scholarly journals Fintech developmental trends: the role and influence of sustainable digital logistics

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 02019
Author(s):  
Anna Svirina ◽  
Natalia Appalonova ◽  
Dmitry Garanin ◽  
Nikita Lukashevich ◽  
Igor Koshkin
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Service Optimization

The paper analyzes the current trends of fintech companies’ development in relation to the quality of digital logistics. By using the data from fintech companies’ CEO interviews, we assess the key trends in fintech companies’ development over the past 3 years, reveal key technologies used by these companies and their evolution, and state the importance and relevance of digital logistics issues for fintech companies clients’ satisfaction. The research indicates that for fintech company client the ease of getting through the service (optimization of information flows) appears to be more important than other characteristics of the offered product. From the theoretical point of view, our research indicates, that besides key growth driving factors, outlined in existing literature, such as strategy, prerequisites for rapid growth, business model choice, international business networks, entrepreneur’s characteristics, product development or theoretical frameworks for development, especially within the international market, the quality of digital logistics performance of fintech companies seem to matter.

scholarly journals Brexit, the wine sector and organisational resilience: an exploratory study of Spanish Wineries

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-322
Author(s):  
Abel Duarte Alonso ◽  
Seng Kok ◽  
Seamus O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wine Sector ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of winery owners/managers concerning the impacts of Brexit on the Spanish wine sector and propose a theoretical framework based on the extant organisational resilience literature to facilitate an understanding of this concept. The framework facilitates understanding of this concept through the perspective of winery operators. Design/methodology/approach Attendance at a large Spanish wine fair in 2017 allowed for brief face-to-face interviews with owners and export managers of 156 predominantly micro and small Spanish wineries. The data were analysed through qualitative content analysis. Findings Despite the general sense of uncertainty and negative perceptions regarding the outcomes of Brexit, the interviews revealed various forms of resilient responses, including ongoing efforts seeking to broaden the scope for exports into new, niche markets alongside more traditional ones. These findings have important implications for businesses engaged in international business, particularly in the wine industry, where the potential challenges resulting from a major political decision can exacerbate existing issues of competition. Originality/value From a practical perspective, this study examines an emerging issue with potential consequences for international business. From a theoretical point of view, the proposed framework provides a baseline to illuminate the understanding of the links and stages following turbulence within organisations. Notably, the activation of responses emphasises the importance of developing a resilient organisational culture, as well as developing internal and enabling factors and bundles of resources that help create firm capabilities.

scholarly journals Twinning in MAPbI3 at room temperature uncovered through Laue neutron diffraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Breternitz ◽  
Michael Tovar ◽  
Susan Schorr
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Temperature Structure ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Laue Diffraction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Halide Perovskites

Abstract The crystal structure of MAPbI3, the signature compound of the hybrid halide perovskites, at room temperature has been a reason for debate and confusion in the past. Part of this confusion may be due to twinning as the material bears a phase transition just above room temperature, which follows a direct group–subgroup relationship and is prone to twinning. Using neutron Laue diffraction, we illustrate the nature of twinning in the room temperature structure of MAPbI3 and explain its origins from a group-theoretical point-of-view.

The Hunger of Martha Nussbaum

2002 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Galt Harpham
Keyword(s):  
Developing Nations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Martha Nussbaum ◽  
Literary Critic ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Academic Philosopher

