scholarly journals Assessing Visitors’ Memorable Tourism Experiences (MTEs) in Forest Recreation Destination: A Case Study in Xitou Nature Education Area

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Pin Yu ◽  
Wei-Chun Chang ◽  
Jittakon Ramanpong
Keyword(s):  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Nature Education ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Forest Recreation ◽  
Behavior Intentions ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Revisit Intentions

Providing memorable tourism experiences (MTEs) plays a crucial role in determining the competitiveness and sustainability of a destination for not only the business sector, but also the environment. Therefore, destination managers face a challenge in identifying, facilitating, and maintaining memorable tourism experiences among visitors. Although MTEs have been increasingly studied, research of the effects of MTEs on word-of-mouth and revisit behavior intentions is still at an early stage of development, particularly in the forest recreation context. The objectives of this study were twofold: To assess visitors’ MTEs in a selected forest recreation destination and to examine the effects of MTEs on word-of-mouth and revisit intentions. This study identified key memorable experiences of visitors in Xitou Nature Education Area (XNEA), Taiwan (R.O.C.), and examined the relevant relationships among MTEs and behavioral intentions. The results revealed that both refreshment and involvement experiences received the highest scores from the respondents, whereas perceived local culture received the lowest score. Refreshment, local culture, and involvement positively influenced the word-of-mouth intention of visitors. Additionally, hedonism, local culture, and involvement significantly positively influenced the revisit intention of visitors. This study provides additional insights into MTEs in nature-based tourism. The study results underline the importance of MTEs in forest recreation destinations that can encourage more word-of-mouth and revisit intentions of tourists.

Early stage cluster development: a manufacturers-led approach in the aircraft industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-65
Author(s):  
Harm-Jan Steenhuis ◽  
Dean Kiefer
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cluster Development ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Customer Base ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Development Approach

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the early stage of development of a cluster. The literature on early stage of cluster development shows that there are often random effects such as an entrepreneur and spin-off companies, and in this study, a coordinated approach for cluster development is described. Design/methodology/approach – A single exploratory case study approach is followed. The aerospace cluster in the Spokane region, State of Washington, is described. Data from a variety of sources are triangulated to enhance the credibility of the case study findings. Findings – It was found that although there are many types of collaborations occurring in the region, which involve policy and government organizations, the main driver of the early-stage cluster development is manufacturers-led coordinating mechanism. Individual manufacturers are too small to be successful in the aerospace industry, and they are collaborating to present a united “front” to out-of-the-region customers. Once customers place an order, then within this coordinating mechanism, the work is divided among different manufacturers. Research limitations/implications – The research has two main limitations. First, it is a single case study, and therefore, the results may not be generalizable. Second, the cluster is in an early stage of development, so it is not (yet) clear whether this manufacturers-led coordinated approach will have long-term success. Practical implications – The studies offer potential for cluster development that go beyond relying on a single entrepreneur or on mostly government- or policy-driven initiatives. Instead, this is an approach that can be used by industry to lift the overall competitiveness of their region. Social implications – This cluster development approach offers potential for economic development of smaller regions which mainly consist of small- and medium-sized companies without endowment benefits or a large local customer base. Originality/value – This study adds to the existing knowledge on clusters and cluster types. The identified cluster approach does not fit with the main types of clusters that have been identified in the literature. The companies involved are mainly small- to medium-sized companies, but by coordinating their capabilities, they are able to present core capabilities in a much more attractive manner to customers. This cluster development approach is not driven by or achieved through advantages in innovation, vertical or horizontal supply chain competition and advantages, creation of spin-off firms, or a regional demand base as customers are located outside the region. It deviates in terms of the types of companies involved and, mostly, in a sense that it acts as one unit to customers who are located outside the region.

scholarly journals The Virtual Printshop: A case study on using Virtual Reality in early stages of user-centered product design

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jos Thalen ◽  
Mascha van der Voort
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
End Users ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Product Evaluations ◽  
Industrial Case Study ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Early Stage Design

In the early stages of a product development process (PDP), VR can facilitate communication between designers and product end-users to improve the quality of feedback that user provide to designers. While various forms of VR can already be found in the PDP, they primarily target designers, rather than designers and end-users. Furthermore, available tools and toolkits do not match the skills and requirements of designers in early stages of the PDP. The current paper presents an approach that first identifies how to effectively support early stage design activities (referred to as the application) and subsequently provides designers with tools to realize this application themselves. The approach is implemented in an industrial case study involving practitioners from a multinational manufacturer of printing solutions for professional markets. The Virtual Printshop resulting from this case study provides an evaluation platform for various types of early stage product evaluations. A concluding generalization of the cases study results shows that the application can be translated to several other design domains. Furthermore, it was found that there are similarities in how these different design domains integrate VR design tools with their existing tool chains.

scholarly journals The requirements of forestry cooperative organization development in China: a case study of different stakeholder groups

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Jing Wu ◽  
Feng Han ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Yali Wen
Keyword(s):  
Community Forestry ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Tenure Reform ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Forest Tenure ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Cooperative Organization

