scholarly journals Evolution of the Industrial Innovation Ecosystem of Resource-Based Cities (RBCs): A Case Study of Shanxi Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11350
Author(s):  
Jun Yao ◽  
Huajing Li ◽  
Di Shang ◽  
Luyang Ding
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Obvious Effect ◽  
Industrial Innovation ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Technology Level

Constructing and exploring the evolution mechanism of an industrial innovation ecosystem in resource-based cities (RBCs) is the most effective way to solve the contradiction between economic development, energy shortage, and environmental degradation. Taking 10 typical RBCs in Shanxi Province as examples, this paper used the method of system dynamics (SD) to build a model of the industrial innovation ecosystem of RBCs and set up scenarios to simulate and predict the evolution of the industrial innovation ecosystem of RBCs. The results showed that the industrial innovation ecosystem of RBCs is a complex system composed of four subsystems: innovation players, innovation content, innovation resources, and innovation environment. In innovation players, the increase in the amount of talent has a more obvious effect on technology level and GDP than R&D funding. In innovation content, the improvement of management level has a slow and continuous positive impact on GDP. Technology achievements, once implemented, will improve GDP more than management progress does. In innovation resources, human capital has greater potential for an increase in GDP and per capita consumption expenditure. In innovation resources, technology level plays an important role in slowing down the deterioration of the ecological environment. This study enriched the theoretical paradigm of the research on the industrial innovation ecosystem, and provided effective strategies to solve the development problems of RBCs.

scholarly journals Managing Sustainability and Carbon-Neutrality in the Public Administration—Case Report of a German State Institution

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4146
Author(s):  
Friederike Behr ◽  
Gero Oertzen ◽  
Manuel Dienst
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
State Institution ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
State Office ◽  
Set Up

Since 2017, the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV) has established an operational environmental and sustainability management and set specific objectives to reach operational carbon neutrality. In this context, central questions aim at the availability of financial and human resources, the competition with other duties as well as the necessary involvement of the staff. Based on the practical example of LANUV, this article presents concrete activities, e.g., in context of mobility or human resources, as well as the challenges connected to them. While single measures do have a positive impact, a structural approach, like the set-up of an environmental management system (e.g., EMAS—Eco-Management and Audit Scheme), is found to be more effective. In addition, success factors are identified such as distinct structures and responsibilities, a capable person in charge of the process, and commitment on the management level, as well as challenges like the lack of governmental objectives and obligations or limited human and financial resources. This article follows the idea of a case report in a transdisciplinary manner, presenting ideas for enhancement and shedding a light on a possible spread of sustainability endeavors to other national institutions.

UNLOCKING THE INNOVATION POTENTIAL IN LARGE FIRMS THROUGH TIMELY AND MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS WITH YOUNG VENTURES

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750009 ◽  
Author(s):  
BABKE N. HOGENHUIS ◽  
ELLIS A. VAN DEN HENDE ◽  
ERIK JAN HULTINK
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Large Firm ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Large Firms ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Operational Issues

Since the introduction of open innovation (OI), both firms and academics have widely acknowledged the potential of unlocking large firms’ innovation potential through interactions with external parties, such as young ventures. These asymmetric partnerships are prone to several problems related to communication, roles and responsibilities, cultural differences, and operational issues, for which solutions and best practices have been proposed. However, all these solutions focus on the partnership itself; hence, on the “Get & Manage (GM)” stages. Unfortunately, the processes leading to a partnership; i.e., the “Want & Find (WF)” stages before the partnership, have largely been overlooked. The central thesis of this manuscript is that solutions that are implemented in the early “WF” stages have a positive impact on the outcomes of an asymmetric large firm — young venture partnership. We will show that attention to set-up and communication efforts in these early stages is needed, and discuss how our detailed explanations of such fruitful solutions contribute to the extant literature on asymmetric OI collaborations.

