World Changing Ideas

Jabr, Ferris; Harmon, Katherine; Laber-Warren, Emily; Biello, David; Piore, Adam; Yuhas, Daisy; Mims, Christopher; Fessenden, Marissa; Carey, John

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1212-34

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“…This adaptability can improve customer value (Sambamurthy, Bharadwaj & Grover, 2003), and it is particularly advantageous in fast-paced technological environments (Banker, Bardhan, Chang & Lin, 2006;Bhatt, Emdad, Roberts & Grover, 2010;Teece et al, 1997). For example, pervasive computing, sensor networking, real-time data streaming and the Internet represent trends with clear potential to create new competitive opportunities (Bradley, Barbier & Handler, 2013;Chen et al, 2012;Jabr et al, 2012;Piccoli & Ives, 2005;Sallam, et al, 2013). Therefore, in high-velocity markets, DC specifically refer to "the firm's ability … to address rapidly changing environments" (Teece et al, 1997:516), often with simple rules or processes (Peteraf et al, 2013).…”

Section: Dynamic Capability Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Antecedents of Dynamic Capabilities and IT-Dependent Initiatives in the Context of Digital Data

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Vitari

Raguseo

et al. 2021

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

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Firms automatically and continuously capture a high amount of digital data (DD) through social media, RFID tags, clickstreams, manufacturing sensors. However, empirical evidence on the effects of the generation of such digital data on firms remains scarce. Therefore, this paper examines the antecedents of companies' ability to leverage DD, which the authors refer to as DD dynamic capability and DD initiatives, and investigates whether this ability directly leads to better data accessibility. They empirically test the hypotheses, and they find that the antecedents have specific influences on both DD initiatives and DD capability, such that all the antecedents support the initiatives; however, only organizational processes strengthen DD capability. Furthermore, DD initiatives and DD capability improve the accessibility of DD. The results show that organizational processes of sensing, coordination, integration, and learning emerged as the most important sources of DCs. By contrast, the firm's assets and history played only a marginal, supporting role.

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Section: Dynamic Capability Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Antecedents of Dynamic Capabilities and IT-Dependent Initiatives in the Context of Digital Data

Mola

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Raguseo

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International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction

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“…RO can be energy-efficient (as low as 2 kWh/m 3 ) in centralized plants largely due to the implementation of mechanical energy recovery systems 3 , but at smaller scales the energy cost can be much higher (up to 17 kWh/m 3 ) 4 . In contrast, directional solvent extraction (DSE), named one of the top ten world-changing ideas by Scientific American in 2012 5 , is an attractive alternative as it requires comparatively low operation temperatures relying almost exclusively on the consumption of waste heat or unconcentrated solar energy 6 , 7 . The conceptual basis behind DSE centers on the use of a task-specific directional solvent (DS) that can solvate water in high yield, defined as the water solubility change per degree of temperature change (%/°C), is insoluble in water, and will not solvate salt ions 6 – 8 .…”

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Ionic liquid enables highly efficient low temperature desalination by directional solvent extraction

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Seawater desalination plays a critical role in addressing the global water shortage challenge. Directional Solvent Extraction (DSE) is an emerging non-membrane desalination technology that features the ability to utilize very low temperature waste heat (as low as 40 °C). This is enabled by the subtly balanced solubility properties of directional solvents, which do not dissolve in water but can dissolve water and reject salt ions. However, the low water yield of the state-of-the-art directional solvent (decanoic acid) significantly limits its throughput and energy efficiency. In this paper, we demonstrate that by using ionic liquid as a new directional solvent, saline water can be desalinated with much higher production rate and thus significantly lower the energy and exergy consumptions. The ionic liquid identified suitable for DSE is [emim][Tf2N], which has a much (~10×) higher water yield than the currently used decanoic acid. Using molecular dynamics simulations with Gibbs free energy calculations, we reveal that water dissolving in [emim][Tf2N] is energetically favorable, but it takes significant energy for [emim][Tf2N] ions to dissolve in water. Our findings may significantly advance the DSE technology as a solution to the challenges in the global water-energy nexus.

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“…But the magazine described the future index as both more comprehensive than other rating systems and more likely to drive positive change. Its transformative potential, the magazine said, lay in Walmart’s power to first collect suppliers’ “closely held” data on products’ hidden environmental and social impacts—this would happen via annual surveys—and then use the index scores to demand improvements (Jabr et al 2012).…”

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“Unable to Determine”: Limits to Metrical Governance in Agricultural Supply chains

Freidberg

2019

Science, Technology, & Human Values

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Metrics have long served as tools for governing at a distance. In the food industry, major manufacturers have embraced metrics as tools to govern the sustainability of the farms producing their commodity raw materials. This metrical turn has been influenced but also complicated by agricultural datafication, that is, the increasing quantities of data generated on and about farms. Despite the sheer abundance of data that companies might use to measure and drive improvement in on-farm sustainability, they have struggled to collect data suitable for such purposes. Attention to the different kinds of distance and diversity across which metrics are supposed to govern suggests reasons why they may fail to do so, even when wielded by otherwise powerful corporations.

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World Changing Ideas

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Antecedents of Dynamic Capabilities and IT-Dependent Initiatives in the Context of Digital Data

Antecedents of Dynamic Capabilities and IT-Dependent Initiatives in the Context of Digital Data

Ionic liquid enables highly efficient low temperature desalination by directional solvent extraction

“Unable to Determine”: Limits to Metrical Governance in Agricultural Supply chains

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