Economies of Combination Innovation from Group Operation in Petrochemical Complex

The circumstances that surround the oil and petrochemical industry recently have been severe. Under such a severe competitive situation, oil and petrochemical companies came up with the idea of business cooperation in the same region in order to acquire global competitiveness. In this paper, the approach and ways of the high-level integration for group operation in petrochemical complex are analyzed, the meaning of RING projects is declared, and the economy that arises from group operation business is considered. Cooperation with some businesses would be effective for energy conservation and environmental measures, and would advance the possibility to achieve economies of public profit. Also, group operation would break the stoppage and promote innovations one after another in a petrochemical complex.

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Foreign subsidiaries’ competitive strategy: the impact of corporate support and local competition

European Business Review ◽

10.1108/ebr-04-2017-0068 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 606-627 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Anders Pehrsson

Keyword(s):

Product Differentiation ◽

Competitive Strategy ◽

Positive Association ◽

International Strategy ◽

Competitive Intensity ◽

Content Type ◽

Cost Leadership ◽

The Usa ◽

Corporate Support ◽

The Impact

Purpose The study draws on the resource-based view and the contingency view of strategy. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to international strategy literature by extending the current understanding of foreign subsidiary’s competitive strategy in terms of cost leadership and product differentiation. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses concern associations between corporate support building on product and skills relatedness and subsidiary strategies. Also, it is hypothesized that strategies are due to the type of local competitive intensity. The hypotheses were tested on wholly owned subsidiaries of Swedish industrial firms in Germany, the UK and the USA. Findings Product and skills relatedness between the subsidiary and the corporate core unit are positively associated with the subsidiary’s emphasis on cost leadership. Also, a positive association was found between skills relatedness and product differentiation, and extensive competitive intensity strengthens the relationship. Research limitations/implications The study specifies what business relatedness is needed for a subsidiary’s competitive strategy; skills relatedness is more important than product relatedness; the type of local competitive intensity is important; corporate support and local strategy operate simultaneously. Practical implications Management is advised to implement a foreign subsidiary’s competitive strategy by recognizing the mechanisms identified in this study. Originality/value In a unique way, the study captures the role of corporate support of a foreign subsidiary’s competitive strategy relying on business relatedness and the importance of aligning the strategy with competitive intensity.

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Building a Home: Everyday Placemaking in a Toxic Neighborhood

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0731121419866806 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 62 (5) ◽

pp. 709-727

Author(s):

Maricarmen Hernandez

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Petrochemical Industry ◽

Informal Settlement ◽

Toxic Exposure ◽

Scarce Resources ◽

Housing Stability ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

Petrochemical Complex ◽

Extended Exposure

Why do residents of a contaminated area actively organize to formalize their land tenure and continually invest scarce resources in the fortification of their homes, despite their high-risk locations? Existing research documents the collective struggles of residents of contaminated communities to leave toxic areas or to confront polluting industries. Drawing from long-term ethnographic fieldwork in an informal settlement located next to a highly polluting petrochemical complex in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, this article presents the case of a marginalized community that is not only well-aware of its toxic exposure but also actively organizing and investing time and resources to ensure its permanence in the area. This article shows that the strenuous circumstances under which families moved into the neighborhood after multiple displacements, their continued struggle to remain there along with their longing for housing stability have contributed to their extended exposure to the poisonous toxic externalities of the neighboring petrochemical industry.

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ASSESSMENT OF AIR POLLUTION LEVEL OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND TRENDS OF IT CHANGES IN THE CITIES OF UKRAINE

Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Geology ◽

10.17721/1728-2713.82.11 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 87-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Y. Yatsenko ◽

O. Shevchenko ◽

S. Snizhko

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Nitrogen Dioxide ◽

Pollution Level ◽

Method Of Least Squares ◽

Statistical Parameters ◽

Group 3 ◽

Environmental Measures ◽

High Level

The purpose of the work is to study the current level and the main trends of atmospheric air pollution of the cities of Ukraine with nitrogen dioxide to identify the most polluted cities, their ranking to determine the list of cities for the priority implementation of environmental measures. For the purpose of the study, the information of the Central Geophysical Observatory on the average annual concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in the air of 51 cities of Ukraine for the period 1998-2015 was used. The study used the classical methods of applied mathematical statistics (estimation of statistical parameters of distribution of concentrations, construction of time trends on the method of least squares, graphical methods of visualization of levels of air pollution), which were implemented using the available programs "MS-Excell" and "Statistica-8.0". The classification of cities according to the level of MPC exceeds average annual concentrations of nitrogen dioxide. 3 groups of cities were allocated: 1 group (21 cities) permissible level of pollution (<1 MPC); 2 group (27 cities) – increased level of pollution (1-2 MPC); group 3 (3 cities) – high level of pollution (2-3 MPC). It has been established that in the air of 21 cities (41% of all cities where nitrogen dioxide is monitored in the atmosphere) of 51 cities, there is an acceptable level of air pollution. In the remaining cities (59%) – there is a stable excess of MPC. In 23 cities, even the minimum concentrations of NO2 exceed the permissible standards. The study of long-term dynamics of nitrogen dioxide in air has shown that the increase of concentrations of this pollutant for 1998-2015 is observed in 28 cities (55%) of 51. The most significant increase in concentrations in the air occurred in Kherson, Lutsk, Donetsk and Gorishni Plavni. In 13 cities reduction of concentrations was recorded, and in 10 cities the content of this pollutant in the air practically does not change.

