How should grid operators govern smart grid innovation projects? An embedded case study approach

Grid operators increasingly have to collaborate with other actors in order to realize smart grid innovations. For routine maintenance, grid operators typically acquire technologies in one-off transactions, but the innovative nature of smart grid projects may require more collaborate relationships. This paper studies how a transactional versus...

Simulating a global dynamic supply chain as a market of agents with adaptive bidding strategies

The use of modular plants in the chemical industry is expected to make the structure of supply chains more dynamic. The models currently used to get insight in supply chains assume a predefined supply chain structure, as orders are exogenously defined. Consequently, those models cannot grasp the dynamic nature of supply chains with modular...

Analysis of profit allocation strategies for competing networks by applying cooperative game theory within an agent-based model

In many industries there are possibilities to cooperate with supply chain partners in order to realise greater profits for the value chain as a whole. The responsibility for the allocation of profits realised by the cooperative network can be given to a third party, a network orchestrator. However, the allocation strategy that is applied for the...

Asset management maturity in public infrastructure: the case of Rijkswaterstaat

In times of restructuring governmental policies and resources, the<br/>need for strategic asset management is growing. Maturity models offer<br/>organisations a structure to assist them in improving their asset management<br/>performance. We present the results of a repeated maturity measurement based<br/>on the infrastructure management...

Value focused thinking: An approach to structure company values for asset risk management

For public and semi public organizations the use of risk assessment matrices is becoming a standard approach for asset management decisions. The risk matrix allows companies to assess the chance and effects of different risks with respect to proposed investment decisions. When the values in the risk matrix reflect the company values, the risk...

Continued Learning in Asset Management for the Dutch Transport Network

Asset management aims at improving the overall performance of assetintensive industries by making and executing systematic and highest value decisions about the use and care of assets. To assist organizations to improve their asset management performance, maturity models can be used. In this paper we describe two applications of the...

Relating Actor Analysis Methods to Policy Problems

For a policy analyst the policy problem is the starting point for the policy analysis process. During this process the policy analyst structures the policy problem and makes a choice for an appropriate set of methods or techniques to analyze the problem (Goeller 1984). The methods of the policy analyst are often referred to as the toolbox or...

Decision-making for new technology: A multi-actor, multi-objective method

Technology managers increasingly face problems of group decision. The scale and complexity of research, development and alliance efforts in emerging fields of technology mandate a correspondingly sophisticated form of group coordination. Information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology are good examples of sectors with complex...