E-Waste: Strategies for Optimizing Sustainable Computing

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priti Rajvanshi ◽  
Rashmi Trivedi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Know How ◽  
Reliable Knowledge ◽  
Infrastructure Services

Information Technology era is where the life revolves around computer and its infrastructure services. There are some benefits of computers that are enormous, ranging from reliable knowledge transfer to availability of information anytime, anywhere, making it everyone’s genie. But this genie brings along a number of other issues which are concern for all. The paper focuses on practical techniques and strategies to encourage environmentally conscious manufacture, use of information technology and know-how to convert E-Waste to the Best. The analysis and empirical evaluation of each reported technique is given with a comparison of each in terms of their environmental impact.

Intermediates of Open Innovation in the Aquaculture Industry

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Ramos ◽  
Pedro Pousão Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Protein Production ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Know How ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors

Aquaculture appears to be the most adequate and logical way to suit the protein production problem. Basically, because unlike fisheries that are highly unpredictable, aquaculture rearing is based upon production protocols. This chapter developed an argument supporting the above rationale. As it stands, the evidence suggests that with the current use of information technology, it becomes a common practice to exchange aquaculture knowledge between firms, research bodies, or non-governmental organizations. The interaction between the whole set of stakeholders, where a broad range of know-how and intermediate products and services are developed, generates innovation. Sharing know-how creates open innovation. Open innovation, by its turn, seeks efficiency and generates more sustainable production processes. The way knowledge transfer is delivered and its trends are dependent upon dimensions such as economic, social, and cultural factors.

scholarly journals Scientific Mobility, Training and Entrepreneurial Skills in Health Sciences: The Spanish Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2195
Author(s):  
Pedro Aceituno-Aceituno ◽  
Joaquín Danvila-del-Valle ◽  
Abel González García ◽  
Carlos Bousoño-Calzón
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Know How ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Scientific Mobility ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Mobility Training

The activity of scientists promotes medical research in health services. However, on many occasions, these professionals do not know how to transfer their research results to the market. Therefore, it is worth providing data on aspects such as training in entrepreneurship and scientific mobility to foster knowledge transfer. This paper discusses data on the Spanish case in Health Sciences to devise effective policies in these areas. To this end, following the methodology of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report and the existing scientific literature, 291 researchers involved in scientific mobility in Spain have been interviewed. Of these, 90 belonged to health areas: Spanish scientists abroad (37), Scientists returned to Spain (16), and Young researchers in Spain (37). The results show that the mobile scientists in this area have more entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions, have acquired more entrepreneurial skills, and have received more training in these subjects. Furthermore, there are few permanent positions for all these groups whose mobility decisions fundamentally depend on job opportunities, so the health authorities can intensify these measures to promote knowledge transfer.

scholarly journals Pelatihan Branding Sekolah Pada Sosial Media di SMP IT Madani

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Wenni Syafitri
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Community Service ◽  
School Management ◽  
Guttman Scale ◽  
Effective School ◽  
A Value ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism ◽  
Promotion Mechanism

SMP IT Madani has 10 teachers and 99 students till now. To improve the promotion of SMP IT Madani, various promotional activities have been carried out, one of which is the expo. Evaluation mechanism is not done optimally for promotion. Inappropriate promotion mechanism and evaluation that is not optimal, so that it will impact on school branding. Branding is a mechanism to highlight what is characteristic of the school as well as being a place for school promotion. The target of community service is to realize the school branding training for teachers and school management using information technology to the fullest. This activity has been successfully implemented, step by step carried out carefully. This activity also succeeded in carrying out knowledge transfer activities to our partners, namely SMP IT Madani. Knowledge transferred is how to do effective school branding. The evaluation of this activity is a measurement using the Guttman scale. The evaluation results show success by obtaining a value of 1 for each CS and CR scale.

