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The level of green innovation adoption among construction firms in Scotland
Get PDFThe construction industry plays a vital role in meeting the needs of society and enhancing the quality of life.It contributes to a better standard of living for people and increases the
economic output of countries all over the world. However, its activities are considered as making a major contribution to environmental problems.From emitting greenhouse gas to contributing waste, construction is not an environmentally-friendly activity.These conflicting issues have pressured the industry to intensify its effort and move towards sustainable construction.As the government in United Kingdom has set target towards
sustainability achievement by 2050, it is necessary for the construction industry to play
its role to protect the environment by engaging in environmental-related practices.The aim of this study, therefore, to examine the level of green innovation adoption by Scottish construction firms.Based on the results of descriptive analysis, more than half of the participated Scottish construction firms have adopted various types of green technical and green process during construction.Green administrative practices, however, were less adopted by the construction firms with relatively small percentages. The implications for theories of innovation adoption and knowledge enhancement associated with environmentally-friendly practices is also discussed
Green innovation adoption in the construction sector: the role of absorptive capacity and the effect of environmental requirements
Get PDFThis study has investigated and attempted to enhance understanding of the role of
absorptive capacity in influencing a firm to adopt green innovation. Absorptive
capacity which has been argued by previous study as an important factor to facilitate
the adoption of innovation, may require some degree of pressure from regulators and
customers, to be exerted on particular firms, to influence them to become involved in
green innovation. Therefore, this study has also attempted to evaluate the extent of the
moderating effect of regulatory and customer requirements on the relationship
between a firm’s absorptive capacity and its adoption of green innovation. A research
framework was developed and three research questions were posited. An electronic
questionnaire survey was created and distributed to general building firms from the
construction industry in Scotland. Subsequent semi-structured interviews were
conducted with a subset of participants from the survey as well as with a number of
construction industry experts, to investigate further the results of the survey. A total of
84 respondents participated in the survey, while 13 respondents contributed invaluable
input from the interview sessions. The findings suggest that, on the whole, the level of
green innovation adoption by most of the general building firms in Scotland can be
considered as relatively low. Their engagement in green-related activities, however,
was focusing more on the technical and process side, which was directly influenced
by firms’ high levels of existing knowledge and efforts to build new knowledge
through employee training. The green administrative practices, on the other hand, had
not really been given attention by the building firms as it is a voluntary-based act,
which does not demonstrate tangible, financial benefit to them. The evidence from the
study also shows that neither environmental requirements from regulators nor
customers could encourage the building firms to adopt green practices even when they
have high levels of absorptive capacity. The low levels of compliance as well as poor
environmental demand from the customers indicate the number one concern within the
industry, that is, cost, which hinders the building firms from becoming ‘greener’.
Additionally, this study provided insights and further understanding regarding
knowledge-based factors that could facilitate the adoption of green innovation. This
study has also made a methodological contribution by providing evidence and support
for the use of mixed method approach to enhance understanding of the construction
industry, which has tended to be the focus of quantitative studies. The findings of this
study also have a number of implications, especially for policy makers, to explore into
strategy and stringent regulations that could encourage more firms in the construction
sector, which are operating in one of the industries that contributes most to
environmental problems, to seek to reduce their impact on the natural environment.
