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Working paper
The Shoe Factory Bata
(2023-08-18)
The paper focuses on the managerial aspects of the loosely coupled units in Bata's shoe factory in Zlin as a precursor of lean production that was forgotten. The Bata factory plant in Zlín, Moravia, was built in the avant-garde style of modernism and grew rapidly in the 1920s. Comparable to Henry Ford, Bata pursued a concept of social engineering. He expanded the factory complex in Zlín to include housing for the workers, sports facilities, educational institutions and a self–service department store.
The Bata factory ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023)
(Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2023-02-28)
Working paper
Energy Transition – Quo Vadis
(2023-02)
- Extractivism has shaped Ecuador for the last half century.
- The Yasuní initiative aimed at leaving about one fifth of Ecuador’s oil reserves underground
- Poor handling of the Ecuadorian government and the international community let it falter and finally fade
- Energy transition towards renewable energy sources might provide a new scenario in which supply side policies such
as leaving fossil fuels underground and fossil fuel non proliferation treaties might be (re --)tested
Working paper
Argentina in the context of the global socioenvironmental crisis
(2023-07-26)
• Agro-extractivism has shaped the productive matrix during the last four decades in Argentina.
• Agro-extractivism not only does not satisfy the population's food demand, but also deepens the socio-environmental crisis, generating environmental depredation, health problems, economic concentration, and social polarization.
• To overcome the crisis of agro-extractivism in Argentina, it is necessary to transform the patterns of production, consumption and accumulation, which will require democratizing access to land ...
Working paper
Extractivism as an obstacle to innovation and technology transfer: The case of Algeria
(2023)
• The paper analyzes the lack of cooperation between universities and companies in Algeria.
• There is a lack of incentives for knowledge transfer between academia and industry.
• University research in Algeria is insufficiently focused on the needs of industry.
• Limited financial resources and infrastructure are barriers to research and innovation.
• Algeria needs to improve university-industry collaboration and strengthen the research landscape.
Aufsatz
Optimization on the manufacturing process of fried instant corn noodle using response surface methodology
(2023-07-31)
Instant corn noodles can be manufactured using the air drying and frying process. The objective of this study was to determine the optimum process parameters and emulsifier concentration to produce instant corn noodles from 100% corn flour with relatively good quality characteristics using a cooking-forming single screw extruder. This study consisted of two stages, namely the determination of corn noodles with the fastest cooking time using emulsifier concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5% from the weight of corn ...
Aufsatz
Traditional Seafood Product Purchase Through E-Commerce: The Impact of Perceived Risk and Benefit to Consumers’ Intention to Buy
(2023-07-31)
Traditional seafood products in Indonesia are also very diverse, influenced by ethnicity and eating habits. However, the problem is the low level of consumption of seafood products in Indonesia. There is a limited number of traditional seafood products have entered the e-commerce due to the lack of knowledge about consumer demand. To boost the purchase of traditional seafood product, consumers’ perception need to be explored as it plays prominent role in a successful food product. The aims of this research are to ...
Aufsatz
Analysis of Food Consumption Patterns as a Step for Mapping Future Food Needs Based on the Potential of Local Food
(2023-07-31)
Muara Gembong Village, in Bekasi Regency, West Java is an area that has a variety of potential local food ingredients that can improve the welfare of the surrounding community. It is necessary to map the consumption and use of local food ingredients in the area so that it can be identified the type of food that needs to be developed as a strategy to improve food security in Muara Gembong village. One way to identify this is by analyzing the community's food consumption patterns. This study aims to analyze food ...
Dissertation
An Investigation of the Lie-Telling Personality Type Within Different Social Contexts
(2023)
The present work aimed to further develop and refine the nomological net of personality traits predicting deception within the specific context of romantic relationships, as well as within the academic context. The main findings are that the already established correlation between Honesty-Humility and general deceptive behavior also reliable emerged for relationship-based dishonesty and academic cheating; however, against general deception research, when examining the specific context of romantic relationships, the ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023)
(Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2023)