Homography Research Articles

Lithium, Brexit and Global Britain: Onshoring battery production networks in the UK

As demand for electrical energy storage scales, production networks for lithium-ion battery manufacturing are being re-worked organisationally and geographically. The UK - like the US and EU - is seeking to onshore lithium-ion battery production and build a national battery supply chain. Governmental, industrial and research actors are engaged in securing battery mineral materials and developing battery manufacturing capacity, in the context of the country's exit from the EU and a perceived ‘global battery race’ in which geopolitical goals shape links with new and old partners. We identify the primary global networks of lithium mining and refining, battery chemical production, technology development and finance in which the UK's battery manufacturing capacity are increasingly embedded. We foreground the role of the UK state, and how it has sought to assemble discrete capacities in automobile manufacturing, battery R&D, materials chemistry, minerals exploration, mining and green finance into a national battery sector. We mobilise a Global Production Network (GPN) perspective to highlight the cross-border geographical and organisational structures through which onshoring is taking place. We extend GPN research on the role of the state by showing how the UK's growing lithium networks intersect with a plural and differentiated state accumulation project of green industrial transformation. We outline the selective nature of this state accumulation project, highlight instances of coupling creation as the state seeks to strategically couple regional assets with firms in GPNs, and point to a convergence of industrial and innovation policy characteristic of the entrepreneurial state.

Assessing the Outcomes of Digital Transformation Smartization Projects in Industrial Enterprises: A Model for Enabling Sustainability

Digital transformation and smartization projects in industrial enterprises have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, aiming to enhance operational efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. Assessing the outcomes of such projects is crucial to determine their effectiveness in enabling sustainability. In this context, a model for evaluating digital transformation smartization projects (DTSP) outcomes can be developed to provide a comprehensive assessment framework. This study aims to develop and test a model for diagnosing the results of implementing digital transformation smartization projects for industrial enterprises. The methodology presented in this article involves using statistical tests to detect multicollinearity and heteroskedasticity in regression models. It also proposes an economic–mathematical model with three objective functions to optimize the implementation of smartization projects, considering cost minimization, deviations from planned business indicators, and production rhythm disruptions. The most important results of the survey are (1) a proposed matrix for the selection of indicators for diagnosing the results of the implementation of digital transformation smartization projects for industrial enterprises, (2) a two-level model for the economic evaluation of diagnosed digital transformation smartization projects, which can be used at any stage of the digital transformation smartization project and based on it, conclusions can be drawn regarding the effectiveness of the implementation of both the entire project and its individual stages, objects, or elements. The advantage of the model is the possibility of its decomposition, that is, a division into separate parts with the possibility of introducing additional restrictions or, conversely, reducing the level of requirements for some of them. The results were tested at industrial enterprises in Ukraine and proved their practical significance.

ADAPTATION STRATEGY OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE TO THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL DIGITALIZATION PROCESSES

The article deals with topical issues of forming an adaptation strategy of an industrial enterprise to the challenges of global digitalization processes. It is noted that the economy of Ukraine at the beginning of the XXI century was characterized by a catastrophic decline in production and progressive degradation of the technical base of industrial enterprises, which served to curtail both simple and extended reproduction in many sectors of the national economy. Only industry and its leading sector, machine building, can cope with this dangerous trend. The conditions in which Ukraine's industrial complex will have to operate in the near future are influenced by the market mechanism of self-regulation, on the one hand, by various corrective actions by government authorities and a number of subjective and objective factors. The most influential factors are globalization, digital transformation, pandemics, and military conflicts. The author provides brief information on the essence of these processes. It is noted that economic globalization is a complex and contradictory process. On the one hand, it facilitates economic interaction between states, which creates conditions for countries to access the advanced achievements of mankind, saves resources, and stimulates global progress. On the one hand, it facilitates economic interaction between states, which creates conditions for countries to access the advanced achievements of mankind, saves resources, and stimulates global progress. On the other hand, globalization has negative consequences: consolidation of the peripheral economic model, loss of resources by countries that are not part of the "golden billion", ruin of small businesses, spread of globalization and competition to weak countries, decline in living standards, etc. Ukraine is gradually developing in the field of digital technology and digital transformation, but still has significant potential for further development. The level of digital maturity of business processes is becoming an important criterion for the quality of the DH process in business, and its increase is an adaptation strategy, which is defined as a gradual and purposeful process of organizational learning that determines the response to the emerging and changing digital competitive environment. Insufficient maturity of the adaptation strategy means a low level of process management in a company where the main and auxiliary business processes are not defined and regulated, their automation is chaotic, localized, and the processes are not adapted to the latest technologies planned for implementation. The authors propose an approach to technological reengineering using foresight technologies at machine-building enterprises with a preliminary diagnostics of companies' readiness for digital transformation, which meets the recommendations of the TOGAF standard and should be carried out within the framework of forming an architectural vision of the company at the initial stage of implementation of the transformation project.

