Strategic context of public transport bus exchange with conventional propulsion to electric buses process

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 209-218
Author(s):  
Stanisław Krawiec ◽  
Sylwester Markusik ◽  
Renata Żochowska ◽  
Grzegorz Karoń ◽  
Krzysztof Krawiec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Drive ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Exchange Process ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Conversion Process ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Specific Time ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Strategic Context

Conversion of the bus fleet with conventional propulsion (Diesel or hybrid engines) to electric drive is a process that many cities in Poland face. Decision-makers, who influence these activities have to define an exchange strategy at the first step, defining min. time spent on exchange, the course of this process and financial resources needed at a specific time. Before making such a decision, they can be supported by various tools that will include the results of the currently realized PLATON project. The aim of this project is to define the process of planning the conversion of the existing fleet of conventional buses in public transport to 100% share of electric buses, and the implementation of this process as an IT tool, widely available in the Internet. The article describes the factors that may affect the exchange process in five areas: political, economic, ecological, social and technical-organizational ones. These factors are the components of the model that maps the fleet conversion process.

Applications of Web-QFD and E-Delphi method in the higher education system

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-256
Author(s):  
Shun-Hsing Chen ◽  
Ching-Chow Yang
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Individual

Quality function deployment (QFD) is an essential tool in implementing total quality management (TQM). This study applies a Web-QFD approach using group decision-making analysis in the Web environment to reduce the complicated data collection, aggregation and analysis processes. A Web-based questionnaire is designed by using an active service pages (ASP) involving the Internet relay chat (IRC) technique and the Delphi method with Internet (E-Delphi) to determine the importance degree of the customers' requirements. However, the traditional Delphi method is time-consuming mission. This study applies the proposed Web-QFD approach to efficiently gather the individual opinions of each team member, the requirements that are critical for customers, and then enables decision makers to accurately assess the priorities of these requirements. An empirical example of an education system in Taiwan is employed to demonstrate the practicability of the proposed Web-QFD model. This real world example involves team members communicating easily and quickly with other experts in the team through the Internet to accelerate the reaching of a consensus among multiple decision makers regardless of where their location. Customers' requirements can be rapidly prioritized based on the assessment results.

scholarly journals Challenges to the Jordanian Electronic Government Initiative

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽  
Yara Abdel Samad
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
The Web

This paper aims to present a number of key challenges to the Jordanian Electronic Government Initiative as a precursor to embracing mobile government (the future electronic governmental service provision). The first wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the web as the sole communication channel. Despite the limited success of a small number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the very limited penetration of the Internet in Jordan has dampened such cases of success and pushed key decision makers at the Electronic Government Initiative to consider more popular alternative communication media. This paper reflects on Jordan’s past experience with electronic government to identify lessons learnt to be carried on to future mobile and second wave of electronic governmental service provisions.

scholarly journals Chasing Ghosts: Rumours and Representations of the Export of Chinese Convict Labour to Developing Countries

2012 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 398-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Hairong ◽  
Barry Sautman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Chinese Official ◽  
Global Discourse ◽  
Recent Addition ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Opposition Parties

AbstractA recent addition to the global discourse of China's interaction with developing countries has been the claim that the Chinese government exports prison labour to these countries. While no evidence is ever presented to support this claim, it has been widely circulated in international and local media, as well as on the internet. This article examines the origins of the rumour and the mechanisms of its transmission. It shows that while the rumour often originates at the grass roots in developing countries, it is promoted locally and globally by political, economic and media elites with distinct agendas that often involve building support for opposition parties, competition in obtaining contracts, or geo-strategic and ideological rivalry. We analyse the rumour's circulation in light of the larger discourse on China and developing countries, and discuss why Chinese official responses to the claim have proved to be ineffective.

Is Political Participation Online Effective?

2014 ◽  
pp. 345-366
Author(s):  
Patrícia G. C. Rossini ◽  
Rousiley C. M. Maia
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Draft Bill ◽  
Legislative Activities ◽  
Political Decisions

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) conducts an e-democracy initiative that enables people to participate in political decisions regarding legislation. “Portal E-Democracia” is the name of this website in which people can participate in several different ways to speak their minds regarding legislative activities. This chapter analyses the effectiveness of citizens' engagement in the e-democracy initiative through the case study of the discussion of the Internet Civilian Landmark – a bill to regulate Internet use in Brazil. The authors analyse two types of participation: comments to the draft bill and suggestions. To measure the effectiveness of user-participation in such a case of collaborative lawmaking, the authors compare the content of the first draft, the final draft, and the suggestions made through the wikilegis in order to assess whether the discussions maintained within the e-democracy platform were or were not taken into account. This procedure also reveals to what extent online discussion was able to reach political decision-makers and effectively change the Internet's Bill of Rights.

