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Hicklin, Alisa. "Network Stability: Opportunity or Obstacles?" Public Organization Review 4, no. 2 (June 2004): 121–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:porj.0000031625.78226.bc.

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Arenius, Pia, and Dirk De Clercq. "A Network-based Approach on Opportunity Recognition." Small Business Economics 24, no. 3 (April 2005): 249–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-005-1988-6.

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Sun, Yongbo, Shuang Du, and Yixin Ding. "The Relationship between Slack Resources, Resource Bricolage, and Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification—Based on Resource Opportunity Perspective." Sustainability 12, no. 3 (February 7, 2020): 1199. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12031199.

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There are a lot of slack resources in a company. It is vitally important for an enterprise to use slack resources to identify entrepreneurial opportunities to establish company sustainable development. On the basis of the resource orchestration theory and from resource-opportunity perspective, this paper constructs a framework of slack resources and entrepreneurial opportunity identification, exploring the mediating of resource bricolage, the moderating of network ties, and the moderated mediation of network ties. In our analyses, we used data from companies in eastern China, and statistical hypotheses were validated through a structural equation model with data using the statistical software Amos version 20, SPSS version 22. The research results show that: (1) Absorbed slack resources and unabsorbed slack resources have a positive impact on entrepreneurial opportunity identification. (2) Slack resources indirectly affect the opportunity identification through the mediating role of resource bricolage. Among them, resource bricolage has a fully mediating role between absorbed slack resources and entrepreneurial opportunity identification, and it has a partial mediating role between unabsorbed slack resources and entrepreneurial opportunity identification. (3) Business ties positively moderate the relationship between two types of slack resources and entrepreneurial opportunity identification, and business ties moderate the mediation effect of resource bricolage. The resource-opportunity perspective answers how decisions are made, and the entire model process answers how to create sustainable value (entrepreneurship opportunities). The study guides managers on how to integrate and use external and internal resources, coordinate resource elements, and identify profitable business opportunities.

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Nikraftar, Tayebeh, and Elahee Hosseini. "Factors affecting entrepreneurial opportunities recognition in tourism small and medium sized enterprises." Tourism Review 71, no. 1 (April 18, 2016): 6–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tr-09-2015-0042.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data were collected from 220 senior tourism business members in Iran. Findings The results show that an individual’s self-efficacy, prior knowledge and social networks, all had positive effects on entrepreneurial alertness. Also, entrepreneurial alertness contributed significantly to entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Research limitations/implications The findings show that social network was the most important predictor among all other of the antecedents of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Because the data were limited to tourism industry, future studies need to validate these findings in other industries. Practical Implications Findings of this study suggest that to increase entrepreneurial opportunity recognition ability, it is critical for tourism businesses to invest in developing and enhancing individual ability. Originality/value The value of this paper lies in its contribution to understanding better the predictors to become entrepreneurs in tourism. Particularly, the paper adds to the existing literature by showing that the key success factors for entrepreneurial alertness are individual abilities, especially individual social contacts. People who want to work in the tourism industry should promote own communication network with other businesses and people to find new entrepreneurial opportunities. It is better they work in areas that have enough prior knowledge and experiences.

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Eurich, Markus, Claudia Villalonga, and Roman Boutellier. "Dynamic Formation of Business Networks." International Journal of Applied Logistics 2, no. 4 (October 2011): 44–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jal.2011100104.

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New business opportunities rarely conform to the way the industry traditionally approached the market, which is an opportunity for newcomers and flexible small and medium-sized enterprises to be the first in recognizing and taking advantage of emerging market opportunities. However, newcomers and small and medium-sized enterprises may be too young or too small to possess all the required competencies and resources. They need to organize themselves in business networks, in which business partners complement each other. This article suggests a sketch of the form and methods of a framework that allows the ‘Quality of Information’-based discovery of potential business partners who can offer resources like sensors, actuators, and processing services. In the Real World Internet, this would enable small and medium-sized enterprises to create an appropriate business network and to quickly react to emerging business opportunities.

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Haring, Martin. "How Student Entrepreneurs Develop Their Social Network Over Time During the Process of Starting a Company." Business and Management Studies 4, no. 1 (February 26, 2018): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/bms.v4i1.2979.

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Recent studies have focused on which networks would help entrepreneurs to become successful and what would be the best mix of strong ties and weak ties to build an organization upon. With this longitudinal research we add insights into the process of network development on an individual level and complement earlier research on this topic.This article explores the development of strong and weak ties in the social network of student entrepreneurs and the role five mechanisms of social networking play in the process of opportunity recognition, resource mobilization and gaining legitimacy, through a longitudinal case study among 17 student start-ups in the period 2009-2013.All student entrepreneurs started their businesses in the last two years of their bachelor education, part of a venture creation program. They were interviewed directly after they had started their businesses, and their activities were monitored while they were developing their businesses and networks over a period of three years.This study adds to the current social network literature by analyzing how student entrepreneurs use social networking while being involved in the entrepreneurial process of starting a business and especially make use of the advantages of being a student, i.e. being part of the network and having access to the resources of the university. Successful student entrepreneurs distinguish themselves of the rest by keeping on adding valuable connections to their network, having no fear in asking for help and profiting of the goodwill in the business world towards student entrepreneurs.This article can be of use for both academics and practitioners.

