Cooperation Partners Research Articles

Who exhibits fairness concern is better for supply chain stability and the environment

In practice, long-term unfair distribution of profit may cause cooperation partnerships between firms to break down. For example, Xuzhou Wanji Trading Co., as a distributor, terminated the business cooperation with Procter & Gamble. Thus, to maintain supply chain cooperation, firms no matter reap high profits or low profits begin to be concerned about fairness. Based on this, we explore how fairness attitudes affect operation and emission reduction decisions in a supply chain with one manufacturer and one retailer, especially under cap-and-trade (C&T) regulation. This paper develops three Stackelberg game models: no fairness concern, with retailer’s fairness concern, and with manufacturer’s altruistic preference, respectively, and then derive equilibrium outcomes to analyze the joint effect of fairness attitudes and C&T regulation. First, the results demonstrate that the retailer’s fairness concern increases his own profit while decreases the manufacturer’s optimal emission reduction and profit. Second, the manufacturer’s altruistic preference not only facilitates a more equitable distribution of overall profits but also results in lower emissions of unit product, achieving a win–win situation. Consequently, the manufacturer’s altruistic preference performs better than the retailer’s fairness concern in balancing fairness and emission reduction. Interestingly, if the manufacturer decides to reduce emissions, the total emissions are lower under a loose C&T regulation; otherwise, the total emissions are lower under a strict C&T regulation.

STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY OF ZVO IN THE FORMATION OF COMPETITIVE GOALS IN THE CONDITIONS OF CHANGES

The article examines the issue of strategic flexibility of higher education institutions in modern conditions. The relevance of the study of the strategic flexibility of higher education institutions in the formation of competitive goals in conditions of change is determined by modern trends in the competitive advantages of higher education institutions; adaptation of flexible development strategies; partnership cooperation with European universities; increasing the competitiveness of the teaching staff; diversification of new areas of scientific activity and new opportunities for development. In the process of writing a scientific article, various general scientific research methods are used. An analysis of the development strategies of four institutions of higher education was carried out, namely, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), Lviv Polytechnic (Lviv, Ukraine), Mining and Metallurgical Academy named after S. Staszyca (Krakow, Poland), Poznań Polytechnic (Poznań, Poland). The conducted analysis showed that the most important element is the goals and objectives, and their components are determined primarily not by strategic planning due to the improvement of the quality of education and the positioning of higher education institutions as a competitive market of educational services, it’s the adaptation to market conditions, the formation of a competitive specialist capable of working at the international level, the search and attraction of consumers, analysis of activities of educational institutions, analysis of provision of educational services to consumers, diversification of educational activities in order to enter the European market of educational services. The practical value of the research lies in the thorough analysis of development strategies for the implementation of flexible management of institutions of higher education in a changing, flexible and competitive environment. Strategic flexibility will allow to form a new environment of “VUKA” and “BANI”, because in difficult conditions, competitiveness of the university is quite important.

RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE MIRROR OF WORLD AND NATIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHY

The development of relations between Japan and Europe after the Second World War in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century has become the subject of numerous historic- political and economic studies. The subject in question is of interest for researchers from Japan and Europe as well as to scientific communities from various other countries. Obvious spikes of researchers’ activity occurred in the times of transformation of relations such as the shift to neoliberalism by the end of the 20th century, the formation of the European Union and the recent signing of the Economic Cooperation and Strategic Partnership agreements. Today researches of the matter at hand appear to be highly relevant. Japan and Western Europe have come a long way from trade wars and open standoff at international fora to successful economic cooperation and strategic partnership in relatively short time. Analyzing their experience will be useful for finding solutions to present day international crises. The present article presents the most relevant studies of relations between Japan and Western Europe in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. The relevant publications are reviewed by the author in chronological order. This way the distinguishing features of researchers’ approaches to the subject in question in different time periods can be demonstrated more distinctly. The problematic-chronological method was used to carry out the research because it allows to trace the correlation between the topics of historical research papers and the stage of development of historical science. Additionally, the author made use of the periodization method.

