bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Livreur chic : quand la livraison de repas se met sur son 31
Authors: Guechtouli Manel , Guechtouli Widad , Leon Franck
Published: October 2021

L’entreprise Livreur Chic est une start-up en pleine croissance qui surfe sur la vague de l’Uberisation et réussit à trouver sa place sur un marché très concurrentiel. L’entreprise, lancée en 2015 par trois jeunes entrepreneurs, vient en effet concurrencer sur leur terrain des entreprises déjà bien installées comme Uber Eats, Foodora ou Deliveroo. Ce cas propose d’analyser le Business Model de l’entreprise, de comprendre sa stratégie et d’explorer les différentes options qui s’offrent à elle pour répondre à ses problématiques de croissance et de développement.
Agglomérations et villes au Levant Sud oriental
Authors: Nicolle Christophe , Braemer Frank
Published: October 2021

Le bon état de conservation des vestiges archéologiques dans la région du Levant Sud oriental permet de dresser un état relativement précis des différentes formes d’agglomérations qui s’y succèdent durant les 4 e et 3 e millénaires, avant et pendant l’urbanisation. Il révèle la variété des solutions retenues, non seulement dans l’organisation interne des sites, mais surtout dans leur répartition spatiale à l’échelle régionale. Quelques exemples bien documentés permettent de mieux comprendre le polymorphisme d’une urbanisation qui témoigne d’un changement fondamental des rapports au territoire et aux modes de production.
Le Salut des Ignorants : Locke, Macpherson et la religion des pauvres
Authors: Thierry Patrick
Published: October 2021

Les articles essentiels de la religion chrétienne doivent être, pour Locke, accessibles à tous et suffire au Salut. Ce souci de simplification a été rapporté à sa vision de la société, les gens modestes devant se contenter de croire et de rester à un bas niveau de rationalité : les thèses, encore vivaces, de C. B. Macpherson font d’une telle religion un moyen de contrôle des mœurs et de maintien des pauvres dans l’obéissance. Locke les supposerait incapables d’un comportement moral autonome. Mais cette simplification est liée à la volonté de séparer la partie pratique du christianisme de sa partie spéculative et de favoriser ainsi la tolérance mutuelle. Et la religion prêchée par le Christ est adaptée, au-delà des conditions sociales, à la faiblesse de la nature humaine. Chacun – à la place où il se trouve – est capable d’user suffisamment de sa raison pour travailler à son Salut.
Criniferous entire maps with absorbing Cantor bouquets
Authors: Pardo-Simón Leticia
Published: October 2021

It is known that, for many transcendental entire functions in the Eremenko-Lyubich class \begin{document}$ \mathcal{B} $\end{document}, every escaping point can eventually be connected to infinity by a curve of escaping points. When this is the case, we say that the functions are criniferous. In this paper, we extend this result to a new class of maps in \begin{document}$ \mathcal{B} $\end{document}. Furthermore, we show that if a map belongs to this class, then its Julia set contains a Cantor bouquet; in other words, it is a subset of \begin{document}$ \mathbb{C} $\end{document} ambiently homeomorphic to a straight brush.
Global existence and nonexistence for a class of finitely degenerate coupled parabolic systems with high initial energy level
Authors: Chen Yuxuan , Han Jiangbo
Published: October 2021

In this paper, we consider a class of finitely degenerate coupled parabolic systems. At high initial energy level \begin{document}$ J(u_{0})>d $\end{document}, we present a new sufficient condition to describe the global existence and nonexistence of solutions for problem (1)-(4) respectively. Moreover, by applying the Levine's concavity method, we give some affirmative answers to finite time blow up of solutions at arbitrary positive initial energy \begin{document}$ J(u_{0})>0 $\end{document}, including the estimate of upper bound of blowup time.
A class of fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equations modeling the epitaxial growth of thin films
Authors: Liu Yang , Li Wenke
Published: October 2021

In this paper, the initial-boundary value problem for a class of fourth-order nonlinear parabolic equations modeling the epitaxial growth of thin films is studied. By means of the theory of potential wells, the global existence, asymptotic behavior and finite time blow-up of weak solutions are obtained.
Extinction behavior for a parabolic $ p $-Laplacian equation with gradient source and singular potential
Authors: Liu Dengming ,   School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411201, China, Yang Luo
Published: October 2021

We concern with the extinction behavior of the solution for a parabolic $ p $-Laplacian equation with gradient source and singular potential. By energy estimate approach, Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality, a series of ordinary differential inequalities, and super-solution and sub-solution methods, we obtain the conditions on the occurrence of the extinction phenomenon of the weak solution.
On the existence of almost periodic solutions of impulsive non-autonomous Lotka-Volterra predator-prey system with harvesting terms
Authors: Wang Li ,   School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China, Zhang Hui , Liu Suying
Published: October 2021

