7 topics that business ecosystems navigate: Assessment of scientific activity and future research agenda.

Business Ecosystems are made up of a group of companies that cooperate with each other to innovate in a product. This research had the purpose of assessing the scientific activity and thus be able to extract the topics explored by the authors involved, geographical gaps of scientific production and research topics for future studies. In the methodological design, the statistical software VOSviewer and RStudio were used, with which the documentation obtained from Scopus was analyzed and reflected in tables and figures. The results yielded: a) the 7 topics most worked on by researchers on the variable in question, b) a notable geographical scientific gap in Africa, and c) 5 topics of research that can be explored for future scientific papers. In short, this research was performed with high citation documents, therefore, authors are recommended to carry out research in collaboration with authors located in the geographical scientific gap or vice versa but based on the 5 topics of future research, in the niche topics and a declining topic.

Improving Iodine Intake in Rural Haiti through Social Enterprise: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Central Plateau.

Iodine intake in Haiti has increased in recent years thanks to the "Bon Sel" social enterprise approach to salt fortification and distribution by the market segment. However, it was uncertain whether this salt reached remote communities. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the iodine status of school-age children (SAC) and women of reproductive age (WRA) in a remote region of the Central Plateau. A total of 400 children (9-13 years) and 322 women (18-44 years) were recruited through schools and churches, respectively. Urinary iodine (UIC) and urinary creatinine (UCC) concentrations were measured in spot samples, and thyroglobulin (Tg) on dried blood spots. Their iodine intake was estimated, and dietary information collected. The median (IQR) UIC in SAC was 130 µg/L (79-204, n = 399), and in WRA, 115 µg/L (73-173, n = 322). The median (IQR) Tg in SAC was 19.7 µg/L (14.0-27.6, n = 370), and in WRA, 12.2 µg/L (7.9-19.0, n = 183); 10% of SAC had Tg > 40 µg/L. Estimated iodine intake was 77 µg/day and 202 µg/day in SAC and WRA, respectively. Iodized table salt was rarely consumed, though bouillon was used daily; this is hypothesized to be a major contributor to dietary iodine intake. Iodine intake in this remote region seems to have improved considerably since the 2018 national survey, though SAC remain at risk. These results point to the potential effectiveness of using social business principles to deliver humanitarian solutions.

Implications of Valúe Creation for Customers of Social Firms in the Service Sector in México / Implicaciones de la Creación de Valor para los Clientes de las Empresas Sociales del Sector Servicios en México / Implicações da Criação de Valor para Clientes de Empresas Sociais no Setor de Serviços no México

Abstract Introduction: While social enterprises meet human needs and create social value, they need to focus on value creation, customer satisfaction, and loyalty, as they can facilitate the generation of long-term relationships with the social enterprise and its survival. Objective: This research explores the effect of life purpose on customer value creation and its influence on satisfaction and loyalty among customers of social firms operating in the service sector in two Mexican cities, Puebla and Jalapa, both located in the Centre-East of Mexico. Materials and methods: An explanatory and cross-sectional investigation was conducted with 392 active customers. Structural equation modelling was used treating all variables as latent. Results: It was found that purpose in life was a significant and positive antecedent of customer value creation. In addition, customer value creation had a substantial effect on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Conclusions: The findings have implications for understanding the complexity of value creation in social firms focused on the delivery of services and the nature and dimensionality of customer value creation for social enterprises and its positive impact on customer retention. The results can help academics and social enterprises to develop better strategies to meet the needs of consumers belonging to vulnerable groups.

Resumen Introducción: Si bien las empresas sociales satisfacen las necesidades humanas y crean valor social, necesitan enfocarse en la creación de valor, la satisfacción y la lealtad del cliente, ya que pueden facilitar la generación de relaciones a largo plazo con la empresa social y su supervivencia. Objetivo: Esta investigación explora la influencia del propósito de vida en la creación de valor para el cliente y su influencia en la satisfacción y lealtad de los clientes de empresas sociales que operan en el sector de servicios en dos ciudades mexicanas, Puebla y Jalapa, ambas ubicadas en el centro-este de México. Materiales y Métodos: Se realizó una investigación explicativa y transversal con 392 clientes activos. Se utilizó un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales tratando todas las variables como latentes. Resultados: Se descubrió que el propósito en la vida era un antecedente positivo y significativo de la creación de valor para el cliente. Además, la creación de valor para el cliente tuvo una influencia significativa en la satisfacción y lealtad del cliente. Conclusiones: Los hallazgos tienen implicaciones para comprender la complejidad de la creación de valor en las firmas sociales enfocadas en la provisión de servicios y la naturaleza y dimensionalidad de la creación de valor para el cliente para empresas sociales y su impacto positivo en la retención de clientes. Los resultados pueden ayudar a académicos y empresas sociales a desarrollar mejores estrategias para la atención de las necesidades de compradores pertenecientes a grupos vulnerables.

