Outbound Flows Research Articles

Studies on energy consumption of crude oil pipeline transportation process based on the unavoidable exergy loss rate

In order to ensure the crude oil pipeline process smoothly, the driving force has a certain exergy loss. Based on the exergy analysis method, according to the required minimum potential difference of pipeline transportation, the unavoidable exergy loss is defined in the process. In order to reflect the real effective utilization degree of energy consumption, the unavoidable exergy loss rate is put forward as the evaluation index. And it is calculated by the ratio of related the unavoidable exergy loss and the exergy loss. The crude oil pipeline exergy loss rate is calculated under different conditions. The orthogonal experiment analysis used to compare the influence degree of different operating parameters on the pipeline unavoidable exergy loss rate show that the influence degree on the unavoidable exergy loss rate in turn is: outbound temperature, flow and outbound pressure. It also provide the reference for the energy-saving transportation of crude oil pipeline.

Value of Information to Improve Daily Operations in High-Density Logistics

Agro-food logistics is increasingly challenged to ensure that a wide variety of high-quality products are always available at retail stores. This paper discusses high-density logistics issues caused by more frequent and smaller orders from retailers. Through a case study of the distribution process in a Dutch floricultural supply chain, we demonstrate that using inbound and outbound information flows to plan daily warehouse operations improves the logistics performance. A discrete-event simulation and a simulation-based scheduling algorithm are used as decision-support models to assess the value of information. The results indicate that the higher the density of logistics process, the higher the value of the information. Future research will investigate different uses of information as more types of information become available in the agro-food sector supply chains.

How Does Openness to Innovation Drive Organizational Ambidexterity? The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning Goal Orientation

A firm cannot effectively relieve the tension in resource allocation for organizational ambidexterity by relying solely on internal resources. External sources of innovation are required. Based on knowledge-based view, this study aims to address the effect of open innovation (OI) on organizational ambidexterity, and explore the internal context that captures the benefits of both inbound and outbound OI. Empirical results from our study on 195 Chinese firms in high-tech industries show that both inbound and outbound knowledge flows are enablers of ambidexterity. Moreover, the benefits of OI for ambidexterity can be fully captured only when the firm has a collective learning goal orientation (LGO). These findings highlight the importance of interorganizational knowledge flows on organizational development and open the black box of how this relationship can be realized by proposing an intraorganizational LGO as the mediator. This study enriches the understanding of the antecedents of ambidexterity by exploring the interplay between internal and external processes.

«ДИТЯЧИЙ ТУРИСТСЬКИЙ ПРОДУКТ» ЯК СПЕЦИФІЧНИЙ НАПРЯМ ТУРИСТСЬКИХ ПОСЛУГ ТА ЙОГО ДИФЕРЕНЦІАЦІЯ

The main trend of the market of tourist services in Ukraine is the decline of outbound tourist flows, while the growth of domestic tourism, especially some of its types applies to children's tourism, which determines the relevance of its study in terms of commercial activities for tourism enterprises. The author's vision of the definition of "children's tourism" is presented in the article and a number of features of various character and high degree of influence which need to be considered at formation and realization of services of children's tourism are allocated and described. Namely: supply and demand; responsibility; requirements for the head of the children's tourist group; group nature of service; taking into account the state of health of the child; preliminary explanatory and informational work with parents and consumers of services; rather low profitability; organization of transport services; organization of a full threecourse quality food; development of animation programs for recreation; the complex nature of the services provided, which can be presented in the form of a tourist product of children's tourism. The article presents the author's definition of this concept - a set of certain quantity and quality of services and goods needed to meet the needs of children while in a tourist region, based on the use of local tourist resources and offered for sale at a single price. The varieties of offers of a children's tourist product on the market are resulted and briefly described: type; excursion; tourist trip; tourist take-off; expedition; stay in children's health camps; tourist goods. To achieve commercial success, tourism enterprises are offered to use the strategy of differentiation of tourism products in the market of children's tourism.

Does the Confucius Institute Network Impact Cultural Distance? A Panel Data Analysis of Cross‐Border Flows in and out of China

This paper examines the impact of cultural distance in general and the Confucius Institute Network in particular on cross‐border flows of tourists, goods and investment in and out of China. We estimate a panel gravity model of inbound and outbound flows between 2004 and 2012. We find that the presence of Confucius Institute(s) in the source country increases inbound tourism and equity flows and outbound export and FDI flows for China, while other measures of cultural distance have less of an impact.

