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Exploring rail futures using scenarios: experience and potential [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In 1995 the author of this paper undertook a scenario exercise for British Rail to identify priorities for rail science and technology developments under the new privatised regime.
Potter, Stephen
core  

Carbon Performance in Airlines: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Institutional and Firm‐Level Drivers

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Air transport is one of the fastest‐growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, yet it remains one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonize. The sector's climate impact is amplified by two factors: the steady rise in passenger demand and the absence of commercially viable low‐carbon technologies for long‐haul flights.
Jouni K. Juntunen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practical Methodology for Developing Visions for Carbon‐Neutral Cities and Communities

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cities and communities play important roles in sustainable development and climate change mitigation. This study presents a novel framework for developing carbon‐neutral visions for cities and communities. We established five “principles,” investigated options encompassing four parameters (management, goal setting, actions, and quantification),
Kei Gomi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the model of forced-exhaust ventilation for passenger carriages

open access: yesEastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2016
The behavior analysis of the model of forced-exhaust ventilation for the passenger compartment carriage, based on the principle of similarity with electric circuits is performed. For quality indicators of the control object, the parameters of resistance and relative inductances determining the aerodynamic inertia of ducts and compartments are included ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Resource reallocation across successive systemic innovations: How Rolls‐Royce shaped the evolution of the turbojet, turboprop, and turbofan

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Despite the importance of resource reallocation in shaping a variety of strategic outcomes, strategy scholars have paid only limited attention to the processes by which firms reallocate their resources across successive systemic innovations.
Gino Cattani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Have there been any changes to the basis of responsibility of carriers in the international conventions on the carriage of goods by sea?

open access: yesZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu, 2011
From the first international convention on the equalization of certain rules on cargo vessels (Hague Rules) in 1924, to the Protocol on changes to the Hague Rules (Visby Rules) in 1968, and the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea ...
Ivo Grabovac
doaj  

From armed roots to airline routes in South America: A dual imprinting perspective

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Reserch Summary We propose that founding partner relationships can leave distinct imprints on organizations that differ in durability and in how they respond to subsequent changes involving the founding partner. Examining South American airlines founded between 1919 and 1984, we argue and find that such relationships simultaneously create an ...
Kunyuan Qiao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The History and Development of British Tramways and the Impacts That It Had [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The thesis is about the general history of the British tramways and how they developed throughout England in the nineteenth century. It includes their general development; how it affected England economically; how it affected England demographically ...
Schuldenrein, Noam
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Fast learning and sustained exploration: The role of timely performance feedback

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary How should organizations manage learning dynamics? Strategy theories suggest “more‐is‐better”—fast, frictionless sharing enhances performance—while organizational learning theory warns that “less‐is‐more,” as fast learning causes premature convergence.
Jerker Denrell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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