SOP

SOP

1. Initialism of State of Palestine.

SOP (countable and uncountable, plural SOPs)

1. Initialism of sex on or over the phone.
2. Initialism of standard operating procedure.
3. (manufacturing) Initialism of start of production.
4. (construction) Initialism of setting-out point.
5. Initialism of system/systems of provision.

   Alternative form: SoP

   • 2012, David Goodman, E. Melanie DuPuis, Michael K. Goodman, “Bridging production and consumption: alternative food networks as shared knowledge practice”, in Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice, and Politics, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part I (Alternative food networks: reflexivity and shared knowledge practice), page 39:

     As Lockie and Kitto (2000: 5) note, this important dimension is recognized by the SOP approach but they argue that it is “poorly developed in both theorisation and operationalisation.” Furthermore, production activities are privileged in SOP analysis as “determinants of consumption practices” and the “role of agency is marginalised” by giving primacy to structural tendencies in the shaping of SOPs (ibid.: 5).

   • 2019, Gavin Fridell, “Conceptualizing Political Consumerism as Part of the Global Value Chain”, in Magnus Boström, Michele Micheletti, Peter Oosterveer, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (Theory and Designing Research on Political Consumerism), page 250:

     The chapter then explores new directions for conceptualizing the relationship between production and consumption, including proposals to modify the GVC approach or to develop entirely different frameworks, as advanced by proponents of the system of provision (SOP) and global poverty chain (GPC) approaches.

   • 2020, P. Purnell, J. Millward-Hopkins, O. Zwirner, “Complex Value Optimisation for Resource Recovery (CVORR): Assessing the Systemic Impact of Multiple Low-carbon Decisions in the Interlinked Concrete-steel-electricity Sectors”, in Lynne E. Macaskie, Devin J. Sapsford, Will M. Mayes, editors, Resource Recovery from Wastes: Towards a Circular Economy (Green Chemistry Series; 63), London: Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, section 4 (Circular Economy and Governance), page 373:

     An in-depth political economy analysis using, for example, the system of provision (SOP) approach could reveal the magnitude of this potential block to phasing out coal.

6. Initialism of sum of parts.

   Alternative form: SoP

   • 1999, Grant Venerable, Managing in a Five Dimension Economy: Ven Matrix Architectures for New Organizations, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 19:

     In like manner, the "not-SOP/ROP" complement of a system (SOP + ROP) is called the nature of the whole, or the organizing essence of a systemic whole. […] And it is there as an aspect of the whole which differs from the sum of parts (SOP) .

   • 2010, Jeremy Bolland, Writing Securities Research: A Best Practice Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 129:

     a stock analyst might refer to a DCF (discounted cash flow), DDM (dividend discount model), EVA (economic value added), NAV (net asset value) or SOP (sum of parts) calculation. Comparisons can be made against the stock's historic […]

   • 2012, David Faulkner, Satu Teerikangas, Richard J. Joseph, The Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206:

     2002; Lamont and Polk 2002; Vilalonga 2004). They are therefore keen to establish that “sum of parts” (SOP) valuation gives a more realistic firm value. Acquirers which may buy the target and then unbundle it to divest some of the acquired […]

7. (Internet) Initialism of same-origin policy.
8. (Internet, countable) Initialism of super operator (“an IRC user with special privileges”).
9. (Internet slang) Initialism of semen on picture.

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