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Camanzi, Luca, and Carlo Giua. "SME network relationships and competitive strategies in the agri-food sector." European Business Review 32, no. 3 (January 10, 2020): 405–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ebr-08-2019-0150.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors influencing agri-food small and medium enterprises (SMEs) participation in business networks and to evaluate the impacts of these factors on network structure and the ensuing competitive strategy. Design/methodology/approach The study is articulated in four main steps. First, a critical literature review is conducted concerning the main approaches to firm competitive advantage and the role of stakeholder relationships. Then, three research questions are formulated and discussed in the light of two case studies describing the implementation of an innovative contractual solution in Italy (i.e. business network contracts). Finally, based on these findings, a set of more general “propositions” are stated and included in a provisional conceptual model that schematically depicts an integrated vision of the antecedents and mechanisms influencing SMEs business network structure and competitive strategy. Findings The study results pointed out the opportunity to adopt an integrated approach, combining resource-based view and stakeholder causal scope approaches. The provisional conceptual model proposed illustrates the role of both external and internal resources and relational constructs to shaping network structure and competitive strategy. Originality/value The study’s contribution is twofold. First, the empirical study shed light on opportunities and limits of two business networks with different backgrounds, approaches and outcomes towards value creation. Second, the conceptual framework proposed advances our understanding and knowledge of the factors and mechanisms influencing SMEs business network structure and competitive strategy.

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Faroque, Anisur R., Sussie C. Morrish, Olli Kuivalainen, Sanna Sundqvist, and Lasse Torkkeli. "Microfoundations of network exploration and exploitation capabilities in international opportunity recognition." International Business Review 30, no. 1 (February 2021): 101767. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101767.

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Purwanto, Antonius. "The opportunity structure, group characteristics, and strategy of ketok magic repair shops in Manado." Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik 34, no. 3 (August 28, 2021): 355. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/mkp.v34i32021.355-366.

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The increase in internal migration has led to the emergence of ethnic minority migrant groups who work as entrepreneurs in various migration destinations in Indonesia. The migration that occurred in Manado shows that ethnic groups from certain regions form a unique group in the social network of repair shop owners and workers. This study aimed to describe the emergence and development of a ketok magic repair shop business in Manado which is owned by migrants from Blitar City, East Java. This study used a qualitative research method. Primary data were obtained from interviews and observations, while secondary data were obtained from literature studies. The results show that the opportunity structure in the form of requests for car repair and painting services as well as the ease of setting up a repair shop business has enabled the establishment of a number of ketok magic repair shops in Manado. Ethnic characteristics in the form of communities with high solidarity and strong social networks support repair shop activities well. This study concludes that community and social networks facilitate recruitment of workers and carry out repair shop promotion strategies because of high solidarity.

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Guo, Hai, Jintong Tang, and Zelong Wei. "How managerial ties impact opportunity discovery in a transition economy? Evidence from China." Management Decision 58, no. 2 (December 11, 2019): 344–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-02-2019-0270.

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Purpose By integrating the resource management perspective and the optimal distinctiveness perspective, the purpose of this paper is to explain how firms configure their managerial ties and competences to identify entrepreneurial opportunities. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data collected from 238 firms in a transition economy, this paper tests a model of firms’ exploration and exploitation competences under which managerial ties promote or constrain opportunity discovery. Findings The paper finds that managerial ties are positively related to opportunity discovery. More importantly, competence exploration strengthens the impact of business ties on opportunity discovery, whereas it weakens the impact of political ties. On the contrary, competence exploitation strengthens the effect of political ties on opportunity discovery, whereas it weakens the impact of business ties. Originality/value First, the findings enrich the social network perspective of opportunity recognition by linking managerial social ties to opportunity discovery in the context of a transition economy. Second, this paper adds to current understanding of the resource management perspective and the optimal distinctiveness perspective by exploring the fit between different managerial ties (business ties vs political ties) and different competences (exploration vs exploitation) in contributing to opportunity discovery.

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Arnell, Matilda, and Yuliya Bilinskaya. "Business opportunity creation through Social Networking Sites : A network perspective." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-179833.

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Solomon, Paul Robert. "Facilitating Small-Business Outsourcing ln the Western Cape A case study on the Business Opportunity Network (Bon)." University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7811.

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Masters in Public Administration - MPA
Small enterprises (SMME) have become central to South Africa's efforts to create jobs, alleviate poverty and develop the economy. SMMEs, however, face a wide range of problems, with "market access" one of the key bottlenecks. This centres (i.a.) around the ease of access to outsourcing markets of larger corporations and public-sector procurement opportunities. To address some of these specific challenges in the Western Cape, the Business Opportunity Network (Bon) was established in 1995 as an NOO. It was at that stage a path-breaking institution in the Western Cape, paralleled by only a few in the rest of the country. It is the purpose of this minithesis to assess the role, operation and evolution of the Bon. This study examines the background and particular factors that lead to the establishment of the Bon as a business-linkage organisation. Then critically assess the actual process of how the Bon attempted to facilitate SMME access to corporate and public-sector procurement in the Western Cape's metropolitan and platteland areas from 1994 to 2004. Thereafter moving toward the evaluation of the process, an assessment of the effectiveness of Bon's business-linkage efforts in the light of a continuously changing and evolving procurement environment. It is also the intention to reveal and assess how Bon's procurement support relates to BEE efforts unfolding in the Western Cape

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Sigge, Helena, and Sissy Viklund. "Trade shows from a SME perspective : an opportunity for internationalization?" Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-1730.

