DEFINITION OF THE COMPETITIVENESS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIFICATION OF PORT ACTIVITY

In the article the existing approaches to the definition of the competitiveness concept are analyzed. The author�s conception of competitiveness with regard to characteristics of sea ports is offered. Provided graphical representation concerning the definition of enterprises competitiveness of the port sector. In addition to the objective economic categories, such as price, salary, income and profits, the main elements of the organizational and economic management mechanism, in the current conditions, should also be added the level of competitiveness. It should be noted that the principles of the organizational and economic management mechanism formation had better be based on the systematic and situational approach. And the competitive advantages of the ports, formed on the basis of their production profile and the system of interconnected signs of competitiveness, must determine the need to select and implement a market strategy aimed at achieving these competitive advantages. In the presence of a competitive market and a developed competitive environment, the ability of significant number of enterprises in the ports sphere to survive will be determined by their competitiveness, which is realized in the process of enterprises in the market during the competition. The authors concluded that the main outcome of the competitive functioning arrangements of modern port should be the following: ensuring stable long-term market position, practically permanent profit growth and ensure capitalization. As a main result can be selected as one of the criteria, and all together, depending on the state of the port and the stage of its life cycle.

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The Strategic Determinants of Formation of Competitive Advantages of Innovative Development of Enterprise

Business Inform ◽

10.32983/2222-4459-2021-10-267-273 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (525) ◽

pp. 267-273

Author(s):

Y. Y. Kopcha ◽

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Development Strategies ◽

Scientific Article ◽

Innovative Development ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Economic Potential ◽

Managerial Decisions ◽

Methods Of Analysis ◽

Definition Of

The scientific article is aimed at defining and studying the basis of strategic determinants of the formation of competitive advantages of innovative development of enterprise. Using methods of analysis, systematization, generalization and synthesis, the works of domestic and foreign scholars on the peculiarities of ensuring strategic determinants of the formation of competitive advantages of innovative development of enterprise were studied. It is noted that the strategic determinants of innovative development of enterprise are the reasons, factors and conditions that encourage the management of enterprise towards activities, managerial decisions and development of business models that lead to the formation of innovative development strategies implemented through the use of modern innovative, digital, process-oriented and cognitive instruments designed to achieve long-term goals of the enterprise in ensuring competitive advantages. As a result of the research, the structural construction of strategic determinants of innovative development of enterprise in the conditions of achieving competitive advantages is formed and substantiated. The main tendencies of modern aspects of competitive advantages of innovative development of enterprises are identified. The peculiarities of formation of innovative development of competitive advantages of enterprise within terms of strategic determinants are considered. Prospects for further research in this direction are the definition of practical aspects of strategic determinants of the formation of competitive advantages of innovative development of enterprises in a crisis. Deepening the research is directed towards the use of competitive advantages of innovative development by enterprises in the field of management of economic potential.

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Why does a subsidiary need a strategy?

Proceedings of the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies ◽

10.20914/2310-1202-2021-2-285-290 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 83 (2) ◽

pp. 285-290

Author(s):

T. V. Lutchenko ◽

A. I. Khorev ◽

I. A. Khorev ◽

V. V. Grigorieva

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantages ◽

Market Penetration ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽

Accurate Definition ◽

Market Niche ◽

Marketing Service ◽

Definition Of ◽

Integrated Structures

A feature of the formation of Russian integrated structures is that they were formed by state structures - shareholders - without taking into account the opinion of those enterprises that entered them. However, the enterprises included in these structures would like to benefit from such integration. The basis for the effective operation of an enterprise in the long term is a sustainable competitive advantage, which it can obtain either through low costs or through product differentiation. Since the majority of subsidiaries do not have developed strategies, it becomes necessary to develop such strategies. Additional competitive advantages due to the implementation of focused strategies of the enterprise included in the integrated structures can be obtained only through the establishment of relationships between themselves, as well as enterprises and the parent company. The maximum competitive advantages will be gained by those enterprises as part of integrated structures that will be able to discover and profitably use relationships with other enterprises of this structure, but operating in related areas of activity. The role of the marketing service is also important in the formation of a focused strategy. The necessary market conditions for the implementation of focused strategies are the most accurate definition of consumer needs, the size and prospects of the market segment, a low number of competitors and sufficient resources to serve the segment. The main risks are determined by overflowing the market niche, reducing the differences between the needs of the segment and the entire market, changing prices in the segment towards the general market, penetration into the segment of competitors.

