This paper examines the pervasive barriers hindering the widespread adoption of energy efficiency measures across various sectors. It categorizes these barriers into economic barriers, high upfront costs, organizational challenges, such as ...

A decentralized control algorithm for routing flow in complex networks is proposed. The aim is to fairly distribute the supply/demand among the nodes while maintaining maximum flow in the network and satisfying the flow limits of the nodes and ...

The research objective is to create a mechanism that generates a valid 'sustainability' metric to enable prospective buyers to confidently identify low carbon footprint computers. The necessity is based upon the hypothesis that current product ...

Consumers tend to pay less attention to the hidden long-term energy costs than the more noticeable upfront purchase prices. Regarding this condition, this study will estimate the acceptable additional price for an energy-efficient inverter AC by ...

This paper examines the role of energy efficiency in enhancing corporate sustainability and competitiveness. Employing a systematic literature review methodology, we analyze the financial advantages, corporate sustainability alignment, and crisis ...

Fog computing has emerged as an essential technology for enabling real-time, low-latency responses in cloud-based applications within Internet of Things (IoT) systems. This study explored the impact of the number of fog devices (NFDs) on the ...

This study investigates the effect of the board of directors’ attributes on the corporate risk-taking of listed financial firms in Oman. A total of seven board attributes such as board ownership, shareholder ownership, CEO duality, board structure,...

The purpose of this paper is to present research related to the analysis and evaluation of the applicability of project maturity models in organizations conducting research projects, and to propose a project maturity model that could be used in ...

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between implementing a higher level of telework and operational performance and explore the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability and Management Control (MC) ...

Empathy has been acknowledged as a necessary addition to the project manager’s toolkit, yet there is little in the literature on how this may be used in practice. There is no one agreed definition of empathy. However, it is acknowledged that it is ...

In-band network telemetry is a powerful framework for network monitoring. It allows the collection of telemetry data in real-time and provides network-wide visibility. However, depending on the routing of network flows and which telemetry data are ...

Business Process Management (BPM) and Digital Transformation (DT) are two interconnected concepts. BPM involves identifying, analyzing, and improving business processes, while Digital Transformation leverages digital technologies to transform ...

This article scrutinizes the analogy between modern project management theory and Sunzi Art of War (or “Sunzi” for short in this abstract) by comparing and contrasting them and identifying the similarities and dissimilarities between them. It is ...

From the viewpoint of a project management practitioner instead of a traditional comparative law researcher, this article attempts to analyze the legal concerns and risks facing project managers and project management in general and compare these ...

The performance of public sector institutions has been a major concern across the globe. Performance improvement has been a matter of persistent pursuit across a variety of countries, particularly in developing countries contexts. It is generally ...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) constitute the most dynamic firms in emerging economies, by driving economic growth and job creation in developing economies. Therefore, it is important to identify factors that hinder SMEs’ growth. The most ...

Good corporate governance, which influences organizational performance, is the foundation of effective internal control. Adopting a governance paradigm, however, presents difficulties. By identifying and mapping processes and data, Enterprise ...

This paper aims to present a systematic literature review that discusses the importance of Stakeholder Management (SM) and Communication Management (CM) for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Through a systematic search in three databases, 35 ...

Energy sources and the overall energy system are currently experiencing significant instability. The combination of high demand and reduced supply results in the emergence of new sources of risk throughout the entire value chain. To the best of ...

In the early 2000s, the Agile Manifesto was launched, over time many organizations have sought to use agile methods in projects, bringing to the discussion the issue of the scalability of these methods, considering the practical implications ...