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Cloud business models and sustainability: impacts for businesses and e-research [PDF]

, 2010
This paper reviews current cloud computing business models and presents proposals on how organisations can achieve sustainability by adopting appropriate models.
De Roure, David, De Roure, D, Wills, G, Chang, Victor, Chang, V, Wills, Gary   +5 more
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Assessment and support of the digitalization of businesses in Europe during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic

Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020–2021 has created an unprecedented incentive to digitize firms. This paper aims to explore how European companies may have responded to COVID‐19 through digitalization. An online survey of experts from 22 European countries showed that software technologies supporting online meetings, remote working and e‐commerce ...
Wojciech Dyba, Eleonora Di Maria
wiley   +1 more source

Academic Cloud computing research : five pitfalls and five opportunities [PDF]

, 2015
Date of Acceptance: 25/04/2014This discussion paper argues that there are five fundamental pitfalls, which can restrict academics from conducting cloud computing research at the infrastructure level, which is currently where the vast majority of academic
Varghese, Blesson, Stuart Ward, Jonathan, Sommerville, Ian, Barker, Adam   +3 more
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Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development of SMEs: A Systematic Review of ‘How We Know,’ ‘What We Know’ and Research Agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to contribute more significantly to the sustainability agenda. Digital transformation (DT) has the potential to enable SMEs to fulfil their sustainable development goals. However, SMEs encounter unique challenges in leveraging DT for sustainability due to their size, limited resources and
Phuc G. Le, Duyen Chu, Thomas Domboka, Hien Nguyen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence as a Catalyst for Environmental and Social Sustainability Practices in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Sustainability, Digitalization, and Innovation Barriers

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and both environmental and social sustainability practices in small and medium‐sized enterprises, with a specific focus on the moderating effects of implementation barriers relating to sustainability, digitalization, and innovation.
Gülçinay Mumcu, Steven A. Brieger
wiley   +1 more source

Organisational sustainability modelling for return on investment: case studies presented by a National Health Service (NHS) Trust UK [PDF]

, 2011
Organisational Sustainability Modelling is a new way to measure Cloud business performance quantitatively and accurately. It combines statistical computation and 3D Visualisation to present the Return on Investment arising from the adoption of Cloud ...
De Roure, David, Timothy Barry, Wills, Gary, Roure, DD, David De Roure, Robert John Walters, Walters, Robert John, John Walters, Robert, Barry, Timothy, De Roure, D, Wills, G, Victor Chang, Barry, T, Chang, Victor, Chang, V, Gary Wills, Walters, RJ   +16 more
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Assessing Patient Centered Urological Care for Spina Bifida: A Collaboration Between the European Association of Urology–European Society for Pediatric Urology (EAU−ESPU) Pediatric Urology Guidelines Panel and the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (IFSBH)

Neurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction & Objectives People with spina bifida (SB) require lifelong care from various specialists, with the organization and availability of care differing across Europe. This variation likely impacts care outcomes from a patient perspective.
Lisette ‘t Hoen, Christian Radmayr, Michele Gnech, Carla Bezuidenhout, Allon van Uitert, Marco Castagnetti, Berk Burgu, Fardod O'Kelly, Josine Quaedackers, Yazan Rawashdeh, Selçuk Silay, Anna Bujons, Guy Bogaert, Niklas Pakkasjarvi, Martin Skott, Uchenna Kennedy, Beatriz Bañuelos Marco, Sylvia Roozen   +17 more
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The role of the synoptic‐scale conditions in driving fog and mist during the FATIMA July 2022 Sable Island Field program

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
ERA5 hourly 325‐m and 1512‐m (a) convergence and (b) vertical motion (actually pressure change with sign reversed to compare with convergence) over Sable Island around the time of an event. The mist (green) and fog (red) occurrences at the surface station are shown at the bottom of the figures. A 325‐m fitted line convergence was positive for the first
Clive E. Dorman, Darko Koračin, Reneta Dimitrova, Ismail Gultepe, Sebastian W. Hoch, Jesus Ruiz‐Plancarte, Qing Wang, Alexei Perelet, H. J. S. Fernando   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Macro Vulnerabilities to the Clean Energy Transition: An Empirical Assessment

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The macro environment is one of the analytical levels of the multilevel transition perspective that has the potential to shape the clean energy transition. Following the Political, Economic, Social and Technological (PEST) framework, the present study analyzes the paths by which these four macro dimensions jointly shape wind, solar, and ...
Helena Dominguez‐Torres
wiley   +1 more source

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source