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Top-down characterization of resource use in LCA: from problem definition of resource use to operational characterization factors for dissipation of elements to the environment

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment ◽

10.1007/s11367-020-01819-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (11) ◽

pp. 2255-2273

Author(s):

Lauran van Oers ◽

Jeroen B. Guinée ◽

Reinout Heijungs ◽

Rita Schulze ◽

Rodrigo A. F. Alvarenga ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Resource Use ◽

Problem Definition ◽

Characterization Factors ◽

Top Down ◽

Definition Of ◽

Common Understanding

Abstract Purpose The methods for assessing the impact of using abiotic resources in life cycle assessment (LCA) have always been heavily debated. One of the main reasons for this is the lack of a common understanding of the problem related to resource use. This article reports the results of an effort to reach such common understanding between different stakeholder groups and the LCA community. For this, a top-down approach was applied. Methods To guide the process, a four-level top-down framework was used to (1) demarcate the problem that needs to be assessed, (2) translate this into a modeling concept, (3) derive mathematical equations and fill these with data necessary to calculate the characterization factors, and (4) align the system boundaries and assumptions that are made in the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) model and the life cycle inventory (LCI) model. Results We started from the following definition of the problem of using resources: the decrease of accessibility on a global level of primary and/or secondary elements over the very long term or short term due to the net result of compromising actions. The system model distinguishes accessible and inaccessible stocks in both the environment and the technosphere. Human actions can compromise the accessible stock through environmental dissipation, technosphere hibernation, and occupation in use or through exploration. As a basis for impact assessment, we propose two parameters: the global change in accessible stock as a net result of the compromising actions and the global amount of the accessible stock. We propose three impact categories for the use of elements: environmental dissipation, technosphere hibernation, and occupation in use, with associated characterization equations for two different time horizons. Finally, preliminary characterization factors are derived and applied in a simple illustrative case study for environmental dissipation. Conclusions Due to data constraints, at this moment, only characterization factors for “dissipation to the environment” over a very-long-term time horizon could be elaborated. The case study shows that the calculation of impact scores might be hampered by insufficient LCI data. Most presently available LCI databases are far from complete in registering the flows necessary to assess the impacts on the accessibility of elements. While applying the framework, various choices are made that could plausibly be made differently. We invite our peers to also use this top-down framework when challenging our choices and elaborate that into a consistent set of choices and assumptions when developing LCIA methods.

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Establishing relationships with a foreign cooperative partner in the context of the implementation of the international cooperation method

Economics. Finances. Law ◽

10.37634/efp.2021.1.5 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 25-28

Author(s):

Liubov ZALISKA ◽

Liubov HANAS

Keyword(s):

International Cooperation ◽

Graphical Representation ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Cooperative Partner ◽

Common Goals ◽

Search And Selection ◽

Definition Of ◽

Selection Of

Introduction. One of the most important stages of the company's participation in international cooperation is undoubtedly the search and selection of a cooperating partner and establishing relationships with him. This plays a key role in achieving the goals and desired results of companies' participation in international cooperation and requires detailed study, systematization and graphical representation. The purpose of the paper is to improve the participation of enterprises in international cooperation by developing a sequence of establishing relationships with foreign cooperating partners in the context of using a certain method of international cooperation. Results. As participation in international industrial cooperation involves long-term partnership and pooling of resources to achieve common goals, the effectiveness of international cooperation depends directly on the cooperating partner. The process of finding and selecting a cooperating partner, establishing relationships with him is long-term and multi-stage, so it requires a clear definition of its components, their sequence and consistency. Thus, one of the necessary conditions for an enterprise to participate effectively in international cooperation is to develop a clear sequence of establishing relationships with a foreign cooperating partner, which consists of seven stages. The result of the successful completion of each of the stages of the proposed sequence of networking is the signing of an agreement with a foreign cooperating partner on the use of a certain method of international cooperation. If at a certain stage the actual results don`t coincide with the planned ones, it is possible to return to the problem areas and make certain adjustments in order to eliminate the shortcomings. Conclusion. Against the background of globalization and integration processes, the role of international cooperation as one of the effective ways to improve the competitiveness of both individual enterprises and the country's economy as a whole is constantly growing. However, the effectiveness of participation in international cooperation depends not only on the company itself, but also on the chosen cooperating partner. The proposed sequence of establishing relationships with a foreign cooperating partner in the context of the implementation of the method of international cooperation is a practically significant and universal tool that companies can adapt to their own goals and peculiarities and repeatedly apply in the future to choose a cooperating partner.