In this paper, by using the Mawhin's continuation theorem, some easily verifiable sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee the existence of almost periodic solutions of impulsive non-autonomous Lotka-Volterra predator-prey system with harvesting terms. Our result corrects the result obtained in [13]. An example and some remarks are given to illustrate the advantage of this paper.
The Hausdorff dimension of the Julia sets concerning generated renormalization transformation
Authors: Li Tingting ,   School of Science, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China, Gao Junyang
Published: October 2021

Considering a family of rational map $ {U_{mn\lambda }} $ of the renormalization transformation of the generalized diamond hierarchical Potts model, we give the asymptotic formula of the Hausdorff dimension of the Julia sets of $ {U_{mn\lambda }} $ as the parameter $ \lambda $ tends to infinity, here

   \begin{document}$ {U_{mn\lambda }} = {\left[ {\frac{{{{\left( {z + \lambda - 1} \right)}^n} + \left( {\lambda - 1} \right){{\left( {z - 1} \right)}^n}}}{{{{\left( {z + \lambda - 1} \right)}^n} - {{\left( {z - 1} \right)}^n}}}} \right]^m}, $\end{document}

where $ m \ge 2 $, $ n \ge 2 $ are two natural numbers, $ \lambda \in {{\mathbb{C}} } $.
Pythagorean triples and quadratic residues modulo an odd prime
Authors: Hu Jiayuan ,   Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hetao College, Bayannur 015000, China, Zhan Yu ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Hetao College, Bayannur 015000, China
Published: October 2021

In this article, we use the elementary methods and the estimate for character sums to study a problem related to quadratic residues and the Pythagorean triples, and prove the following result. Let $ p $ be an odd prime large enough. Then for any positive number $ 0 < \epsilon < 1 $, there must exist three quadratic residues $ x, \ y $ and $ z $ modulo $ p $ with $ 1\leq x, \ y, \ z\leq p^{1+\epsilon} $ such that the equation $ x^2+y^2 = z^2 $.
Application of transport-based metric for continuous interpolation between cryo-EM density maps
Authors: Ecoffet Arthur ,   Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, 1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada, Woollard Geoffrey , Kushner Artem , Poitevin Frédéric , Duc Khanh Dao ,   Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall #201, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada,   SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA,   Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200 - 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada
Published: October 2021

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become widely used for the past few years in structural biology, to collect single images of macromolecules "frozen in time". As this technique facilitates the identification of multiple conformational states adopted by the same molecule, a direct product of it is a set of 3D volumes, also called EM maps. To gain more insights on the possible mechanisms that govern transitions between different states, and hence the mode of action of a molecule, we recently introduced a bioinformatic tool that interpolates and generates morphing trajectories joining two given EM maps. This tool is based on recent advances made in optimal transport, that allow efficient evaluation of Wasserstein barycenters of 3D shapes. As the overall performance of the method depends on various key parameters, including the sensitivity of the regularization parameter, we performed various numerical experiments to demonstrate how MorphOT can be applied in different contexts and settings. Finally, we discuss current limitations and further potential connections between other optimal transport theories and the conformational heterogeneity problem inherent with cryo-EM data.
Positive ground state solutions for asymptotically periodic generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations
Authors: Zhang Shulin ,   Department of Mathematics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China,   Department of Mathematics, Xuzhou Vocational Technology Academy of Finance and Economics, Xuzhou 221008, China
Published: October 2021

In this paper, we study the existence of a positive ground state solution for a class of generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations with asymptotically periodic potential. By the variational method, a positive ground state solution is obtained. Compared with the existing results, our results improve and generalize some existing related results.
Study of multivalued fixed point problems for generalized contractions in double controlled dislocated quasi metric type spaces
Authors: Rasham Tahair ,   Department of Mathematics, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, Shoaib Abdullah , Alshoraify Shaif , Park Choonkil , Lee Jung Rye ,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, H-10, Islamabad-44000, Pakistan,   Department of Mathematics, Research Institute for Natural Science, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea,   Department of Data Sciences, Daejin University, Kyunggi 11159, Korea
Published: October 2021

The main purpose of this research is to establish a new generalized $ \xi^{\ast } $-Kannan type double controlled contraction on a sequence and obtain fixed point results for a pair of multivalued mappings in left $ K $-sequentially complete double controlled dislocated quasi metric type spaces. New results in different setting of generalized metric spaces and ordered spaces and also new results for graphic contractions can be obtained as corollaries of our results. An example is presented to show the novelty of results. In this paper, we unify and extend some recent results in the existing literature.
Smart occupational health and safety for a digital era and its place in smart and sustainable cities
Authors: Sánchez-Segura María-Isabel ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Universidad Carlos Ⅲ de Madrid, Av. De la Universidad 30, Leganés 28911, Spain, Dugarte-Peña German-Lenin , de Amescua Antonio , Medina-Domínguez Fuensanta , López-Almansa Eugenio , Reyes Eva Barrio ,   Higher Polytechnic School, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid 28223, Spain,   Instituto Regional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, Comunidad de Madrid, Calle de Ventura Rodríguez 7, Madrid 28008, Spain,   D.G. de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio, Comunidad de Madrid, Calle de Alcalá 16, Madrid 28014, Spain
Published: October 2021

