Harmony: Dynamic Heterogeneity-Aware Resource Provisioning in the Cloud

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Mohamed Faten Zhani ◽  
Raouf Boutaba ◽  
Joseph L. Hellerstein
Keyword(s):  
Resource Provisioning ◽  
Dynamic Heterogeneity

Dynamic Heterogeneity-Aware Resource Provisioning in the Cloud

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Mohamed Faten Zhani ◽  
Raouf Boutaba ◽  
Joseph L. Hellerstein
Keyword(s):  
Resource Provisioning ◽  
Dynamic Heterogeneity

Elastic Resource Provisioning for Increased Energy Efficiency and Resource Utilization in Cloud-RANs

2020 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 107170
Author(s):  
Abolfazl Hajisami ◽  
Tuyen X. Tran ◽  
Ayman Younis ◽  
Dario Pompili
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Resource Utilization ◽  
Resource Provisioning

scholarly journals Limiting role of resource dependence: an examination of director interlocks, board meetings and family ownership

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidya Sukumara Panicker ◽  
Rajesh Srinivas Upadhyayula
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Resource Provisioning ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Independent Director ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis paper attempts to examine the activity and involvement of board of directors in internationalization activities of firms in emerging markets, by evaluating the resource provisioning roles of interlocks provided by board of directors, and the frequency of board meetings. We demonstrate that the effectiveness of board involvement is contingent upon the levels of family ownership in firms since family ownership could impact the firm’s ability to utilize the presence of different types of board members.Design/methodology/approachThe authors test our hypotheses on a sample of listed Indian companies, extracted from the Prowess database published by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a database of the financial performance of Indian companies. On a panel of 3,133 firm years of 605 unique Indian firms with foreign investments, over a time period of 2006–2017, the authors apply different estimation techniques.FindingsThe results demonstrate that both board meeting frequency and director interlocks are instrumental in supporting internationalization activities in emerging market firms. However, family ownership moderates the role of insider and independent interlocks on internationalization investments in different ways; the authors find that interlocks provided by independent directors support internationalization activities in family firms, whereas those provided by insider directors do not. Further, the study also finds that board meetings are less effective in internationalization of family firms.Practical implicationsThe authors conclude that family firms aiming at international diversification require to develop more connected and networked independent directors to enable internationalization in firms. While independent director interlocks enhance the international investments, it is also useful to know that board meetings are ineffective in utilizing the resources in family firms. This points to the possibility that family firms should device mechanisms to integrate family meetings with board meetings so that they can utilize the within-family processes to aid in their internationalization decisions.Originality/valueThe study contributes to resource dependence theory by understanding its limiting role in family firms. Theoretically, it helps delineate the limiting resource provision role of the insider directors vis-à-vis independent directors. The authors argue that the resource provision role of insider director interlocks does not effectively help in internationalization in comparison to independent director interlocks in family-dominated firms. Consequently, the study shows the limiting role of resource provision and utilization by family-owned firms in comparison to non-family-owned firms.

scholarly journals Resource Provisioning in Edge Computing for Latency Sensitive Applications

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amine Abouaomar ◽  
Soumaya Cherkaoui ◽  
Zoubeir Mlika ◽  
Abdellatif Kobbane
Keyword(s):  
Resource Provisioning ◽  
Edge Computing
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