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When SMEs have decided to internationalize their business, several different ways can be chosen to enable that process. In this research, trade shows exemplify an aid for internationalization at the same time as trade shows are portrayed as a good networking tool. Motives for participating in trade shows tend to vary; some companies see trade shows as an opportunity to launch new products and conduct sales whereas others consider trade shows as a good occasion to find new customers at the same time as they can maintain current customer relationships. Trade shows are furthermore a great opening to establish new business contacts, which consequently can provide an inroad into foreign markets. The aim with this dissertation is to analyze how SMEs use trade shows as a trigger or first step to internationalize and to investigate which role networking plays in a trade show context. Furthermore the aim of the study is to examine how SMEs’ networks affect their internationalization process. This research was carried out by conducting multiple-case studies of six companies from the region of Kalmar, Sweden. The results gained by the case studies confirmed that trade shows play an important role for SMEs when aiming to internationalize and expand the business network. Further, the case studies indicated that network connections are crucial for enabling the internationalization of SMEs.

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Cardfelt, Viktor, and Patric Boström. "Exploiting Opportunities in Green Building Certification : A study of how energy supply compaies can engage in the green building certification market." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Industriell ekonomi och organisation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-28348.

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This study departed from a research basis being somewhat lacking in the context of green building certification and especially the two-folded problem, regarding the characteristics of the network of business relationships and how an energy supply company should exploit opportunities in this network context and its relationships. As such, the purpose of this study is to investigate and analyse the network context and its business relationship characteristics, as well as to present recommendations of how an energy supply company can engage green building certification and cope with the business relationships in order to exploit business opportunities. Based on previous research regarding the real estate industry, energy service industry and the construction industry, a well-founded literature base could be extended further by applying theoretical concepts related to business relationship elements and strategy-making. The nature of green building certification and to fulfil the purpose of the study, called for a qualitative research strategy performed through a multiple-case study design. This led to the investigation of four certification projects, subject to certifications in the systems of EU GreenBuilding and Miljöbyggnad, where the most important actors, relationships and project contents constitute the empirical data. The findings of this thesis suggest that the relationships are characterized as having a short-term focus and an avoidance to become interdependent. In this manner elements such as commitment and adaptation are shown as rather shallow, where actions of commitment are not typically short-term sacrifices for a long-term mutual benefit and adaptations mostly occur with respect to specific projects. The adaptive behaviour is also more or less explained as a standardized procedure, avoiding relationship specific investments. Trust is an important element mostly in order to reflect the competence of the counterpart, where previous successful projects indicate the skill and knowledge. Despite the characteristics of the relationships, the benefits of long-term, high involvement, cooperative relationships were highlighted as good aspects to consider in this context. These characteristics, along with outspoken market demands, acted as the basis for the development of recommendations for an energy supply company in terms of a step-wise action framework. In this sense, the first acknowledgement of the framework is that the current position related to green building certification projects of an energy supply company is rather unestablished, with only one exception found. This implies a strategic approach in terms of understanding how to develop and maintain their business relationships, with respect to the previously mentioned characteristics. Through a successful utilization of the action framework (with respect to certain barriers to overcome), this thesis emphasizes a wide range of opportunities such as to have a proactive approach, maintain interactions between projects, to develop the knowledge, to offer a holistic approach and to utilize long-term cooperative relational benefits. The analysis and framework is highly suitable when applied by an energy supply company, but the authors also argue for the findings to be of relevance also for other practitioners in the context of green building certification. In addition, the authors believe that the orientation of this thesis might be a trigger for future similar research approaches, applied in different contexts.

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Bhatti, Shakeel Ahmed, Abideen Zain Ul, and Salah Udin Ziko. "Internationalization process of Swedish SMEs : How Swedish SMEs internationalize their business operations by developing and capitalizing international opportunity." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-180855.

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The purpose of this thesis is to study how two small and medium sized Swedish apparel firms internationalize their business activities.The international business activities are more frequent now than ever because cross border trade barriers are much less today. The companies internationalize their business operations for several reasons. High saturation in the local market, cheap supply line, hunting for resources and potential opportunities in the international market are the driving factors for internationalization. The small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have no exception from such motives. Generally (SMEs) have fewer resources than big multinationals therefore internationalization is more difficult and challenging for (SMEs). The existing internationalization theories highlight several ways for internationalization. The internationalization process model depicts that companies extend their business activities from less to far psychic distance countries and gradually increase their commitment in the international market based on experiential knowledge i.e. knowledge learned by doing. The revised model argued that companies involve in internationalization by utilizing domestic or international network. The psychic distance concept argued that companies face two types psychic distance i.e. inter – country and inter – firm psychic distance. We developed our interaction process model for internationalization. According to the interaction process model when firms start interaction within network these have higher psychic distance level and lower trust and commitment because firms initially interact occasionally. With the passage of time as the interaction of firms within network gains some pace the psychic distance level started to reduce and trust and commitment builds upward. Finally a stag arrives when psychic distance level reached at least stage and inversely trust and commitment at higher level and this result into international opportunity. Thus firms by hunting international opportunity gets involve in internationalization. Inversely, international opportunity can also be developed at initial or middle stage and interaction process start at later stages. But in such situation psychic distance level is comparatively high and trust and commitment will be low because there is no or lesser interaction among firms. The internationalization in such a way will be more risky.

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Grip, Charlotte. "IN FASHION WE TRUST : Exploring the role of internationalization as an entrepreneurial process in the fashion industry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-366093.

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Fashion companies struggle with internationalization, as do many retailers, but nevertheless they need to take action and cross borders in order to increase their revenue. A strong focus on the entrepreneurial capabilities of a company is suggested to enhance the process and the model of internationalization as the entrepreneurial process is addressed as an established tool for internationalization. The aim of this paper is to investigate what role internationalization as an entrepreneurial process model plays in the fashion industry context. To do this, a qualitative study with five fashion companies and four trade organizations is conducted. A theoretical framework on the network internationalization process model guides the data collection consisting of several interviews with owners, CEOs and managers. The findings indicate that entrepreneurial capabilities, networks and being able to exploit contingencies play an important role for internationalization in the fashion industry. I conclude that internationalization as an entrepreneurial process can be applied in the fashion industry context.

