The two-fold aim of this chapter is to present the design process of an interface for a mobile navigational aid for blind pedestrians and a set of rules for producing route descriptions for these users, as well as the methodology used to develop them, rooted in a userand activity-centered approach. We first present the state of the art of wearable verbal navigational aids and what might still b...

The majority of research on bilevel programming has centered on the linear version of the problem in which only one leader and single follower are involved. This paper proposes a general model and Kuhn-Tucker approach for linear bilevel programming problems in which one leader and multiple follower(s) are involved, and there may (not) be sharing variables among the followers. Finally, a numeric...

Abstract The COVID-19 crisis, along with the other associated complex crises, has amplified gap that exists in terms of number women reaching leadership positions, despite quality their work and important contributions various fields. This paper aims to explore women's qualities, perceptions regarding leadership, based on quantitative data originating from four studies. Concerning research meth...

Abstract How can institutional corruption be combatted? While recent years have seen a growth in anti-corruption literature, examples of countries rooting out systemic remain few. The lack success stories has sparked an academic debate about the theoretical foundations frameworks: primarily between proponents principal-agent framework and those seeing as result collective-action problems. Throu...

The Whole of Government (WG) approach is increasingly seen as an imperative for delivering coherent and integrated policies, joined up and seamless services, and integrated program management in government. Although no generic WG framework currently exists, there are reported cases of WG initiatives by different governments. Grounded in existing theories, frameworks and cases related to inter-o...

Applications for e-Government should be developed based on user-centered design. In the late 1990s, one-stop-service by governments became popular. In Japan, the e-Government service was promoted by priority policy programs since 2001. However, there have not been sufficient achievements. Recently some ministry in Japan issued the special report of a proposal for activation of local areas by IC...

Environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions are becoming significant environmental issues in China, thus the sustainable development and revival of the country is impossible using the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment. In response to the global warming, the prices of the traditional energy rise considerably, and a series of environmental...