title: Conscious enterprise emergence: Shared value creation through expanded conscious awareness

authors: Pavlovich, Kathryn

subjects: conscious enterprise

abstract: We propose conscious awareness as a mechanism for creating "shared value"; a form of value that Porter describes as putting social and community needs before profit. We explore the mechanism empirically in an entrepreneurial context and find that spiritual practices increase conscious awareness which, in turn, shapes entrepreneurial intentions and venture characteristics focused on shared value.

text: Conscious enterprise emergence: Shared value creation through expanded conscious awareness We propose conscious awareness as a mechanism for creating "shared value"; a form of value that Porter describes as putting social and community needs before profit. We explore the mechanism empirically in an entrepreneurial context and find that spiritual practices increase conscious awareness which, in turn, shapes entrepreneurial intentions and venture characteristics focused on shared value.

year: 2013

title: The effects of schedule volatility on supply chain performance

authors: Childerhouse, Paul

subjects: supply chain management

abstract: Schedule volatility is an unfortunate fact of life facing most suppliers of both products and services. In this paper, we are concerned with establishing the magnitude of the problem faced and the resultant effects on supply chain performance. Empirical data collected from 59 value streams are statistically analysed to investigate the negative effects of volatile customer schedules on performance. The evidence has been acquired predominantly via the rigorous site-based Quick Scan Audit Methodology. For each value stream, the forecast error is evaluated, which confirms the excessive volatility of the orders placed by many customers. A comparison between the automotive and non-automotive supply chains is conducted to assess the generic nature of the resultant relationships. We have concluded that volatility is a universal problem not confined to particular industries. Hence it strengthens the viewpoint that solutions initially proposed for the automotive sector may well find successful application elsewhere.

text: The effects of schedule volatility on supply chain performance Schedule volatility is an unfortunate fact of life facing most suppliers of both products and services. In this paper, we are concerned with establishing the magnitude of the problem faced and the resultant effects on supply chain performance. Empirical data collected from 59 value streams are statistically analysed to investigate the negative effects of volatile customer schedules on performance. The evidence has been acquired predominantly via the rigorous site-based Quick Scan Audit Methodology. For each value stream, the forecast error is evaluated, which confirms the excessive volatility of the orders placed by many customers. A comparison between the automotive and non-automotive supply chains is conducted to assess the generic nature of the resultant relationships. We have concluded that volatility is a universal problem not confined to particular industries. Hence it strengthens the viewpoint that solutions initially proposed for the automotive sector may well find successful application elsewhere.

year: 2009

title: Iwi case study report- Tarawera river: Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Arawa and Ngati Awa

authors: Dodd, Materoa

subjects: Iwi land rights

abstract: There is a deep sense of injustice and creeping despair that the cultural life of the Tarawera River has been destroyed. Cultural lore has been reduced to a perspective of the dominant cultures’ rule of law. The plea for the cultural voice of the Tarawera River to be heard echoes throughout this research, yet the silence of the response is deafening. This research informs on the cultural story of the Tarawera River, it examines the ways in which the relationship between Te Arawa, Tūwharetoa Ki Kawerau and Ngāti Awa and the Tarawera River changed since the discharge of effluent from pulp and paper mills into the river began nearly half a century ago. The research reported on here involves action research approached and informed by Māori epistemologies and what has come to be known as ‘kaupapa Māori research’, an approach that privileges indigenous values, attitudes and practices.

text: Iwi case study report- Tarawera river: Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau, Te Arawa and Ngati Awa There is a deep sense of injustice and creeping despair that the cultural life of the Tarawera River has been destroyed. Cultural lore has been reduced to a perspective of the dominant cultures’ rule of law. The plea for the cultural voice of the Tarawera River to be heard echoes throughout this research, yet the silence of the response is deafening. This research informs on the cultural story of the Tarawera River, it examines the ways in which the relationship between Te Arawa, Tūwharetoa Ki Kawerau and Ngāti Awa and the Tarawera River changed since the discharge of effluent from pulp and paper mills into the river began nearly half a century ago. The research reported on here involves action research approached and informed by Māori epistemologies and what has come to be known as ‘kaupapa Māori research’, an approach that privileges indigenous values, attitudes and practices.

year: 2002-02