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Pandey, Rahul. "Supply Disruption Management and Availability of Relevant Information: Three Essays." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1591036147897487.

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Herrström, Tilda, and Linn Nordenberg. "Vikten av sociala nätverk vid företagsetablering utomlands : En studie av svenska och franska entreprenörer." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-172269.

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Bakgrund: I dagens globaliserade samhälle är länder till stor del sammanknutna ochmarknader betraktas snarare som nätverk av relationer än som klassiska marknader därolika aktörer verkar oberoende av varandra. Existerande forskning utgår i hög grad frånantagandet att små och medelstora företag redan har utvecklade affärsnätverk somsträcker sig över hemlandets gränser vid tidpunkten för internationalisering. Emellertidhar empiriska studier visat att många av dessa företag faktiskt saknar internationellanätverk vid företagsetablering utomlands. En situation som kan leda till stora problem närdet kommer till att förstå det nya affärsklimatet, att identifiera internationellaaffärsmöjligheter samt att skapa tillit till nya utländska affärspartners. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att skapa förståelse för svenska entreprenörer sometablerar sig på den franska marknaden och franska entreprenörer som etablerar sig påden svenska. Vidare söker uppsatsen att klargöra huruvida förekomsten av ett socialtnätverk kan hjälpa dessa entreprenörer att övervinna problemet med liability offoreignness samt hur sociala nätverk påverkar skapandet av entreprenörersaffärsmöjligheter. Metod: Denna flerfallsstudie genomfördes med en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi och haren abduktiv ansats. Det empiriska materialet omfattar 12 semistrukturerade intervjuer. Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att sociala nätverk har en inverkan på skapandet avaffärsmöjligheter, framförallt när det kommer till valet av marknad att gå in på samt föratt skapa förståelse för den nya kulturen. Vidare drar entreprenörer stor nytta avkundernas sociala nätverk. Därtill visar resultaten att inte alla internationellaentreprenörer upplever liability of foreignness. Det finns istället indikationer på någotstudiens författare kallar “possibility of foreignness”.
Background: In today's globalized world, countries are largely interconnected, andmarkets are considered as networks of relationships rather than as classic markets wheredifferent actors operate independently of one another. Existing research is largely basedon the assumption that SMEs have business networks that extend beyond the borders oftheir home country at the time of internationalization. However, empirical studies haveshown that many companies actually lack international networks when setting upcompanies abroad. A situation that can lead to major problems when it comes tounderstanding the new business climate, identifying international business opportunitiesand building trust in new foreign business partners. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create an understanding for Swedishentrepreneurs who start a business on the French market and French entrepreneurs whostart a business on the Swedish market. Furthermore, the thesis seeks to clarify whetherthe existence of social networks can help these entrepreneurs overcome the problem ofliability of foreignness and how social networks affect the creation of entrepreneurs'business opportunities. Method: This multiple case study was conducted with a qualitative research strategy andan abductive approach. The empirical data comprises 12 semi-structured interviews. Conclusion: The results of the study show that social networking indeed has an impacton the creation of business opportunities, especially when it comes to choosing whichmarket to enter and to help understanding the new culture. Furthermore, entrepreneursbenefit greatly from customers' social networks. However, the study shows that not allinternational entrepreneurs experience liability of foreignness. Instead, there areindications of something the authors call “possibility of foreignness”.

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Cruz-Carreon, Gilbert. "The internationalization process of entrepreneurial SMEs in high technology niche market segments." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16543/.

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This study seeks to make a theoretical contribution to the rapidly growing field of International Entrepreneurship by investigating the process of internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Bell, McNaughton, Young & Crick, (2003) emphasized the need for researchers to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms. While there has been substantial research done on the small business internationalization and how the participation of these firms in the global economy has fuelled economic growth in a number of countries (Audretsch & Thurik, 2003; Acs, Randall Morck, Shraver & Yeung, 1997; Storey, 1994; Alam & Pacher, 2003), there is tangible evidence that SMEs in Australia are not keeping up with global trends. Studies conducted on Australian firms allude to the following reasons for their constrained presence in international markets: (i) geographic and psychic distance; (ii) costs disadvantage; (iii) overdependence on inward FDI from large foreign multinationals; (iv) a history of inward-looking and narrowly focussed economic development policies of the Australian government. These factors had the combined effect of imbalanced economic growth which was particularly detrimental to the small business sector (Australian Trade Commission, 2002; Maitland & Nicholas, 2002; Alam & Pacher, 2003). Despite the identified obstacles, some Australian SMEs have succeeded in penetrating international markets. This study involved a preliminary qualitative investigation of selected Australian SMEs and their unique internationalization process. Evidence from the case study based investigation will indicate that the respondent firms have leveraged on entrepreneurial qualities to overcome the obstacles and enhance their success in international markets. As such, the internationalization process for these selected firms is seen as an extension of and integral to their entrepreneurial behaviour. Using the lenses provided by relevant facets of the entrepreneurship, internationalization and strategy scholarly fields, this exploratory qualitative study, while building the foundation for further empirical research into the internationalization process of SMEs, can serve as a guide to researchers for ascertaining future directions in this emergent field. The findings from the study are intended to contribute to a body of knowledge encompassing the cross-border operations of SMEs. The research also has value from a practical perspective as Australian SMEs can draw from this body of knowledge as they pursue opportunities internationally.

