Bioinspiration In Business And Management

Author : Taryn Mead
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781631572258

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Bioinspiration in Business and Management by Taryn Mead Pdf

Many organizations have found themselves well advanced in their sustainability strategies and reaching the limits of progress made through eco-efficiency measures and regulatory compliance. Looking for novel approaches and solutions, many managers are turning to bioinspiration and related fields such as biomimicry, nature-inspired innovation, circular economy, and cradle to cradle, as tools for sustainability-oriented innovation. This innovation paradigm has been gaining popularity across disciplines in recent decades as the world grapples with the challenge of sustainable development. This book offers a succinct guide for managers and sustainability professionals who are interested in exploring various aspects of business inspired by nature. With applicability ranging from technological, organizational, and system-building innovations, there is a broad realm of possibilities that suit a manager’s scope of influence regardless of their position within the organization. This book aims to exhibit the applications of business inspired by nature that extend beyond the boundaries of the organization and encourage open innovation with novel partners in unlikely scenarios, with all partners aligned by the principles of natural systems.

Author : Oliver Laasch,Roy Suddaby,R. E. Freeman,Dima Jamali
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788971966

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Research Handbook of Responsible Management by Oliver Laasch,Roy Suddaby,R. E. Freeman,Dima Jamali Pdf

Outlining origins of the field and latest research trends, this Research Handbook offers a unique and cutting-edge take on the numerous avenues to responsible management in the 21st century. Renowned contributors present iconic viewpoints that have formed the foundation of responsible management research, introducing cutting-edge conceptual lenses for the study of the responsible management process.

Author : Marjan Eggermont,Vikram Shyam,Aloysius F. Hepp
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128210543

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Biomimicry for Materials, Design and Habitats by Marjan Eggermont,Vikram Shyam,Aloysius F. Hepp Pdf

Biomimicry for Materials, Design and Habitats: Innovations and Applications and is a survey of the recent work of recognized experts in a variety of fields who employ biomimicry and related paradigms to solve key problems of interest within design, science, technology, and society. Topics covered include innovations from biomimicry in materials, product design, architecture, and biological sciences. The book is a useful resource for educators, designers, researchers, engineers, and materials scientists, taking them from the theory behind biomimicry to real world applications. Living systems have evolved innovative solutions to challenges that humans face on a daily basis. Nonlinear multifunctional systems that have a symbiotic relationship with their environment are the domain of nature. Morphological solutions for buildings inspired by nature can be used for skins, surfaces, and structures to facilitate environmental adaptation of buildings to increase occupant comfort and reduce energy demands. Birds can teach us to produce novel structures, 3D printing can be informed by oysters and mussels, and mycelium may show us the way to fabricate new biocomposites in architecture. Therefore, it is in nature that we seek inspiration for the solutions to tomorrow’s challenges. Presents new directions in education and the various applications of biomimicry within industry, including bio-inspired entrepreneurship Discusses the role of biomimicry in education, innovation, and product design Covers applications in systems engineering and design, novel materials with applications in 3D printing, and bio-inspired architecture Includes perspectives on sustainability detailing the role that bio-inspiration or biomimicry plays in sustainability

Author : Daniel J. Finkenstadt,Tojin T. Eapen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040088524

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Bioinspired Strategic Design by Daniel J. Finkenstadt,Tojin T. Eapen Pdf

Organizations are commonly thrust into hostile operating environments where they are required to make strategic decisions that involve significant and costly tradeoffs. Such hostile environments may be endemic such as an economic recession or idiosyncratic such as a predatory action by an adversary. Many features of such hostile environments parallel those of living organisms that also demonstrate fine-tuned strategies to improve their survivability under adverse conditions. How can organizations use these “bioinspired strategies” to survive, and even potentially innovate? This book shows that the same three capabilities essential for the survival of living organisms in harsh environments – efficiency, resilience, and prominence – are also critical for organizations in their process of navigating through their own hostile environments. Throughout the book, the authors provide organizational executives with a systematic framework for thinking about strategic decision-making in a hostile environment leaning on analysis of real-world cases to draw out ontologies and methods for guiding their teams through disruptions, change management, innovation, and process improvements. In the first part, organizations are provided with a systematic approach to analyzing three survivability influences – forces, resources, and observers and their interrelationships. While all three influences are active across all organisms (and organizations), the exact nature of their interrelationship and the significance of each influence are unique to every organism (or organization). The framework helps organizations nail down the specific features of their operating environment that can help or hinder survivability by analyzing the three influences. Organizations can respond to external influences by developing three-pronged capabilities – efficiency, resilience, and prominence (ERP) – that respond to the three survivability influences. Organizations often struggle with identifying the appropriate strategies to apply under different conditions. Fortunately, nature provides several mechanisms that can be analogically applied to guide business strategies. The book contains many illustrations and examples of strategic principles observed among living organisms that can help an organization develop ERP capability. Finally, the book introduces seven strategic design heuristics – Combination, Elimination, Separation, Segmentation, Replication, Dynamics, and Maximization – observed in a living system that can be flexibly utilized to generate ideas to achieve strategic ends.

