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ENHANCING THE BANKABILITY OF GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS IN KUWAIT
Full text linkObjective: The purpose of this research paper is to empirically analyse how conventional economic and financial metrics influence investment in solar energy projects in the state of Kuwait. The empirical analysis is based on 13 years of data covering the period from 2010 to 2023.
Theoretical Framework: This literature review examines the factors influencing bankability and explores strategies to enhance financial viability. The authors of the research designed a financial model to produce some necessary financial metrics.
Method: A multiple linear regression model is used to study the relationship of total solar investment in MWh and six independent variables, such as Weighted average capacity factor, WAAC weighted average cost of capital internal rate of return (IRR), Payback period, and PVOUT. Along with statistical tests such as ANOVA and OLS regression, used to evaluate the strength and significance of the relationship between the dependent and independent variables.
Results and Discussion: The result of the analysis identifies only LCOE as the only marginally significant factor influencing investment in solar energy projects in Kuwait, with a negative coefficient (-454.79) and a p-value of 0.0822. Other independent variables, including the weighted-average capacity factor, WACC, payback period, and IRR, are shown to be statistically insignificant, indicating limited influence on investment decisions.
Research Implications: This study has limitations that should be acknowledged. First, these findings show that investment in solar energy relies especially on conventional economic and financial investment metrics which are not enough to rapidly advance renewable energy development in Kuwait. Proactive public policy with attractive tools that stimulate investor confidence and promote a sustainable energy transition is not included.
Originality/Value: This study provides original empirical evidence on the economic and financial factors influencing investment in solar energy projects in the State of Kuwait. As a relatively underexplored topic in the renewable energy finance literature, particularly within the context of Kuwait
APLICAÇÃO DA TAXONOMIA DE HITT ET AL. (2001) A UM CONJUNTO DE CASOS DE DIVERSIFICAÇÃO
Full text linkIntrodução: Durante décadas, os processos de diversificação foram vistos como opção frente ao risco de se estar preso a um único setor de atividade. A partir dos anos 1960, ocorreu uma tendência de alguns grupos de grande porte atuarem em setores completamente dispersos. Nos anos 1980, em resposta a uma série de alterações do ambiente empresarial, a concentração no core business ganhou força. O artigo trata da diversificação, com uma breve contextualização sobre o tema. A finalidade do estudo foi aplicar a taxonomia de Hitt et al. (2001) a diversos estudos de casos de diversificação. Tais estudos de casos foram obtidos mediante artigos, dissertações e livros de negócios, buscando-se, na medida do possível, mais de uma fonte por organização estudada. A taxonomia se veio a se mostrar útil e fonte de interessantes resultados. Os resultados são apresentados no item Resultados e Discussão. As Conclusões fecham o artigo – apontando que não apenas grandes empresas foram remodeladas mediante o ingresso ou a saída de atividades diversificadas, como também setores inteiros da atividade empresarial. Dessa forma se pode traçar verdadeiras trajetórias de companhias e de setores mediante o acompanhamento das diversificações realizadas.
Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo é aplicar o Modelo de Hitt et al. (2001) a um conjunto de estudos de casos de diversificações empresariais.
Referencial Teórico: A taxonomia de Hitt et al. (2001) apresenta quatro etapas e se mostrou de fácil aplicação e de valiosa fonte de obtenção de análises.
Método: Uma Linha de Pesquisa com décadas de funcionamento apresentou os Estudos de Casos de Diversificação empresarial que foram classificados à luz do Modelo adotado.
Resultados e Discussão: Foram listadas: a) 24 situações de Diversificação Correlata; b) 34 situações de Diversificação não Correlata; c) 7 situações de Diversificação Correlata, Operacional e Corporativa; e d) 11 situações de Integração Vertical.
Implicações da Pesquisa: O estudo da diversificação se mostra bastante rico na estratégia empresarial, sendo uma das formas de crescimento e de consolidação bastante adotadas, em que pese a necessidade de foco nas atividades que formam o core business de qualquer grupo. A taxonomia escolhida se mostrou de aplicação fácil e útil ao entendimento dos diversos processos analisados.