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Brügmann, Markus. "Innovative business plan – Kita Netzwerk: A network specialist to align business and family." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19878.

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In today´s western societies the role of women has changed. The conservative role allocation, the woman being at home running the household and looking after the kids, whilst the man brings home the money, has become outdated. The education level of women is often higher than that of their male fellows. The logical consequence is that we find more and more career-driven women in top-level positions - but what about family life? Tailored daycare offers that help to reconcile both career and motherhood are more important than ever. Yet, in many places the development of early childhood education lags far behind, forcing parents to stay home longer than actually needed. For companies this means a great loss in terms of talent and costs for replacement. The present thesis tackles this issue with an innovative business idea to establish a sustainable and socially viable and economically sound concept, which allows parents to find daycare services for their offspring in alignment with their professional goals. The theoretical background brings the reader closer to possible hurdles of a disruptive business model and the consequences of parental leave for companies. The results of the study carried out show great chances of success for the proposed “Kita Netzwerk” to be rolled out in Hamburg as the initial go-to market. Expansion and internationalization are possible. However, both factors are heavily dependent on the local legal landscape and individual demand.
Na sociedade ocidental actual, o papel da mulher tem vindo a alterar-se. A atribuição do papel conservador da mulher permanecer em casa a cuidar dos filhos enquanto o homem providencia para a família está muito ultrapassado. O nível de instrução das mulheres é muitas vezes superior ao dos seus pares do sexo masculino. A consequência lógica é o crescente número de mulheres com ambições de carreira e em cargos de topo - então e a família? Ofertas de cuidados infantis customizados que ajudem a conciliar mutuamente a carreira e a maternidade tornaram-se mais importantes que nunca. Ainda assim, em muitos sítios, o desenvolvimento da educação pré-primária fica aquém do expectável, forçando os pais a permanecer em casa mais tempo do que é realmente necessário. Para as empresas, isto significa um grande custo e perda, não só ao nível do talento, como também de substituição. Esta tese aborda este assunto com uma ideia de negócio inovadora de forma a estabelecer um conceito socialmente económico e sustentável, que permite aos pais encontrar uma solução de cuidados infantis para as suas crianças em conformidade com os seus objectivos profissionais. A fundamentação teórica aproxima o leitor de possíveis obstáculos de um modelo de negócio disruptivo e as consequências da licença parental para as empresas. O estudo demonstra grandes probabilidades de sucesso para “Kita Netzwerk” de se estabelecer no mercado inicial de Hamburgo. A expansão e a internacionalização são possíveis, no entanto muito dependentes do panorama legal local e das exigências individuais.

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Books on the topic "Business opportunity network"

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Ray, Attwood, ed. Business applications of the internet: Commercial opportunity or media hype? London: Financial Times Telecoms & Media Publishing, 1995.

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Network & multi-level marketing: The essential handbook to introduce you to an exciting business opportunity. 2nd ed. [Polegate, East Sussex]: Concept, 1991.

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Ghauri, Pervez, Amjad Hadjikhani, and Jan Johanson, eds. Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695.

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The opportunity magnet. Hobart, N.Y: Hatherleigh Press, 2010.

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Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition through social networks. New York: Garland Pub., 2000.

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Networking in Ireland's ethnic enterprises: Entrepreneurship and opportunity. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

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Garton, James. 25 ways to make money online: Your complete guide to legitimate online jobs and opportunites that allow you to work from home and earn a paycheck. [S.l: s.n.], 2010.

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Kellogg, Clifton G. BusinessLINC; learning, information, networking, and collaboration: Business-to-business relationships that increase the economic competitiveness of firms : a report to Vice President Al Gore : presented at the Second White House Business and Entrepreneurial Rountable: new opportunity, a stronger economy. Washington, DC: Dept. of the Treasury, 1998.

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Bourne, Marlene Avis. Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems: Continuous Data and Network Systems (Business Opportunity Report). Business Communications Company, 1998.

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Brath, Richard, and David Jonker. Graph Analysis and Visualization: Discovering Business Opportunity in Linked Data. Wiley & Sons, Limited, John, 2015.

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Book chapters on the topic "Business opportunity network"

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Andersson, Ulf, Desireé Blankenburg Holm, and Martin Johanson. "Opportunities, Relational Embeddedness and Network Structure." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 27–48. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_2.

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Baraldi, Enrico, and Torkel Strömsten. "Network Opportunities and Obstacles in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Resource Embeddedness." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 202–18. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_11.

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Baraldi, Enrico. "Opportunities and Obstacles in Using IT Systems: Embedding Movex in Edsbyn’s Resource Network." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 269–87. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_15.

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Hadjikhani, Amjad, Pervez Ghauri, and Jan Johanson. "Introduction: Opportunity Development in Business Networks." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 1–24. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_1.

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Hadjikhani, Amjad, and Jan Johanson. "Epilogue: Opportunity Development in Business Networks." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 325–31. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_18.

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Pahlberg, Cecilia, and Peter Thilenius. "Opportunity Development for Ongoing Business Relationships." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 250–68. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_14.

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Pahlberg, Cecilia, and Magnus Persson. "Business Opportunities, Subsidiaries and Interpreneurial Activity." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 127–45. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_7.

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Eriksson, Carin, and Jan Lindvall. "Reputation as Opportunity and Risk." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 219–32. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_12.

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Yamin, Mohammad. "Subsidiary Business Networks and Opportunity Development in Multinational Enterprises: A Comparison of the Influence of Internal and External Business Networks." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 91–109. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_5.

