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Journal articles on the topic "Alignment of resources and capabilities"

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Gligor, David, Javad Feizabadi, Ivan Russo, Michael J. Maloni, and Thomas J. Goldsby. "The triple-a supply chain and strategic resources: developing competitive advantage." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 50, no. 2 (March 2, 2020): 159–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpdlm-08-2019-0258.

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PurposeScholars have recently begun to empirically evaluate the triple-A supply chain, which emphasizes concurrent capabilities in agility, adaptability and alignment across the supply chain to develop sustainable competitive advantage. Complexity theory suggests however that other combinations of triple-A capabilities may be equally effective, especially given a firm's strategic orientation relative to its market and its supply chain. Our research objective was to examine what combinations of these capabilities lead to the same outcome (i.e. high firm performance).Design/methodology/approachWe collected 182 survey responses from a global sample of supply chain managers. Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) was employed to assess effective recipes of agility, adaptability, alignment, supply chain orientation, and market orientation.FindingsOur results revealed four distinct “recipes” (i.e. combinations of agility, adaptability, alignment, supply chain orientation and market orientation) that lead to high levels of firm performance.Originality/valueOur results indicate that firms currently do not necessarily have to concomitantly develop capabilities across all triple-A components. Considering the costs associated with developing each of these capabilities, the findings allow us to derive several theoretical and managerial insights.
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L'Écuyer, François, Louis Raymond, Bruno Fabi, and Sylvestre Uwizeyemungu. "Strategic alignment of IT and human resources management in manufacturing SMEs." Employee Relations: The International Journal 41, no. 5 (August 2, 2019): 830–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/er-09-2018-0258.

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Purpose Within the manufacturing sector, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face specific challenges with regard to their strategic HRM capabilities. In this context, an emerging issue for both researchers and practitioners regards HR information systems (HRIS), i.e. the deployment of strategic IT capabilities to enable the firm’s high-performance work system (HPWS) capabilities and thus improve the performance of its HR function. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue by using a capability-based mediation perspective to study the strategic alignment of HR and IT. Design/methodology/approach A survey study of 206 manufacturing SMEs was realized and the data thus obtained was analyzed through structural equation modeling. Findings Results confirm that the HRIS capabilities of SMEs influence the performance of the HR function through their strategic alignment with the HPWS capabilities of these enterprises. Practical implications The results suggest that the manufacturing SMEs most active in developing their HRIS capabilities while developing their HPWS capabilities are most likely to develop a competitive advantage through the improved performance of their HR function. This is especially important in a time when firms of all sizes across the globe are waging a “war for talent,” and are enabled to do so by their strategic use of IT. Originality/value The results of the study constitute a valid basis for prediction and prescription with regards to the strategic alignment of human and IT resources.
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Ishfaq, Rafay, and Uzma Raja. "Task-Resource Capability Alignment." Information Resources Management Journal 25, no. 4 (October 2012): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2012100101.

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The effective management of software maintenance processes involves decisions about workforce levels, skill and expertise mix of developers, assignment of defect resolution tasks, and monitoring key system performance measures. This research uses a queuing based simulation approach to study these managerial issues. Using the data archives of a large global software organization, an empirical study of the historical defect reports and management decisions is conducted. A task-resource capability alignment scheme is developed that captures the defect complexity and skill/experience capabilities of software maintainers. The results of the empirical-computational study show that the defect arrival/reporting process affects the resource utilization and the time a defect spends in the system. The results also highlight the role of dedicated and shared resources on the system performance and indicate that replacing an experienced and skilled developer requires a significant order of magnitude increase in the maintenance workforce.
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Bigdeli, Elaheh, Mohammadreza Motadel, Abbas Toloie Eshlaghy, and Reza Radfar. "A dynamic model of effective factors on Agile business–IT alignment." Kybernetes 49, no. 10 (November 18, 2019): 2521–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/k-05-2019-0358.

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Purpose This paper aims to present a dynamic model based on casual relationships among the most important effective factors on business–IT alignment in Agile businesses by using system dynamics modeling approach. Design/methodology/approach To study the most important factors on agility and alignment, the data were collected by questionnaires filled by 201 experts and were analyzed by SPSS and PLS. Casual relationships among studied factors and efficiency coefficients of each factor were identified by fuzzy DEMATEL technique and analyzed by MATLAB and EXCELL. Finally, the dynamic model was plotted by VENSIM. Findings According to the results, only “learning IT capabilities” are the most important casual factor that has the highest influence on the other factors. “Business responding capabilities” take the highest effect from the system, and “business sensing capabilities” are in the next rank. Practical implications This study underpins effective IT deployment toward developing efficient IT capabilities to gain greater agility. Originality/value The dynamic capabilities view (DCV) has emerged as an influential theoretical and management framework in modern IS and agility researches. In this regard, we propose a conceptualization of dynamic capabilities in the form of an alignment model. Based on the dynamic capabilities, and on the alignment perspectives found in Henderson and Venkatraman’s seminal model, IT alignment is modeled as a process of reconfiguration of the firm’s IT and organizational resources, competencies and capabilities.
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Alabdul Razzak, Mousalam, Osama Sam Al-Kwifi, and Zafar U. Ahmed. "Rapid Alignment of Resources and Capabilities in Time-Bound Networks: A Theoretical Proposition." Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management 19, no. 4 (June 5, 2018): 273–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40171-018-0192-x.

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Blanchard, Carrie M., and Melanie Livet. "Ensuring intervention success: Assessing fit as an overlooked step of the implementation process." Pharmacy Practice 18, no. 4 (December 7, 2020): 2235. http://dx.doi.org/10.18549/pharmpract.2020.4.2235.