As innovative technologies emerge, there is a need to evolve the environments in which these technologies are used. The trend has shifted from considering technology as a support service towards making it the means for transforming all complex systems. Smart cities focus their development on the use of technology to transform every aspect of society and embrace the complexity of these transformations towards something leading to the well-being and safety of people inhabiting these cities. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is an essential aspect to be considered in the design of a smart city and its digital ecosystems, however, it remains unconsidered in most smart city's frameworks, despite the need for a specific space for smart OHS. This paper summarizes a 9-month process of generation of a value proposition for evolving the sector of OHS based on a value-map in whose creation several stakeholders have participated. They focused on identifying the products, the methods, the organizational structures and the technologies required to develop an updated, dynamic and robust prevention model focused on workers in smart and complex contexts, and to improve the organizations' capability to guarantee safety even in the most changing, digital and disruptive settings. To assess the relevance and validity of this value-map, a study was carried out to match the set of its elements and its specific and conceptual products discovered, considering also the definition of the past needs and future trends of the sector that a set of renowned stakeholders and key opinion leaders (with mastery in OHS from several companies and industries) have recently defined for the decade of 2020. A prospective analysis of this match is presented, revealing that there is still an existing gap to be covered in the context of smart cities design: the explicit guarantee of safety for workers.
Retention and Dimensional Changes of Evergreen Brush Piles Within a Flood Control Reservoir
Authors: Aldridge Caleb A. , Norris David M. , Hatcher Hunter R. , Coppola Giancarlo , Colvin Michael E. , Miranda Leandro E.
Published: October 2021

Brush piles (i.e., trees and large woody debris) are often installed in reservoirs to supplement fish habitat. The retention and dimensional change of brush piles after installation is important information that can be used to maximize the effectiveness of this management action. We evaluated the retention and dimensional change of 70 eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana and bald cypress Taxodium distichum brush piles in an embayment of a drawdown reservoir up to four annual cycles of submergence and exposure. We used satellite imagery to supplement our onsite measurements of retention. We also examined spatial patterns of brush pile retention and dimensional change. Brush piles were lost at 10% per year, and their volume was lost at 14% per year. We compared our rates of brush pile retention and dimensional change with those from a holdout data set of 50 brush piles. Estimates between data sets did not differ statistically. Spatial patterns of retention and dimensional change coincided with morphological features in our study area, suggesting that retention and dimensional change is influenced by variable physical forces (e.g., wave action and flow) at installation locations. Our estimates of brush pile retention and dimensional change can be used to generally sustain desirable brush densities. For example, to maintain a fixed total volume of brush in our study embayment, roughly 23% of the total brush volume installed would need to be replaced annually. Similar research in reservoirs managed for other purposes is needed, as length and cycle of inundation could lead to variable rates of retention and dimensional change. Additionally, advancements into computer-assisted detection and volume estimation could reduce the time and effort needed to monitor brush piles.
Briser les « chaînes extérieures » : le combat commun de la Révolution française et de la Doctrine de la science de Fichte
Authors: Van der Hallen Thomas
Published: October 2021

Dans sa violente charge contre la Révolution française, Edmund Burke avait élevé le débat politique à un niveau philosophique. Son argument le plus profond consistait à reprocher aux révolutionnaires de pécher par apriorisme, en cherchant à déduire, comme des géomètres, une nouvelle constitution à partir des principes abstraits énoncés dans la Déclaration des droits de l’homme. Reprise par les disciples allemands de Burke, cette critique de la méthode adoptée par la Constituante tirait des postulats empiristes des Lumières anglo-écossaises toutes les implications conservatrices que recelaient déjà les textes politiques et historiques de Hume. Or c’est d’emblée sur ce terrain spéculatif que se joue, chez Fichte, la défense du droit de révolution. Reprochant à l’empirisme de réduire l’esprit au « mécanisme aveugle de l’association des idées », passivement déterminé par une extériorité en soi, Fichte entend au contraire fonder l’expérience elle-même sur l’activité d’un « Moi-en-soi », absolument indépendant. Conçu comme causalité libre, pouvant donc s’affranchir des « conjonctions coutumières » humiennes pour commencer une nouvelle série dans l’ordre des phénomènes, l’homme, pour Fichte, n’a pas seulement la « faculté de se perfectionner », mais la loi de sa liberté lui en fait même un devoir. Au regard de cet impératif catégorique de perfectionnement, il n’y a pas de Common Law qui tienne. Aussi Fichte ne recule-t-il pas devant la révolution, si les institutions du passé font obstacle à la destination de l’homme.
Les indépendantistes vénézuéliens face à l’esclavage : les défis d’une révolution atlantique dans une société coloniale (1790-1830)
Authors: Spillemaeker Frédéric
Published: October 2021

