Strategic use of resources: Doing the right things with the right money mix

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Bermejo
Keyword(s):  
2007 ◽  
pp. 4-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Polterovich ◽  
V. Popov ◽  
A. Tonis

This paper compares various mechanisms of resource curse leading to a potentially inefficient use of resources; it is demonstrated that each of these mechanisms is associated with market imperfections and can be "corrected" with appropriate government policies. Empirical evidence seems to suggest that resource abundant countries have on average lower budget deficits and inflation, and higher foreign exchange reserves. Besides, lower domestic fuel prices that are typical for resource rich countries have a positive effect on long-term growth even though they are associated with losses resulting from higher energy consumption. On top of that resource abundance allows to reduce income inequalities. So, on the one hand, resource wealth turns out to be conducive to growth, especially in countries with strong institutions. However, on the other hand, resource abundance leads to corruption of institutions and to overvalued real exchange rates. On balance, there is no solid evidence that resource abundant countries grow more slowly than the others, but there is evidence that they grow more slowly than could have grown with the right policies and institutions.


Author(s):  
Teresa Cristina de Miranda Mendonça ◽  
Renato de Oliveira dos Santos ◽  
Paloma Cristina Barbosa Lopes ◽  
Sandro dos Reis Andrade ◽  
Ana Paula Veríssimo de Moraes

Descrevendo o turismo no estado do Rio de Janeiro, destaca-se o seu litoral. Parte desta área integra a região turística denominada Costa do Sol (litoral norte) e a Costa Verde (litoral sul). Pode-se assim,remeter à ideia de apropriação do espaço litorâneo pela prática turística e aos conflitos existentes entre as populações locais e às novas lógicas do capital que se inserem na região. Este trabalho tem como foco de pesquisa a região da Costa Verde, que sofreu influencia do turismo a partir da década de 1970 com a inauguração do trecho Rio-Santos da BR101. Com a estrada chegaram à especulação imobiliária e consequente expulsão dos nativos, e também a instituição das leis ambientais como a criação de unidades de conservação da natureza de proteção integral. No entanto, nesta região estão presentes diversos grupos tradicionais: indígenas, caiçaras e quilombolas que lutam pelo reconhecimento de seu território, contra a expulsão do local herdado e os limites de utilização dos recursos impostos pelas unidades de proteção. Além disto, reivindicam serem incluídos no mapa do turismo da região. Como grande protagonista local foi criado, em 2007, o Fórum de comunidades Tradicionais Angra dos Reis, Paraty e Ubatuba - FCT que traz à tona questões diversas que permeiam a vida de todos que vivem neste local. Na reivindicação pela visibilidade ligada ao turismo foi elaborado o mapa de turismo de base comunitária - TBC do Fórum em 2015. Assim, tendo como metodologia de pesquisa exploratória e descritiva utilizando o método qualitativo (pesquisa documental, bibliográfica e de campo), este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar, do ponto de vista sociocultural e político-organizacional, como se constitui o TBC no território abrangido pelo FCT, porém tendo como foco de análise três iniciativas: a comunidade caiçara de São Gonçalo (Paraty), Quilombo Bracuí e Aldeia Sapukai, ambas localizadas em Angra dos Reis. O resultado traz reflexões sobre o TBC e suas correlações com alguns temas: populações tradicionais; resistência cultural, territorial e econômica; permanência no território tradicional; valorização da identidade e história local; o direito pela prática das atividades econômicas tradicionais e do turismo.Ou seja, ser uma população tradicional significa uma forma de resistência, que transforma experiências locais em turismo. Um turismo denominado localmente de TBC que significa também incluir no mapa do estado os grupos sociais “invisíveis”. Assim constata-se que estas iniciativas estão ligadas a um movimento político e social que tem o turismo como ferramenta de poder. Community-based tourism in Costa Verde (RJ): caiçaras, quilombolas and indigenous peoples ABSTRACT The coastline stands out in the description of tourism in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Part of this area comprises the tourist regions of Costa do Sol (northern coast) and Costa Verde (southern coast). They are related to the ideas of appropriation of the coastal space by tourist practice and the conflicts among local populations and the new logics of the capital inserted in the region. This study discusses the Costa Verde region which was influenced by tourism from the 70s with the opening of the Rio-Santos stretch of the BR101 highway. It was followed by real estate speculation and consequentently expulsion of indigenous peoples and also the emergence of environmental laws with the creation of nature conservation units of integral protection. In this region, there are several tradition groups – such as indigenous peoples, caiçaras and quilombolas – who claim: a) the recognition of their territories against the expulsion of the inherited place and the limits of the use of resources imposed by the protected units, and b) their inclusion in the tourist map of the region. Playing the role of the great local protagonist, the Forum of the Traditional Comunities (FCT) of Angra dos Reis, Paraty e Ubatuba was created in 2007 to discuss several issues concerning the life of their residents. As to the demand to the visibility linked to tourism, a community-based tourism (TBC) map was made in the 2015 Forum. This work aims at investigating the TBC in the territories comprising the FCT under a sociocultural and political-organizational approach and an exploratory and descriptive methodological framework with focus on three initiatives: the caiçara community of São Gonçalo (Paraty), Bracuí Quilombo and Sapukai Village, located in Angra dos Reis. The findings of the research raise insights on the TBC and its correlation with the following themes: traditional populations, cultural, territorial and economic resistence, permanence in traditional territory, promotion of local identity and history and the right to the practice of traditional and economic activities and tourism. In other words, being a traditional population means a form of resistence which transforms local experiences in tourism and a locally named TBC also means including the ' invisible' social groups in the state map. Our claim is that these initiatives are linked to a political and social movement which uses tourism as a power tool. KEYWORDS: Community-Based Tourism; Traditional Populations; Costa Verde (RJ, Brazil); Forum of Traditional Communities.