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Ensuring fit between a service and the implementing context is a critical but often overlooked precursor of implementation success. This commentary proposes five key considerations that should be evaluated when exploring fit: alignment with needs and metrics; alignment with organizational resources and capabilities; alignment with organizational priorities and culture; alignment with reimbursement mechanisms for long-term sustainability; and alignment with the regulatory environment. Successful uptake and implementation hinges on careful planning and, most importantly, appropriate fit between the service and the implementing environment.
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Handrimurtjahjo, Agustinus Dedy. "Hubungan Teknologi Informasi dan Formulasi Strategi Kompetitif Serta Dampaknya Terhadap Kinerja Organisasional: Kerangka Konseptual." Binus Business Review 5, no. 1 (May 30, 2014): 176. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/bbr.v5i1.1207.

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The relationship between IT and firm performance is a crucial research issue that symbolizes the value of information systems research. Many studies have attempted to understand the role of IT in organizational performance, and more researchers are paying attention to the notion of IT capabilities, including their potential to transform IT resources into business value. Meanwhile, the other study identified and investigated the three building blocks of IT deployment capabilities: strategic IT flexibility, business–IT partnership, and business–IT alignment. Using the resource-based view, the study propose a framework to explain the relationship between IT deployment capabilities and competitive advantage. This paper aims to find relationship between IT and Competitive Strategies and their impact on Organizational Performance.
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Feizabadi, Javad, David Gligor, and Somayeh Alibakhshi Motlagh. "The triple-As supply chain competitive advantage." Benchmarking: An International Journal 26, no. 7 (September 2, 2019): 2286–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-10-2018-0317.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw on resource orchestration theory (ROT) and resource advantage theory (RAT) to develop a measurement scale for supply chain competitive advantage (SCCA) as a second-order construct with the dimensions of agility, adaptability and alignment (triple-A). Design/methodology/approach A survey research design is adopted to collect primary and secondary data from 182 international firms. The paper utilizes a scale development procedure to develop a measurement instrument and assess its psychometric properties. The scale’s predictive validity is tested using both subjective and objective data. Additionally, the simultaneous effect of triple-A is tested using latent congruent modeling. Findings Drawing upon ROT and RAT, this study introduces SCCA as a second-order construct composed of SC agility, adaptability and alignment. In addition, the findings show that an SCCA has a direct and positive impact on firms’ financial and market performance. Originality/value Existing literature indicates that competition has shifted from inter-firm to inter-SC. To account for this change in competition level, past studies have suggested various capabilities that SCs must possess to offer a competitive advantage, such as triple-As. However, drawing upon RAT and ROT, the authors argue that the SCCA construct accounts for sources of advantage in both the resource side and the demand side. The authors further assert that possessing supply chain resources (i.e. agility, adaptability, alignment as disparate resources) is not sufficient to create advantage but the resources must be orchestrated to create SCCA (i.e. the combination of agility, adaptability and alignment).
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Srivastava, Prashant, Karthik N. S. Iyer, and Mohammed Y. A. Rawwas. "Performance impact of supply chain partnership strategy-environment co-alignment." International Journal of Operations & Production Management 37, no. 7 (July 3, 2017): 927–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-09-2015-0586.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding on supply chain partnership strategy-environment context co-alignment and its relationship with performance. Using the environment-strategy-performance view framework and the supporting relational perspective, the study develops a model and hypotheses to understand how supply chain partnership strategy as a response to co-align with operating context elements may impact operational and overall firm performance. Additionally, the study investigates the interrelationships among partnership strategy elements. Design/methodology/approach Data for testing the hypothesized relationships in the conceptual model was collected through a survey of managers in the Hoover’s database of US manufacturing firms. The survey sample included 115 responses from a wide variety of manufacturing forms. Findings Findings support the conventional wisdom relating collaboration to operational and financial performance. While product complexity associates with the “building block” resources, resource complementarity and resource specificity, technological turbulence relates significantly with only resource specificity. Interestingly, competitive intensity associates differentially with the resources – positive with resource specificity and negatively with resource complementarity. The results also reveal mediating influences of resource specificity and collaboration. Research limitations/implications The research findings have to be considered in context. The moderate size, wide industry/firm diversity and robust research design notwithstanding, and the cross-firm nature can potentially obscure causal linkages. Besides, more comprehensive insights could be obtained by modeling the co-alignment of strategy with other factors in the operating context such as industry munificence, and market unpredictability. Practical implications Firms derive operational and financial performance benefits from close collaboration with partners since the operational enhancements from such relationships have customer service implications. Besides, the synergistic interrelationships among strategic partnership resources and their eventual impact on operational and financial performance is highlighted suggesting that firms develop a proper mix of unique and complementing set of resources and leverage them through collaborative behaviors. Importantly, the results provide a framework for managers to understand the criticality of aligning their resources with contextual elements to realize enhanced operational efficiencies, customer service, and financial benefits. Originality/value Much of the evidence on the rent generation capabilities in supply chain partnerships is still anecdotal and extant empirical research lacks adequate explanation. Thus this study offers an initial strategic response framework for an appropriate co-alignment of partnership resources with environmental context factors to realize operational benefits and overall financial performance. The framework answers the critical question: does a supply chain partnership strategy that matches “fit” or co-aligns with its critical operating environment context realize better performance? Additionally, it unravels the interrelationships among strategic partnership resources.
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van de Wetering, Rogier, Patrick Mikalef, and Adamantia Pateli. "Strategic Alignment Between IT Flexibility and Dynamic Capabilities." International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance 9, no. 1 (January 2018): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijitbag.2018010101.