De la fin du XVIIIe siècle à 1830, l’Amérique hispanique est entrée dans l’ère des révolutions atlantiques. Sur les côtes du Venezuela, dans les années 1790, les échos des révolutions de France, de Saint-Domingue et d’autres îles des Antilles ont contribué à la floraison de révoltes et de conspirations aux mots d’ordre nouveaux. Les demandes de liberté des esclaves et d’égalité des métis s’inscrivaient désormais dans un nouvel horizon d’attente révolutionnaire. Cependant, la monarchie hispanique était toujours capable de mobiliser des troupes pour défendre l’ordre établi. À partir de 1806, le Vénézuélien Francisco de Miranda, ancien général de la Révolution française, tenta de coordonner, d’abord sans succès, les efforts des premiers indépendantistes. La première indépendance fut proclamée à Caracas en 1811 dans un contexte de dislocation de la monarchie hispanique, à la suite de l’invasion des troupes napoléoniennes et des conflits entre péninsulaires et hispano-américains. Les patriotes proclamèrent l’égalité civile en mettant fin aux catégories socio-raciales d’Ancien Régime, mais maintinrent l’esclavage. Ce n’est que progressivement qu’ils incorporèrent des esclaves aux armées en échange de la liberté. Malgré ces libérations par les armes, l’alliance avec Haïti et les tentatives de Simón Bolívar, l’indépendance ne coïncida pas avec l’abolition de l’esclavage, qui fut finalement proclamée au Venezuela en 1854.
La Révolution française et la gauche allemande dans le premier XIXe siècle : les cas de Ludwig Börne et Bruno Bauer
Authors: Roza Stéphanie
Published: October 2021

Les remarques des jeunes Marx et Engels relatives à la Révolution française sont bien connues et ont été largement commentées. Mais on oublie souvent qu’ils appartiennent à une génération d’intellectuels contestataires allemands qui, dans les années 1830-1840, ne cesse de se référer au XVIIIe siècle français dans le but de le comparer à la philosophie et à la vie politique allemandes de leur temps. L’article propose une analyse de deux positions divergentes sur ces questions, formulées par deux représentants de cette génération : celle de Ludwig Börne, qui ressortit à ce que l’on peut considérer comme une version allemande du jacobinisme, et celle de Bruno Bauer, Jeune hégélien promoteur d’une révolution philosophique allemande susceptible de surpasser la Révolution française en radicalité et en profondeur spirituelle. Ainsi, le rapport des intellectuels allemands à la Révolution française pendant le Vormärz apparaît dans toute l’ambiguïté relevée par Lucien Calvié : tel le renard aux raisins de la fable de La Fontaine, partagés entre attirance et frustration, les Allemands de gauche ont les yeux rivés sur une France révolutionnaire à la fois enviée et décriée.
Un écho de la Révolution française : la mobilisation de la référence aux jacobins et au jacobinisme en Suisse lors des événements de 1847-1848
Authors: Palau Yves
Published: October 2021

L’usage des termes de jacobin et de jacobinisme dans la vie politique ne renvoie jamais exclusivement aux membres du club de la Révolution française ni aux idées souvent contradictoires et mouvantes dans le temps qui y furent débattues. Ils servent à désigner, souvent de manière disqualifiante, des personnages politiques et des courants d’idées, jusqu’à nos jours, qui peuvent n’avoir qu’un lointain rapport avec la pensée révolutionnaire française. Les événements politiques qui marquèrent la Suisse dans les années 1847-1848 fournissent une excellente illustration de la transposition et de l’usage de ces termes en tant que catégories politiques hors du contexte de la Révolution française mais en écho à celle-ci. Les événements des années 1847-1848 sont en effet, encore aujourd’hui, souvent analysés de manières savante ou profane à travers ces catégories qui contribuent à une historiographie particulière souvent teintée de présupposés idéologiques. Cette historiographie reprend, parfois sans recul, les termes utilisés par les contemporains les plus opposés à une construction fédérale helvétique, lesquels n’hésitèrent pas à la comparer aux épisodes sanglants de la Révolution française, dont les jacobins étaient censés être les acteurs. L’usage des termes de jacobin et de jacobinisme s’inscrit dans une vision mécaniste et répétitive de l’histoire et remplit ici une fonction disqualifiante de courants et d’acteurs politiques pourtant fort éloignés des idéaux révolutionnaires français.
Le langage sociopolitique russe face à la France des Lumières : de Radichtchev aux décembristes
Authors: Durinova Galina
Published: October 2021

