scholarly journals Territorial Knowledge Ontology as a Guide for the Identification of Resource of the Territory Toward Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3391-3400
Author(s):  
Amer Ezoji ◽  
Nada Matta
Keyword(s):  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Ontology ◽  
Research Show

AbstractRepresentation of territorial knowledge based on the ontology is an approach which explains the nature and reasoning of this knowledge for sustainability. This research proposes an ontology of domain according to the principles for modelling an ontology. This proposed ontology is named DOTK (descriptive ontology for territorial knowledge). DOTK ontology has specialized the entities of territorial knowledge for sustainability and its aim is enhancing the sustainable knowledge of actors within industries. This ontology is a guide for identifying an operational ontology of real example. This research show that ontology of domain can assist to the identifying of tangible and intangible resources of the local territory. So, these identified resources can help the industries and territory for sustainable objectives and improve the available territorial knowledge within local or regional industries.

scholarly journals Appropriateness and appropriation: examining Modernist couture connections to Edwardian lingerie and boudoir clothing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna K. Zygowski
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Practitioner Research ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Design Exploration ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Cultural Commodification ◽  
Cultural Requirements ◽  
Material Artifacts ◽  
Research Show

This research explores material artifacts of Edwardian lingerie and Modernist couture through their cultural and material connections. Material culture theories of communication and production were used to examine garment artifacts from both Eras, while a conceptual framework provided a space to develop material outcomes and knowledge based upon research. Key findings from the research show that the cultural commodification of the female body, increased female agency and the fragmentation of social structures resulted in the development of specialized garments uniquely suited to the cultural requirements of the Modernist Era. Cultural producers continually adapted design practices and transformed dress signifiers of value in a cycle of appropriation and transformation. In addition, the appropriation of labour intensive Edwardian Era Lingerie techniques by Modernist couture houses supported the development of exclusive commodities whose design process was key to preventing devaluation through counterfeiting. Ultimately, a collection of garments resulted from a design exploration of these techniques, using action and practitioner research.

Pass, Fail, or Incomplete?

2014 ◽  
pp. 210-228
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Spence ◽  
Tarah Wright ◽  
Heather Castleden
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Research Show

This chapter investigates the presence and status of environmental education principles, as well as factors for encouraging positive environmental behaviour in students, within three sixth-grade curricula in Nova Scotia, Canada: science, social studies, and health education. The results of the research show a strong reliance on knowledge-based connections to the environment and less importance shown to experiential learning, attitudes, and values. The results also reveal a significant decline in the time and resources allotted to environmentally focused education of these subjects. The effect is a diminished and marginalized environmental education presence in sixth-grade education in Nova Scotia within the context of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

Pass, Fail, or Incomplete?

2015 ◽  
pp. 1283-1301
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Spence ◽  
Tarah Wright ◽  
Heather Castleden
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Research Show

This chapter investigates the presence and status of environmental education principles, as well as factors for encouraging positive environmental behaviour in students, within three sixth-grade curricula in Nova Scotia, Canada: science, social studies, and health education. The results of the research show a strong reliance on knowledge-based connections to the environment and less importance shown to experiential learning, attitudes, and values. The results also reveal a significant decline in the time and resources allotted to environmentally focused education of these subjects. The effect is a diminished and marginalized environmental education presence in sixth-grade education in Nova Scotia within the context of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

Science parks and intellectual capital

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Romano ◽  
Pierluigi Catalfo ◽  
Melita Nicotra
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Science Parks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Process Representation ◽  
Objective Metrics ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
And Control

Purpose – Dealing with intellectual capital (IC), the purpose of this paper is to provide a strategic tool for management activities in knowledge-based organizations. In particular, in the contribution, an integrated framework for intangibles’ representation, evaluation and control in Science Parks is developed. Design/methodology/approach – Starting from a review of the main instruments for measuring intangible resources in an organization, an integrated model of IC for Science Parks is formulated. Findings – The paper demonstrates that Science Parks are big repositories of knowledge but they are neither familiar with the IC management nor with the use of methodologies functional for the resources representations and for the variations dynamics of their value. Thereby it answers to questions related to the IC process representation, responding to managerial exigencies and to measurability and repeatability as strategic activities for business running. Originality/value – Unlike the great number of studies on IC that formulate objective metrics of the value of firms’ intangible assets, the paper presents a model not to describe but to shape processes in a knowledge-based organization and to achieve and communicate results both for management and for increasing transparency of communication with external stakeholders.

