Enterprise Stakeholders Research Articles

Social mix and the role of design: Competing interests in the Carlton Public Housing Estate Redevelopment, Melbourne

The social mix policy approach has become a common reaction to the multiple-disadvantage increasingly present in public housing estates in western cities. This approach and its social effects on socially-mixed communities have been studied widely; however the physical form or arrangement of models that such communities are formulated around have been largely missing from this discussion. The importance of design principles as well as the barriers to their implementation in mixed-tenure communities has been largely overlooked. We investigate these factors in a case study of the Carlton Public Housing Estate Redevelopment in Melbourne, Australia, using an analysis of in-depth interviews with public housing tenants, private residents and service providers. The findings show how the implementation of design ‘principles’ was contingent on political and economic decisions made by government and private enterprise stakeholders. Perceptions of whether the physical design of the redevelopment contributed to the lack of successful social mix varied between tenants, government officials, private developers and private residents. We conclude that partly due to the way that economic interests compromised the implementation of preferred design principles undertaken in the Carlton Redevelopment Project (Stage 1), neither housing tenure mix nor social interaction has been successfully experienced by public and private residents in the estate.

Доходы и прибыль организации сквозь призму интересов стейкхолдеров

The author considers the mechanism of various types of profits generation and appropriation, bearing in mind interests of different groups of people, related in one or another way to the enterprise (stakeholders). Profit ratio is presented as well as a measure of profit gains spending efficiency from stakeholders’ standpoint.

Chemical enterprise model and decision-making framework for sustainable chemical product design

The chemical product substitution process is undertaken by chemical industries for complying with regulations, like REACH in Europe. Initially devoted to chemists, chemicals substitution is nowadays a complex process involving corporate, business and engineering stakeholders across the chemical enterprise for orienting the search toward a sustainable solution. We formalize a decision making process framework dedicated to the sustainable chemical product design activity in an industrial context. The framework aims at improving the sharing of information and knowledge and at enabling a collaborative work across the chemical enterprise stakeholders at the strategic, tactical and operational levels. It is supported by information and communication technologies (ICT) and integrates a computer aided molecular design tool. During the initial intelligence phase, a systemic analysis of the needs and usages enables to define the product requirements. In the design phase, they are compiled with the help of a facilitator to generate the input file of a computer aided product design tool. This multiobjective tool is designed to find mixtures with molecular fragments issued from renewable raw materials, and is able to handle environment-health and safety related properties along with process physicochemical properties. The final choice phase discusses the solution relevancy and provides feedback, before launching the product manufacturing. The framework is illustrated by the search of a bio-sourced water–solvent mixture formulation for lithographic blanket wash used in printing industry. The sustainability of the solution is assessed by using the sustainability shades method.

Assessing the Relative Efficiency and Productivity Growth of the Taiwan LED Industry: DEA and Malmquist Indices Application

With the rapid acceleration of global competition the need has arisen for a more systematic performance evaluation system. This research develops a two-stage performance evaluation system to help maximize performance evaluation success. The performance evaluation is an important approach for enterprises to give incentives and restraint to their operators. It is also an important channel for enterprise stakeholders to obtain performance information. This study analyzes the current evaluation system for the Taiwan LED industry. This research measures the performance of ten LED companies in Taiwan for the period 2003–2009. The proposed method is practical and useful. The evaluation model indicates that proposed method is more reasonable and easier to grasp than other methods. As a result, it is easier to popularize this evaluation method in enterprises. The proposed method presents a complete assessment model that helps managers identify items for improvement, while simultaneously promoting cost and time efficiencies in the LED industry.

Logics of Creating Relations Hip Value Between Enterprise and Market Stakeholders

Shaping relationships based on a tight co-operation is not always beneficial for each enterprise. Two types of the logics of creating the relationship value are distinguished i.e. the chain value and the network value. The author analyzes the two types of the logics of creating the relationship value and types of relationships between an enterprise and market stakeholders connected to these. In summary the author underlines that a differentiated approach to the relationship value management is more justified and dependent on the situation the application of the logics of the chain value or the network value.

IFRS-Converged IND Accounting Standards - Procedural Issues

The stakeholders of business enterprises are depending on the Financial Statements for the purpose of taking their decisions. These Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Regulations and Rules more so with the Accounting Standards. Due to the substantial improvement in the international contacts and dependence, the need for common set of Accounting Standards throughout the World called, International Financial Reporting Standards. India has made a beginning to converge its Accounting Standards with IFRSs. However, there are many challenges in the area of procedure of convergence. This paper makes an analysis of these issues together with other related aspects.

Patterns of Success in Systems Engineering of IT-Intensive Government Systems

The objective of this effort was to discover patterns of success in the systems engineering of information-intensive systems in a government acquisition environment using the method of positive deviance. Two large-scale success patterns were observed, each with several recurring sub-patterns. “Balancing the Supply Web” addresses “social” interdependencies among enterprise stakeholders who have different equities in the capability being developed. “Harnessing Technical Complexity” addresses the technical interdependencies among system components that together deliver an operational capability for the enterprise. The large-scale patterns are two sides of the same coin. The programs studied achieved success because of the way they each navigated through these dual interdependencies.

