This paper presents a TDABC model implemented in a Gynecology and Obstetrics Department to assess and compare three important processes for the completion of childbirth: elective cesarean section, spontaneous delivery, and emergency cesarean section. The childbirth process is a relevant process as the excessive use of cesarean sections and the unmet need for it could […]
As the importance of environmental safeguards grows, European countries are taking stronger actions to reduce air pollution and address climate change. To achieve environmental sustainability demanded by the Green Deal’s neutrality goals, the reduction of greenhouse gases by the automotive sector plays a fundamental role. The deployment of the adoption of electric vehicles seems to […]
Sustainability is becoming a crucial research area, not only considering industrial contexts, but also managing healthcare, environmental, and social issues, adopting a holistic, multidimensional, and multi-stakeholders’ approach. In a world where economic growth has been the primary objective in all the industries, the need to integrate environmental and social sustainability into business strategies first and […]
The Triage process is a crucial process of Emergency Departments, and scholars have proposed several solutions to streamline the processing of patients and reduce the waiting time of more urgent ones. However, a not thoroughly investigated issue concerns the factors influencing the decision-making performed by the nurses in the assignment of Triage’s priority code. The […]
The presence of comorbidities and multiple chronic diseases, and the related prescription of complex medications, as well as concerns in therapies changes, present many professional challenges in the clinical decision-making process. Multiple medications’ use (i.e. polypharmacy), is common in this population, and could be associated to adverse outcomes and presence of drug-drug interactions. The present […]
In the healthcare setting, real-world data (RWD) could be a useful support to measure the impact of disease-management interventions, in order to create a knowledge base, for the design of effective, efficient and satisfactory healthcare pathways. The present paper aims at investigating the factors affecting patient rehabilitative pathway. Such factors make up the knowledge assets […]
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present a computational laboratory to explore how to support the development of Regional Innovation Systems (RISs) in so-called lagging regions. Over the years, models and tools to define effective innovation policies have been developed. Notwithstanding, there is a strong discrepancy among proposed theoretical frameworks, innovation policies […]
Due to the small size and to the high level of labour division, small firms in Industrial Districts need to establish horizontal and vertical cooperative relationships (Camuffo and Grandinetti, 2011; Malberg and Maskell, 1999) in order to share and combine complementary knowledge assets. Whilst the network approach (Granovetter 1985; Powell, 1991) has greatly contributed to […]