scholarly journals WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH BEST PRACTICES IN RURAL MICROBUSINESS

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Scientific Support ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
Successes And Failures

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the case of a joint venture stage to determine the successes and failures undertaken by women entrepreneurship aimed to improve the quality of life. The analysis is based on the theory of resources and skills of entrepreneurship and business. It is intended to answer the question, what were the successes and failures committed by entrepreneurs to run the business plan aimed to improve the quality of life in this particular case? The answers were found relating the situations described in the case with the theories of resources and skills and entrepreneurship. The analysis concludes that the empirical knowledge of entrepreneurs, in this case were not sufficient to direct the business to success, and that the lack of structured knowledge and adequate scientific support for this project strongly directed towards the non-permanence on the market.

Microfinancial Collaborative Economies Business Models and Strategies for Quality of Life Improvement

2022 ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Support ◽  
Life Improvement ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
Successes And Failures

The present chapter analyzes two cases of a joint venture stage to determine the successes and failures undertaken by the PROMUSAG and Uber as a model and strategies of collaborative economies to improve the quality of life. First, it is analyzed PROMUSAG as a program to finance women entrepreneurship aimed to improve the quality of life and the second case aims to analyze the different strategies taken by Uber to join the global market successfully, positioning itself in different countries. The analysis concludes that the empirical knowledge of entrepreneurs, in this case were not sufficient to direct the business to success, and that the lack of structured knowledge and adequate scientific support for this project strongly directed towards the non-permanence on the market. Taking terms as work global, it is considered Uber as a technology-based company and sees it from an overall, same strategy refers to a strategy that follows the company having a worldwide standardized product, another issue that would revise the importance of the theory of institutions.

Microfinancial Collaborative Economies Business Models and Strategies for Quality of Life Improvement

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-112
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Support ◽  
Life Improvement ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
Successes And Failures

The present chapter analyzes two cases of a joint venture stage to determine the successes and failures undertaken by the PROMUSAG and Uber as a model and strategies of collaborative economies to improve the quality of life. First, it is analyzed PROMUSAG as a program to finance women entrepreneurship aimed to improve the quality of life and the second case aims to analyze the different strategies taken by Uber to join the global market successfully, positioning itself in different countries. The analysis concludes that the empirical knowledge of entrepreneurs, in this case were not sufficient to direct the business to success, and that the lack of structured knowledge and adequate scientific support for this project strongly directed towards the non-permanence on the market. Taking terms as work global, it is considered Uber as a technology-based company and sees it from an overall, same strategy refers to a strategy that follows the company having a worldwide standardized product, another issue that would revise the importance of the theory of institutions.

Microfinance and Rural Entrepreneurship in Mexico

2018 ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández ◽  
Kinkini Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
Rural Entrepreneurship ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
And Training ◽  
Successes And Failures

One of the popular policies for rural entrepreneurships in Mexico is the Program for Women in the Agricultural Sector, or PROMUSAG, whose objective is to contribute to the generation of employment and income of women entrepreneurs with 18 years or more living in agrarian centers by funding and training for implementation of productive projects. The aim of the chapter is to analyze the case of a joint venture stage to determine the successes and failures to undertake this business based on the theory of resources and skills of entrepreneurship and business in general and budget study of PROMUSAG in particular. The analysis concludes that the empirical knowledge of entrepreneurs in this case were not sufficient to direct the business to success, and structured knowledge strongly directed towards the non-permanence on the market is still lacking to serve the targeted population. However, based on CONEVAL Report, we can say something about the increase in women empowerment as far as the budget program is concerned.

scholarly journals A Review of AI and Data Science Support for Cancer Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Parimbelli ◽  
S. Wilk ◽  
R. Cornet ◽  
P. Sniatala ◽  
K. Sniatala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Predictive Modeling ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Cancer Management ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Open Research

AbstractIntroductionThanks to improvement of care, cancer has become a chronic condition. But due to the toxicity of treatment, the importance of supporting the quality of life (QoL) of cancer patients increases. Monitoring and managing QoL relies on data collected by the patient in his/her home environment, its integration, and its analysis, which supports personalization of cancer management recommendations. We review the state-of-the-art of computerized systems that employ AI and Data Science methods to monitor the health status and provide support to cancer patients managed at home.ObjectiveOur main objective is to analyze the literature to identify open research challenges that a novel decision support system for cancer patients and clinicians will need to address, point to potential solutions, and provide a list of established best-practices to adopt.MethodsWe designed a review study, in compliance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, analyzing studies retrieved from PubMed related to monitoring cancer patients in their home environments via sensors and self-reporting: what data is collected, what are the techniques used to collect data, semantically integrate it, infer the patient’s state from it and deliver coaching/behavior change interventions.ResultsStarting from an initial corpus of 819 unique articles, a total of 180 papers were considered in the full-text analysis and 109 were finally included in the review. Our findings are organized and presented in four main sub-topics consisting of data collection, data integration, predictive modeling and patient coaching.ConclusionDevelopment of modern decision support systems for cancer needs to utilize best practices like the use of validated electronic questionnaires for quality-of-life assessment, adoption of appropriate information modeling standards supplemented by terminologies/ontologies, adherence to FAIR data principles, external validation, stratification of patients in subgroups for better predictive modeling, and adoption of formal behavior change theories. Open research challenges include supporting emotional and social dimensions of well-being, including PROs in predictive modeling, and providing better customization of behavioral interventions for the specific population of cancer patients.

Best Practices and Strategies for Broadband Deployment

2011 ◽  
pp. 128-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos Bouras ◽  
Apostolos Gkamas ◽  
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
National Level ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Broadband Networks

Broadband deployment is a necessity nowadays. It could help each country, municipality and region to grow and offer better quality of life to the citizens. Today, the emphasis on the development of broadband networks is on fixed Fibre To The Home solutions The lessons learned from countries that are leaders in broadband penetration and Fibre To The Home deployment could be proven very useful for under-served communities, regions and countries where the broadband penetration is low. Therefore, this chapter summarises the lessons learned from implementing (a) country-wide strategies formulated at the national level, and (b) local strategies formulated by the municipalities. Concerning the role of national and local governments, it should be noted that nowadays it is very urgent the involvement of government in the development of broadband infrastructure. Proposed noteworthy remarkable cases are Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

Religion and Spirituality in Pediatrics

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jean Barton ◽  
Lucy Selman ◽  
Gary Maslow ◽  
Raymond Barfield
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Spiritual Distress ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Pediatric Healthcare

This chapter responds to the sparse attention paid to the connections between religion, spirituality, and pediatric quality of life in healthcare settings. Key points of spiritual distress in the context of pediatrics, including intensive care settings, diagnostic meetings, and oncology, are explored. In order to envision a robust embrace of religious and spiritual issues in pediatric care, this chapter analyzes core themes from the perspectives of caregivers and clinicians. Building on these themes as well as current best practices from the literature, this chapter proposes an expanded vision and accompanying concrete practices to improve attention to and integration of religion and spirituality in pediatric care. The chapter concludes that an expansion of creative engagement with the religious and spiritual components of pediatric healthcare would foster more interdisciplinary, holistic practices of care.

scholarly journals Review of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 423-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowena Jones
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Mental Capacity Act 2005 ◽  
Mental Capacity Act ◽  
Successes And Failures

An incapacity to make decisions can crucially affect quality of life. Those who lack capacity are vulnerable to abuse from others, ranging from overpaternalism to exploitation, neglect and violence. Historically, those lacking capacity have not been served well by statutory services, with institutionalisation being commonplace. Community care has had its successes and failures; although care provided is often well intentioned and of good quality, abuses of power and trust continue to occur.

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