The researchers reviewed existing literature on the integration of blockchain and internet of things (IoT) technologies in the construction industry. Through a scientometric analysis of 648 papers and critical review of 88 papers, they found growing use of these technologies in construction for automated data processing, security, traceability and visibility. However, IoT adoption is more prominent than blockchain. Further research is needed to develop more case applications and real-life solutions. Challenges remain in fully transforming proposed concepts.
The Extent of New Product Development Partnership between Universities and th...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The importance of new product development in building both technological and technical capacity of university and firm cannot be overemphasized. Collaborations between HE and industry in NPD is conceived as mutual interaction for skills acquisition and economic improvement. The study was designed to determine the extent of new product development partnership between HEIs and the manufacturing firms. A survey was conducted, and a sample of 400 was drawn from both HE and industry; the data were then analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) software of EQS version 6.2.The results revealed that there is weak interaction between HE and industry, also there is no formal partnership between the two on new product development. in order to strengthen the mutual relationship, a conceptual model had been developed after a careful examination and assessment of the key factors of NPD and after preliminary CFA analysis conducted to establish the determinants of the main construct. A nine-factor model was then developed for university and industry. The study therefore recommends that higher education and industry adopt this new model for effective partnership on NPD.
To Identify the Various Constraints for Delays in Construction Work and Sugge...Harish Rajmane
A constraint is defined as anything that limits an organization or entity from moving toward or achieving its goal. Needs and constraints in a multi-party working situation bring complications in project management. The aim and scope of this project is to identify the constraints in construction project working environment. If constraints are better understood at the outset, it is believed that better performance can be assured. Recognizing and expelling constraints from bottleneck exercises help to lessen instabilities in development procedures and builds the straight forwardness of project management. This study was carried out based on literature review and a questionnaire survey. The data for this study will be gathering through a detailed questionnaire survey. The questionnaire form is forwarded to various construction industries through email and in personal. The objectives of the study are to successfully reduce the constraints which will help to decrease the unnecessary wastage and loss of both money and time because of inadequate planning. Postponement in development project would cause for additional cost and misfortune in budgetary return or different advantages from extend. In this way, delay is expensive for both proprietor and temporary worker. The overview discoveries showed that the main drivers of monetary related deferrals are a result poor cash flow management followed by late payment, insufficient financial resources and financial market instability. The methodology of this thesis work incorporates an itemized investigation of worldwide writing identified with development limitations causes in everywhere throughout the world and gathering of information to set up a survey. Utilizing this questionnaire, a review will be done among contractual workers, experts and designers. The outcome got from this questionnaire will give us extreme reasons for development delay, so we can discover the answer for limit them in future development projects. The aim of this dissertation is to identify the various constraints in construction industry& analyze them on the basis of discussion carried out with experts in locality. The expand-focus principles & techniques will be applied for gathering the various causes from professional literature & also from local experts. This investigation will give a solution for delay in development project by limiting the constraints in development industry.
Building information-modeling-and-construction-projects-performance-the-effec...oircjournals
In most of the construction projects, there is always an element of running into delays in project completion time, costs overruns from variations and associated time overruns, lack of satisfying client requirements, clashes on site during construction – just to mention a few. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being used to solve most of these challenges that pose such risks to a project. The study looked the effect of scheduling on performance of project constructions in Uasin Gishu County. The study targeted a population of 197 respondents who constitute of Technical staff and Non - technical staff. The study used census research design. Questionnaires were used to collect information from respondents. In order to ascertain reliability of the research instruments, the researcher piloted the instruments by distributing 30 questionnaires to respondents from Uasin Gishu County Government selected randomly from the various sections, which were not be part of the county to be sampled for this study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data. Descriptive statistics included frequency, percentages, means, standard deviation and frequency distribution. Inferential statistics used was correlation and linear regression. The study found out that there was a significant and positive effect of project scheduling on construction projects performance Uasin Gishu County Government (β=0.198; p<0.05). The study concluded that proper project scheduling leads to an increased project performance risk management plays an important role in project management because without it project managers cannot define their objectives for future and project monitoring plays a vital role in project manager’s decision making processes since it helps project managers and their teams to foresee potential risks and obstacles that if left unaddressed could derail the project. The study recommends that the County Government should continue with good practices of ensuring resources are allocated with good practices of ensuring resources are allocated to projects from interception until closure.
