scholarly journals Fractal aspects of natural growth

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
THEODORE MODIS
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Growth Process ◽  
Digital Equipment Corporation ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Logistic Function ◽  
Natural Growth ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Shaped Pattern ◽  
Logistic Functions ◽  
Digital Equipment

The work presented here puts forward a fractal aspect of natural growth. The S-shaped pattern of a logistic function is analyzed in terms of several constituent logistic functions. The approach sheds light on two familiar phenomena: the undulatory evolution of growth, which gives rise to an alternation between high-and low-growth periods, and the increasingly noticeable shrinking life cycle of products. There are some economic and political implications for the European nations. A quantitative example is given for computer sales from Digital Equipment Corporation. The approach is further generalized to suggest that any growth process can be analyzed in terms of natural-growth subprocesses. Applied to human growth this analysis yields precise definitions for the timing of transitions such as babyhood to childhood, and childhood to adolescence.

scholarly journals Determining the Service Life Cycle of Computers

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
THEODORE MODIS
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Life ◽  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Digital Equipment Corporation ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
Service Life Cycle ◽  
Digital Equipment

The logistic diffusion equation is modified in order to take into account the long tail seen in revenues from servicing computer products. The model is applied to computers of DEC (Digital equipment Corporation.)

The Human Growth Process from Infancy to Maturity

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maher M. Anous ◽  
Haskell Gruber
Keyword(s):  
Growth Process ◽  
Human Growth

Time Allocation and the Life Cycle of Women and Men in Poland

2015 ◽  
pp. 293-314
Author(s):  
Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz ◽  
Katarzyna Mroczek
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Logistic Function ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Paid And Unpaid Work

The way people spend time determines the quality of their lives. Work takes a significant share of the time we have at our disposal. The allocation of time between paid and unpaid work depends on gender as well as age, and it influences women's and men's opportunities. This chapter analyses the allocation of women's and men's time between paid and unpaid work in the context of life-cycle. In the first part, economic theories concerning decision making processes about how to allocate time between market work and household are presented. The allocation of women's and men's time in distinguished age groups in Poland is analysed in the second part of the chapter. The analysis is based on time use data from research conducted by Central Statistical Office in years 2003-2004. The last part presents the logistic function that allows to determine estimated maxima of women's and men's activities both in paid and unpaid work. The analysis confirmed that time allocation depends both on gender and life-cycle.

Utilizing Social Networks in Social Entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
pp. 232-250
Author(s):  
Nuray Atsan
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Growth Process ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Organizational Growth ◽  
Network Usage

This chapter focuses on the linkage between social networks and social entrepreneurship and argues that social networks are crucial in social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurs rely on different compositions of social networks in different stages of the entrepreneurial process. Drawing from network approach in entrepreneurship, this chapter continues by exploring the theoretical framework including conceptualizations of social entrepreneurship and social networks. It then introduces evolution of social networks in comply with organizational growth process. As a result, the chapter discusses utilizing social networks in social entrepreneurship. The conclusion reflects on possible characteristics of network usage and composition through the life cycle of social enterprises.

scholarly journals An Analytical Model of Tourist Destination Development and Characteristics of the Development Stages: Example of the Island of Bornholm

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 6989
Author(s):  
Adam R. Szromek
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Logistic Function ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The 1960S

This paper presents the basis of the tourism area life cycle (TALC) concept and its extension in the context of the implementation of sustainable development practices in the tourist business model. The author uses the logistic function to determine the level of tourist absorption and capacity. The empirical basis of the methods used was statistics on the development of the tourist industry on Bornholm. The objective of the paper is to determine the stage of development of the tourist area of Bornholm and the consequences of this stage for business models of tourist enterprises functioning there. The results of the analysis indicate that the range of tourist absorption was reached in the 1960s–1970s, and that it is currently getting closer to the upper threshold of that range. Tourism on Bornholm, in line with the TALC concept, is currently in the stabilization stage. Future tourist trends on Bornholm depend on many factors; however, if tourist development goes into the decline stage, the offered products may require transformation, in terms of both transport and the form and availability of tourist attractions. Perhaps this will involve a total transformation of the island into a facility with a specific entertainment, leisure, or business profile. The listed solutions will require entrepreneurs to react within the scope of a transformation of their business models into sustainable models of tourist business.

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