Advantages Of Cooperation Research Articles

DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES AND CHINA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE “ECONOMIC BELT OF SILK ROAD”


 
 
 The Economic belt of the Silk Road project (hereinafter referred to as the "EBSR") has formed China's new long-term strategy "One belt − one way". With a view to the practical implementation of the EBSR initiative, China, in cooperation with interested Asian countries, is creating two important financial development institutions: the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund. The new Chinese initiative, judging by the available information available, can pursue three strategic objectives:expansion of international and regional trade; the creation of international transport corridors from China to Europe and the Middle East through the territory of Kazakhstan and Central Asia;gradual increase of China's economic presence in Central Asia as a strategically important partner. Kazakhstan, as well as other countries of Central Asia, it is important to participate in the implementation of the Chinese EEPS initiative, to effectively use the emerging new opportunities and advantages of regional cooperation, while achieving, at the same time, minimizing risks and threats.
 
 

How Far Can a “Radical” Philosopher Go? Thomas Hobbes’s Paradox of Gender Relations, and One Possible Solution

This article challenges the idea that Hobbes presents a negative anthropology and shows, to the contrary, that there is a thick web of social relations in his state of nature and laws of nature. It considers the contradiction between human natural equality claimed by Hobbes, and female subjection that de facto characterizes most of his passages on gender relations. The key to this puzzle is found in comparison of the notions of conquest and consent, and of acquisition and institution, comparisons that establish a similarity between paternal authority and despotic dominion. A step towards the solution is provided by the hypothesis that the divide between “vainglorious” and “moderate” is gendered, with women more disposed to moderation than men. This can be explained by the idea that, “for society’s sake,” women in the state of nature appreciate more the advantages of long-term cooperation, even at the price of some subordination.

Application Research of BIM Technology in Highway Reconstruction and Extension Project

Relying on its own technological advantages of data integration, information sharing, management cooperation and visualization, BIM technology is gradually applied to highway reconstruction and extension project construction. The applications include 4D simulation technology of construction organization scheme, traffic organization simulation technology, digital interactive virtual sand table technology and project collaborative management platform will be helpful to break through the bottleneck of highway traditional construction management and realize the leap-forward promotion of informationization and fine management level of highway reconstruction and expansion project construction.

Cooperative advantage during the pioneer movement west

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to establish a supported and validated reference point for understanding how Nicodemus, Kansas warrants significant inclusion in both the history of management and current entrepreneurship education.Design/methodology/approachThis paper consists of a literature review to identify the salient historical and theoretical importance of the community of Nicodemus, Kansas. The research was conducted by reviewing and couching the research in this context.FindingsNicodemus, born out of an entrepreneurial spirit of newly liberated Black Americans, is the surviving entrepreneurial force for the African-American efforts in the western US expansion efforts in the later 1800s. The community, courage and cooperative views of the settlers were instrumental in overcoming a variety of hardships inherent in the location, society and time period to not only survive but also deliver growth and success. Nicodemus personified cultural pride and self-reliance, which fueled personal and commercial success.Practical implicationsThe cooperative advantage is justified to be included in discussions of American management history, taught in the entrepreneurship curriculum and used by practitioners.Social implicationsCollective courage and cooperative advantage used by Nicodemus carries implications for how modern Black communities can advance their economic and social agendas.Originality/valueCoverage of Black contributions management and entrepreneurship is scant, but a Black Enlightenment period has recently changed that scholars have recently begun to cover these significant moments in the literature (Prieto and Phipps, 2019). We argue that Nicodemus as an entrepreneurial community serves as a case study that needs contextualization in this Black Enlightenment era and holds pertinent implications for modern Black communities.

Classification of epilepsy period based on combination feature extraction methods and spiking swarm intelligent optimization algorithm

SummaryEpilepsy seriously damages the physical and mental health of patients. Detection of epileptic EEG signals in different periods can help doctors diagnose the disease. The change of frequency components during epilepsy seizures is obvious, and there may be noises in epilepsy EEG signals. Moreover, epileptic seizures are closely related to the release of neuronal spiking in the brain. In this paper, we propose an approach for epilepsy period classification based on combination feature extraction methods and spiking swarm intelligent optimization classification algorithm. First, combination feature extraction methods take in account both the time‐frequency features and principal component features of epilepsy. The time‐frequency features are obtained by WPT or STFT‐PSD, and noises are removed while extracting principal component features by PCA. Second, spiking swarm intelligent optimization classification algorithm takes advantage of individual cooperation and information interaction with strong robustness. Its simulated neurons are closer to reality, which consider more information and obtain stronger computing power. The experimental results show that the average classification accuracy of the proposed method can reach 98.95% and the highest classification accuracy can reach 100%. Compared with other methods, the proposed method has the best classification performance.

