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Beyond Corporate Division: Knowledge and Connections Lead to New Corporate Successes
Publication Name: International Journal of Knowledge Management
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
The success of modern companies in today’s complex business environment depends on effective knowledge management, especially during corporate divisions. The research explored how knowledge flow and relational networks impact the success of new ventures during such transformations. An organization that underwent a division was studied, and statistical methods, including distributions, cross-tabulations, and Spearman’s correlation, were used to analyze the data from a quantitative survey. The findings indicate that successful new companies are closely linked to knowledge sharing, ethical leadership, and integrating existing and new relational networks. A positive correlation was also found between company success, innovation, and leadership quality. This study offers fresh insights into corporate divisions and knowledge management, highlighting the role of ethical leadership and strategic use of knowledge to support sustainable development and improve business outcomes.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.4018/IJKM.363639
Evaluating Financial Development Indices with a Focus on Sustainability and Financial Resilience
Publication Name: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 1574 LNNS
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: 419-426
Description:
This study examines current financial development indices, highlighting the need to incorporate sustainability and resilience metrics. It critically investigates three major indices: the IMF’s Financial Development Index, the World Economic Forum’s Financial Development Index, and the World Bank’s Global Financial Development Database through a comparative analysis. The authors propose the concept of a new Sustainable Financial Development Index (SFDI) that integrates indicators related to economic resilience and sustainability. The proposed composite index aims to provide a more comprehensive measure for policymakers to assess financial development across diverse economic contexts and promote sustainable growth and financial resilience.
Open Access: Yes
Factors Affecting on Environmental Strategy in SMEs manufacturing Firms of a developing country: Mediating role of Green Employee Behavior
Publication Name: F1000research
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 13
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Background: Sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which engage heavily in manufacturing provides them with an essential platform for implementing environmental strategy, which is aimed at reducing environmental damage and promoting environmental protection. This study aims to examine the impact of the reduction in resource use, the greening of processes and products on environmental strategy and the mediating role of green employee behaviour. Methods: Primary data gathered with the help of questionnaires from employees of SMEs manufacturing in developing countries, Pakistan. The research gathered data from 211 participants by applying a pre-tested instrumental questionnaire and structural equation modelling (SEM) SmartPLS version 3 was used for data analysis. Results: The results confirmed all direct effects, including a reduction in resource use, the greening of processes and products and green employee behaviour of environmental strategies in small and medium manufacturing firms. Also, confirmed partial mediation effect of green employee behavior between greening of processes and products and environmental strategy. Conclusion: The current study clearly showed the need for programs and infrastructures that support resource reduction and greening businesses in SMEs. Companies’ implementation of green processes and technologies allows SMEs to take an environmentally responsible stand and become part of the movement toward sustainability. The research stresses the importance of green employee conduct as a mediator, the central point being the individual employee being engaged and aware of the subject and willing to participate in environmentally friendly practices. Therefore, small and medium enterprises should enlighten their staff to practice green behaviour, give them what they need and empower them to be change drivers that will trigger sustainability throughout the organisations.
Open Access: Yes
The multidimensional effects of host country sustainable development on China’s outward foreign direct investment: evidence from Belt and Road countries
Publication Name: International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 20
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: 2103-2116
Description:
This paper explores the effect of sustainable development levels in countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI). Through a systematic empirical analysis at both national and enterprise levels, the study examines how the sustainability of BRI countries influences China’s investment decisions. At the national level, the analysis reveals that higher levels of sustainable development in BRI countries positively impact China’s OFDI, with this relationship exhibiting a nonlinear pattern: low and high levels of sustainable development inhibit and promote OFDI, respectively. Additionally, natural resource availability plays a significant role in generating spatial spillover effects. Further examination at the enterprise level shows that the positive relationship between sustainable development and OFDI was particularly evident from 2013 to 2019; however, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 disrupted this trend. The heterogeneity analysis shows that state-owned enterprises tend to invest in countries with higher sustainable development levels, while industries like power, heat production, and wholesale retail are less sensitive to these levels. Additionally, host country participation in the Belt and Road Summit increases enterprises’ tolerance for variations in sustainable development, while leverage ratio and asset liquidity further influence OFDI. This study provides theoretical insights into the selection of BRI countries for OFDI and offers policy recommendations for enhancing the sustainability and risk management of China’s foreign investments.
Open Access: Yes
Developing a Framework for Multi-hazard and Risk Assessment, Darbandikhan Dam, Iraq
Publication Name: Advances in Science Technology and Innovation
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: Unknown
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: 529-533
Description:
Multi-purpose dams play a significant role in water resources management and flood protection by storing and releasing water for a sufficient water supply. Significantly, numerous dam failures are observed in multiple regions. Natural hazards related to dams include extreme floods, drought events, earthquakes, and geological conditions. There are also human-induced impacts, such as inadequate dam operation or maintenance. Numerous studies simulate potential natural extreme events to address the wide-ranging consequences encompassing loss of human life, economic losses, and environmental effects. In addition, international commissions and federal agencies recommend and apply a general framework for dam safety and risk assessment. The current study suggests and develops a flexible framework for multi-hazard indices and risk assessment for Darbandikhan Dam, Iraq, which was impacted by successive extreme climate events, besides a strong earthquake (M 7.3) that occurred on November 12, 2017. Consequently, the earthquake led to various impacts along the dam site, including horizontal and vertical displacement in some places. In addition, consecutive years of drought led to significant shortage inflows to the dam reservoir. The current study methodology focuses on developing a multi-hazard index and risk assessment framework for each potential extreme event and failure mode scenario associated with dam operation and safety. The information required for the particular framework is through integrating the observed with a global dataset based on Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing techniques. Nevertheless, using different tools and models in dataset processing provides the acquisition of the essential input data associated with each probable severe event. The outcomes of the suggested framework will show through multi-hazard maps the affected areas (hotspots) and propagation consequences besides the residual risk and system response for each scenario. In conclusion, developing a framework of multi-hazards risks associated with dam operation provides promising outcomes for risk assessment, warning response, and evacuation tasks based on hazard maps with different spatial and temporal resolutions. In addition, the framework can be used as an assistance tool for decision support systems, planning, and environmental protection associated with multi-purpose dam operation and safety.