Originalidade/Valor: Este estudo contribui para a literatura a respeito do mundo da estratégia empresarial no tocante à diversificação, permitindo aferir que grandes companhias e setores industriais foram remodelados mediante essa ferramenta
MULTIMODAL CREATIVITY AT THE SERVICE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN PORTUGAL: THE JASM PROJECT
Full text linkThe JASM project used the Korsakow6 platform to produce Storytelling in foreign languages (FL), by students of the Media Studies degree course (Higher Education-HE) of the Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu (ESEV, Portugal).
Objective: Look into the impact of non-linear digital narratives upon FL learning in HE, assessing the role of multimodal tools in fostering linguistic, cultural, and technological skills.
Theoretical Framework: The study was grounded in active methodologies with a focus on integrating intercultural skills. Using new technologies is a catalyst for enhancing student motivation and autonomy.
Method: The project, developed within the context of French and English, involved 25 voluntarily participating students attending the first year. Following language level tests, each group gathered information about the nationality and culture of migrants living in Viseu. Students conducted interviews and documented migrants’ life stories, traditions, using digital narratives. Final outputs included short films, social media posts, exhibitions, and an e-book.
Results and Discussion: Students enhanced cognitive, emotional and aesthetic skills within collaborative environments, integrating experiences from multilingual and multicultural contexts with creative and multimodal abilities and increased autonomy and initiative. Challenges were identified, highlighting the need for ongoing teacher training.
Research Implications: This project showed how digital and active pedagogies can foster the development of FL and intercultural competencies in HE students.
Originality/Value: This study provides for an innovative approach relying on multimodal technologies for teaching FL in HE. The transformative potential of digital narratives as an impactful pedagogical tool is highlighted
ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIAL STORAGE PROCESS OF AN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION IN MANAUS, BRAZIL
Full text linkObjective: This study analyzed the stages of the material storage process in an industry that operates in the industrial hub of Manaus.
Theoretical Framework: The research was based on the theories of processes and storage to build a theoretical architecture that summarizes the state of the art.
Method: The method used was a survey, with data collected using a semi-structured interview script and another observation script, analyzed using the client-supplier technique and organized using tables summarizing the stages and their contents and objectives.
Results and Discussion: The results showed that a) there are eight stages in the storage process used, including a previous stage of weighing the material; b) the more complex stages are performed with a greater number of sub-stages, which allows for fewer failures in the operations as the labor force and technological instruments are specialized in their execution; and c) the specific objectives of each stage are aligned with the intended objective of the storage process.
Implications of the Research: The findings show that the empirically observed stages are in line with the theoretical architecture of the study, with the first and last stages being, respectively, reception and dispatch, and the intermediate stages varying according to the type of material and specificities of the production process.
Originality/Value: The main contributions of the study to science were the proposition of a conceptual definition for the materials storage process and the confirmation that this process begins with reception and ends with dispatch, differing in the intermediate stages
CONDUCTING TURN AROUND ACTVITIES IN A CHALLENGING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE: A CASE OF A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FIRM, INDONESIA
Full text linkPurpose: The purpose of this study is to discuss and analyze transformation activities in a transportation company (PT. Z) in Indonesia, aiming at figuring out how transformation with turn around activities is conducted and lead to turn around results and performances. The analyses involve documents study and literatures review on transformational leadership, culture, and transformation.
Theoretical Framework: Comprises transformational change that include people, technology and culture (Anderson and Anderson, 2010), leadership, competencies, and challenges in general (HBR on leadership, 211), transformational or transformative leadership (Goosen & Stevens, 2013, Jerab & Mabruk, 2022, Gupta, MacMillan, and Surie, 2004, Raghuvanshi, 2016, Mattone, 2012), and cultures and transformation (Jerab and Mabrouk, 2022, HBR on leadership, 2011, some other related articles). Transformational/transformative leadership influences positive change and pursuing opportunities supported by all company resource and leads transformational change of the company in an effort to continually adapt to rapid and intensely competing business environment. Transformational/transformative leadership also shapes/creates necessary culture along the transformational change.
Method: The study is a qualitative one with a case and inductive tendency using secondary data that is collected from PT. Z and from many sources and supported also by related and relevant articles/papers and books on transformation, change management, culture, and leadership that are reviewed comprehensively.