Impact of river weirs on bedload dynamics in low to medium energy rivers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Tamisier ◽  
Frédéric Gob ◽  
Emmanuèle Gautier ◽  
Geoffrey Houbrechts ◽  
Thomas Dépret
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Bed Load ◽  
Medium Energy ◽  
Pit Tags ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Return Interval ◽  
Ecological Continuity ◽  
European Regulations ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact

<p>Assessing the impact of weirs in low- to medium-energy rivers, especially their influence on the bedload continuity, is an important issue for the understanding and management of river hydrosystems. The implementation of European regulations has for example led to an increasing number of restoration projects involving the total or partial dismantling of weirs. The effect of weirs on sedimentary continuity is beginning to be studied but remains poorly understood. In this study we present the results of monitoring over three hydrological seasons of 900 particles equipped with PIT tags set up around two weirs on the Rognon river (France) and the Amblève river (Belgium). For the two sites studied, and while floods were relatively frequent (max 5 return-interval years for the Rognon River and 2 return-interval years for the Amblève River), nearly 80% of the tagged particles positioned just upstream of the weirs were exported downstream of them during the study period. However, the tagged particles in the control reaches, non-influenced by weirs, travelled distances 2 to 2.5 times greater than the particles injected in the impoundment. Mobilisation rates are also significantly higher in the control reaches. Whereas the size of the mobilised particles (D50, D90) is similar between the impoundment and the control reaches in the Amblève river, mobilised particles are significantly smaller in the impoundment reach in the Rognon river. This data indicates that these weirs can have a significant effect by slowing down the bed load velocity, especially its coarsest part. Nevertheless, in the current weir operating, weirs do not interrupt the bedload continuity. This type of structure does not seem to constitute a real obstacle to sedimentary continuity and the question of their dismantling may be raised in view of the potential impacts they could have on the other components of ecological continuity.</p>

Balancing Green ICT Business Development with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

2011 ◽  
pp. 607-620
Author(s):  
Marco Garito
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Green Ict ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Corporate Social

The debate over green ICT has been triggered by media during the climate change summit in Kyoto in 2007. This was when the industry tried to build up a clean and non-polluting image. While the Copenhagen summit on the environment failed to produce a conclusive decision, it is now clear that its carbon footprint is a remarkable factor in all business decision making. Governments around the world have set up defined programs and targets that companies have to reach. ICT is aimed at achieving reduction in the 2% of CO2 emission levels. The advantage of the positive impact of Green ICT initiatives would be seen in the clear results in management‘s decision making. However, the adoption of green ICT programs gives the opportunity to fully rethink over current business process and develop new solutions. The benefit of environmental friendly companies can also affect the overall performance and deliver measurable results in terms of customer‘s preference, brand value, ROI, not to count the needed change of behaviour at individual and personal level (such as waste disposal). The chapter wants to outline those topics and properly address the issues behind what the author considers as equivalent to the next industrial revolution.

The Nursery of Life

2030 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutger van Santen ◽  
Djan Khoe ◽  
Bram Vermeer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Cost Of Health Care ◽  
Precise Diagnosis ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Prompt Diagnosis

Human beings are much more complex than any technology we could devise today. How many machines are good for 80 or 90 years of service? Our immune system—set up at birth—is able to repel diseases that don’t even exist yet. Most viruses that proliferate 50 years after we were born can be defeated just as easily as maladies that have been dogging humans for generations. Effective health care means that—in most regions of the planet—we are living longer and longer. All the same, human beings are not perfect: We get sick and we wear out over time. In the wealthier regions, we spend a great deal of money trying to get as close as possible to a 100-year span. Our greatest task is to bring a long and healthy life within the reach of as many people as possible. New technology is required to hold down the cost of health care, to nip outbreaks of disease in the bud, and to ease discomfort in our old age. Scientists believe that substantial benefits can be gained by identifying abnormalities earlier. A cancerous growth measuring just a few millimeters is still relatively harmless, and an infection caught in its early stages won’t leave any scars. Although techniques for accurately diagnosing incipient abnormalities can often be very expensive, prompt diagnosis generally means that treatment will be easier, cheaper, and more likely to succeed. Thus, we can end up saving money despite the need for expensive equipment. To adequately fight the outbreak of diseases in the future, our technology must be able to respond more rapidly. This could pose a particular challenge because there is also a trend at present toward superspecialization, which is fragmenting medical knowledge and slowing down responses. Take the science of ophthalmology in which the various specializations focus on extremely specific parts of the eye. This is fine once a precise diagnosis has been made, but it could be a significant problem if the patient consults the wrong doctor at the outset. The way we currently approach diagnosis needs to change.