The Extent of New Product Development Partnership between Universities and th...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The importance of new product development in building both technological and technical capacity of university and firm cannot be overemphasized. Collaborations between HE and industry in NPD is conceived as mutual interaction for skills acquisition and economic improvement. The study was designed to determine the extent of new product development partnership between HEIs and the manufacturing firms. A survey was conducted, and a sample of 400 was drawn from both HE and industry; the data were then analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) software of EQS version 6.2.The results revealed that there is weak interaction between HE and industry, also there is no formal partnership between the two on new product development. in order to strengthen the mutual relationship, a conceptual model had been developed after a careful examination and assessment of the key factors of NPD and after preliminary CFA analysis conducted to establish the determinants of the main construct. A nine-factor model was then developed for university and industry. The study therefore recommends that higher education and industry adopt this new model for effective partnership on NPD.
To Identify the Various Constraints for Delays in Construction Work and Sugge...Harish Rajmane
A constraint is defined as anything that limits an organization or entity from moving toward or achieving its goal. Needs and constraints in a multi-party working situation bring complications in project management. The aim and scope of this project is to identify the constraints in construction project working environment. If constraints are better understood at the outset, it is believed that better performance can be assured. Recognizing and expelling constraints from bottleneck exercises help to lessen instabilities in development procedures and builds the straight forwardness of project management. This study was carried out based on literature review and a questionnaire survey. The data for this study will be gathering through a detailed questionnaire survey. The questionnaire form is forwarded to various construction industries through email and in personal. The objectives of the study are to successfully reduce the constraints which will help to decrease the unnecessary wastage and loss of both money and time because of inadequate planning. Postponement in development project would cause for additional cost and misfortune in budgetary return or different advantages from extend. In this way, delay is expensive for both proprietor and temporary worker. The overview discoveries showed that the main drivers of monetary related deferrals are a result poor cash flow management followed by late payment, insufficient financial resources and financial market instability. The methodology of this thesis work incorporates an itemized investigation of worldwide writing identified with development limitations causes in everywhere throughout the world and gathering of information to set up a survey. Utilizing this questionnaire, a review will be done among contractual workers, experts and designers. The outcome got from this questionnaire will give us extreme reasons for development delay, so we can discover the answer for limit them in future development projects. The aim of this dissertation is to identify the various constraints in construction industry& analyze them on the basis of discussion carried out with experts in locality. The expand-focus principles & techniques will be applied for gathering the various causes from professional literature & also from local experts. This investigation will give a solution for delay in development project by limiting the constraints in development industry.
Building information-modeling-and-construction-projects-performance-the-effec...oircjournals
In most of the construction projects, there is always an element of running into delays in project completion time, costs overruns from variations and associated time overruns, lack of satisfying client requirements, clashes on site during construction – just to mention a few. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being used to solve most of these challenges that pose such risks to a project. The study looked the effect of scheduling on performance of project constructions in Uasin Gishu County. The study targeted a population of 197 respondents who constitute of Technical staff and Non - technical staff. The study used census research design. Questionnaires were used to collect information from respondents. In order to ascertain reliability of the research instruments, the researcher piloted the instruments by distributing 30 questionnaires to respondents from Uasin Gishu County Government selected randomly from the various sections, which were not be part of the county to be sampled for this study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data. Descriptive statistics included frequency, percentages, means, standard deviation and frequency distribution. Inferential statistics used was correlation and linear regression. The study found out that there was a significant and positive effect of project scheduling on construction projects performance Uasin Gishu County Government (β=0.198; p<0.05). The study concluded that proper project scheduling leads to an increased project performance risk management plays an important role in project management because without it project managers cannot define their objectives for future and project monitoring plays a vital role in project manager’s decision making processes since it helps project managers and their teams to foresee potential risks and obstacles that if left unaddressed could derail the project. The study recommends that the County Government should continue with good practices of ensuring resources are allocated with good practices of ensuring resources are allocated to projects from interception until closure.
