scholarly journals Evolution of heterodox mesoeconomics

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-52
Author(s):  
Svetlana Kirdina-Chandler ◽  
Vladimir Maevsky
Keyword(s):  
Economic Life ◽  
Coordination Mechanism ◽  
Positive Feedbacks ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Unifying Principles ◽  
New Research ◽  
Microeconomic Foundations

The established «micro-macro» dichotomy in economics can be considered as a methodological trap today. The established «micro-macro» dichotomy in economics can be considered as such a trap today. It does not allow for exploring increasingly complex relationships in the modern economy and new emerging structures. Therefore a new theoretical space – «meso» – was required. This paper shows how, outside the orthodox mainstream, a new area of economic theory – heterodox mesoeconomics – has shaped. Based on more realistic methodological prerequisites, compared with those accepted in mainstream micro- and macroeconomics, it offers new research programmes and explanatory schemes of what is happening in economic life. The unifying principles of heterodox mesoeconomics include several methodological postulates. First, this is a departure from microeconomic foundations and principles of additive aggregation. Mesoeconomics considers the economy as a complex multi-level system in which mesostructures arise as a result of coevolution processes. Second, mesoeconomics focuses not only (and not primarily) on the price coordination mechanism with a predominance of negative feedback, but rather on the effects of positive feedbacks. Therefore, heterodox mesoeconomists investigate more complex spontaneously emerging coordination mechanisms, as well as spatial, functional and temporal mesoeconomic structures. Third, heterodox mesoeconomists focus not only on competition as the basis of economic interactions but also on cooperation, redistribution, joint activities, etc. The paper summarizes experience from the heterodox mesoeconomic research since the 1970s to the present.

scholarly journals Learning from and Leveraging Multi-Level Changes in Responses to the COVID 19 Pandemic to Facilitate Breast Cancer Prevention Efforts

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6999
Author(s):  
Deborah J. Bowen ◽  
Kelly E. Rentscher ◽  
Amy Wu ◽  
Gwen Darien ◽  
Helen Ghirmai Haile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Breast Cancer Prevention ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
And Shifts

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had multilevel effects on non-COVID-19 health and health care, including deferral of routine cancer prevention and screening and delays in surgical and other procedures. Health and health care use has also been affected by pandemic-related loss of employer-based health insurance, food and housing disruptions, and heightened stress, sleep disruptions and social isolation. These disruptions are projected to contribute to excess non-COVID-19 deaths over the coming decades. At the same time municipalities, health systems and individuals are making changes in response to the pandemic, including modifications in the environmental to promote health, implementation of telehealth platforms, and shifts towards greater self-care and using remote platforms to maintain social connections. We used a multi-level biopsychosocial model to examine the available literature on the relationship between COVID-19-related changes and breast cancer prevention to identify current gaps in knowledge and identify potential opportunities for future research. We found that COVID-19 has impacted several aspects of social and economic life, through a variety of mechanisms, including unemployment, changes in health care delivery, changes in eating and activity, and changes in mental health. Some of these changes should be reduced, while others should be explored and enhanced.

scholarly journals Temporal multi-level coordination techniques oriented to regional water networks: application to the Catalunya case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 952-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Cong Sun ◽  
Vicenç Puig ◽  
Gabriela Cembrano
Keyword(s):  
Lower Layer ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Coordination Mechanism ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Water Network ◽  
Aggregate Model ◽  
Global Management ◽  
Daily Scale ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Regional Water

In this paper, a multi-layer model predictive control (MPC) with temporal multi-level coordination for regional water supply systems is proposed. First, a multi-layer control structure resulting from a functional decomposition of water network is briefly presented. Inside each layer, an MPC based controller is used. Between related layers, a temporal multi-level coordination mechanism is used to generate control strategies which consider objectives and time scales of both layers. The upper layer which is named supply layer works in a daily scale in order to achieve the global management policies for the different reservoirs. The lower layer which is named transportation layer works in an hourly scale and is in charge of manipulating the actuators (pumps and valves) set-point to satisfy the local objectives. The results of the modelling will be applied to the Catalunya Regional Water Network and this paper presents the simulation results based on an aggregate model of this network.