Open Access: Yes
Structural topology optimization for plastic-limit behavior of I-beams, considering various beam-column connections
Publication Name: Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 53
Issue: 4
Page Range: 2719-2743
Description:
This work proposes topology optimization for steel I-beams, including consideration of bolted beam-column connections with geometric and material nonlinear analysis. The aim is to assess and compare the topological configurations influenced by different connections, examining their stress distribution and rotational stiffness to illustrate the potential of structural optimization. The bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) approach is implemented. Furthermore, several bolted steel beam-column configurations were validated based on experimental tests. Subsequently, a series of finite element models were developed, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of the plastic-limit behavior of I-beams under different loading conditions. The proposed method could potentially use a lesser quantity of material while maintaining the same level of structural performance. The results indicate that the implementation of structural topology optimization on I-beams while considering various beam-column connections, yields structural performance similar to that of solid web configurations, achieved through material reduction.
Open Access: Yes
Integration of BIM and Parametric Modeling for Sustainable Building Design
Publication Name: Chemical Engineering Transactions
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 121
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: 79-84
Description:
Due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations and the significant environmental impact associated with the construction, execution, operation, and renovation of buildings, sustainability is receiving growing emphasis in the construction industry. The short- and long-term environmental impact of a building is influenced by numerous factors: during the design phase, for example, location, geometry, materials used, and building services systems play a key role, but the methods applied during construction, the logistical aspects, the organization and quality of operational and maintenance processes, as well as waste management during renovation or demolition at the end of the building's life cycle are also of great importance. This study explores how parametric modelling and BIM can be integrated to support sustainable building design and practices. This literature review presents modern procedures and toolsets applicable in the design, construction, operation, and demolition/renovation phases of buildings, and identifies current research trends, gaps, and challenges. The review highlights that the integration of Building Information Modelling BIM and parametric modelling provides significant opportunities for improving sustainability performance throughout the building life cycle. In the design and construction phases, these tools enable optimisation of energy use, material efficiency, and embodied carbon reduction, while in operation and refurbishment, they support data-driven maintenance and circular material management. The findings indicate that despite rapid technological development, major challenges remain in interoperability, standardisation, and the integration of social and economic sustainability indicators.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3303/CET25121014
Innovating the Pilot Project Based on Multi-Attribute Group Decision-Making and Some Prioritized Aggregation Operators for Complex Pythagorean Fuzzy Information
Publication Name: Fuzzy Information and Engineering
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Page Range: 261-283
Description:
Gathering information from a real-life scenario is a very difficult process due to involvement of the multiple criteria and human opinion. A complex Pythagorean fuzzy set (CPyFS) is an interesting tool to deal with uncertainty while gathering information from human opinion involved in real-life scenarios. But, the aggregation of the information gathered by CPyFS becomes very hectic. Several aggregation operators (AOs) aggregate the information in the form of complex Pythagorean fuzzy values (CPyFVs). However, they lack the prioritization of attributes according to their weights. In this article, an interesting new class of AOs including complex Pythagorean fuzzy (CPyF) prioritized averaging operator (CPyFPAO) and CPyF prioritized geometric operator (CPyFPGO) is introduced. Basic and necessary properties of the introduced AOs are observed. Furthermore, the case study is discussed where the introduced AOs are applied to seek the most suitable optimized site for starting a pilot health project with the help of the multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) process. The results obtained from all proposed AOs are analyzed and compared with some existing AOs. All the analyses are explained with the help of the tabulated data and graphs.
Open Access: Yes
BEHAVIORAL IMPULSES AND THE TRANSMISSION CHANNELS OF THEIR IMPACT ON MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
Publication Name: Economics and Sociology
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Page Range: 202-228
Description:
This study investigates the impact of behavioral impulses, specifically corruption perception and government effectiveness, on macroeconomic stability through fiscal transmission channels. A Vector Autoregression (VAR) model was used to analyze the impulse responses of key macroeconomic indicators, including tax revenues, state budget expenditures, and GDP per capita, to shocks in corruption perception and governance quality. The findings reveal that improvements in corruption perception initially boost tax revenues and economic growth but have diminishing effects over time, emphasizing the need for sustained policy enforcement. In contrast, government effectiveness has a delayed but more persistent impact on fiscal stability. The study challenges the greasing-the-wheels hypothesis, demonstrating that corruption weakens rather than facilitates economic efficiency. The study contributes to the literature on behavioral economics by demonstrating that public trust, shaped by corruption control and effective governance, plays a more pivotal role in maintaining macroeconomic stability than the previously acknowledged indicators of individual well-being.
Open Access: Yes