Findings and its Implication: The results show that sustainable-transformation activities may provide large impact on organization outcomes or performances. The continual transformation activities should be put in place by a transformational or transformative leader by shaping necessary change culture to conduct and drive people to involve in a continual transformational change. This implies that leader’s characters and competencies do matters, and that any business transformation should involve culture transformation (Yasin, 2014). Culture transformation follows organizational transformation.
Originality: The originality of this study lies in the discussion of a relatively successful continual transformation in a public transportation company in which governance and sound management practices are long put aside or left behind
O CENÁRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO NO SISTEMA PRISIONAL DO ESTADO DO PARÁ A PARTIR DA ADESÃO AO PROJETO EDUCANDO PARA A LIBERDADE
Full text linkObjetivo: O objetivo deste estudo é identificar modelos/concepções de educação pensados para a(s) pessoa(s) em situação de restrição ou privação de liberdade (PESRPL), no Sistema Prisional Paraense (SPP) a partir da adesão ao projeto Educando para a Liberdade.
Referencial Teórico: Destacam-se Wacquant (2011) e Julião (2010), cujos estudos abordam as finalidades da prisão e o poder sobre a subjetividade da pessoa privada de liberdade, com noções de educação específicas a cada período histórico.
Método: A metodologia adotada compreende a abordagem qualitativa, com revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa documental. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de documentos oficiais disponíveis para consulta. A técnica de análise foi a Análise de Conteúdo, seguindo duas etapas da pré-análise, leitura flutuante e exploração do material.
Resultados e Discussão: Com a adesão ao projeto Educando para a Liberdade, os órgãos responsáveis pela educação no SPP recorreram a diferentes modelos para viabilizar a oferta da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) nas unidades prisionais. Esses modelos são: multissérie, de etapas e modular.
Implicações da Pesquisa: A pesquisa indica a necessidade de estudos sobre a oferta de educação no ambiente prisional. Essa compreensão ampla abrange instituições como as Secretarias de Educação e Segurança, bem como atores institucionais responsáveis pela garantia do direito dessa população à educação.
Originalidade/Valor: Este estudo promove discussão sobre modelos/concepções de educação para PESRPL, cuja reflexão é incipiente no campo da Política de Educação, com ênfase no planejamento e na implementação da política pelos atores institucionais responsáveis pela garantia do direito à educação na prisão
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CITY OF SANTOS/SP: ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AND INDICATORS
Full text linkIntroduction: This research analyzes the panorama of urban sustainability in the city of Santos/SP, an important Brazilian international trade Port Center.
Objective: The main municipal initiatives and recent environmental indicators were evaluated. It seeks to present the main environmental problems of the City of santos.
Theoretical Framework: The city of Santos, being the largest port in Latin America, suffers a strong impact from the pollution generated by ships and the intense traffic of vehicles linked to the port system. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships internationally regulates the sulfur content of fuels. As a result, some vessels have started to use cleaner fuels.
Method: This research is characterized as a descriptive and analytical study, based on the collection and analysis of secondary data on urban sustainability in the city of Santos/SP. The methodological approach sought to integrate information from various sources to compose a comprehensive overview of municipal initiatives and relevant environmental indicators.
Results and Discussion: The analysis of urban sustainability at City of Santos (São Paulo/BR), reveals a city that actively seeks to integrate the environmental agenda into its planning and management, driven both by legal requirements and by a growing awareness of the socio-environmental challenges inherent to a coastal and port city. The implementation of initiatives aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), multisectoral coordination and planned investments in infrastructure, such as the Public-Private Partnership for waste management, demonstrate an institutional commitment to the pursuit of more balanced development.
Research Implications: The implications of these findings for urban and environmental management in Santos are clear: it is necessary to go beyond planning and ensure the effective implementation of proposed actions, continuously monitoring their results. Integration between the different sectoral policies (sanitation, waste, mobility, land use, port development) is essential. Strengthening environmental education and civic engagement are equally important to promote behavioral changes and ensure the success of initiatives.
Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature about sustainability, with clearly defined potential and challenges for the cities. Consolidating progress and overcoming obstacles will require ongoing investment, integrated management, technological innovation and, above all, a shared commitment between the government, the private sector and civil society to build a more resilient, equitable and environmentally healthy city
O IMPACTO DA TRANSFORMAÇÃO DIGITAL NO SETOR DE SAÚDE SUPLEMENTAR BRASILEIRO: DESAFIOS E OPORTUNIDADES
Full text linkObjetivo: Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar como as tecnologias digitais podem servir como fator mitigador para o aumento dos custos assistenciais das operadoras de planos de saúde.
Referencial Teórico: O setor de saúde suplementar enfrenta desafios em relação a sua sustentabilidade financeira. Dado o avanço das doenças crônico-degenerativas, a incorporação de novas tecnologias, a transformação digital e as tecnologias digitais aplicadas à assistência à saúde fornecem suporte para aumentar a eficiência do setor.
Método: A metodologia adotada abrangeu uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática e o levantamento de dados secundários, seguindo uma abordagem qualitativa, de naturerza aplicada e exploratória.
Resultados e Discussão: A transformação digital se insere na dinâmica da inovação, dentro de uma proposta de apropriação de tecnologia, visando a melhoraria de desempenho, a ampliação do alcance e a conquista de resultados positivos, contribuindo para a sustentabilidade da saúde suplementar a partir da redução dos custos assistenciais.
Implicações da Pesquisa: A adoçao das novas ferramentas digitais viabiliza melhores ações e decisões por parte dos agentes, evitando as ineficiências e seus custos.
Originalidade/Valor: O estudo faz uma abordagem inédita sobre como as tecnologias digitais podem ser aplicadas de forma inovadora, promovendo a sustentabilidade financeira do setor e garantindo a viabilidade do sistema em um contexto de envelhecimento populacional
MAHABBAH BONDING RELATIONSHIP: RELATIONSHIP MARKETING THEORY IN ISLAMIC VALUE LENS TOWARD BUSINESS SUPPORTING CAPACITY IN BUSINESS GROUPS (KUBE) MSME FISH PROCESSING IN CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA
Full text linkObjective: This research proposes a new conceptual model in marketing activities to provide benefits for all parties involved in a marketing relationship bond.
Theoretical Framework: The integration of dimensions from Relationship Marketing Theory and Islamic Values forms a new conceptual effort to enhance marketing performance, which is Mahabbah Bonding Relationship.
Method: This study employs a grounded theory research design to form constructs and develop theories from data collected directly through observation, interviews, and library research.
Results and Discussion: The Mahabbah Bonding Relationship, which represents a brotherhood relationship among human resources in binding customers based on shared Islamic values to strengthen relationships and create sustainable mutual benefits.
Research Implications: This study holds significant implications for expanding the current literature and advancing marketing theory and business practices. Human resource skills in building relationships based on shared Islamic values are crucial for enhancing marketing performance.
Originality/Value: The integration of dimensions from Relationship Marketing Theory with the bonding approach and Islamic Values with the Mahabbah concept introduces the dimensions of the Mahabbah Bonding Relationship
LIQUEFACTION OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE BY HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION TECHNIQUE
Full text linkObjective: The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of applying these thermal processes to sugarcane bagasse in order to obtain greater energy utilization from its compounds, evaluating the influence of homogeneous catalysts on the products generated from the hydrothermal carbonization of sugarcane bagasse.
Theoretical Framework: This topic presents the main concepts and theories that support the research. The highlights are energy and biomass in Brazil, sugarcane bagasse, and the hydrolysis of biomass through hydrothermal carbonization.
Method: The methodology adopted for this research includes the preparation of bagasse samples from a plant in the municipality of Jandaia/GO, hydrothermal carbonization in different pH media, in addition to the characterization of the liquid phase obtained, through physical-chemical tests and gas chromatography coupled to the mass spectrometer.
Results and Discussion: The results obtained revealed that biomass liquefaction was more efficient in an alkaline medium, which is a great advantage in industrial processes, since the level of equipment wear due to corrosion is lower than in an acidic medium.
Research Implications: It was found that bagasse liquefaction is possible through the hydrothermal carbonization method. The liquid phase, rich in high-value organic compounds, may be a viable alternative to the direct burning of this biomass.
Originality/Value: Biomass liquefaction with the aim of obtaining higher-value products may be a process with great potential in the chemical industry segment, with benefits comparable to the production of energy and fuels