Effects of the External (Macro) And Internal (Micro) Source (Factors) of Inno...inventionjournals
In an attempt to use the resource-based theoretical approach, this article tried to empirically investigate the influence and impact of theinternal (micro) and external (macro) environmental factors of innovation performance using a sample of small and medium sized firms in the telecommunication cluster in Ghana with the main focus on examining variables such as customer inputs, the intensive role of R&D, cooperative networks, the uncertain environment and the complex environment of the firm. A sample of 31 SMEs in the telecommunication cluster was selected with 109 questionnaires administered. The results indicate that the macro environmental sources as cooperative network and customer inputs actually impact positively on the innovation performance of SMEs in the communication cluster in Ghana. However, firm size, network size and complex environment were shown to be negatively related to firm innovation performance.
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A STUDY OF VARIOUS FACTORS AFFECTING CONTRACTOR’S PERFORMANCE IN LOWEST BID...IAEME Publication
Real estate sector in present scenario is going through a lean patch, many organisations are either running in loss or with a marginal profits. As in state government and central government departments contractors are facing huge problems that are in turn tending to decrease in contractor profits. The present study focuses on study of various factors that affect contractor’s performance who have been awarded projects on the basis of lowest bid awards. The study analyses various factors and their impacts on the basis of responses collected form a survey. On the basis of overall index and relative importance index factor causing a major impact on contractor’s efficiency have been identified.
Claims Management And Assessment Through Documentationvivatechijri
Construction claims have such high impacts on the projects’ cost and time that the contractors should
establish the effective claim management in their organizations. This research aimed at presenting the key concepts of
construction claims, and construction claim management, focusing on the contractors’ point of view. In addition, a
questionnaire survey was done to assess the efficiency of the contractors in managing their claims. Three-hundred
claim management staffs from contractors’ organizations were then selected by using stratified sampling technique,
taking into account their company locations. It was found that the active tasks that the contractors can perform
efficiently consist of recognition and identification of the change, systematic and accurate documentation of the
change, analysis of time and cost impacts of the change. As to the defensive tasks, they are systematic and accurate
documentation of change, and analysis of time and cost impacts of the change. On the other hand, the activities that the
contractor can not perform well and should be improved are active notification of the change, active negotiation of the
claim, and defensive recognition and identification of the change. The result from this research can help the
contractors improve their weaknesses and maintain their strengths of their claim management process.
Most of construction projects posses a project based organizational structure, where knowledge
acquired by humans migrate with them outside their organizational bodies once they leave their employer.
Hence, organizational learning and building corporate knowledge that has a life span greater than the
employees‟ turnover are of paramount importance to construction firms. It is considered the means by which
previously acquired experiences from previous projects can be used in decision making processes in similar
projects, wherever similar contexts and conditions are encountered.
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) is an initiative to standardize communication between multidisciplinary
software applications through the use of a common Building Information Model (BIM). It facilitates data
communication between software applications and heterogeneous IT platforms, without human intervention.
This paper addresses the problem of organizational learning within the AEC-FM (Architectural, Engineering,
Construction and Facilities Management) domain. It focuses on the design process and its activities. It proposes
a novel approach for utilizing the object oriented features of the IFC/BIM model to structure captured contextual
information about such objects in a manner that facilitates organizational learning. Furthermore, advanced
object versioning techniques are implemented to capture contextual snapshots of design phases at certain stages
within a well defined workflow. This leads to a BIM based information management system that can achieve a
competitive advantage through organizational learning.