Abstract After China’s collective forest tenure reform, cooperation organization has played an important role on the development of community forestry. In order to analyse the different stakeholders’ opinion and suggestion on the development of forestry cooperation organization, publicizing and training, participatory interview, brainstorming, and questionnaire surveys were used in this case study. According to the results it can be seen that the real motivation for the development of cooperatives is farmers’ demands and the demands come from farmers’ pursuit of interests in forest industry. Cooperatives in China are still in the early stage of development, and the cooperative laws cannot cover all the basic features of the forestry and the cooperatives. Therefore, the relevant laws and guarantee systems for resource exploitation and management, publicity and demonstration, forestry technology training as well as the preferential policies such as tax breaks, are needed for the sound development of China’s forestry cooperation organization.

Entrepreneurial public leadership: 5As framework for wellness promotion

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1443-1456
Author(s):  
Grant Beebe ◽  
Milorad Novicevic ◽  
Ifeoluwa Tobi Popoola ◽  
Joseph (Jody) Holland
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wellness Promotion ◽  
Public Leadership ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Community Wellness ◽  
Public Leaders

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a 5As framework for entrepreneurial nudge public leadership for health and wellness promotion based on two exemplary cases in Mississippi. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a “case within a case” study design to develop the 5As public influence framework for entrepreneurial public leadership. Findings Based on the investigated cases of healthcare and wellness promotion in Hernando and Charleston, Mississippi, the authors developed the 5As framework for wellness promotion dimensions of awareness, assistance, alignment, association, and assessment. This framework is applicable to the lived experiences of community members, leaders, healthcare providers, and government. Research limitations/implications The study results provide a compelling insight into early-stage formation of entrepreneurial public leadership. However, the study results lack generalizability due to the case study approach used. Practical implications This study can assist entrepreneurial public leaders and policy-makers align their strategic wellness goals, initiatives, and policies that motivate community members to seek and receive supporting services. Originality/value Developing an original framework for wellness promotion useful to both healthcare practitioners and public leaders, this study contributes to the extant literature on public health leadership and proposes mechanisms for addressing community wellness needs. The framework is designed to address public health concerns by integrating public leadership strategies aimed at linking with existing community wellness and healthcare services.

scholarly journals Economic Evaluation of Large-Scale Biorefinery Deployment: A Framework Integrating Dynamic Biomass Market and Techno-Economic Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 7126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Zetterholm ◽  
Elina Bryngemark ◽  
Johan Ahlström ◽  
Patrik Söderholm ◽  
Simon Harvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Product Demand ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Study Results ◽  
End Use

Biofuels and biochemicals play significant roles in the transition towards a fossil-free society. However, large-scale biorefineries are not yet cost-competitive with their fossil-fuel counterparts, and it is important to identify biorefinery concepts with high economic performance. For evaluating early-stage biorefinery concepts, one needs to consider not only the technical performance and process costs but also the economic performance of the full supply chain and the impacts on feedstock and product markets. This article presents and demonstrates a conceptual interdisciplinary framework that can constitute the basis for evaluations of the full supply-chain performance of biorefinery concepts. This framework considers the competition for biomass across sectors, assumes exogenous end-use product demand, and incorporates various geographical and technical constraints. The framework is demonstrated empirically through a case study of a sawmill-integrated biorefinery producing liquefied biomethane from forestry and forest industry residues. The case study results illustrate that acknowledging biomass market effects in the supply chain evaluation implies changes in both biomass prices and the allocation of biomass across sectors. The proposed framework should facilitate the identification of biorefinery concepts with a high economic performance which are robust to feedstock price changes caused by the increase in biomass demand.

Do The Charecteristics Of Technology Lead To University Patents Being Unexploited?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamariah Ismail ◽  
Wan Zaidi Wan Omar ◽  
Izaidin Abdul Majid
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
University Patents ◽  
The University ◽  
University Patent