Digital transformation as a factor of changes in the organizational behaviour of international companies

Digitalization is an essential process for enterprises in the post-industrial economy, which contributes to increasing their competitiveness and opens up new opportunities for involvement in global digital value chains. Digitalization practice provides for developing recommendations and algorithms for overcoming and preventing errors within the scientific discourse, thus the aim of the article was to determine the impact of digital technologies on the organizational behaviour of international companies and generalize causes of digital transformation failure. Changes in organizational behaviour under the influence of digitalization have been systematized using the generalization method. The causes of unsuccessful digital transformations in organizations have been structured using the five-stage digital transformation model. The main factors of failures at each stage have been discovered. At the stage of automation errors result from the failure to understand the mission and value of the business and to implement digital technologies. At the isolated stage the negative factor is the insufficient support of priority changes and the wrong choice of what exactly needs to be transformed. It has been discovered that at the stage of partial synchronization systemic digital transformation is hindered by an ineffective change management strategy or an insufficient number of transformation projects for adequate change of the overall operation. Problems with the organizational structure or digital literacy can lead to the disruption of digital transformation at the stage of full synchronization. The risks of continuous transformation stage result from losing the priority, ensuring the transformation, due to inflexible culture, lack of discipline regarding the constant identification of new business disruption risks and responding to them. The practical significance of the present research is stipulated by the proposed recommendations for changes in the organizational behaviour of companies that will reduce the risks of failures in particular and failures of digital transformation as a whole

A Conceptual Paper on the Relationship between the Multidimensions of Transformational Leadership and Project Success

A Conceptual Paper on the Relationship between the Multidimensions of Transformational Leadership and Project Success

Transformative Business Models for Decarbonization: The Case of Web Summit Award-Winning Start-ups

The social demand for decarbonization has placed increasing pressure on businesses to climate mitigation. The development of new business models capable of transforming conventional systems of production and consumption and replacing them with more sustainable alternatives is one critical step towards this goal. This study combines several streams of literature including sustainability transitions and business model narratives to investigate the key-elements of the business models that have the potential to transform the supply of goods and services in a way that enables the transition to a low-carbon society. We investigate the organizational arrangements in the business activities of start-ups and relate to the extent to which they avoid, shift, or improve the production and consumption of goods and services in a way that significantly reduces carbon emissions. To do this, we analyzed start-ups that received innovation awards and were on the list of finalist’s candidates of the Web of Summit between 2014-2020. The results suggest that start-ups may be in the process of transforming their business models (BM), since a growing trend of transformative projects that adopt integrated business models was identified, e.g., business-to-business-to-commerce (B2B2C), instead of the familiar business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) models. The findings also highlighted the role of Industry 4.0, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), together with other sustainable elements, as crucial to shortening the gap between design and consumption, leveraging innovative solutions, and transforming the model of business, from start-up. This research emphasizes the importance of transformative business models in the context of decarbonization and contributes to filling a gap in the literature on the elements that drive this transformation. The research is also relevant for policymakers aiming to promote a low-carbon economy by highlighting the levers that can be used to promote transformative pathways through business models.