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Ståhl, Benjamin. "The Emergence and Exploitation of Opportunities in Business Networks." In Managing Opportunity Development in Business Networks, 306–24. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230379695_17.

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Conference papers on the topic "Business opportunity network"

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Li Quan-ming, Zhu Yi, and Xiao Xuan. "A business opportunity in the e-era: Apparel network marketing." In 2011 International Conference on Management Science and Industrial Engineering (MSIE). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/msie.2011.5707441.

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Pau, L. F. "Privacy management service contacts as a new business opportunity for operators." In NOMS 2008 - 2008 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium. IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/noms.2008.4575200.

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Eyquem, Alexandre J. M., Joseph Lee Hutchins, Christopher Taylor, and John Falcetta. "Shared Use of Railway Corridors by Public Transit Vehicles." In 2011 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2011-56060.

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As transportation corridors become an ever more important asset, existing rail freight corridors are under increasing pressure to be shared for transit purposes. In defining the expanded corridor use a comprehensive look at factors was undertaken on behalf of Transport Canada by AECOM. Understanding the issues is imperative in navigating this complex subject. In locations where the transit network and expected ridership-generation points are compatible with existing railway networks, the best use of a network of corridors for freight and transit should be one of the first steps in municipal and regional planning. Finding a best use of existing network typically does not happen for two reasons. First, the public entities typically do not observe the complete “freight network” and have a limited stake in its function and complexity. Unlike public roads or transit, public entities tend to look at single opportunities such as little used freight segments, or specific corridors that they can afford to pursue with a specific public purpose. As a result, freight railways often find themselves responding to a specific request for a segment in the context of their network and whether it serve a functional need. Second, the private freight railways similarly do not have opportunity or patience to investigate the public contribution to their networks. The point of view of what might be done if the potential transit services were understood and what it could mean to freight business with capital investment in an improved and/or rationalized freight delivery system may be hard to define, and the benefits may only occur in the distant future. They have a priority to pursue their immediate business model and therefore tend to wait until the public entity comes forward and asks about a specific corridor or opportunity. The issue of assets inventory, rationalization paired with transit planning, is the first step in evaluating efficient transportation systems through urban centres. Furthermore, the ability of some transit vehicles to be used on both on dedicated railway transit corridors, where it makes sense, as well as for street services, provide for greater flexibility in transit networks. What is missing is a review of freight networks from a regional perspective relative to all potential transit routes. The first question to be asked when looking at the freight network of an urban area is: where is it going, why is it going there, and could it be handled more effectively, and if so what are the overall benefits to all parties.

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Kulkarni, Sukrut Shridhar, Marliana Bt Mohammad, Sharifah Nooraini Bt Syed Tahir, Frankie Kia Yong Tan, and Masnizah Bt Supu. "Situational Analysis of Complex Offshore Network for Strategizing Sequence for Green Field Development." In SPE Trinidad and Tobago Section Energy Resources Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/200933-ms.

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Abstract This paper establishes the approach to strategize the appropriate sequencing and monetization of the green field development through performing situational analysis for the complex offshore facilities to recognize new hydrocarbon molecules. As prudent operator for the complex network its crucial to pursue strategic ideas and innovative concepts to optimize supply demand balance, fulfill contractual obligations to optimize resources to maximize value creation, whilst protecting investment decisions for hydrocarbon monetization for the green field development. It is therefore necessary to implement successful business plans with appropriate sequencing of new fields by robust assessment to decipher the pain points to achieve optimal solution by gaining better understanding of network characteristic, supply distribution and operating envelope for line ups of new green field development. Situational Analysis for the complex offshore system is defined as robust investigation of the surrounding facts/realities to scrutinize the unique features in terms of capabilities, risks, uncertainty, opportunity, and exposures. The approach followed in the paper is the creation of mathematical model for the network/infrastructure embedded with business rules and deployment for evaluation and optimization. This approach is to timely deliver the management decisions for developing sequencing strategy, establishing priority of supply guidelines and allocation principles. This paper describes that a state of art approach which was followed by developing end to end network model by simulation engineers with close collaboration with strategic planning, portfolio optimization and including operations in single platform. The simulation model was further validated and deployed to analyze current network impediments in terms of technical and commercial allocation principles. The modelling approach was kept straightforward and scalable to allow for the future development if any. Analytics of the modelling could assist in gauging the potentials for enhancing system capacity by implementing appropriate reforms to optimize evacuation strategies. Obstacles across system architecture could be estimated and its reconfiguration was planned by means of variations in operating philosophy, alterations in the network assembly with appropriate debottlenecking recommendation. The allocation principles applied during business plans consider the commercial element on initial basis, before instead the physical and technical constraints were evaluated. The results of the allocation were then simulated and reallocated back to relevant demand center with relevant technical constraints of the network. This enabled team to identify the gap for supply/demand and propose solution to address the gap at an enterprise level to be substantial, to build a case whereby monetization of green fields will be necessary. Above methodology describes how by developing an end to end mathematical model that summarizes the microscopic details of a complex offshore system to facilitate on the way to analyze and strategize new field development line-ups. The novelty is with the simulation model built in a single platform, allows a seamless data transfer from various elements such as fields, facilities, pipelines, and terminal and is one stop solution for accessing impediments across architecture The above approach elaborates on result matter approach that steer and advocate on the situational analysis for new field sequencing by ascertaining CAPEX /OPEX optimization that could steer decision of lining up of four new fields within span of two years at appropriate intensity of the network with optimal monetization.