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THEORY AND APPLICATION.docxcroysierkathey
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
THEORY AND APPLICATION
ISSN: 1532-3416
Volume 17 Issue 2 Paper 2 pp. 5 – 21 July 2016
How to Structure Business Transformation Projects:
The Case of Infineon’s Finance IT Roadmap
Maximilian Röglinger
FIM Research Center, University of Bayreuth
[email protected]
Manuel Bolsinger
FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg, Germany
Björn Häckel
FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg, Germany
Matthias Walter
FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg, Germany
Abstract:
Although project management, benefits management, change management, and transformation management are
everyday terms in many organizations, projects still experience high failure rates. Business transformation projects in
particular are prone to fail because they affect multiple enterprise architecture layers, involve many stakeholders, last
several years, and tie up considerable amounts of corporate capital. To handle their complexity, scholars recommend
structuring business transformation projects into portfolios of interdependent, yet smaller and, thus, manageable
projects. So far, little guidance on how to do so exists. To share first-hand experience and stimulate research, we
present and reflect on a project conducted with Infineon Technologies in which we co-developed Infineon’s finance IT
roadmap. The finance IT roadmap served as the foundation for transforming Infineon’s finance IT setup to tackle
future challenges of financial management in the semiconductor industry from an integrated business, process, and IT
perspective.
Keywords: Business Transformation Management, Enterprise Architecture, Finance IT Setup, Project
Decomposition, Project Portfolio Management, Semiconductor Industry.
Jan vom Brocke was the Senior Editor for this paper.
6 How to Structure Business Transformation Projects: The Case of Infineon’s Finance IT Roadmap
Volume 17 Issue 2 Paper 2
1 Introduction
Business transformation is about fundamental change (Rouse, 2005). Centering around the orchestrated
redesign of an organization’s genetic architecture, business transformation projects involve many
stakeholder groups, affect multiple layers of the enterprise architecture, last several years, and tie up
considerable amounts of corporate capital (Abraham, Aier, & Winter, 2015; Morgan & Page, 2008;
Safrudin, Rosemann, Recker, & Genrich, 2014). Moreover, despite their enormous potential impact on
corporate success, business transformation projects are prone to fail (Dehning, Richardson, & Zmud,
2003; Nelson & Morris, 2014). For instance, The Standish Group (2013) classifies 38 percent of large-
scale projects (i.e., projects with a labor content greater than US$10 million) as failures.
Against this backdrop, researchers have investigated business transformation from different angles for
years. From a descriptive perspective, Safrudin et al. (2014) crafted a typology of business transformat ...
Supply Chain Optimization under New Product Development and Emergence of Risk...IIJSRJournal
In this paper, a comprehensive multi-objective model has been proposed to optimize a supply chain when new product launches and risks emerge. In doing so, primarily, a set of risks and needed mitigation strategies are identified; secondly, the essential criteria of new product development (NPD) are introduced. These criteria are then weighted by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. Based on the calculated weights, manufacturers, which are the model’s second echelon are being ranked by the fuzzy-TOPSIS method. Since the model is of non-deterministic polynomial-time hardness (np-hard), due to its complexity, two different meta-heuristic algorithms –multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II)- are conducted. Finally, the outputs of these algorithms are compared from the indices of quality, dispersion, and uniformity. The results illustrate that the production cost is of the highest rating among the most critical NPD criteria. The performance comparison of both aforementioned meta-heuristic algorithms reveals that MOPSO has the higher capability to explore the feasible region and solve the problem than NSGA-II. Whereas, from the aspect of run-time efficiency, NSGA-II has a faster execution time than MOPSO.
Effects of the External (Macro) And Internal (Micro) Source (Factors) of Inno...inventionjournals
In an attempt to use the resource-based theoretical approach, this article tried to empirically investigate the influence and impact of theinternal (micro) and external (macro) environmental factors of innovation performance using a sample of small and medium sized firms in the telecommunication cluster in Ghana with the main focus on examining variables such as customer inputs, the intensive role of R&D, cooperative networks, the uncertain environment and the complex environment of the firm. A sample of 31 SMEs in the telecommunication cluster was selected with 109 questionnaires administered. The results indicate that the macro environmental sources as cooperative network and customer inputs actually impact positively on the innovation performance of SMEs in the communication cluster in Ghana. However, firm size, network size and complex environment were shown to be negatively related to firm innovation performance.
