5,088 research outputs found
Piloting Service Oriented ArchitectureâA Case Study in the Oil Industry
The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm introduced a few years back has already become the driving force behind enterprise systems. It is also a force behind most cutting edge technologies today. Although much is written about SOA, empirical studies on its implementation are next to none. This exploratory case study examines a pilot implementation at an oil-drilling equipment manufacturing company to understand the process and issues involved in SOA adoption. The study depicts the implementation methodology and the roadmap adopted by this organization to help connect its disparate systems using enterprise SOA. This paper can help researcher better understand SOA implementation and help them further explore the managerial issues involved in implementing this new technology
Commercialization challenges of adsorbent materials for water and wastewater treatment
Abstract. Adsorption is commonly used to remove low-concentration natural organic matter or industrial contaminants from drinking water to improve the waterâs taste, color, or safety. Adsorption is carried out with adsorbents, which are solid materials. Scientific research on adsorbent materials has increased exponentially, resulting in rapid advancements in preparation methods, chemical modification, and adsorbent quality assurance, revealing remarkable capacities to absorb organic and inorganic pollutants from natural water and industrial wastewater. However, the experimental new adsorbent materials are only seldomly productized and commercialized despite extensive research.
The goal of the thesis was to facilitate the commercialization processes of adsorbent materials for water and wastewater treatment through productization. To achieve the goal, a productization platform for adsorbent materials was first developed through a literature review of business models, productization, and the new technology introduction. The second step was to perform qualitative research. Companies in Finland that represent adsorbent materials producers and vendors, consultants providing water treatment design services, and end-users of adsorbent materials were interviewed for the empirical research. The assessments of the opportunities and challenges in the adsorbent materials productization are based on the analysis of the current status of the interviewed companies. Finally, the research results and the concept of the literature review were combined to recommend a reference business model and productization structure of adsorbent materials for water and wastewater treatment.
Clarifying offerings and building a business strategy to support the commercialization of the offering are the two aspects of the productization platform for adsorbent materials. The empirical results led to a determination of the water and wastewater treatment requirements and customer expectations. Materials, legislation and standards, cost, customer, and logistics were listed as the five most important water and wastewater treatment requirements, followed by a long list of consumers (companies with water and wastewater treatment plants) expectations (adsorbent materials should be legally proven, tested, validated, cost-effective, previously used for the same purpose, marketed, etc. ). These requirements and expectations indicate that an adsorbent materials manufacturer, distributor, and service provider should have compelling business models. A business model assists in integrating needs and expectations into the product application by understanding and linking the productâs commercial and technical structure, which results in a commercially successful product. As a result, even though companies face numerous challenges, the productization of adsorbent materials offers innumerable opportunities.
Conclusively, a constructive and descriptive business model, as well as a productization framework, were recommended. An effective business plan and perfect productization of the adsorbent materials can aid in commercializing novel adsorbent materials. "The offerings (adsorbent materials) can be offered as â adsorbent materials as a product-oriented and adsorbent materials as a result-oriented," was the key recommendation for commercializing novel adsorbent materials
Beyond Paris: 11 innovations in aid effectiveness
The current framework for improving aid effectiveness, the 'Paris' agenda of harmonisation and alignment, has been found lacking. Alternatives are needed. This paper highlights some examples of recent innovations in the management and delivery of development aid. Drawing upon Barder (2009) and Howes (2011), the paper structures 11 innovations into three categories: improving the quality of the aid donor; improving the quality of the aid recipient; and improving how donors interact and the way aid is given. By examining these 11 innovations, the paper shows that aid agencies have the potential to adapt and evolve. The challenge for donors is to start selecting good ideas for implementation now and to never stop searching for new innovations to improve aid effectiveness.aid
THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OPEN HARBOR INITIATIVE
The efficiency of harbor management plays a significant economic role to a nation in various aspects, including trading business, logistics and the manufacturing. The visibility of harbor activities and management determines the performance of the whole logistic chain. The harbor agencies continuously strive to provide better operation models to the stakeholders by collecting and analyzing these data populated from the activities. To expedite this improvement, an Open Innovation Model is called to encourage more special interest groups to contribute their works; the harbor agencies disclose the datasets derived from those servicing activities through the government Open Data platforms. Since there is no clear picture of how these contributors would utilize the datasets for their researches, there is a considerable requirement gap between the dataset provider - the harbor agencies and the consumers - the interest groups. This paper surveyed the open datasets provided by the advanced harbors using the textual analysis and the text mining approaches to emerge the potential requirements for the Open Harbor initiative followers such as Taiwan. By taking the example of Taiwan Open Harbor initiative, it reexamined the potential meaning against the already opened datasets and tangibly identified where they could be further enhanced to bring more value to the interest groups. Based on these findings, this paper presents the initiative realization models through the Enterprise Architecture - a methodology of defining the information systems from the strategic planning to the realization -processes as the recommendations to those pursuing operation eminence harbor agencies