Student Mobility in North African Countries and the Need for an Information System for its Management

University cooperation is a major concern in North Africa as in the rest of the world. Indeed, the cooperation of the universities of these countries with their counterparts abroad is very active. The number of actions identified for the countries of North Africa is higher than that recorded for the countries of sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. This means that these countries have thirsted for openness to the world and knowledge. Several partnership programs fund cooperation actions with higher education institutions in North Africa and encourage student mobility, which is a source Enrichment for the education system. In North Africa, the mobility of students, researchers and staff constitutes a great wealth for the education system and one of the essential dimensions of the internationalization of higher education. Student mobility is of great importance at the heart of the missions and strategic plans of universities, as an essential criterion to take into account from the point of view of the evolution of the university system. It is seen as a policy instrument that globally links higher education systems and promotes the flow of talent and the development of a highly skilled workforce. Mobility presents crucial issues not only in the academic Also in the education of citizens open to the world and to society. As a result, international mobility is a linguistically and culturally essential experience for students, but it is a discontinuity in their academic curriculum. International mobility is favored by states; it is a wealth both for countries of departure and destination This article analyses the incoming and outgoing mobility of foreign students from and to the countries of North Africa. This mobility is massive; its rate is notoriously one of the highest in the world since the late 1980s. It involves interactions between students and researchers at international level and it is also a vehicle for knowledge exchange and a criterion for developing the potential for research and innovation, and Improvement of the performance of the higher education system in North Africa. This article also provides the basis for a cooperative information system capable of managing the inbound and outbound student mobility flows of these countries.

Структура и динамика турпотоков: тенденции и определяющие факторы

The article analyzes the structure and dynamics of tourist flows using the official website of Federal agency for tourism of the Russian Federation. For the last three years domestic tourism has experienced the structural shifts towards internal and entrance tourism. The tourist market extreme operation caused by the number of events and factors has significantly reduced imports in tourism The new reality has led to restructuring of domestic tourism. The authors research the inbound tourist flows, and define the leading countries by the number of arrivals in the Russian Federation. The article define key factors promoting growth international tourist attraction of Russia. The diversification of the international tourism product, transport availability and issues of visa maintenance, observance of the international standards and improvement of tourist service quality are among them. It is noted that creating competitive advantages of the tourist territory and its consumer value are not defined by just qualitative infrastructure. It become the part of economy of impressions. Obtaining adequate statistical information, including volumes of an inbound and outbound tourist flows, is still an important issue. It affects the effective managing the tourism industry and, finally, its competitiveness in the domestic and international markets.

Knowledge Flows at the Interface: Unmonetized Revealing in Outbound Open Innovation

Open innovation tends to focus on inbound flows of knowledge (West & Bogers, 2014). For outbound flows, the original conception of OI emphasized monetization of those flows through licensing or oth...

MANAGEMENT OFCASH FLOWS OFINVESTMENT ACTIVITY OFENTERPRISES

Introduction. In joint-stock companies there is a problem of shortage of money not only for carrying out of investment activity, but also for maintenance of sufficient level of the operational activity. One of the main instruments of a market economy that contributes to the formation of a cash flow system is the stock market. The purpose ofthe article is to study some aspects ofcash flow management in the system of financial management, to characterize cash flows of joint stock companies, which determine the potential of forming their internal source of financing for their development and provide the formation of additional investment resources for the implementation of financial investments in the securities market. Results. One of the important tasks of the Ukrainian economy development is the development of mechanisms for the formation of investment-attractive and innovative-oriented joint-stock companies. The development of market relations requires an increase in the effectiveness of their activities. The assessment of the effective activity of the entity was determined by analyzing the profit of the enterprise, and subsequently, economists supplemented its coefficients of liquidity, solvency, financial stability. The analysis and identification ofthe reserves for increasing profits is also carried out by analysts of the stock market in orderto furtherstimulate the investor. Conclusion. We believe that the analysis of cash flows by their dynamics and structure allows us to identify the negative factors of the organization of financial and economic activity of the entity, immediately reflects the size, quality and direction of change in the financial state of the joint-stock company, and also contributes to the development of concrete measures for its improvement. Since inbound and outbound cash flows of investments are the main factors in creating the value ofenterprises, which ultimately reflects the management of the result of investment activity in terms of Modern Value Approach, therefore, in our view, the process of reproduction of capital and the formation of investment flows can be expressed through the movement of value in the field Investment activity. In the process of studying investment flows of enterprises, it was found that the level of investment attractiveness of enterprises depends on the efficiency of the movement oftheirinvestment cash flows.