Projective cluster-additive transformation for quantum lattice models

We construct a projection-based cluster-additive transformation that block-diagonalizes wide classes of lattice Hamiltonians \mathcal{H}=\mathcal{H}_0 +Vℋ=ℋ0+V. Its cluster additivity is an essential ingredient to set up perturbative or non-perturbative linked-cluster expansions for degenerate excitation subspaces of \mathcal{H}_0ℋ0. Our transformation generalizes the minimal transformation known amongst others under the names Takahashi’s transformation, Schrieffer-Wolff transformation, des Cloiseaux effective Hamiltonian, canonical van Vleck effective Hamiltonian or two-block orthogonalization method. The effective cluster-additive Hamiltonian and the transformation for a given subspace of \mathcal{H}ℋ, that is adiabatically connected to the eigenspace of \mathcal{H}_0ℋ0 with eigenvalue e_0^ne0n, solely depends on the eigenspaces of \mathcal{H}ℋ connected to e_0^me0m with e_0^m\leq e_0^ne0m≤e0n. In contrast, other cluster-additive transformations like the multi-block orthogonalization method or perturbative continuous unitary transformations need a larger basis. This can be exploited to implement the transformation efficiently both perturbatively and non-perturbatively. As a benchmark, we perform perturbative and non-perturbative linked-cluster expansions in the low-field ordered phase of the transverse-field Ising model on the square lattice for single spin-flips and two spin-flip bound-states.

Communication Systems and Community Leadership: Study Rural Community of the Ibu Kota Nusantara

This study aims to explore and identify the communication and leadership system of the rural community where the Ibu Kota Nusantara is located in the transformation project to become the capital of the archipelago and a smart city. This research is qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The sample and respondents of the study were community and traditional leaders as well as religious leaders in the area closest to the location of the Ibu Kota Nusantara with a total of 113 respondents. The results showed that most of the people in the villages located in the capital city of the archipelago felt that the communication system implemented by the government in the context of the process of moving the country's capital was still lacking. The community also feels that the leadership of the central and local governments is also very lacking. The community hopes to be invited to play an active role in all preparations for the relocation of the state capital. The community hopes to be able to become development actors, have the competence to participate in developing their region, and in the end can enjoy the results of the development, with the increase in the economy and the standard of living of the community.

Validation of a measurement instrument to assess the 10 elements for successful organizational transformations in Colombia's Valle del Cauca region

<p>The objective of this paper is to validate a measurement instrument based on a five-point Likert scale, which can be used to evaluate the implementation of the 10 Elements proposed for the success of organizational transformations in companies from diverse economic sectors in Colombia's Valle del Cauca region. This study was conducted in three stages: first, the design of the instrument, which included the 10 Elements (categorized into principals and basics) and 40 items (four for each element); second, the administration of the surveys to organizations; and finally, the statistical analysis that verified the reliability of the scale using specialized software, and validity through the work of discriminant and convergent statistics.</p><p>The findings of the study were satisfactory, as demonstrated through the various descriptive statistical indicators used. The results concluded that this instrument can serve as a basis for academic and professional studies interested in evaluating the management of organizational transformation projects.</p><p>Overall, this paper provides a thorough and reliable validation of the measurement instrument and its usefulness for evaluating the success of organizational transformations in Colombia's Valle del Cauca region.</p>

Projective transformations in metric-affine and Weylian geometries

We discuss generalizations of the notions of projective transformations acting on affine model of Riemann–Cartan and Riemann–Cartan–Weyl gravity which preserve the projective structure of the light-cones. We show how the invariance under some projective transformations can be used to recast a Riemann–Cartan–Weyl geometry either as a model in which the role of the Weyl gauge potential is played by the torsion vector, which we call torsion-gauging, or as a model with traditional Weyl (conformal) invariance.

Study on ecological protection and vegetation restoration model of power transmission and transformation project construction in typical ecologically fragile areas in western China in the new period

In the new era of construction development, ecological poverty caused by the deterioration of ecological environment has become one of the regional characteristics of poverty in the western region, therefore, to the typical ecological fragile areas of power transmission and transformation construction problems, ecological protection and vegetation restoration, is the main problem of our country's scholars. After understanding the basic status quo of ecologically fragile areas in western China, this paper mainly studies the ecological protection and vegetation restoration model of power transmission and transformation construction in typical ecologically fragile areas in western China in the new era according to the impact of power transmission and transformation projects on ecological environment, so as to provide basic guarantee for engineering construction and industry development.

