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Urbanews was a thematic journal published by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in order to take part in the debate on urban issues and innovation in the Global South and present specific projects and initiatives launched and/or support ...
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The present article evaluates the knowledge that can be attributed to the application of « Best Practices » in the field of urban habitat. It especially aims at identifying the conditions of innovation in such a setting, as well as defining the necessary c ...
The main contribution of this paper is a new iterated secret- key block cipher called 3D, inspired by the AES cipher. The 3D cipher has an SPN design, operates on 512-bit blocks, uses 512-bit keys, it- erates 22 rounds, and employs a 3-dimensional state, i ...
This chapter addresses the issue of the development of indicators aimed at providing a measurement base with both breadth and depth from which research in the "economics of knowledge" can benefit. While initial attempts at quantification in the area of the ...
Growth and form in biology are often associated with some level of fractality. Fractal characteristics have also been noted in a number of imaging modalities. These observations make fractal modelling relevant in the context of bio-imaging. In this paper, ...
Due to competitive pressures in the global business arena, multinational firms have started to migrate to low-cost sources of labour and materials, which are typically located in countries that also represent emerging market opportunities. In the recent ye ...
In this paper we present the results of an agent-based model of open innovation, which suggest the network knowledge advantage underlying open interfirm networks of innovation, as opposed to an advantage arising from the interfirm network structure. To dat ...
This paper describes the development and application of a new unique tool to support designers to optimise the sustainability of urban neighbourhoods (SUNtool). In this the paper introduces (i) the software architecture, (ii) the integrated solver and rela ...
Optimal supply chain design depends on the business context the chain caters for. In this dissertation, we are concerned with attaining and maintaining this alignment between a firm's supply chain portfolio and its business context. Following an introducti ...
We propose a new concept, OSCS, seeking to explain the process by which the firm incorporates open source principles into its business model, as an effective diversification strategy to gain and sustain competitive advantage, in the context of a globally i ...