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Dynamic capabilities theory (DCT) emerged as a leading framework in the process of value creation for firms. Its core notion complements the premise of the resource-based view of the firm and is considered an important theoretical and management framework in modern information systems research. However, despite DCT's significant contributions, its strength and core focus are essentially in its use for historical firm performance explanation. Furthermore, valuable contributions have been made by several researchers to extend the DCT to fit the constantly changing IT environments and other imperative drivers for competitive performance. However, no DCT extension has been developed which allows firms to integrally assess their current state of maturity to derive imperative steps for further performance enhancements. In light of empirical advancement, this article aims to develop a strategic alignment model for IT flexibility and dynamic capabilities and empirically validates proposed hypotheses using correlation and regression analyses on a large data sample of 322 international firms. The authors conjecture that the combined synergetic effect of the underlying dimensions of a firm's IT flexibility architecture and dynamic capabilities enables organizations to cope with changing environmental conditions and drive competitive firm performance. Findings of this study suggest that there is a significant positive relationship between firms' degree of strategic alignment—defined as the degree of balance between all dimensions—and competitive firm performance. Strategic alignment can, therefore, be seen as an important condition that significantly influences a firm's competitive advantage in constantly changing environments. The proposed framework helps firms assess and improve their maturity and alignment of IT flexibility and dynamic capabilities. This article concludes with a discussion, suggestions for future research and managerial implications are also discussed.
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Davis, Phillip E. "Explicating the Managerial Processes of Dynamic Capabilities and Investigating How the Reconceptualized Construct Influences the Alignment of Ordinary Capabilities." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700096/.

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In the last three decades, strategic management scholars have explored the organization’s need to reconfigure its capabilities to leverage opportunities in a changing environment. The first objective of this study was to identify the underlying elements of the managerial processes of dynamic capabilities, and to offer a reconceptualization of the dynamic capabilities construct. The second objective of this investigation was to determine how the reconceptualized dynamic capabilities construct could influence the alignment of ordinary capabilities. Findings from this investigation indicate that organizational processes and managerial processes are unique components of dynamic capabilities. In addition, these organizational processes were found to be significantly and positively correlated with the alignment of ordinary capabilities. Furthermore, managerial processes were found to moderate the relationship between organizational processes and one type of ordinary capability alignment (i.e. innovation-operations capability alignment). Taken together, the findings of this study support the notion that dynamic capabilities are context specific, and that understanding how they influence the organization’s ability to change is complex. The developments and findings in this study offer a reconceptualized and empirically tested framework for the capability alignment process, thereby providing a more comprehensive picture of the underlying processes.
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Mackall, Dale A., and Robert D. Sakahara. "TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES AND RESOURCES OF THE EXTENDED TEST RANGE ALLIANCE." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607322.

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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Edwards Flight Test Range is a part of 20,000 square miles of DOD airspace (R-2508). A hypersonic air vehicle traveling above Mach 3 can easily exceed that airspace within seconds. An Unpiloted Autonomous Vehicle can exceed the airspace when flying long duration missions. To satisfy the flight-test requirements of Hypersonic Air Vehicles and Unpiloted Autonomous Vehicles, additional airspace and extended test ranges are required. The Air Force Flight Test Center and Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California have mutual goals to support these flight test programs. To meet these goals, the Extended Test Range Alliance was formed as an engineering and operations team to satisfy program requirements in the areas of telemetry, flight termination, ground communications, uplink command, and differential global positioning systems. This paper will discuss the resources and technical capabilities available through the Extended Test Range.
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Peixoto, Inês Simões de Brito. "Green innovation: how firms leverage capabilities, resources and complementary assets." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9508.

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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics
Environmental issues are critical for business either as a constraint or an opportunity. Hence, they should be addressed by firms as a strategic priority integrated in their operations strategy. In order to do so, firms need to develop green capabilities and assets that support their green strategies. This paper discusses the green capabilities necessary to develop green innovation initiatives. It presents a framework that structures the relationship between drivers of green operations strategies, firms’ resources and green innovation as a source of competitive advantage. Case study research is used to support and extend the framework. Case study evidences validate the framework, provide additional insights and suggest new lines of research on these topics.
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Carrick, Jon. "R&D and financial resources and capabilities development in life science ventures : a dynamic capabilities perspective." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3040/.

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Life science firms compete in rapidly changing environments that demand substantial resources and capabilities. Nevertheless, there are a growing number of small life science firms, and these firms are having a profound impact on innovation in the industry. However, little is known on how these firms overcome resource constraints to finance and develop R&D resources and capabilities. Consequently, the purpose of this thesis is to empirically explore how small life science firms develop R&D and financial resources and capabilities. A closely related area that this research is also fundamentally concerned with is how R&D and financial resources and capabilities affect firms‟ early growth. The central aim of this research is to unearth insights on the motivations, assets and processes that lead to the development of R&D and financial resources and capabilities. To accomplish this, the research draws on the resource-based view and dynamic capabilities. The resources-based view is interested in the resources from which firms derive competitive advantages. Whilst dynamic capabilities focus on how firms in rapidly changing environments – especially high technology environments – configure and reconfigure their assets and capabilities to develop competitive advantages. Because this research is concerned with the development of key resources and capabilities of firms in rapidly changing environments, a resource-based view influenced dynamic capabilities framework is used to isolate the development of R&D and financial resources and capabilities of life science firms. An in depth case study approach is used to examine the research questions. It draws on longitudinal data collected from six life science firms. Data has been collected from twenty interviews and over 3000 pages of secondary data. The interview data is abstracted using four techniques: 1) identifying repetitions, 2) looking for transitions, 3) identifying similarities and differences and 4) cutting and sorting notable quotes. Following Miles and Huberman (1994), the data is then analysed using a multiple step abstraction and condensing process. A unique triangulation technique is used at the end of the study where the key informants are surveyed on the results of the qualitative analysis. Results from the study indicate that a unique set of past decisions, future opportunities, assets, capabilities and routines leads to the development of R&D and financial resources and capabilities. It is evident in all of the case firms in this study that scientific breakthroughs, partnership opportunities, the founders‟ experience and the firm‟s ability to integrate resources and learn from earlier paths are vital to the development of R&D and financial resources and capabilities. The study makes several contributions to the practice and scholarship of management. It provides insights on how small life science firms develop the R&D and financial resources to compete in a highly dynamic industry. From a scholarly perspective, it extends the dynamic capabilities framework and offers empirical support to several categories of dynamic capabilities. It also offers support to R&D and financial capabilities as categories of complementary assets. This thesis identifies details of the aforementioned aspects, discusses the importance of the findings in relation to the literature, and offers future research directions.
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Carter, Pelham. "Interactions between sources of alignment in human spatial learning." Thesis, University of Hull, 2012. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:6230.