Ph.D Public Viva Voce - PPT - Thesis - New Product Development Strategy and Analysis: A Study With Special Reference to Fabrication Engineering Industries in Chennai
Technology And The Construction Industry Essay
Construction Of Construction And Construction
Construction Project Essay
Research Paper On Modern Construction Techniques
Essay On Construction Management
Construction Industry Literature Review
Essay on Construction
Essay On Construction Industry
Building Construction Essay
Construction Essay
Construction Of The Construction Industry Essay
The Complexity in Construction Projects
Essay About Construction
Construction Project : A Complex Process Essay
A Career in the Construction Industry
General Contractor Essay
Construction Economics
A STUDY OF VARIOUS FACTORS AFFECTING CONTRACTOR’S PERFORMANCE IN LOWEST BID...IAEME Publication
Real estate sector in present scenario is going through a lean patch, many organisations are either running in loss or with a marginal profits. As in state government and central government departments contractors are facing huge problems that are in turn tending to decrease in contractor profits. The present study focuses on study of various factors that affect contractor’s performance who have been awarded projects on the basis of lowest bid awards. The study analyses various factors and their impacts on the basis of responses collected form a survey. On the basis of overall index and relative importance index factor causing a major impact on contractor’s efficiency have been identified.
Claims Management And Assessment Through Documentationvivatechijri
Construction claims have such high impacts on the projects’ cost and time that the contractors should
establish the effective claim management in their organizations. This research aimed at presenting the key concepts of
construction claims, and construction claim management, focusing on the contractors’ point of view. In addition, a
questionnaire survey was done to assess the efficiency of the contractors in managing their claims. Three-hundred
claim management staffs from contractors’ organizations were then selected by using stratified sampling technique,
taking into account their company locations. It was found that the active tasks that the contractors can perform
efficiently consist of recognition and identification of the change, systematic and accurate documentation of the
change, analysis of time and cost impacts of the change. As to the defensive tasks, they are systematic and accurate
documentation of change, and analysis of time and cost impacts of the change. On the other hand, the activities that the
contractor can not perform well and should be improved are active notification of the change, active negotiation of the
claim, and defensive recognition and identification of the change. The result from this research can help the
contractors improve their weaknesses and maintain their strengths of their claim management process.
Most of construction projects posses a project based organizational structure, where knowledge
acquired by humans migrate with them outside their organizational bodies once they leave their employer.
Hence, organizational learning and building corporate knowledge that has a life span greater than the
employees‟ turnover are of paramount importance to construction firms. It is considered the means by which
previously acquired experiences from previous projects can be used in decision making processes in similar
projects, wherever similar contexts and conditions are encountered.
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) is an initiative to standardize communication between multidisciplinary
software applications through the use of a common Building Information Model (BIM). It facilitates data
communication between software applications and heterogeneous IT platforms, without human intervention.
This paper addresses the problem of organizational learning within the AEC-FM (Architectural, Engineering,
Construction and Facilities Management) domain. It focuses on the design process and its activities. It proposes
a novel approach for utilizing the object oriented features of the IFC/BIM model to structure captured contextual
information about such objects in a manner that facilitates organizational learning. Furthermore, advanced
object versioning techniques are implemented to capture contextual snapshots of design phases at certain stages
within a well defined workflow. This leads to a BIM based information management system that can achieve a
competitive advantage through organizational learning.
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THEORY AND APPLICATION.docxcroysierkathey
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
THEORY AND APPLICATION
ISSN: 1532-3416
Volume 17 Issue 2 Paper 2 pp. 5 – 21 July 2016
How to Structure Business Transformation Projects:
The Case of Infineon’s Finance IT Roadmap
Maximilian Röglinger
FIM Research Center, University of Bayreuth
[email protected]
Manuel Bolsinger
FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg, Germany
Björn Häckel
FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg, Germany
Matthias Walter
FIM Research Center, University of Augsburg, Germany
Abstract:
Although project management, benefits management, change management, and transformation management are
everyday terms in many organizations, projects still experience high failure rates. Business transformation projects in
particular are prone to fail because they affect multiple enterprise architecture layers, involve many stakeholders, last
several years, and tie up considerable amounts of corporate capital. To handle their complexity, scholars recommend
structuring business transformation projects into portfolios of interdependent, yet smaller and, thus, manageable
projects. So far, little guidance on how to do so exists. To share first-hand experience and stimulate research, we
present and reflect on a project conducted with Infineon Technologies in which we co-developed Infineon’s finance IT
roadmap. The finance IT roadmap served as the foundation for transforming Infineon’s finance IT setup to tackle
future challenges of financial management in the semiconductor industry from an integrated business, process, and IT
perspective.
