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Assessing Systemic Risk
Mitroff, Ian I.; Silvers, Abraham - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 2, pp. 66-75
Far too many applications of Risk Analysis (RA) and Risk Management (RM) treat risks as though they are distinct and independent. Thus, risks are largely treated as though they can be evaluated and mitigated independently of one another. This paper takes a fundamentally different approach. The...
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Geospatial Resource Integration in Support of Homeland Defense and Security
Foster, David; Mayfield, Christopher - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 7 (2016) 4, pp. 53-63
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has faced numerous challenges within the realm of Geospatial Information Systems and Science in fostering a Common Operational Picture suitable to homeland defense and security. This paper details the challenges and successes since September 11th, 2001 to...
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Working Capital Management and Firms' Profitability in the Midst of an Economic Crisis
Axiotis, Dimitris; Hyz, Alina; Kalantonis, Petros - In: International Journal of Applied Management Sciences … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 66-80
cycle. Analysing the impact of the crisis it can observe that the companies can increase their profitability by reducing the … relationship looks like following a prolonged economic crisis. …
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Application of a New Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Paradigm on the Design of a Crisis Management Distributed System
Domdouzis, Konstantinos; Andrews, Simon; Akhgar, Babak - In: International Journal of Distributed Systems and … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 1-17
The complexity and the intensity of crisis-related situations require the use of advanced distributed systems … techniques for the development of the ATHENA Crisis Management Distributed System. The function of the ATHENA Crisis Management … crisis and the coordination of the appropriate measures in response to the crisis. The paper presents a new definition for …
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Promoting Situation Awareness: Usability of a Social Media Tool for Journalists and Crisis Managers
Backholm, Klas; Högväg, Joachim; Lindholm, Jenny; … - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 10 (2018) 1, pp. 38-56
Crisis communicators and journalists need stable structures to handle social media content in emergencies, but struggle …
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Scaling 911 Texting for Large-Scale Disasters: Developing Practical Technical Innovations for Emergency Management at Public Universities
Tapia, Andrea H.; Giacobe, Nicklaus A.; Soule, Pamela J; … - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 73-85
In a mass crisis event, Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) cannot meet the demand of thousands of individuals trying to … present a system that aims to provide real-time data to emergency managers during a crisis event in such an environment – a … hundreds of direct text messages from populations engaged in a crisis to emergency management staff who can respond. They posit …
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The Impact of Web 2.0 on Public Engagement in the Israeli Home Front (From the 2006 Lebanon War to the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict)
Ben-Israel, Galit Margalit - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 52-63
This article deals with citizen engagement and public participation being in crisis on the Israeli home front, in the …
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Sustainability Disclosure after a Crisis: A Text Mining Approach
Aureli, Selena; Medei, Renato; Supino, Enrico; … - In: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 35-49
from legitimacy theory, the disaster is treated as a moment of crisis, in which the relationship of trust between the …
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Identification of Critical Factors in Large Crisis Decision Making Processes Using Computational Tools: The Case of ATHENA
Akhgar, Babak; Domdouzis, Konstantinos; Andrews, Simon; … - In: International Journal of Strategic Information … 8 (2017) 2, pp. 11-28
crisis. The article performs extensive review of literature in order to identify decision making approaches in crisis … situations and the different factors that affect these approaches. It also presents the ATHENA Crisis Management system which is … received through the Social Media during and after a large crisis. A number of conclusions are drawn on the identification of …
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Crisis Management and Image Restoration through Social Networking: Analysis of Maggi Crisis
Bhattacharya, Debarati - In: International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social … 8 (2016) 1, pp. 30-41
The study aims to discern how social networking sites have become an important tool in enabling immediate crisis … communication. Juxtaposing theories on crisis and strategies of image restoration the paper aims to analyze the recent Maggi Crisis … networking sites to the companies at the time of crisis. The paper concludes that damage control to a great extent could be …
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