What can we learn from the Past about Future Technological Trends in Adult Education?

2011 ◽  
pp. 333-353
Author(s):  
John K. Hope
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come ◽  
Political Economic

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the past two decades of technology use in adult education with the intention of providing a critical lens with which to view future technological trends in adult education. The article begins with a brief summary of technological trends, such as the introduction of the Internet and the World Wide Web, that have influenced adult education over the past two decades. Political, economic, social, and pedagogical issues that have influenced the use of technology in adult education are also discussed and possible solutions to these issues are outlined. The article concludes with an attempt to extrapolate future technological trends that could influence the direction of adult education in the decade to come.

Making Foreign Policy Through Twitter

2021 ◽  
pp. 380-394
Author(s):  
Duygu Dersan Orhan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method

Through the development of technology, the understanding of traditional foreign policy has changed. Foreign policy making, which was shaped by diplomatic correspondence, visits, agreements, and notes between countries, is carried out today via messages sent over the Internet. Twitter is the most frequently used internet tool in the hands of institutions, decision makers, and leaders in foreign policy making. US President Donald J. Trump is one of the leaders who use Twitter most effectively. Twitter was the center of Trump's messages, both during the presidential campaign and after his election. Trump is not just using Twitter as a platform for meeting his supporters and announcing the country's official policies. Twitter has also been an important way for Trump to challenge and send harsh messages to certain countries, companies, and individuals. Iran is one of the countries that Trump targets through Twitter. This study aims to examine the use of Twitter as a platform in foreign policy making by using content analysis method through Trump's tweets about Iran.

Mobile Virtual Communities of Commuters

2010 ◽  
pp. 950-956
Author(s):  
Jalal Kawash ◽  
Christo El Morr ◽  
Hamza Taha ◽  
Wissam Charaf
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Software Implementation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Timing Information ◽  
Surrounding Environment

Commuting forms an integral part of our lives, whether we are commuting for leisure or business. The use of location-based services and mobile computing has potentials to improve commuting experience and awareness. For instance, printed bus schedules have been only recently complemented with online systems to provide bus timing information for the community of public transport commuters. Commuters can nowadays inquire about bus timings by the use of telephony systems and the Internet. However, the information provided to users is statically produced, just like the still in-use old fashion bus route tables, and does not take into consideration delays and cancellations. The next step in the evolution of these schedules must produce live information, track bus movements, and alert commuters of bus arrivals and timings. The experience of commuting using taxis can also be improved beyond the use of telephony, while the most common way of asking for a taxi continues to be by hand waiving. Such improvements are more crucial for commuters that are not completely aware of their surrounding environment, such as tourists and business visitors. This article envisions the formation of networked organizations of commuters, through the use of mobile and location-based services. We discuss scenarios and use cases of such organizations and propose an example software implementation for the supporting services.

A Case for Consumer Virtual Property

2010 ◽  
pp. 172-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Hettche
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Exchange Process ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Consumer Empowerment ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Virtual Property ◽  
Consumer Autonomy

While the Internet is generally regarded as a tool of consumer empowerment, recent innovations in e-marketing signal a disparity in the quality of knowledge that the e-buyer and e-seller each bring to the exchange process. Armed with sophisticated consumer tracking programs and advanced data mining techniques, the e-seller’s competitive advantage for anticipating consumer preference is quickly outpacing the e-buyer’s ability to negotiate fair terms for an equal trade. This chapter considers the possible threat that aggressive forms of electronic surveillance pose for a market economy in e-commerce and offers a framework for how marketing practitioners can protect consumer autonomy online. Using John Locke’s classic social contract theory as a model, I argue that information created by an end-user’s online activity is a form of ‘virtual property’ that in turn establishes a consumer’s right to privacy online.

Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology. By Darin Barney. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. 340p. $29.00.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-201
Author(s):  
Ted Becker
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Network Technology ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Tornado Warning ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
University Of Chicago Press ◽  
Mother Lode

This is a welcome and provocative addition to the growing literature on the politics of the Internet. In addition to its rich intellectual texture and mother-lode of information about computer hard- and software, it is a quick read because the author has a sharp tongue and makes excellent points. It is a unique blend of political philosophy, political economic theory, and computer network technology in support of a political F-5 tornado warning.

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