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Navigating Change: Shaping the Future of EUSAIR - Trends, Priorities, and Policy Implications
No full textThis study focuses on the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) as a pivotal framework. EUSAIR's four key pillars—Blue Growth, Connecting the Region, Environmental Quality, and Sustainable Tourism—form the bedrock for comprehensive regional development.
Through synergistic efforts, EUSAIR aims to cultivate collabouration, innovation, and sustainable growth, thereby contributing to the broader goals of social, economic, and territorial cohesion in the European macro-regions. This paper investigates the shifting needs and trends within the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) from 2014 to the present, aiming to formulate strategic policy recommendations for the upcoming programming period. In addition, this article endeavours to identify emerging priorities intricately linked to the concepts of neighbourhood and enlargement, emphasizing the integration of the region, bolstering the single market, and
positioning it as a vibrant research and academic hub. Anchored in the identified potential new priorities, including research emphasis, stakeholder engagement, youth involvement, infrastructure connectivity, and data standardization, the study proposes leveraging the need of establishing a dedicated space for research, study, and the exchange of data and information. A well-structured space for data and information sharing, along with the definition of specific transversal priorities represent a cornerstone for addressing evolving regional priorities for fostering comprehensive
development in the macro-region
European Union Strategies and their Effects on the Adriatic-Ionian Region Ports
No full textEuropean Union macro-regional strategies bring together territories and stakeholders that are geographically close, but more importantly have common interests and goals to be addressed. In addition to serving as a guide for the territories involved, they are also a stimulus for growth and cooperation. Looking at the strategy of the Adriatic-Ionian region, it is possible to observe the involvement of non-EU countries, which share common goals and challenges. This area is focused on the Adriatic-Ionian basin, so ports and maritime transport play an important role in this region. The
present work stems from the need to investigate the Adriatic-Ionian region in a relevant area such as the cooperation and cohesion of the maritime ports, reviewing what their main activities are and how they are influenced by macro-regional strategies in their management and participation in initiatives and projects. Starting with an overview of European macro-regional strategies, and the Adriatic-Ionian context in particular, the review was then conducted on the activities, governance, cooperation and participation in projects with other stakeholders in the macro-region. The research was conducted by consulting planning documents and information on port authorities, in order to assess the state of the art in the Adriatic-Ionian region on the topic of the ports. The conclusions of the research emphasize the importance of the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region's role in the competitiveness and cohesion of Adriatic-Ionian region ports through the cooperation between them as they are complementary and therefore it could be a mean to improve performance in this regard. This paper aims to open up further perspectives in this field, laying a foundation for more research in this domain
European Union Macroregional Strategies: Overview on the Adriatic-Ionian Region Seaports
No full textThe European Union’s macro-regional strategies unite territories and stakeholders with shared interests and geographic proximity. They guide the involved territories and incentivize growth and cooperation. The eu Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian region includes non-eu countries with common goals and challenges. Given its focus on the Adriatic-Ionian Sea, seaports play a critical role in the strategy’s implementation. This paper examines the Adriatic-Ionian Region, particularly in terms of seaports’ cooperation and cohesion. It provides an overview of their primary activities and analyses the impact of Macro-Regional Strategies on their participation in initiatives and projects. The findings highlight the eu Strategy’s role in enhancing competitiveness and cohesion among ports in the region. As these ports are primarily complementary, increased cooperation will improve their performance
INTEGRATING ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
No full textOver the past decade, organizational environmental analysis has advanced significantly, driven by frameworks like the UN's Agenda 2030 and the European Green Deal. Tools such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are vital for assessing product environmental impacts and guiding decisions. However, LCA's product focus limits broader organizational insights. Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (OLCA), outlined in ISO/TS 14072, extends LCA principles to assess all activities, enabling a holistic environmental view. This study explores OLCA's application through case studies in various industries, including fashion, to support sustainable practices in micro, small, and medium enterprises
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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