Resumo Introdução: Embora as empresas sociais atendam às necessidades humanas e criem valor social, elas precisam concentrar-se na criação de valor, na satisfação do cliente e na lealdade, pois podem facilitar a geração de relacionamentos de longo prazo com a empresa social e sua sobrevivência. Objetivo: Esta pesquisa explora a influência do propósito de vida na criação de valor para o cliente e sua influência na satisfação e lealdade de clientes de empresas sociais que operam no setor de serviços em duas cidades mexicanas, Puebla e Jalapa, ambas localizadas no centro-leste do México. Materiais e métodos: Foi realizada uma investigação explicativa e transversal com 392 clientes ativos. Foi utilizado um modelo de equações estruturais, tratando todas as variáveis como latentes. Resultados: O propósito de vida foi considerado um antecedente positivo e significativo para a criação de valor para o cliente. Além disso, esta última variável teve uma influência significativa na satisfação e lealdade do cliente. Conclusões: Os resultados têm implicações para a compreensão da complexidade da criação de valor em empresas sociais que operam no setor de serviços e a natureza e dimensionalidade da criação de valor para o cliente para empresas sociais e seu impacto positivo na retenção de clientes. Os resultados podem ajudar acadêmicos e empresas sociais a desenvolver melhores estratégias para pertencentes a grupos vulneráveis.

Enterprise application integration task-based execution model experimental dataset.

This data article provides raw log files captured from automated computational experiments with an application integration platform that implements the task-based execution model. The code of a well-known enterprise application integration process was modified to record these data while running the experiments. The dataset described in this article is related to the research article entitled "On the Analysis of Makespan and Performance of the Task-based Execution Model for Enterprise Application Integration Platforms: an Empirical Study" of Frantz et al. (2021). The dataset contains two types of CSV files in text format presenting: (1) data of makespan related to experiment executions and (2) data regarding the number of messages and work-units processed during each experiment. Scientific community who works on workflow and integration process execution can benefit from these data to analyse and understand the behaviour of the task-based execution model, obtain insights to improve this model, as well as perform comparisons with other types of execution models or platforms.

Reaching Thousands of Children in Low Income Communities With High-Quality ECED Services: A Journey of Perseverance and Creativity.

This paper describes a creative and bold way in which a local NGO addressed increasing access and quality of ECED services in Colombia. This case study on Fundacion Carulla's aeioTU early childhood innovation in Colombia contributes to understanding the possibilities for the private sector to spark innovation, and the importance of an open and collaborative strategy in contributing to the ECED sector at large. The critical role of monitoring and evaluation in the provision of services is highlighted. This guided key decisions on different growth phases. After a decade of work, Fundacion Carulla-aeioTU has shown capacity to effectively support children's development in low-income settings through their participation in quality programming. Furthermore, this case study also describes how the organization, having proven its capacity to provide high-quality services directly to children, decided to innovate and bring about different solutions to reach and support other stakeholders in the early childhood development ecosystem.

The external and data loose coupling for the integration of software units: a systematic mapping study.

Integration of legacy and third-party software systems is almost mandatory for enterprises. This fact is based mainly on exchanging information with other entities (banks, suppliers, customers, partners, etc.). That is why it is necessary to guarantee the integrity of the data and keep these integration's up-to-date due to the different global business changes is facing today to reduce the risk in transactions and avoid losing information. This article presents a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) about integrating software units at the component level. Systematic mapping is a methodology that has been widely used in medical research and has recently begun to be used in Software Engineering to classify and structure the research results that have been published to know the advances in a topic and identify research gaps. This work aims to organize the existing evidence in the current scientific literature on integrating software units for external and data loose coupling. This information can establish lines of research and work that must be addressed to improve the integration of low-level systems.

