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Dimensional Expressivity Analysis, best-approximation errors, and automated design of parametric quantum circuits
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Are We in Trouble? An Exploration on Crime during Natural Disasters and Pandemics
Get PDFThe rise of digital business models, social media platforms, and intensified use of cyberspace during the COVID-19 pandemic have inevitably seen respective and associated cyber and cyber-enabled crimes. There has also been fluctuations in other forms of crimes during the pandemic. This chapters provides a critical overview of crime during natural disasters and pandemics. The paper outlines a comprehensive background on pandemics, natural
disasters, and crime and attempts to critically review the existing literature on the correlation between these concepts. It then adopts a case study approach to assess the correlation between pandemics and crime using secondary data
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Impact of predictive analytics on the strategic business models of supply chain management
No full textThis paper explores and analyses the impact of Predictive Analytics on Supply Chain Management. Predictive Analytics is expanding, and many organisations are utilising this technology for improved benefits and profits. The supply chain consists of different sectors which can inculcate this technology for overall optimization. This research uses primary and secondary data to illustrate the aim and objective of the research. The literature review gives an in-depth overview of the concepts of Big Data and Predictive Analytics (PA) in Supply Chain Management. The outcomes of this research have led to the conclusions that PA plays a critical role in supply chain function optimization and can provide important insights for better decision-making. They also point to the improvement of Supply Chain processes through the effective and efficient application of Predictive Analytics, resulting in improved performance, optimised procedures, and increased profits. In addition to that, many technologies can aid new start-ups and entrepreneurs towards success with their effective implementation and give rise to new business models for even larger organizations. This research can thus aid other organisations to understand the importance of PA and how well it can aid in strategic planning and execution and gain an advantage over their competitors
Building resilient supply chains in uncertain times: a comparative study of EU and ASEAN approaches to supply chain resilience
Get PDFSecond Nature, Phronēsis, and Ethical Outlooks
Get PDFThe expression ‘second nature’ can be used in two different ways. The first allows phronēsis (practical wisdom) to count as the sort of thing a second nature is. The second speaks of second natures as distinct ethical outlooks. I argue that a failure to distinguish these ways of speaking of ‘second nature’ is philosophically significant, in that we are thereby prevented from seeing that phronēsis stands on a different logical footing from ethical outlooks. Recognising their distinctness allows the important question of the relation between them to be posed. Phronēsis, I argue, should be understood as the unity of the ethical virtues. It remains invariant as ethical outlooks vary. Seeing this allows us to pose the important question, otherwise obscured, how phronēsis is mediated through specific cultural contexts. I end with a concrete example of radical ethical upheaval to illustrate phronēsis as operative across ethical outlooks
Exploring Consumer Mobile Payment Adoption: A Multi-Country Study
Get PDFThe increasing popularity of mobile technologies is reshaping human activities including financial transactions. This research focuses on the use and acceptance of NFC-enabled proximity mobile payment (m-payment). This research builds on previous research highlighting the various factors influencing the use and acceptance of m-payment through the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Diffusion of Innovation (DoI). The results indicate a statistically significant relationship between compatibility, personal innovativeness, and behavioural intention to use m-payment. The findings of this study confirm the influence of external factors, i.e., compatibility and personal innovativeness, determines the end-users’ perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of m-payment which subsequently determines their attitude towards using m-payment and the intention to use m-payment