L’article étudie comment les idées de la France des Lumières et de la France révolutionnaire ont contribué au changement de la langue sociopolitique russe, comment elles ont interféré avec le processus littéraire du romantisme en Russie et ont finalement contribué au changement du paradigme intellectuel en Russie dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle. L’histoire des concepts de citoyen, de société, d’opposition politique est retracée de la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle – à travers des documents officiels (Instructions, par Catherine II), des textes littéraires (A. Radichtchev) – jusqu’au premier tiers du XIXe siècle – à travers les écrits politiques des décembristes. En conclusion, il est soutenu que l’échec du républicanisme des décembristes inspiré par la France des Lumières a orienté, dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle, la pensée russe vers la problématique de la diversité humaine et de la nationalisation de l’Empire. Les principes universels du siècle des Lumières sont remplacés par l’intérêt porté à la diversité humaine de l’Empire russe, ce qui nécessitera, à son tour, l’élaboration d’un langage spécifique et de ses concepts. Cependant, ce tournant serait une conséquence du processus de réception des idées et des concepts de la France des Lumières et aurait été accéléré par la Révolution française.
L’impact de la Révolution française sur l’évolution du concept de révolution en Chine (fin XIXe-début XXe siècle)
Authors: Wang Céline
Published: October 2021

La Révolution française et certaines idées des Lumières ont produit une évolution radicale de sens du terme geming (révolution) qui, devenant un mot d’ordre, a engendré un nouveau courant de pensée à la fin de la dynastie des Qing. Connue tardivement en Chine, elle fut d’abord présentée comme négative pour prêcher une réforme politique d’urgence, devint ensuite un objet de polémiques qui opposèrent réformistes et révolutionnaires. Dans le même temps, le terme geming, qui désignait à l’origine le « changement de mandat céleste », ne cessa de susciter des interprétations diverses selon la période et la position politique des commentateurs. L’objectif de cet article est d’interroger le processus de transformation de cette notion et de son adaptation à la réalité chinoise, afin de mieux mesurer en quoi consiste l’héritage de la Révolution française dans la construction de la Chine moderne.
La Corse contemporaine au prisme du XVIIIe siècle français : de l’enracinement républicain à l’affirmation nationaliste
Authors: Pietrera Ange-Toussaint
Published: October 2021

Cet article entend explorer les liens qui unissent le territoire corse et le XVIIIe siècle français. Durant les révolutions de Corse, marquées par la période indépendante de l’île jusqu’à la conquête française (1755-1769), l’île et son chef Pascal Paoli suscitèrent l’admiration des philosophes des Lumières, particulièrement de Voltaire et Rousseau. Pendant la IIIe République, cette référence est abordée dans une perspective d’enracinement de l’idéal républicain sur l’île. En septembre 1889, la Corse vit un événement statuaire d’importance avec le retour en Corse des cendres de Paoli. L’un de ses enjeux idéologiques sera la reconstruction historiographique du personnage, Paoli devenant de façon téléologique et raccourcie le précurseur de la Révolution française. Après 1945, le XVIIIe siècle français est toujours présent, mais dans une tout autre configuration politique. En effet, la période des Lumières se trouve désormais mobilisée par le mouvement nationaliste des années 1970 dans sa globalité (autonomistes, indépendantistes, clandestins, etc). Les citations phares des fameux philosophes concernant la Corse se retrouvent ainsi reproduites sur de nombreux supports (tracts, manifestes), y compris au sein de la sphère culturelle alors en pleine expansion. La moindre publication ou revendication ne manque pas d’y faire allusion, le sujet s’affirmant pour les nationalistes en tant que véritable légitimation de leur projet politique.
Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
Authors: Cadalen Pierre-Yves
Published: October 2021

Les débats académiques autour de la montée des mouvements définis comme populistes s’interrogent rarement sur ce à quoi renvoient les tensions qui traversent les démocraties représentatives aujourd’hui. Le « déficit démocratique » ou la « crise de la démocratie » sont autant d’expressions qui supposent le caractère non structurel de ce moment. Nous y voyons plutôt une rupture structurelle, issue de la désarticulation progressive du principe représentatif d’avec le principe démocratique. Alors que ces deux principes ont défini la démocratie représentative à partir du XIXe siècle, leur désarticulation suscite des interrogations et produit des réponses au sein du champ politique : le retour de la nation, l’évocation de possibles assemblées constituantes ainsi que la défense d’un régime représentatif dépourvu de ses traits démocratiques sont autant de possibilités politiques qui naissent de cette désarticulation. Le présent article développe cette thèse et la propose à la discussion théorique autour de la situation actuelle des démocraties représentatives, et du moment dit populiste.
Une philosophie de terrain ? Réflexion critique à partir de deux journées d’étude
Authors: Bedon Marine , Benetreau Maud , Bérard Marion , Dubar Margaux
Published: October 2021

