Search results for "growth"

Throwaway knowledge, useful skills or a source for wellbeing? Outlining sustainability of workplace learning situations

2020

Rapid changes in working life have raised awareness of the need for lifelong learning among personnel, and there is increasing concern regarding the sustainability of such learning, especially in growth companies, where learning can be seen as a prerequisite for many work practices. Hence, the aim of this study is to understand the sustainability of learning situations from the perspectives of individual wellbeing, widespread use of previous knowledge and rapid application of new knowledge. We broaden the understanding of workplace learning from the perspective of sustainability by identifying different workplace learning situations and outlining the sustainability of these situations. Two …

Do People Follow Jobs of Do Jobs Follow People? : The Case of Finland in an International Context

2016

Traditionally, people are believed to follow jobs; however, a contradictory view that jobs follow people has also gained popularity. In this study, two methods are used to analyze regional growth processes in Finland between 1990 and 2010, and the results are compared with the findings obtained elsewhere. In accordance with the results from many countries, the conventional regional adjustment model shows that people have largely followed jobs in Finland, i.e., that regional growth is demand induced. A closer examination suggests, however, that highly educated people drive regional change in Finland and that economic fluctuations also have an effect. Another approach, based on the Granger ca…

Exploring dark creativity: the role of power in an unethical marketing task

2020

Creativity is seen as a significant driver for successful marketing activities. However, little attention is paid to its shady side and little research on the prerequisites for unethical behaviour of marketing experts and executives is on hand. In our experimental study, we examine the mutual influence of power, honesty-humility, and benevolent creativity as predictors for ‘dark creativity’ (the use of creative ideas for malevolent actions). Participants (N = 387) were randomly assigned to a high vs. low power condition (role of marketing director vs. marketing intern). Dark creativity was correlated to benevolent creativity, power motive, and honesty-humility, but did not depend on the pow…

Postmetropoli in contesti al 'margine'

2014

Il sud Europa, ad eccezione del nord Italia, è considerato come una porzione 'marginale', la 'meno globale' del continente e fino a poco tempo fa c'era chi lo dipingeva come appartenente al 'Terzo Mondo'. La Sicilia e  considerata al limite di questa 'marginalità' e, per molte ragioni, lo è. Eppure, nuovi processi sono in corso. I territori siciliani stanno attraversando notevoli fasi di cambiamento fisico, sociale ed economico, mostrando una transizione, per molti aspetti inedita, verso forme post-metropolitane. Si tratta di aree per molti aspetti paradigmatiche in grado di restituire le diverse nature del 'post' sotto il profilo spaziale, economico, demografico e sociale. Si affronterà, d…

Fractal structures and environmental regulations in urban growth

1993

Dielectric breakdown and urban growth

2015

Fractal urban growth

1993

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Simulation and validation of urban dynamics with cellular automata

2018

Cet article, rédigé en 2008, présente les évolutions importantes la plateforme SpaCelle pour simuler l'évolution d'un espace à l'aide d'automate cellulaire. En particulier, la version 5 permet la structuration multi-couches des cellules pour gérer la dynamique de plusieurs variables définies sur un maillage. Elle permet aussi d'utiliser des cellules de type linéaires ou ponctuelles à travers des couches de type réseau. Les différentes couches ont leur propre dynamique et les règles peuvent faire interagir les couches entre elles. Ces fonctionnalités avancées ont permis de construire un nouveau modèle sur l'évolution de l'agglomération rouennaise plus proche de la réalité terrain en utilisan…

Modelling the effect of ethanol on growth rate of food spoilage moulds

2005

The effect of ethanol (E) on the radial growth rate (mu) of food spoilage moulds (Aspergillus candidus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Eurotium herbariorum, Mucor circinelloides, Mucor racemosus, Paecilomyces variotii, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium digitatum, Rhizopus oryzae and Trichoderma harzianum) was assessed in Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) medium at a(w) 0.99, 25 degrees C. In order to model this effect, the Monod type equation described previously by Houtsma et al. (Houtsma, P.C., Kusters, B.J.M., de Wit, J.C., Rombouts, F.M., Zwietering, M.H., 1994. Modelling growth rates of Listeria monocytogenes as a function of lactate concentration. Int…

Yhteiskunnallinen liike verkostona : Degrowth-liikkeen verkostomainen toiminta Suomessa

2017

Degrowth tarkoittaa talouskasvuun kriittisesti suhtautuvaa ajattelua sekä elämäntapaa, joka on sosiaalisesti oikeudenmukaista ja ekologisesti kestävää. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää millaista degrowth-liikehdintää Suomessa on. Tavoitteeni on tarkastella, millaisia toimijoita Suomen degrowth-aktivistit ovat, mitä degrowth heidän mielestään tarkoittaa ja miten he toimivat kasvukriittistä ajattelua edistääkseen. Pyrin myös selvittämään millaisia degrowth-liikkeen toiminnan ominaispiirteet ovat, miten liike on verkostoitunut ja millaiset tulevaisuuden visiot sillä on. Olen koonnut tutkimusaineistoni haastattelemalla viittä degrowth-liikkeen aktiivista jäsentä eri puolilta Suomea.…