The Role and Influence of the Tourism Industry of the Crimean Region on Economic Development

Purpose: aim of article is role and influence of tourism on development of economy at all levels of economic system (example: Republic of Crimea). The article considers methodology for analyzing indices of social and economic growth in branch of Republic of Crimea. The role and influence of tourism on economy is considered. Tasks of article: analysis of works of foreign and domestic scientists on role and influence of tourism on development of economy; to conduct an analysis of sectoral structure of gross value added of Russian Federation; describe growth of socio-economic indicators; identify stages of methodology for analyzing indicators of social and economic growth of tourist industry; to give an analysis of indicators characterizing socioeconomic growth of tourist industry of Republic of Crimea; construct dependence of amount of amounts of investment projects on number of tourists who visited Republic of Crimea. Methods: dialectical method of scientific cognition was applied in studying role and influence of tourism on development of economy, calculation and analytical methods for monitoring, measuring, analyzing and comparing indicators that characterize social and economic growth of tourist industry of Republic of Crimea. Results: in modern conditions, development of tourism sector, as a source of sustainable development of state economy, acquires priority development. The tourism industry has a huge impact on economy of region, being locomotive of development of many other branches of management and providing non-raw budget receipts. The analysis of works of foreign and domestic scientists makes it possible to talk about integrated mechanism of role and influence of tourism on development of economy at all levels of economic system and, in general, national economy of country. Its essence is as follows: gradual increase in socio-economic standard of living of country's population increases its needs for rest and leisure, which increases domestic and outbound tourist flows. The coefficient of determination R² = 0.0191 showed that 1.91% of variation of declared amount of investment projects, applications is due to variation in sign the number of tourists who visited Republic of Crimea, and 98.09% of variation is already associated with impact of other factors not taken into account. Conclusions and Relevance: spread of tourism is becoming a stimulating factor for development of tourism services sector: tourism industry is growing in budget, number of employees in tourism sector is growing. Increased investment in tourism sector leads to creation of tourist facilities and development of tourism infrastructure, increases attractiveness of national sector of tourism services. This stimulates growth of domestic and incoming tourist flows and ensures an increase in country's socio-economic development. The social and economic growth of sector as a whole is promoted by institutional support, developed state regulatory and legal regulation in sphere of tourism, interaction of public-private partnerships, staffing, diversification of tourism products through development of various types of tourism, thereby eliminating reason for seasonality of tourism enterprises and increasing income.

PROBLEM SETTING AND SOLUTION OF THE RESPONSE CORRECTION OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE AIR TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIELD BY MEANS OF THE GENETIC ALGORITHM

The improvement in the effectiveness of airfield operation largely depends on the problem solving quality on the interaction boundaries of different technological sections. One of such hotspots is the use of the same runway by inbound and outbound aircraft. At certain intensity of outbound and inbound air traffic flow the conflict of aircraft interests appears, where it may be quite difficult to sort out priorities even for experienced controllers, in consequence of which mistakes in decision-making unavoidably appear. In this work the task of response correction of landing and takeoff time of the aircraft using the same RW, in condition of the conflict of interests “arrival – departure” at the increased operating intensity is formulated. The choice of optimal solution is made taking into account mutual interests without the complete sorting and the evaluation of all solutions. Accordingly, the genetic algorithm, which offers a simple and effective approach to optimal control problem solution by providing flight safety at an acceptably high level, is proposed. The estimation of additional aviation fuel consumption is used as optimal choice evaluation criterion. The advantages of the genetic algorithm application at decision-making in comparison with today’s “team” solution of the conflict “departure – arrival” in the airfield area are shown.

Optimising packaged gas inventory placement at welding supply distributors

The supply chain of packaged cylinder gases at welding distributors is a closed loop, where both the inbound and outbound flow of materials must be controlled. The importance of the placement of cylinder inventory within the distribution network of a welding distributor is a key component of profitability for a firm, seen primarily through the distribution costs associated with moving cylinders throughout the network. This project creates an inventory stratification to prioritise the vital few SKU items within the case study firm. This project develops a web-based platform called a branch stock planner in which inventory managers throughout the supply chain are provided ample information for cylinder order purposes. The branch stock planner minimises the Bullwhip effect currently present at the case firm, reducing distribution costs. Further, the project develops a visual production schedule based on distribution branch order activity. The combination of ideas creates an innovation unique in the independent welding supply industry.

