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Secure and Efficient Outsourcing of Sequence Comparisons

, 2012
We treat the problem of secure outsourcing of sequence comparisons by a client to remote servers, which given two strings λ and μ of respective lengths n and m, consists of finding a minimum-cost sequence of insertions, deletions, and substitutions (also called an edit script) that transform λ into μ. In our setting a client owns λ and μ and outsources
Marina Blanton, Mikhail J. Atallah, Keith B. Frikken, Qutaibah M. Malluhi   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Operations Research‐Based Formalisation and Design of Sustainable Reverse Logistics for E‐Waste Supply Chains

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study demonstrates how a profitable, lean, and environmentally responsible e‐waste reverse logistics system can be designed using integrated Operations Research (OR) techniques. Addressing the growing urgency of responsible consumption (UN SDG 12) and the projected rise of the e‐waste sector to USD 137.60 billion by 2029, the research ...
Sheeba Pathak, Hajar Fatorachian
wiley   +1 more source

A Privacy-Preserving Outsourcing Data Storage Scheme with Fragile Digital Watermarking-Based Data Auditing

Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2016
Cloud storage has been recognized as the popular solution to solve the problems of the rising storage costs of IT enterprises for users. However, outsourcing data to the cloud service providers (CSPs) may leak some sensitive privacy information, as the ...
Xinyue Cao, Zhangjie Fu, Xingming Sun
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrafast homomorphic encryption models enable secure outsourcing of genotype imputation. [PDF]

Cell Syst, 2021
Kim M, Harmanci AO, Bossuat JP, Carpov S, Cheon JH, Chillotti I, Cho W, Froelicher D, Gama N, Georgieva M, Hong S, Hubaux JP, Kim D, Lauter K, Ma Y, Ohno-Machado L, Sofia H, Son Y, Song Y, Troncoso-Pastoriza J, Jiang X.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Secure Outsourcing of Cryptographic Circuits Manufacturing

, 2018
The fabrication process of integrated circuits (ICs) is complex and requires the use of off-shore foundries to lower the costs and to have access to leading-edge manufacturing facilities. Such an outsourcing trend leaves the possibility of inserting malicious circuitry (a.k.a.
Giuseppe Ateniese, Aggelos Kiayias, Bernardo Magri, Yiannis Tselekounis, Daniele Venturi 0001   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini, Aemiro Melkamu Daniel, Katherine Whalen, Nancy Bocken, Agnieszka Hunka, Tarlan Ahmadov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cluster Analysis of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis Practices and Their Impact on Sustainability Performance in the Plastics Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how plastics manufacturing firms can be classified according to their level of implementation of circular economy (CE) and industrial symbiosis (IS) practices and how such adoption influences sustainability performance. Using data from plastics manufacturing firms, we integrate cluster analysis with partial least squares ...
Laura Cristina Ramírez‐Rodríguez, Rafael Mora‐Contreras, Carmen Jaca, Marta Ormazabal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Transition Intermediaries as Capability Builders for Adopting Radical Innovation in Incumbent Firms: The Case of the UK Energy Supply Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transition intermediaries play a pivotal role in configuring networks aligning the interests of stakeholders to achieve sustainable goals. However, the transition literature has paid little attention to the influence intermediaries can have in strengthening organisational capabilities. Especially in sectors that are slow to change, such as the
Horacio Gonzalez, Matthew Hannon, Efstathios Tapinos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Board Networks and Corporate Carbon Emissions: A Cross‐Country Analysis of Causal Effects

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether board networks influence corporate carbon emissions and the strategic pathways through which firms decarbonize. Using a sample of 1952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020, we employ dynamic stacked regressions that exploit exogenous carbon‐regulation shocks affecting firms connected through shared third ...
Katarzyna Burzynska, Sara Jonsson, Lu Liu, Michał Dzieliński   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source