As the government takes a leadership role in this regard, participation from the other
stakeholders within the industry is of importance to prompt a wider adoption of green
practices. Here, architects, in particular, are in a potentially useful position to have a
very strong influence in encouraging building firms to become involved in green
practices. Besides, both individuals within the organisations (e.g. the top management
and decision makers) and the society outside the organisations (e.g. customers and
users of construction outputs) need to be educated to motivate them to make better
environmental choices in order to contribute to environmental protection or
sustainability
Customer satisfaction towards service quality of Varsity Mart (V-Mart) at University Utara Malaysia
Get PDFThe problem of consumer loyalty and administration quality has twisted out to be one of the principles and essential things thought to consider in all shops. Essentially the administration quality and consumer loyalty offer effect to the business. These two things need to reflect to enhance and keep up their business. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the level of customer satisfaction on the service offered by Varsity Mart, UUM, and to examine the relationship between service quality dimensions and customer satisfaction. A total of 100 respondents have participated in this study and the data is analyzed using SPSS. The findings indicate that customer satisfaction has a significant effect on service quality. It recommended improving service quality that which didn’t give an impact on customer satisfaction
The roles of technology in enhancing service excellence in higher education
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to examine the rules of technology in enhancing service excellence in higher education.Service excellence is crucially needed in every business environment and previous studies have proven that, those implementing service excellence will increase their profit and remain competitive in the long run.The study will be thoroughly reviewing previous literatures in getting an idea on the existing condition.To look at how much fast-moving technology has enhanced the implementation of service excellence especially in higher education industry.The aims of the study are to explore any possible advantage of technology in enhancing service excellence.In a highly competitive environment, public universities are suffering from the high demand
for unlimited information.Demand for fast communication has turn social media into a
big role. In becoming customer‟s choice, universities all over the world must invest into a
new and updated approach or application of mass media to remain competitive.Somehow, searching for related article regarding an approach in improving services in higher education industry by any specific technology is hard to find.Continuous study is needed in shaping our future education industry in becoming a world-class university
Entrepreneurship challenges: A case study among single mother entrepreneurs in northern region
Get PDFEntrepreneurship is not a foreign concept for women. Today, the number of women who enter the entrepreneurial field has been shown to increase tremendously. For example, McKay (2001) reported that in 1999 almost half of the small businesses in the United States were owned by women. In the meantime Shafizad, Coetzer, & Alan (2016) stated that women play a major role in the growth of small businesses in Australia. In addition, the
UK Government also estimated that nearly a quarter and a third of business firms in the country were owned by women (Brierley, 2014). Meanwhile, Orhan and Scott (2001) reported that 26% of total entrepreneurs in France were women. Meanwhile closer to home, the ex-Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development, Datuk Seri Rohani
Abdul Karim, had stated that in Malaysia, 19.7% of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are owned by women. From that percentage, about 91.7% are involved in the service sector, followed by 6.9% in the manufacturing sector, and the rest are in other sectors (Jaafar & Sazili, 2017). However, it was reported that there are at least 1.9% single mothers who have their own business enterprises in Malaysia
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
A summary of bibliometric analysis on the publication trends in technology roadmapping
Get PDFTechnology roadmapping is “a technique to capture diverse information in technology evolution and new product development” (Petrick & Echols, 2004, p.89). It is part of technology planning that deal with increasing competitive environment (Garcia & Bray, 1997). Technology roadmapping is crucial for creating alignment between technology and
organizational goals (Phaal, Farrukh, & Probert, 2005). One of the applications is to support strategic planning in relations to technology, product, and market (Phaal, Farrukh, & Probert, 2004). It can also be applied for service planning, capability planning, longrange planning, knowledge asset planning, program planning, process planning, and integration planning (Phaal, Farrukh, & Probert, 2001). The initial works on technology roadmapping was appeared for the first time in the late 70’s (Phaal, Farrukh, & Probert,
2005). With over two decades of literatures, the ground works of technology roadmapping have been well established. As a result, this study will summarize the publication trends in technology roadmapping based on the bibliometric analysis of references
Creativity and innovation: Keys to productivity
Get PDFIn today’s globalize business environment, organizations face huge challenge in order to
successfully survive in competitive market. As a significance, the organizations should continuously improve their performance in order to remain in competitive global market.
There are several reason for the growing interest in creativity research. For innovation,
creativity considered as fundamental for organizational performance and continuity in
global market (Bodla, 2016). When the innovation process constantly demanding for novel
solutions for products and service, creativity play an important role in merge and utilize
diverse individual’s knowledge (Bouncken et al.,2016). The present study explore one of most current topic which is organizational creativity. In early 1990’s, the issue of organizational creativity received significant attention in many
area of social science (Giustiniano et al., 2014). Organizational creativity refer to the
creation of valuable and useful new products, service, ideas, procedures or process by individuals who working together in complex social system (Woodman et al., 1993). Organizational creativity serves as creative result of groups, not happen simultaneously with innovation, while it accomplished by gradual changes
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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