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Macroeconomic Factors of Competitiveness of Serbian Economy and ICT Sector

Regional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0882-5.ch405 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 714-727 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Drago Cvijanovic ◽

Ivan Milojevic ◽

Radovan Pejanovic

Keyword(s):

Developed Countries ◽

Operating Efficiency ◽

Macroeconomic Factors ◽

Global Competitiveness ◽

Technological Readiness ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Global Competitiveness Index ◽

The Developed Countries ◽

High Level ◽

Sustainable Economic Growth

Information and communication technology is an initiating and driving force behind economic development. The contribution of the ICT sector is in production and export increase within the sector itself and of the competitiveness of the economy as a whole. Competitiveness is synonymous with productivity and can be enhanced by rational utilization and investment in resources, application of the latest knowledge, investment, by increase of operating efficiency, and implementation of modern technologies in production. Competitiveness implies development of infrastructure and telecommunications, and intensive Internet usage. According to the Global Competitiveness Index, Serbia is lowly ranked. Serbia has the greatest advantage in the area of elementary and higher education, technological readiness and innovativeness. The analysis of technological readiness and the level of innovativeness within the global competitiveness of Serbian economy in 2009, indicates a high level of competitiveness and potential to be developed. Technology transfer from the developed countries is the basis for long-term sustainable economic growth and development. The paper focuses on the analysis of competitiveness of Serbian economy, international economic environment and the determinants of competitiveness.

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Macroeconomic Factors of Competitiveness of Serbian Economy and ICT Sector

International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management ◽

10.4018/ijsem.2012010103 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 24-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Drago Cvijanovic ◽

Ivan Milojevic ◽

Radovan Pejanovic

Keyword(s):

Developed Countries ◽

Operating Efficiency ◽

Macroeconomic Factors ◽

Global Competitiveness ◽

Technological Readiness ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Global Competitiveness Index ◽

The Developed Countries ◽

High Level ◽

Sustainable Economic Growth

Information and communication technology is an initiating and driving force behind economic development. The contribution of the ICT sector is in production and export increase within the sector itself and of the competitiveness of the economy as a whole. Competitiveness is synonymous with productivity and can be enhanced by rational utilization and investment in resources, application of the latest knowledge, investment, by increase of operating efficiency, and implementation of modern technologies in production. Competitiveness implies development of infrastructure and telecommunications, and intensive Internet usage. According to the Global Competitiveness Index, Serbia is lowly ranked. Serbia has the greatest advantage in the area of elementary and higher education, technological readiness and innovativeness. The analysis of technological readiness and the level of innovativeness within the global competitiveness of Serbian economy in 2009, indicates a high level of competitiveness and potential to be developed. Technology transfer from the developed countries is the basis for long-term sustainable economic growth and development. The paper focuses on the analysis of competitiveness of Serbian economy, international economic environment and the determinants of competitiveness.

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Capitalization as a Tool for Managing the Development of Industry and Rail Transport

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20196701010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

pp. 01010

Author(s):

Igor Posokhov ◽

Victoriia Cherepanova ◽

Olha Podrez

Keyword(s):

Occupational Injury ◽

Programming Model ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Rail Transport ◽

High Rate ◽

Real Economy ◽

Industrial Enterprises ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Environmental Measures ◽

High Level

The Ukrainian real economy encounters similar problems that do not allow its rapid development – high level of wear of productive assets, lack of modern equipment, outdated technologies, inappropriate environmental measures, high rate of occupational injury, etc. All this requires designing of new tools to manage the development of such important sectors of economy as industry and rail transport. Therefore, the urgent issues at the current stage of development of these industries include the definition of conditions for fixed assets capitalization and the sources of its financing. The scientific novelty of the results is identification and justification of the capitalization main components, determining the sources of funding and the mechanism for their attraction. The tool for managing the productive and environmental protection assets capitalization has been designed which is optimized using a two-dimensional dynamic programming model. The results obtained are the basis for the practical solution of the problem, and for further scientific research. This approach allows solving the problem of rail transport and industrial enterprises capitalization in a comprehensive manner, which contributes to their sustainable development.