Depuis quelques années, on observe une nouvelle tendance en philosophie : les chercheur.euses de cette discipline mobilisent de plus en plus ce que les sciences sociales ont thématisé comme le « terrain ». Mais ce que l’on pourrait appeler une « philosophie de terrain » soulève des enjeux spécifiques. Qu’est-ce que le terrain en philosophie ? Pourquoi mener une enquête de terrain quand on est philosophe ? Comment procéder d’un point de vue pratique comme théorique ? Cet article se nourrit des discussions menées en 2019 au cours de deux journées d’étude lyonnaises avec des chercheur.euses et des doctorant.es en philosophie engagé.es dans un travail de terrain, dans les domaines de la santé et de l’écologie. À partir de ces échanges, nous interrogeons les objets, les formes et les finalités de cette démarche, tout en proposant quelques jalons méthodologiques. Pratique de recherche à la fois ancrée dans la tradition philosophique et soucieuse de son actualité, la philosophie de terrain telle que nous la comprenons contribue à enrichir la discipline philosophique, notamment dans sa tradition bibliographique et historienne, et à développer la réflexion sur les rapports entre philosophie et société. La formation d’une communauté de recherche nous semble ainsi essentielle pour encourager la créativité méthodologique et continuer à réfléchir aux enjeux et méthodes de cette pratique.
The Role of Digital Marketing in Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Authors: Denga Edna Mngusughun , Vajjhala Narasimha Rao , Rakshit Sandip
Published: October 2021

Digital marketing is a growing trend day by day, with internet marketing concepts becoming a powerful medium for digital marketing and electronic devices such as cell phones, digital billboards, tablets and laptops, portable game devices, and many gadgets that help in digital marketing. In this chapter, the role of digital marketing in assisting companies to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage was analyzed. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has put an end to companies' sales and business growth predictions, and digital marketing is no exception. Digital marketing will be at the forefront as many marketers might be looking for creative ways to sell online, reduce lead costs, increase click-through rates and conversion rates, and seek out what's new in digital marketing. This chapter focuses on understanding digital marketing concepts and how firms can achieve a competitive edge using various examples. This chapter reviews the different digital marketing concepts and strategies adopted by major global companies.
Cloud Computing Service Provider Business Model Success Characteristics
Authors: Motjolopane Ignitia , Seaba Tshinakaho Relebogile
Published: October 2021

In a digital arena, information technology services provision is shifting to a cloud computing ecosystem. Cloud computing is an enabler for digital transformation with cloud computing service providers central to the digital transformation of both companies and higher education. As cloud computing service providers play the role of an ‘architect' for companies as supply chain is digitised and in supporting higher education institutions striving to deliver user-focused services in the face of increasing competition, an understanding of successful characteristics of cloud computing service provider business models is of main interest for providers and may also be of value for companies and higher education institutions when selecting cloud computing service providers. Despite the importance of cloud computing service providers' business models, information systems literature has provided limited analysis on the characteristics of successful business models. As such, the chapter aims to contribute to the emerging research on characteristics of successful business models.
Inequalities in Access to and Outcomes of Higher Education in Africa
Authors: Carr-Hill Roy Alexander
Published: October 2021

There have been very few studies of the socio-economic background and outcomes for students in Africa because of the lack of data. This chapter draws on an institute which has information about their parental background and subsequent careers collected from surveys. In terms of access, the combination of parents not having more than primary education, renting and not owning land identified less than 1% of students whilst the percentage of entrants reporting that their parents had a post-secondary qualification is considerably higher (around 57%) than the norm at the time the parents would have been studying (around 7%). These students were upper middle class. In terms of outcomes, both current students and alumni say that the curriculum only partly fits their employment needs, but 85% of alumni would recommend AIMS to other students. In general, employers are satisfied with AIMS interns, but the percentage of AIMS graduates who are unemployed has risen from 2% in 2011 to 29% in 2016. Finally, rather than contributing to Africa, over one-third of graduates since 2012 are in the West.
Internationalization Policies and Strategies From the Comparative Standpoint of Student Mobility in Slovenian and Turkish Higher Education
Authors: Hauptman Komotar Maruša , Toprak-Yildiz Tugba Elif
Published: October 2021

This chapter explores the development and implementation of internationalization policies, strategies, and practices from the standpoint of student mobility. It considers Slovenia and Turkey as the two countries forming the European Higher Education Area which have not received much attention from comparative researchers dealing with higher education. To this end, it initially investigates each country case individually by analyzing student mobility in national and institutional internationalization policies and strategies and its implementation in practice. On this basis, it provides the necessary background for the continuing debate, in which it evaluates the main similarities and differences in the field from the comparative perspective of both countries examined. Methodologically, the chapter is based on a thorough analysis of multiple documentary sources and most recent secondary data obtained from national and international statistical databases.
Internationalisation and Language Policy in European Higher Education
Authors: Toprak-Yildiz Tugba Elif
Published: October 2021

The internationalisation of higher education has received considerable attention over the last three decades, and the phenomenon has transformed into a strategic goal in its own right. Consequently, internationalisation has caused higher education institutions to tailor their language policies to better compete in the global market and promote progressive values such as collaboration and harmony. While macro-level European initiatives have encouraged institutions to foster societal and individual multilingualism, an increasing number of institutions seem to favour English-medium instruction (EMI) over other alternatives. Taking the links between internationalisation and language into account, the present chapter examines the meso-level language policy of two European countries, Austria, and the Czech Republic, which have developed formal and comprehensive frameworks of internationalisation strategy in higher education. The chapter particularly examines the language management component of language policy in these countries by considering internationalisation, EMI, and multilingualism.
Cross-Layer Learning
Authors: Mane Tushar , Pawar Ambika
Published: October 2021

