scholarly journals SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, INNOVATION, AND GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNION IN ITALY

2019 ◽  
pp. 267-284
Author(s):  
Luca Ozzano
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Global Field ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Doctrine

The Economy of Communion (EoC) movement is one of the most interesting phenomena both in today’s Catholicism and in the global field of spiritually oriented entrepreneurship. This model – first elaborated by the founder of the Focolare movement, Chiara Lubich – is focused on a ‘culture of giving’; on the development of a relation of ‘communion’ with employees, customers and even competitors; on transparency and fairness; and on environmental sustainability. Although grounded in the Gospel and the Catholic Church’s social doctrine, it is meant as a business model which can be adopted also by people belonging to other religious traditions, and even by non-believers. This paper, based on interviews to people involved in the EoC movement and on other primary and secondary sources, will analyse the movement in Italy, focusing on a side understudied by the literature: the complex web of organizations which provide it with a structure and a governance. Particularly, the paper will show how such organizations try to strike a balance between preserving the movement’s identity and Chiara Lubich’s message, and spreading the EoC model by trying to make it popular, also outside the Focolare movement.

scholarly journals Recycling Technology Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage: The Sustainable and Circular Business Model of a Bicentennial Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7723
Author(s):  
José-Antonio Corral-Marfil ◽  
Núria Arimany-Serrat ◽  
Emma L. Hitchen ◽  
Carme Viladecans-Riera
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Recycling Technology

La Farga Yourcoppersolutions is a bicentennial Catalan company that manufactures semi-finished copper products. As copper is a 100% recyclable material, much of the sector’s production comes from secondary copper, scrap, not from mined copper. In the case of La Farga, not only a good part of its output comes from recycled copper, but it is also a world leader in copper-recycling technology. The objective of the paper is to describe La Farga’s business model from the point of view of sustainability and the circular economy. What have been the causes and effects of recycling on the business model? Regarding the methodology, the work follows the research strategy of the case study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from a variety of primary and secondary sources. Economic, social and environmental sustainability of the firm was assessed through financial and non-financial indicators; value-added generation and distribution were calculated from accounting data; and the circular business model was analysed via a thematic analysis: its components, innovation, enablers and barriers. Results show that the presence of barriers forces the implementation of circularity to be gradual and to combine linear and circular models to maintain competitiveness.

Decision Making and Behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 250-268
Author(s):  
Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes Guzmán
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Theory ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
International Level ◽  
Behavioral Bias ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Behavior

The chapter explores the utility of neuroeconomics in decision making and behavior. Scientific knowledge will be advanced in the need for the application of neuroeconomics focused on one of the services of the information and communication technologies (ICT) of companies, that is, e-commerce of exponential artisanal SMEs of women entrepreneurs, by developing a proposal for a business model to increase the possibility of growth of their companies at the level national and international level. The methodology used was deductive, exploratory, descriptive, correlational, and documentary. Neuroeconomics have the potential to explain the phenomena that are considered as a deviation from the prediction or behavioral bias of decision-making models in economic theory. The study up to this point is quantitative using primary and secondary sources for research.

Sociology and Beyond: Towards A Deep Sociology

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Clammer
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Alternative Conceptions ◽  
Social Suffering ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Social Thinking ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Existential Issues

AbstractThis paper explores potential new directions for a sociology linked more to Asian social theory and to new forms of knowledge emerging from ecology and the new social movements than to its older foundations in Western philosophy and conceptions of society. It suggests that there is a route beyond the trajectory of modernist and postmodernist social thinking and it calls into question the anthropocentric, Cartesian and dualistic assumptions of most conventional sociology. It does so by exploring the possible relationships between sociology and the existential issues thrown up by Asian philosophical and religious traditions, and in particular Buddhism, and the in many ways parallel arguments of Deep Ecology. In doing so it calls into question the adequacy of current sociology as a vehicle for addressing fundamental existential questions and in particular the issues of social suffering, the emerging ecological crisis and the alternative conceptions of society generated by many of the new social movements, and suggests ways in which this inadequacy might potentially be resolved.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION OF CHARITIES BY ISLAMIC SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN YOGYAKARTA, 1912-1931: A HISTORY OF ISLAMIC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Ghifari Yuristiadhi ◽  
Bambang Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Third Shift

