scholarly journals Quick Wins Workshop and Companies Profiling to Analyze Industrial Symbiosis Potential. Valenciaport’s Cluster as Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7495
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Artacho-Ramírez ◽  
Bélgica Pacheco-Blanco ◽  
Víctor A. Cloquell-Ballester ◽  
Mónica Vicent ◽  
Irina Celades
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Clustering Techniques ◽  
Resource Flows ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

Industrial symbiosis (IS) improves resource efficiency and creates sustainable opportunities by encouraging synergies between industries. However, managers still have difficulties in promoting IS, given the lack of appropriate managerial tools to efficiently obtain an overview of IS potential. In this paper, a procedure merging the Quick Wins Workshop format with clustering techniques is proposed, in order to both identify IS opportunities and support IS creation in the industrial cluster of Valenciaport. A total of 18 stakeholders took part in the study. As a result, 79 different resources classified into eight categories—materials (16), goods (14), space (11), expertise (11), energy (9), services (8), hydrocarbons (7), and water (3)—were derived and a total of 78 possible matchings were found. The creation of IS was supported by the clustering methods, which allow for the definition of common symbiotic features among stakeholders, classifying them into groups with similar IS potential. Three IS profiles were identified (high, medium, and low IS potential) and two strategic projects were devised, accordingly. It can be concluded that the proposed procedure provides useful managerial tools to identify resource flows, uncover patterns of exchange, identify possible matchings, and devise projects in communities interested in fostering IS from scratch.

New Problems in Banking

2011 ◽  
pp. 109-129
Author(s):  
Enid Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

In the last three case studies there has been a logical progression through the management of change, considering first the definition of the problem; second, the development of a strategy for handling it; and third, the creation of an appropriate organizational structure. But, in today’s fast-moving world, there are many situations in which it is difficult to carry out this systematic approach. For example what do we do if change involves a technological jump, bringing with it new problems and challenges which have not been experienced before and which are poorly understood? This happened to white-collar work in the next case study. It has also happened many times in the past and is likely to happen many times in the future.

scholarly journals The Author’s Two Bodies: The Death of Qu Yuan and the Birth of Chuci zhangju 楚辭章句

T oung Pao ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 259-314
Author(s):  
Heng Du
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Textual Production ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Textual Traditions ◽  
Chinese Texts ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Two Bodies

AbstractWhile recent studies of early Chinese texts increasingly eschew the term “author,” the present article defends the utility of this term by proposing a generalizable framework for conceptualizing author claims. Using Qu Yuan as a case study, I demonstrate that the construction of the author, both historical and putative, uniquely contributes to the finalization—rather than the creation—of texts, transforming open and evolving textual traditions into closed and stabilized entities. The creation of the author thus stands at the threshold between textual production and reception, often serving as an indispensable condition for the latter. By applying this approach to the study of the Chuci zhangju, I offer a new definition of the textual strata within this compilation.

scholarly journals Enhanced Day-Ahead PV Power Forecast: Dataset Clustering for an Effective Artificial Neural Network Training

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Andrea Matteri ◽  
Emanuele Ogliari ◽  
Alfredo Nespoli
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Clustering Techniques ◽  
Network Training ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Grid Operation ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Training

The increasing integration of renewable energy sources into the existing energy supply structure is challenging due to the intermittency typical of these energy sources, which implies problems of reliability and scheduling of grid operation. Concerning solar energy, the solar forecast tool predicts the photovoltaic (PV) power production and therefore permits a more efficient grid management. In this paper, the combination of clustering techniques and ANNs (Artificial Neural Networks) for day-ahead PV power forecast is analyzed. Clustering techniques are exploited to divide a dataset into different classes of days with similar weather conditions. Then, a dedicated ANN is developed for every group. The main goal is to assess the forecast improvement determined by the combination of ANNs and dataset clustering methods. Different combinations are compared on a real case study: a PV facility in SolarTechLAB, in Politecnico di Milano.

scholarly journals Platinized counter-electrodes for dye-sensitised solar cells from waste thermocouples: A case study for resource efficiency, industrial symbiosis and circular economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 1167-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhys G. Charles ◽  
Peter Douglas ◽  
Jenny A. Baker ◽  
Matthew J. Carnie ◽  
James O. Douglas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Counter Electrodes

The Professionalisation of Urban Cultural Policies in France: The Case of Festivals

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Négrier
Keyword(s):  
Southern France ◽  
Music Festival ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Cultural Project ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Specific Influence

Beyond the sociological definition of a profession which offers rather static perspectives, the notion of professionalisation as a process provides several ways to understand the nature and change of cultural policies. In the field of central-local relationships, it is thus necessary to analyse the combination of a plurality of capacities, interests, and values to explain the specific influence of professionalism on policymaking. All these elements have been found from a case study of the creation and implementation of a music festival in a city in southern France (Montpellier). Professionalisation can indeed be considered as a key notion with which to understand both urban cultural policies as a whole and the implementation of a single cultural project.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 6940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Cervo ◽  
Stéphane Ogé ◽  
Amtul Samie Maqbool ◽  
Francisco Mendez Alva ◽  
Lindsay Lessard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Energy Information

