What’s Love Got to Do with It? Religion and the Multiple Logic Tensions of Social Enterprise

Borquist, Bruce R.

doi:10.3390/rel12080655

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“…Metalog is a flexible probability distribution that can be used to model a wide range of density functions using only a small number of parameters obtained from experts. Scientists prefer using the metalog family of distributions to describe processes in various fields of science such as theology [124], mathematics [125], and electronics [101].…”

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Strategic Model for Yellow Hydrogen Production Using the Metalog Family of Probability Distributions

Małek,

Dudziak,

Caban

et al. 2024

Energies

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Storing energy in hydrogen has been recognized by scientists as one of the most effective ways of storing energy for many reasons. The first of these reasons is the availability of technology for producing hydrogen from water using electrolytic methods. Another aspect is the availability of relatively cheap energy from renewable energy sources. Moreover, you can count on the availability of large amounts of this energy. The aim of this article is to support the decision-making processes related to the production of yellow hydrogen using a strategic model which exploits the metalog family of probability distributions. This model allows us to calculate, with accuracy regarding the probability distribution, the amount of energy produced by photovoltaic systems with a specific peak power. Using the model in question, it is possible to calculate the expected amount of electricity produced daily from the photovoltaic system and the corresponding amount of yellow hydrogen produced. Such a strategic model may be appropriate for renewable energy developers who build photovoltaic systems intended specifically for the production of yellow and green hydrogen. Based on our model, they can estimate the size of the photovoltaic system needed to produce the assumed hydrogen volume. The strategic model can also be adopted by producers of green and yellow hydrogen. Due to precise calculations, up to the probability distribution, the model allows us to calculate the probability of providing the required energy from a specific part of the energy mix.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic Model for Yellow Hydrogen Production Using the Metalog Family of Probability Distributions

Małek,

Dudziak,

Caban

et al. 2024

Energies

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“…Metalog is a flexible probability distribution that can be used to model a wide range of density functions using only a small number of parameters obtained from experts. Scientists prefer using the Metalog family of distributions to describe processes in various fields of science such as theology [41], mathematics [42], and electronics [43]. The authors have already used Metalog probability distribution families to select the peak power of a photovoltaic carport for an electric vehicle [44].…”

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Strategic Model for Charging a Fleet of Electric Vehicles with Energy from Renewable Energy Sources

Caban,

Małek,

Šarkan

2024

Energies

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The ever-growing number of electric vehicles requires increasing amounts of energy to charge their traction batteries. Electric vehicles are the most ecological when the energy for charging them comes from renewable energy sources. Obtaining electricity from renewable sources such as photovoltaic systems is also a way to reduce the operating costs of an electric vehicle. However, to produce cheap electricity from renewable energy sources, you first need to invest in the construction of a photovoltaic system. The article presents a strategic model for charging a fleet of electric vehicles with energy from photovoltaic systems. The model is useful for sizing a planned photovoltaic system to the energy needs of a vehicle fleet. It uses the Metalog family of probability distributions to determine the probability of producing a given amount of energy needed to power electric vehicle chargers. Using the model, it is possible to determine the percentage of energy from photovoltaic systems in the total energy needed to charge a vehicle fleet. The research was carried out on real data from an operating photovoltaic system with a peak power of 50 kWp. The approach presented in the strategic model takes into account the geographical and climatic context related to the location of the photovoltaic system. The model can be used for various renewable energy sources and different sizes of vehicle fleets with different electricity demands to charge their batteries. The presented model can be used to manage the energy produced both at the design stage of the photovoltaic system and during its operation.

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Tension and Paradox in Women-Oriented Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: A Duality of Ethics

2023

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The pursuit of social goals and ethics in business creates challenges. Sustained efforts to address poverty, environmental degradation or health/wellbeing require meaningful and transformative responses that impact across multiple levels—individual, community and the global collective. Shifting predominant paradigms to facilitate change entails a renegotiation of business strategy—between organizations, their purpose(s), individual and collective stakeholders and ultimately with society at large. Hybrid organizations such as social enterprises are positioned to affect such change. However, in balancing divergent goals such organizations encounter tensions and paradox, creating a duality of ethics. Utilizing in-depth interviews to develop a case within the sustainable fashion industry, we identify tensions and paradox within women-oriented hybrid organizations. Significantly, managing these tensions and paradox results in multiple dualities of ethics, often with a wider impact on organizational founders/managers. We find three interrelated ethical dualities: business strategy and personal values; financial sustainability and holistic sustainability; and business, employee, societal wellbeing, and personal wellbeing. This insight is noteworthy when looked at within the broader context of sustainability and highlights the importance of sustainability in women-oriented hybrid organizations.

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What’s Love Got to Do with It? Religion and the Multiple Logic Tensions of Social Enterprise

Cited by 5 publications

References 104 publications

Strategic Model for Yellow Hydrogen Production Using the Metalog Family of Probability Distributions

Strategic Model for Yellow Hydrogen Production Using the Metalog Family of Probability Distributions

Strategic Model for Charging a Fleet of Electric Vehicles with Energy from Renewable Energy Sources

Tension and Paradox in Women-Oriented Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: A Duality of Ethics

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