scholarly journals A City Capability Assessment Framework Focusing on Planning, Financing, and Implementing Sustainable Energy Projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8447
Author(s):  
Niki-Artemis Spyridaki ◽  
Nikos Kleanthis ◽  
Dimitra Tzani ◽  
Mia Dragović Matosović ◽  
Alexandros Flamos
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Implementation Capacity

Cities are critical actors in reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; the level of knowledge, skills, and capacity, especially regarding innovative project planning such as sustainable energy (SE) projects, is fundamental for cities to meet their untapped potential. A range of indicator-based frameworks have been developed, focusing on general city economic competitiveness, yet these are often disconnected from the actual city operation and processes relevant to the investment cycle of SE projects. This paper proposes an integrated methodology for developing a City Capability Assessment Framework focusing on city planning, financing, and implementation capacity for SE projects. A principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to the results of a European city-survey to uncover areas highly relevant for the successful implementation of local SE projects. The insights gained aid policymakers to better understand implementation barriers, leading to the development of more effective actions and policy interventions towards the implementation of SE projects. The proposed framework can further enhance cities’ efforts with the implementation of local SE projects and guide potential investors to properly evaluate city capabilities and potential, when choosing local investment projects.

ISM-MICMAC approach for analysis of project-based learning barriers

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Khalid Perwez ◽  
Goutam Kumar Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Higher Educational

Purpose This paper aims to identify and model the key barriers to implementation of project-based learning (PjBL) in higher educational institution. Design/methodology/approach Using the interpretive structural modelling (ISM) technique, the study has developed a hierarchical-based model, depicting the mutual relationships amongst the key barriers to implementation of PjBL. Additionally, the paper has performed Matrice d’ Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliqué an Classement (MICMAC) analysis to categorize the barriers in terms of their driving and dependence power. Findings The study has identified the key barriers to implementation of PjBL and presented an integrated model using ISM. Higher educational institutions need to pay attention to diagnose and overcome these hindrances for effective implementation of PjBL in their programmes. Research limitations/implications The study adopts a systematic way to model the relevant barriers to implementation of PjBL. The ISM-based model would help higher education institutions to prioritize the issues as the barriers are hierarchically structured. As the input to model development is based on the experts’ opinions, it may be biased, influencing the final output of the structural model. Originality/value The presentation of PjBL implementation barriers in the form of an ISM-based model is a new effort. The model would be useful to understand the barriers and overcome these for the successful implementation of PjBL in higher educational institutions.

scholarly journals О ФАКТОРАХ ЭФФЕКТИВНОЙ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ИНВЕСТИЦИОННЫХ ПРОЕКТОВ

World Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (5(45)) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Мирхамидова Д. Н. ◽  
Атаханова Ш. С. ◽  
Соатов Ф. Й.
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Investment Projects

In article researches on establishment of influence of geological and technology factors on efficiency of investment projects, determination of risks at implementation of investment projects in the oil and gas industry and feature and factors for successful implementation of investment projects are considered.

scholarly journals Atlantic puffin diet reflects haddock and redfish abundance in the Gulf of Maine

2020 ◽  
Vol 656 ◽  
pp. 75-87
Author(s):  
KM Depot ◽  
LC Scopel ◽  
SW Kress ◽  
P Shannon ◽  
AW Diamond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Melanogrammus Aeglefinus ◽  
Generalist Predator ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management ◽  
Atlantic Puffin

Ecosystem-based fisheries management, which considers the interactions between fisheries, target species, and the physical and biological components of ecosystems, is necessary to ensure that directed fisheries avoid adverse impacts to ecosystems over the long term. The successful implementation of ecosystem-based fisheries management requires an understanding of predator-prey relationships and ways to operationalize such relationships to inform fisheries management. Here, we investigated if the diet of a generalist predator, Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, can be used as an indicator of the abundance of 2 commercially exploited prey species (haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus and Acadian redfish Sebastes fasciatus) in the Gulf of Maine. Because haddock and redfish eaten by puffins are juveniles (age 0), there is potential to use their proportions and lengths in puffin diet to better understand the processes influencing haddock and redfish recruitment. By using principal component analysis to develop measures of diet across multiple puffin colonies, we show both spatial variation and large-scale patterns in the proportions and lengths of haddock and redfish in puffin diet. Spawning stock biomass was a strong predictor of haddock proportion in puffin diet and a moderate predictor of redfish proportion; however, proportions in puffin diet did not predict age-1 recruitment, suggesting that variation in recruitment is caused by processes that occur after the puffin breeding season and which affect the survival of older juveniles. Haddock length on one colony was a moderate predictor of age-1 recruitment. We conclude that puffin diet can be used as an indicator of haddock and redfish abundance.