Mitigating the Environmental Impact of Smartphones with Device Reuse

2012 ◽  
pp. 252-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Li ◽  
Pablo Ortiz ◽  
Brandon Kuczenski ◽  
Diana Franklin ◽  
Frederic T. Chong
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Energy Materials ◽  
Societal Benefit ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Elementary School Education ◽  
Manufacturing Stage

The rapid growth of information technology has not only brought substantial economic and societal benefit but also led to an unsustainable disposable model in which mobile devices are replaced in a matter of months. The environmental impact of this stream of handsets in terms of manufacturing energy, materials, and disposal costs is alarming. This chapter aims at raising today’s environmental issues of the increasing smartphone market, as well as providing a quantitative analysis on the environmental impact of different life-cycle stages of the smartphones, including the manufacturing stage, using stage, and recycling. To achieve sustainable computing and best utilize the energy consumed during manufacturing the large number of devices, this chapter demonstrates the methodology and techniques towards reusing smartphones by presenting a case study on reusing smartphones for elementary school education.

Knowledge Transfer Strategy

2011 ◽  
pp. 90-107
Author(s):  
Robert Parent ◽  
Denis St-Jacques ◽  
Julie Bélievau
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Strategy Formulation ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Human Actors

This chapter reviews recent literature on knowledge and knowledge transfer (KT) and proposes the emergence of a classification system of the core KT concepts, models, and contexts that helps address issues of a strategic nature. The two paradigms that inform most of the KT literature, the positivist and social construction paradigms, and their implications on strategy formulation, are discussed. The positivist paradigm views knowledge as an object that can be passed on mechanistically from the creator to a translator who then adapts and transmits it to the user. The social construction paradigm views knowledge as the dynamic by-product of interactions between human actors who are trying to understand, name, and act on reality. In keeping with this dual paradigm logic, the literature on KT can be categorized as originating either from an information technology paradigm or an organic paradigm. The chapter discusses how most of the past strategy-related KT issues focused on the transfer of explicit knowledge and indicates that the future direction implies a shift in attention towards more tacit knowledge transfer considerations.

Preference Aggregation in Lifecycle Decision Making

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Naranjo ◽  
Vidya Patil ◽  
Vijitashwa Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Preference Aggregation ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Customer Preferences ◽  
Take Back ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Viable Model ◽  
Proper Analysis

Rapid innovations in technology lead customers to frequently upgrade to new products. Their current products, now obsolete in terms of technology, aesthetic features and performance, leave behind an ecological footprint that is harmful to the environment. Product take-back systems and remanufacturing methods that promise to minimize the environmental impact are gaining attention among researchers and practitioners in the manufacturing field. A common objective is to find the best option for end of lifecycle (EOL) decisions on whether a product and the components comprising it should be reused, recycled, remanufactured, or disposed. These decisions must entail proper analysis while taking into account customer preferences, which can vary considerably from customer to customer. Mass customization, considered a plausible solution for this problem, is not viable model for many products. In this paper, therefore, we approach this problem from a preference aggregation perspective, particularly, the benevolent dictator model. Using this understanding of aggregated preferences, we address the take-back and possible remanufacturing of products. Once collected, it is questioned whether efficiency enhancing new technology or features should be added in take-back products to improve its performance or add any value. If that is the case, will these remanufactured products, with new technology or features, help in cost-effectively reducing the lifecycle environmental impact of the product, compared to a remanufactured product with original specifications? A home HVAC system was selected to exemplify the design and reuse problem, and show the benefit of favoring environmentally conscious customers in lifecycle decision making.

An Surplus Asset Management Model for Environmental Impact Analysis of EOL Electronic Products

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueqing Qian ◽  
Hong-Chao Zhang ◽  
Bingbing Li
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Electronic Products ◽  
Environmental Impact Analysis ◽  
Corporate Office ◽  
Environmentally Conscious Design

With increasing environmental regulations and waste management costs, environmentally conscious design and manufacturing (ECDM) and surplus asset recovery are becoming a more attractive approach to solve environmental problems. Any company that owns a collection of PCs, printers and other electronic accessories probably needs to manage these assets more effectively, but currently there is a lack of tools for effective management. Therefore, this paper discusses, from the viewpoint of an enterprise dealing with end-of-life electronic products, the recycling processes according to literature, and derives an integrated model on surplus asset management and environmental impact analysis. The primary objective of the model is to develop a certain tool for managing surplus asset within a corporate office and generate a decision making tool for those who are concerned with the environmental issues in the design or recycling phase. Based on this model, a prototype system is introduced in detail in this paper.

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