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A comprehensive tool for efficient design and operation of polygeneration-based energy μgrids serving a cluster of buildings. Part II: Analysis of th…
2013
Abstract The potential of polygeneration systems, in terms of profitability, energy saving and pollutant emissions reduction, highly depends on several factors such as plant efficiency, local normative and tariff conditions and reference technologies adopted to compare the results. In Part I of this paper a reliable tool was described, capable of optimizing the lay-out, design and operation of an integrated polygeneration system serving a cluster of buildings with their heat, cooling and power demand; the tool represents an excellent instrument to perform sensitivity analyses, thus enabling the analyst to formulate general design criteria and predict the effects of any change in the boundar…
Uzņēmējdarbības attīstība Limbažu novadā
2015
Uzņēmējdarbības attīstība vienmēr ir bijis aktuāls jautājums, kas īpaši populārs ir kļuvis pēdējā laikā, kad daudzi jaunie uzņēmēji, izstrādājot biznesa plānus un vēloties īstenot savas idejas, piedalās un iesaistās dažādos uzņēmējdarbības atbalsta pasākumos. Šobrīd tiek aktualizēti ne tikai vietējā mēroga, bet arī Baltijas jūras reģiona valstu un visas Eiropas mēroga atbalsta projekti dažādām uzņēmēju grupām. Limbažu novadā uzņēmējdarbības atbalsta pasākumi netiek īpaši aktualizēti, tādēļ tika veikta izpēte, lai noskaidrotu, cik lielā mērā vietējie uzņēmēji tos pārzina un arī izmanto. Aptaujājot novada uzņēmējus un analizējot viņu sniegto informāciju, tika izdarīti secinājumi par samērā pa…
Shedding Light on Early Stage Academic Entrepreneurship : Finnish University Researchers' View on Key Stakeholder Relations and Their Influence on th…
2020
Since the mid-1980s, along with the opening up of the Finnish economy, the pressure to commercialize university research has steadily increased in Finland. This is in line with the growing importance of innovations in an ever-globalizing world in which purely production- cost-based strategies are about to become obsolete. However, in comparison to other Nordic countries and Western European industrial countries, Finnish investments in research have fallen short in their ability to increase high-technology export levels (Kotiranta and Tahvanainen 2018). Moreover, Finnish academia faces challenges in creating university-based economic activity (Nikulainen and Tahvanainen 2013). In order to he…
The influence of innovation stimulus, facilitating factors and support mechanisms on innovation performance in Brazilian small textile firms
2020
The ability of the organisation to develop new products is crucial in rapidly changing business environments, and thus, customer demographics, consumers' expectations and buying behaviour play an important role. Hence, exploring the antecedents of innovation performance becomes more important. This study analyses the relationships among innovation stimulus, facilitating factors and support mechanisms for innovative performance in the textile industry of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The sample included 128 respondents, who were all employees of five small and medium-sized textile firms; data were analysed using structural equation modelling. We found that innovation stimulus, facilitating factors…