For the last 20 years, the field of industrial symbiosis (IS) has raised interest among academics and industries. IS consists of dissimilar entities sharing and valorising underutilised resources such as materials, energy, information, services, or technologies in the view of increasing the industrial system’s circularity. Despite the benefits brought by IS, though, barriers hindering the full dissemination of IS remain. This paper presents a methodology developed in the framework of the H2020 European project EPOS that aims at removing some of the obstacles to the implementation of IS. The method follows a multidisciplinary approach that intents to trigger the interest of industry decision-makers and initiate efforts to optimise the use of energy and material resources through symbiosis. It is applied to an industrial cluster located in the Humber region of UK. The case study shows how the approach helped to identify several IS opportunities, how one particular high-potential symbiosis was further assessed, and how it led to the creation of a business case. It was estimated that the identified symbiosis could bring substantial economic (+2000 k€ pa), environmental (−4000 t of CO2 eq. pa) and social (+7 years of healthy life) gains to the region.

scholarly journals DO NASCIMENTO DA ASSOCIAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRO NA UNIVERSIDADE, OU QUANDO UMA NECESSIDADE DO TU CRIA O ÓRGÃO AITU

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Robert Germay
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Theatre History ◽  
Theater Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
International University ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

RESUMO        Do nascimento da Associação Internacional de Teatro na Universidade, ou Quando uma necessidade do TU cria o órgão AITUDesde a criacão das primeiras universidades na Idade Média, a atividade teatral universitária esteve diretamente ligada às matérias ensinadas como um auxiliar do ensino,  e essencialmente praticada intra muros. Após a 2a. guerra mundial (1945), o teatro universitário iria acentuar o fenômeno de sua abertura e de sua internacionalização. Rompendo os muros da universidade, o teatro conquistaria cada vez mais visibilidade, e inúmeros grupos universitários se veriam tentados pela profissionalização. A própria universidade vai, a partir daí, considerar o teatro como objeto de estudo.  E os anos 70 serão, assim, marcados em quase todas as universidades europeias, pela criação de Departamentos de Estudos Teatrais. A década de 1980 viu florescerem novos festivais internacionais que revelam claramente a abundância de teatros universitários e a grande diversidade de suas práticas. Por ocasião dos Encontros de Liège (RITU), vai ressurgir no início dos anos 90, a questão da definicão do teatro universitário, que impulsiona os liegenises a organizar um Congresso Mundial em outubro de 1994, quando foi criada a Associação Internacional do Teatro na Universidade. A AITU organzia seu 11o. Congresso em 2016 em Manizales (Colombia). Palavras chave :  AITU-IUTA, Teatro Universitário, História do Teatro Universitário   ABSTRACT On the birth of the International University Theatre Association, or When a need of UT creates the organ IUTASince the creation of the first universities in the Middle Ages, the university theater activity was considered as a teaching aid to the subjects taught, and was primarily practiced intra muros. After the 2nd World War (1945), University Theatre would accentuate the phenomenon of openness and internationalization. Leaving the walls of the university, theater acquired more and more visibility, and numerous academic troops were tempted by professionalization. The university itself will now consider theater as a case study. And so the 70’s will be marked by the creation of Theater Studies Departments in universities all over Europe. The 1980’s saw a flowering of new international festivals which clearly reveal the abundance of university theaters and the great diversity of practices. On the occasion of the Liège Meetings (RITU), the question of the definition of university theater resurfaced in the early 90s, which pushed the organizers to set up a World Congress in October 1994. This led to the creation of the International University Theatre Association.  The IUTA holds its 11th Congress in 2016 in Manizales (Colombia).  Keywords:   AITU-IUTA, University Theatre, History of University Theatre

Measuring the social capabilities and the implication on innovation

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annunziata de Felice
Keyword(s):  
Specific Area ◽  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to seek to develop a rigorous analysis of social capabilities (SC) and measuring them in a special industrial cluster, considering the key role of knowledge and SC in innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper sets off from the definition of SC and the elements that characterize them in an industrial cluster. The focus also examines how it is possible to measure SC within a specific area, using the scoreboard approach. The empirical aspect remains based upon the original results of surveys conducted on a sample of entrepreneurs specializing in a special industrial cluster utilizing a multi-method approach and the paper presents the empirical analysis estimating an innovation equation. Findings – The results of the case study show that the relationship between SC and innovation does not only involve large enterprises but small- and medium-sized businesses as well. Originality/value – Measuring SC is very complex since not all the highlighted determinants can be subject to empirical verification and given that they are intangible elements, residual and often incorporated into tacit knowledge and a literature that can help us in defining and measuring them accurately is not always available for all the indicators. In this research the author proposes a measure of SC using a composite indicator and investigates the effective role of these inputs in stimulating innovative activity in an industrial cluster performance.

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Through Microfinance - A Case of Rural Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Saida Parvin
Keyword(s):  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Donor Agencies ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Women’s empowerment has been at the centre of research focus for many decades. Extant literature examined the process, outcome and various challenges. Some claimed substantial success, while others contradicted with evidence of failure. But the success remains a matter of debate due to lack of empirical evidence of actual empowerment of women around the world. The current study aimed to address this gap by taking a case study method. The study critically evaluates 20 cases carefully sampled to include representatives from the entire country of Bangladesh. The study demonstrates popular beliefs about microfinance often misguide even the borrowers and they start living in a fabricated feeling of empowerment, facing real challenges to achieve true empowerment in their lives. The impact of this finding is twofold; firstly there is a theoretical contribution, where the definition of women’s empowerment is proposed to be revisited considering findings from these cases. And lastly, the policy makers at governmental and non-governmental organisations, and multinational donor agencies need to revise their assessment tools for funding.

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