Ciranda-An Inclusive Floor Seating Positioning System and Social Enterprise.

One of the first challenges for many children with physical disabilities is to sit independently. A floor seating positioning system enables this milestone, helping a child to maintain eye level with other children, play and learn on the floor, rectify his or her posture, and, therefore, helps to include the child within his or her social spectrum. Ciranda is the first comprehensive floor seat solution in Brazil to attend to those needs. The project collected anthropometric data from 370 children who were unable to sit without support. A sample of 37 families of these children was visited, observed, and interviewed. A project requirement compiled key insights from the field data to support a multidisciplinary team of collaborators to co-design solutions. The project resulted in two floor seating positioning systems to attend to different needs. One is a social enterprise where the children's parents and the community build the seat while the child in need and his or her friends engage in entertainment. The other is a salable seat that helps to raise funds for the social enterprise. The model also unravels other challenges common to assistive technologies, such as access to a device and training for the use and maintenance of the device.

B Corps: A Socioeconomic Approach for the COVID-19 Post-crisis.

The current global health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has opened the possibility to adopt the B Corp model and focus more on the person. Based on grounded theory, we have examined 147 organizations from 14 countries listed at the B Corp Directory for Latin America. Latin American B Corps have traits linked to family-related issues that are distinct from other B Corps located in different continents. Our main findings are that B Corps develop a more inclusive and sustainable economy to benefit society, go beyond the notion of CSR, and move away from traditional companies, as B Corps combine social development and economic growth.

Incorporation of international risk management standards into federal regulations / Incorporación de modelos internacionales de gestión de riesgos en las reglamentaciones federales / Incorporação de modelos internacionais de gerenciamento de riscos na normativa federal

Abstract The issue of risk management has gained attention in the field of administration due to the dissemination of international frameworks. In Brazilian federal public administration, risk management is a recent and expanding practice. This research analyzes how international corporate risk management frameworks have been adopted by the federal government through regulations and guidelines. The study adopts the concepts of coercive, normative, and mimetic forces from the neo-institutional theory, and examines the presence of international norms in the Brazilian regulations. Through a qualitative approach, content analysis in documents, norms, interviews, and seminars was used to identify traits of the COSO ERM and ISO 31000/2009 frameworks, which were chosen based on relevance. Results identify important actors pushing for the use of international frameworks, such as international organizations, professional associations, and public agencies, especially those related to government audits. Despite the strong international influence, the Brazilian norms are adapted to the organizations' context and allowing the maintenance of national autonomy.

Resumen El interés en la gestión de riesgos ha crecido de manera constante, fortalecido por la difusión de modelos internacionales. En la administración pública federal de Brasil, el uso de la gestión de riesgos es reciente y se está expandiendo. Esta investigación analiza cómo las normas y directrices del gobierno federal adoptan los modelos internacionales de gestión de riesgos corporativos. Siguiendo la teoría neoinstitucional, se investigó la exposición a fuerzas coercitivas, normativas y miméticas, y la presencia de conceptos de normas internacionales en la reglamentación brasileña. Se utilizó el análisis de contenido en documentos, normas, entrevistas y seminarios para identificar los rasgos de los modelos COSO ERM e ISO 31000/2009, adoptados por su relevancia. Los resultados identifican actores importantes que ejercen presión para la adopción de modelos internacionales, como organizaciones internacionales, asociaciones profesionales y agencias públicas, especialmente las vinculadas a la auditoría gubernamental. A pesar de la fuerte influencia, la estructuración de estándares permite el mantenimiento de la autonomía nacional y su personalización en el contexto de las organizaciones.