Blockchain Technology Based Supply Chain Systems and Supply Chain Performance: A Resource-Based View
Blockchain technology (BCT) is set to transform firmsâ present ways of managing supply chains. This thesis explores how the efforts by firms to integrate BCT into their supply chain systems and activities, can enable certain supply chain capabilities and subsequently, improve supply chain performance. Using an abductive research approach, qualitative content analyses of 126 cases of firmsâ efforts in BCT-based supply chain systems (BCT-SCS) across multiple industries are conducted to identify the BCT-enabled supply chain capabilities and their performance outcomes. Findings reveal that the present BCT-SCS efforts are mainly oriented towards improving the operational-level capabilities namely, information sharing and coordination capabilities rather than strategic-level capabilities namely, integration and collaboration capabilities. The predominant performance outcomes resulting from these capabilities along with the BCT-SCS are quality compliance and improvement, process improvement, flexibility, reduced cost, and reduced process time. However, the performance outcomes vary with industry type, based on the risks that the industry faces. Based on the studyâs findings, an integrated framework of research propositions is presented to facilitate future empirical research
Development of RMJ: A mirror of the development of the profession and discipline of record management
The purpose of this paper is to examine critically the history of Records Management Journal on its 20th anniversary; it aims to review and analyse its evolution and its contribution in the context of the development of the profession and the discipline of records management. The paper seeks to provide the context and justification for the selection of eight articles previously published in the journal to be reprinted in this issue
Innovation Systems, Radical Transformation, Step-by-Step: India in Light of China
The paper introduces a reform trajectory we call ?revolutionary incrementalism? in which partial and incremental measures add up to profound transformation. Recent advances in economic theory demonstrate that growth is not hard to start: it almost starts itself, somewhere, sometimes. But keeping it going is not easy: doing so requires attention to the context of growth binding constraints and situation-specific ways to resolve them. The same goes for institutions: it is almost always possible to find some that are working. The issue is using the ones that work to improve those that don?t. The thrust of the proposal is to rely on variation within existing institutions as the ?Archimedean lever? with which to leverage reform and change. India?s public sector record for implementing and coordinating innovation efforts can be notoriously fragmented and inefficient but there are some parts that perform better than others, and there are recognized pockets of excellence virtually within every ministry or public sector organization. The same internal diversity is even more visible in the private sector. Importantly from a policy perspective, better performing segments of public sector and better performing segments of productive sector are beginning to join forces in a variety of search ...innovation systems, heterogeneity of institutions, radical incrementalism, search networks, open economy industrial policy
Technology Assessment of eVTOL Personal Air Transportation System
This thesis intended to provide a holistic vision on the potential consequences of the introduction
of emerging electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing (e VTOL) Personal Air Transportation System
(PATS) to contribute to the forming of public and policy opinion, and to assess the impacts and the
feasibility of that. Instead of looking from a detailed vehicle design viewpoint, we tried to understand
the need, the impacts, and the perceptions and the concerns of stakeholders. Thus, it was set a framework
and methodology starting with a technology assessment point of view in the light of transportation
system analysis. Limitations of the current ground and airline transportation systems, increasing
congestion, poor block speed, combined with expanding population and demand for affordable on-
demand mobility are driving the development of future transportation technology and policy. The third
wave of aeronautics might be the answer and could bring about great new capabilities for society that
would bring aviation into a new age of being relevant in daily lives since eVTOL PATS is envisioned
as the next logical step in the natural progression in the history of disruptive transportation system
innovations. However, there are a lot of questions. Although there was difficulty since the system was
an emerging air transportation mode, an interdisciplinary study has been conducted to assess the impacts
of developing such a capability. The research questions were determined to address the research
objectives. What is the current state of mobility and eVTOL air transportation mode? What are the
potential benefits of eVTOL air transportation mode for user and society? What are the perceptions of
service providers, regulator, and user? What are the main challenges including technology, regulation,
operation, social and environment aspects to enable the system? What are the enabling technologies?
Nevertheless, with the results obtained lately from the research activities, revolutionary technologies
and regulations are bringing us closer to eVTOL PATS reality every day. It can be argued that a new
socio-technical transition will come about like the transition from horse drawn carriers to cars. Even if
it is still a long way to go, it seems rather likely that the time has been arriving in the next decade. Their
existence and operation would therefore need to be taken into consideration for todayâs planning
considerations and construction projects to be able to have this emerging air transportation mode
available in the future. As the technology underlying eVTOL PATS evolves, wider eVTOL adoption
across various markets is likely to be supported further if a set of key challenges such as safety and
security, ease of use and autonomy, noise, infrastructure, and air traffic management are overcome.