This article was written in order to find a model of the development ofIslamic charities organized by bumiputera in the early 20th century inYogyakarta. This socio-economic history research using historical research methods that utilize primary sources such as archives, photographs, books and newspapers as well as the contemporary of secondary sources such as books, journals, and articles. The conclusion of this article is that the presence of transformation of charities in Yogyakarta in the period 1920s-1930s caused by 1) the dynamic moments around the period of the emergence of privately plantation by European, 2) the implementation of the land reorganization in the region of Yogyakarta Sultanate, 3) the emergence of �urban santri� as the new middle class in urban Yogyakarta, and 4) dynamic Islamic social organizations. In addition, the transformationof charities happens consists of three processes. First, change the concept and definition of waqf be more specific. Secondly, changing of the charities model that presented by the Islamic social movements. Third, shift of waqf and charities authority management that also change management culture. One thing that can be seen from this phenomenon is the emergence of local responses on colonialism with a more elegant and become the new social movements as well as showing the existence of civil society.

scholarly journals Technospheric Mining of Mine Wastes: A Review of Applications and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 686-706
Author(s):  
Bona Lim ◽  
Richard Diaz Alorro
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mineral Processing ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Sustainable Chemistry ◽  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Valuable Metals ◽  
Development Data ◽  
Processing Techniques

The concept of mining or extracting valuable metals and minerals from technospheric stocks is referred to as technospheric mining. As potential secondary sources of valuable materials, mining these technospheric stocks can offer solutions to minimise the waste for final disposal and augment metals’ or minerals’ supply, and to abate environmental legacies brought by minerals’ extraction. Indeed, waste streams produced by the mining and mineral processing industry can cause long-term negative environmental legacies if not managed properly. There are thus strong incentives/drivers for the mining industry to recover and repurpose mine and mineral wastes since they contain valuable metals and materials that can generate different applications and new products. In this paper, technospheric mining of mine wastes and its application are reviewed, and the challenges that technospheric mining is facing as a newly suggested concept are presented. Unification of standards and policies on mine wastes and tailings as part of governance, along with the importance of research and development, data management, and effective communication between the industry and academia, are identified as necessary to progress technospheric mining to the next level. This review attempts to link technospheric mining to the promotion of environmental sustainability practices in the mining industry by incorporating green technology, sustainable chemistry, and eco-efficiency. We argue that developing environmentally friendly processes and green technology can ensure positive legacies from the mining industry. By presenting specific examples of the mine wastes, we show how the valuable metals or minerals they contain can be recovered using various metallurgical and mineral processing techniques to close the loop on waste in favour of a circular economy.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility in Food Manufacturing Companies – Environmental Dimensions

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 1037-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ľudmila Nagyová ◽  
Mária Holienčinová ◽  
Ingrida Košičiarová ◽  
Tomáš Holota
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Food Manufacturing ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Csr Strategy ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
Main Component

The degree of a company’s acceptance and integration of the CSR concept is directly reflected in the fundamental principles of the company. Through the environmental sustainability, a company can make a positive contribution to the society and the natural environment. Competitive and cost pressures are the key drivers of sustainable development in the industry. Today, many international food and drink companies are delivering excellent achievements. The present paper tries to highlight how much are food manufacturing companies committed to caring for the environment as a main component of their CSR strategy. In order to fulfil the defined objectives of the paper, the primary and secondary sources of information were collected and used, as well as there was used the method of interview, using a questionnaire (total number of respondents was 100 food manufacturing companies). In our research the highest percentage of large, SMC and micro companies indicated the reduction of negative operational impacts as the most important commitment of companies in relation to environment. Most large companies invest to installing pollution reducing technology to improve environmental quality (67%) and utilizing more environmentally friendly raw materials (51%). These areas indicated the highest percentage as well as for SMC. In the case of large companies there are more visible movements in environmental practices than in micro and small-medium companies.

scholarly journals Facile/LigFerv: Água Quente em Três Segundos, Trinta Anos de Processo Empreendedor

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe) ◽  
Author(s):  
João Paulo Moreira Silva ◽  
Liliane de Oliveira Guimarães ◽  
José Márcio de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Innovative Product ◽  
Entrepreneurial Process ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Face