Resumo O interesse no gerenciamento de riscos tem crescido continuamente, fortalecido pela disseminação de modelos internacionais. Na administração pública federal brasileira, o uso da gestão de riscos é recente e encontra-se em expansão. Esta pesquisa analisou como modelos internacionais de gerenciamento de riscos corporativos são adotados pelas normas e orientações do Governo Federal. Aplicam-se os conceitos de forças coercitivas, normativas e miméticas da teoria neoinstitucional e observa-se a presença de conceitos das normas internacionais na normativa brasileira. Aplicou-se a análise de conteúdo em documentos, entrevistas, normas e palestras, a fim de identificar traços do modelo do Comitê das Organizações Patrocinadoras de Treadway (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission [COSO]) para Gerenciamento de Riscos Corporativos (Enterprise Risk Management [ERM]), conhecido como modelo "COSO ERM", e do modelo da Organização Internacional de Normalização (International Organization for Standardization [ISO]), conhecido como Norma ISO 31000:2009, adotados por sua relevância. Os resultados identificam que importantes atores exercem pressões para adoção dos modelos internacionais, como os próprios organismos internacionais, associações profissionais e órgãos públicos, em especial aqueles ligados à auditoria governamental. Apesar da forte influência verificada, a estruturação das normas permite a manutenção da autonomia nacional e sua customização no contexto das organizações.

Impacto de personalidade e empresas juniores para estimular potenciais empreendedores / Impact of personality and junior enterprise to stimulate potential entrepreneurs / Impacto de personalidad y empresas junior para estimular potenciales empresarios

O empreendedorismo afirma-se como alternativa de inserção profissional em um contexto de precarização social do trabalho. Por isso, o objetivo geral da investigação foi identificar os fatores de personalidade e experiências acadêmicas capazes de predizer o desenvolvimento do potencial empreendedor estudantil. Foram analisados o potencial empreendedor, a personalidade (Big Five) e as experiências acadêmicas de 323 estudantes universitários. Os fatores conscienciosidade, extroversão, abertura para experiências e amabilidade, conjuntamente às experiências em empresas juniores, se apresentaram como preditores positivos do potencial empreendedor. O fator neuroticismo apresentou relação negativa. Ressalta-se a importância dos fatores de personalidade e das experiências de nível superior no desenvolvimento do potencial empreendedor. Sugerem-se ainda ações para maximizar a autorregulação dos alunos e experiências voltadas às empresas juniores, com o intuito de estimular o potencial empreendedor estudantil

Entrepreneurship is relevant because it is a professional alternative in a precarious labor market. For that, we aimed to explore the impact of psychological and contextual variables to maximize entrepreneurship. We identified the personality factors and academic experiences capable of predicting the development of student entrepreneurial potential. We also analyzed entrepreneurial potential, personality (Big Five) and academic experiences of 323 undergraduate students. Results showed that the factors conscientiousness, extroversion, openness to experiences and amity, with the experiences in junior enterprise, presented positive prediction in entrepreneurial potential. The factor neuroticism presented a negative relation. We evidenced that personality factors and higher education experiences are important to develop entrepreneurial potential. For that, we suggested interventions to maximize self-regulation and academic experiences like junior enterprises to stimulate students' entrepreneurial potential

La iniciativa empresarial se afirma como alternativa de inserción profesional en un contexto de precarización social del trabajo. Por eso, el objetivo general de la investigación fue identificar los factores de personalidad y experiencias académicas capaces de predecir el desarrollo del potencial emprendedor estudiantil. Se analizaron el potencial emprendedor, la personalidad (Big Five) y las experiencias académicas de 323 estudiantes universitarios. Los factores de concienciación, extroversión, apertura para experiencias y amabilidad, conjuntamente a las experiencias en empresas junior, se presentaron como predictores positivos del potencial emprendedor. El factor neuroticismo presentó una relación negativa. Se resalta la importancia de los factores de personalidad y de las experiencias de nivel superior en el desarrollo del potencial emprendedor. Se sugiere además acciones para maximizar la autorregulación de los alumnos y experiencias dirigidas a las empresas junior, con la intención de estimular el potencial emprendedor estudiantil

Proposition of a Shared and Value-Oriented Work Structure for Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment and Enterprise Risk Management Processes.

