Monetising Underutilised Assets for Financial Sustainability: A Skin-in-the-Game Approach for the Catholic Diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe | Chapter 2 | New Advances in Business, Management and Economics Vol. 11

 

This study investigates the effectiveness of a Skin-in-the-Game Guaranty Approach in monetising underutilised assets within the Catholic Diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, with the goal of enhancing financial sustainability amid persistent economic challenges. Rooted in the principle that direct stakeholder involvement fosters ownership and commitment, the approach was applied to explore how lay members, priests, and religious can collectively contribute to resource mobilisation and asset utilisation. Adopting a quantitative, descriptive research design, the study surveyed 385 participants across the diocese, drawing on structured questionnaires and descriptive statistical analysis to assess perceptions of feasibility, benefits, and challenges. The results revealed diverse stakeholder perspectives shaped by gender and educational backgrounds, while also exposing barriers such as resistance to change, limited technical expertise, and operational constraints. Despite these challenges, findings underscore the importance of transparent governance, strategic vision, and inclusive training programmes in building trust and ensuring effective implementation. The study contributes theoretically by extending the Skin-in-the-Game concept—traditionally applied in finance and risk management—into the religious institutional context, thereby offering a novel framework for resource monetisation in faith-based organisations. Practically, it provides a roadmap for the Catholic Diocese of Masvingo and comparable institutions to achieve financial resilience through stakeholder-driven initiatives. The research concludes that embedding community participation and accountability is vital for overcoming inertia and sustaining development projects. Limitations include the cross-sectional design and the lack of qualitative depth, which constrain the exploration of evolving dynamics and subtle stakeholder narratives. Future research should integrate longitudinal and qualitative methods to capture the long-term impact of asset monetisation and deepen understanding of cultural and organisational factors influencing adoption.

 

Author(s) Details

Pamire Jongwe
University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

 

Anthony Zvapera
Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe.

 

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Feasibility Study with Flexibility and Uncertainty about Investment in Generation of Photovoltaic Solar Energy | Chapter 6 | Advances and Challenges in Science and Technology Vol. 6

 The aim of this research search out establish a methodology that authorizes the capture of environmental doubts by enhancing decision-making so that assess the animation of funding a solar radiation producing project. a photovoltaic (PV) technologies for power generation bookkeeping scheme is proposed and used. The adopted blueprint aims to overcome limitations of normal indicators such as EROI (Energy Return on Investment) and EPBT (Energy Payback Time) and to present a more inclusive description of strength and material transformations. The paper gives a comparative reasoning of the investment practicability of a solar tiny-energy system for buying, taking into account a administration of certainty and uncertainty. The cost of cosmic panels and the electricity levy were the two speculated stochastic variables. The trajectories were fake with the binomial approach that linked resulted in a quadratic drawing. The applied methods presented high-quality recommendation and the option to wait was ultimate valuable. The exchange of the energy acquired from Light Serviços de Eletricidade S/A - Brazilian electricity company by own era of energy accompanying a solar photovoltaic beginning will be viable for the manager because it observes the behavior of the variables over opportunity and follows the rules of optimal resolution.

Author(s) Details:

Lucimeire Cordeiro da Silva,
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, UNIGRANRIO – Universidade Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Escola de Gestão e Negócios, UNIFOA – Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda, Volta Redonda/RJ, Brazil.

Tara Keshar Nanda Baidya,
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, UNIGRANRIO – Universidade Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Financially Feasible and Sustainable - Reviewing Academic Literature on Sustainability related Investment Studies | Book Publisher International

 Sustainable investing is defined as an investment philosophy that prioritises sustainability in investment decisions. Climate change and environmental destruction/protection are examples of sustainability-related issues. Companies are often required to update their operations and investments in a more sustainable direction in order to comply with legislative regulations or simply to stay in business. However, most environmentally beneficial investments are not made as a result of political and legal pressure. The notion of sustainable investing has long been established in professional environments such as insurance companies and institutional investors, but its overall image remains hazy. This ambiguity is especially apparent when it comes to private enterprises' long-term investments, and there is much of need for more research in this area. This research project offers an opportunity to study, investigate, and assess how private enterprises and governments can aggregate value and capitalise on economic prospects by implementing financially viable sustainable measures. A thorough evaluation of scientific literature was conducted, using the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals as the baseline concept of sustainability. The findings of this search may be of interest to economists and researchers for further research, in addition to governments and private sector investors.

Author(S) Details

Ari Happonen
LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Finland.

Irene Laplaza Osta
LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Finland.

Apurva Potdar
LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Finland.

Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz
Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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Recent Study on the Feasibility of High Spatial Resolution Working Modes for Renovated Clinical PET Scanner | Chapter 12 | Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol.5

 

This is a feasibility study on improving the spatial resolution of clinical PET, by slightly renovating the
PET scanner design such that high spatial resolution working modes (HSRWM) are achievable.
Introduction: The poor spatial resolution of prevalent PET imaging has restrained its sensitivity in
imaging small lesions, e.g. early-stage cancers or small metastasis. This drawback is caused by 2
essential requirements in clinic: A relatively large diameter (e.g. 80cm) for PET scanner to accumulate
patients, and sizeable scintillator detectors to maintain a reasonable collecting efficiency. In recent
decade more efforts focused on improvement of detector resolution, e.g. digital PET, since the
request on ring diameter is fundamental.
Methods: The novel concept of equivalent position of imaging was proposed for the first time. A
typical static PET scan can be virtually considered as superposition of m equivalent sub-scans at m
different equivalent imaging positions, when the scanner ring is systematically adjusted its angular
orientation within one detector size. In this case each detector is virtually divided into m equal subdetectors, without physical minimizing the detector size. The contributions of those sub-scans are
analytical by an m x m matrix. The time for performing a high-resolution scan could be comparable to
a typical PET scan, as long as the Poisson noises are insignificant to low-uptake voxels.
Discussion: Three dimensional modeling for imaging at different m were also conducted. As a result,
for a typical scanner design e.g. 80cm in diameter with 18F as tracers, the spatial resolution of double
sub-scans (m =2) is 2.56mm, and 2.19mm for triple sub-scans (m=3). Scanning at high m (m>2) will
slightly drop contrast resolution, hence m=2 is preferably recommended.
Conclusion: As a compatible approach to digital PET and other technological renovation, the novel
HSRWM design is feasible, enabling PET to image small lesions in clinic.

Author (s) Details

Kelin Wang
Assistant Professor Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.

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