Achieving drastic improvements in ease of use, safety and community acceptable noise are the most
critical steps towards the future feasibility of this market. Multi-use demos and demonstrating successful
operation with early vehicles, namely eVTOL PATS prototype field operations, will create public
acceptance and understanding of potentials in emerging air transportation mode for public good, use and
learn in multiple applications. The overall perception of the user, service provider and regulator are
positive, and the support is high. Shortly, a successful implementation and sustainable transition will
depend on overcoming technological hurdles, regulatory frameworks, operational safety, cost
competitiveness, and sensibilities of the affected communities. There is a need to enable people and
goods to have the convenience of on-demand, point-to-point safe travel, further, anywhere in less travel
time, through a network of pocket airports/vertiports, and there is a significant potential benefit so that
policy makers, regulators and metropolesâ transportation planning departments should consider an
inclusion of eVTOL air transportation mode into the scenarios and policies of the future.Esta tese pretende fornecer uma visĂŁo holĂstica sobre as potenciais consequĂȘncias da introdução do
Sistema de Transporte Aéreo Pessoal (PATS) de Decolagem e Pouso Vertical elétrico emergente (e
VTOL) para contribuir para a formação de opiniĂŁo pĂșblica e polĂtica, e para avaliar os impactos e a
viabilidade disso. Em vez de olhar de um ponto de vista detalhado o projeto do veĂculo, tentamos
entender a necessidade, os impactos, as percepçÔes e as preocupaçÔes das partes interessadas. Assim,
foi definido um quadro e uma metodologia partindo de um ponto de vista de avaliação de tecnologia Ă
luz da anålise do sistema de transporte. As limitaçÔes dos atuais sistemas de transporte terrestre e aéreo,
o aumento do congestionamento, a baixa velocidade do trĂĄfego, combinados com a expansĂŁo da
população e a mobilidade com procura acessĂvel estĂŁo impulsionando o desenvolvimento de futuras
tecnologias e polĂticas de transporte. A terceira onda da aeronĂĄutica pode ser a resposta e pode trazer
grandes novas capacidades para a sociedade que trariam a aviação para uma nova era de ser relevante
na vida cotidiana, uma vez que o VTOL PATS Ă© visto como o prĂłximo passo lĂłgico na progressĂŁo
natural na história das inovaçÔes disruptivas do sistema de transporte. No entanto, hå muitas perguntas.
Embora tenha havido dificuldade por se tratar de um modo de transporte aéreo emergente, um estudo
interdisciplinar foi realizado para avaliar os impactos do desenvolvimento de tal capacidade. As questÔes
de investigação foram determinadas para atender aos objetivos do projeto. Qual é o estado atual da
mobilidade e do modo de transporte aĂ©reo eVTOL? Quais sĂŁo os benefĂcios potenciais do modo de
transporte aéreo eVTOL para o utilizador e a sociedade? Quais são as percepçÔes dos provedores de
serviços, regulador e utilizador? Quais são os principais desafios, incluindo tecnologia, regulamentação,
operação, aspectos sociais e ambientais para habilitar o sistema? Quais são as tecnologias facilitadoras?
No entanto, com os resultados obtidos ultimamente nas atividades de pesquisa, tecnologias e
regulamentaçÔes revolucionårias estão nos aproximando cada dia mais da realidade do VTOL PATS.
Pode-se argumentar que uma nova transição sócio-técnica ocorrerå como a transição de carruagens
puxadas por cavalos para automĂłveis. Mesmo que ainda seja um longo caminho a percorrer, parece
bastante provĂĄvel que a hora esteja chegando na prĂłxima dĂ©cada. A sua existĂȘncia e operação, portanto,
precisam ser levadas em consideração para as questÔes de planeamento e projetos de construção de hoje
para poder ter esse modo de transporte aĂ©reo emergente disponĂvel no futuro. Ă medida que a tecnologia
subjacente ao eVTOL PATS evolui, é provåvel que a adoção mais ampla do eVTOL em vårios mercados
seja ainda mais apoiada se um conjunto de desafios importantes, como segurança e proteção, facilidade
de uso e autonomia, ruĂdo, infraestrutura e gestĂŁo de trĂĄfego aĂ©reo forem superados. Alcançar melhorias
drĂĄsticas na facilidade de uso, segurança e ruĂdo aceitĂĄvel pela comunidade sĂŁo os passos mais crĂticos
para a viabilidade futura deste mercado. DemonstraçÔes multi-uso e demonstração de operação bem-
sucedida com veĂculos iniciais, ou seja, operaçÔes de campo do protĂłtipo eVTOL PATS, criarĂŁo
aceitação pĂșblica e compreensĂŁo dos potenciais no modo de transporte aĂ©reo emergente para o bem
pĂșblico, uso e aprendizado em vĂĄrias aplicaçÔes. A percepção geral do utilizador, prestador de serviço
e regulador é positiva, e o suporte é alto. Uma implementação bem-sucedida e uma transição sustentåvel
dependerå da superação de obståculos tecnológicos, estruturas regulatórias, segurança operacional,
competitividade de custos e sensibilidade das comunidades afetadas. HĂĄ uma necessidade de permitir
que pessoas e mercadorias tenham a conveniĂȘncia de viagens seguras de que necessitam, ponto a ponto,
e além disso, em qualquer lugar em menos tempo de viagem. Isso pode ser feito por meio de uma rede
de aeroportos/vertiports, e hĂĄ um benefĂcio potencial significativo para que os formuladores de polĂticas,
reguladores e departamentos de planeamento de transporte das grandes metrĂłpoles considerem a
inclusĂŁo do modo de transporte aĂ©reo eVTOL nos cenĂĄrios e polĂticas do futuro
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