BACKGROUND: Healthcare organizations have invested efforts on hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) and enterprise risk management (ERM) processes for novel systems to obtain more accurate data on which to base strategic decisions. This study proposes to analyze how HB-HTA and ERM processes can share personal resources and skills to achieve principles with value-oriented results. METHODS: Literature on ERM and HB-HTA and data from interviews with healthcare managers compose the research data sources, which were submitted to a qualitative data analysis. It was oriented to identify the association between ERM and HB-HTA application in hospitals and the common principles between both processes, in addition to proposing the capability to share personal resources between both teams in a matrix. RESULTS: The common principles and personal background suggested for HB-HTA and ERM teams allowed the build of a matrix identifying how both teams can work in an integrated manner being more effective and value-oriented. The shared resource matrix reports how each professional (with a specific background) may interact with each activity associated to HB-HTA or ERM implementation guidelines. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of common principles and capabilities between ERM and HB-HTA suggested advances with the literature from both research areas. The opportunity to share personal resources also contributes to the implementation of those processes in hospitals with less financial resources, approaching its own management to be more efficient with the care chain.

Development of an enterprise risk inventory for healthcare.

BACKGROUND: The first phase of an enterprise risk management (ERM) program is the identification of risks. Accurate identification is essential to a proactive and effective ERM function. The authors identified a lack of such risk identification in the literature and in practical cases when interviewing the chief risk officers from healthcare organizations. A risk inventory specific to healthcare organizations that includes detailed risk scenarios and risk impacts currently does not exist. Thus, the objective of this research is to develop an enterprise risk inventory for healthcare organizations to create a common understanding of how each type of risk impacts a healthcare organization. METHOD: ERM guidelines and data from 15 interviews with chief risk officers were analyzed to create the risk inventory. The identified risks were confirmed through a survey of risk managers from a range of global healthcare organizations during the ASHRM conference in 2017. Descriptive statistics were developed and cluster analysis was performed using the survey results. RESULTS: The risk inventory includes 28 risks and their specific risk scenarios. Cyberattack was ranked as the principal risk by the participants, followed by sentinel events and risks associated with human capital management (organizational culture, use of electronic medical records and physician wellness). The data analysis showed that the specific characteristics of the survey participants, such as the length of time working in risk management, the size of the organization, and the presence of a school of medicine, do not impact an individual's opinion of the importance of the risks identified. A personal background in risk management (clinical or enterprise) was a characteristic that showed a small difference in the perceived importance of the risks from the proposed risk inventory. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to defining specific risk scenarios, the enterprise risk inventory presented in this research can contribute to guiding the risk identification phase of an ERM program and thereby support the development of a risk culture. Patient data security in hospitals that operate with high levels of technology is fundamental to delivering high quality and safe care to patients. At the top of the risk ranking, the identification of cyberattacks reflects the importance that healthcare risk managers place on this risk by allocating time and other resources. Exploring opportunities to improve cyber risk management and evaluating the benefits of using the risk inventory at the beginning of the risk identification phase in an ERM program are suggestions for future studies.

ERM for Health Care Organizations: An Economic Enterprise Risk Management Innovation Program (E2RMhealth care).

BACKGROUND: In recent years, health care organizations have looked to enterprise risk management (ERM) for novel systems to obtain more accurate data on which to base risk strategies. OBJECTIVE: This study proposes a conceptual ERM framework specifically designed for health care organizations. METHODS: We explore how hospitals in the United States and Brazil are structuring and implementing ERM processes within their management structure. This study incorporates interviews with 15 chief risk officers (8 from the United States and 7 from Brazil) with qualitative data analysis using NVivo (QSR International software). RESULTS: The interviews confirm that adopting ERM for health care organizations has gained momentum and become a priority, and that the demand for risk economic assessment orientation is common among health care risk managers. CONCLUSION: We propose an ERM model for health care (Economic Enterprise Risk Management in Health Care) divided into four maturity levels and complemented by an implementation timeline. The model is accompanied by guidelines to orient the gradual implementation of ERM, including orientation to perform risk economic assessment.

Anaerobic digestion of cheese whey: Energetic and nutritional potential for the dairy sector in developing countries.

