Pertamina (Indonesia)

How strategy becomes performance: execution consistency and performance management systems as transmission mechanisms

Purpose Strategies often fail to deliver expected performance, yet the mechanisms linking business strategy (BS) to firm performance (FP) remain unclear. This study examined whether this relationship in a state-owned enterprise (SOE) operates directly or through performance manag...

Ethical Emptiness and Ethical Deficiency: Human Emotion, Algorithmic Decision, and Observer Observability in Embodied AI Systems

This interim research communication from the HibriMind corpus proposes a distinction between algorithmic ethical emptiness and human ethical deficiency. It argues that algorithmic systems may acquire growing operational competence, including reflexive monitoring of context, uncer...

Formation of electrosprayed PVP-GTE submicron particles: physicochemical characteristics and antioxidant activities

Abstract This research is focused on the optimation of green tea extract-loaded polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) submicron particles by electrospraying for enhanced delivery of antioxidants. The novelty lies in the explanation of the critical connection between process parameters, drug...

Decarbonizing construction: a multi-level perspective analysis of green concrete transition in the Netherlands

Purpose The Netherlands is one of the frontrunners in green concrete with innovative pilot projects and institutional settings (e.g. concrete agreement). However, mainstreaming green concrete needs to further overcome economic, institutional, technical and social barriers. Especi...