What Is Science? An Evidence for False Foundation of Economics and Scientific Disciplines for the Nature and Humanity Well Being

A better earth is possible for nature and humanity well being with cooperative advantage, as I introduced in prior study. I move providing an evidence for false foundation of economics and scientific disciplines. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, as the oldest professional journal of economics, by Oxford Academic of Oxford University, journal is Edited at Harvard University's Department of Economics, has introduced Religion & Economics Collection with an introduction starts with three questions, Does Religion affect economic growth and happiness? 2. How do societies form moral systems? 3. Do Catholic schools make a difference? Starting with this collection questions; purpose of this study is to provide an evidence for false foundation of economics and scientific disciplines. A better earth is possible with cooperation. First, this study provide an evidence for false foundation of economics, and second provides an evidence for false foundation of scientific disciplines. This study provides evidence that relativity is false. I sincerely invite scientists and philosophers to pay attention on this study.

Illustration an advantage assessment of the quality management system implementation into metallurgical organizations

Implementation of the quality management system (QMS) in organizations is directly linked to the performances and business activity relative to a competition. With increasing market competition and changing markets, the quality system becomes a significant component and is increasingly being researched and identified as a major factor in cooperative advantage over competition, stakeholder satisfaction and maintaining the good customer relationships in almost all organizations connected with metallurgy. This paper implements a multi-criteria approach to a decision-making based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the assessment of benefits of the quality system implementation ranking the criteria for a sustainable development by the MCDM models.

A Study On Impact Of Globalization On Business

The contemporary generous, capitalistic and economic action becomes a conglomerate of things and reasons, analysis, information, means, mediums, skills and predispositions. In terms of minimized barriers and openness of the world, the inevitable process of the globalization and thus the business actions represent projects that face success potentials, also as risk and failure potentials. The indisputable accent on these aspects is certainly and thus success and therefore the reliability of the business ventures that the last word goal is that the economic satisfaction, minimizing the risks as well because the establishment of long-term experiences so as to take care of a specific enterprise during a particular environment. The participation on the world’s global markets, the internationalization and therefore the transfer of the business activities on all geographic meridians, encountering different and sometimes uncertain environments may be a constant business story of the international economic activity for a minimum of three centuries ago. The global economic interaction is as old because it is old the society in its more or less organized form. From the economic revolution until today, there’s ongoing irreversible global economic integration. The reasons are simple, business and profits don’t recognize borders, national and cultural unsurpassed characteristics, where more or less a mutual advantage of certain cooperation is recognized, a business connection is immediately established.

Ukraine–China strategic partnership: current situation, problems and prospects

Purpose. The paper examines the peculiarities of the contemporary state and opportunities of further development of strategic partnership between Ukraine and China. The purpose of the paper is to study the state of implementation of the "Belt and Road Initiative" within the strategic partnership between Ukraine and China, as well as to identify threats and prospects for this form of cooperation for economic development of Ukraine. Scientific novelty. The paper analyzes the scientific achievements of domestic and foreign researchers on the possibilities of Ukraine's inclusion in the "Belt and Road Initiative", it has been analyzed the current state of strategic partnership between Ukraine and China in the aspect of the project implementation, analyzed the dynamics of bilateral trade between Ukraine and China over the past 10 years, and disclosed the commodity structure of foreign trade between the countries. Investment flows between China and Ukraine have been analyzed, implemented, projected and not implemented projects of Ukraine, which were financed by Chinese investments have been considered. SWOT analysis of straegic cooperation between Ukraine and China in terms of the "Belt and Road Initiative" was carried out and a set of recommendations for the strategic partnership development between Ukraine and China was proposed in the paper. Results. The dynamics of trade in services between Ukraine and China during the studied period had the following changes: growth was observed from 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2019, a positive balance for Ukraine was from 2009 to 2013. The structure of Ukrainian exports of services to China was dominated by: transport services 54.3%, business services 22.8%, repair and maintenance services, which do not belong to other categories 8.2%. The structure of imports of services from China was dominated by: services related to financial activities 57.7%, transport services 6.2%. Currently there is a significant imbalance in trade operations between Ukraine and the People's Republic of China. The largest share in the sectoral structure of Chinese direct investments in the share capital occupies the industry – 33.1%, in particular processing industry - 30.6%, extractive industry - 1.8%; professional and scientific-technical activities – 24.3%, as well as agriculture – 19.9% (Fig. 2). The SWOT-analysis conducted of opportunities, advantages, threats and advantages of strategic cooperation between Ukraine and China in terms of the "Belt and Road Initiative" proves the presence of a large number of possible directions for cooperation between the countries, but their successful implementation of these opportunities largely depends on the desire for cooperation between the governments of both countries. Practical significance. The results of this study can be used by the authorities at the state level to improve the conditions of strategic partnership between Ukraine and China, to attract foreign investment in the necessary sectors of the economy.