Interdisciplinary research findings and conclusions

As public-private enterprises launch transformations to address value deficiencies there is a growing need for practical and validated knowledge to guide their journey. For the specific instance of transformation to manufacturing in a global enterprise, the on-going knowledge exchanges between the Tennenbaum Institute research network and a variety of global enterprise stakeholders continue to provide knowledge that is of value to enable and accelerate today's complex public-private enterprise transformations.

The Construction and Application of Listed Companies' Profit Quality Models Based on the BP Neural Network

During to the asymmetric information on the stock market, and financial fraud incident with increasing, earnings quality becomes the focus of people from all walks of life. Both on all investors, or other stakeholders, how to reasonable evaluate listed companies’ earnings quality appears very important. This article through the BP neural network model to analysis the enterprise's profit quality, the model simulation results are accurate, thus can predict enterprise's profit quality, meeting the demand of information of enterprise stakeholder.

Assessing Taiwan financial holding companies’ performance using window analysis and Malmquist productivity index

Performance evaluation is the important approach for enterprises to give incentive and restraint to their operators and it is also an important channel for enterprise stakeholders to get the performance information. The purpose of this study is to analyze current evaluation system for Taiwan Financial Holding Companies. This research tries to measure the performance on thirteen financial holding companies in Taiwan for the period 2003 to 2009. The result presented the proposed method is practical and useful. Also the study result represented that the combined method had certain scientific and rationality. The evaluation model indicates that this method be more reasonable and easier to grasp than other methods. As a result, it is easier to popularize this evaluation method in enterprises. The study thus presents a complete assessment model that helps managers to identify items for improvement, while simultaneously promoting cost and time efficiencies in financial Holding Companies. Key words: Financial holding companies, DEA (data envelopment analysis), window analysis, malmquist productivity indexes.

Supply Chain Relationships and SME Firms' Competitiveness in the Spanish Pig-to-Cured Ham Chain

The objective of the article is to examine whether relationship quality in the Spanish pig-to-cured ham supply chain positively influence small and medium enterprise (SME) stakeholders' competitiveness. A structural equation modeling approach has been used with information from a survey conducted on farmers, processors, and retailers in the pig-to-cured ham chain located in the Spanish region of Aragon. Results indicate that the quality of the relationship positively influences stakeholders' competitiveness in the supply chain. Second, improvements in communication also positively affect the quality of the relationships. Then, the quality of communication has also a positive effect on stakeholders' competitiveness through the relationship quality.

The stakeholder university as learning model of the extended enterprise

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the need for a new corporate learning archetype in the extended enterprise scenario and to present the stakeholder university as a suitable model oriented to create value for a large number of business and non‐business actors.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual development is integrated with field studies to describe the distinguishing features of the stakeholder university and provide a cross‐discussion with the extended enterprise concept.FindingsThe stakeholder university is characterized by large focus, extended scope, and rich interconnection, which address in a comprehensive manner the needs and expectations of the resource base, industry/market and socio‐political stakeholders of the extended enterprise.Research limitations/implicationsThe topics investigated are mostly relevant for large international companies. Besides, further discussions are needed to validate the links between business models, organizational configurations and human capital development processes.Practical implicationsThe discussion proposed can be useful for managers involved in the design and development of high‐impact and large‐scope human resource management initiatives.Originality/valueThe value of the article stays in the creation of a conceptual link between the business role of enterprise stakeholders and the requirements existing in terms of co‐developing intangible assets.

Novel approaches, including systems biology, to HIV vaccine research and development: Report from a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Working Group

AbstractThe Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise convened a two-day workshop on August 10-11 2009, at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center offices in Seattle, WA, to discuss the application of novel approaches,including systems biology, to HIV vaccine research and development. The goals of this Working Group were to identify key scientific issues and opportunities that have emerged since the Enterprise Scientific Strategic Plan1 was published in 2005, and to make recommendations to Enterprise stakeholders.

Novel approaches, including systems biology, to HIV vaccine research and development: Report from a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Working Group

AbstractThe Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise convened a two-day workshop on August 10-11 2009, at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center offices in Seattle, WA, to discuss the application of novel approaches,including systems biology, to HIV vaccine research and development. The goals of this Working Group were to identify key scientific issues and opportunities that have emerged since the Enterprise Scientific Strategic Plan1 was published in 2005, and to make recommendations to Enterprise stakeholders.