Cheese whey (CW) is the main waste generated in the cheesemaking process and has high organic matter content and acidity. Therefore, CW disposal is a challenge for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the dairy industry that do not have any type of treatment plant. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an attractive process for solving this problem. The aim of this research was to determine the biomethane and struvite precipitation potentials of CW from four dairy SMEs. First, changes in CW properties (organic matter and pH) were evaluated. Second, biomethane and struvite potentials were assessed using cattle slurry as inoculum. The organic matter in CW varied from 40 to 65gVS/kg, 65 to 140g COD/L, and 2 to 10g/L for VFAs depending on the sampling time and type of sample. The pH of the CW samples ranged from 3 to 6.5. In the anaerobic biodegradability analysis, methane yields reached 0.51 to 0.60L CH4/g VSadded, which represented electrical and caloric potentials of 54 and 108kWh/m3 for CW, respectively. Organic matter removal in all experiments was above 83%. Moreover, anaerobic digestates presented NH4+/PO43- molar ratios between 2.6 and 4.0, which are adequate for struvite precipitation with potential production of 8.5-10.4g struvite/L CW. Finally, the use of biogas as energetic supplement and struvite as soil fertilizer, represents economics saves of US$ 6.91/m3 CW and US$ 5.75/m3 CW in therms of electricity and fertilizer use, respectively. The energetic, agricultural and economic potentials, evidence that AD process is a feasible alternative for cheese whey treatment.

Energy Management in Industry: An Enterprise Engineering Approach

ABSTRACT Companies have needs and experience new opportunities to build their structure and align organizational process to achieve energy management with higher priority facing economic and environmental issues. The objective of this paper is to present the design and modeling of the Energy Management System (EnMS) in energy-intensive industries in an enterprise engineering approach, according to the management discipline called Business Process Management (BPM). The design of the process is based on the ISO 50001 standard and in good practices cited in the scientific literature. The methodology is characterized as basic, experimental, qualitative, and oriented according to the BPM development cycle. The process design created in the "should be" format presents a framework based on the Plan, Do, Check and Act (PDCA) cycle. The process is described in a necessary and sufficient way, arranging activities, actors and roles to establish an energy management process. The key process model of the energy review was developed in the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). The design and modeling allows to: analyze the EnMS as a process for understanding the activities; assist decision making; automate processes; enable collaboration; allow alignment of the process with the strategy; support the change and assisting with the evaluation of the organizational potential to implement the EnMS.

Evaluation of environmental impacts generated by the implementation and operation of an electrical substation: a case study in Palhoça, SC / Avaliação de impactos ambientais gerados na implantação e operação de subestação de energia elétrica: um estudo de caso em Palhoça, SC

Electricity is essential nowadays, but to reach agro-veterinary enterprises, as well as the final consumer, there is a need to implement projects that can impact the environment. As such, evaluating environmental impacts plays an important role, contributing to economic and social development allied to environmental factors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts generated by an electrical substation, located in the municipality of Palhoça, state of Santa Catarina, by means of the Ad Hoc method, as well as of both matrices of interaction and attribute weighting. We analyzed the activities related to the implementation stages of the project consisting of earthworks when necessary and, later, civil construction activities. Finally, the operation stage of the enterprise consists of identifying the generating actions that are the activities of earthworks, leasing and construction of structures, excavations, drainage and grounding systems, electromechanical assemblies, personnel mobilization and substation maintenance and, consequently, environmental impacts. The activities conducted by the enterprise in question that can directly affect the environmental aspects such as: water, soil, atmospheric emissions, among others, besides social aspects. Using weighting and interaction matrices, it was possible to diagnose that most impacting activities occur in the implementation phase of the project. Most impacts, for the selected enterprise, were classified as of small importance, low magnitude and reversible. This case study may support future research and environmental studies in a variety of areas, depicting a method to demonstrate the importance and interaction of each impact, as well as presenting to licensing agencies an alternative method which may be required for future environmental impact studies.

A energia elétrica é fundamental nos dias atuais, mas para chegar até empreendimentos agroveterinários, bem como ao consumidor final, há necessidade da implantação de empreendimentos que podem impactar o meio ambiente. Neste sentido, a avaliação de impactos ambientais desempenha um importante papel, contribuindo para que o desenvolvimento econômico e social estejam aliados aos fatores ambientais. Este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar por meio do método Ad Hoc, bem como de ambas as matrizes de interação e ponderação de atributos os impactos gerados por uma subestação de energia elétrica, situado no município de Palhoça, Santa Catarina. Foram analisadas as atividades relacionadas às etapas de implantação do empreendimento que consistem na terraplanagem, quando necessário e, posteriormente, as atividades de construção civil. Finalmente, a etapa de operação do empreendimento que consiste na identificação das ações geradoras que são as atividades de terraplanagem, locação e construção de estruturas, escavações, sistemas de drenagem e aterramento, montagens eletromecânicas, mobilização de pessoal e manutenção da subestação e consequentemente os impactos ambientais. As atividades realizadas pelo empreendimento em questão que podem afetar de forma direta os aspectos ambientais como: água, solo, emissões atmosféricas, entre outras, além de aspectos sociais. Com a utilização das matrizes de ponderação e interação, foi possível diagnosticar que a maioria das atividades impactantes ocorre na fase de implantação do empreendimento. A maioria dos impactos, para o empreendimento selecionado, foi classificado como de pequena importância, baixa magnitude e reversíveis.

