Green design and recycling systems for solving the dilemma of disposable chopsticks waste caused by online food delivery: A review

With the rapid advancement of online food delivery and takeaway markets, the use of disposable chopsticks has exponentially increased in China, resulting in the reduction of forest resources and the generation of large amounts of chopstick waste. This review summarizes a variety of methods to produce eco-friendly chopsticks with the aim of enabling a second life cycle for chopstick waste. The related practical recycling systems and policies based on government experience in developed regions are proposed. Furthermore, perspectives with regard to the future development of waste chopsticks recycling systems are also discussed.

Green design and recycling systems for solving the dilemma of disposable chopsticks waste caused by online food delivery: A review

With the rapid advancement of online food delivery and takeaway markets, the use of disposable chopsticks has exponentially increased in China, resulting in the reduction of forest resources and the generation of large amounts of chopstick waste. This review summarizes a variety of methods to produce eco-friendly chopsticks with the aim of enabling a second life cycle for chopstick waste. The related practical recycling systems and policies based on government experience in developed regions are proposed. Furthermore, perspectives with regard to the future development of waste chopsticks recycling systems are also discussed.

m-Government experience: a qualitative study in India

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand and interpret the fundamental meanings attached to consumer behavior through m-Government (m-Gov) experience and to derive insights. The study explores the extent to which the emergence of m-Gov is able to change citizens established behavior of accessing government services primarily focusing on experience as an important driver.Design/methodology/approachThe study used qualitative methods, and data were collected using semi-structured interviews of m-Gov users. Participants were identified through purposive sampling. Themes are identified from the collected data using thematic analysis.FindingsThe study reveals that m-Gov experience is highly satisfying since it meets citizens' expectations. The findings highlight that in many aspects, m-Gov services provide improved experiences compared to the traditional government and conventional e-Government (e-Gov) services (accessing public services from computers and laptop). The study also reveals a few negative experiences with m-Gov services, like limitations in the use of mobile devices due to their small screen size and high memory consumption, etc.Research limitations/implicationsThe qualitative method used in this study focuses clearly on unearthing depth and richness of understanding rather than the breadth of generalization. The sample size is apt for drawing reasonable conclusions. Scholars and information systems researchers may use some insights for future research.Practical implicationsm-Gov services in a developing economy like India is a new and emerging area for managers. The findings about the elements of m-Gov experience and how the experience influences citizens' acceptance decisions will benefit managers and policymakers in implementing m-Gov services or projects.Originality/valueThis study is one of the early attempts to explore the m-Gov experience. The research is important as experience affects users' attitude, a precursor to behavioral intention, which in turn, influences their behavior.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-10-2020-0482

Knowledge Management To Improve Local Government Services

This study aimed to improve the service of local governments in combining existing knowledge in an organization so that it can create, collect, maintain and manage employee knowledge and performance through the mastery of knowledge by all members. When knowledge sharing has been successfully applicated in ensuring the services survived in which each apparatus can synergy to achieve better performance to achieve common goals. employees in the Regional Government experience high mobility between agencies in the regions with various basic tasks and functions. Therefore, we need a high adaptability by an employee to be able to carry out tasks in a new place as quickly as possible. This condition results in an agency that is very important to manage its resources in order to support every employee (HR) possessed to carry out their duties properly even though the employee concerned has just entered his institution. This is where the importance of knowledge management or knowlegde management can be felt to keep the organization moving forward despite facing various situations that affect the performance of achieving organizational goals. This study uses a qualitative approach to the type of instrumental case study research. The location of the study was conducted at the Baubau City Regional Secretariat. Data collection techniques used, namely: in-depth interviews, document studies and observations. The results showed that Knowledge Management is an effort to improve the performance capabilities of local government apparatus services in managing their intellectual assets, in the form of existing knowledge and experience. The aim is to utilize these assets to achieve better service performance to accelerate the achievement of the objectives implemented in accordance with bureaucratic reform