2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Grigoletti ◽  
Francesco Amaddeo ◽  
Aldrigo Grassi ◽  
Massimo Boldrini ◽  
Marco Chiappelli ◽  
...  

SummaryAims – To obtain a new, well-balanced mental health funding system, through the creation of i) a list of psychiatric interventions provided by Italian Community-based Psychiatric Services (CPS), and associated costs; ii) a new prospective funding system for patients with a high use of resources, based on packages of care. Methods – Five Italian Community-based Psychiatric Services collected data from 1250 patients during October 2002. Socio-demographical and clinical characteristics and GAF scores were collected at baseline. All psychiatric contacts during the following six months were registered and categorised into 24 service contact types. Using elasticity equation and contact characteristics, we estimate the costs of care. Cluster analysis techniques identified packages of care. Logistic regression defined predictive variables of high use patients. Multinomial Logistic Model assigned each patient to a package of care. Results – The sample's socio-demographic characteristics are similar, but variations exist between the different CPS. Patients were then divided into two groups, and the group with the highest use of resources was divided into three smaller groups, based on number and type of services provided. Conclusions – Our findings show how is possible to develop a cost predictive model to assign patients with a high use of resources to a group that can provide the right level of care. For these patients it might be possible to apply a prospective per-capita funding system based on packages of care.Declaration of Interest: None


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 556-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Fisher

The appropriate prescribing of nutritional supplements is coming under increasing scrutiny due to rising costs, workforce challenges, and a product pricing model that does not meet the needs of the healthcare economy. Data show that, whilst the number of items being prescribed is marginally decreasing, the cost of these items is increasing, and the assumption that all patients discharged on nutritional borderline substances from hospital have been assessed by a dietitian cannot be made. Standards of communication are highly variable but, with increasing knowledge about best practice and digitalisation, improvements are being made. There is a disparity between adequate knowledge of nutrition, prescribing, and best use of resources to effectively manage patient-centred care and costs. A number of strategies are being trialled to improve education and the utilisation of the right workforce. The need for a clear public health message on the importance of maintaining weight in older age is essential to ensure nutritional borderline substances are appropriately used.


Author(s):  
Miguel Perfecto Terán García ◽  
Francisco Segundo Ponce Reyes ◽  
Marcos Rigoberto Gallo Zambrano ◽  
José Luis Castro Mero

Es de gran trascendencia conocer la manera en que los seres humanos se apropian, edifican y representan la relación del espacio con el medio ambiente en la tierra y el uso indiscriminado de recursos que dañan la ecología; existen  directrices principales sobre las decisiones estratégicas de desarrollo para la intervención urbana, que a través de políticas públicas se ordene, administre y compense de una manera óptima, minimizar los riesgos y amenazas bióticas, físicas y económico sociales sobre la utilidad de estas riquezas naturales de forma planificada. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo diseñar una alternativa de intervención urbana de una parte de la margen derecha del río Portoviejo, que atraviesa la ciudad; en el tramo comprendido entre el puente San José y el Puente Velasco Ibarra, donde se encuentra ubicada el área de estudio. La   metodología utilizada es cualitativa, descriptiva y experimental; mediante la aplicación diagnósticos realizados a través de encuestas, observaciones y análisis documental, para obtener información, verificar, analizar, corregir o aplicar el conocimiento la vida cotidiana y la prognosis e imagen del objetivo en planos. Los resultados de carácter preventivo, contribuyen a evitar las continuas invasiones de edificaciones en las riberas del río y el uso indebido de los patios traseros de los predios que están en este tramo donde los cerramientos están ubicado muy cerca del cauce del río, para la utilización de estos espacios que están dirigidos a la recreación  de la población, y a mejorar el paisaje natural urbano a partir de un desarrollo sostenible y  conservación natural de las riberas del ríos.Palabras clave: alternativa, intervención urbana, desarrollo sustentableURBAN INTERVENTION ALTERNATIVE ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THE PORTOVIEJO RIVER.ABSTRACTIt is a current problem of great importance to know the way in which human beings appropriate, build and represent the relationship of space with the environment on earth and the indiscriminate use of resources that damage the ecology; there are main guidelines on the strategic decisions of development for urban intervention, which through public policies is ordered, managed and compensated in an optimal way to minimize the risks and biotic, physical and economic social threats on the utility of these natural riches in a way planned The objective of this research is to design an alternative proposal for the urban intervention of a part of the right bank of the Portoviejo River, which crosses the city and is the stretch between the San José Bridge and the Velasco Ibarra Bridge, where the area is located study. The methodology used is qualitative, descriptive and experimental through diagnoses made through surveys, observations and documentary analysis, to obtain important information to understand, verify, analyze, correct or apply knowledge in daily life and the prognosis and image of the objective in blueprints. The results of the proposal for urban planning and design are preventive in order to avoid the invasion of buildings on the banks of the river and the improper use of the backyards of the properties that are in this section where the enclosures are located very close to the river bed, which will allow a better use of these spaces that are specifically aimed at the recreation of the population, and improve the natural urban landscape from sustainable development and natural conservation of the riverbanks.Keywords:  alternative, development, urban, intervention, sustainable