Evaluation of environmental impacts generated by the implementation and operation of an electrical substation: a case study in Palhoça, SC / Avaliação de impactos ambientais gerados na implantação e operação de subestação de energia elétrica: um estudo de caso em Palhoça, SC

Electricity is essential nowadays, but to reach agro-veterinary enterprises, as well as the final consumer, there is a need to implement projects that can impact the environment. As such, evaluating environmental impacts plays an important role, contributing to economic and social development allied to environmental factors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts generated by an electrical substation, located in the municipality of Palhoça, state of Santa Catarina, by means of the Ad Hoc method, as well as of both matrices of interaction and attribute weighting. We analyzed the activities related to the implementation stages of the project consisting of earthworks when necessary and, later, civil construction activities. Finally, the operation stage of the enterprise consists of identifying the generating actions that are the activities of earthworks, leasing and construction of structures, excavations, drainage and grounding systems, electromechanical assemblies, personnel mobilization and substation maintenance and, consequently, environmental impacts. The activities conducted by the enterprise in question that can directly affect the environmental aspects such as: water, soil, atmospheric emissions, among others, besides social aspects. Using weighting and interaction matrices, it was possible to diagnose that most impacting activities occur in the implementation phase of the project. Most impacts, for the selected enterprise, were classified as of small importance, low magnitude and reversible. This case study may support future research and environmental studies in a variety of areas, depicting a method to demonstrate the importance and interaction of each impact, as well as presenting to licensing agencies an alternative method which may be required for future environmental impact studies.(AU)

A energia elétrica é fundamental nos dias atuais, mas para chegar até empreendimentos agroveterinários, bem como ao consumidor final, há necessidade da implantação de empreendimentos que podem impactar o meio ambiente. Neste sentido, a avaliação de impactos ambientais desempenha um importante papel, contribuindo para que o desenvolvimento econômico e social estejam aliados aos fatores ambientais. Este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar por meio do método Ad Hoc, bem como de ambas as matrizes de interação e ponderação de atributos os impactos gerados por uma subestação de energia elétrica, situado no município de Palhoça, Santa Catarina. Foram analisadas as atividades relacionadas às etapas de implantação do empreendimento que consistem na terraplanagem, quando necessário e, posteriormente, as atividades de construção civil. Finalmente, a etapa de operação do empreendimento que consiste na identificação das ações geradoras que são as atividades de terraplanagem, locação e construção de estruturas, escavações, sistemas de drenagem e aterramento, montagens eletromecânicas, mobilização de pessoal e manutenção da subestação e consequentemente os impactos ambientais. As atividades realizadas pelo empreendimento em questão que podem afetar de forma direta os aspectos ambientais como: água, solo, emissões atmosféricas, entre outras, além de aspectos sociais. Com a utilização das matrizes de ponderação e interação, foi possível diagnosticar que a maioria das atividades impactantes ocorre na fase de implantação do empreendimento. A maioria dos impactos, para o empreendimento selecionado, foi classificado como de pequena importância, baixa magnitude e reversíveis. (AU)

Re-thinking the enterprise in defense of a development of the social context for the life: junctions and implications of the pos-development on the organizational strategy / Repensando lo empresarial en defensa de un desarrollo para la vida: entronques e implicaciones del posdesarrollo sobre la estrategia organizacional