Hubungan antara sistem produksi dan kerjasama kemitraan dengan keberhasilan usahatani tanaman hias Hanjuang (Cordyline fruticosa) di Kecamatan Sukalarang, Kabupaten Sukabumi, Jawa Barat

This study aims to determine the relationship between the production system and partnership cooperation with the success of Hanjuang (Cordyline fruticosa) ornamental plant farming. The unit of analysis is the Hanjuang Ornamental Plant Farmers in partnership with PT. Noah Han Semesta in Sukalarang District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java Province. The analysis technique used is Pearson correlation analysis and path analysis. The results showed that the performance of Hanjuang ornamental plant farming was quite profitable, with an income of Rp44,957,631,-. The Product planning subsystem; production input subsystem; process subsystem; and control subsystem obtained an achievement level of 80.24% outstanding criteria. Provision of production facilities, Technical guidance, and Marketing of Production Results obtained a level of achievement of 78.95% (good criteria). The following dimensions: productivity; plant quality; and efficiency of farming, obtained a level of achievement of 78.81% (good criteria). Production systems and partnerships have a positive and significant effect on the success of Hanjuang ornamental plant farming. The contribution of the Production System was obtained by 27.27%, and the Partnership and Partnership variable's contribution was 44.24 %.

Svitlana Povshyk: Artist, Designer, Teacher

The main objective of the study is to analyze Svitlana Povshyk’s main artistic and professional achievements, reveal the specifics of her creative and pedagogical methods. The article outlines the artist’s individual creative style; the means of artistic expression, technical-technological, stylistic features, plot-thematic focus of her graphic works are analyzed. The designer's project activities include the stage costumes development, design and manufacture of clothing for employees of public catering and household services. Based on Svitlana Povshyk's long-term experience and results of pedagogical work at the Department of Design and Theory of Art of Vasyl Stefanyk PreCarpathian National University, the specifics of her pedagogical methods have been revealed, pedagogical methods that influence the formation of the competence of to-be fashion designers have been identified. Methodology. The following research methods are used in the article: biographical, descriptive, interview method, artistic analysis. Results/findings and conclusions. Svitlana Povshyk’s graphics demonstrates consummate mastery of composition, original textural solutions, the use of various artistic techniques, metaphoricalness, experimentation, emotionality of images. Svitlana Povshyk turns to the authentic Ukrainian theme, successfully interpreting it, giving it a modern sound, which can be traced both in graphic letters and in design projects. The specifics of Svitlana Povshyk’s pedagogical method is based on the principles of consistency and sequence of solving project tasks, conceptual methods, understanding of the traditions of national and world culture, it is characterized by innovation, thorough methodical studies in special disciplines, constant improvement of educational programs, partnership cooperation between teacher and student. Significance for the industry, science, country. S. Povshyk’s creative method was formed under the influence of the Lviv art school and it is characterized by a synthesis of artistic, project and pedagogical activities. When creating sketches of stage costumes on the basis of national principles, the designer gives special importance to the study of the features of the folk costume, she considers it as a phenomenon of the spiritual and material culture of the people. Thanks to the high professional level and the use of innovative teaching methods, Svitlana Povshyk contributes not only to the development and growth of the artistic quality of design education in Ivano-Frankivsk region, but also to the formation of the creative personality of the to-be fashion designer.

Information Analysis on Foreign Institution for International R&D Collaboration Using Natural Language Processing

The number of international collaborations in research and development (R&D) has been increasing in the energy sector to solve global environmental problems—such as climate change and the energy crisis—and to reduce the time, cost, and risk of failure. Successful international project planning requires the analysis of research fields and the technology expertise of cooperative partner institutions or countries, but this takes time and resources. In this study, we developed a method to analyze the information on research organizations and topics, taking advantage of data analysis as well as deep learning natural language processing (NLP) models. A method to evaluate the relative superiority of efficient international collaboration was suggested, assuming international collaboration of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER). Additionally, a workflow of an automated executive summary and a translation of tens of web-posted articles is also suggested for a quick glance. The valuation of the suggested methodology is estimated as much as the annual salary of an experienced employee.

