Companies can be affected by climate change in many ways. Effective adaptation to climate change will only be possible if the associated risks and opportunities as well as their own strengths and weaknesses are sufficiently known. Following the conceptual framework of a SWOT analysis, this article outlines the self-perception of companies from the Upper Rhine region regarding their climate change vulnerability. Based on 26 qualitative semi-structured company interviews, managers' statements on climate change-related strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are divided into three categories based on the business function concerned. The resulting 4 × 3 matrix is used to analyse which aspects companies do not pay much attention to. We also highlight typical, frequently cited strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It appears that the majority of companies perceive climate change as an external threat but see themselves in a position to counter this threat with the help of internal qualities.
Klimawandel-Anpassungsbereitschaft von Unternehmen in derOberrhein-Region aus Sicht der Unternehmen -Eine multidisziplinäre, grenzüberschreitende Analyse Zusammenfassung Unternehmen können auf vielfältige Weise vom Klimawandel betroffen sein. Nur wenn die damit verbundenen Risiken und Chancen sowie die eigenen Stärken und Schwächen hinreichend bekannt sind, ist eine effektive Anpassung an den Klimawandel möglich. Dieser Artikel skizziert in Anlehnung an den Konzeptrahmen einer SWOT-Analyse die Eigenwahrnehmung von Unternehmen aus der Oberrheinregion bezüglich ihrer Klimawandelvulnerabilität. Basierend auf 26 qualitativen semi-strukturierten Unternehmensinterviews werden Aussagen von Managern bezüglich klimawandelrelevanter Stärken, Schwächen, Chancen und Bedrohungen anhand der betroffenen Unternehmensfunktion in drei Kategorien aufgeteilt. Anhand der entstehenden 4 × 3 Matrix wird analysiert, welche Bereiche von den Unternehmen wenig beachtet werden. Außerdem zeigen wir auf, wie typische, häufig genannte Stärken, Schwächen, Chancen und Bedrohungen aussehen. Es zeigt sich, dass die Unternehmen den Klimawandel mehrheitlich als externe Bedrohung wahrnehmen, sich aber in der Lage sehen dieser Bedrohung mit Hilfe von internen Qualitäten zu begegnen.
This article focuses on the problem solving process in design. Today, enterprises face an important need of innovation, as they have to regularly propose new products or new services. Design is one of the key activities of enterprises in order to be innovative, but it is also one whose performances are hard to assess and activities difficult to manage. Studies on performance of the design process are quite few. Despite there exists many tools to evaluate and manage performance in a variety of fields, few tools are proposed Please check and confirm the author names and initials. Amend if necessary.or customized for the design activity. Some parts of this activity are more or less manageable, but one remains hardly controllable: the problem solving process. Three main topics are tackled in this article. Firstly, the article defines the performance, the enterprise organization, the design activity and the role of problem solving in this activity. Then the focus will be done on the ways to measure and manage the performance of problem solving in design; criteria to evaluate it and a set of indicators that impact it are proposed. In last, the use of this set of indicators will be proposed and a link between the indicators and a strategic choice will be established in order to build the problem solving process in accordance with this strategic position.
Partant de l'hypothèse que l'éthique environnementale est une qualité émergente propre à un système, cette contribution se propose de rendre compte de la réorganisation du système fluvial rhénan dans le contexte d'une crise écologique. Au travers du croisement de deux regards disciplinaires, se dégage un cadre d'interprétation sur l'organisation de l'information et de la communication entre les différents sous-systèmes autoréférentiels en tant que conditionnement d'une diffusion et d'une adhésion en faveur d'une éthique environnementale, reconnaissant les propriétés intrinsèques de l'écosystème fluvial.
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