Leaders are under constant pressure from a rapidly changing environment, organizational transformation, the need to manage multiple boundaries, the irrational demands of staff, and their own psychology. To function in role, encourage a sense of community and authorize staff competence, CEO values and vulnerabilities must be visible to the staff. In order to respond to feelings as information, l...

This paper aims to contribute to understanding the dynamics of industrial symbiosis. More specifically, we focus on the dynamics of anchoring as they can be observed in the Chinese context of eco-industrial development. We define anchoring as those activities that (typically local) actors perform to create local physical and institutional conditions conducive to the emergence and further develo...

The exchange of wastes, by-products, and energy among closely situated firms is one of the distinctive features of the applications of industrial ecological principles.This at= ticle examines the industrial district at Kalundborg, Denmark, often labeled as an “industrial ecosystem” or “industrial symbiosis” because ofthe many links among the firms.The forces that led to its evolution and to the...

abstract innovation to help organizations cope with the dynamic markets turbulence in the external environment and can achieve long-term goals. one of the most initiators of innovation, learning. the main aim of this study is to examine the effect of the organizational learning on innovation performance. accordingly, the study population is all supervisors and employees of manufacturing and ind...

Resistance to animal and human therapeutic antibiotics is well known and understood among both the scientific and lay community. Performance failures with industrial microbicides are commonly discussed as if the same phenomenon occurs here also. Much of this is indeed fantasy, as the mode of action of most, but not all, industrial microbicides are based on a fundamentally different principle th...

The independent verification and validation (IV&V) of simulation models is largely restricted to applications in the military and public policy domains. There is little evidence of IV&V for industrial simulation models. This is largely because industrial simulations are normally of a much smaller scale and do not warrant a full IV&V. A procedure for IV&V of industrial simulation models is descr...

The exchange of wastes, by-products, and energy among closely situated firms is one of the distinctive features of the applications of industrial ecological principles.This at= ticle examines the industrial district at Kalundborg, Denmark, often labeled as an “industrial ecosystem” or “industrial symbiosis” because ofthe many links among the firms.The forces that led to its evolution and to the...

Today, both workers and management are concerned about the quality of work lives, ergonomics and occupational safety and health. New development such as information and communication technologies and specialized work requiring repetitive tasks add up to a need for Ergonomics. By examining, designing, testing and evaluating the work piece and how people interact in it, ergonomics can create prod...

Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is a sub discipline of Industrial Ecology that aims to bring together companies from different sectors to share resources, namely energy, materials, water (Chertow, 2004)(Jacobsen, 2006). The main goal of IS is to improve resource efficiency and lead to environmental benefits to participants. Benefits are generated by the reduced intake of virgin materials, reduced amo...