Keywords: Business Transformation Management, Enterprise Architecture, Finance IT Setup, Project
Decomposition, Project Portfolio Management, Semiconductor Industry.
Jan vom Brocke was the Senior Editor for this paper.
6 How to Structure Business Transformation Projects: The Case of Infineon’s Finance IT Roadmap
Volume 17 Issue 2 Paper 2
1 Introduction
Business transformation is about fundamental change (Rouse, 2005). Centering around the orchestrated
redesign of an organization’s genetic architecture, business transformation projects involve many
stakeholder groups, affect multiple layers of the enterprise architecture, last several years, and tie up
considerable amounts of corporate capital (Abraham, Aier, & Winter, 2015; Morgan & Page, 2008;
Safrudin, Rosemann, Recker, & Genrich, 2014). Moreover, despite their enormous potential impact on
corporate success, business transformation projects are prone to fail (Dehning, Richardson, & Zmud,
2003; Nelson & Morris, 2014). For instance, The Standish Group (2013) classifies 38 percent of large-
scale projects (i.e., projects with a labor content greater than US$10 million) as failures.
Against this backdrop, researchers have investigated business transformation from different angles for
years. From a descriptive perspective, Safrudin et al. (2014) crafted a typology of business transformat ...
Supply Chain Optimization under New Product Development and Emergence of Risk...IIJSRJournal
In this paper, a comprehensive multi-objective model has been proposed to optimize a supply chain when new product launches and risks emerge. In doing so, primarily, a set of risks and needed mitigation strategies are identified; secondly, the essential criteria of new product development (NPD) are introduced. These criteria are then weighted by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. Based on the calculated weights, manufacturers, which are the model’s second echelon are being ranked by the fuzzy-TOPSIS method. Since the model is of non-deterministic polynomial-time hardness (np-hard), due to its complexity, two different meta-heuristic algorithms –multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II)- are conducted. Finally, the outputs of these algorithms are compared from the indices of quality, dispersion, and uniformity. The results illustrate that the production cost is of the highest rating among the most critical NPD criteria. The performance comparison of both aforementioned meta-heuristic algorithms reveals that MOPSO has the higher capability to explore the feasible region and solve the problem than NSGA-II. Whereas, from the aspect of run-time efficiency, NSGA-II has a faster execution time than MOPSO.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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1. Answers: Conz, E. and Magnani, G., 2020. A dynamic perspective
Answers:
Conz, E. and Magnani, G., 2020. A dynamic perspective on the resilience of firms: A
systematic literature review and a framework for future research. European Management
Journal, 38(3), pp.400-412.
The researchers reviewed existing literature to analyze perspective definitions in
management and business fields. They sought to respond to a recent desire for a thorough
conceptualization of and definitions of resilience and resilience of firms. This research
became relevant because of the recent uncertainties in business environments and the
effects of frequent environmental hazards. Hence, there is a shift in research related to
management and business field from profit-related frameworks to resilience-related
frameworks because most businesses are currently trying to survive the harsh spaces of
operations rather than making profits.
The outcome of this study is that it results in a proposed paradigm that eliminates existing
definitional fragmentation and emphasizes the temporal dimension in firm resilience
conceptualization. The researcher added to the existing business and management
literature on firm resilience by presenting a model that articulates two key approaches for
explaining organizational resilience, namely absorptive and adaptive resilience. Also, they
define a set of critical qualities that are required to be resilient at various phases along with
the two approaches. Future research can focus on finding how firms can attain resilience
and how this helps establish the firm’s competitive advantage. Finally, future research
should consider the outcomes of various building paths of a firm’s resilience.
Ogunnusi, M., Omotayo, T., Hamma-Adama, M., Awuzie, B.O. and Egbelakin, T., 2021. Lessons
learned from the impact of COVID-19 on the global construction industry. Journal of
engineering, design and technology.