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Without the ability to learn about the world around us, and the relative location of objects within it, we would be unable to make our way from one location or goal to another. This ability to learn spatially and navigate is essential and therefore so is understanding how this is achieved. Traditionally there has been a split between the theory behind how we learn about temporal and spatial relationships. Since Tolman (1948) the generally accepted theory of human spatial learning is that a cognitive map, a mental representation, is developed as an environment is explored. This map is then automatically updated when new information is presented (O’Keefe & Nadel, 1987). Temporal learning however has been considered to be governed traditional associative principles (Thorndike, 1911; Pavlov, 1927), and later discrepancy learning (Rescorla & Wagner, 1972). A particular effect considered to be confined to temporal learning is that of cue-competition, where learning about one cue, or source of information, can compete with learning about another cue such as blocking (Kamin, 1969) or overshadowing (Pavlov, 1927). In a blocking design learning about the relationship between A and X can block later learning about a possible relationship between B and X. In overshadowing only one cue (A or B) is learnt about in relation to X when both are presented at the same time. The lack of competition effects in spatial learning was considered evidence for differing mechanisms for spatial and temporal learning, and whilst recent evidence has been found that suggests blocking can be found in human spatial learning (Alexander, Wilson & Wilson, 2009; Wilson & Alexander, 2008) most such examples utilise goal directed spatial search tasks. These are vulnerable to the criticisms of Mackintosh (2002) as they may not reflect 16 true spatial learning due to still having potential non-spatial solutions. Therefore it remains to be seen whether competition effects can be found when using unequivocal spatial measures. One area of investigation free of non-spatial explanations is that of spatial alignment effects. Spatial alignment effects refer to more efficient recall about an environment and the objects within it from an imagined perspective aligned with a particular source of information. One particular type is the First Perspective Alignment Effect (FPA) where recall from a perspective that is aligned with the very first perspective experienced is more efficient than others. Such effects are revealed through judgement of relative direction tasks which require the use and application of vectorial learning and measure orientation dependence. Spatial alignment effects and cue-competition were investigated in the following Virtual Environment (VE) experiments. Experiments 1, 2a, 2b and 2c investigated factors that could influence the presence of the FPA effect. Experiment 1 found that the FPA effect was present regardless of the level of detail in a VE, or type of VE (Indoor or Outdoor) experienced. Experiment 2a, 2b and 2c found that pre-exposure to a VE before training could attenuate the FPA effect, but only if the pre-exposure was relevant. Experiments 3 to 7 investigated whether evidence for competition effects could be found. Both Experiments 3 and 4, using an object array design and human movement respectively, were unable to provide the required alignment effects in isolation. Therefore no evidence for competition effects was forthcoming. Experiments 5 utilised an overshadowing design to see if competition could be found between the first-perspective and symbolic sources of information. No evidence of overshadowing was found but symbolic information was established as a potential source of spatial alignment. Experiments 6 and 7 used a blocking design to again look at competition between the first-perspective and the symbolic. Evidence was found for blocking; when the first-perspective was trained first it blocked subsequent learning about the symbolic. Experiments 6 and 7 therefore provide important evidence of competition effects in the spatial domain, free from alternative associative explanations. This is a key finding as it suggests a similar learning mechanism between temporal and spatial learning despite the differences in knowledge structure. The results are discussed further in relation to the salience hypothesis of Wilson, Wilson, Griffiths and Fox (2007), the quasi-modular explanation of spatial learning (Jeffery. 2010), the universalist account (Pearce, 2009) and associative learning mechanisms (Rescorla & Wagner, 1972; Mackintosh, 1975).
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Krzeminska, Anna M. "The importance of firms' strategic resources and capabilities in crisis situations." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/14975.

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The general idea of this research is to analyze overall firm performance before and after the global financial crisis of 2008. The main question is: What kind of strategies did companies adopt that led to positive business performance after the crisis? Are there any particular competitive advantages that bring better performance in the case of an economic downturn? This research focuses on competitive advantage gained by resource-based view attributes of a product (quality, durability and prestige) and dynamic capabilities (strategic flexibility in product development and technological innovation ability). The economic crisis setting provides a proper background to analyze the competitive advantage strategies in a dynamic, low-probability environment to determine which are most worth adopting in the business world. I employ an OLS regression analysis in order to measure the business performance of 136 Brazilian firms across four years – 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012. The findings indicate that even though all of the strategic resources and capabilities positively influence firm performance in expansionary periods, only the superior product characteristics are pertinent in surviving an economic downturn.
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Väyrynen, K. (Karin). "Evolution of software business in industrial companies: Resources, capabilities and strategy." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2009. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514293115.

