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Information systems offshore outsourcing: a descriptive analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Purpose - The present paper has as its aim to deepen in the study of Information Systems Offshore Outsourcing, proposing three essential steps to make this decision: weighing up the advantages and risks of Offshore Outsourcing; analysing the taxonomy of ...
Gascó, José L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Unitization of petroleum fields in the Barents Sea: Towards a common understanding?

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2018
The expected discovery of petroleum fields that cross the new boundary between Russia and Norway in the Barents Sea could mean that both parties will lay claim to the same subsoil resources.
Daniel Fjærtoft   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-product offshoring [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Economic Review, 2017
In this paper, we incorporate offshoring of labor-intensive goods in a model with multi-product firms, and explore its implications in partial and general oligopolistic equilibrium. We identify important aspects of this phenomenon and argue that improvements in offshoring opportunities can affect the geographic organization of a firm and its product ...
Carsten Eckel, Michael Irlacher
openaire   +3 more sources

Open-sea 1:30 scale tests on a spar-type offshore wind turbine in parked conditions: Progress and future work

open access: yes, 2016
Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, London.This paper presents the preliminary results of an open-sea experiment on a 1:30 model of a spar floating support structure for offshore wind turbines, in parked conditions.
V Nava   +11 more
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Layout Optimization of a Modular Floating Wind Farm Based on the Full-Field Wake Model

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
By optimizing the positions of wind turbines in a wind farm, the power loss caused by wake effects can be reduced maximally. A new methodology of layout optimization is proposed utilizing a full-field wake model that integrates the near-field and far ...
Zhichang Liang, Haixiao Liu
doaj   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Review of Multi-Use Platforms for Renewable Energy and Aquaculture Integration

open access: yesEnergies
This review aims to find, classify, and discuss ongoing projects that fall into the category of multi-use platforms, concerning offshore energy exploitation and marine resource production, including aquaculture.
Alexandra Ionelia Manolache   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lidar observations of marine boundary-layer winds and heights: a preliminary study

open access: yesMeteorologische Zeitschrift, 2015
Here we describe a nearly 1-yr meteorological campaign, which was carried out at the FINO3 marine research platform on the German North Sea, where a pulsed wind lidar and a ceilometer were installed besides the platform's 105-m tower and measured winds ...
Alfredo Peña   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability Updating of Offshore Structures Subjected to Marine Growth

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Marine growth is a known problem for oceanic infrastructure and has been shown to negatively impact the reliability of bottom-fixed or floating offshore structures submitted to fatigue or extreme loading.
Franck Schoefs, Thanh-Binh Tran
doaj   +1 more source

Can health interventions float? A process evaluation of workplace health intervention on board a vessel in the North Sea

open access: yesInternational Maritime Health
OBJECTIVE: To promote the physical and mental health of employees in a maritime setting and provide knowledge and tools to assist seafarers in managing daily challenges.
Lisa Loloma Froholdt   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oceanic records of North American bats and implications for offshore wind energy development in the United States

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Offshore wind energy is a growing industry in the United States, and renewable energy from offshore wind is estimated to double the country's total electricity generation.
Donald I. Solick, Christian M. Newman
doaj   +1 more source

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