Tinjauan Shirkah terhadap Sistem Pay Per Click (PPC) dada Google Adsense dan Facebook

This research was conducted to determine the Pay Per Click (PPC) system in collaboration between Google AdSense and Facebook from a Shirkah perspective. This research is field research, with data collection using interviews, observation, and literature review by explaining how the Pay Per Click (PPC) system works in collaboration with Google AdSense and Facebook and then analyzing it according to Islamic law. The results of this study indicate that websites or blogs create Facebook fan page accounts which publishers carry out to promote posting website links or blog links to be accepted as Google AdSense cooperation partners. Ad services will appear randomly to have generated dollars if someone clicks on the ad. The author views the contract between the two parties as valid. However, the advertising services that are displayed randomly contain mutashabihat or ambiguous matters. Because Google itself has many AdWords partners from many types of companies. If publishers can guarantee the appearance of advertising services on their websites or blogs with good educational advertisements, then this collaboration will have no significant problems. If not, the publishers have the role of spreading evil because they have helped the advertisements displayed by Google.

The Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiome Network Impacted by SARS-CoV-2.

The microbiome of upper respiratory tract (URT) acts as a gatekeeper to respiratory health of the host. However, little is still known about the impacts of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the microbial species composition and co-occurrence correlations of the URT microbiome, especially the relationships between SARS-CoV-2 and other microbes. Here, we characterized the URT microbiome based on RNA metagenomic-sequencing datasets from 1737 nasopharyngeal samples collected from COVID-19 patients. The URT-microbiome network consisting of bacteria, archaea, and RNA viruses was built and analyzed from aspects of core/periphery species, cluster composition, and balance between positive and negative interactions. It is discovered that the URT microbiome in the COVID-19 patients is enriched with Enterobacteriaceae, a gut associated family containing many pathogens. These pathogens formed a dense cooperative guild that seemed to suppress beneficial microbes collectively. Besides bacteria and archaea, 72 eukaryotic RNA viruses were identified in the URT microbiome of COVID-19 patients. Only five of these viruses were present in more than 10% of all samples, including SARS-CoV-2 and a bat coronavirus (i.e., BatCoV BM48-31) not detected in humans by routine means. SARS-CoV-2 was inhibited by a cooperative alliance of 89 species, but seems to cooperate with BatCoV BM48-31 given their statistically significant, positive correlations. The presence of cooperative bat-coronavirus partner of SARS-CoV-2 (BatCoV BM48-31), which was previously discovered in bat but not in humans to the best of our knowledge, is puzzling and deserves further investigation given their obvious implications. Possible microbial translocation mechanism from gut to URT also deserves future studies.

MCEN: Maximum cooperative equilibrium WSN based on greedy prediction to reduce opposite transmission

In wireless sensor network (WSN) routing model design, energy efficiency is a key to WSN performance. Existing energy efficiency routing approaches transmit fused data packets through cluster head (CH) to save energy. However, some of these approaches do not make full use of WSNs’ energy because some sensor node transmitting paths are opposite to their transmission destination in these WSNs. Therefore, this paper proposes an approach named maximum cooperative equilibrium WSN (MCEN) to improve WSN energy utilization based on greedy policies and nodes energy consumption prediction. MCEN reconstructs the cluster structure to help nodes minimize their transmitting paths on which signals travel in the opposite direction to their destination. The energy-consumption prediction strategy in MCEN is to find the best cooperative partner for a node by predicting the energy consumption of the cooperative data transmission between the node and base station. CHs are voted to form clusters based on the maximum energy consumption prediction results. The approach can be embedded in other WSN clustering approaches, thereby further extending the overall lifetime of those WSNs. The simulation results show that the proposed method can greatly extend the lifetime of the entire network by more than 50%.