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Sustainable Conceptual Design of Structures between Form Finding and Free Form Design: The Ruled Freedom

10.2749/seoul.2012.0006 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Tobia Zordan

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Conceptual Design ◽

Structural Engineering ◽

Fundamental Aspect ◽

Free Form ◽

Life Cycle Costs ◽

World Population ◽

Rating Systems ◽

Definition Of

While the definition of “Sustainability” is a rather determined concept for many engineering disciplines, the way we have, as civil engineers, to effectively incorporate sustainability issues into Structural Design is still a fuzzy issue, even if many green rating systems cradle-to-grave are proposed in literature. Sustainability deals with the evaluation of uncertainties and with optimization procedures helping the Engineer to address the choice among a set of possible design alternatives.Conceptual design represents a fundamental aspect in all design phases ranging, in its widest meaning, from the first ideas till the definition of the details and involving even aspects related to the life-cycle of the structure, as for instance, the long-term maintenance strategies.In an age where digital tools are giving the Designers the possibility of expressing themselves shaping structures whose fundamentals can be completely separated from the principles of Structural Engineering, with the consequent dramatic increase of the uncertainties related to the long-term response of the structure. The lesson learnt from the Masters of Structural Engineering of last Century, with their utmost attention in the definition of the most suitable shape able to fit the structural requirements under given boundary conditions, seems to acquire the greatest importance within a sustainable process where the limitation of uncertainties appears to meaningfully contribute to the reliable quantification of the life cycle costs and resource consumption.If we can share the statement, which is probably irrefutable, that the overall development ratio of the increasing world population and the increasing search for wealth is presently incompatible with the available resources, the contribution of Structural Engineering in limiting the uncertainties related to the life-cycle demand of structures and infrastructures can be meaningful.There is a “Ruled Freedom” in achieving a piece of Structural Art through a sustainable design that must consider usual issues like safety and serviceability as well as other key features which are sometimes not taken in due consideration such as structural efficiency, aesthetics, adaptability, durability, life-cycle costs and minimal maintenance, risk reduction and value protection. A number of examples related to the mentioned aspects will be supplied in the following.

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THEORETICAL AND METHODICAL APPROACHES TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF MANAGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES

PROBLEMS OF SYSTEMIC APPROACH IN THE ECONOMY ◽

10.32782/2520-2200/2021-2-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yuliia Kondratiuk ◽

Volodymyr Lych

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Capital ◽

Capital Management ◽

Main Attention ◽

Economic Management ◽

Management Mechanism ◽

Economic Mechanism ◽

Construction Company ◽

Construction Enterprises ◽

Intellectual Capital Management ◽

Definition Of

The main purpose of this study is to systematize the conceptual provisions for determining the organizational and economic mechanism of intellectual capital management in construction companies. Theoretical and methodological provisions are systematized and appropriate approaches to the definition of organizational and economic management mechanism are identified. As a result of the study, the lack of uniform approaches in this analysis was determined. For example, the modified approach is characterized by ways of forming and using interdependent elements aimed at achieving this goal. Within the framework of the structural approach, the main attention is paid to the structural elements of the organizational and economic management mechanism, the combination of which allows to ensure the achievement of the set goal. The functional approach involves determining the directions of implementation of organizational and economic management mechanism. With regard to the goal-oriented approach, the main attention is paid to the goal of creating and implementing an organizational and economic management mechanism to ensure the efficiency of operation and development of economic entities. Among the current scientific approaches, it is worth paying more attention to those where the structural components of intellectual capital are highlighted. The main ones are strategic, which are determined by the use of future opportunities, ensuring the development of the construction company; economic, which are determined by the organization, planning, financing, control; organizational, which are formed on the basis of the use of security services at the construction company and constant monitoring; tactical - providing by increasing the efficiency of the potential that exists in the enterprise; implementation of an integrated assessment of the state and level of use of economic security at the enterprise. Thus, based on the provisions of an integrated approach, the definition of "organizational and economic mechanism of intellectual capital management of construction enterprises" is proposed, which is characterized as a certain integrity of organizational, economic, social, technical components, characterized by high interaction and interdependence features and directions of formation and application of elements of intellectual capital, its estimation that allows to develop administrative decisions for increase of efficiency of formation and application of intellectual capital at the construction enterprises.