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Tan, Frankie Kia, and Sukrut Shridhar Kulkarni. "Holistic Network Modelling for Debottlenecking of a Highly Integrated and Complex System for Optimizing Hydrocarbon Evacuation." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-21226-ms.

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Abstract This paper deals with debottlenecking approach of complex and integrated system through means of Holistic Modeling for optimizing hydrocarbon evacuation. As prudent operator for the complex network, it is crucial to pursue strategic ideas and innovative concepts to optimize supply demand balance, fulfill contractual obligations to optimize resources to maximize value creation, whilst protecting investment decisions for monetization of the new field development. It therefore necessitates to prioritize system reliability and de-bottlenecking initiatives to implement successful business plans with appropriate timely reconfiguration at various intensities of the network. It is consequently essential to decipher the pain points by performing root cause analysis and troubleshooting to achieve optimal fit for purpose solution by gaining better understanding of network characteristic, supply distribution & operating topology. Paper focus on a bold step change that was commenced to develop an end-to-end Holistic Network Model from well head (fields) to product delivery to scrutinize the network and propose suitable alleviation by appraising the debottleneck requirement at offshore riser collection manifold which serves as integrated facility for multiple hubs and fields. Model was validated with plant information and deployed to yield robust & realistic results. Multiple sensitivity scenarios were accomplished to analyze current riser manifold configuration limitation checks for tie-back of new field such as ullage opportunity, pressure variations, hydraulic fluxes, potential choking of low-pressure wells/fields and prospective blending specifications violations etc. Obstacles across affected manifold could be estimated and its reconfiguration was planned by means of variations in operating philosophy, alterations in the manifold assembly with appropriate manifold debottlenecking recommendation. Analytics of Integrated Network modelling could qualify not only technical obligations but also empower representative economic evaluation for debottlenecking by appending precise requirement in terms of manifold reconfiguration, backed up by appraised data from network model. Model output also assisted to gauze the potential for enhancing network capacity by implementing appropriate reforms to optimize evacuation for new field line ups. Integrated network model developed with an aid of basic network elements can be subjected to estimate vital features for comprehensive network such as pressure and flow across the various nodes in the system. Methodology describes how by developing an integrated network model that summarize the granularity of a highly complex offshore gas network has facilitated to strategize the manifold reconfiguration and appraise debottleneck requirement besides proposing appropriate mitigation. With integrated network modeled on a single platform allows a uniform data transfer from various elements such as fields, facilities, pipelines, gas highways and terminals into the model which assist for network optimization. The situational analysis via modeling could enable the elimination of new dedicated infrastructure for field evacuation leading to CAPEX optimization there by facilitating its optimal monetization. It reveals extensive usage of model with physical boundaries steering decision for project implementation.

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Ahokangas, Petri, Kari Horneman, Harri Posti, Marja Matinmikko, Tuomo Hänninen, Seppo Yrjölä, and Vania Goncalves. "Defining “Co-Primary Spectrum Sharing”— A new Business Opportunity for MNOs?" In 9th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks. ICST, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.crowncom.2014.255777.

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Jelen, Jaroslaw, Hossein Golshan, and Sandy Rizopoulos. "Determination of Pipe Roughness and Heat Transfer Coefficient in Pipeline Networks Using Multidomain Solution Method." In 1998 2nd International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc1998-2094.

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In the development of new pipeline projects, all too often assumptions that are made in the initial stages of the business development opportunity are, for the most part, overly conservative. This inaccuracy is carried out through to the operation of the pipeline system and most assumptions do not change with subsequent expansions in the future until a conscious effort is made to determine and monitor those significant parameters that impact the pipeline’s overall performance. In highly complex systems such as NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s (NGTL’s) pipeline network, with over 21400 Km of pipe segments of different sizes and ages, for an accurate determination of pressure drop while 12 BCF of gas, on average, is flowing through our network, we need a technique to precisely assess the values of friction factor and heat transfer coefficient. These values have a profound impact on the accuracy of the hydraulic simulations. The calculated values of pressure, flow rate, and temperature may be distorted by imprecise values of some parameters, such as friction factor or heat transfer coefficient. Thus, a proper estimation of these parameters is of great importance to the successful numerical flow simulation. Both friction factor and heat transfer coefficient are very difficult to measure; therefore, their values can only be assessed by solving an inverse problem (i.e. parameter identification process). Since the parameter estimation procedure reported in this paper requires multiple solution of inviscid gasdynamics differential equations, describing the gas flow through the pipeline system, a multidomain solution method has been applied to effectively solve the parameter identification problem.

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Barbosa, Fábio C. "Shortline Freight Rail System Review: North American Experiences and Brazilian Perspectives." In 2020 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2020-8034.