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Abstract Research on software business has, so far, mainly concentrated on the software industry. However, software business has recently also been practised outside the software industry, in so-called industrial companies. This research aims at increasing empirical and theoretical understanding of the development of software business in industrial companies, shedding light on why a company not belonging to the software industry starts to do business involving software, how the company goes about starting such business, and how this in turn affects the company. First, past research on the resource-based approach, capability approach, dynamic capability approach and the concept of strategy is reviewed. Based on this review, four processes that hold the potential to give a company (sustained) competitive advantage – picking resources, exploiting resources, applying capabilities and developing capabilities – and three important dimensions of strategy – the objective of strategy, the process of strategy formation, and the focus of strategy – are identified. A conceptual framework for studying the development of software business in industrial companies is developed which encompasses the processes holding the potential for (sustained) competitive advantage and the different dimensions of strategy, as well as the company’s resource, capability and dynamic capability base. Following that, empirical data collected in two internationally operating industrial companies is analyzed with the help of the conceptual framework. As a result of the empirical data analysis, 23 capabilities and several resources important for software business in industrial companies could be identified. Capabilities are categorized according to their use in and applicability to different types of software business. Factors influencing the application, development and improvement of capabilities, as well as different ways of how industrial companies start to do software business, are identified. The conceptual framework is revised by adding the process of developing capabilities further to the processes which hold the potential for competitive advantage, and clarifying the role of dynamic capabilities in the development of software business in industrial companies.
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Akwei, Cynthia A. "The process of creating dynamic capabilities." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7869.

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The concept of dynamic capability (DC) is receiving significant attention from scholars in strategy and organisation research. However, most of the research is conceptual in nature. In this thesis, the process of how DCs are created in two firms is examined using the grounded theory methodology (GTM) with the aim of developing a substantive theory of DC creation. Data were collected using theoretical sampling, and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. These data were then analysed using the constant comparison method to identify and explain the process through which DCs are created. The findings from the study reveal that DCs are created through continuous internal activities such as in-house innovation, human resource activities (HRAs), and external activities with partners through collaboration and acquisitions. Firms learn from these activities, which lead to changes in the static organisational capabilities and the development of higher order capabilities, the DCs. From this study, a framework has been developed for considering and managing the process of creating DCs at a strategic level. The framework explains the reasons why these firms develop and renew their DCs, identifies the key resources required, and examines the activities through which DCs are developed and renewed. The framework is both iterative and simultaneous. Implications for academics and practitioners are discussed, and limitations and directions for future research are outlined.
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Paez, Enrique Alfonso. "Creation of value in management consulting : a resources and dynamic capabilities perspective." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/creation-of-value-in-management-consulting-a-resources-and-dynamic-capabilities-perspective(90000f7e-b23d-484c-80be-0775d4b961a4).html.

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A definition of value, a higher order construct, how it is created and its constituents remains elusive. This research aims to explain value co-creation and its key enablers in the management consulting industry. Service Dominant Logic (S-DL) first published by Vargo & Lusch (2004) has fostered extensive debate ever since, and with the Service Logic theory of the so-called Nordic School of Marketing (Grönroos, 2011b) they have encouraged research on subjects under the optic of value co-creation (S-DL), value facilitation (SL) and exchange of service, arguing that value is only phenomenologically assessed by the customer (S-DL) and that the only real value is customer’s value-in-use (SL). The understanding of how value is co-created has been scarcely researched empirically as, for instance, Aarikka-Stenroos & Jaakkola (2012) have. Capabilities management has been related to a firm’s resources and the Resource-Based View (RBV); however, empirical research relating capabilities to the process of value co-creation in b2b context has also been discussed as sparse (Lindgreen, Hingley, Grant and Morgan, 2012).This research explores interconnectedness of value, relationship-interaction and dynamic capabilities in management consultancy, and responds to the following research question: What arrays of capabilities and interaction are required for management consulting sustained value-facilitation? The subjects of relationship and interaction are discussed as core to value co-creation while investigating the intervening role of dynamic capabilities. A qualitative abductive methodology is applied, founded on a critical realist philosophical argumentation. The iterative deductive-inductive methods involved in the abductive process ideally approach the open ended questions that emerge researching social phenomena. The data is obtained by elite interviews with executive consultants and CXO level customers, who have had profound experience of consulting assisted co-creation initiatives. Four abductive iterations of data collection and analysis are applied, departing from a theoretical framework that emerges from the review of extant literature and that is informed by the research question. The salient constructs from contextually complex discussions are analysed and lastly synthesized in an overarching model. This research contributes mainly in two areas: (1) The identification of relationship/interaction in consulting at the core of value co-creation, and its key characteristics as a dynamic context. Co-creation is proposed as an evolving-adaptive process dependent on relationship through interaction.(2) The identification of capabilities that allow relationship and co-creation and higher order capabilities that develop capabilities, which emerge from deliberate reflection of the consultant’s strategy. Such dynamic capabilities develop and orchestrate capabilities for value facilitation and customer value creation.
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Molina, Cuellar Luis G. "IT resources and IT capabilities as a driver of physical infrastructure projects performance." Doctoral thesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/123456789/12012.