Attracting CEO directors: the case of Latin America

PurposeTo understand if certain board traits can contribute to attract CEO directorsDesign/methodology/approachPanel data model with firm fixed effects of individual and firm level attributes from 450 public firms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and PeruFindingsHigher levels of masters abroad, board ties, government experience and foreign members are all negatively related to the appointment of CEO directorsOriginality/valueThe use of non-performance outcome variable such as CEO experience in the family led emergent environment of Latin America

The Impact of Covid-19 on Localtourism Sector and Income

Tourism currently becomes one of the sources of state revenues. Local tourism, particularly in Bantul, developed tourist attractions of Mangunan pine forest to boost the economy of the region and make state revenue as well. Unfortunately, due to the Covid 19 virus, the tourism is closed down by the Tourist Office in Bantul district which impacted the economy of related groups, society, and the government. This paper aims to discover the impact of COVID-19 on tourist visits to the Mangunan pine forest in Bantul. The researchers use a descriptive qualitative approach and collect information from mass media and print media in Yogyakarta from February to March. The results show that before the Coronavirus, people around the tourist object involved in community building tourism generally had an increased income, but when Corona outbreak hit, both the community in Mangunan Village and Bantul regional government experience a decline in income.

Flattening the curve on COVID-19 : South Korea’s measures in tackling initial outbreak of coronavirus

The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is causing an unprecedented crisis around the world, with South Korea being no exception. South Korea experienced a surge of COVID-19 cases on February 19 2020, but was able to flatten the COVID-19 curve in only 20 days without enforcing lockdown measures that restrict the freedom and movement of people. To analyze how South Korea achieved as such, this study is based on the actual field experience of the Korean government's COVID-19 response team who participated in drafting the ‘Tacking COVID-19: Korean experience’ and in-depth analysis on past South Korean government experience from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome of 2015. This paper finds three prominent factors behind Korea’s responses against COVID-19. First, it is crucial that the government responds as ‘one team’ efficiently to cooperate and respond to COVID-19. Second, a novel approach is needed to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. Information and communication technology (ICT) had a key role in South Korea's strategy to contain COVID-19. Third, an effective response to COVID-19 was possible due to the successful partnership between the general public and state authorities.

State authorities and the Muslim population of the Steppe General government: experience of interaction in solving socio-economic problems (the beginning of the 20th century)

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a new form of work - Private and Special meetings-was tested in the system of interaction of state authorities with the Kazakh population of the Steppe region. Their composition was formed from officials of the administration and branch ministries, representatives of the local ethnic elite to solve socio-economic problems of the traditional Kazakh society. The article presents an analysis of Private and Special meetings based on archival and published sources, some of which are being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, identifies the range of issues that became the subject of discussion during their conduct and the effectiveness of this mechanism of cooperation between the state and the Kazakh society.

Political Entrepreneurs

Challenger parties are on the rise in Europe, exemplified by the likes of Podemos in Spain, the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany, or the Brexit Party in Great Britain. Like disruptive entrepreneurs, these parties offer new policies and defy the dominance of established party brands. In the face of these challenges and a more volatile electorate, mainstream parties are losing their grip on power. This book explores why some challenger parties are so successful and what mainstream parties can do to confront these political entrepreneurs. Drawing analogies with how firms compete, the book demonstrates that political change is as much about the ability of challenger parties to innovate as it is about the inability of dominant parties to respond. Challenger parties employ two types of innovation to break established party dominance: they mobilize new issues, such as immigration, the environment, and Euroscepticism, and they employ antiestablishment rhetoric to undermine mainstream party appeal. Unencumbered by government experience, challenger parties adapt more quickly to shifting voter tastes and harness voter disenchantment. Delving into strategies of dominance versus innovation, the authors explain why European party systems have remained stable for decades, but also why they are now increasingly under strain. As challenger parties continue to seek to disrupt the existing order, the book shows that their ascendency fundamentally alters government stability and democratic politics.