Landside operations in air cargo terminals consist of many freight forwarders (FFWs) delivering and picking up cargo at the capacity-constrained loading docks at the airport's ground handlers' (GHs) facilities. To improve the operations of the terminal and take advantage of their geographical proximity a small set of FFWs can build a coalition to consolidate stochastically-arriving shipments and share truck fleet capacity while other FFWs continue bringing cargo to the terminal in a non-cooperative manner. Results from a detailed discrete-event simulation model of the cargo landside operations in Amsterdam Aiport showed that all operational policies had trade-offs in terms of the average shipment cycle time of coalition FFWs, the average shipment cycle time of non-coalition FFWs, and the total distance traveled by the coalition fleet, suggesting that horizontal cooperation in this context was not always beneficial, contrary to what previous studies on horizontal cooperation have found. Since dock capacity constitutes a significant constraint on operations in air cargo hubs, this paper also investigates the effect of dock capacity utilization and horizontal cooperation on the performance of consolidation policies implemented by the coalition. Thus, we built a general model of the air cargo terminal to analyze the effects caused by dock capacity utilization without the added complexity of landside operations at Amsterdam Airport to investigate whether the results hold for more general scenarios. Results from the general simulation model suggest that, in scenarios where dock and truck capacity become serious constraints, the average shipment cycle times of non-coalition FFWs are reduced at the expense of an increase in the cycle times of FFWs who constitute the coalition. A good balance among all the performance measures considered in this study is reached by following a policy that takes advantage of consolidating shipments based on individual visits to GH.
This paper attempts to extend the analysis of event effects by analysing the knowledge creation role of an Italian literary festival, the Festivaletteratura in Mantua. The festival uses its local network, consisting of cultural organisations, local firms, festival volunteers and civic organisations to develop and disseminate knowledge. This is linked to an (inter)national network of creative actors, including creative entrepreneurs and festival (ex) volunteers who help to focus attention on the event. The combination of the locally embedded network and an extensive international network are key to the development of the festival as a knowledge hub. In the analysis of such knowledge-based festivals, it is important to shift our focus from events as a happening at a specific moment in time, to their more permanent role as a creative hub embedded in a regional context.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.14261/postit/0AC5BB0E-3951-48E2-B00D49D5194985A7In 2015 and 2016, Saxion University of Applied Sciences organized the 2nd and 3rd edition of the Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference (RIEC).University Business Incubators (UBI) are being considered spatial clusters (Pont & van der Meer, 2012) in which entrepreneurship and innovation is stimulated based on academic knowledge. However, research has shown that most Business Incubators (BI’s) do not meet expectations. Therefore a new BI sub-type will be presented called the ‘Student Driven Business Incubator’ (SDBI), which is mainly managed and driven for and by students. This type of BI is based on a hybrid management approach between bottom up management by students and top down guidance by the parent organization.
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For the development of a circular economy and the reduction of the environmental impact of supply chains, the sharing of reliable information throughout the entire chain is a prerequisite. In practice, this is difficult to realise which blockchain can improve. BCLivingLab aims to explore the application of blockchain technology in supply chain and logistics. The project develops four physical hubs and a virtual repository for blockchain knowledge to support SME’s in developing use-cases and experiment with blockchain applications. The ambition is to build a community of interested stakeholders and to be involved in current and future blockchain initiatives.
For the development of a circular economy and the reduction of the environmental impact of supply chains, the sharing of reliable information throughout the entire chain is a prerequisite. In practice, this is difficult to realise which blockchain can improve. BCLivingLab aims to explore the application of blockchain technology in supply chain and logistics. The project develops four physical hubs and a virtual repository for blockchain knowledge to support SME’s in developing use-cases and experiment with blockchain applications. The ambition is to build a community of interested stakeholders and to be involved in current and future blockchain initiatives.
Dit voorstel presenteert een onderzoek naar gezamenlijke businessmodellen voor buurtlogistiek met hubs. In het project werken vier lectoraten van twee hogescholen, acht mkb-ondernemers, drie gebiedsgerichte organisaties en een gemeente samen met als doel bij te dragen aan de economische vitaliteit en klimaatbestendigheid van de autoluwe, compacte stad. De verdichting van steden en groei van online bestellingen leidt tot meer vraag naar logistiek van goederen en diensten. Hubs worden gezien als duurzame, ruimte-efficiënte oplossing om de schaarse ruimte in de compacte stad beter te benutten en uitstootvrij vervoer te faciliteren. De mkb-ondernemers in deze aanvraag zien bedrijfskansen in het realiseren van hubs, maar ervaren uitdagingen om de economische en maatschappelijke doelen van hubs rendabel te bereiken. Zij vragen zich af of zij hun waardepropositie kunnen versterken en hun kosten kunnen verlagen door hun diensten gezamenlijk aan te bieden. Hiertoe wordt een ontwerpend praktijkgericht onderzoek uitgevoerd i) volgens de aanpak van open collaborative business modelling en ii) met aandacht voor de complexiteit van veranderen om de duurzaamheid van de businessmodellen te vergroten. Het onderzoek concentreert zich rond drie gebieden: * De 9 Straatjes, middenin de grachtengordel van Amsterdam: een horeca-winkelgebied met werelderfgoedstatus en kwetsbare bruggen en kades. * De Knowledge Mile, aan een ontsluitingsweg in Amsterdam Centrum en Oost: een innovatie-district waar meer ruimte komt voor groen, vermaak en langzaam vervoer. * Campus Heijendaal in Nijmegen: een groen, levendig gebied met een grote stroom van studenten, medewerkers en bezoekers. Samen met stadslogistieke aanbieders (mkb), adviesorganisaties (mkb) en stakeholders uit de gebieden ontwerpen de hogescholen diensten en gedragsinterventies waarmee de mkb-ondernemers duurzaam waarde kunnen leveren. Het onderzoek combineert kennis van stadslogistiek, ondernemerschap en gedragspsychologie tijdens: 1) het ontwerpen van concept businessmodellen; 2) het toetsen van prototypen businessmodellen met potentiële gebruikers; 3) het herontwerpen van de businessmodellen en opstellen van voorwaarden voor schaalbare implementatie.