Deep learning-based investigation mechanisms are available for conventional forensics, but not for IoT forensics. Dividing the system into different layers according to their functionalities, collecting data from each layer, finding the correlating factor, and using it for pattern detection is the fundamental concept behind the proposed intelligent system. The authors utilize this notion for embedding intelligence in forensics and speed up the investigation process by providing hints to the examiner. They propose a novel cross-layer learning architecture (CCLA) for IoT forensics. To the best of their knowledge, this is the first attempt to incorporate deep learning into the forensics of the IoT ecosystem.
Large Feature Mining With Ensemble Learning for Image Forgery Detection
Authors: Liu Qingzhong , Hsu Tze-Li
Published: October 2021

The detection of different types of forgery manipulation including seam-carving in JPEG images is a hot spot in image forensics. Seam carving was originally designed for content-aware image resizing. It is also being used for forgery manipulation. It is still very challenging to effectively identify the seam carving forgery under recompression. To address the highly challenging detection problems, this chapter introduces an effective approach with large feature mining. Ensemble learning is used to deal with the high dimensionality and to avoid overfitting that may occur with some traditional learning classifier for the detection. The experimental results validate the efficacy of proposed approach to detecting JPEG double compression and exposing the seam-carving forgery while the JPEG recompression is proceeded at the same quality and a lower quality, which is generally much harder for traditional detection methods. The methodology introduced in this chapter provides a strategy and realistic approach to resolve the highly challenging problems in image forensics.
Leveraging Machine Learning in Financial Fraud Forensics in the Age of Cybersecurity
Authors: Haque Md Ariful , Shetty Sachin
Published: October 2021

Financial sectors are lucrative cyber-attack targets because of their immediate financial gain. As a result, financial institutions face challenges in developing systems that can automatically identify security breaches and separate fraudulent transactions from legitimate transactions. Today, organizations widely use machine learning techniques to identify any fraudulent behavior in customers' transactions. However, machine learning techniques are often challenging because of financial institutions' confidentiality policy, leading to not sharing the customer transaction data. This chapter discusses some crucial challenges of handling cybersecurity and fraud in the financial industry and building machine learning-based models to address those challenges. The authors utilize an open-source e-commerce transaction dataset to illustrate the forensic processes by creating a machine learning model to classify fraudulent transactions. Overall, the chapter focuses on how the machine learning models can help detect and prevent fraudulent activities in the financial sector in the age of cybersecurity.
Evaluation in Impact Investing
Authors: Strano Eugenia , Rizzello Alessandro , Trotta Annarita
Published: October 2021

The emergence of impact investing over the past decade has been accompanied by an increased interest of practitioners and scholars in the impact evaluation topic, one of the twofold pillars of the such an innovative financial approach. To contribute to the international debate, this study adopts a qualitative approach by obtaining results from a systematic literature review of extant research. This is useful to 1) identify the current existing impact evaluation approaches adopted in the field and 2) derive an empirical analysis in the impact investing sector with a focus on impact measurement in social impact bonds. The study opens interesting insights into recognizing the potential for the whole impact investing field, deriving both from theory and evidence of impact evaluation practices.
Scaling Up of Green Finance in a Post-COVID-19 Era
Authors: Giganti Patrizio , Falcone Pasquale Marcello
Published: October 2021

Transitioning towards sustainability requires fundamental changes in policies, institutions. Green Finance is a novel concept which is discussed to address current environmental issues. This chapter illustrates obstacles and solutions to the greening of financial systems to provide an overview on the scaling up of Green Finance in a post COVID-19. The frameworks of Strategic Niche Management and Multi-Level Perspective are used to walk the reader in analyzing relevant steps for sustainability, also in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Implications are derived focusing on the concepts of mission-oriented policies and nudges applied to financial markets.
Sustainable Finance in Europe
Authors: Marcos Sonia , Castrillo Maria-Jesús
Published: October 2021

The European Union has a clear strategy on how sustainable development should be financed. However, there is still no regulation that defines which activities can be considered sustainable and which cannot. Private initiative has taken the lead in recent years with the publication of different taxonomies and principles applicable on a voluntary basis to green financial products and social projects. The EU taxonomy, issued in 2020, establishes criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable, and the green bond standard is in the consultation period in 2021. The EU taxonomy will increase investor confidence in green financial products, prevent greenwashing, and reduce information costs. This chapter reviews the evolution and future application of the EU taxonomy, the EU green bond standard, and the need to adopt a taxonomy for socially sustainable activities.
Towards a Greenification
Authors: Stati Sonia , Ceccherini Paolo
Published: October 2021