The researchers analysed the impacts of Corona Virus Pandemic on the global construction
industry. Their quest was central on how Covid-19 impacted on the government’s income
which subsequently led to the cancellation and or delay of delivery of the expected public
projects. In order to achieve, the researchers carried out survey interviews in the global
2. arena on the lessons learned on the covid-19 pandemic especially in the construction sector
which helped them to carry out their qualitative analysis therein.
Significantly, the construction industry areas which manifested positive, negative and
lessons learned include contract administration, construction supply chain, construction
project management, health and safety management, changes in working environment and
finances of individual employees and construction organisations. Notably, COVID 19
resulted in positive impacts in these industry was seen through lower interest rate and
virtual alternatives. On the other hand, negative impacts were manifested as skill shortages,
site delays, project suspensions and cash flow issues. The limitation of this study was lack of
the responses from South America and only one respondent from Australia. Future research
can improve on this to include large-scale qualitative findings across the globe.
Elghaish, F., Hosseini, M.R., Matarneh, S., Talebi, S., Wu, S., Martek, I., Poshdar, M. and
Ghodrati, N., 2021. Blockchain and the ‘Internet of Things' for the construction industry:
research trends and opportunities. Automation in construction, 132, p.103942.
The researchers reviewed existing literature to find out the integration of Blockchain and
Internet of Things (IoT) in the construction industry. This research was focused on exposing
the limited integration of these technologies in the construction sector which on the other
hand have been highly exploited and applied in the other sectors such as construction
sector. The scope of their work is they carried out scientometric analysis in 648 papers to
identify the application of Blockchain and IoT in engineering and research in construction.
Subsequently, their narrowed their research to scope to 88 paper where they critically
reviewed successful integration of these two technologies in the construction sector while
identifying challenges and limitation therein.
Conclusively, the use of Blockchain and IoT has gain prominence in the last few years to
ensure automated data processing, security, traceability and visibility. These features are
crucial in enhancing the adoption of industry 4.0 in the construction. Variably, the use of IoT
has more prominence in this sector as compared with Blockchain since IoT has been under
consideration since 2013 while Blockchain was theoretical research since 2017. Further
research is required to include more journals to gather case applications of IoT and
Blockchain. Also, more research is required to transform proposed concepts to real-life
solutions.
Aitchison, M., 2017. A house is not a car (yet). Journal of Architectural Education, 71(1),
pp.10-21.
The researcher researched to establish current trials by manufacturers to compare and
converge the production process into the housing to that of a car. The research problem
that the researcher hinged on this research quest is the possibility of locking the house
construction industry in a perpetual state of amnesia through the reliance on car
3. manufacturing thought processes, design, and manufacturing frameworks.
Indeed, car and house manufacturing processes are distinct. Therefore, to release housing
technologies and industry from the norm of a better car-related concept, there is a need for
a thorough understanding of the housing specificities versus other industries. Such
irrational forced relationships lead to disappointing results. In addition, a car and a house
need to be accorded more technical in-depth understanding, which helps to chart a better
course for the future housing industry. These radical research lines are crucial as it helps
release the building industry and allow for innovation and development of truly disruptive
solutions to contemporary challenges. More research is needed to clarify the distinct
differences between car and house industries and independent chart pathways for both.
Chih, Y.Y., Hsiao, C.Y.L., Zolghadr, A. and Naderpajouh, N., 2022. Resilience of Organizations
in the Construction Industry in the Face of COVID-19 Disturbances: Dynamic Capabilities
Perspective. Journal of Management in Engineering, 38(2), p.04022002.
The researchers analyzed the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on construction
organizations globally. Their focus was to have an in-depth insight into the effects of Covid-
19 on construction organizations in the construction sector and propose a bankable
roadmap toward the survival and recovery of these firms.
The findings showed that the Covid-19 pandemic varied across the regions from time to
time at a pace that is in coherence with the variations in spread and severity of the Covid-19
pandemic. This implies that regions and times with peak Covid-19 prevalence recorded
disparaging financial, economic, and operational metrics on construction organizations. As a
result, an evidence-based roadmap was developed to help these organizations sense, seize,
and reconfigure themselves in such dynamic unprecedented operating times presented by
the pandemic. Limitations to this study can be countered through further research on the
required responses from government and other external sector players in such times of
crisis.