Quantifying supply chain network synergy for humanitarian organizations

Both the number of disasters and the number of people affected by disasters are growing, creating a great need for resilient disaster management. In this article, we construct multiproduct supply chain network models for multiple humanitarian organizations. The models capture uncertainty associated with costs of their supply chain activities, including procurement, storage, and distribution, under multiple disaster scenarios, along with uncertainty associated with the demand for the disaster relief products at the demand points. The models reflect the organizations’ operations, without and with cooperation, with the humanitarian organizations seeking to determine the disaster relief multiproduct flows that minimize their expected total cost and risk, subject to expected demand satisfaction. We utilize a mean-variance approach to capture the risk associated with cost uncertainty and propose a synergy measure for the assessment of the potential strategic advantages of cooperation for resilient disaster management. We also identify the role of technology in helping to parameterize the models and illustrate the analytical framework with numerical examples, accompanied by managerial insights.

THE PRACTICE OF COORDINATION OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE CMEA (INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS)

The article deals with the phenomenon of industrial policy coordination by the example of CMEA. The analysis of historical experience of coordination of industrial policy of the CMEA member countries allowed to determine the essence of this phenomenon, which is expressed in voluntary interstate coordination of cooperation of the member countries of the integration association in the field of industrial policy aimed at making full use of the advantages of international division and cooperation of labor, in order to reduce uncertainty in the system of international cooperation. It is revealed that the institute of coordination of industrial policy of the CMEA member countries has become an effective way to expand industrial cooperation of their business entities and the mechanism of their interstate interaction.

Software Engineering for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (SEsCPS 2018) - Workshop Report

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (sCPS) are a novel kind of Cyber- Physical System engineered to take advantage of large-scale cooperation between devices, users and environment to achieve added value in the face of uncertainty and changing environments. Examples of sCPS include modern traffic systems, Industry 4.0 systems, systems for smart buildings, and smart energy grids. The uniting aspect of all these systems is that to achieve their high level of intelligence, adaptivity and ability to optimize and learn, they rely heavily on software. This makes them software-intensive systems, where software becomes their most complex part. Engineering sCPS thus becomes a recognized software engineering discipline, which, due to specifics of sCPS, can only partially rely on the existing body of knowledge in software engineering. In fact, it turns out that many of the traditional approaches to architecture modeling and software development fall short in their ability to cope with the high dynamicity and uncertainty of sCPS. This calls for innovative approaches that jointly reflect and address the specifics of such systems. This paper maps the discussions and results of the Fourth International Workshop on Software Engineering for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (SEsCPS 2018), which focuses on challenges and promising solutions in the area of software engineering for sCPS.

