scholarly journals Risk Allocation in Unsolicited and Solicited Road Public-Private Partnerships: Sustainability and Management Implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Castelblanco ◽  
Jose Guevara ◽  
Harrison Mesa ◽  
Diego Flores
Keyword(s):  
Study Data ◽  
Sufficient Evidence ◽  
Risk Allocation ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Case Study Data

Risk allocation plays a crucial role in the successful development of public-private partnership (PPP) projects. However, despite being an important topic for scholars and practitioners, the existing literature does not provide sufficient evidence on how managing risks in solicited (SP) and unsolicited (USP) road PPP projects, and subsequently, on what the sustainability implications are for such managerial processes. This study aims to extend risk allocation studies by analyzing contracts in Chilean highway PPPs over the last decade based on a systematic content analysis framework and case study data. The framework was developed through line-by-line coding of contract provisions associated with risk-related issues, and data were collected from semi-structured interviews with Chilean PPP practitioners. Results show that, although the majority of risks are either shared or transferred to the private party in most contracts, there are important variations in the way allocation procedures are implemented for SPs and USPs. Contracts analyzed revealed that risk arrangement mechanisms have usually focused on the economic dimension of sustainability without fully incorporating social and environmental considerations, increasing protests in the long-term. Conclusions indicate that risk allocation procedures and sustainability considerations are highly dependent on project-specific features and contextual factors. Overall, the analysis uncovers that the level of autonomy given to the private sector in both SPs and USPs has contributed to properly manage technical and economic risks, but has failed to successfully allocate social and environmental concerns.

KAJIAN MENGENAI KEMAMPUAN MODAL SENDIRI DALAM MENJAMIN KESELURUHAN HUTANG PERUSAHAAN (Studi pada Perusahaan Bisi International Tbk Tahun 2017-2019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Akhmad dan Labandingi Latoki
Keyword(s):  
Good Condition ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Case Study Data

This study aims to analyze the ability of its own capital owned by Bisi International Tbk to guarantee all of its debts. So the approach used is a case study. Data collection is done by documentation method and the data taken is secondary data. The data comes from the 2017- 2019 financial statements. The analysis technique in this study uses financial ratios, namely comparing total debt with own capital. The results of research and studies reveal that the company's financial condition, especially the guarantee of capital on debt, tends to be in good condition. This can be seen from the amount of each rupiah of own capital that is able to cover every rupiah of costs. This research needs to be expanded by analyzing the relationship and the influence of other components that affect the improvement of the company's financial performance.   Keywords: Current Debt, Long-Term Debt, Own Capital

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: A Case Study at the Federal University of Amapá

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. a7en
Author(s):  
Laís Karla da Silva Barreto ◽  
Emanuelle Silva Barbosa ◽  
Luciana Gondim de Almeida Guimarães ◽  
Priscila Silva Esteves ◽  
Allan Gustavo Freire da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Case Study Data

The advent of the internet has enabled changes in the way people communicate. The current reseach endeavours to analyse the organizational communication process, through social media, at the Academic Department of Philosophy and Human Sciences - DFCH, at the Federal University of Amapá. Methodologically, it is a qualitative, descriptive approach, configured as a case study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, with the participation of 10 administrative technicians. The results reveal that communication in the DFCH occurs through integrated management systems (SIPAC, SIGRH and SIGAA), by email and institutional website and, informally, by WhatsApp. As a result of the research, it was proposed the creation of groups linked to the Dean Special Advisory Board (AER), to improve the communication process.  

scholarly journals The Psychological Well-Being of Newly-Arrived Indonesian Students in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (S3) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Ferry Fadzlul Rahman ◽  
Kuan_Han Lin ◽  
Hamka
Keyword(s):  
Culture Shock ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Study Abroad Program ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Case Study Data

A study abroad program is of great interest among high school leavers globally. Indonesian school leavers are no exception. This study investigates the psychological well-being of Indonesian students studying at Taiwanese universities. Informed by a phenomenological approach, sixteen Indonesian participants who studied in Taiwan were recruited for this case study. Data were garnered from semi-structured interviews and observations. The findings of the study show that the students were unable to manage their emotions (e.g., culture shock, a feeling of being isolated) and adapt with different cultures and languages.

scholarly journals O processo de sucessão em diferentes combinações de gênero: um estudo comparativo de casos em empresas familiares de Monte Carmelo, MG

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-226
Author(s):  
Andrea Costa Van Herk Vasconcelos ◽  
Márcia Freire De Oliveira ◽  
Vivian Duarte Couto Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Joint Management ◽  
Data Treatment ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Case Study Data

