Search results for "Structuring"

A multi-methodology and sustainability-supporting framework for implementation and assessment of a holistic building renovation

La ristrutturazione degli edifici in futuro dovrà essere condotta secondo una prospettiva più olistica legata alla sostenibilità vista in una più ampia gamma di obiettivi/criteri e facilitata dagli scenari di ristrutturazione possibili. La ristrutturazione degli edifici dovrebbe servire a migliorarne le performance al fine di soddisfare le esigenze degli utenti, rendendo questi ultimi meno vulnerabili in relazione ai futuri costi energetici. Vi è un grande potenziale per ridurre il consumo di energia negli edifici esistenti. Tuttavia, ciò non deve comprometterè i valori architettonici e di qualità che rendono particolari. Pertanto, non possono essere semplicemente rinnovati, ma devono subir…

Arguments in Favor of Moving to a Sustainable Business Model in the Apiary Industry

2017

Abstract Today’s society faces major challenges in meeting future global food demands and solving biodiversity loss, and it quickly needs to find ways in addressing these issues. The places to look for solutions come from the economic sectors that employ the most powerful pressure on these issues such as agriculture. Apiculture, as a branch of agriculture is being more and more recognized as sustaining human life and contributing to sustainability. However, the sector records a progressive decline of honey bees. Therefore, a rapid restructuring needs to take place in agricultural markets, in general, as well as in apiary agribusinesses. Although important, technological progress is insuffic…

La “uberización” de los centros escolares: reorganización del trabajo pedagógico mediante las plataformas digitales de contenidos

2018

El presente trabajo se inscribe en el marco de un proyecto de investigación de I+D que estudia los cambios producidos en los centros de Primaria por la progresiva sustitución de los libros de texto por los materiales digitales. Uno de esos cambios observados es que los materiales digitales se hacen operativos mediante plataformas digitales que, además, se hacen extensibles a otras muchas tareas de centro. A partir de esta constatación nos ocupamos aquí del estudio de la 'uberización' o reestructuración organizativa del trabajo en los centros que operan con estas plataformas. Para alcanzar tal objetivo hemos recurrido a una metodología de corte cualitativo, tanto para el análisis de la prese…

A Problem Structuring Method

1991

Given a formal definition of problem and a formal definition of system, the equivalence between both concepts is studied. Considering a problem as a 3-tuple , where D is the set of possible data, R is the set of possible results, and P the set of conditions of the problem, classes of problems are constructed as combinations of types of data, types of results and types of conditions. For example, data can be either literal or numerical, either with uncertainty or not; conditions can be determined by rules, tables, equations, it may have uncertainty, etc. As a case of application it is outlined how some of the most common problems (knowledge representation, search, reasoning and planning, etc…

Constructivismo, psicoterapias cognitivas de reestructuración y enfoques contextuales

2020

En este trabajo se establecen las diferencias y convergencias principales entre los modelos cognitivos de reestructuración, los constructivistas y los contextuales. Partiendo de una breve revisión histórica se podrá enmarcar el surgimiento de cada uno de estos enfoques e, igualmente, las diferencias epistemológicas y ontológicas entre ellos. Estos modelos se analizan, principalmente, haciendo hincapié en sus conceptos principales y en las técnicas desarrolladas que, en principio, serían coherentes con su marco teórico. Igualmente, la coherencia entre teoría y práctica se hace evidente mediante el desarrollo de un tipo concreto, y diferente, de relación terapéutica en cada modelo. La conclus…

Driving Through Neoliberalism : Finnish Truck Drivers Constructing Respectable Male Worker Subjectivities

2017

This chapter analyses how Finnish male truck drivers (re)produce themselves as respectable male workers in the face of the recent economic, technological and institutional transformations impacting the European haulage sector. The investigation is based on ethnographic data which are produced by riding along on assignments with ten male Finnish truck drivers in the period 2012–2016. The analysis shows how truck drivers’ independence and value in the work process has become challenged and how truckers experience being occupationally stigmatized. The study argues, however, that while economic restructuring undermines some components of traditional forms of working-class masculinity, masculine…

Crisis and restructuration in the Valencian metropolitan area

2015

En el presente artículo presentamos los resultados de un análisis de la estructura socioeconómica del Área Metropolitana de Valencia en 2011 que, en comparación a la existente en 2001, permite apreciar las tendencias recientes de reestructuración territorial. A continuación, se utiliza la tipología territorial hallada como patrón para el análisis de la dinámica reciente de la inversión industrial, una de las variables económicas que ha jugado un papel más importante en la formación del área metropolitana, y que desde distintas instancias viene siendo señalada como un factor estratégico de la recuperación económica. El análisis realizado muestra que, tanto en relación con la actividad indust…

Stochastic debt sustainability analysis for sovereigns and the scope for optimization modeling

2017

We argue that sovereign debt sustainability analysis must be augmented by stochastic correlated risk factors and a risk measure to capture tail effects. Crisis situations can thus be adequately specified and analyzed with sufficient accuracy to warrant the relevance of policy decisions. In this context there is significant scope for optimization modeling for both strategic planning and operational management. We discuss diverse aspects of the problem of debt sustainability and highlight modeling approaches that can be brought to bear on the problem. Results with the fictitious, but nor unrealistic, Kingdom of Atlantis, which is sinking under excessive debt, illustrate the proposed models.

The London Stock Exchange: Strategic Corporate Governance Restructuring After Demutualization

2014

International audience; This study uses the London Stock Exchange (LSE), forced to demutualize due to major changes in its business environment, notably due to increased competition and technological advances, as field experiment to study corporate governance restructuring to adapt to new market conditions. The LSE improved its financial situation after demutualization and is an example of successful corporate governance restructuring. The LSE significantly restructured the composition of its board of directors following demutualization. The number of exchange members on the LSE board decreased after demutualization while the number of independent directors increased, pointing to a more “mo…

Autoroutes et dynamique du tourisme

2006

The widening of the motorway network in France, during the nineties, gives the opportunity to analyze the relationships between accessibility and tourism. The A 39 skirts the foothills of the Jura and improve its accessibility although it does not penetrate into the mountains. From this example, we wished to evaluate the impact of such an infrastructure on the tourism activity in the Jura. The adopted method involves following the development of tourism starting from multiple sources provided by national statistics, traffic surveys carried out before and after the opening of the A 39, and the interviews of the people in charge for tourism in the Jura. The interest of these investigations is…