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Quantifying the Uncertainty of Energy Creation from Solar and Wind Farms in Different Locations
Strang, Kenneth David; Nersesian, Roy - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 2, pp. 13-46
This paper illustrates how to assess the risk associated with solar and wind farm energy creation by identifying the critical operational factors and then developing multivariate models. The study reveals that a dependence on solar and wind could place consumers at risk of interrupted service...
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Feasibility Approaches to Reduce the Unreliability of Gas, Nuclear, Coal, Solar and Wind Electricity Production
Strang, Kenneth David; Nersesian, Roy L. - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 54-69
This paper examines the feasibility of three scenarios for reducing the unreliability inherent in traditional and clean energy creation. One scenario uses pumped hydro to store non-peak energy from solar or wind plants. Another scenario investigates the use of pumped hydro for storing non-peak...
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Integrated supply chain risk management: a systematic review
Zhu, Quan; Krikke, Harold; Caniëls, Marjolein C.J. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 28 (2017) 4, pp. 1123-1141
Purpose Supply chain risks specifically refer to risks that transmit among supply chain members, thus they should be understood and managed as a whole for an end-to-end supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to review literature of integrated supply chain risk management (ISCRM) that...
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A theoretical framework of organizational change
Jacobs, Gabriele; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 772-792
Purpose – Organizational change is a risky endeavour. Most change initiatives fall short on their goals and produce high opportunity and process costs, which at times outweigh the content benefits of organizational change. This paper seeks to develop a framework, offering a theoretical toolbox...
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The Use and Perceived Merit of Customer Accounting in New Zealand
Lord, Beverley R.; Shanahan, Yvonne P.; Nolan, Benjamin M. - In: Accounting Research Journal 20 (2007) 1, pp. 47-59
As Lindsay (1994, 1995) encourages validation of existing results, this research replicates Guilding and McManus (2002) in a New Zealand (NZ) context. The usage and perceived merit of customer accounting practices were lower in NZ than in the Australian study. Few of the regressions where...
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Linking collaboration and integration to risk and performance in supply chains via a review of literature reviews
Kache, Florian; Seuring, Stefan - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 19 (2014) 5/6, pp. 664-682
Purpose – This paper aims to assess the links among these supply chain constructs by conducting a full-scale systematic review of all supply chain management (SCM) literature reviews published in ten leading logistics, SCM and operations management journals from 1989 to 2012. Collaboration and...
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The role of the railway with regard to mode choice in medium range travel
Bieger, Thomas; Laesser, Christian - In: Tourism Review 56 (2001) 1/2, pp. 33-39
This article examines Swiss people's transport means preferences in journeys over 100km. The study is based on a conditional survey research technique. When the decision criteria/ preferences are viewed from an angle that is independent of (and thus generally valid for) any choice of means of...
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Social and Organizational Development Through Action Research
Baporikar, Neeta - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 1, pp. 23-39
To cause change at practice level people need to translate what they know into concrete instructional policies and … between knowledge to practice and how this makes organizational and social development more possible. Further attempts are to …
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Do E-Athletes Move?: A Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Elite E-Sports
Kari, Tuomas; Karhulahti, Veli-Matti - In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated … 8 (2016) 4, pp. 53-66
This article offers possibly the first peer-reviewed study on the training routines of elite e-athletes with special focus on the subjects' physical exercise routines. The study is based on a sample of 115 elite e-athletes. According to the responses, e-athletes train approximately 5.28 hours...
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Patient Satisfaction Regarding Health Education and Practice Environment Using the PPAESS Survey
Washburn, Paul Jordan - In: International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH) 6 (2016) 1, pp. 57-64
environment. Patient health outcomes and satisfaction are significant contributing factors for reimbursement The Patient Practice … And Education Satisfaction Survey (PPAESS) tool has high internal consistency (a = 0.92) with subcategories of practice (a … significant, total survey Kruskall-Wallace was observed (p = 0.071). Inter-arm comparisons of the practice subcategory control vs …
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