Author : José Manuel Ferrández Vicente,José Ramón Álvarez-Sánchez,Félix de la Paz López,Fco. Javier Toledo-Moreo,Hojjat Adeli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319188331

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Bioinspired Computation in Artificial Systems by José Manuel Ferrández Vicente,José Ramón Álvarez-Sánchez,Félix de la Paz López,Fco. Javier Toledo-Moreo,Hojjat Adeli Pdf

The two volumes LNCS 9107 and 9108 constitute the proceedings of the International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2015, held in Elche, Spain, in June 2015. The total of 103 contributions was carefully reviewed and selected from 190 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in two volumes, one on artificial computation and biology and medicine, addressing topics such as computational neuroscience, neural coding and neuro-informatics, as well as computational foundations and approaches to the study of cognition. The second volume deals with bioinspired computation in artificial systems; topics alluded are bio-inspired circuits and mechanisms, bioinspired programming strategies, and bioinspired engineering AI&KE.

Author : Peter Korošec,Nouredine Melab,El-Ghazali Talbi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319916415

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Bioinspired Optimization Methods and Their Applications by Peter Korošec,Nouredine Melab,El-Ghazali Talbi Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed revised selected papers of the 10th International Conference on Bioinspired Optimization Models and Their Applications, BIOMA 2018, held in Paris, France, in May 2018. The 27 revised full papers were selected from 53 submissions and present papers in all aspects of bioinspired optimization research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact applications, new research challenges, theoretical contributions, implementation issues, and experimental studies.

Author : DANIEL J. FINKENSTADT,Tojin T Eapen
Publisher : Productivity Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1032715308

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Bioinspired Strategic Design by DANIEL J. FINKENSTADT,Tojin T Eapen Pdf

Throughout the book, the authors provide organizational executives with a systematic framework for thinking about strategic decision-making in a hostile environment leaning on analysis of real-world cases to draw out ontologies and methods for guiding their teams through disruptions, change management, innovation, and process improvements.

Author : Radek Silhavy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030519711

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Artificial Intelligence and Bioinspired Computational Methods by Radek Silhavy Pdf

This book gathers the refereed proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence and Bioinspired Computational Methods Section of the 9th Computer Science On-line Conference 2020 (CSOC 2020), held on-line in April 2020. Artificial intelligence and bioinspired computational methods now represent crucial areas of computer science research. The topics presented here reflect the current discussion on cutting-edge hybrid and bioinspired algorithms and their applications.

Author : Dr Sangeetha muthuraman, Dr V prasannavenkatesan
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9788194624578

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A Generic Hyper Heuristic model using bio inspiration for solving combinatorial optimization problems by Dr Sangeetha muthuraman, Dr V prasannavenkatesan Pdf

Author : Stephan Olariu,Albert Y. Zomaya
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781420035063

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Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications by Stephan Olariu,Albert Y. Zomaya Pdf

The mystique of biologically inspired (or bioinspired) paradigms is their ability to describe and solve complex relationships from intrinsically very simple initial conditions and with little or no knowledge of the search space. Edited by two prominent, well-respected researchers, the Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications reveals the

Author : Yezekael Hayel,Emma Hart,Rachid El-Azouzi,Iacopo Carrera,Eitan Altman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642128080

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Bioinspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems by Yezekael Hayel,Emma Hart,Rachid El-Azouzi,Iacopo Carrera,Eitan Altman Pdf

