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Strategies to Advance the Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, and Indoor Environmental Quality in New Zealand's Sustainable Building Designs and Practices

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Building Designs and Practices (SBDPs) are increasingly important for reducing environmental impacts, conserving resources, and improving occupant well‐being. This study examines New Zealand building professionals' perceptions of the integration and performance of energy efficiency (EE), water efficiency (WE), and Indoor ...
Tharaya Poorisat   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affordable and Clean Energy: CO2 Emissions, Resilience and Inequality

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development means building the resilience of both people and the planet. It includes implementing strategies which reduce emissions while also enabling more vulnerable households to transition to clean and affordable energy. This paper examines household CO2 emissions in Ireland to highlight those who emit most and least in key ...
Nessa Winston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do digital platforms create entrepreneurial opportunities? Evidence from marginal areas

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This article enters the debate on the effects of digital platforms on entrepreneurial opportunities by estimating whether the entry of a home‐sharing platform shapes entrepreneurial decisions in marginal areas. We add a novel perspective to the literature, as we contend that when economic conditions are unfavorable, digital ...
Francesco Luigi Milone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a theory of Bayesian experimentation in early‐stage ventures

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary The entrepreneurship literature has established the benefits of experimentation but has paid comparatively little attention to its costs. We develop a Bayesian model to illustrate the entrepreneurial choice between direct and experimental entry.
Andrea Contigiani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alignment of Agile and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Principles in Systems Engineering

open access: yesSystems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizations have consistently sought faster and more efficient methods for producing and delivering products. Agile principles offer essential guidance for shaping their policies and practices. The Agile Manifesto (AM) outlines 12 core principles for guiding software development but can also be applied in other contexts.
Terry Plonsky, Daniel R. Herber
wiley   +1 more source

Practical pricing for the hotel industry

The Business & Management Collection, 2009
As illustrated in the following example, pricing decisions can exert extraordinary, but easily overlooked leverage on a hotel’s profitability. Consider a hotel with 300 rooms; we’ll call it Veritec Lodge. Veritec Lodge generally has an annual occupancy percentage of 65 percent.
openaire   +1 more source

Diversity in Hotel Industry

2015
Managing human resources in the hospitality industry is a challenging task. In today's competitive environment, an increasing number of organizations invest in promoting diversity in the workplace. The concept of diversity as a value is based on the recognition, acceptance, and respect.
Andri Georgiadou, Chryso Iasonos
openaire   +1 more source

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