Knowledge Societies Landscape and Framework for Distinct Context Settings

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-62
Author(s):  
Nuno Vasco Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Context Specific

The chapter attempts to do a comprehensive literature review on knowledge societies describing its main concepts, dimensions, aspects, and actors/players. In addition to the literature review, it proposes a framework to build knowledge societies. The framework presents seven dimensions, which have been extracted from the literature where each dimension is characterized by several aspects collected from the literature. The framework can be used by decision makers around the world as a useful tool for building robust knowledge societies in different context-specific environments.

scholarly journals A Model to Evaluate the Organizational Readiness for Big Data Adoption

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javaneh Ramezani ◽  
Mahdi Nasrollahi
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Organizational Readiness ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Best Worst Method

Evaluating organizational readiness for adopting new technologies always was an important issue for managers. This issue for complicated subjects such as Big Data is undeniable. Managers tend to adopt Big Data, with the best readiness. But this is not possible unless they can assess their readiness. In the present paper, we propose a model to evaluate the organizational readiness for Big Data adoption. To accomplish this objective, firstly, we identified the criteria that impact organizational readiness based on a comprehensive literature review. In the next step using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for criterion reduction and integration, twelve main criteria were identified. Then the hierarchical structure of criteria was developed. Further, Fuzzy Best- Worst Method (FBWM) has been used to identify the weight of the criteria. The finding enables decision-makers to appropriately choose the more important criteria and drop unimportant criteria in strengthening organizational readiness for Big Data adoption. Statistics-based hierarchical model and MCDM based criteria weighting have been proposed, which is a new effort in evaluating organizational readiness for Big Data adoption.

scholarly journals A Contemporary Overview about Status and Challenging Issues of Tribal Education in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-284
Author(s):  
V. Rajkumar Velusamy
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Tribal Population ◽  
Essential Requirement ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Scheduled Castes ◽  
Tribal Education

India is the second-largest tribal population in the world. However, after the seven decades of independence, the tribal groups are disadvantaged and socially backward from the cycle of growth in many areas such as health, education, employment, and empowerment, and more. Among these, for tribal society, education is an essential requirement. The state and central governments have initiated several programs to educate tribal groups. Many of these programs have achieved only 10 percent of the targets. The vast numbers of tribal peoples are missing their education at various levels. They lag in education due to the high illiteracy rates among the tribal population relative to Scheduled Castes (S.C.s). Hence, the time has come to consider tribal education and inclusive growth seriously. In this context, the comprehensive literature review seeks to provide a contemporary overview of India's current status and challenging issues of tribal education. The paper is purely based on second-hand information from various research studies conducted in India and collected from different government sources. The outcomes are more helpful in implementing schemes that can improve tribal literacy and inclusive growth perspectives.

scholarly journals IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION USING GREY DEMATEL APPROACH: CASE OF CHINA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 364-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhu Han ◽  
Lufan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Construction

Off-site construction (OSC) methods have been widely adopted in the construction industry around the world. However, in a lot of developing countries, the application of OSC still lags behind. Although a number of research efforts have focused on identifying the OSC barriers, they are limited to qualitative descriptions, which lacks the understanding of the interrelationships among the barriers. To address this gap, this paper proposed a methodology for identifying the OSC barriers and their cause-effect relationships. The proposed methodology is composed of three phases: (1) a comprehensive literature review and in-depth interview with the OSC industry experts, (2) questionnaire survey and focus group discussion, and (3) grey DEMATEL analysis. The proposed methodology was applied in the context of China’s construction industry. The results of the grey DEMATEL analysis provided the cause-effect relationships of the 35 identified OSC barriers, which indicated six important aspects be taken into deeper consideration, such as governmental regulations and incentives, OSC practices and experiences, as well as traditional construction method transformation. The outcomes of this study will support policymakers and OSC participants to identify the influencing OSC barriers and their interrelationships, as well as propose appropriate strategies for overcoming the barriers and broadening the OSC application.

scholarly journals Background and Recent Advances in the Locata Terrestrial Positioning and Timing Technology

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Rizos ◽  
Ling Yang
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite System ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Navigation Satellite ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is the most widely used Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technology in the world today, but it suffers some major constraints. Locata is a terrestrial PNT technology that can be considered as a type of localised “constellation”, which is able to provide high-accuracy PNT coverage where GNSS cannot be used. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review of the Locata technology and its applications. It seeks to answer questions, such as: (1) What is Locata and how does it work? (2) What makes Locata unique compared with other terrestrial positioning systems? (3) How has Locata been used in different applications for accurate PNT? (4) What are the current challenging issues that may restrict its further adoption for custom-grade navigation in urban environments?

scholarly journals Method to Select the Countries and Scenarios More Appropriate for the Deployment of SMR

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Locatelli ◽  
Mauro Mancini ◽  
Pietro Belloni
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Fukushima Accident ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
The Third ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategic Factors ◽  
Nuclear Association

The evolution of nuclear technologies has led to the development of a large number of reactor designs. In particular there is significant and growing interest towards Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), i.e. nuclear reactor of a size between 40MWe and 700 MWe. Several heterogeneous countries are potentially interested in their deployment and approximately twenty advanced SMR designs are under development all over the world. However, both the market dimensions for SMRs and where they may be deployed remain unclear. This paper presents a method for the identification of countries which could be interested in the construction of SMRs and which factors foster their deployment. The presented method, grounded on a comprehensive literature review, is composed of three screenings and comprises the strategic consequences of the Fukushima accident. The first screening selects all the countries of the world that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Nuclear Association (WNA) indicate as possible market for nuclear reactor in general. The second screening selects countries based on their potential interest in SMR development in the short to medium term. The third screening identifies countries where SMRs are a particularly suitable choice. To perform this last “scenario based” selection the strengths and weakness of the SMRs have been analyzed to define their strategic match with the potential countries. The findings of this investigation reveal the strategic factors promoting the deployment of SMR and provide the basis for a ranking of countries in which these factors could create the market for SMR.

