Defining Good Deals in Business Collectives

In the context of a current project at Carleton University to create creating a deal-making platform, this article presents the results of a recent review of the literature to determine: What is a good deal? This is question is asked from the perspective of the stakeholders in the development of a software-based collaboration tool that is designed to help streamline deal development between members. The stakeholders include the creators, the users, and the investors. We answer this question by examining several streams in the literature, all centered on understanding deals and deal-making processes. These streams explore the concept of a win-win deal, how value may be seen differently, and the group processes involved in deal making. A key contribution from this review suggests that deal goodness can be separated based on a Me-We construct: the impact to each and every stakeholder of the deal and the impact to the entire collective (not just the deal stakeholders). This implies one can separate the platform management problem into actor-centric (Me) and linkage-centric (We) domains. This is consistent with the notion of players balancing their self interest with the other stakeholders in the deal (Me-We). This is also consistent with the prospect of managing ecosystem health based on player and network-based metrics

ダイ44ジ ナンキョク チイキ カンソクタイ カキ コウドウ ホウコク 2002-2003

第44次南極地域観測隊は,鮎川勝観測隊長以下60名(うち越冬隊は小島秀康副隊長兼越冬隊長ら40名)で構成された.越冬隊のうち8名(大日方一夫副隊長兼越冬副隊長ら)はドームふじ観測拠点で越冬し,夏隊のうち3名(小達恒夫副隊長(専用観測船担当)ら)は「専用観測船」で行動した.このほか,越冬隊に4名,夏隊に6名および専用観測船に16名が,同行者として観測隊と行動を共にした.2002年11月14日,南極観測船「しらせ」は東京港晴海ふ頭より出発した.観測隊57名およびその同行者10名(NHK放送記念事業など報道関係者9名,研究者1名)は,11月28日に成田から空路でオーストラリアのシドニー経由パースに向かい,29日にフリーマントルで「しらせ」に乗船した.「しらせ」は,12月3日に同港を発ち,15日にリュツォホルム湾沖に到着し,26日に昭和基地に接岸した.2002年12月17日から2003年2月15日までの間に,昭和基地および見返り台(S16: ドームふじ観測拠点)への物資輸送,昭和基地からの廃棄物の積み込み,同基地における観測および建設作業,内陸および沿岸地域における野外観測などを行った.昭和基地等への物資輸送量は1225トンであった.昭和基地から「しらせ」に積載した廃棄物量は162トン,持ち帰り一般物資は139トンであった.昭和基地における夏期設営作業では,観測系のPPB飛実験支援のほか,見晴らし燃料タンク-昭和基地間の燃料送油管の設置第2年次工事,インテルサットアンテナの基礎コンクリート打設工事,300kVA発電機1号機のオーバーホール,基地側燃料タンクの防油堤建設工事,放送事業用の直径4.8mパラボラアンテナ放送棟小型発電機小屋の建設とその内部設備送配電線工事等36項目にわたった.夏期観測では,昭和基地における観測として4機の南極周回気球飛実験を実施したほか,野外における観測として宗谷海岸露岩域一帯から,明るい岬などのプリンスオラフ海岸露岩域に至る地学地質,陸上生物,測地,広帯域地震計観測などを実施した.また,気水圏系では,氷河末端域の消耗量観測およびパッダ沖多年氷の採取を行ったほか,内陸ドーム旅行中には雪氷学的調査を実施した.2003年2月14日までに第43次越冬隊員および第44次夏隊の野外調査隊,基地の設営作業者等を順次「しらせ」に収容し,2月15日の最終便の後に「しらせ」は北上を開始した.2月22日から26日にかけてアムンゼン湾沖で海底地形測量を実施した.「しらせ」による停船航走観測は,往復路ともほぼ計画通りの観測を実施した.「しらせ」は,3月21日にシドニーに入港し,27日に同港を発ち4月13日に東京港に帰港した.観測隊は3月29日に空路成田に帰国した.他方,「専用観測船」は,2003年2月17日にニュージーランドのウェリントンを出港し,東経140度付近の南極海で約10日間の海洋観測を行い,3月13日に同港に帰った.観測隊員等は3月17日に空路成田に帰国した.The summer activities of the 44th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-44) in 2002-2003 on board the Antarctic research vessel Shirase and at and around Syowa Station, Antarctica are reported. JARE-44 members on board the Shirase included forty members of the wintering party and seventeen members of the summer party. The summer party and wintering party were accompanied by six other persons (five journalists and one geologist) and four other persons (journalists), respectively. The Shirase left Tokyo on 14 November 2002 and arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 November. JARE-44 left Tokyo on 28 November by airplane, and boarded the Shirase at Fremantle on 29 November. The ship reached the pack ice edge near Lutzow-Holm Bay on 15 December and anchored at Syowa Station on 26 December. The unloading of 1225 tons of cargo by helicopters and surface vehicles was completed by 17 January 2003. Then the ship loaded 162 tons of waste from Syowa Station between 3 January and 10 February. After the completion of construction and field work in the Syowa Station area, the JARE-44 summer party and JARE-43 wintering party on board the Shirase left Syowa Station on 15 February. The members of the summer party and JARE-43 wintering party returned to Narita via Sydney on 29 March. The Shirase returned to Tokyo on 13 April. The following scientific activities were carried out during summer operations of JARE-44: a) geological and geodetic surveys, biological, glaciological, geophysical, oceanographic and geomagnetic observations along the Soya Kaigan and Kronprins Olav Kyst, b) geophysical observations of the aurora australis using a Polar Patrol Balloon at Syowa Station, c) topographical survey of the seabed at north waters near area of Amundsen Bay on board the Shirase, d) meteorological, marine biological, oceanographic, atmospheric and geomagnetic observations and gravity measurements on board the Shirase