Site-selective covalent immobilization of PPARγ using a label-free strategy for chromatographic study

The development of site-selective covalent protein immobilization strategies is crucial for many protein-based bioanalytical assays. Herein, we proposed a label-free, site-selective, covalent immobilization strategy for the functionalization of PPARγ on GW9662 modified macroporous silica gels. The gels were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Molecular docking in combination with competitive study, adsorption energy distribution (AED) calculation, and frontal analysis were used to investigate the binding of ligands with GW9662 occupied PPARγ. Docking results indicated that rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, and gensenoside Rh1 could cooperatively bind to the receptor with GW9662. Competitive studies revealed that the three ligands bond with PPARγ through the same site in the presence of GW9662. AED calculation showed one type of binding site for the three ligands on the receptor. Due to the presence of GW9662, the affinities of the three ligands ((2.35 ± 0.05) × 105 M−1 for rosiglitazone, (1.27 ± 0.02) × 105 M−1 for pioglitazone, and (3.18 ± 0.13) × 105 M−1 for gensenoside Rh1) with PPARγ were one or two orders of magnitude smaller than the literature reported values. The good performance of the immobilized PPARγ provided an opportunity for application in receptor-ligand interactions and cooperative partner screening. Our strategy is, therefore, a promising way to realize the label-free, covalent immobilization of functional proteins.

THE MARKETING STRATEGY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES PRODUCTS THROUGH LANGUAGE LITERACY IN KALANGANYAR TOURISM VILLAGE

Marketing language literacy is a communication skill that must be mastered by business people in Kalanganyar tourist village. UMKM business from processed fish becomes a product that can have high competitiveness if it has a good marketing method to consumers. Kalanganyar tourism village is a fostered area or cooperation partner who will implement an international standard tourist village and language literacy is the answer to the problems of people who do not master this marketing language literacy. Community service in the tourist village of Kalanganyar aims to create a community of business people who can practice the language of communication in English in sales and purchasing activities. In addition, knowledge of an effective marketing system is given to business people to equip the community in marketing processed products online and offline with special language literacy, namely marketing English. With the strengthening of language literacy and a reliable marketing system, the vision and mission of an international tourist village can be realized gradually and is expected to encourage Kalanganyar community to realize the tourism village program.

Design and implementation of the participatory German network for translational dementia care research (TaNDem) - A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Stakeholders and Healthcare Providers in Dementia Care Research.

Currently, there is a lack of sustainable, translational structures in dementia care research that enable a nationally guided participatory interaction between research, care practice, and those affected by dementia. A close cooperation between research and care practice with a simultaneous inclusion of those affected by dementia is essential to translate scientific evidence into practice and address routine care needs in healthcare research. Within the project TaNDem we aim to close the gap between research and practice by establishing a translational dementia care research network with participatory elements. We interviewed healthcare providers to identify their expectations for the design and implementation of this network. We interviewed n = 87 stakeholders in healthcare practice and healthcare research within focus group interviews. We followed a structured interview guide including, questions about (i) the main objectives and areas of such network, (ii) the preferred way of coordination, collaboration, and interaction, (iii) and barriers and facilitators of implementation. The recorded interviews were transcribed and analyzed using qualitative content analysis according to Mayring. Interviewees expressed the desire for an understandable translation of research results for practitioners, for a strengthening of networking, and for interaction between research and practice. Stakeholders would like to see evaluations of healthcare situations in specific geographic regions and the involvement of people affected by dementia in research. Furthermore, they preferred better communication between researchers and practitioners, support in identifying suitable cooperation partners, and a unified approach towards health policy. According to collaboration, regional and national meetings as well as communication channels could be implemented via online platforms, databases, or local advisory hubs. Obstacles mentioned include limitations in terms of staff, budget and time of stakeholders, as well as regional differences and duplicate structures. To successfully implement the TaNDem network, there should be local contact persons. Furthermore, the cooperation should be based on trust and jointly defined objectives that add value to the individual's work of each member of the research network. The results show that stakeholders in healthcare practice and healthcare research have similar expectations related to a participatory collaboration that provides an added value to all participants.