Pneumomediastinum: A Rare Presentation of Inflicted Injuries in Infants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Lee ◽  
Adam Bajinting ◽  
Abby Lunneen ◽  
Colleen M. Fitzpatrick ◽  
Gustavo A. Villalona
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Retrospective Review ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Rare Presentation ◽  
Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum ◽  
Nonaccidental Trauma ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
Healthy Infants ◽  
History Of

AbstractReports of incidental pneumomediastinum in infants secondary to inflicted trauma are limited. A retrospective review of infants with pneumomediastinum and history of inflicted trauma was performed. A comprehensive literature review was performed. Three infants presented with pneumomediastinum associated with inflicted trauma. Mean age was 4.6 weeks. All patients underwent diagnostic studies, as well as a standardized evaluation for nonaccidental trauma. All patients with pneumomediastinum were resolved at follow-up. Review of the literature identified other cases with similar presentations with related oropharyngeal injuries. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in previously healthy infants may be associated with inflicted injuries. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of an oropharyngeal perforation related to this presentation.

HASTANELERİN HİZMET KALİTESİNİN HASTA TATMİN ÖLÇEĞİ İLE ÖLÇÜLMESİ: KARABÜK DEVLET HASTANESİNDE YATAN HASTALAR ÜZERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA THE MEASUREMENT SERVICE QUALITY OF THE HOSPITALS BY THE PATIENT SCALE: A RESEARCH ON THE PATIENTS IN KARABUK STATE HOSP

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Selçuk Yurtsever
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
State Hospital ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
The World ◽  
Main Factors

It has been known that both in the world and in Turkey a continuous change has been experienced in the provision of health services in recent years. In this sense by adopting the customer(client) focused approach of either public or private sector hospitals; it has been seen that they are in the struggle for presenting a right, fast, trustuble, comfy service. The purpose of this research is to measure the satisfaction degree, expectations and perceptions of the patients in Karabük State Hospital through comparison. In this context, the patient satisfaction scale which has been developed as a result of literature review has been used and by this scale it has been tried to measure the satisfaction levels of the patients in terms of material and human factors which are the two main factors of the service that was presented. In the study, with the scales of Servqual and 0-100 Points together, in the part of the analysis MANOVA have been used. The expectations and the perceptions of the patient has been compared first by generally and then by separating to different groups according to the various criterias and in thisway it has been tried to be measured their satisfaction levels. According to the results that were obtained, although, the satisfaction levels of the patients who have taken service from Karabük State Hospital are high in terms of thedoctors and the nurses; it has been reached to the result that their satisfaction levels are low in terms of the materials that have been used at the presenting of the service and the management.

Conceptualización del desempeño exportador: análisis de los avances en la literatura de los negocios internacionales

Oikos ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (40) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Roberto Horta
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
International Business ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review

RESUMENEl objetivo de este artículo es el de analizar el concepto “desempeño exportador”, concepto muy usado en la literatura relacionada con los negocios internacionales, a los efectos de aportar a su conceptualización y medición. Para ello, se efectúa una amplia revisión de la literatura y se analizan los avances realizados por los investigadores a los efectos de aportar a las dimensiones y formas de medir este concepto. Se concluye que se trata de un concepto en el cual siguen existiendo diversos enfoques, aunque existen avances importantes en la forma de operacionalizar el desempeño exportador.Palabras clave: conceptualización, desempeño exportador, negocios internacionales.Conceptualization of export performance: analysis of developments in the literature of international business ABSTRACTThe aim of this paper is to analyze the concept of "export performance" concept very use in the literature of international business, in order to contribute to its conceptualization and measurement. For this, a comprehensive literature review is performed and the progress made by researchers to contribute to the dimensions and ways of measuring this concept is discussed. Concluded that it is a concept which still exist several approaches, although there are significant advances in how to operationalize export performance.Keywords: conceptualization, export performance, international business.Conceptualização do desempenho exportador: a análise dos avanços na literatura dos negócios internacionais RESUMO O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o conceito de "desempenho exportador", conceito utilizado amplamente na literatura sobre negócios internacionais, aos efeitos de contribuir para a conceituação e medição. Para fazer isso, se faz uma extensa revisão da literatura e analisam-se os avanços realizados pelos pesquisadores aos efeitos de contribuir nas dimensões e formas de medir este conceito. Conclui-se que se trata de um conceito no qual continuam existindo diversas abordagens, apesar dos avanços significativos na forma de operacionalizar o desempenho exportador.Palavras-chave: conceituação, desempenho exportador, negócios internacionais.

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