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This study evaluates how Information Technology (IT) creates value in the performance of physical infrastructure (PI) projects. The research model is based on the concept of the Business Value of Information Technology (BVIT) and relates the integration of IT resources with the development of IT capabilities to promote the performance of PI projects. The model is evaluated empirically from first-hand data collected from surveys in public and private organizations whose core is the development of PI projects in Colombia. The empirical test indicates there is a strong relationship between IT and PI performance when the effects of IT resources and capabilities are mediated through the underlying mechanisms composed by IT support for competitive strategies and core competencies. The strong correlation between predictor constructs and PI project performance is confirmed upon calculating the total effects, after which the empirical results shall confirm the theoretical basis. The study includes managerial traits like moderator variables and empirical results indicate there are no heterogeneity issues. When countries achieve a foundational level of physical infrastructure, namely in basic services (i.e. water supply and sanitation), infrastructure for life and coexistence (i.e. housing, education, health, etc.) and ports and transport systems, they promote their national productivity and competitive edge, in turn increasing their social positions in relation to equity and sustainability. These transversal and relevant effects in the social context suggest to develop new studies in this field
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Cordesman, Anthony H. US defence policy: Resources and capabilities. London: Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies, 1994.

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Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory: Mission and capabilities. Brooks Air Force Base, Tex: Dept. of the Air Force, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1988.

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name, No. Systems perspectives on resources, capabilities, and management processes. Amsterdam: Pergamon, 2000.

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Laboratory, Air Force Human Resources. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory: Mission and capabilities. Brooks Air Force Base, Tex: Dept. of the Air Force, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, 1988.

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González León, Ana Cristina, editor, ed. Exploring transgenerational entrepreneurship: The role of resources and capabilities. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2014.

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Pandza, Krsto. A real options approach to managing resources and capabilities. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University, Business School, 2004.

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U.S. forces in the Middle East: Resources and capabilities. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1997.

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Eriksen, Bo. Firm resources and capabilities: A renewed focus for strategic management? Odense: Department of Management, Odense University, 1993.

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Tyrrell, Heather Serena. Aer Rianta International's core competencies, capabilities and resources: An analysis. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1997.

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Improving Air Force depot programming by linking resources to capabilities. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2012.

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Tazaïrt, Tinhinane, and Isabelle Prim-Allaz. "Configurational Servitization Approach: A Necessary Alignment of Service Strategies, Digital Capabilities and Customer Resources." In The Palgrave Handbook of Servitization, 437–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75771-7_28.

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Gimbert, Xavier. "Resources and Capabilities." In Think Strategically, 115–25. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230307568_9.

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Birchall, David, and George Tovstiga. "Capabilities as strategic resources." In Capabilities for strategic advantage, 19–34. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230522497_2.

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Hugill, Andrea, and Constance E. Helfat. "Managerial Resources and Capabilities." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, 1–5. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_604-1.

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Hugill, Andrea, and Constance E. Helfat. "Managerial Resources and Capabilities." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, 955–60. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-00772-8_604.

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Yoerger, Dana R., and David M. DiPietro. "Control Capabilities of Jason and its Manipulator." In Ocean Resources, 19–29. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2133-7_3.

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Loggins, Chester D., and William J. Zehner. "High-Frequency Commercial Sonars: A Survey of Performance Capabilities." In Ocean Resources, 79–87. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2133-7_9.

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White, Colin. "Analysing resources, capabilities and core competencies." In Strategic Management, 233–65. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-55477-1_7.

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Wei, Wei, Wuxiang Zhu, and Guiping Lin. "Creating Value Through Key Resources and Capabilities." In Approaching Business Models from an Economic Perspective, 97–105. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31023-2_9.

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Hayes, Ian J., Xi Wu, and Larissa A. Meinicke. "Capabilities for Java: Secure Access to Resources." In Programming Languages and Systems, 67–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71237-6_4.

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Conference papers on the topic "Alignment of resources and capabilities"

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Wein, Lars, Joerg R. Seume, and Florian Herbst. "Improved Prediction of Labyrinth Seal Performance Through Scale Adaptive Simulation and Stream Aligned Grids." In ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2017-64257.

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The accurate prediction of cavity flows is of importance to the turbomachinery design process. However, cavity flows are complex. It is known, that RANS models tend to struggle with the prediction of cavity flows and the flow phenomena associated with them. At the same time, scale-resolving methods are more accurate and give a more detailed view on the turbulent structure of the flow. This is accompanied by an inherent dependency on the computational grid, the timestep, and the size of the domain. Therefore, an experimentally validated comparison of RANS, URANS and SAS simulations for a stepped labyrinth seal is given in the paper at hand to demonstrate the individual methods capabilities, limitations, and requirements. It was shown that an alignment of the grid with the local flow direction can save about 40% of computational resources, while simultaneously reducing the discretization error by 25%. RANS and time averaged URANS results in comparison to measurements showed that the swirl development in the cavity is overpredicted and the cavity vortex is underpredicted. A distinct grid dependency was noticed for the SAS-SST turbulence model. The intermediate grid enhances the results in comparison to RANS and URANS. URANS-SST and SAS-SST simulations capture the same dominant frequencies of the velocity spectra, when the same sector size is used. Furthermore, the prediction of dominant frequencies depends strongly on the circumferential size of the domain. The time-averaged results are more sensitive to the grid refinement and turbulence model than to the size of the domain.
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Baker, John, and Marshall Ralph. "The Convergence of Squeeze: With Respectable Speed, a New Gas Turbine Power Plant Rises at an Arizona Mine." In 2012 20th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering and the ASME 2012 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone20-power2012-54902.