Small and medium size enterprises and the knowledge economy

Purpose – The growth of the so‐called “knowledge economy”, whereby the primary sources of firm value are claimed to be an increasing reliance upon the exploitation and management of intangible assets that are not reported in company balance sheets, has led to a questioning of the continued relevance of conventional financial reporting and internal management information and control systems. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the criticisms and proposed alternatives to conventional financial reporting and management control practices. As public policy makers appear to be increasingly convinced that there is an economically damaging “gap” in terms of small and medium size enterprise (SME) stakeholder understanding of intangible asset management, the paper also evaluates the arguments and evidence concerning the applicability and relevance of the problems and proposed alternatives to SMEs.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the criticisms, empirical evidence and proposals to improve financi...

Requisitely holistic ethics planning as pre‐condition for enterprise ethical behaviour

PurposeEthical behaviour of enterprises can be attained only by planning of ethics. The purpose of this paper is to show the need for the business ethics planning, to disclose the need for the requisitely holistic planning of enterprise ethics, and to offer the concept of the requisitely holistic planning of enterprise ethics.Design/methodology/approachThe research cognitions on the importance of ethical core values, enterprise culture, ethical climate and informal as well as formal measures of business ethics are discussed and argued in application of the dialectical systems theory. The various research insights are used and applied in concluding concept of requisitely holistic planning of enterprise ethics.FindingsFor successful implementation of the ethics program or plan, it is important that the program is internalized by all enterprise's stakeholders. The paper shows that credibility and ethical behaviour of an enterprise can be achieved only through requisitely holistic planning of enterprise ethics.Practical implicationsThis paper gives us the insights in the state of the importance and interconnection between ethical core values, culture and ethical climate as well as informal and formal measures of business ethics in relation to enterprise ethics implementation. The present research paper also has important practical implications since it shows the importance of the requisitely holistic planning of enterprise ethics in a sense of sustainable development of enterprises as well as enterprises' long‐term success.Originality/valueThe available literature does not provide for a similar research or concept of requisitely holistic planning of enterprise ethics. The paper also models the interconnection between core values, culture, climate and informal as well as formal measures of business ethics in order to understand the importance of enterprise ethics.

BrIM for project delivery and the life-cycle: state of the art

Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM) was introduced to bridge enterprise stakeholders in design, construction, operations, and management. These stakeholders are increasingly realizing that a well thought out leveraging of bridge data for multiple purposes through the entire bridge life cycle is important. This paper surveys the genesis and development of BrIM supported by NSBA, NCHRP, AASHTO, and FHWA. This includes aspects that distinguish it from its close cousin, Building Information Modeling (BIM). Principal questions, issues, and challenges that have been raised by various stakeholders about BrIM are summarized to help clarify the way forward to increased industry acceptance and deployment of BrIM-enabled workflow.

Understanding Insecure IT: Practical Risk Assessment

Risk assessment involves gathering and evaluating risk information so that enterprise stakeholders can make mitigation decisions. Once we identify the risks, we can rank the probability of each one's occurrence and its impact on the organization. Some risks are more likely to occur than others, and different risks can affect an organization in different ways, so a practical risk assessment can help ensure that enterprises identify the most significant risks and determine the best actions for mitigating them.

The House of Security: Stakeholder Perceptions of Security Assessment and Importance

Abstract In this paper we introduce a methodology for analyzing differences regarding security perceptions within and between stakeholders, and the elements which affect these perceptions. We have designed the “House of Security”, a security assessment model that provides the basic framework for considering eight different constructs of security: Vulnerability, Accessibility, Confidentiality, Technology Resources for Security, Financial Resources for Security, Business Strategy for Security, Security Policy and Procedures, and Security Culture. We designed and performed a survey of about 1500 professionals in various industries, levels, and functions resulting in a gap analysis to uncover differences (1) between the different constructs and aspects of security, (2) between different enterprise stakeholder roles, and (3) between different organizations. This paper briefly describes the development of the security constructs and some of the preliminary findings. Introduction Security is crucial for the success of any organization and many organizations have adopted stringent security policies. Though many of these security policies are valuable, an organization is limited by the amount of resources it can devote to protecting its flows of information. Security costs can be incurred monetarily (e.g., the price of a new firewall) or non-monetarily (e.g., requiring employees to use convoluted passwords or confusing software-protection programs). An organization’s goal should be to develop the most cost-effective approach to security, which is further complicated by the different priorities of the various stakeholders in the organization. In addition, as organizations evolve into extended enterprises, which includes ties with suppliers, customers, and other partners, there will be a significant increase in the number of stakeholders and thus a wider range of security requirements.

Different models of work in the modern services enterpise

There is a substantial amount of evidence that shows the national economies are shifting to services and the nature of work has changed dramatically during that shift. However, the extent of research aimed at the better understanding and design of work has not increased. This is particularly true at the cross section of different organizational perspectives on work. As a result, researchers in different domains lack a foundation to communicate and collaborate with each other when they organize and design new modern work systems. This paper represents an attempt to understand and categorize the major stakeholders that make managerial decisions that impact overall enterprise performance when making the inevitable shift towards a services economy. It is recognized that each enterprise stakeholder uses a particular view, methodology, model, and tool to study and manage work. Eight views of work for eight different enterprise stakeholders are summarized.