The immediate problem confronted by readers of Martha Nussbaum's early work is that, from a professional point of view, the quality of mind behind the arguments seems far superior to the arguments themselves. From the point of view of the academic philosopher, Nussbaum is far too heavily invested in literature; while, from the point of view of the professional literary critic, she is far too deeply committed to a principle of realism, even to an affective relationship with literary characters, that is incompatible with academic norms. The central idea in her early work is not in fact conceptual or critical at all, but rather moral: a fundamental transformation of life based on a relinquishing of mastery,a submission of the mind to emotion, especially erotic emotion. Nussbaum has commented on the formative impact of an adolescent reading of Plato's Phaedrus, in which she identified herself with the younger partner of the Platonic homosexual couple, the apprentice learner bound to the master by erotic and intellectual ties, and we can see in Nussbaum'searly work residues of this identification. In ''phase two'' of Nussbaum'swork, we can, however,trace a further conversion, in which Nussbaum positions herself not as the apprentice but as the master. In most of the work she has produced since the late 1980s, the values and orientations of her early work are precisely inverted: emotions are now checked or carefully contained, an emphasis on erotic passion is transformed into a zeal for social and educational reform, the personal gives way to the cosmopolitan and even the universal; Stoic or Kantian reason becomes the dominant emphasis as Nussbaum attempts to articulate a general account of ''the human.'' Nussbaum's public disputes over the past decade reveal, in addition to the differences that continue to separate her from her contemporaries, a complex attempt to negotiate the differences that divide her from herself. The most characteristic gesture of the work of the past ten years is an often-revised ''List of Human Capabilities'' that she proposes as a way of guiding quality-of-life assessments, especially in developing nations. The conception behind such a list may represent, as her critics charge, a grossly unprofessional failure of professionalism, as well as moral arrogance; but it may also, perhaps, actually be useful.

scholarly journals Mulching in grape plantations

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Némethy ◽  
J. Májer ◽  
P. Varga ◽  
Cs. Németh ◽  
L. Fenyvesi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Soil Nutrients ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Plant Residue ◽  
Nutrient Distribution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Positive Effect

In continuous studies regarding the conservation of the advantageous condition of the soil structure, the highland plantations that are surrounded by living waters have major importance where the erosion of the soil, nutrients and chemicals endangers the quality of the water and the living world of the waters. At the same time the extreme weather and dry summers of the past years have made it important to look for soil cultivation solutions and technologies that are capable of decreasing the evaporation of the soil, for enhanced conservation of soil moisture and to improve the soil structure that is required for the growth of healthy roots. In our experiment we have studied soil mulching with organic plant residue, by sods and the effect of the mechanical cultivation on the soil and on the grape through two growing seasons. From the studied treatments, the mulching with organic plant wastage showed the most efficient results from the point of view of the nutrient distribution in the grape and yield. It also had a positive effect on the soil structure and humidity.

scholarly journals Changing European retail landscapes: New trends and challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Kunc ◽  
František Križan
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Shopping Behaviour ◽  
Accession Countries ◽  
Basic Features

Abstract During the second half of the 20thcentury, consumption patterns in the developed market economies have stabilised, while in the transition/EU-accession countries these patterns were accepted with unusual speed and dynamics. Differences, changes and current trends in Western Europe and post-socialist countries in the quantity and concentration of retailing activities have been minimised, whereas some distinctions in the quality of retail environments have remained. Changes have occurred in buying habits, shopping behaviour and consumer preferences basically for all population groups across the generations. This article is a theoretical and conceptual introduction to a Special Issue of the Moravian Geographical Reports (Volume 26, No. 3) on “The contemporary retail environment: shopping behaviour, consumers’ preferences, retailing and geomarketing”. The basic features which have occurred in European retailing environments are presented, together with a comparison (and confrontation) between Western and Eastern Europe. The multidisciplinary nature of retailing opens the discussion not only from a geographical perspective but also from the point of view of other social science disciplines that naturally interconnect in the retail environments.

scholarly journals SPATIAL DETERMINISM AND TERRITORIAL PUBLIC ACTION IN FRANCE: CHALLENGES AND EVOLUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory BUSQUET
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Urban Narrative ◽  
The People ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Urban Project ◽  
The City

This article proposes a theoretical point of view in order to show the importance of the collective memory and the urban narrative in the strategic approach of the urban project. The capacity of a municipality to build a local narrative joining the past, the memory and the project, is examined in the second part of the article, in a case study of a collectivity confronted with the project of the Grand Paris and strong socio-spatial transformation since 1950. The conclusions of thirty deep interviews, conducted on the people involved in the city organization allow to differentiate legitimated and rejected places in the spaces of remembering, and the difficulties of this kind of municipalities to be pro active in the Grand Paris project.

scholarly journals The comparative method for policy studies: the thorny aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru Cruceanu
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Policy Systems