In favor or against: The influence of skeptical stakeholders in urban innovation projects for green transformation

Skeptical stakeholder involvement – collaborating with stakeholders who may harbor negative attitudes - is a complex, uncertain process that poses substantial challenges for innovation project management. Developing complex innovations like those in urban spaces requires engagement with knowledge, behavioral shifts, and resources from both public and private stakeholders. As a result, these stakeholders might oppose the project's objectives, thereby exerting a significant influence on the project. However, scant attention has been directed toward investigating the role of skeptical stakeholder involvement. The goal of this research is to address this research gap by examining the underexplored impact of skeptical stakeholder involvement on the project front end, thereby underscoring the importance of innovativeness and implementation intention as outcomes during these initial project stages. The study draws on a unique combination of text mining, text analysis, and survey data derived from 107 publicly funded urban innovation projects in Germany. These projects encompass diverse innovation types and technologies that may affect nearly all stakeholders within a given city district, thus making the context an ideal empirical terrain for investigation. The study's findings reveal that (i) skeptical stakeholder involvement positively influences innovativeness and implementation intention, and (ii) a robust reservoir of project management resources, coupled with moderate levels of formal management, facilitates the integration of skeptical stakeholders. The study advances current literature on project stakeholder management and project front-end dynamics by highlighting the positive influences of skeptical stakeholder involvement. Consequently, these outcomes contribute to the broader literature on sustainable urban transformation and enhance our understanding of stakeholder management mechanisms in the realm of urban innovation projects.

Study on ecological environment impact and soil and water conservation technology of power transmission and transformation projects in typical ecologically fragile areas in western China

In the steady development of social and economic, the field of power transmission and transformation engineering construction in our country gradually forms a new electric power development pattern, providing a solid foundation for the innovative development of electric power enterprises in a new era. Since power transmission and transformation projects will cause serious soil and water loss, which will have a direct impact on the stability of ecological environment in various regions, which is not conducive to the construction and operation of power transmission and transformation projects and the long-term development of social economy, how to construct a safe and standardized construction environment, scientifically deal with the ecological environment problems of power transmission and transformation projects, and rationally use soil and water conservation technology? It is the main problem that Chinese scholars study and discuss at present. On the basis of understanding the environmental status of typical ecologically fragile areas in western China, and according to the development of soil and water conservation technology in power transmission and transformation projects, this paper mainly studies the online monitoring system and application technology of soil and water conservation for power transmission and transformation projects in a certain area, so as to provide effective basis for the construction management of power transmission and transformation projects in the new era.

The optimization model of soil and water conservation ecological construction for power transmission and transformation projects in ecologically sensitive areas in Sichuan and Chongqing area in the new era is analyzed

In the construction and development of modern society, the overall characteristics of soil and water conservation ecological construction are not only reflected in the coordination of biological measures and engineering measures, but also in the sustainable development of economy and technology, which is the fundamental demand of the comprehensive treatment and optimization model of soil and water conservation for power transformation projects in ecologically sensitive areas of Sichuan and Chongqing in the new era. Therefore, after understanding the development requirements of ecological sensitive areas in Sichuan-Chongqing area, this paper mainly studies the optimization model of ecological construction of soil and water conservation according to the construction management content of power transmission and transformation projects, so as to provide technical support for urban construction and development in the new era.

Projective geometry of homogeneous second-order Hamiltonian operators

We prove the invariance of homogeneous second-order Hamiltonian operators under the action of projective reciprocal transformations. We establish a correspondence between such operators in dimension n and 3-forms in dimension n + 1. In this way we classify second-order Hamiltonian operators using the known classification of 3-forms in dimensions . As a by-product, we identify such operators as linear line congruences, that are distinguished algebraic varieties in Plücker’s space of lines. Systems of first-order conservation laws that are Hamiltonian with respect to such operators are also explicitly found. The geometry and integrability of the systems is discussed in detail.

On Infinitesimal Transformations in A Finsler Space

In the present communication studies have been carried out with special reference to infinitesimal projective and special projective transformations in a Finsler space and accordingly results have been derived in the form of theorems in a projective symmetric and non-symmetric Finsler space.