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The state of preparation in performance climbing

10.1101/631838 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Simona Trifu ◽

Antonia Ioana Trifu

Keyword(s):

Self Regulation ◽

Emotional Stability ◽

Emotional Impact ◽

Personality Structure ◽

Competitive Situation ◽

Regulatory Status ◽

Prepared State ◽

Regulation Of Activity ◽

Will Self ◽

High Level

AbstractThis research has been carried out among climbing performers in Romania (a group of 60 climbers), starting from the desire to induce a state of preparation by watching a motivational short movie before performing a high difficulty route. The concept of preparation was related to the emotional impact of tonic or sensitive type (depending on the content of the movie) and the personality structure of the athletes, the conclusions drawn being in the area of optimization of performance by inducing an optimal state of preparation.Performance climbers can have two main attitudes to impact with emotional stimuli in the competitive environment: tonic versus sensitivity. We propose the study of the correlations between the personality structure of the athletes, the emotional impact on stimulation, respectively the quality of the prepared state of state, as the active regulatory status.The methodology included a batch of 60 climbers divided into two equal subgroups, before making a difficult route being allowed to view a movie with a tonic impact, or a sensitive impact. Personality was evaluated through five scales (Intelligence, Emotional Stability, Sensitivity, Imagination, and Perspicacity) while administering a Preparatory and Motivation Questionnaire.People with a high level of intelligence, imagination and perspicacity can more easily create attitudes, habits and habitual contests, as well as conduct appropriate to the concrete conditions of the competitive situation, while people with low emotional stability and sensitivity are more inclined towards a sensitive, labile, sensitive approach to the competitive situation. The research implies the necessity of organizing the mental operators with the purpose of suitability to the performance poor, in accordance with the tactical training of the athlete and with the personality traits.Emotional stimulation leads to affective participation, reception and awareness of favoring issues, stimulation of will, self-regulation of activity according to aspirations and strategies.

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An Analysis of a Strategic Transformation Plan: The Case of Alaska Airlines

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum ◽

10.5399/osu/jtrf.52.1.4133 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Paul Caster ◽

Carl Scheraga

Keyword(s):

Product Differentiation ◽

Airline Industry ◽

Low Cost ◽

Operating Income ◽

Cost Leadership ◽

Differentiation Strategy ◽

Cost Strategy ◽

Low Cost Strategy ◽

Network Carrier ◽

Strategic Transformation

In 2003, amid the turmoil of the U.S. airline industry in the post-9/11 environment, the senior management of the Alaska Air Group announced a “strategic vision” entitled “Alaska 2010.” The pronouncement articulated positions with regard to cost leadership, product differentiation, and growth. This study empirically assesses the efficacy of this decision with regard to the major network carrier of the air group, Alaska Airlines. The analysis focuses on the period beginning with the announcement and ending in 2010.The implementation of such a strategic protocol is dynamic and inter-temporal in nature. Therefore, it is often difficult to assess the effectiveness of changes in strategies, particularly since such effectiveness is often a function of the confounding forces of organizational strategy and market conditions. Thus, this study utilizes the multi-period methodology of the strategic variance analysis of operating income.This methodology decomposes operating income into three components: (1) growth, (2) price recovery, and (3) productivity. This is of particular interest from a strategic planning perspective, as the price component evaluates a company’s product differentiation strategy while the productivity component evaluates whether an airline’s low cost strategy was successful because of efficiency gains.

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Competitive Advantage and Student Recruitment at a Namibian University

International Journal of Technology-Enabled Student Support Services ◽

10.4018/ijtesss.2020070101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Booysen Sabeho Tubulingane

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

Student Recruitment ◽

Recruitment Strategy ◽

Business World ◽

Cost Leadership ◽

Global Competitiveness ◽

Excellent Teaching ◽

Leadership Strategy ◽

The Cost ◽

The University

Business competitive advantage theories when applied to student recruitment processes can assist universities in their goal for global competitiveness. Thus, the benefits of applying marketing theories and concepts which have been effective in the business world are gradually being recognised by researchers in the field of higher education marketing. The competitiveness of the university can be defined by how the cost leadership strategy, differentiated strategy, and student recruitment strategy are integrated. Consequently, this study aimed at examining relationships between cost leadership, differentiated strategies, and student recruitment processes at a Namibian university. This triangulated study applied a sample of 141 (135 students, 6 staff). The study established that the university is below average in terms of providing students with affordable tuition fees. The university has a good reputation of providing quality education to students, a good programmatic diversity, and provides (at above average) excellent teaching, research, and services.

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