Search results for "capability"
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Status of ceramic breeder pebble bed thermo-mechanics R&D and impact on breeder material mechanical strength
2012
Abstract Among the international fusion solid breeder blanket community, there exists steady progress on the experimental, phenomenological, and numerical characterizations of the pebble bed effective thermo physical and mechanical properties, and of thermomechanic state of the bed under prototypical operating conditions. This paper summarizes recent achievements in pebble bed thermomechanics that were carried out by members of the IEA Fusion Nuclear Technology Subtask I Solid Breeding Blanket. A major goal is on developing predictive capability while identifying a pre-conditioned equilibrium stress state that would warrant pebble bed integrity during operations. The paper reviews and synth…
The Effect of Process Evolution on Capability Study
1996
In today manufacturing scenario the trend to produce with lower and lower tolerance and continuously decrease the defectives rate seems to be irreversible. Then the evaluation of system performances is essential to determine if the process is able to respect our tolerances. With the classical approach this evaluation is realised by considering the process in the in control state and evaluating the capability indices and, consequently, the defectives rate. In this paper the evolution of the process is considered in terms of the mean out-of-control-time, and the real defective rate is evaluated by proposing a new capability index.
Multiperspective Evaluation of Reference Models – Towards a Framework
2003
Within the information systems field, reference models have been known for many years. Despite the relevance of reference model quality, little research has been done on their systematic evaluation. Based on an analysis of prior work on reference model quality, we propose a framework for the multiperspective evaluation of reference models. The framework comprises 15 perspectives. Each perspective is discussed with respect to its strengths and limitations. As well, we provide examples of the types of research that have already been undertaken on each perspective.
I minori tra nuovi e vecchi media
2020
Il contributo presenta il tema generale della sessione coordinata dall'autrice, sottolineando come il rapporto tra infanzia, media ed educazione, sia diventato sempre più attuale. Quasi ogni aspetto della vita dei minori ha una dimensione online, sia attraverso il loro impegno diretto con le TIC sia attraverso la gestione istituzionale di contenuti o servizi che ne influenzano le condizioni di vita. In questo modo diventa sempre più complesso tracciare il confine tra offline e online, ed è per questo che è necessario esaminare in che modo questo ambiente in evoluzione influisca sul benessere e sullo sviluppo dei bambini dei loro diritti. Il dibattito attuale in molte parti del mondo su mino…
Bio-inspired Sensory Data Aggregation
2013
The Ambient Intelligence (AmI) research field focuses on the design of systems capable of adapting the surrounding environmental conditions so that they can match the users needs, whether those are consciously expressed or not [4][1].
Design management capability and product innovation in SMEs
2013
[Purpose]: The aim of this paper is to present design management as a dynamic capability and to analyze its mediating role between organizational learning capability and product innovation performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). [Design/methodology/approach]: Structural equation modeling is used to test the research hypotheses based on data from the Italian and Spanish ceramic tile industries. The data are derived from the responses of 182 companies (50 percent of the target population) to a questionnaire addressed to Product Development Managers and Human Resource Managers. [Findings]: The results suggest that organizational learning capability enhances product innovation throu…
Il dialogo tra Capability Approach e la form-azione delle competenze digitali
2020
Il presente contributo si focalizza su una sfida educativa impellente della contemporaneità: la form-azione della cittadinanza digitale. A partire dal Quadro di riferimento Europeo per le competenze digitali dei cittadini, viene svolta una riflessione basata sull’interconnessione tra il Capability approach e le competenze digitali. Il Capability Approach, sviluppando un orizzonte di senso eticoeconomico-politico basato su: “functioning”, capability” e “agency”, completa e orienta il framework teorico-metodologico dettato dai riferimenti normativi europei sullo sviluppo delle digital skills. L’indagine sulle digital skills può essere un’opportunità per orientare l’azione formativa, in riferi…
Realizing dynamic capabilities and organizational knowledge in effective innovations: the capabilities typological map
2022
Purpose This paper aims to shed light on the mechanisms that connect dynamic capabilities and organizational knowledge in the innovative process to offer a new theoretical and practical solution considering the microfoundations of knowledge management strategies. Design/methodology/approach This research has emerged from an in-depth case study of an effective innovation (from just ethanol and sugar-production to an effective biomass plant). The study represents an “inductive inquiry,” useful to understand specific “organizational mechanisms” of innovation, where the main data came from in-depth interviews with 18 key actors. It proved to help search the development of a specific biomass pl…
How to keep patient case sheet flows under control? A subset of ad hoc indicators and its statistical control in a healthcare organization.
2009
Grassroots Social Innovation for Human Development: An Analysis of Alternative Food Networks in the City of Valencia (Spain)
2017
This paper explores the contribution the capability approach (CA) and grassroots innovation (GI) literature makes to a better understanding of the complexity, richness and specificity of bottom-up processes of social innovation (SI), and their specific contribution to social transformation. Using a purely qualitative methodology, the paper addresses a case study—organic food buying groups in the city of Valencia—and examines them through the lenses of SI, GI and CA. By taking four concurrent dimensions of the SI literature (agents, purposes, drivers and processes) and cross-fertilising them with the bottom-up, people-driven character of GI, and the concepts of agency, capabilities, delibera…