Neste artigo teve-se como objetivo analisar os desafios enfrentados por sucessores no processo de sucessão em empresas familiares, considerando diferentes combinações de gênero. A pesquisa é aplicada, qualitativa e exploratória, sendo um estudo comparativo de casos. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas em profundidade, estruturadas, em seis empresas da Cidade de Monte Carmelo, MG, e utilizou-se de análise de conteúdo para o tratamento dos dados. Os resultados apontam que nas combinações sucessor/sucedido (pai/filho – pai/filha – mãe/filho – mãe/filha), alguns pontos são comuns: conflitos entre os membros, falta de planejamento, ideias de impotência por parte dos sucedidos e, em contrapartida, muito gosto pelos negócios. Na gestão conjunta (sucedido/sucessor), os conflitos são contundentes em que o sucedido é do sexo masculino (pai/filho e pai/filha). Na efetivação do processo sucessório, as mulheres/irmãs são colocadas à parte quando os sucedidos/sucessores são do sexo masculino (pai/filho) e vice-versa, os homens/irmãos são colocados à parte quando da combinação mãe/filha. Por fim, sucessores homens não necessitam provar suas capacidades perante os sucedidos/sucedidas (pai/filho e mãe/filho), enquanto para as sucessoras essa é uma questão essencial (pai/filha e mãe/filha).Palavras-chave: Empresas familiares. Processo sucessório. Gênero. Abstract In this article, the objective was to analyze the challenges faced by successors in the succession process in family businesses, considering different gender combinations. The research is applied, qualitative and exploratory, being a comparative case study. Data were collected through in-depth structured interviews at six companies in Monte Carmelo City, MG, and content analysis was used for the data treatment. The results show that in the successor/successed combinations (father/son – father/daughter – mother/son – mother/daughter), there are similarities: conflicts among members, lack of planning, disability feeling on successors despite the business passion. In joint management (sucessed/successor), there are hard conflicts when the sucessed is male (father/son and father/daughter). In effecting the succession process, women/sisters are set apart when sucessed/successors are male (father/son) and vice versa, men/brothers are set apart when there is a mother/daughter combination. Finally, male successors do not need to prove their abilities to succeed (father/son and mother/son), but in women successors this is an essential issue (father/daughter and mother/daughter). Keywords: Family businesses. Succession process. Gender.

scholarly journals Sacred Places and Sustainable Development

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Anna Halafoff ◽  
Matthew Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Case Study Data

Religious beliefs are not only profound, some of them are also pervasive, persistent and persuasive. It follows that the cultural and religious experiences of communities often play a central role in determining their worldviews and the ways in which they understand their own circumstances. These worldviews, it follows, can thereby assist in providing narratives for community development in places that have particular meaning to these communities and individuals within them, and thereby enhance the long-term success of such initiatives. One often-overlooked aspect in research up until recently is the role that these often sacred places can play in sustainable development. This paper undertakes a study of development spaces situated in sacred places, in this case of a women’s Buddhist monastery on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, devoted to gender equity. It begins with an overview of research pertaining to religion and development, religion in contemporary societies, and sacred places, and concludes with an analysis of the case study data that recognizes the need to consider the significance of sacred places, and narratives attached to them, in sustainable community development.

scholarly journals Children, parents and tablets: Preschool children's tablet use

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melek Merve Yılmaz Genç ◽  
Ayça Fidan
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Tablet Pc ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Document Review

The aim of this study is to examine preschoolers' tablet use and evaluate parents' opinions concerning it. To this end, the study made use of a case study design which is a means of qualitative research. The sample of the study consists of five preschoolers and their parents. The study data was gathered with observations related to preschoolers' tablet use, examinations of the applications in children's tablets and semi-structured interviews with parents. The analysis framework for tablet use was structured based on the document review process and data concerning observations and interviews underwent content analysis. The study findings suggest that parents have some specific criteria when determining tablet games, that they worry about children's tablet PC use but they take precautions against them. Also, entertaining children, parental effects and lack of outdoor games are other influential factors in tablet PC use. Parents also accept tablets as useful education tools. The study findings also demonstrate that preschoolers use tablets mainly for playing games, and that parents' knowledge about tablets is generally limited to game applications. The study results can be interpreted as that parents generally emphasize the educational features of game applications in tablets, and they are recommended and supported to learn about different applications so as to improve children's development.

scholarly journals As capacidades dinâmicas para o desenvolvimento da capacidade de inovação

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Cristiane Froehlich ◽  
Claudia Cristina Bitencourt
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Micro Foundations ◽  
Case Study Data

The present article aims at analyzing the dynamic capabilities’ contributions for the development of innovation capability in a chemical sector company. The company headquarters are located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with branches in other states in Brazil, Latin America and China. More specifically, it concerns the company’s innovation strategies and practices related to sensing, seizing and reconfiguration capabilities and their micro-foundations, as presented by Teece (2007). This research is classified as a descriptive and qualitative case study. Data were collected through 10 semi-structured interviews and analyzed through the qualitative content analysis. The main results show that the dynamic capabilities help to develop innovation capability. This research checked that the approach on dynamic capabilities is of fundamental importance for the development of innovation capability by reinforcing it as an organizational strategy. 

scholarly journals POULTRY AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADOLESCENT IDENTITY IN SOCIAL VULNERABILITY SITUATION SENATOR POMPEY – CE