An Interactive Platform for Sustainable Supply Chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-73
Author(s):  
Ye-Sho Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Student Entrepreneurs ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Wetland Losses

In 2015, the United Nations set up 17 sustainable development goals to transform the world. Sustainable supply chains play a key role in achieving these goals. In this article, the authors propose an interactive platform with communication systems and technologies to empower sustainable development participants actively engaging in managing sustainable supply chains and international soft landings. Specifically, this article illustrates how to develop an interactive “Flying High, Landing Soft” platform of wetland entrepreneurship to address the growing global problem of wetland losses. The interactive platform, grounded in the theory of digital nervous systems and equipped with social interaction technologies, and allows student entrepreneurs to participate in exploring and developing business solutions to maintain a healthy wetland and have positive impact on global sustainability development.

Analysis on the Architecture of the General Aviation Operation Control System Software

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 18-21
Author(s):  
Li Qun Li
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Operation Control ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Ocean Monitoring ◽  
And Training ◽  
Operation And Management

General aviation, is refers to the civil aviation activities that is used a civil aircraft engaged in outside of public air transport, including industry, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and homework flight of the construction industry and medical and health, disaster relief, meteorological observation, ocean monitoring, scientific experiment, education and training, culture and sports and other party and flight activities. Therefore, every airline is necessary to set up its own set of flight operation control system. This paper introduces the concept of flight operation control system, system structure and functions of each module, and is given flight operation control system application solutions; provide reference for improving the flight operation and management level in our country.

Safety Management Pattern for Equipment Complex System

2015 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
pp. 968-973
Author(s):  
Jian Wei Feng
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Control Model ◽  
Inherent Safety ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Equipment Safety ◽  
Equipment Complex ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Safety Benefit

In order to improve the inherent safety management level of equipment complex system, based on the fact that present study of inherent safety management ignore the harmonious alternating function between system microcosmic elements, analyzed the basic theory of system harmonious alternating mechanism, put forward a more perfect SHELLOM model, then set up an equipment safety degree model based on harmonious alternating mechanism. After the Definition of inherent safety management, constructed the risk early control model and human safety performance control model of inherent safety management system, and analyzed the safety cost and safety benefit, put forward the notion of safety culture radiation, narrated the relation of safety radiation effect and system harmonious alternating mechanism, provide effective reference for the construct of equipment complex system inherent safety management.

Study on Safety Status and Improvement Measures of Ship Construction

2013 ◽  
Vol 401-403 ◽  
pp. 2238-2241
Author(s):  
Li Min Yu
Keyword(s):  
Production Management ◽  
Private Capital ◽  
Shipbuilding Industry ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Industry Leadership ◽  
Safety Production ◽  
Innovation Ability ◽  
Improvement Measures ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Ship Safety

Overheating investment of private capital in the shipbuilding industry. Many shipyards to appear the low level expansion of investment, innovation ability is low, the renewal of equipment is slow, frequent accidents, restrict the development of the company. Ship safety production and prevent the accident is occurred, excluding all is not conducive to safe, should take the following measures: to gradually improve the safety production management level of enterprises; increase the industry leadership efforts; the establishment of safety production capital; set up the mechanism of safety supervision.

Apply De Novo Programming in Pavement Maintenance Strategy Optimization

2013 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 805-811
Author(s):  
Ching Tsung Hung ◽  
Jyh Dong Lin ◽  
Pei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Ideal Point ◽  
Pavement Management ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Pavement Maintenance ◽  
Highway Network ◽  
Maintenance Work ◽  
Technology Level ◽  
The Ideal

With the highway network of Taiwan is intact gradually, the management of highway engineering is improving technology level to management level. Reducing the influence with pavement deteriorating, improving the pavement age and achieving the need of pavement service quality, it is a pavement agencys object. Present maintenance work depend on subjective experience judgment of civil engineer, but the kind of method is lack systemic planning. In view of this, Pavement Management system use multi-objectives goal programming to solving priority with the pavement maintenance works. But the multi-objectives programming method is considering multiple-objective, so it cans satisfied the ideal point. The De Novo Method is a new method to approach the ideal point. We try to using this method to solving Taiwan Freeways maintenance work programming.

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