scholarly journals OPC Protocol Application for Real-Time Carbon Monitoring System for Industrial Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Faiz Rohani ◽  
Noor Azurati Ahmad ◽  
Shamsul Sahibuddin ◽  
Salwani Mohd Daud
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
Environmental Monitoring System ◽  
Normal Environment ◽  
Communications Protocol

Global warming is referred to the rise in average surface temperatures on earth primarily due to the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions such as Carbon Dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>). Monitoring the emissions, either direct or indirect from the industrial processes, is important to control or to minimize their impact on the environment. Most of the existing environmental monitoring system is being designed and developed for normal environment monitoring. Hence, the aim of this project is to develop industrial CO<sub>2 </sub>emission monitoring system which implements industrial Open Platform Communications (OPC) protocol in an embedded microcontroller. The software algorithm based on OPC data format has been designed and programmed into the Arduino microcontroller to interface the sensor data to any existing industrial OPC compliant Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system<strong>. </strong>The system has been successfully tested in a lab with the suitable environment for real-time CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions measurement. The real-time measurement data has been shown in an industrial SCADA application which indicates successful implementation of the OPC communications protocol.

Exploring Lean Six Sigma implementation barriers in Information Technology industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Adeel Shamsi ◽  
Aftab Alam
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Empirical Survey

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present critical barriers and obstacles faced by Information Technology (IT) industry in the implementation of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as the business improvement methodology. Design/methodology/approach A literature review of peer-reviewed journal articles, master and doctoral theses, paradigmatic books with managerial impact and survey reports was used to identify distinct barriers. An empirical survey, using 400 self-administered questionnaires, was then conducted. Data about 11 LSS barriers from 256 usable questionnaires, with a response rate of 64 per cent, were collected and analyzed by means of statistical data analysis software. Findings The challenges of “part-time involvement in Lean Six Sigma projects”, “time consuming”, “staff turnover in middle of project”, “difficulty in data collection” and “difficulty in identifying project scope” emerged as the most critical barriers in the context of IT industry. This research work advocates the development of a strategy for addressing the most critical barrier instead of focusing on all for successful implementation. Originality/value This paper will prove to be a fantastic resource for many researchers and practitioners who are engaged in research and applications of LSS in the IT industry. Moreover, the scarcity of literature specific to LSS in IT industry will be addressed to some extent.

Analysis of Applicability of Approaches to Factor Analysis During the Monitoring Investment Projects Cost Deviations in Oil and Gas Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Игорь Демкин ◽  
Igor Demkin ◽  
Д. Власов ◽  
D. Vlasov ◽  
Владимир Бархатов ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Project Portfolio ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Limited Opportunity ◽  
Proactive Measures ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Strategic projects of oil and gas companies regularly overcome the budget. High capitalization of these projects leads to the fact that even small relative cost deviations result in significant additional investments. Under present conditions of economic and political pressure, characterized by a limited opportunity to raise loan capital, there can be no additional investments leading to impossibility of new oil and gas projects realization or stop those being realized. One of the ways to prevent such a negative scenario is to improve the project planning system taking into account the results of monitoring the project portfolio cost deviations. It will not only allow companies to take into account the causes of deviations in several projects, but also help to develop and implement proactive measures.

Ecological Orientation of Tourists: An Empirical Investigation

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 161-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natan Uriely ◽  
Arie Reichel ◽  
Amir Shani
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Ecological Requirements ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
Component Factor ◽  
Ecological Values ◽  
Strong Orientation

This study presents a tourist ecological orientation (TEO) construct based on the responses of participants who were asked to state the importance of various ecological features of planned tourist sites. The higher the TEO score, the more sensitive the person's attitudes toward the ecological requirements and responsibilities of tourist sites. A principal component factor analysis reveals two alternative dimensions of the TEO concept: ‘destination oriented’ and ‘visitor oriented’. The higher score that was given to the latter dimension supports the argument that successful implementation of ecological values at tourist sites requires a strong orientation towards consumer needs in addition to an ideological commitment to the environment. In addition, differences in ecological orientation patterns and structure were analysed along age and nationality.

Pharmaceutical industry's perspective on health technology assessment

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickael Lothgren ◽  
Mark Ratcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Cost Driver ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Implementation Barriers ◽  
Overall Efficiency

This article presents the pharmaceutical industry's perspective on health technology assessment (HTA) with specific comments on the HTA systems in England and Wales, France, The Netherlands, and Sweden. The comments are focused on the following main themes: (i) The contributions of the HTA system to overall efficiency in the health-care system, (ii) HTA as a cost-driver for industry, patients, government, and society, and (iii) The various implementation barriers that currently exist for a successful implementation of HTA results.

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