Navigating digital transformation in airports : A disciplined approach to project portfolio selection and execution

Airports are undertaking digital transformation initiatives to achieve operations excellence, improve sustainability and enhance competitiveness. While digital transformation offers many potential benefits for airports, including improved insights, efficiencies, streamlined passenger journeys and new business/ revenue opportunities, there are risks associated with not utilising a disciplined approach when building a digital transformation project portfolio. Just as all airports are not the same, digital transformation initiatives are not ‘one size fits all’. Projects to introduce new systems and deploy new technology under the banner of digital transformation need to be in support of the strategic goals of the airport and in alignment with business and operational objectives. Digital transformation initiatives must also fit within the resource and skills capacity of the airport to successfully perform the work and provide the necessary post-deployment support afterwards. This paper posits that a disciplined and analytical approach to evaluating both the likely effort required for successful execution and the potential impact and value generated can assist airports with the selection and timing of projects, with the aim of avoiding ‘digital disappointment’. It concludes that digital transformation projects selected and sequenced on the basis of objective criteria are most likely to address the business and operational needs of individual airports and generate the most value for airport employees, stakeholders and passengers.

Использование инновационных методов увеличения нефтеотдачи на месторождениях России с истощенными и трудноизвлекаемыми запасами

The article considers the strategic goals and main objectives of the Russian oil and gas industry development in the context of large-scale foreign economic challenges and slowdown in the growth of newly discovered deposit occurrences. It is revealed that the innovative transformation of its technological base is an increasingly urgent task to improve the competitiveness of the Russian fuel and energy complex. This is determined by a significant increase in the share of hydrocarbon fields with depleted and hard-to-recover reserves. The use of modern technologies based on innovative methods of oil recovery enhancement is suggested as one of the promising directions of maintaining the required level of oil production. As the research subject the organiza-tion and management of technological innovation implementation at oil and gas producing enterprises are singled out. The study allows offering a well-founded approach to the implementation of projects of innovative transformation of oil production technology by oil producing enterprises. As a result, the authors show the pecu-liarities and strategic objectives of the Russian oil and gas industry development in modern conditions; sub-stantiate the necessity of active use of innovative methods to increase oil recovery at fields with depleted and hard-to-recover reserves; propose an algorithmic model of target planning and management of innovative transformation of the technological process of oil production using tertiary methods.

Emili Du Châtelet – on Matter

This paper draws on Emily du Châtelet, an early 18th Century philosopher’s life and work to reflect on posthuman feminist theory’s redefinition of the historical feminist project away from emancipatory, dialectical epistemologies in relation to science. In her 1740 published book, Institution de Physics (Foundations of Physics), du Châtelet, in an enlightenment fashion turns to empiricism in an attempt to explain the physical world and specifically bodily agency. It is empiricism that leads her to critic both the Cartesians as well as the Newtonians disembodied account of force. Turning to Leibniz’s metaphysics, du Châtelet critiques Newton’s theory of bodies and gravity and in its place suggests a vital, agential approach to matter. Having an insight into her intellectual world at the dawn of enlightenment renders the lacuna of our scientific paradigm to account for bodies as a nonlogical one and affirms technoscience/ posthuman feminist transformative project.

A model for operating digital transformation projects in an organization

Objective: This work proposes a model to implement digital transformation (DT) projects in companies. Material and Methods: The model's proposition was done by conducting individual interviews and focus group research on understanding and exploring the theme. Personal interviews were conducted with 15 professionals and focus groups with nine experts that experienced the DT process in their organizations. Based on these interviews, a preliminary model was proposed and validated in interviews with focus groups. All interviews took place in the same period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research instrument explored aspects of strategy, competencies, digital technologies, and project management to determine how the DT process occurs and to define the final model. Results: Proposition of a model to operationalize DT projects following the organization's strategic direction. The model proposes that competencies enable change, using digital technologies as tools, and project management supports the project's strategy in line with the organizational strategy. The focus groups contributed to validating the model and proposing changes and improvements in the evaluation process in the model phases. The assessments were changed to occur recursively in the steps, allowing them to be evaluated throughout the project's life cycle to align with the project's and the organization's strategic assumptions. Contributions: The study presents a model to help companies of all sizes and activities to operationalize their DT projects. As a suggestion for future research, the proposed model can be used to develop and recommend new theories and develop models that meet the rapid transformations that occur in organizations.