Internal resources, local externalities and export performance: An application in the Iberian ham cluster

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Díez-Vial ◽  
Marta Fernández-Olmos
Keyword(s):  
Export Performance ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Cluster Approach ◽  
Employee Education ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Organizational Experience

AbstractThis research aims to complement resource-based view with a cluster approach in identifying which elements, both internal to the firm and locally available, improve firms’ export performance. While in the resource-based view exporting firms are contingent upon the development of intangible resources, from a cluster approach exporters exploit local externalities, mainly related to local information, knowledge and resource spillovers. We present empirical evidence from the Iberian ham cluster in Spain, which confirms the relevance of intangibles such as R&D and marketing promotion, but also of cluster linkages with local institutions – technological centres, universities and use of Designation of Origins – in improving export performance. Contrary to expectations, employee education, organizational experience, and information and knowledge-based spillovers from proximate exporters have no significant effect. These findings suggest that an augmented framework may improve the predictive elements of export performance in clusters.

scholarly journals Inwestycje w majątek trwały a wyniki ekonomiczno-finansowe spółdzielni mleczarskich

2014 ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Michał Pietrzak
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Tangible Assets ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Dairy Cooperatives

Even in the knowledge-based economy era tangible assets still matters. It is because the value of intangible assets steams from the combined bundle of both tangible and intangible resources. Therefore it is important issue to assess how investments in fixed assets are connected with business performance. This problem seems to be particularly interesting in the case of Polish dairy industry. It is important part of European and Polish agribusiness system. During transition in Poland a lot of investments in dairy industry were already done. There is substantial overcapacity noticed in this sector. However empirical evidence done on 18 Polish dairy cooperatives shows the positive correlation between modernity of fixed assets and intensity of developing them and economic performance of dairies.

Intellectual capital based performance improvement, study in insurance firms

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Zakery ◽  
Abbas Afrazeh
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Efficient Performance ◽  
Insurance Firms ◽  
Using Data

Purpose – Intangible resources are the most distinctive firms’ assets in competitive environments especially in service businesses. Insurance firms seeking more efficient performance than competitors should improve their intellectual capital (IC) strategies in both aspects of IC creation and utilization. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and improves IC participation in insurance firms’ efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – A two-phase framework: “explaining IC role in efficiency” and “measuring efficiencies of IC creation and application” is developed in order to find IC strategies increasing firms’ efficiency and though competitiveness. Efficiency is measured using data envelopment analysis and the generalized estimating equations is used as the regression method in order to explain efficiency with IC measures. Findings – Empirical results in Iran insurance sector (during a seven-year period for 17 Iranian insurers) show some IC components influence firms’ efficiency and could be intervention points for performance improvement. Then the firms are categorized into four zones in terms of IC efficiency and strategies are recognized for each category. Research limitations/implications – Although the research is initiated by the need to embed intangible resources in performance improvement in insurance sector, the research framework could be strongly applied in other knowledge-based industries. Originality/value – This paper embeds an innovative link between classic efficiency and IC which aligns resource management with competitiveness strategies.

scholarly journals DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ORGANIZATION FROM CULTURAL AND NETWORK PERSPECTIVE

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Marek ◽  
Kalina Grzesiuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Culture ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Research Show

Diffusion of knowledge is recognized as one of the key factors that determines organizational success in the knowledge-based economy. The research problem concerns the way social networks and organizational culture may influence knowledge sharing among the agents in general. This article presents the review and critical analysis of literature on the diffusion of knowledge from network and cultural perspective. The results of the research show that both social networks and organizational culture might support the flow of knowledge in different ways. The quality and quantity of organizational knowledge depend on different ties between employees, organizational departments, and between an organization and its environment. The conditions for diffusion of knowledge are provided by the knowledge culture, which differs depending on choosing codification or personalization as leading strategy of knowledge management, as well as on set of key organizational values.

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