Building Economic Resilience in Western Balkans during COVID-19

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on global trade costs (WTO, 2021). Predicting, and managing risks is a necessary and difficult task for policymakers thus to minimize the negative effects coming from these unexpected incoming shocks. Natural disasters, health crisis and political conflicts over the recent decade, are pushing more pressure to developing countries to re-evaluate their trade partners in the international cooperation, as a way to prevent the direct impact of a probable shock on trade. The early stages of the pandemic exposed also how reliant Western Balkans had become on relatively few global producers of critical medical supplies, prompting widespread calls for greater supply chain diversification. This study attempts to answer the question: Did the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on regional trade policies revealed an increase or decrease of economic resilience? Travel restrictions and border closures, which were an important part of the initial policy response to the pandemic, disrupted freight transport, business travel and the supply of services that rely on the presence of individuals abroad. Trade facilitation measures taken at the border made it possible for supply chains to continue delivering and have been critical during the COVID-19 crisis. GDP recovery in the last year has been faster in economies with strong pre-pandemic trade ties to countries with fewer COVID-19 cases. In the post COVID-19 area, the Western Balkan countries are recommended to make sustainability and resilience a baseline requirement for every trade and investment decision.
 
 Received: 10 September 2022 / Accepted: 21 October 2022 / Published: 30 November 2022

Kemitraan CV Bumi Kopi dengan Petani di Desa Sukamekar

The agricultural sector in Indonesia an important role in the economy, especially the coffee plantation sector. Coffee is one of the quality plantation products and has a high economic value. However, coffee farmers need partners to enter the market at high prices, and the problem faced in the implementation of farm partnership cooperation is the imbalance between the implementation of the cooperation model and the level of economic benefits obtained. The purpose of this study is to outline the partnership between coffee farmers and CV Bumi Kopi, a marketing partner that produces coffee. The research method used is a quantitative research method with a qualitative description. The data collection method is the purposive sampling method.The results of this study show that the pattern of partnership carried out between farmers and CV bumi kopi is the partnership pattern of Agribusiness Operational Cooperation (KOA), which is a partnership pattern which is a business relationship run by a partner group with partner companies.

Shodagor women cooperate across domains of work and childcare to solve an adaptive problem.

Across human societies, women's economic production and their contributions to childcare are critical in supporting reproductive fitness for themselves, their spouses and children. Yet, the necessity of performing both work and childcare tasks presents women with an adaptive problem in which they must determine how best to allocate their time and energy between these tasks. Women often use cooperative relationships with alloparents to solve this problem, but whether or not women cooperate across different domains (e.g. work and childcare) to access alloparents remains relatively under-explored. Using social network data collected with Shodagor households in Bangladesh, we show that women who need childcare help in order to work draw on cooperative work partners as potential alloparents, and that all women rely heavily on kin, but not reciprocal cooperation for childcare help. These results indicate that Shodagor women strategize to create work and childcare relationships in ways that help solve the adaptive problem they face. We discuss the implications of our results and the example provided by Shodagor women for a broader understanding of women's cooperative relationships, including the importance of socio-ecological circumstances and gendered divisions of labour in shaping women's cooperative strategies. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cooperation among women: evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives'.

Road Infrastructure Investment Limits Based on Minimal Accidents Using Artificial Neural Network

Road traffic accidents are still among the top major global causes of death, injury, and disability. Despite this cause for alarm and several preventive initiatives, global road accident statistics are not improving. This study modeled annual road accidents (ARAs) as a function of demographic, economic, passenger movement, freight movement, and road capital investment indicators. The research is based on 22 years of data from more than 36 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member and partner countries. Artificial neural network (ANN), multiple linear regression (MLR), and Poisson regression (PR) analysis were employed for this purpose. The ANN model outperformed the regression models by far, thus making it possible for reliable new insights and accurate results to be obtained. The ANN’s superior performance was shown to be a result of the non-linear relationship between ARA and some of the predicting variables. The average relative contribution of each variable in describing the ARA models was estimated using connection weight analysis (from the ANN model) and relative weight analysis for the regression model. The profile method was used to perform sensitivity analysis and to establish the partial variation trend of the ARA with each of the variables. The Existing Road Maintenance Investment (ERMI) and New Road Infrastructural Investment (NRII) showed a nonlinear concave-up relationship with ARA for given demography, economy, freight, and passenger movements. A combination of per capita NRII and ERMI corresponding to the minimum ARA exists. These sets of NRII and ERMI were considered safe road investment limits. The ANN-ARA model was utilized to estimate these limits with their relative proportion for diverse combinations of demography, economy, freight level, and passenger movement.