RESUMEN En el sistema-mundo-moderno-capitalista, la empresa y el desarrollo son fenómenos fundamentales que mantienen relaciones interdependientes concretadas por el Estado neoliberal. Así, la institución empresarial impulsa el desarrollo modernizador funcional al capital contrapuesto al contradesarrollo vital funcional a la vida. Por lo anterior, resulta necesario reinventar la empresa en función de la vida. En tal dirección, una contribución importante emerge al desafiar, a partir de las ideas del posdesarrollo, los discursos/ prácticas convencionales/funcionalistas que sobre estrategia organizacional se promueven. Esto toda vez que la estrategia, entendida como el conjunto de planes, patrones de conducta, formas de posicionamiento, perspectivas de los líderes y estratagemas frente a competidores, es una de las variables clave que al girar en torno a diversos tópicos dinámicos permite la coordinación de la empresa y, por tanto, influye sobre el desarrollo que aquella genera. Es de resaltar que para la construcción del artículo se privilegia una metodología cualitativa (constructivista-interpretativa), con métodos de investigación y análisis documental, entrevistas a expertos y elaboración de textos argumentativos.

ABSTRACT Under the modern/capitalist/world/system, the enterprise and the development of the social contexts maintain codependent relations materialized by the neoliberal State. As a consequence, the neoliberal enterprise is responsible for the establishment of a modern development bounded to the capitalism and opposed to one contra - development, functional to the vital operation of life. Consequently, it is critical to re-invent the concept of enterprise, connecting it with the functions of life. Bearing this in mind (and using the ideas of the post-development), I seek to contribute to this discussion by challenging the ideas, practices, and discourses of the Organizational Strategy. The notion of strategy that I seek to challenge is defined by Furrer, Thomas and Goussevskaia (2008); Guerras-Martín, Madhok, and Montoro-Sanchez (2014); and Mintzberg (1998), as a combination ofplans and patterns of behavior, forms of positioning and perspectives of the leaders and stratagems against competitors. In other words, the strategy is a significant variable which moves around many and dynamic subjects. It allows the coordination of the enterprise and influences on the development that it generates. I privilege a qualitative methodology (constructivist/interpretative), documentary analysis, interviews with experts and the presence of argumentative texts.

Why Patient Matching Is a Challenge: Research on Master Patient Index (MPI) Data Discrepancies in Key Identifying Fields.

Patient identification matching problems are a major contributor to data integrity issues within electronic health records. These issues impede the improvement of healthcare quality through health information exchange and care coordination, and contribute to deaths resulting from medical errors. Despite best practices in the area of patient access and medical record management to avoid duplicating patient records, duplicate records continue to be a significant problem in healthcare. This study examined the underlying causes of duplicate records using a multisite data set of 398,939 patient records with confirmed duplicates and analyzed multiple reasons for data discrepancies between those record matches. The field that had the greatest proportion of mismatches (nondefault values) was the middle name, accounting for 58.30 percent of mismatches. The Social Security number was the second most frequent mismatch, occurring in 53.54 percent of the duplicate pairs. The majority of the mismatches in the name fields were the result of misspellings (53.14 percent in first name and 33.62 percent in last name) or swapped last name/first name, first name/middle name, or last name/middle name pairs. The use of more sophisticated technologies is critical to improving patient matching. However, no amount of advanced technology or increased data capture will completely eliminate human errors. Thus, the establishment of policies and procedures (such as standard naming conventions or search routines) for front-end and back-end staff to follow is foundational for the overall data integrity process. Training staff on standard policies and procedures will result in fewer duplicates created on the front end and more accurate duplicate record matching and merging on the back end. Furthermore, monitoring, analyzing trends, and identifying errors that occur are proactive ways to identify data integrity issues.

A catalog of automated analysis methods for enterprise models.

Enterprise models are created for documenting and communicating the structure and state of Business and Information Technologies elements of an enterprise. After models are completed, they are mainly used to support analysis. Model analysis is an activity typically based on human skills and due to the size and complexity of the models, this process can be complicated and omissions or miscalculations are very likely. This situation has fostered the research of automated analysis methods, for supporting analysts in enterprise analysis processes. By reviewing the literature, we found several analysis methods; nevertheless, they are based on specific situations and different metamodels; then, some analysis methods might not be applicable to all enterprise models. This paper presents the work of compilation (literature review), classification, structuring, and characterization of automated analysis methods for enterprise models, expressing them in a standardized modeling language. In addition, we have implemented the analysis methods in our modeling tool.