This study provides an empirical analysis on the existence of a green bond premium on the secondary market. The green bond premium is defined as the yield differential between a green and a comparable brown bond, while controlling for liquidity. The EUR-denominated green bonds are studied to determine if they diverge from comparable conventional bonds in terms of yields, during the period from January 2018 to December 2020. Through a matching method, a sample composed of 35 bond couples is obtained. On average, this study reports a negative greenium of -3.20 bps within the sample. The greenium differs across the sub-samples, being negative for green bonds issued by financial institutions, in domestic currency, by AA- and A-rated issuers, and for those issued by issuers with low or medium ESG risk levels. Finally, the ESG risk level has been found to be the driver of the negative green bond premium.
Testing the Green Bond Premium in COVID-19 Pandemia
Authors: Turguttopbaş Neslihan
Published: October 2021

The purpose of this chapter is testing the existence of the green bond premium in the secondary market by using a most update data set involving the market developments in the pandemia times. The variables such as rating, sector, amount of the issue, maturity, and external review are balanced by using a matching procedure of a green bond with conventional bond issued by the same issuer. The ask-bid spread differential is regressed by using a panel regression method under fixed and random effects. The results of the analysis revealed that there exists negative premium of 39 basis points, and the green bond premium is more profound for USD denominated twins than for Euro ones as there exist a negative premium of 59 basis points for USD-denominated green bonds whereas it is -26 basis points for Euro-denominated bonds.
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Really Able to Create Long-Term Sustainability Value?
Authors: Moreno Manuel , Mañas-Alcón Elena , Montes-Pineda Oscar , Fernández-Olit Beatriz
Published: October 2021

This chapter analyzes the academic debate regarding the need to adopt a long-term vision of CSR strategies. It's based on the premise that short run is the dominant approach in financial markets, and this situation could be negatively conditioning the long-term sustainability value creation. New social values may be requesting different management decisions from companies, prioritizing long-term over short term results. A thorough literature review has been done across specialized journals, international reports, and key legislation, trying to determine and model the elements facilitating this sustainable value creation. It shows the alignment needed between CEO and their shareholders within the framework of corporate governance to create long-term value within CSR. There are signs of a possible financial over-performance of companies that strategically create a shared value with stakeholders based on environmental, social, and governance objectives, selected due to their materiality. A model is proposed to consider a long-term approach creating sustainable value in organizations.
The Sustainable Finance Landscape in Germany
Authors: Kuhn Berthold Matthias , Tober Claudia
Published: October 2021

This chapter discusses the current trend of mainstreaming sustainable finance in Germany. It provides an overview of contributions of different stakeholders to this trend and sheds light on the evolution of the sustainable finance landscape in Germany, including banks, the insurance sector, rating agencies, nonprofits, and academia. EU regulations are currently driving change and promoting sustainable finance in Germany. New policy initiatives and regulations are closely monitored and discussed by diverse stakeholders, including organisations with a long-standing expertise in promoting responsible and ethical investments. Advocacy-oriented nonprofits critically address greenwashing and engage in debates on qualitative aspects. The sustainable finance trend is expected to gain further traction in Germany.
Paradigm Change in Financing Sources
Authors: Kurt-Cihangir Çiğdem , Zengin Burcu
Published: October 2021

Paradigm changes also change the sources of corporate finance. The goal of this chapter is to demonstrate how the sociological changes that will be created by technological developments transform the sources of finance within the framework of “sustainability” and “financial inclusion.” At this point, the basic elements of the financial system in the transition from traditional financing to alternative financing and to platform-based financing, albeit a new one, are examined. For this purpose, first of all, traditional financing sources and alternative financing sources are briefly mentioned, and then platform-ecosystem-based financing sources, which are the main subject of the study, are shed light on. The sources of financing provided through FinTechs are examined within the framework of digital finance-digital inclusion and online finance models (especially crowdfunding). The changes that the COVID-19 process may create in financial resources and the digital technologies it may bring are also assessed.
Evaluation of E-Supply Chain User Experience in the Delivery Service Distribution Area With the Honeycombs UX Approach
Authors: Restuputri Dian Palupi , Masudin Ilyas , Wicaksono Dhimas Pamungkas , Faiqurahman Mahar
Published: October 2021

This chapter analyzes and measures customer satisfaction in using e-supply chain products using the honeycomb user experience approach. The e-supply chain product tested is a website that provides distribution services for government-owned (public logistic) and private (private logistic) in Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to analyze the value of e-supply chain products and evaluate whether this value has been received by service users through the concept of user experience honeycombs. There are seven aspects assessed, namely useful, usable, desirable, findable, credible, accessible, and valuable. This study shows that the value for the public sector as a whole gets better scores than the private sector. The aspects that need to be improved in the public sector are credible and usable. In contrast, in the private sector, the aspects that need improvement are accessible, desirable, findable, useful, and valuable.