2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Purpose – The author defines and discusses the three laws of business combinations that are essential to a profitable use of resources. Design/methodology/approach – The author shows how applying these laws is necessary for success. Findings – All business combinations must have the potential to create joint value, must be governed to realize this value, and must share value in a way that provides a reward to each party’s investment Practical implications – In remix strategy, the fundamental unit of analysis is the combination of resources that yields value. That combination competes with other combinations. Some combinations will gain advantage over others because they encompass just the right resources; others will gain advantage because they manage their collective resources better than others do. Originality/value – The author’s insight is that instead seeing competition as a battle of firm vs. firm, practitioners need to understand how bundles of resources compete, regardless of whether they are organized as firms.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12597
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Kakovitch ◽  
Sabine O’Hara

This paper examines the hydrological cycle and its implications for the production capacity of two countries, China and the United States. While it takes a macro-level view, it illustrates the relevance of understanding the circularity of nature as exemplified by the hydrological cycle, for urban and regional circular economy considerations. Taking the circularity of nature as a starting point is a departure from common circular economy conceptions, which take an anthropocentric perspective rather than a nature based one. We calculate the amount of solar energy available for freshwater evaporation and the allocation of freshwater to its key uses in the domestic, industrial, and agricultural sectors. Our calculations indicate that the capacity to generate economic output can be accurately described by the embodied solar energy distribution that determines the availability of freshwater for allocation to different uses. This illustrates the need to take environmental/physical conditions more fully into account in economic development decisions at every level, from local to regional, national, and global. We begin our analysis with a review of circular economy concepts and argue that they reveal a limited understanding of the circularity of nature evident in energy and material cycles and their economic capacity implications. Achieving further expansions of economic capacity may increasingly depend on an improved understanding of nature’s circularity, especially when competing resource pressures and land-use constraint exacerbate economic capacity limits. Our findings suggest three particularly important lessons for decision makers: first, the efficiency increases needed to realize growing economic output will require circular economy models that consider the efficient processing capacity of nature rather than relying solely on technological solutions; second, the non-use of resources may be as valuable or more than their use; and third, price policies can be effective in steering resource use and non-use in the right direction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heni Sulastri

Companies not only need a strategy to implement the business process, companies also require IT strategy must be aligned with the business strategy. IT strategic planning can provide a clear picture of the future of the company, utilization of resources on the things that are important or quantitative in nature and can be understood by the environmental conditions that affect the company. a prestigious consultant believes the technology strategy developed at this time one of them is a green IT strategy. Green IT is seen as an innovation because there are many people who give new insights into the perception or green IT could affect the existing knowledge and experience in this case is associated with information systems and technology to become an IT strategy. Based on the above figures and tables, of each sub-system on HRIS, and aspects of green IT strategies are assessed, then the strategy aspect of the challenge (chalenges) is the largest sub-system of recruitment. Where is the part that the use of resources and information technology still requires energy and the amount is large and consistent with the hypothesis that in order to create green IT, the use of computer resources in an efficient way to improve the economic viability, social responsibility and environmental impacts can be realized by determining the right IT strategy (see table 1). while Human resource information system (HRIS) that can be created innovative by implementing green IT strategy. PT Pertamina (Persero) has implemented the system in improving the performance and reducing the cost and resources that are not needed. For example, excessive use of paper in the preparation of reports, information and workforce benefits.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 511-531
Author(s):  
Fjolla Trakaniqi

Abstract. Time management is a primary issue in managers’ job. The implementation of the advantages enables the manager to neglect all those tasks that hinder the fulfilment of more important tasks that can be done by others or should be left for later. The main role in the continuity of the work process has the manager, who manages the entire process. Delegation of tasks is one of the essential skills of effective management, which is becoming more and more a priority of managerial staffs. One key element of the manager is to find the right people for the right tasks. Successful managers are those who can get the best performance from subordinates. To achieve this, besides the information, knowledge and tools which they give to subordinates, they must also motivate them. At the same time, effective delegation requires that the authority for the use of resources be equal to the responsibility given to delegates. The purpose of this research is to identify how much effective delegation enables managers to have more time for priority activities. To achieve this, in the paper was discussed the process of delegating of 135 business managers in financial and insurance activity in Kosovo. In order to obtain the right information on the attitudes and the way of delegation from the managers of these businesses, was used a survey of 135 business managers. The results of this study proved H.1 hypothesis. Effective delegation enables managers to have more time for priority activities.


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