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When muscular market forces and juicy resource opportunities fall into alignment, the usual pace of power plant capital development can give way to a literal sprint. The 2010 development by Mercator Minerals of a new 45 MW gas turbine power plant at the Mineral Park Mine in Arizona is an example of the respectable speed at which an LM6000 PF Sprint plant can be bought, fueled, built and fired up. In this case, a grand market opportunity dropped into the in-basket of a mine CEO prepared to pounce: Mercator Minerals got the opportunity to sell, in a short delivery window, a great amount of copper/molybdenum ore concentrate. The opportunity was blocked by a shortage of electricity needed to mine it and concentrate the ore. A long-planned 220kV transmission line could not be permitted and built in time. Mercator recognized that a gas pipeline could be built, however, and was within the capabilities of Mercator’s construction resources. Solution: a gas-fired mine-site power plant. On Christmas Eve, 2009, Mercator summoned its power supply consultant to the mine. Power plant engineers earn part of their keep by inserting a moderating element into these spirited discussions. But when the engineers met with Mercator’s CEO on Christmas Eve, they found themselves pressed “vigorously” on the spot for a review of plant and equipment options, and an AFE-level cost of electricity estimate. The mad pace continued: the final consultant report, and Mercator’s command to proceed, came before New Year’s Day. After a multi-month scramble to find financing and an investigation into used, gray-market and new turbine availability, the engineers located a new LM6000 high in GE’s queue and temporarily homeless due to a schedule change. All parties agreed that EPC would be too slow. Mercator undertook to procure and build the entire project, employing the consultant as the design engineer. The plant’s completion and entry into service in 2010 was no surprise to Mercator. For others involved, the project seemed to finish before it had a chance to start. The project, now running productively, is a vivid testimony to Mercator’s ability to move decisively to develop a power plant crucial to the Mineral Park Mine’s production commitments.
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Han-fei, Xue, Ye Guang-yu, and Lan Hai-lin. "Political Resources, Political Strategies and Dynamic Capabilities: Roles of Political Strategies and Political Resources in Dynamic Capabilities." In 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icmse.2007.4421949.

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Jackson, George W., and Shawon S. M. Rahman. "Security Governance, Management and Strategic Alignment via Capabilities." In 2017 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/csci.2017.8.

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Reddy, Srinivasa Karri, and Jason L. Pitcher. "Application of 3D Geosteering Capabilities in Geologically Complex Shale." In SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/153160-ms.

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Ackerman, Cameron T., Mark R. Jensen, and Gary W. Brunner. "New Floodplain Delineation Capabilities in HEC-RAS." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41036(342)291.

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Lai, Fu-hsiung, Leslie Shoemaker, Khalid Alvi, John Riverson, and Jenny Zhen. "Current Capabilities and Planned Enhancements of SUSTAIN." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41114(371)337.

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Thakur, Balbhadra, Ranjan Parajuli, Ajay Kalra, and Sajjad Ahmad. "Exploring CCHE2D and Its Sediment Modelling Capabilities." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784481424.007.

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Martin, Joel, Rada Mihalcea, and Ted Pedersen. "Word alignment for languages with scarce resources." In the ACL Workshop. Morristown, NJ, USA: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3115/1654449.1654460.

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Hon, Katherine. "Integrating Environmental Criteria into Alignment Selection." In 29th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40430(1999)84.

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Reports on the topic "Alignment of resources and capabilities"

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Fillmore, Charles J., and Collin F. Baker. Steps Toward the Alignment of Complementary Lexical Resources and Knowledge Databases. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada444649.

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Darby, Alan, Anthony Eastland, Steven Fusselman, Scott McVey, and Kenneth Sprouse. Development of Technologies and Capabilities for Coal Energy Resources. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1136526.

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Lee, Aubra L., and Anne F. Gettys. Cultural Resources Survey. Road Alignment Alternatives Sunlight Day Recreational Area, Nimrod Lake, Arkansas. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, October 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada196833.

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Georgiev, Venelin. Main Issues and Risks Related to the Provision of Resources for Bulgaria’s Defence Capabilities Development Programme 2032. Procon, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/views.0042.

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Anand, Dhananjay, Md Amimul Ehsan, Collin Freiheit, Thomas Linn, and Tzong Hao Chen. Validation Capabilities of the NIST Campus Power System to Evaluate Distributed Control of Grid-Edge Distributed Energy Resources. National Institute of Standards and Technology, August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.tn.2173.

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Abell, Thomas, Husar Arndt, and May-Ann Lim. Cloud Computing as a Key Enabler for Digital Government across Asia and the Pacific. Asian Development Bank, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/wps210196-2.

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Governments are responding to rapid change and growing demands by citizens and businesses by accelerating the digitalization of public services. They are updating their e-government capabilities, adding new digital tools and services, augmenting their data analytics capabilities, and putting in place digital economy development plans. Many of these changes are enabled by cloud computing technologies that have become commonplace in the digitally connected world. The rapidly scalable computing resources that cloud computing delivers via the internet bring cost benefits, improve agility, ensure resilience, and provide access to the latest solutions that digital technology can offer.
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Scoular, Claire, and Ian Teo. Developing strategic plans for an aligned approach to 21st century skills integration. Australian Council for Educational Research, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-626-0.