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Development of Social and Economic Forecasting and Ideas of A. Anchishkin

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2013-8-143-155 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 143-155

Author(s):

A. Klepach ◽

G. Kuranov

Keyword(s):

Economic Planning ◽

Special Role ◽

Economic Management ◽

Economic Forecasting ◽

Russian Economy ◽

World Economic ◽

Long Term Forecasting ◽

Working Out

The role of the prominent Soviet economist, academician A. Anchishkin (1933—1987), whose 80th birth anniversary we celebrate this year, in the development of ideas and formation of economic forecasting in the country at the time when the directive planning acted as a leading tool of economic management is explored in the article. Besides, Anchishkin’s special role is noted in developing a comprehensive program of scientific and technical progress, an information basis for working out long-term forecasts of the country’s development, moreover, his contribution to the creation of long-term forecasting methodology and improvement of the statistical basis for economic analysis and economic planning. The authors show that social and economic forecasting in the period after 1991, which has undertaken a number of functions of economic planning, has largely relied on further development of Anchishkin’s ideas, at the same time responding to new challenges for the Russian economy development during its entry into the world economic system.

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Central Otago - Built on gold, growing on grass.

Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association ◽

10.33584/jnzg.2014.76.2950 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 76 ◽

pp. 15-23

Author(s):

Barrie J. Wills

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Land Use ◽

National Economy ◽

Local Community ◽

Central Government ◽

Future Generations ◽

Economic Potential ◽

District Council ◽

Definition Of

A warm welcome to our "World of Difference" to all delegates attending this conference - we hope your stay is enjoyable and that you will leave Central Otago with an enhanced appreciation of the diversity of land use and the resilient and growing economic potential that this region has to offer. Without regional wellbeing the national economy will struggle to grow, something Central Government finally seems to be realising, and the Central Otago District Council Long Term Plan 2012-2022 (LTP) signals the importance of establishing a productive economy for the local community which will aid in the economic growth of the district and seeks to create a thriving economy that will be attractive to business and residents alike. Two key principles that underpin the LTP are sustainability and affordability, with the definition of sustainability being "… development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

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Missing Data - Better "Not to Have Them", but What If You Do? (Part 1)

Marketing ZFP ◽

10.15358/0344-1369-2019-4-21 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 21-32

Author(s):

Dirk Temme ◽

Sarah Jensen

Keyword(s):

Missing Data ◽

Statistical Power ◽

Missing Values ◽

Graphical Representation ◽

Marketing Research ◽

Likelihood Estimation ◽

Parameter Estimates ◽

Full Information Maximum Likelihood ◽

Definition Of ◽

Traditional Approaches

Missing values are ubiquitous in empirical marketing research. If missing data are not dealt with properly, this can lead to a loss of statistical power and distorted parameter estimates. While traditional approaches for handling missing data (e.g., listwise deletion) are still widely used, researchers can nowadays choose among various advanced techniques such as multiple imputation analysis or full-information maximum likelihood estimation. Due to the available software, using these modern missing data methods does not pose a major obstacle. Still, their application requires a sound understanding of the prerequisites and limitations of these methods as well as a deeper understanding of the processes that have led to missing values in an empirical study. This article is Part 1 and first introduces Rubin’s classical definition of missing data mechanisms and an alternative, variable-based taxonomy, which provides a graphical representation. Secondly, a selection of visualization tools available in different R packages for the description and exploration of missing data structures is presented.

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