Abstract Over the past decades, the comparative method has attracted the attention of the theorists, and studies based on this approach have increased in applied policy research. In their daily and strategically policy decisions, the decision makers from local, regional and national levels use more and more the comparative research methods, especially due to interlinked relationship and the need for bench learning and benchmarking practices. The comparative method allows the actors to analyse other experiences, and thus to take decisions more efficient. This is a normal, an inevitable situation, when the unit of analysis is a country, a field of matters or a process where researchers compare cases from empirical or theoretical point of view. The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical view on the capacity of comparative method to foster knowledge in policy studies. The intention is to see and to explore the utility of comparative method for policy studies and policy analysis, since a new approach “evidence-based policymaking” arise, emphasising the importance of using evidence from other political and policy systems.

Theoretical aspects of forming the economic potential of a territorial community: a synergetic approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
I. B. Kovtun ◽  
T. V. Tereshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Functional Integral ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Instability Constant

The article is devoted to highlighting the author’s views on the theoretical aspects of the application of a synergetic approach to the formation of the economic potential of the modern territorial community. It is established that the potential of the territorial community characterizes many opportunities for its development in terms of using the full range of its resources, features of the past, current and planned structure of its economy, geographical location and other factors. Systematic, reproductive and resource approaches to determining the content of economic potential are described. Particular attention is paid to the system approach, which allows to reveal such aspects to the interpretation of the content of economic potential as elemental, structural, functional, integral and historical. The content and elements of the economic potential of the territorial community are proposed to be considered from the point of view of its resource provision; ability to structure and readiness to carry out socio-economic transformations; formation of the market environment; level and quality of community life; areas of implementation. It is established that since the economic potential of a territorial community is a complex heterogeneous system, synergetics should be applied to its study, which allows to explain the complexity and diversity of social relations and processes occurring in the territorial community, as well as to substantiate the content and logic of its economic potential. The formation of the economic potential of the territory should take into account the systemic principles of the synergetic concept, namely: self-organization; self-reproduction; subordination; openness; resonant influence; instability; constant fluctuations; bifurcation of development; multivariate development; dynamic hierarchy; nonlinearity; interconnection, interaction and interchangeability of system elements.

Ivan Petrović, Photographer, Archivist and Artist: Interview with Ivan Petrović

2017 ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Miha Colner ◽  
Ivan Petrović
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Photographic Image ◽  
The Past ◽  
Archival Work

Ivan Petrović (1973) has been working in the fields of photography and art for twenty years as a researcher, creator and collector. Since 1997, he has been creating and publishing photographic projects that reflect the spirit of space and time in which they are created, while in his works he uses both documentary approaches as well as research principles. In 2011, together with photographer Mihail Vasiljević, he founded a para-institution, the Centre for Photography (CEF). Despite lacking its own premises, infrastructure or funds for performing its activities, the institution deals with the search, preservation, collection and analysis of local photographic materials from recent history. In the past ten years, Petrović also moved his artistic practice beyond mere artistic expression, since he addresses the phenomena of photography from an analytical-theoretical point of view. His interest lies in the nature of the photographic image and its role in society and historiography. In this spirit, long-term projects such as Documents (1997–2008), Images (2002–), Portfolio Belgrade (2015–) and the latest film production were created. The interview with Ivan Petrović took place on 1 September 2017 in Belgrade. The main themes were the role of photography in the dominant history, the boundary between one’s own practice and archival work, photography as an art and the likes. Keywords: collection, documentary, photography's role, preservation, research

scholarly journals Position of railway passenger transport companies on current liberalized transport market

2018 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 00020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdenka Záhumenská ◽  
Martin Vojtek ◽  
Jozef Gašparík
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Market Liberalization ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Railway Passenger Transport ◽  
Railway Passenger

Market liberalization is a great contemporary trend in many fields of economy. Liberalized transport market, where the transport demand is meeting with transport offer, is evolving dynamically. Private railway passenger operators want to increase their market share together with national railway passenger transport companies therefore the quality of passenger transportation is getting higher, which positively influences the attractiveness of railway passenger transport. The article is focused on these current trends of liberalization in railway passenger transport market. From operational and economical point of view, there are described some ways, how to make the railway passenger transport system more effective and make the entire transport system more attractive for traveling public.

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