Fungsi universiti dalam mengkomersilisasikan patent telah banyak dikaji oleh penulis. Setengah universiti telah berjaya mengkomersilisasikan paten mereka terutamanya dengan melesenkan kepada syarikat gergasi atau pun dengan menubuhkan kompeni spin–off. Walau bagaimanapun masih terdapat sebahagian paten universiti yang tidak dieksploitasikan. Kajian ini membincangkan apakah karekteristik paten yang tidak dikomersilisasikan. Sebuah universiti di Scotland telah digunakan sebagai kajian kes. Sepuluh jenis patent yang tidak diekploitasikan oleh universiti berkenaan telah dipilih untuk kajian. Penyelidik daripada paten tersebut telah ditemuduga dengan mendalam menggunakan soalan semi berstruktur. Temuduga telah direkod, ditranskrib, dan data telah dianalisis berdasarkan kepada setiap kes dan silang kes berbantukan Nvivo software. Dapatan menunjukkan sebab yang paling penting kenapa paten tidak dieksploitasikan adalah berkait rapat dengan teknologi itu sendiri. Teknologi didapati berada pada tahap pembangunan yang terlalu awal. Ini menyebabkan syarikat yang telah kukuh lebih berhati–hati untuk membangun dan memasarkan teknologi tersebut. Walau bagaimanapun terdapat teknologi yang mempunyai potensi untuk dieksploitasikan jika peruntukan disediakan untuk penyelidikan lanjut. Dalam kes yang lain pula setengah teknologi telah dipintas oleh teknologi yang lebih ke hadapan dan teknologi tersebut telah mendahului pasaran. Kurangnya motivasi di kalangan penyelidik–penyelidik untuk melihat inovasi mereka ke pasaran, kurangnya jaringan dan pemasaran produk oleh penyelidik dan pihak TTO, adalah juga menyebabkan ia tidak diekploitasikan. Mengkaji kenapa universiti paten tidak dieksploitasikan akan meningkatkan pemahaman tentang proses pengkomersilan bagi paten di universiti. Hasil kajian dapat membantu dalam proses membuat keputusan untuk mengkomersilisasikan hasil penyelidikan universiti. Pemahamam mengenai karekteristik atau ciri universiti paten yang mempunyai potensi nilai ekonomi yang tinggi hanya patut dipatenkan, dan ini akan mengurangi bilangan paten yang tidak dieksploitasikan. Kata kunci: Paten yang tidak diekploitasikan, pengkomersilisasi; universiti paten The role of universities in commercialising their patents has been studied extensively. Some universities have succeeded in commercialising their patents especially through the route of licensing to established companies or forming new spin–off companies. However, there are some university patents remained unexploited, which represent wastage to the universities. This paper discusses what are the features of some patented technologies that are not commercialised. A case study of a university in Scotland was used in this study. Ten patents which are not being exploited by the University were selected. The inventors of these technologies were interviewed in depth, using semistructured questionnaires. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and the data was analysed based on a case and cross case aided by Nvivo software. The findings show that the most significant reason why patents are not exploited is associated with the technologies themselves. The technologies were found to be at very early stage of development, thus established companies were wary of taking them to market. Lack of motivation among the inventors to see their inventions being exploited, lack of industry networking and marketing of the TTO and inventor are another important reason that led to the inventions unexploited. Studying why some university patents were not exploited will enhance the understanding of the process of commercialisation of university patents, which would help refine the decision making process of patenting. Understanding the characteristics of the university inventions that have high economic potential thus should seek patent protections would reduce the number of unexploited patents. Key words: Unexploited patents; commercialisation and university patent

scholarly journals Fractal-Dimension-Based Walking Trajectory Analysis: A Case Study in Museum J. Armand Bombardier

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Xueying Han ◽  
Changhong Zhan ◽  
Guanghao Li
Keyword(s):  
Fractal Dimension ◽  
Trajectory Analysis ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Behavior Modeling ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Museum Design ◽  
Geometrical Form ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Behavior Characteristics

A comprehensive understanding of the randomness, arbitrariness, and complexity of the visitors’ behavior and interaction in a museum is important because it is associated with the design. There is still uncertainty about how to characterize the visitors’ behavior and interaction. The fractal dimension was used in this study to indicate the geometrical form of the aged’s, the families’, and the students’ walking trajectories. The study results represented that all three sorts of the walking trajectory fractal-dimension-time curves fluctuated in the early stage. A remarkable exponential converges could then be observed. The mean fractal dimension after the convergence of the aged’s, the families’, and the students’ walking trajectory was nearly 1.8, 1.6, and 1.2, respectively. Furthermore, the behavior characteristics of these three sorts of visitors were quantified and the reasons were speculated and inferred. The comprehensive consideration of fractal geometry can aid in visitors’ behavior modeling and museum design.

scholarly journals Economic Evaluation of Large-Scale Biorefinery Deployment: A Framework Integrating Dynamic Biomass Market and Techno-Economic Models

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Zetterholm ◽  
Elina Bryngemark ◽  
Johan Ahlström ◽  
Patrik Söderholm ◽  
Simon Harvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Product Demand ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Study Results ◽  
End Use

Biofuels and biochemicals play significant roles in the transition towards a fossil-free society. However, large-scale biorefineries are not yet cost-competitive with their fossil-fuel counterparts, and it is important to identify biorefinery concepts with high economic performance. For evaluating early-stage biorefinery concepts, one needs to consider not only the technical performance and process costs but also the economic performance of the full supply chain and the impacts on feedstock and product markets. This article presents and demonstrates a conceptual interdisciplinary framework that can constitute the basis for evaluations of the full supply-chain performance of biorefinery concepts. This framework considers the competition for biomass across sectors, assumes exogenous end-use product demand, and incorporates various geographical and technical constraints. The framework is demonstrated empirically through a case study of a sawmill-integrated biorefinery producing liquefied biomethane from forestry and forest industry residues. The case study results illustrate that acknowledging biomass market effects in the supply chain evaluation implies changes in both biomass prices and the allocation of biomass across sectors. The proposed framework should facilitate the identification of biorefinery concepts with a high economic performance which are robust to feedstock price changes caused by the increase in biomass demand.

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