Korea SMEs: Focusing on Case Study of National R&D Projects in Preliminary Feasibility Studies

Decommissioning a producing asset within a low oil-price market scenario with a possibility of resuming production at a later stage is becoming a frequent task. The main objective of the offshore campaign is to release the floating production storage and off-loading unit (FPSO) at the earliest time by disconnecting all production risers, umbilical and mooring chains, and ensuring integrity of the subsea assets for future use. The entire project for the disconnection of this FPSO was managed in four phases. The first two phases were related to shutdown of production and FPSO clean-up. The FPSO readiness for disconnection was required before the final two phases: disconnection of risers and mooring lines. Detailed engineering was carried out in consultation with various stakeholders involved in the project: the regulator, the company, the FPSO owner and the installation contractor. Through feasibility studies, the best option was selected, which included innovative solutions to reduce overall offshore duration and project costs. The project was successfully completed by meeting the key objective of early departure of the FPSO without lost time injury or any significant environmental incidents.

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Making Cycling Spaces in Hilly Cities

KnE Engineering ◽

10.18502/keg.v5i5.6933 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Isabel Matias ◽

Bertha Santos ◽

Ana Virtudes

Keyword(s):

Environmental Pollution ◽

Traffic Congestion ◽

Road Network ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Feasibility Studies ◽

It Use ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

Definition Of ◽

Serra Da Estrela

Traffic congestion and environmental pollution in cities have stimulated the rise of policies to encourage practices of less polluting, and more economic and healthier modes of transportation, such as cycling. Several factors influence bicycle use, including the steep gradients which can limit it use, but do not completely prevent it. In this context, urban planning and transport engineering play a key role in promoting cycling, with particular emphasis on the definition and design of cycling networks at hilly cities, according to the citizens’ needs on their daily commutes. To address this challenge, this paper describes the starting developments and the methodological approach of a doctoral research having the following goals: to define the data to be considered in feasibility studies of designing cycling mode in hilly cities; to develop a bicycle suitability model based on demographic, travel-generating poles, type of bicycles (regular vs. electric) and road network criteria; to develop a model to support the definition of cycling network based on connectivity, network intersections, integration with other modes of transportation, parking and safety; and to define a procedure for assessing solutions and define cycling routes hierarchy, having as case study the hilly city of Covilhã, at Serra da Estrela mountain.

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Contract Management in Outsourced Revenue Collection in Local Governments in Tanzania: Experience from Selected Local Government Councils

10.31132/2412-5717-2018-45-4-32-51 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 32-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paul Mtasigazya

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Local Governments ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Feasibility Studies ◽

Contract Management ◽

Government Officials ◽

Private Companies ◽

Revenue Collection ◽

Contractual Agreements

Local Government’s Capacity for Contract management in outsourced revenue collection in Tanzania has become the major topic of discussio. This paper explores recent issues concerning Contracts management in outsourced revenue collection in Tanzania, including feasibility studies prior to outsourcing revenue collection, design of the contracts for revenue collection, monitoring of the performance of the private companies in revenue collection, timely remittance of revenues by the private companies to local councils as well as financial and human resources capacity in enforcing these contracts. The study adopted the case study research design and the methods of data collection were interviews and documentary review. The findings indicate that key problems to contract management and enforcements are corruption, collusion between local government officials and private companies, laxity in conducting feasibility studies and poor monitoring of private companies which do not bring the desired outcomes in terms of revenue collection. Based on the study findings, this research concludes that the private companies and Local governments should comply with contractual agreements and improve human and financial resources capacity in order to provide revenue saving from outsourced revenue collection.

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Introduction of electronic documents: how business process simulation can help

Business Process Management Journal ◽

10.1108/bpmj-05-2013-0062 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (6) ◽

pp. 950-970 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michael Leyer ◽

Maximilian Hollmann

Keyword(s):

Business Process ◽

Process Simulation ◽

Feasibility Studies ◽

Document Management ◽

Promising Alternative ◽

Content Type ◽

Electronic Documents ◽

Case Examples ◽

The Impact

Purpose – Many companies still use paper documents within their service processes, which is supposed to be inefficient, and a digitalisation of documents is a promising alternative. However, such a change is expensive and the process typically has to be adapted. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to show how business process simulation (BPS) can be used to forecast the effects of the introduction of electronic documents. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a case study of a German bank, and shows how BPS can be used to evaluate the introduction of electronic documents in financial service processes. Findings – The case study shows how BPS can be applied to evaluate the implications of introducing IT systems using the example of e-files. The results reveal that not only cycle time, but also costs and administrative workload, can be reduced, while the number of processed orders increases. Practical implications – On the one hand the data generated in the simulation results can form the basis for feasibility studies regarding IT investments, e.g. for the migration of historical data from the old document management system system. On the other hand, further actions can be deduced for sales staff and other processes, which can use employees’ additional free time. Originality/value – Real case examples are rare, as many companies do not apply simulations. This paper is the first to analyse the impact of introducing electronic documents in service processes using BPS. The paper provides an approach how to conceptualise such settings.

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Uncertainty and feasibility studies: an Italian case study

Journal of Property Investment and Finance ◽

10.1108/14635780610700732 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 49-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Nick French ◽

Laura Gabrielli

Keyword(s):

Feasibility Studies ◽

Italian Case

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A Caribbean feasibility—the Nevis Heritage Project

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00059184 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 74 (284) ◽

pp. 267-268

Author(s):

Elaine L. Morris

Keyword(s):

Building Materials ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Feasibility Studies ◽

Palm Trees ◽

Torrential Rainfall ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The University ◽

Social Landscapes ◽

Expansion Scheme

A team of archaeologists organized by the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton (UK), in association with the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society, conducted a series of feasibility studies in 1999 to determine whether the prehistoric and historic social landscapes of the Caribbean could be researched from one island, as a case study, in advance of both rapid development and frightening natural destruction. On the tiny island of Nevis, one of the Leewards in the Eastern Caribbean, the airport expansion scheme recently destroyed one of the oldest standing English fortifications in the Caribbean (Figure 1) (Morris et al. 1999), while Hurricane Lenny removed sand and palm trees to reveal two new colonial forts just last year. Torrential rainfall, uncontrolled by centuries of sugar-cane production, erodes prehistoric sites daily (Figure 2). These sandy middens are prime landscaping resources for new golf courses or building materials for hotels and homes.

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Procedure for Determining Potential Gas Quantities in an Existing Sanitary Landfill

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1986.0171 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

pp. 151-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

M. J. Laquidara ◽

A. P. Leuschner ◽

D. L. Wise

Keyword(s):

Decay Rate ◽

Feasibility Studies ◽

Field Testing ◽

Rate Coefficients ◽

Sanitary Landfill ◽

Study Results ◽

Gas Potential ◽

Reduced Data ◽

Entire Procedure

The objectives of this paper are: 1) to develop a procedure for determining potential gas quantities in existing landfills, 2) to present a case study based on the developed procedure, and 3) to verify the case study results with field testing. Over the last five years Dynatech R/D Company has been involved in performing feasibility studies to determine potential gas quantities in existing landfills. The data collected during this period has been reduced and plotted. Using the reduced data base, a systematic procedure for determining the extent of decomposition and decay rate coefficients is presented. Finally, the entire procedure for determining gas potential in an existing landfill is performed for a case study. The case study results are verified using field drawdown tests.

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