scholarly journals How Organization Models Impact the Governing of Industrial Symbiosis in Public Wastewater Management. An Explorative Study in Sweden

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 824
Author(s):  
Karolina Södergren ◽  
Jenny Palm
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Inclusive Process ◽  
Municipal Administration ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Corporate Form ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Business Technology ◽  
Organization Models

The industrial symbiosis (IS) landscape is evolving rapidly. While previous studies have argued for the importance of municipalities participating in the governing of IS, research on the implications of different forms of municipal organization is still lacking. This paper aims to investigate how municipal administration and municipally-owned corporations, as two forms of organization, impact the governing of IS in the water and sewage sector. This is explored in relation to the Swedish municipality Simrishamn, which recently underwent changes in the form of organization. Results show that municipal administration contributes to a more inclusive process where many actors can influence and bring ideas and perspectives on how to develop an IS. The risk, however, is that other issues within the municipality are seen as more pressing and, therefore, get prioritized before IS. In corporate form, the development of IS becomes more business-like as the focus is kept on core business. Technology development is strengthened as skills and competencies are promoted through the expertise of the employees. Drawbacks include processes becoming less transparent and political goals, such as citizen welfare not receiving the same level of priority as within municipal administration. There is also a risk that fewer perspectives are included in the process of developing IS, which may inhibit innovation, even if the results also indicate that an increased business focus of the corporate form strengthens the innovation capacity.

Latecomers’ path-creating catch-up strategy in ICT industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae Bong Kim ◽  
Min Jae Park
Keyword(s):  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Government ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Leadership

Purpose This study aims to empirically examine the conditions for latecomers to successfully pursue path-creating catch-up strategies. In particular, the company is divided into two conditions: the external environment, which refers to the gap in the market share between the leaders and latecomers, and the internal capacities of the company, such as the company’s absorptive capacity, re-combinative capabilities and technological innovation leadership. Design/methodology/approach Because firms supported by the government tend to be conservative in their decision-making and technology development strategies, governmental assistance is likely to negatively affect path-creating catch-up strategies. This study surveyed small to medium enterprises in the Korea IT industry and analyzed the latecomers’ catch-up strategies from internal and external environment perspectives. Findings After ensuring its innovation capacity by developing of internal capacity, it turned out to lead to path-creative catch-up strategy and market disparity and government dependence moderates this relation. While market disparity has a positive moderation effect, government dependence showed a negative moderation effect. Originality/value The authors proposed and tested hypotheses of how a firm’s path-creative catch-up strategy is adopted and succeeds. Regarding the internal conditions, the authors statistically proved that absorptive capabilities, re-combinative capabilities and technology innovation leadership are important factors for a firm’s technology innovation capacity.

Recent Developments in Wastewater Management in Japan

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Kubo
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Wastewater Reclamation ◽  
Mercury Poisoning ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Wastewater Reclamation And Reuse ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Legislative Framework

Japan has experienced serious and tragic water pollution problems such as Minamata disease (mercury poisoning) in the 1960 s. Since then comprehensive countermeasures including establishment of a legislative framework and EWQ Standards, enforcement of E Standards on dischargers, encouragement in the development of sewerage systems, research and technology development and wastewater reclamation and reuse, etc., have been implemented. This paper reviews the recent developments in wastewater management in this social context in Japan.

The road not taken: how traditional excreta and greywater management may point the way to a sustainable future

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bracken ◽  
A. Wachtler ◽  
A.R. Panesar ◽  
J. Lange
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Management Philosophy ◽  
The Road ◽  
Closed Loop Systems ◽  
Dead End ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Sanitation Systems

This paper argues that modern, end-of-pipe sanitation systems are not the pinnacle of centuries of wastewater technology development, and may actually prove to be a technological dead-end: expensive to build, operate and maintain, and out of step with traditional wastewater management philosophy. A brief examination of a series of excreta and wastewater management systems from around the world and throughout history clearly shows that viewing faeces, urine and grey water as a worthless waste to be disposed of is only a modern concept, which ignores the realities of limited resource availability, and the obvious benefits to be had from closed-loop systems – as was clearly recognised in the past. While currently, expensive, technically complicated end-of-pipe sanitation systems dominate, several modern systems have been developed specifically to ensure an efficient resource recovery and reuse. Reconsidering and researching historical approaches to wastewater management and applying modern technologies to improve their functionality may contribute to the solution of many of today's sanitation and environmental problems.

scholarly journals Government Initiatives for Developing Technologies in Public Research Institutes through Strategic Relationship with Industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
S. Rama Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Strategic Relationships ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Successful Technology

The relationship between The country that facilitates strategic relationships among research institutes and industries, through appropriate mechanisms, gains a competitive edge through faster technology development, transfer and commercialization. Successful technology development and transfer, needs early identification of potential technologies and assessment of their commercial potential. This study examines various models for technology selection and technology development available in the literature. Also, this communication presents various government initiatives that promote technology development, transfer and commercialization in Indian public research institutes. These initiatives try to bridge the gap between research institutes and industry and help research institutes to commercialize the technologies emanating from it. Important initiatives and their implementation were identified using an explorative study through a review of secondary sources and websites of concerned government departments.

Some applications of electron beam microanalysis techniques in VLSI process evaluation

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
Simon Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Analysis Of Failures ◽  
Characterization Of Materials ◽  
Circuits Vlsi

Trends in the technology development of very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI) have been in the direction of higher density of components with smaller dimensions. The scaling down of device dimensions has been not only laterally but also in depth. Such efforts in miniaturization bring with them new developments in materials and processing. Successful implementation of these efforts is, to a large extent, dependent on the proper understanding of the material properties, process technologies and reliability issues, through adequate analytical studies. The analytical instrumentation technology has, fortunately, kept pace with the basic requirements of devices with lateral dimensions in the micron/ submicron range and depths of the order of nonometers. Often, newer analytical techniques have emerged or the more conventional techniques have been adapted to meet the more stringent requirements. As such, a variety of analytical techniques are available today to aid an analyst in the efforts of VLSI process evaluation. Generally such analytical efforts are divided into the characterization of materials, evaluation of processing steps and the analysis of failures.

Of Frames and Cultures - A Cross-Cultural Comparison of TV Newscasts

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Senokozlieva ◽  
Oliver Fischer ◽  
Gary Bente ◽  
Nicole Krämer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Tv News ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. TV news are essentially cultural phenomena. Previous research suggests that the often-overlooked formal and implicit characteristics of newscasts may be systematically related to culture-specific characteristics. Investigating these characteristics by means of a frame-by-frame content analysis is identified as a particularly promising methodological approach. To examine the relationship between culture and selected formal characteristics of newscasts, we present an explorative study that compares material from the USA, the Arab world, and Germany. Results indicate that there are many significant differences, some of which are in line with expectations derived from cultural specifics. Specifically, we argue that the number of persons presented as well as the context in which they are presented can be interpreted as indicators of Individualism/Collectivism. The conclusions underline the validity of the chosen methodological approach, but also demonstrate the need for more comprehensive and theory-driven category schemes.

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