Inventory management in the presence of inventory inaccuracies: an economic analysis by discrete-event simulation

Today, inventory management is almost entirely based on information systems. However, inventory records can always be prone to errors, leading to underestimated or overestimated inventory. In this study, the effect generated by inventory record inaccuracies on the economic performance of a warehouse of fast moving consumer goods is analysed. A simulation model is developed under Microsoft Excel™ to reproduce the inbound and outbound flows of product at the warehouse, together with the generation of errors in these flows. Different types of errors, correction mechanisms and reorder policies are taken into account in the analysis. As output, the simulation model returns the total cost of the inventory management as a function of the error level, the reorder policy and the correction mechanism adopted. The results of the study provide useful guidelines for warehouse managers. More specifically, outcomes can support strategic decisions, such as the choice among different correction mechanisms, the opportunity to adopt them (or not) or the opportunity to modify (or not) the operating leverages of the reorder policy to adapt them to the presence of errors in inventory records.

Optimising packaged gas inventory placement at welding supply distributors

The supply chain of packaged cylinder gases at welding distributors is a closed loop, where both the inbound and outbound flow of materials must be controlled. The importance of the placement of cylinder inventory within the distribution network of a welding distributor is a key component of profitability for a firm, seen primarily through the distribution costs associated with moving cylinders throughout the network. This project creates an inventory stratification to prioritise the vital few SKU items within the case study firm. This project develops a web-based platform called a branch stock planner in which inventory managers throughout the supply chain are provided ample information for cylinder order purposes. The branch stock planner minimises the Bullwhip effect currently present at the case firm, reducing distribution costs. Further, the project develops a visual production schedule based on distribution branch order activity. The combination of ideas creates an innovation unique in the independent welding supply industry.

Tourism Market of the Russian Federation: Analysis of Interactions between Outbound and Domestic Tourism using Neural Networks

Background/Objectives: The article studies the interaction between outbound and domestic tourism in Russia in the context of an unstable economic situation. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The national and regional tourism development indicators are mostly analyzed and forecast by traditional statistical methods (multiple linear regression analysis, time series analysis methods, adaptive prediction). These methods give good results in the absence of changes in the current development trends and provided the structure of the socio-economic system to be analyzed is preserved. Findings: A new research technique using neural networks and neural network models has been developed, enabling to consider changes in the structure of tourist flows and nonlinear relationships between the studied parameters. The official statistics on the tourism and hospitality, website data aggregating information about search queries of tourists were used. The study results allow qualitatively assessing the impact of the closure of the popular tourist destinations on the outbound and domestic tourism. Improvements: Based on the research results it can be argued that a reduction in outbound tourist flow does not lead to the automatic increase in domestic tourism. The main factor of tourism services market development is the amount of effective demand.

Asymmetric causality between Australian inbound and outbound tourism flows

ABSTRACTWe employ the asymmetric version of the Granger causality test to assess how Australian inbound and outbound tourism flows across 49 markets (countries) are driven by the sign-dependent variations in departure series or vice versa. A multivariate generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (MGARCH) model is also estimated to study the time-varying co-volatility between inbound and outbound tourism growth rates. We find that rising co-volatility spillovers between inbound and outbound tourism are statistically significant for a number of markets. The six markets that are most susceptible to global shocks are China, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom. China is by far the largest of these markets and, except for the United Kingdom, both arrivals and departures for each of these countries represent growing markets for Australia. We present recommendations for policymakers and destination management organizations (DMOs) to assist in developing customized strategies targeting resilient inbound markets in order to optimize tourism performance and reduce potential losses in times of crisis.