This volume of LNICST is a collection of the papers of the 4th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems (Bionetics). The event took place in the medieval city of Avignon, known also as the City of the Popes, during December 9 to 11, 2009. Bionetics main objective is to bring b- inspired paradigms into computer engineereing and networking, and to enhance the fruitful interactions between these fields and biology. The program of the conference indeed includes applications of various paradigms that have their origin in biology: population dynamics, branching processes, ant c- ony optimization. The proceedings include 19 papers covering a broad range of - portant issues in areas related to bio-inspired technologies. They correspond to pr- entations at 6 technical sessions. Four papers correspond to an invited session on the Epidemic-type forwarding in DTNs (sparse mobile ad-hoc wireless networks) org- ized by Dr Francesco De Pellegrini, (Italy, CREATE-NET). The following 9 papers (selected out of 15 submissions) correspond to contributions to regular sessions on Bio-inspired security, Bio-Inspired Networking, Bioinspired algorithms and software systems. The remaining 6 papers (selected out of a total of 9 submissions) are de- cated to work in progress. For each paper, we have provided at least two independent reviews, most of which were offered by members of the TPC.

Author : Jose Mira,Jose-Ramon Alvarez Sanchez,José M. Ferrández,Felix Paz,Javier Toledo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642022661

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Bioinspired Applications in Artificial and Natural Computation by Jose Mira,Jose-Ramon Alvarez Sanchez,José M. Ferrández,Felix Paz,Javier Toledo Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 5601 and LNCS 5602 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2009, held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in June 2009. The 108 revised papers presented are thematically divided into two volumes. The first volume includes papers relating the most recent collaborations with Professor Mira and contributions mainly related with theoretical, conceptual and methodological aspects linking AI and knowledge engineering with neurophysiology, clinics and cognition. The second volume contains all the contributions connected with biologically inspired methods and techniques for solving AI and knowledge engineering problems in different application domains.

Author : Francisco Fernández de Vega,José Ignacio Hidalgo Pérez,Juan Lanchares
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642287893

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Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms by Francisco Fernández de Vega,José Ignacio Hidalgo Pérez,Juan Lanchares Pdf

This monograph presents examples of best practices when combining bioinspired algorithms with parallel architectures. The book includes recent work by leading researchers in the field and offers a map with the main paths already explored and new ways towards the future. Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms will be of value to both specialists in Bioinspired Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed Computing, as well as computer science students trying to understand the present and the future of Parallel Architectures and Bioinspired Algorithms.

Author : Tao Deng
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783527687657

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Bioinspired Engineering of Thermal Materials by Tao Deng Pdf

A comprehensive overview and summary of recent achievements and the latest trends in bioinspired thermal materials. Following an introduction to different thermal materials and their effective heat transfer to other materials, the text discusses heat detection materials that are inspired by biological systems, such as fire beetles and butterflies. There then follow descriptions of materials with thermal management functionality, including those for evaporation and condensation, heat transfer and thermal insulation materials, as modeled on snake skins, polar bears and fire-resistant trees. A discussion of thermoresponsive materials with thermally switchable surfaces and controllable nanochannels as well as those with high thermal conductivity and piezoelectric sensors is rounded off by a look toward future trends in the bioinspired engineering of thermal materials. Straightforward and well structured, this is an essential reference for newcomers as well as experienced researchers in this exciting field.

Author : Margo Farnsworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000204636

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Biomimicry and Business by Margo Farnsworth Pdf

Biomimicry, the practice of observing then mimicking nature’s strategies to solve business challenges, offers a path to healthy profit while working in partnership, and even reciprocity, with the natural world. Other books have described biomimicry, its uses, and its benefits. This book is the first to show readers how they can successfully bring biomimicry and bioinspired design into their companies based on what other businesses have already achieved. Fashioned through storytelling, this book blends snapshots of five successful companies – Nike, Interface, Inc., PAX Scientific, Sharklet Technologies, and Encycle – which decided to partner with nature by deploying biomimicry. The book details how they discovered the practices, introduced them to staff, engaged in the process, and measured outcomes. The book concludes with challenges for readers to determine their own next steps in business and offers practical and useful resources to get there. By revealing the stories of each professional’s journey with lessons they learned, then providing resources and issuing a challenge and pathway to do business better, this book serves as a tool for entrepreneurs, seasoned professionals, and students to emulate nature’s brilliance, apply it at work, and contribute to a healthier, more prosperous world.