Plastic pollution has drastically increased in the world's oceans, with significant contributions from Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, which collectively account for a substantial portion of global plastic debris due to inadequate waste...

What is the effect of robots and tools on employment and inequality? Using natural language processing and an instrumental variable approach, we discover that robots have led to a sizable decrease in the employment and wages of low-skill workers in operational occupations. However, tools -...

Flächenkreislaufwirtschaft ist ein ganzheitlicher strategischer Ansatz zur Wiedernutzung von Flächen und zur Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme, der zugleich Aspekte von Klimaschutz, Energieeffizienz, Altlastensanierung und Stadtentwicklung berücksichtigt. Er beinhaltet die...

What is the effect of robots and tools on employment and inequality? Using natural language processing and an instrumental variable approach, we discover that robots have led to a sizable decrease in the employment and wages of low-skill workers in operational occupations. However, tools -...

What is the effect of robots and tools on employment and inequality? Using natural language processing and an instrumental variable approach, we discover that robots have led to a sizable decrease in the employment and wages of low-skill workers in operational occupations. However, tools -...

What is the effect of robots and tools on employment and inequality? Using natural language processing and an instrumental variable approach, we discover that robots have led to a sizable decrease in the employment and wages of low-skill workers in operational occupations. However, tools -...

Purpose: The circular economy is a key issue for any company, city, or institution. The linear economy model, based on "take, make, use and waste" of products and resources, has discarded potentially valuable resources and caused serious contamination problems. In contrast, the circular economy...

Flächenkreislaufwirtschaft ist ein ganzheitlicher strategischer Ansatz zur Wiedernutzung von Flächen und zur Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme, der zugleich Aspekte von Klimaschutz, Energieeffizienz, Altlastensanierung und Stadtentwicklung berücksichtigt. Er beinhaltet die...

The development of a methodology for the growth of the stock market through a deep transformation of the economic development system and introduction of digital technologies. The article is devoted to the study of the development of stock markets' actual problems that affect the redistribution...

Predictive model development is understudied despite its importance to modern businesses. Although prior discussions highlight advances in methods (along the dimensions of data, computing power, and algorithms) as the primary driver of model quality, the value of tools that implement those...

The development of a methodology for the growth of the stock market through a deep transformation of the economic development system and introduction of digital technologies. The article is devoted to the study of the development of stock markets’ actual problems that affect the redistribution...

In today's complex and changing business environment the concern with sustainability has gained more notoriety. However, companies still do not have a sustainable perspective, but a short-term one, where their values are constantly forgotten and this concept is no longer welcomed. This research...

In today's complex and changing business environment the concern with sustainability has gained more notoriety. However, companies still do not have a sustainable perspective, but a short-term one, where their values are constantly forgotten and this concept is no longer welcomed. This research...

This open access book discusses service design capabilities in innovation processes, and provides a framework that guides design students, practitioners and researchers towards a better understanding of operational aspects of service design processes. More specifically, it revisits service...

Purpose Across the UK and Ireland, there are a range of processes and interventions offered to adults who, because of personal characteristics or life circumstances, require help to keep themselves safe from potential harm or abuse. The ways in which the statutory and voluntary sectors have...

Tout artiste qui se respecte connaît les pinceaux Raphaël ! Fabriqués à la main, avec un savoir-faire inchangé depuis leur création en 1793, ils sont adaptés à chaque type de peinture et possèdent une durée de vie extraordinaire. Sans le savoir, les femmes se maquillent, mais aussi les...

Operational Excellence is an expression, which is used in many ways in the context of transforming a company to play a relevant roll on the market in the future. A basic question is if these words are only a hype or does a scientific background exist? How is operational excellence is defined? An...

Operational Excellence is an expression, which is used in many ways in the context of transforming a company to play a relevant roll on the market in the future. A basic question is if these words are only a hype or does a scientific background exist? How is operational excellence is defined? An...

Purpose This study is based on a research approach proposal aiming to reveal tacit knowledge that shapes architectural design processes through subjective accumulations and tools. With the premise that design embodies tacit and personal knowledge, it proposes an alternative way to decipher this...

Purpose The research on shared mental models (SMMs) focuses on the importance of all team members holding similar mental models to realize team performance. However, for a perceived decomposable task, it is not required for all team members to have similar mental models to achieve team...

Background: The maker movement in recent years has shed light on the blurring boundaries between crafts, creativity, and technology. Tools are a key part of the creation process, shaping both our process of making and the objects we make. They do so through their form and material influence, the...

Background: The maker movement in recent years has shed light on the blurring boundaries between crafts, creativity, and technology. Tools are a key part of the creation process, shaping both our process of making and the objects we make. They do so through their form and material influence, the...