Cultural orientation: its relationship with market orientation, innovation and organisational performance

2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Mavondo ◽  
Mark Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Food Manufacturing ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Organisational Strategy

The relationships among organisational culture, business environment, business strategy and functional strategies are rarely investigated in a holistic perspective. This leads to reductionism in modelling and prevents the full exploration of the potentially complex relationships among cultural orientation, business strategy and functional strategies and their impact on organisational performance. This paper, based on a sample drawn from food manufacturing businesses in Zimbabwe, recognises the pervasive impact of organisational culture on organisational strategy and functional strategies. As a result, it acknowledges the multi‐level impact of cultural orientation – allowing for the building of a conceptual model, linking cultural orientation, business environment, organisational strategy, functional strategies and performance – which is subsequently empirically tested.

scholarly journals Ambidexterity as a New Research Paradigm: Examining the Mediating Role of Employees Goal Orientation, Exploitation and Exploration

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 94-105
Author(s):  
Gul Bahar ◽  
Shazia Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Organizational Ambidexterity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to empirically validate the impact of ability-enhancing HR bundles on organizational ambidexterity through mediation of employees cognitive factors and employees exploration and exploitation. The multi-level data was collected from 600 employees of the software companies and analyzed through MEDTHREE analysis and SEM using AMOS software. Data was collected in two-time waves and results revealed positive relationship between ability-enhancing HR bundles and organizational ambidexterity. This study contributes to literature by providing new insights and by investigating links of ability-enhancing HR bundles with organizational ambidexterity directly and indirectly.

Forests and water - closing the gap between public and science perceptions

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 39-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.R. Calder
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Develop Land ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research

The public perception that forests are, in all circumstances, necessarily good for the water environment, that they increase rainfall, increase runoff, regulate flows, reduce erosion, reduce floods, “sterilize” water supplies and improve water quality, has long been questioned by the scientific community. The evolving “modern” science perception suggests a more complex and generally less advantageous view of forests. It is suggested that the disparity between the two perceptions needs to be addressed before we are in a position to devise and develop land and water policies which are aimed at either improving the water environment, and by doing so improving the livelihoods of poor people by greater access to water, or conserving and protecting forests. Examples are given of “interactive” research projects in different parts of the world including the UK, South Africa, Panama and India where, through the involvement of stakeholder groups, often with representatives comprising both the science and public perceptions, research programmes have been designed and are being implemented, not only to derive new research findings with regard to the biophysical processes, but also to achieve better “ownership” and acceptance of these research findings by the stakeholder groups.

scholarly journals Beyond projects: benefits of research accompanying research: Reflections from the research programme Sustainable Land Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Weith ◽  
Sebastian Rogga ◽  
Jana Zscheischler ◽  
Nadin Gaasch
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Sustainable Land Management ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Working Together ◽  
New Research ◽  
Additional Value

In manifold ways science and practice are working together to find solutions for sustainable land management. New research programmes on this topic generate a large variety of single project results. Accompanying research projects will realize additional value by merging and synthesising the results from these projects and by supporting the generation of new knowledge for science and society.For many actors in science and policy, the additional value of research accompanying research projects remains open. Referring to a recent publication in GAIA that introduces a typology for accompanying research (AR), this article discusses the central issues, content, processes and ongoing challenges in an AR project accompanying the German research programme Sustainable Land Management. The important value of AR can be seen in communication, networking, the reflexive generation of new knowledge and knowledge management based on trust building and competence. AR also exhibits great potential for research on cross-cutting issues in research programmes and has special significance for meta-studies on different research projects taking place under similar funding conditions. However, additional analyses are necessary for a better understanding of the outcomes and impacts of AR and to create wider appreciation and acceptance.

Deformations of the Protection Shelf in the “Wapno” Salt Mine, Based on Model Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-886
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Kortas ◽  
Agnieszka Maj
Keyword(s):  
Viscous Medium ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Salt Mine ◽  
Flow Paths ◽  
Model Studies ◽  
Salt Mines ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Pillar Structure ◽  
New Research ◽  
Distribution Of Stress