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This report describes an online course developed to support education systems to build an aligned and sustainable approach to integration of 21st Century Skills (21CS). 21CS are those skills that are considered particularly important to succeed in today’s knowledge-based society in which innovation and technology are predominant. Prominent examples include critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration, and such skills need to be better understood in order for them to be integrated. While different countries may have their own frameworks or priorities surrounding 21CS, a consistent approach to integration can still be achieved with a shared understanding from all stakeholders within the system. The course objectives focused on supporting countries to develop a strategic plan for 21CS integration, providing resources to aid that plan, and building capacity to implement the plan. The specific learning objectives were to: Understand components and steps leading to 21CS alignment; Conduct a needs analysis, identifying which steps are currently being met, and which steps need more attention; Develop a strategic plan, identifying which steps are to be prioritized and in which order; Gain insights from other education systems from reflections on successful developments and lessons learned; and Engage in discussion within education systems and with other countries about the emerging area of skills integration, as well as identify future directions. Course participants joined from across 16 Asia Pacific countries and from the Education Quality and Assessment Programme for the Pacific Community (EQAP). The course comprised of eight modules that were spread over three weeks, with content hosted online through the Moodle platform.Each module consisted of pre-recorded video content (30-60 minutes) and team and/or individual activities. The modules were supported by three live sessions that allowed participants to ask questions and share reflections in real time. The course concluded with a webinar that consisted of presentations that were delivered by one member from each Core Strategy Team who shared their team’s strategic plan and reflections from this course.
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Doo, Johnny. Unsettled Issues Concerning the Opportunities and Challenges of eVTOL Applications during a Global Pandemic. SAE International, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/epr2020022.

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Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft technology has developed beyond the traditional aviation industry and now influences the creation of new and novel transportation applications. Some experts even suggest on-demand eVTOL logistics capabilities could be harnessed by crisis response teams to c ombat a future pandemic. The lessons of the COVID-19 crisis highlighted the challenges of managing a global pandemic response due to the difference in regional and local resources, culture, and political systems. Although there may not be a uniform crisis management strategy that the world can agree on, next-generation vertical flight vehicles could be used to distribute limited medical equipment, supplies, and personnel to hot spots faster than conventional aircraft or ground vehicles. However, creating this capability is not easy. This SAE EDGE™ Research Report by Johnny Doo addresses the opportunities and challenges of establishing an eVTOL fleet, including deployment, supporting infrastructure, and fleet management.
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Garton, Timothy. Data enrichment and enhanced accessibility of waterborne commerce numerical data : spatially depicting the National Waterway Network. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/39223.

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This report provides methodologies and processes of data enrichment and enhanced accessibility of Waterborne Commerce and Statistics Center (WCSC) maintained databases. These databases house tabular and statistical data that reports on The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works Division National Waterway Network (NWN), which geospatially represents approximately 1,000 harbors and 25,000 miles of channels and waterways. WCSC is a division of The Institute for Water Resources (IWR). They have been tasked with the international collection, maintenance, and archival of all records involving commercial movements and commerce that occur on federal waterways. The current records structure is a large, tabular dataset and limited to the systems and processes put in place prior to the computing standards and capabilities available today. Methods have been tested and utilized to bring the tabular datasets into an optimized, modern geospatial network and expanded upon to create a higher resolution than previously maintained by the WCSC. This report will expand upon the applied methodologies to optimize data queries and the overall enhancement of the data system to allow for linkages to various other sources of information for commerce data enhancement for decision support assistance.
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Hilbrecht, Margo, David Baxter, Alexander V. Graham, and Maha Sohail. Research Expertise and the Framework of Harms: Social Network Analysis, Phase One. GREO, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.33684/2020.006.

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In 2019, the Gambling Commission announced a National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. Underlying the strategy is the Framework of Harms, outlined in Measuring gambling-related harms: A framework for action. "The Framework" adopts a public health approach to address gambling-related harm in Great Britain across multiple levels of measurement. It comprises three primary factors and nine related subfactors. To advance the National Strategy, all componentsneed to be supported by a strong evidence base. This report examines existing research expertise relevant to the Framework amongacademics based in the UK. The aim is to understand the extent to which the Framework factors and subfactors have been studied in order to identify gaps in expertise and provide evidence for decision making thatisrelevant to gambling harms research priorities. A social network analysis identified coauthor networks and alignment of research output with the Framework. The search strategy was limited to peer-reviewed items and covered the 12-year period from 2008 to 2019. Articles were selected using a Web of Science search. Of the 1417 records identified in the search, the dataset was refined to include only those articles that could be assigned to at least one Framework factor (n = 279). The primary factors and subfactors are: Resources:Work and Employment, Money and Debt, Crime;Relationships:Partners, Families and Friends, Community; and Health:Physical Health, Psychological Distress, and Mental Health. We used Gephi software to create visualisations reflecting degree centrality (number of coauthor networks) so that each factor and subfactor could be assessed for the density of research expertise and patterns of collaboration among coauthors. The findings show considerable variation by framework factor in the number of authors and collaborations, suggesting a need to develop additional research capacity to address under-researched areas. The Health factor subcategory of Mental Health comprised almost three-quarters of all citations, with the Resources factor subcategory of Money and Debt a distant second at 12% of all articles. The Relationships factor, comprised of two subfactors, accounted for less than 10%of total articles. Network density varied too. Although there were few collaborative networks in subfactors such as Community or Work and Employment, all Health subfactors showed strong levels of collaboration. Further, some subfactors with a limited number of researchers such as Partners, Families, and Friends and Money and debt had several active collaborations. Some researchers’ had publications that spanned multiple Framework factors. These multiple-factor researchers usually had a wide range of coauthors when compared to those who specialised (with the exception of Mental Health).Others’ collaborations spanned subfactors within a factor area. This was especially notable forHealth. The visualisations suggest that gambling harms research expertise in the UK has considerable room to grow in order to supporta more comprehensive, locally contextualised evidence base for the Framework. To do so, priority harms and funding opportunities will need further consideration. This will require multi-sector and multidisciplinary collaboration consistent with the public health approach underlying the Framework. Future research related to the present analysis will explore the geographic distribution of research activity within the UK, and research collaborations with harms experts internationally.
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