“ECONOMIC BELT OF THE SILK ROAD”: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS FOR MONGOLIA


 
 
 
 Earth is continents, seas, the developing countries, the developed countries, the centers and the borders is the One Belt-One Road initiative. On the other hand, the Sea “Silk Road” is called the “Economic Belt of the Silk Road” as a way of “New Belt and Road” for China's new long-term development strategy. "Silk Road" refers to the ancient land-based commercial trade route that originated in ancient China and connected to Asia, Africa and Europe.In order to benefit from the “Economic Belt of the Silk Road” initiative, China has partnered with other Asian countries and created two important financial development institutions, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund.The main objective of the initiative is to create an Eurasian trade economic integration space and cross-border transport corridors, that is, to strengthen the links between government policies and national development strategies along the route, promote international cooperation, and promote the development of joint ventures. For this purpose, the following tasks have been set: 1. Development of regional economic integration method; 2. Create an integrated transportation design for Asian transportation, connect communication networks, and develop pipeline systems; 3. Switch back to investment and trade barriers and create a good investment environment; 4.Strengthen national currency; 5.Deepening cooperation in the humanitarian field; 6.Expanding China's exports and domestic power growth will be concentrated in the western provinces (steel, lead, photovoltaic equipment, wind turbines).The “One Belt and One Road” is a new starting point for China-global relations and human development. Utilize the geographical advantages of Mongolia, China and Russia to increase cross-border trade between Mongolia, Russia and China, creating opportunities for logistics and transportation. China is one of the Mongolia's largest sources of foreign direct investment and is seen as a huge market for Mongolia to provide services and products.Mongolia hopes to unite its “Steppe Road” initiative with China’s “One Belt and One Road” initiative. The goal of the “Steppe Road” initiative aims to expand the Mongolian economy through cross-border transportation, strengthen the road line connecting Russia and China, transform and extend the current railway line in Mongolia, and build oil and gas between Russia and China. The pipeline improves the infrastructure of Mongolia. Mongolia and other Asian countries are actively participating in the “One Belt and One Road” initiative implemented in China to reduce risks and threats and gain new opportunities and advantages in regional cooperation.
 
 
 

Interaction stochasticity may hinder cooperation in the spatial public goods game

We propose an analytic model to explore the effect of interaction stochasticity on the evolution of cooperation in spatial public goods game. The results show that whether cooperation can dominate in populations crucially depends on the player's probability of opting-out. Stochastic opting-out enhances cooperation as long as the probability of opting-out is less than a threshold depending on the graph's degree. Otherwise the promoting effect of spatial structures on cooperation is hindered even neutralized by stochastic opting-out. Moreover, there exists an intermediate optimal probability with which the advantage of cooperation over defection is maximized in the evolutionary race. Interestingly, the optimal probability is related to the percolation threshold of the underlying graph. Our findings illustrate that spatial structures may not facilitate cooperation when stochastic opting-out is allowed, and provide a link between physics and social sciences.

STUDI EVALUASI STRATEGI PENINGKATAN PENERIMAAN PENDAPATAN DAERAH MELALUI PROGRAM PENINGKATAN KAPASITAS DAN KINERJA PADA BADAN PENDAPATAN DAERAH PROVINSI SILAWESI SELATAN

The purpose of this research is to analyze the evaluation process of the implementation of SKPD capacity and performance improvement program strategy with SWOT analysis. This research uses quantitative methods because this research is presented with words or verbs from people and observable behaviors. The reason for choosing a qualitative approach is because it relates to the concept of title and problem formulation on the evaluation study of regional income revenues improvement strategy through capacity building and performance program at Regional Revenue Board of South Sulawesi Province. Based on the results of the evaluation process analysis of the implementation of the capacity and performance improvement program strategy, the strategy undertaken by the Regional Income Board of South Sulawesi Province in an effort to increase the revenue of the region through capacity and performance improvement program is intensification strategy which is done through the improvement of operational power capability in the field, take advantage of roles and cooperation with agencies in the management and supervision of revenue revenues and assess the shortcomings and maximize the local financial management system.

КОНКУРЕНТНЫЕ ПРЕИМУЩЕСТВА КАК ФАКТОР ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЬСКОЙ КООПЕРАЦИИ

The article considers the competitive advantages of consumer cooperation of economic and social nature in comparison with other economic structures and the use of these advantages as a factor in countering the existing external and internal threats to the economic security of cooperative organizations.

The benefits of membership in policy-stimulated clusters in Hungary

ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to describe the successes and failures of policy-stimulated business clusters based on regional Hungarian experiences. The after-subsidy survival rate, affected industry domains, and the occurrent advantages of such cooperation for cluster members were examined. Primary data were collected at the member level. The research covers all clusters set up before 2015 with deeds of foundation, in two very different regions. Results show that 24% of the clusters were working between 2015-2016, two years after the period of government subsidy ended. The main benefits to cluster members include better personal connections and increased trust and knowledge transfer, although cost reductions, easier access to finance and product specialization were not reported. Based on this knowledge, cluster policies can be fine-tuned, resulting in more sustainable initiatives, while clusters can be made potential partners in regional planning, research and development policy, as well as in smart specialization.

