A unifying semantic framework for different reasoning approaches provides an ideal tool to compare these competing alternatives. A historic example is Kripke’s possible world semantics that provided a unifying framework for different systems of modal logic. More recently, Shoham’s work on preferential semantics similarly provided a much needed framework to uniformly represent and compare a vari...

This survey brings into conversation diverse literatures on geopolitics in order to interrogate one of the most visible geopolitical projects our age, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The paper provides a brief review main approaches that are being applied BRI, including classical, critical, radical, assemblage feminist perspectives. While BRI positioned as way out essentialised accounts...

Circumscription is a paradigm of non-monotonic logic meant to formalize the common-sense understanding that, among competing theories that represent phenomena equally well, the one with the fewest “abnormal” assumptions should be selected. Several papers have considered ways of adding circumscription to Description Logics. One of the proposals with good computational properties is Grounded Circ...

The exploration of new opportunities and the exploitation of existing competencies represent two competing logics for innovation and change within organizations. IS projects seeking to foster innovation need to balance these forces, and recognize the distinct role that each plays. Through its essential role in generating a design space between existing problems and design options, the requireme...

Recent years have witnessed a parallel and seemingly contradictory trend towards both the standardization and the customization of healthcare and medical treatment. Here, we explore what is meant by ‘standardization’ and ‘customization’ in healthcare settings and explore the implications of these changes for healthcare delivery. We frame the paradox of these divergent and opposing factors in te...

As a significant contributor to carbon emissions, global logistics companies are under scrutiny from various stakeholders, and respond by disclosing carbon-related information in the form of carbon reports. Carbon disclosure is, however, a mainly voluntary practice that allows for a broad range of interpretation from the management field, which leads to different approaches to the measurement a...

Penelitian ini bertujuan menjawab fenomena pengambilan keputusan restrukturisasi kredit kepada debitur UMKM terdampak COVID-19 di BPD X. Pendekatan penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif studi kasus dengan unit analisa berjenjang. Data diperoleh dari observasi, dokumentasi, dan wawancara semi terstruktur. konten, tematik, perbandingan konstan perangkat lunak NVivo 12 Plus. Institutional logic...

September 2022 marks twenty-five years since the referendum on creation of Scottish Parliament. From early days devolution, debates over Holyrood's tax powers have been a recurring theme. Recent reforms to Parliament's driven by National Party and Conservatives, an indirect coming together arguments from two unlikely political allies. Both have, however, embraced for greater autonomy fiscal res...