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 206-217
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO JOSÉ MENDES VASCONCELOS ◽  
ANTONIA APARECIDA VICTOR ◽  
CANDIDA MARIA FARIAS CÂMARA ◽  
ANNA PAULA FAGUNDES BEZERRA ◽  
MILENA HOLANDA BEZERRA OLIVEIRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Case Study Data

Social vulnerability still affects many people, especially if there are no public policies on education, welfare, health and safety. It can have negative consequences both physical, and psychic. Amidst this scenario, it is clear that art can bring benefits to the individual. We chose to roost for this research to be a wide artistic expression, involving various expressions, as well as being one of the largest and oldest art forms in Brazil, with traces of the black community that was enslaved in colonial and imperial Brazil. This study aimed to understand how participation in the Santa Terezinha Foundation capoeira group in Pompey-EC Senator interfere in the construction of identity of adolescents in socially vulnerable. It is a country and qualitative research, as well as descriptive and exploratory, using case study. Data were collected in Santa Terezinha Foundation in Senador Pompeu, from March to May. Made use of questionnaire and semi-structured interviews conducted with 2 teenager’s capoeira group. Content analysis revealed categories like "Capoeira and its personal meaning", "capoeira teacher Meaning" and "Identity and (m) metamorphosis." It was noticed several positive changes in the lives of these subjects, where this article can be effective in targeted intervention practices for this audience, and demonstrate the importance of public policies that encourage the poultry, especially in unfavourable contexts and social vulnerability.

scholarly journals Sinabung volcano: how culture shapes community resilience

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-303
Author(s):  
Marta Mori ◽  
Ronan McDermott ◽  
Saut Sagala ◽  
Yasmina Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Aid Dependency ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Cultural Experts ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how culture, including traditions and social structures, can influence resilience and how culturally sensitive relief operations can put affected people and their context at the core of any interventions. Design/methodology/approach A case study of the Mt Sinabung volcano area in Indonesia was undertaken. As part of the case study, an analysis of interventions was conducted, which was complemented by semi-structured interviews with Karo cultural experts and humanitarian organisations. Findings Culture influences the manner in which the Karo people react to volcano eruptions with varying implications for recovery. In addition, relief organisations which understand people’s actions through a cultural lens have better managed to tailor programs with long-term impact, thereby avoiding aid dependency. Practical implications Practical examples of disaster management activities that adequately account for the beneficiaries’ way of living prior to the eruptions are provided. Aid actors are provided with guidance concerning how to better tailor their activities in line with a cultural lens. Originality/value The study provides empirical grounding for claims concerning the role of culture in planning interventions in Indonesia and other similar contexts.

scholarly journals Lifetime Benefit Analysis of Intelligent Maintenance: Simulation Modeling Approach and Industrial Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3487
Author(s):  
Helge Nordal ◽  
Idriss El-Thalji
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Opportunistic Maintenance ◽  
Maintenance Strategies ◽  
Modeling Approach ◽  
Intelligent Maintenance ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Case Study Data

The introduction of Industry 4.0 is expected to revolutionize current maintenance practices by reaching new levels of predictive (detection, diagnosis, and prognosis processes) and prescriptive maintenance analytics. In general, the new maintenance paradigms (predictive and prescriptive) are often difficult to justify because of their multiple inherent trade-offs and hidden systems causalities. The prediction models, in the literature, can be considered as a “black box” that is missing the links between input data, analysis, and final predictions, which makes the industrial adaptability to such models almost impossible. It is also missing enable modeling deterioration based on loading, or considering technical specifications related to detection, diagnosis, and prognosis, which are all decisive for intelligent maintenance purposes. The purpose and scientific contribution of this paper is to present a novel simulation model that enables estimating the lifetime benefits of an industrial asset when an intelligent maintenance management system is utilized as mixed maintenance strategies and the predictive maintenance (PdM) is leveraged into opportunistic intervals. The multi-method simulation modeling approach combining agent-based modeling with system dynamics is applied with a purposefully selected case study to conceptualize and validate the simulation model. Three maintenance strategies (preventive, corrective, and intelligent) and five different scenarios (case study data, manipulated case study data, offshore and onshore reliability data handbook (OREDA) database, physics-based data, and hybrid) are modeled and simulated for a time period of 20 years (175,200 h). Intelligent maintenance is defined as PdM leveraged in opportunistic maintenance intervals. The results clearly demonstrate the possible lifetime benefits of implementing an intelligent maintenance system into the case study as it enhanced the operational availability by 0.268% and reduced corrective maintenance workload by 459 h or 11%. The multi-method simulation model leverages and shows the effect of the physics-based data (deterioration curves), loading profiles, and detection and prediction levels. It is concluded that implementing intelligent maintenance without an effective predictive horizon of the associated PdM and effective frequency of opportunistic maintenance intervals, does not guarantee the gain of its lifetime benefits. Moreover, the case study maintenance data shall be collected in a complete (no missing data) and more accurate manner (use hours instead of date only) and used to continuously upgrade the failure rates and maintenance times.

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