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Abstract Shortline industry plays a prominent role in the North American Freight Rail System (mainly United States and Canada), providing a customized freight rail service to the shippers, i.e. the first/last mile rail access for those low dense/light demand markets, outside the Class I’s business model (highly loaded corridors), as well as competition enhancers, through the connection of shippers facilities with more than one Class I railroad. The Short Line’s Rail industry role and its inherent freight rail business model have been strengthened in the years that followed the so called Staggers Act (1980), in the U.S., in which freight rail carriers have focused their efforts on the high density rail markets. Meanwhile, the Shortlines, also known as Class II and Class III freight rail companies, have lead the way in the light density branch lines, providing a customized freight rail service to those shippers located outside the boundary limits of the rail trunk corridors. The importance of Shortline for the U.S. freight rail industry is illustrated by the 603 U.S. shortlines currently operating on 76,000 km (47,500 miles), providing service for one in five (20%) cars moving each year, which accounts for 29% of freight rail production in the country. Furthermore, the recent launch of the controversial Class I Precision Schedule Railroading (PSR) concept, and its inherent asset maximization (mainly associated with disruptive service features — essentially lane and yards closures), has strengthened the strategic importance of Shortlines in the U.S. freight rail scenario, which ultimately requires an improved Class I – Shortline relationship, to guarantee/maintain a connection between shippers (farmers, manufacturers and other industries), and the customers market. Brazil, a continental country located in South America, has a sprawled and low density rail network (28,218 km – 17,636.25 mi). Besides sprawled/low density, the Brazilian rail network is not uniformly demanded, with just 40% of the network with used (demanded) capacities higher than 50%, basically associated with iron ore and agricultural commodities transport (which accounts for almost 80% of the country’s whole freight rail production), while almost 60% of the network remain with very light use (available capacity higher than 80%). This picture shows a great opportunity for the introduction of the Shortline Rail Concept in the Brazilian Freight Rail System, focused on smaller rail operators to provide a customized and accessible freight rail service for shippers located in the influence area of the rail network. To reach this target, Brazil has basically two alternative pathways: i) a structural approach, associated with a complete network restructuration (in a similar way the U.S. Class I railroads have marketed unproductive branches to short line operators) and ii) a regulatory approach, in which the current concession format would be maintained, with the imposition of rail stretches production targets to current rail concessionaires (incumbents), which ultimately could be encouraged to set operational partnerships with the so called Independent Rail Operators (IRO), to comply with those production rail targets. This work is supposed to present an overview, in a review format, of the North American Shortline Freight Rail experience, highlighting its operational regime/requirements, the business model, the tax incentives and the Shortline’s role in the class I PSR scenario. This analysis is, then, followed by an assessment of the perspectives and the inherent pathways for a Shortline Freight Rail Model implementation in Brazil.

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Gordon, Pierce, Mark Fuge, and Alice Agogino. "Examining Design for Development Online: An HCD Analysis of OpenIDEO Using HCD/UCD Metrics." In ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2014-38751.

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OpenIDEO.com is an online collaborative platform developed to crowd source design talent across the Internet to tackle difficult interdisciplinary problems. Many of their design Challenges have focused upon issues concerning impoverished communities. Challenges include human sanitation solutions, alternatives for serving maternal health issues with mobile technologies, affordable learning tools, and social business models to improve health, and other pressing global quandaries. The platform uses tens of thousands of designers to contribute inspirations and design concepts for product and service-based solutions. The design process uses Human-Centered Design (HCD) techniques to develop interventions for the public and private sectors, in the form of products and services which are catered specifically to users’ needs. These products and services have considerable economic, social, and cultural benefits for firms and customers alike. In fact, the IDEO community has developed a Human-Centered Design (HCD) toolkit that helps designers develop products and services tailored for communities at the base of the pyramid. Although HCD techniques are practiced by IDEO consistently, a collection of larger HCD literature argues for parallel, yet slightly different, metrics of design success, which rarely have a chance to be tested against real-world settings. Fortunately, the rich content of OpenIDEO affords a novel opportunity to study the presence and effectiveness of HCD metrics in practice. By synthesizing seminal texts describing metrics for design thinking, we develop a collection of metrics that use empathetic methods to identify user needs. We then apply qualitative coding methods to find parallel themes between OpenIDEO Challenges that address issues in impoverished communities. Moreover, we use this comparison to answer the following questions: 1) Which, if any, of the HCD characteristics are potential predictors for successful designs? 2) How well do the present themes and metrics of the OpenIDEO design community correlate with metrics of Human-Centered Design? These qualitative methods complement previous quantitative network analyses of the OpenIDEO network, in the hopes of developing benchmarks for HCD methods that successfully cater to user needs.

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Doherty, Andy. "How will 'Digital Technology' change Asset Management in the railways?" In IABSE Symposium, Guimarães 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/guimaraes.2019.0001.

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<p>The development of digital technology is increasing ever exponentially. Large Infrastructure organisations like railways but also water, electricity, etc have struggled to keep up with and utilise this new digital technology effectively. This due to many factors; the size and burden of the existing asset base, limited funding, and perhaps just as importantly knowledge and competence. The later is not just about growing a new knowledge in our workforce but also understanding that opportunities (and risks) that digital technologies can bring.</p><p>The massive opportunity is to utilise this technology explosion to transform Asset Management in large infrastructure organisations to bring the cost base down, and utilise whole life managment in ways we have not yet achieved. This together with the completely new way of working and increased functionality and capability is creating a compelling business case. Indeed the business case is more than just good asset management, as these new technologies provide increased functionality to the primary objectives of the railway such as increased capacity, performance, and asset reliability whilst lowering costs.</p><p>Having described this, many would say we have all been on the journey for some years. But if we honestly ask ourselves we would have to admit that the first systems we railways started using in the late 1990s have already been replaced, or we are on radically upgraded versions. This because the data structures, the amount of data, the functionalities we need to process and access the data, turning data into useful information and most importantly knowledge are still emerging.</p><p>This is perhaps obvious to us all, but some much is changing in multiple directions if is difficult to see the whole picture to utilise these primary capabilities to enable a step change in our Asset Management processes. I believe it is helpful to separate and look at the individual processes.</p><p>In this presentation I will explain Network Rail’s vision and strategy to develop and radically improve the railway we provide in services to our Customers and in its Asset Management. I will then go on to show examples of the ongoing RD &T work and our first steps on the journey.</p>

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