Micro-relief distribution of major mosses in ice-free areas along the Soya Coast, the Syowa Station area, East Antarctica

Micro-relief distribution of five major mosses, Pottia heimii, Ceratodon purpureus, Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Grimmia lawiana and Bryum argenteum, in the ice-free areas along the Soya Coast, continental part of East Antarctica have been compared. Those five mosses showed three different types of micro-relief distribution, at three different types of sites: mounds, slopes and hollows. Pottia heimii and Ceratodon purpureus prevailed on mound sites mixed with cyanobacteria. In dryer mound environments cyanobacteria was supposed to play an important role in nitrogen fixation. Bryum pseudotriquetrum and Grimmia lawiana dominated on hollow sites covered with sand. A more moisture rich condition of the hollow may promote their abundance associated with their high photosynthetic ability at moist sites. Bryum argenteum showed a rather unclear micro-relief distribution pattern. It appeared chiefly on mounds, but on hollows also. Rich nutrient input by sea birds into its habitats may allow various site selection under environments favorable to distribution

Structure and dynamics of the Ceratodon purpureus-Bryum pseudotriquetrum community in the Yukidori Valley, Langhovde, continental Antarctica

The structure and dynamics of the Ceratodon purpureus-Bryum pseudotriquetrum community along the Yukidori Valley, Langhovde near Syowa Station, continental Antarctica have been documented. This moss community showed a clear vegetation structure with a micro-relief distribution, consisting of three different sites; a mound, a slope and a hollow. On the hollow site a sand-covered Bryum pseudotriquetrum patch dominated. On the slope site a pure Ceratodon purpureus patch, a Bryum pseudotriquetrum patch, and a Ceratodon purpureus-Bryum pseudotriquetrum mixed patch abundantly occurred. On the mound site a cyanobacteria-mixed Ceratodon purpureus patch prevailed. The dynamics of this community was basically unclear. However, some change patterns were infered from the results. The sand-covered Bryum pseudotriquetrum patch and the cyanobacteria-mixed Ceratodon purpureus patch generally showed no clear change. It is also speculated that some of the patches of this community undergo cyclic changes. A suggested cyclic pattern is as follows; some of the sand-covered Bryum pseudotriquetrum patches turned on Ceratodon purpureus-Bryum pseudotriquetrum mixed patches, and finally those patches became a cyanobacteria-mixed Ceratodon purpureus patch. Some of them, on the other hand, degraded into sand-covered Bryum pseudotriquetrum patches, probably because of strong wind or water flow. However, more detailed studies will be needed to confirm these inferences