Complexities and Opportunities of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: A Case Study of Water Resource Management in Afghanistan

Water governance is a sensitive and contentious issue that requires multi-stakeholder participation and judicious use of technology. The new water law in Afghanistan focuses on the participation of stakeholders in water management, equitable water allocation, task division, and decision-making at the sub-basin, basin, and national levels. This paper looks at a multi-stakeholder partnership approach aligned with technological solutions designed by ICIMOD to facilitate collaboration for the purpose of addressing the key challenges and exploring opportunities for river basin management in Afghanistan. ICIMOD helped to broker a context-specific partnering approach to strengthen collaboration for water resource management by embedding the principles and frameworks of collaborating in cooperation and strategic partnership with the Partnership Brokers Association, which entails a shift from commitments to engage with stakeholders to codesigning and implementing activities based on partnering principles to achieve the goal of water resource management in Afghanistan. The paper highlights and discusses the various cases of the project that offer reflections on the participatory approach adopted and the value addition that each partner, on the basis of their strengths, brings to the partnership. The paper highlights the positive impacts that multi-stakeholder partnerships can have on overcoming the complex challenges faced in strengthening water resource management in Afghanistan.

Penyuluhan Strategi Branding Kopi Lokal di Pasar Global bagi Komunitas Teman Kohi

Marketing strategy is one of the efforts made in expanding product sales both in local and global markets. One strategy that can be done is through branding. Coffee commodities are one of the main commodities of Indonesia's exports. Aside from being the main commodity of exports, business in the field of coffee also increased from time to time. Efforts to expand the local coffee market are one of the focus of business people who come from the community of young people who open a number of coffee businesses. One of them is Komunitas Teman Kohi which is one of the local coffee industry players whose members consist of members of the community of young people and are engaged in coffee entrepreneurs. The problem of branding strategies faced by Komunitas Teman Kohi in expanding market access is an attraction for the devotion team to carry out community service. In this regard, the Community Service Team of Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta developed partnership cooperation with Komunitas Teman Kohi in counseling activities on local coffee branding strategies in the global market. In this activity, the community service team distributed pre-test before conducting counseling activities which were then followed by filling in post-test.

PARTNERSHIP IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY WITH VIRTUAL HOTEL OPERATOR (VHO)

The hotel business is experiencing the development of a modern cooperation system, namely Virtual Hotel Operator (VHO) which is a company that has a system that has its own application that provides virtual services or remote internet. This study aims to analyze the partnership business system agreement between the hospitality industry and VHO. The research method uses a juridical empirical approach, research that will explore data through field surveys, and uses secondary and primary data sources which are analyzed through qualitative methods. The results of the study explain that the partnership between the hospitality industry and VHO uses a standard form of agreement that makes the hotel not have a bargaining position but VHO is included in a different type of partnership cooperation with partnerships in other hotel industries. There are several disadvantages and advantages in this form of cooperation. The conclusion of this research is that VHO does not cooperate with the franchise concept which is usually done in the hotel industry, namely using and utilizing the values ​​contained in its Intellectual Property Rights, but by implementing a profit-sharing cooperation system. Recommendations The Government needs to support the hotel industry. There is a need for a special law regarding the regulation of cooperation between the hotel industry and VHO in order to ensure certainty and legal protection in carrying out such cooperation.

Building resilient supply chains in uncertain times: a comparative study of EU and ASEAN approaches to supply chain resilience.

Amid rising uncertainty in the global economy and unprecedented economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of supply chain resilience has gained increasing popularity in ASEAN and the EU. However, by comparing their paths to resilient supply chains, this article argues that while both organizations regard resilience as a departure from past doctrines of pure economic efficiency, each has a different understanding of and approach to supply chain resilience. While for ASEAN, supply chain resilience is meant to reconcile inward- and outward-looking dimensions to support ASEAN competitiveness, within the EU, resilience is associated with the search for strategic autonomy with an internal focus. Despite these differences, both groups regard sustainability and digital transformation as crucial components of supply chain resilience, which they see as a way to enhance their economic cooperation and strategic partnership.