scholarly journals Fintech in the time of COVID-19: Technological adoption during crises

2021 ◽  
pp. 100945
Author(s):  
Jonathan Fu ◽  
Mrinal Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Technological Adoption

scholarly journals The Digitalization of the European Agri-Food Cooperative Sector. Determining Factors to Embrace Information and Communication Technologies

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Javier Jorge-Vázquez ◽  
Mª Peana Chivite-Cebolla ◽  
Francisco Salinas-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
High Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Synthetic Index ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Information And Communication

The digitization of the agri-food sector is a strategic priority in the political agenda of European institutions. The opportunity to improve the competitiveness and efficiency of the sector offered by new technologies comes together with its potential to face new economic and environmental challenges. This research aims to analyze the level of digitalization of the European agri-food cooperative sector from the construction of a composite synthetic index. Such an index is to be based on a diverse set of variables related to electronic commerce and the services offered through the internet. It also evaluates how European cooperatives influence the degree of technological adoption depending on their size or the wealth of the country where they carry out their activity. The empirical analytical method is thus used, through the analysis of frequencies and correlations. The results obtained reveal the existence of a suboptimal and heterogeneous degree of digitization of European agri-food cooperatives, clearly conditioned by their size and the wealth of the country where they operate. In this situation, it is recommended to promote public policies that guarantee high-performance digital connectivity, an improvement in training in digital skills and the promotion of cooperative integration processes.

scholarly journals The Economics and Productivity of Organic versus Conventional U.S. Dairy Farms

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Richard F. Nehring ◽  
Jeffrey Gillespie ◽  
Catherine Greene ◽  
Jonathan Law
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Production Frontier ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Input Distance Function ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Stochastic Production ◽  
Certified Organic

Abstract United States certified organic and conventional dairy farms are compared on the basis of economic, financial, and technological measures using dairy data from the 2016 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey. A stochastic production frontier model using an input distance function framework is estimated for U.S. dairy farms to examine technical efficiency and returns to scale (RTS) of farms of both systems and by multiple size categories. Financial and economic measures such as net return on assets and input costs, as well as technological adoption measures are compared by system and size. For both systems, size is the major determinant of competitiveness based on selected measures of productivity and RTS.

GPTs and growth: evidence on the technological adoption of electrical and electronic technologies in the 1920s

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Petralia
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
General Purpose Technologies ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electronic Technologies ◽  
Patenting Activity

Abstract The pervasive diffusion of electricity-related technologies at the beginning of the twentieth century has been studied extensively to understand the transformative potential of general purpose technologies (GPTs). Most of what we know, however, has been investigated in relation to the diffusion of their use. This article provides evidence on the county-level economic impact of the technological adoption of electrical and electronic (E&E) technologies in the 1920s in the United States (US). It focuses on measuring the impact of a GPT on technological adopters, i.e., those who are able to develop, transform, and complement it. It is shown that places with patenting activity in E&E technologies grew faster and paid higher wages than others between 1920 and 1930. This analysis required constructing a novel database identifying detailed geographical information for historical patent documents in the US since 1836, as well as developing a text-mining algorithm to identify E&E patents based on patent descriptions.

Technological Adoption in Rural Cochabamba, Bolivia

1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-372
Author(s):  
Ricardo Godoy ◽  
Jonathan Morduch ◽  
David Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Technological Adoption

scholarly journals Mobile Phones and Children: An Australian Perspective

10.28945/3252 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niranjala Weerakkody
Keyword(s):  
Umbilical Cord ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Mixed Blessing ◽  
Realist View

Mobile phones in Australia record one of the world’s highest rates of ownership among children under 18. This paper examines issues of mobile phones and Australian children and the various discourses (systematic frames) used in discussing their effects. These are the optimistic (gains); pessimistic (losses, costs or harms); pluralistic (technology per se is neutral but how it is used matters); historical development (importance and skills learnt); futuristic predictions (promises and dangers); current uses (connectivity, convergence and interactivity); and techno-realist view (as a mixed blessing). Taking the Justification View of Technology that sees technological adoption as a gamble and borrowing from Joshua Meyrowitz, it examines how mobile phones have eroded parental power over how, when, where and with whom their children communicate, while at the same time, becoming a ‘digital leash’ for parents to re-establish their control and an ‘umbilical cord’ of children to remain connected with parents at all times.

scholarly journals Changing Dynamics of Governance after Pandemic Situation in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Fehmida Aslam ◽  
Bisharat Ali Lanjwani ◽  
Anwar ul Mustafa Shah
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Third World ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Third World

The existing study aims to highlight the challenges and opportunities of e-government globally, especially in the third world nations, during this covid-19 situation. The miracle of globalization empowered the next generation with the adaptation of the scientific age to interconnect the whole world as a global village via online means. The current study presents the debate concerning the opportunities and challenges of e-government in developing countries like Pakistan and the situation of e-governance during and after covids-19. The major predicament relating to third world countries are associated with social, political and economic issues. Furthermore, this study also provides appropriate strategies to prevail over the obstacles, in order to meet these challenges which are to be faced any how to adopt eproject and make it successful. Thus it can be expected, that prevailing review will assist to understand the key difficulties related to technological adoption which belong to political, social, economic, infrastructural, and users' perspectives and legal issues in Pakistan. In this study, the challenges of e-governance and covid-19 have been focused with the technological usages and their positive implementation and development of e-projects.

A qualitative conceptual framework to tackle skill shortages in offsite construction industry: a scientometric approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Saad ◽  
Wesam Salah Alaloul ◽  
Syed Ammad ◽  
Abdul Hannan Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Unpublished Studies ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study assessed the key construction technology trends and tracked the impact of these developments on labor influencing factors in an effort to alleviate the limitations posed by skilled labor scarcity in offsite construction (OSC).Design/methodology/approachThe study followed systematic literature review to acquisition initial data sets. The data retrieved form identified databases was then subjected to scientometric analysis. In next stage, disruptive factors were identified to produce a conceptual framework followed by its practical application for an OSC firm.FindingsThis study identified seven construction technologies with a potential to disrupt OSC in future. The study also developed a conceptual framework as a benchmark to help establish further frameworks for policy interns in OSC.Research limitations/implicationsThe review conducted only takes into account the literature from 2009 to March 2021. Any prior to the date and unpublished studies were not included in study.Practical implicationsA proper utilization of conceptual framework can contribute to technological adoption significantly lowering the need of labor in OSC industry. Moreover, the established discussion on understanding the purpose of deploying latest technology may reduce additional costs, management, time and allocation of labor resources.Social implicationsThis study provides a mechanism to intern OSC policymakers to impartially incorporate the latest technology in OSC.Originality/valueThis study fulfilled an identified need to study latest technological trends in OSC by utilizing bibliometric tools with SLR. The disruptive categories and factors highlighted by the study were not identified in a systematic manner in previous studies, which could further enhance the implementation of latest construction technology in OSC.

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