Abstract The catastrophic mine failure resulting from the inrush of water into the Wapno Salt Mine was probably caused by a fracture in the roof protection shelf. The purpose of the present study was to apply the method of the homogenization of the multi-level room-and-pillar structure in the Wapno Salt Mine for 3D+t modelling of the elastic-viscous medium to determine the distribution of stress and strain, and, on that basis, to estimate the geomechanical conditions existing in the roof shelf. This paper presents briefly the spatial development of the salt mine’s structure and the results of the surveying measurements carried out during the salt mine’s operation and after the mine was flooded. Those results constituted a basis for the verification of the introduced homogenization parameters, i.e. the time-dependent changes of the elasticity modulus and the susceptibility to creep at particular salt mine’s levels. A simulated process demonstrated the development of positive values of principle stresses, increasing with time, and of omnidirectional tensile strains. In such conditions, the cracking of the protection shelf body could proceed, also with opening of water flow paths from the dome cap into the salt mine’s workings. This paper presents a new research method, the results of its application, and the obtained distribution of stresses and strains that can be useful for the assessment of water hazard in other salt mines.

They Think They're Normal: Enduring Questions and New Research on North Korea—A Review Essay

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Kang
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
The World ◽  
New Research ◽  
Inside Out

A wave of recent scholarship, built on rich empirical research, provides new perspectives on enduring questions about North Korea. Three books, in particular—Patrick McEachern's Inside the Red Box, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland's Famine in North Korea, and Suk-Young Kim's Illusive Utopia—present a comprehensive and panoramic vision of North Korea today. This essay reviews these books and makes two overarching arguments. First, North Korea is more “normal” than is often thought, and its domestic politics, economy, and society function in ways familiar to other countries around the world. When viewed from the inside out, North Korea's institutions, economic life, and its people act in ways that are not only similar to those of others around the world, but that differ only in their level of intensity. Second, North Korea's continuing nuclear and military challenge is only one aspect of its overall relations with the world, and policies designed to minimize its threatening military behavior may work at cross-purposes with policies designed to improve its economy and the lives of its people. The complexities that arise in dealing with North Korea create a number of contradictory policy choices, and making progress on one issue has often meant overlooking another, or even allowing it to become worse.

European Community Research Programmes in Support of Aquaculture

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
Flor Cruz
Keyword(s):  
European Community ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Aquaculture Industry ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Rearing Techniques ◽  
New Research

The European Community (EC) has played a significant role in the development of the aquaculture industry during recent years. With the objective of stimulating the economic development of the less favoured coastal and rural areas, the EC has provided financial support to the aquaculture industry and to research activities in this field. Two specific research programmes that include aquaculture are being implemented by the EC at present. They are the FAR (Fisheries and Aquaculture Research) and the AAIR (Agriculture and Agro-Industry, including Fisheries Research) programmes. Both aim to promote the cooperation and coordination of research between Member States, providing financial support to research projects dealing with the following areas: rearing techniques; disease problems; genetics; interactions between aquaculture and the environment. In addition, these programmes support the organization of workshops, seminars, conferences etc., and bursaries for the exchange of scientists and students. It is too early to evaluate the contribution of these programmes to the development of the aquaculture industry. However, the FAR programme has succeeded in creating and improving links in the Community. Coordination is expected to be reinforced in the new research programme, which is now under preparation. This paper describes the current activities, priorities and future opportunities of the Community research programmes in the field of aquaculture.

scholarly journals The Development of Consciousness in Children Through the Lens of L.I. Bozhovich’s Psychological System

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
G.V. Akopov
Keyword(s):  
Social Communication ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Novelty Seeking ◽  
Internal Position ◽  
System L ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Psychological System ◽  
New Research

The paper focuses on the importance of L.I. Bozhovich's ideas in the context of new research programmes on consciousness. It reveals the basic characteristics of the psychological system (L. S. Vygotsky) underlying L.I. Bozhovich's research on the problem of personality formation in childhood (the motivational sphere as a core factor, the structure of motives, the hierarchy of motives, etc.) The formation and dynamics of consciousness in L.I. Bozhovich’s system is realized both in the processes of external determination and in self-determination of personality (novelty-seeking, internal position). The psychological systems of Vygotsky and Bozhovich are considered as complementary in their views on such components of consciousness as intellect (communication, understanding, synthesis) and affect (the need for new experiences, mediated motives, inner position). Modern technological progress promotes the next cultural-historical inversion of the ‘affect/intellect’ dilemma determined by the increasing digitalization processess (artificial intelligence) and social communication.

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