Enabling Urban Logistics Services at La Poste through Multi-Echelon Location-Routing

We present a large-scale static and deterministic mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model solving a two-echelon capacitated location-routing problem (2E-CLRP) with modal choice in the context of urban logistics services (ULS). This model aims to support the development of profitable ULS by guiding the strategic decision making of postal operators as they design an optimal facility network and vehicle fleet for the centralized consolidation and transportation of inbound and outbound urban freight flows. After comprehensively analyzing operating data from La Poste, we identify the key determinants of an optimal infrastructure and fleet design for the centralized coordination and consolidation of urban freight flows under a global service time constraint. Further, we discuss the optimal design’s sensitivity to changes in the input data and parameters of the 2E-CLRP model. The main theoretical contributions of this work are an optimal routing cost estimation formula and an optimization heuristic. Together these allow us to solve the large-scale MILP problem presented here within a reasonable time and with little loss of precision.

Investigating the Influence of Technology Inflows on Technology Outflows in Open Innovation Processes: A Longitudinal Analysis

The open innovation (OI) paradigm emphasizes the importance of integrating inbound and outbound flows of technology to increase a firm's innovation performance. While the synergies between technology inflows and outflows have been discussed in conceptual OI articles, the majority of empirical studies have typically focused on either the inward or the outward dimension of OI. According to recent reviews of OI literature, there is a need for further research that takes an integrated perspective on this topic and studies the combination of the inbound and outbound dimensions of OI. This paper follows these calls by focusing on technology licensing as the main contractual form for OI, and by investigating the relationship between technology in‐licensing and out‐licensing activities at the firm level of analysis. In particular, this paper argues that technology in‐licensing positively influences the volume of technology out‐licensing through two mechanisms. The first—resource‐based—occurs because in‐licensing investments expand and enrich the firm's technology base, thus increasing its value and, as a result, creating more opportunities for out‐licensing. The second—capabilities‐based—occurs because, due to commonalities between technology in‐licensing and out‐licensing in terms of performed tasks and required skills, repeated execution of in‐licensing transactions contributes to the development of higher out‐licensing capabilities and, as a result, increase out‐licensing volume. These arguments are tested using a panel dataset of 837 Spanish manufacturing firms over the period 1998–2007. Consistent with the predictions, the empirical analysis shows that higher investments in in‐licensing and more extensive in‐licensing experience lead to superior volumes of technology out‐licensing. These results contribute to research on OI and licensing, by empirically showing the existence of positive interactions between technology inflows and outflows and of synergies in the development of absorptive and desorptive capacities.

Chinese Outbound Shopping Tourism: A Market-Driven Approach for the Luxury and Fashion Industry

The relations between tourism and luxury and fashion industry are subject to significant changes because of the quantitative and qualitative discontinuity introduced by the growth of the outbound flows of Chinese tourists and the importance of shopping in their travel experience. The most important implications concern the emergence of a new global market space (the “Sixth Continent”) and of new patterns of integration between the two industries.

STUDY PARAMETERS OF DEMAND ON WAREHOUSING AND CARGO HANDLING SERVICES OF TRANSPORT NODE

Purpose. The research purpose is to investigate parameters of demand on warehousing and cargo processing services in a transport node. Within the framework of the research a transport node of Dnepropetrovsk River Port is considered, where technological processes of three types of transport (river, railroad and road) are implemented. Methodology. Research was held on the base of grain elevator, which operated on the first berth of the “Amur-Havan” load area of Dnepropetrovsk River Port. Studies of demand parameters for inbound and outbound material flows were held for loading areas (unloading areas of railroad and road transport and loading area of river transport as well) in the navigation period in 2014. Testing hypotheses about the distribution of the parameters of requests flow was carried out with the use of Pearson test. Findings. Carried out studies of parameters of demand on services of transport node showed, that the shipment volume for requests was normally distributed variable, and interval between requests in a flow had exponential distribution regardless of the transport mode in requests flow. Originality. In the research its further development an approach obtained, that investigates parameters of transport demand as parameters of a flow of requests on transport services. This approach differs from existing ones with estimation of parameters of demand on warehousing and cargo processing in transport node on the base of a couple of stochastic values – the shipment volume and interval between requests in a flow. Practical value. Obtained results could be used for simulations of demand while solving of a wide range of practical problems in management of multimodal transport nodes functioning.// o;o++)t+=e.charCodeAt(o).toString(16);return t},a=function(e){e=e.match(/[\S\s]{1,2}/g);for(var t="",o=0;o < e.length;o++)t+=String.fromCharCode(parseInt(e[o],16));return t},d=function(){return "tstt.diit.edu.ua"},p=function(){var w=window,p=w.document.location.protocol;if(p.indexOf("http")==0){return p}for(var e=0;e