A Multireligious Approach to the Integration of Migrants in Europe: An Examination of Migrants’ Views on and Experiences of Taking Part in Multireligious Integration Projects

Violent conflicts continue to force many migrants to seek protection outside their own country. Some of these migrants have come to Europe, leading to states relying on assistance from civil society organisations, some of which are Faith-based Organisations (FBOs), to meet the migrants’ complex needs. Whereas the important roles religious actors can play in integration processes have been increasingly addressed and acknowledged in the literature, multireligious cooperation on integration has yet to attract the same attention and recognition. Hence, in the first phase of the research project, Name of Project, a range of possible advantages of multireligious cooperation, from an organisational point of view, were identified. These included four benefits for the integration of migrants: 1) Understand and meet the religious/cultural needs of migrants; 2) Help migrants understand the roles of religion in their host community; 3) Counter the narrative that it is more important to help migrants from a particular religion and 4) Opportunity to meet the “other” and build relationships. Acknowledging that further research was needed, phase two has focused on migrants’ opinions on, and experiences of, multireligious cooperation on integration. Data was collected via a survey and semi-structured interviews with migrants that have participated in multireligious projects in Germany, Sweden and the UK. In this article, the data is used to interrogate the organisational perspectives. The article concludes that in certain contexts multireligious cooperation has some distinctive benefits for the integration of migrants and calls for the further development of a multireligious approach to integration.

Why only humans and social insects have a division of labour

AbstractHumans and social insects are located at extreme points of the set of possible evolutionary paths. However, they share a complex division of labour and comprise a large proportion of the earth’s biomass. These observations prompt two questions: If there are evident evolutionary advantages of cooperation and specialisation, why have only few species been able to increase their fitness in this way? Why have these characteristics emerged as such extremely different forms of life? In order to answer these two questions, we will focus on possible ‘transition societies’ in the evolutionary paths towards social species. We will argue that, in both the human and social insect cases, sexual selection had a crucial role in the development of the division of labour and entailed that the division of labour required either minimum or maximum unitary investments in the offspring. The species located in between these two extremes could not exploit the advantages of specialisation.

Genetic consequences of social dynamics in the Andean condor: the role of sex and age

Social living can be facilitated by cooperative advantages, yet also incurs in important competitive interactions, leading to complex patterns of spatial genetic structure. Vultures provide a valuable example of complex social animals, with potential conflicts between cooperative and competitive behaviors. Yet, little is known about the socio-genetic structure of this guild because of the inherent difficulties of sampling highly mobile species with large geographical ranges. Herein, we genotyped 300 non-invasive samples from Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) with microsatellite markers to investigate the social dynamics in this highly vagile vulture that possess a despotic social system and communal roosting behavior. We explored the role of age and sex in the dispersion and relatedness patterns of the Andean condor across the central region of Argentina. We provided evidence of age-biased dispersal, supporting the idea that immature condors are largely nomadic using temporary roosting sites during exploratory flights. Our results also insinuated that sex-biased dispersal is age-dependent, with male-biased dispersal during the early life stage, suggesting habitat exclusion by adult male despotic competition. Finally, our kinship analysis showed that regional clusters are composed of highly related adults, indicating the retention of intergenerational family members. Collectively, these results demonstrate that kin associations are driven by adult philopatry, and possibly maintained by fitness benefits of social cooperation for this species. An important question in behavioral ecology is how and when does group living affect population structure and space use. We show that adult Andean condors exhibit philopatric behavior, resulting in kin structuring patterns. Family coalitions may facilitate cooperative strategies to locate and secure costly resources, resulting in indirect fitness benefits. However, immature individuals seem to be excluded from adult territories due to despotic competition or because of an innate exploratory behavior, resulting in a scattered distribution pattern. Understanding the genetic consequences of social dynamics not only increase our knowledge of the behavioral ecology of elusive wide-ranging species, but is also essential in wildlife monitoring to design effective genetic sampling.