Caribbean Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies

Towards an Ontology of Development: Conceptualising development amongst experts within Sport-for-Development and Peace

2023-07-28T17:32:47-04:00

In the mass mobilisation of movements in recent years to tackle global inequalities, the sport-for-development and peace (SDP) movement, which at its core aims to use sport as a tool for development, has gained prominence. However, the term development in social science is one without a uniform definition. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to attempt to understand the meaning of development amongst academics within the SDP field in an effort to bring greater clarity around the ambiguous notion of development. Through interviews with six SDP experts, an attempt is made to conceptualise development within SDP.

A Preliminary Assessment of the Quantity of Methane from LFG on the island of Trinidad using the IPCC 2006 model

2024-12-18T01:54:45-04:00

Air pollutant emissions from landfills contribute to climate change through high concentrations of greenhouse gases and are a human health concern through their role in exacerbating non-communicable diseases. It is important that solutions are found to mitigate the release of landfill gases into the atmosphere, such as conversion into useful products. However, first the quantity of landfill gas (LFG) available must be estimated. In Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), 1800 tonnes of waste is generated daily from the country’s three major landfill sites: Beetham, Forres Park, and Guanapo. In this study, the available methane from these landfills is quantified.
A Tier 2 approach using The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2006 Model (IPCC 2006) was used to estimate the quantity of methane gas being released by the landfills in T&T. Using this method, it is estimated that the methane generation at each of the three landfills is as follows: Guanapo 2292.83 m3/h; Forres Park 3706.89 m3/h and; Beetham 5166.37 m3/h. An error adjustment of +/- 17% was applied, followed by a collection efficiency of 40%. The estimated available methane directly affects any technoeconomic analysis regarding potential uses of the landfill gas. Thus, accurately quantifying the potential amount of methane produced, as presented in this publication, is the first step towards the goal of utilising the landfill gas of T&T in a safe, sustainable, and economic manner.

A Critical Analysis of The Impact of Business Intelligence on The Competitive Advantage For Business In Trinidad & Tobago

2025-02-20T08:00:18-04:00

The business landscape is rapidly changing due to advances in technology, economic factors, societal transformations such as the COVID-19 epidemic, and fast-shortening product life cycles. These factors have made the business environment very competitive. Therefore, businesses should acquire further sophisticated technologies to keep pace with competitive markets. As such, businesses must implement digital transformation strategies, particularly in the realm of BI.
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's (T&T) current agenda aims to transition into a digital economy; therefore, deployment of BI architecture is critical since businesses in T&T face many obstacles resulting from insufficient, inaccurate, partial, or inadequate BI strategies, processes, and technologies.

These shortcomings make it challenging for businesses to acquire trustworthy information about customers and even predict what is likely to happen in the future, which is crucial for data-driven decision-making and strategic planning. As a result, organizational process inefficiencies continue to exist, hindering competitive advantage and economic growth.
To address this issue this research adopts a systematic literature review (SLR) examine existing literature, collecting, classifying, evaluating, and combining ideas on BI systems adoption, use, benefits, barriers, and their relation to competitive advantage.
This study acknowledges the issues, challenges, obstacles, and limitations to adopting BI in local industries in T&T. It reports on these findings and their implications across different sectors in T&T.

Overview of Marketing Analytics and Public Policy for improving Consumer Behaviour in the Digital Economy

2025-02-20T07:54:44-04:00

As Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) seeks to become a Caribbean pioneer in the age of Digital Transformation, it is important to recognize consumer’s engagement within a digital economy. The government of Trinidad and Tobago, being a major provider of subsidized services which provides basic needs for citizens, has received growing negative reactions towards the delivery of those services. Over the years, consumers’ dissatisfaction has led to a barrage of published negative comments. There exists an under-representation of marketing analytics approaches in literature pertaining to effectively marketing State subsidized services which would generate a positive consumer behavioural reaction. Marketing analytics can impact public policy on consumption (demand) and production (supply). For example, de-marketing of health damaging products such as cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption or up-marketing of state’s initiatives on the enhancement of life dependent utilities such as water and electricity distribution can be done through policy and regulations when using marketing analytics. This research examines the merging of marketing analytics and public policy to improve consumer perception of governmental agencies and the services they provide. Identifying the factors that presently affects consumer’s behaviour towards ministerial agencies, through predictive analysis and machine learning techniques, can stimulate consumer’s engagement and generate, overall, positive behavioural patterns and reactions towards services provided. Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response theory, the research conceptualizes marketing strategies and guidelines that can be used to induce and activate consumer’s cognitive and affective states which can then lead to a positive behavioural response. The overarching objective is to contribute to the creation of a conceptual model that identifies marketing analytics techniques which influences marketing and public policy development within State Agencies.