Kamal, E.M., Yusof, N.A. and Iranmanesh, M., 2016. Innovation creation, innovation
adoption, and firm characteristics in the construction industry. Journal of Science &
Technology Policy Management.
The researchers carried out an analysis on the innovation orientation and adoption by
construction firms and how this relates to the firm characteristics. The research problem
here is the trifling productivity and efficiency of construction sector relative to the other
sectors. Hence, research focus was made on the construction firms’ innovation creation and
innovation adoption.
The result of this research is that innovation inclination and adoption by construction firms
is highly influenced by their business scale and age. Those firms that have stable capital
4. base, diversity of skills and talents and long-term experience in the industry are more
inclined to create innovative ideas on construction as opposed to the small scale firms with
weak capital capabilities and few skills and talents as well as small experience in the
industry. This research has limitations. First, the research findings are limited to those firms
Penang, Malaysia hence the need for future research to test hypothesis in other regions.
Second, there is no consideration of managerial impacts on innovation which needs
consideration by future research.
Thaheem, M.J., Baber, A.J. and Bakhtawar, B., 2022. Cumulative sustainability performance
index of contractors and consultants: toward a prequalification system. Journal of Legal
Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 14(1), p.05021007.
The researchers carried out an analysis to develop the Sustainable Performance Rating
Index (CSPI) for developing sustainable buildings. Their research has been informed by the
lacked sustainable criteria for carrying out a prequalification process to ensure sustainable
procurement of contractors and consultants. Furthermore, the adoption of these criteria is
crucial in improving stakeholder agreement on the end goals and objectives of the project
and generally engaging projects on green building construction that have vast experience in
sustainable project delivery.
Notably, construction can be unsustainable if novel approaches are not adopted. The
current desire for sustainable projects and the development of green buildings requires
incorporating sustainability protocols from procurement to execution phases of project
delivery, including sustainable rating systems. Water and energy were identified as critical
factors of sustainable construction through an extensive survey and literature review. CSPI
was developed as a quantitative model for ensuring a sustainable-led procurement process.
Figueiredo, K., Pierott, R., Hammad, A.W. and Haddad, A., 2021. Sustainable material choice
for construction projects: A life cycle sustainability assessment framework based on BIM
and Fuzzy-AHP. Building and Environment, 196, p.107805.
The researchers analyzed the impacts of material choice on the sustainability of
construction projects. The problem which informs this research is the gap that existed in
the framework for consideration of sustainable material choices to ensure the overall
sustainability of the building. This paper breaks and exposes the misconception which has
been held for a long time that sustainability is only begged on environmental issues without
considering the three fundamental factors around, which are social, economic, and social
issues.
As a way of ensuring sustainability by considering material choice based on the resultant
footprint, the researchers proposed an integrated framework that combines Life Cycle
Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), and Building
Information Modeling (BIM) to be used for material choice sustainably. Researchers
5. foresaw and solved the challenges characteristic of material choices, such as ambiguity and
uncertainty, using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in the MCDA method.
Singh, V., 2019. Digitalization, BIM ecosystem, and the future of built environment: how
widely are we exploring the different possibilities? Engineering, Construction and
Architectural Management.
The researcher carried out reflective research and a qualitative review of the available
literature on the construction industry's future in the era of technology. The focus was to
critique the proposed visions for the future of the construction industry. The problem under
quest herein is whether the construction industry will be able to make the necessary
transformative leap even despite the otherwise suggestion of the history of technology in
this industry. It also critiques the contribution of academic research in this regard.
This research serves to appreciate the dynamic and paradigm shift in the technologies
applied in the construction sector. This conversation is meant to appreciate every progress
and innovation and enhance the creation of strategic thought lines to avoid a herd
mentality. It helps to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to reviewing various
spontaneous approaches. Therefore, individuals or organizations seeking to create and
adopt disruptive solutions in the sector can materialize on this research.