ABSTRACT This teaching case aims to discuss an entrepreneurial process involving the trajectory of an innovative product over thirty years until culminating in a significant event in the change of the company’s business model in the midst of the crisis triggered by the pandemic of the new coronavirus. The case offers opportunities for discussing theories related to the entrepreneurial process - causation and effectuation logic. In addition, in the course of the recent trajectory, in which the company is selected for an acceleration program, a possible change in the business model emerges. Reported from the perspective of the founder, but also supported by materials from secondary sources, the case presents the trajectory of Facile. The teaching strategy consists in enabling the student to learn, first, about the entrepreneur’s decision-making and action, emulating transitions between the causation and effectuation logic throughout the case to explain such behavior. Subsequently, the case inquires about possible alternatives for changing the business model for the company after the acceleration program, in which students will be able to identify more suitable alternatives in the face of both the company’s skills and, not least, the pandemic that changed the behavior of customers and entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Perspectivas de viabilidade econômica e ambiental: Integração entre a piscicultura e fruticultura irrigada em São João do Piauí (PI)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Maria Keila Jerônimo ◽  
Marcelo Batista Gomes ◽  
Cláudio Evangelista Sousa ◽  
Thiago Oliveira da Silva Brito ◽  
Elenice Monte Alvarenga
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Product Diversification ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Semiarid Region ◽  
Financial Return ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Environmental Feasibility

<p>O Estado do Piauí apresenta-se como excelente campo de trabalho na avaliação da viabilidade de ações que visem à inclusão produtiva, à diversificação da produção e ao aumento da produtividade, permitindo-se, com isso, a avaliação do uso de tecnologias sociais na promoção do desenvolvimento regional sustentável. Neste trabalho objetivou-se atestar a viabilidade econômica e ambiental da utilização das águas do rio Piauí na piscicultura e seu posterior reuso em atividades de irrigação. O município de São João do Piauí no Estado do Piauí se consolida como espaço amostral de grande interesse, pois localiza-se em região semiárida, com sérias dificuldades de infraestrutura e distribuição de renda, além de ser palco para o desenvolvimento de um vultoso projeto de irrigação. Foi realizada uma estimativa do retorno financeiro gerado pela integração entre a piscicultura e a fruticultura irrigada, por meio da coleta de dados demonstrativos do rendimento destas atividades em outros municípios do nordeste do Brasil. Além disso, avaliou-se a viabilidade ambiental do consórcio entre ambos os cultivos, com base no estudo de indicadores de sustentabilidade calculados com dados oriundos de fontes secundárias. A partir das estimativas econômicas realizadas, foi verificada a positividade da viabilidade econômica da associação das cadeias produtivas, bem como se pode notar um maior grau de sustentabilidade ambiental do projeto mediante o consórcio de ambas as atividades produtivas.</p><p align="center"><strong><em>Perspectives of economic and environmental viability: Integration between fish farming and irrigated fruit production in São João do Piauí (PI)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong><strong>: </strong>Piauí presents itself as an excellent field of work in assessing the viability of actions that aim at productive inclusion, product diversification and increased productivity leading to the evaluation of the use of social technologies in promoting development sustainable regional. This work seeks to make an economic and environmental feasibility of the use of Piauí river waters in fish farming and its subsequent reuse in irrigation activities. São João do Piauí state Piauí is a sample space of great interest in evaluating the viability of these actions, because it is located in semiarid region with serious problems of infrastructure and income distribution as well as being host to the development of a bulky irrigation project.. An estimation of the financial return generated by the integration between a fish farm and an irrigated fruit tree was carried out, through the collection of data demonstrating the income of these activities in other municipalities in northeastern Brazil. In addition, evaluate the environmental feasibility of the consortium between both crops, based on the study of sustainability indicators calculated with data from secondary sources. From the economic estimates made, an evaluation of the economic feasibility of the association of productive chains was verified, as well as a greater degree of environmental sustainability of the project through the consortium of both productive activities.</p>

scholarly journals Analysis of Financial Performance and Environmental Sustainability of Coldwater Inland Fisheries in Sikkim Himalaya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kul Bahadur Chettri ◽  
Ruma Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Maximum Sustainable Yield ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Cooperative Society ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
Actual Yield

Abstract This paper analyses the financial performances in terms of productivity and profitability indices and environmental sustainability with regards to Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) through the application of the Gordon-Schaefer Model for the coldwater Primary Fishermen Cooperative Society (PFCS). For this purpose, data has been collected from the secondary sources for the periods 2013-14 to 2018-19. The panel data analysis was carried out to derived the results using the method of ordinary least squares. The study found that PFCS such as Sribadam, Maneybong-Sopakha and Mangshilla have performed better in financial management but there is a probability of thread of sustainability in the future because in some of the periods their actual yield surpasses the MSY. On the other hand, PFCS like Rimbik, Chujachen and Dalep have not been able to bring their financial performances up to the mark because they were more concerned for sustainability. Excessive extraction of fishes from the water bodies for higher profit motive may lead to less availability for the coming generations. The study suggests that in aquaculture or fish farming, there should maintain an equilibrium between financial benefits and environmental sustainability and the resource should be utilised on a sustainable basis.

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