scholarly journals Digital Transformation in the Agrarian and Industrial Sectors of the Russian Regional Economics

2021 ◽  
Vol 941 (1) ◽  
pp. 012034
Author(s):  
M V Kupriyanova ◽  
E N Evdokimova ◽  
I P Soloviova ◽  
I P Simikova
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Production ◽  
Regional Economics ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Regional Systems ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Open Discussion ◽  
If Digitalization

Abstract The article displays the results of comparing the digitalization process in agrarian and industrial production. The objects of study are the companies of the eighty-two Russian regions. The information was obtained from open-access resources of the Russian State Statistics Bureau. The research aims at revealing the differentiation and the specific interconnection of digital transformation in agriculture and industrial production at the regional level. The observations prove the idea that the digitalization path and tempo depend on the unique regional conditions and the accumulated level of scientific and innovative potential. A controversy is revealed in the methodology of evaluating the digital maturity rate which was proposed by the Russian regulators for assessments at the federal and regional scale. The methodology implies equal weights of significance attributed to various sectors when measuring the regional level of digital transformation. Consequently, the socioeconomic context of the diverse regional systems is treated as a barrier to digitalization and an obstacle to intensive development. At the same time, it is a question of open discussion if digitalization of such peculiar sectors as agriculture and industrial production should be measured with similar methods.

Interview with Caroline Couret about the Creative Tourism Network ®.

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Caroline Couret ◽  
Cláudia Pato de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
A Value

Abstract Introduces what Creative Tourism Network is, the paper also presents how creative tourism is important. Creative tourism is important in two main ways: it meets a growing and irreversible demand that reflects social changes more than a marketing gimmick, and it is, above all, perceived by the territories as a lever for sustainable development. Indeed, far from being considered as a danger for local communities as mainstream tourism used to be; creative tourism is valued for its capacity to create a value chain at the local and regional scale, by turning weaknesses and negative externalities into a virtuous ecosystem. In addition to this, assets such as communities' empowerment, inclusiveness, seasonality, resilience, intangible heritage recovery, social cohesion, and governance (just to mention a few) are applicable to any kind of destination and are particularly beneficial for the rural areas that cannot rely on other industrial sectors. The destinations that are part of the Creative Tourism Network ® are labelled 'CreativeFriendly' for guaranteeing both the quality and authenticity of the creative experiences they are promoting, as well as for the value chain generated through the project design.

Analytical Differences in the Economics of Geography: The Case of the Multinational Firm

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1857-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip McCann ◽  
Ram Mudambi
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Regional Economics ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Multinational Firm ◽  
Trade Theory ◽  
International Trade Theory ◽  
Business Analysis ◽  
Regional Location ◽  
And Regional Economics

In this paper we argue that the various discussions of the regional location behaviour of the multinational firm by the different fields of analysis which deal with these issues are all rather at a tangent to each other. Only economic geography and regional economics discuss firm-location behaviour at the subnational regional level, whereas international trade theory and traditional international business analysis focus only on firm locations at the level of a country. Where subnational regional locations have recently been discussed in international business analysis, this has been done primarily by incorporating the Porter ‘clusters' literature. However, by adopting a transactions-costs approach, we show that such a ‘clusters' concept is unable to distinguish between whether a multinational enterprise should or should not locate in a particular region. In addition, we use this approach to point to directions of research fruitful for reconciling these various different traditions of location analysis.

Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Regional Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
Balhiya Kulmesovna SHOMSHEKOVA ◽  
Saken Ualikhanovich ABDIBEKOV ◽  
Bauyrzhan Susaruly KULBAY ◽  
Aibarshyn Mamlenovna KASENOVA ◽  
Anar Satybaldinovna SADVAKASOVA
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Scientific Justification ◽  
The Republic

In this study, the authors focus on the environmental and economic aspects of sustainable development at the regional level. Theoretical aspects of sustainable development of regions have been described, the main environmental problems giving rise to the formation of proposals for sustainable development have been presented, and the main systems of indicators of environmentally sustainable development have been analyzed. The analysis of the dynamics of the main indicators of the environment state in the Republic of Kazakhstan has been carried out and problems that impede the formation of environmentally sustainable development in the region have been identified. The directions of solving the problems of environmental sustainability of regions have been developed, providing for the construction of an organizational and economic mechanism for environmentally sustainable development, as well as improving several tools for managing sustainability. The authors attempt to fill in the existing gaps based on the materials of Kazakhstan, showing the problems of effective management of environmental sustainability based on the greening of industrial production, introduction of environmental innovations, development of the environmental culture of the population, as well as scientific justification of approaches to assessing regional environmental sustainability.

scholarly journals Starting Conditions and Background of the Digital Economy Development in the Southern Federal District

Federalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 92-113
Author(s):  
E. V. Erokhina
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Regional Systems ◽  
Starting Conditions ◽  
Digital Processes ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Transformation Processes

The implementation of the national project «Digital Economy» requires the focused efforts of all interested parties and makes special demands on regional management systems. This requires improving the practice of managing digital transformation processes in the regions in order to improve the quality of life of people and dynamic development. The article discusses the conditions for the formation and development of the digital economy in the Southern Federal District (SFD). It is noted that the digital economy provides great opportunities for development, increases the level of information openness and accessibility, reduces bureaucratic barriers, but on the other hand, digitalization processes are associated with inevitable difficulties, uncertainty and risks. It is established that in all subjects there are necessary program documents for digital transformation. The strategic documents adopted in the Southern Federal District are aimed at stimulating and developing digital technologies. The digital economy needs competent specialists, for this it is necessary to create conditions for training personnel, improve the education system, the labor market, create motivation systems for the development of the necessary competencies. In scientific studies, insufficient attention has been paid to the processes of the influence of digital changes on the innovative activity of regional actors. The article presents an analysis of various criteria that affect the possible development of the digital economy and the socio-economic development of the Southern Federal District. The analysis made it possible to identify prospects for the further development of the macroregion. The results of the study can be used in the development and adjustment of regional strategic programs for the development of digital society, as well as material for further theoretical and applied research in the development of digital processes in regional systems.

scholarly journals Coordinating the digital transformation of inter-organizational public services – The case of e-invoicing in Belgium

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2021) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Stijn Wouters ◽  
Veiko Lember ◽  
Joep Crompvoets
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
Choice Of Instruments ◽  
Over Time

Digital transformation has the potential to profoundly change the way public administrations deliver public services to its users. One of the challenges involved in the inter-organizational networks that often govern integrated digital services is to identify what coordination instruments are effective. In this paper we examine this issue through a case study that deals with the transformation of invoicing services in Belgian public administrations at the federal and Flemish (regional) level. We review the coordination instruments and study how they evolved over time. Our findings suggest that transformation (1) might in part depend on the choice of instruments and multiple mechanisms. The mix of appropriate coordination instruments is likely to change as digital transformation objectives and governance challenges evolve over time. (2) Digital transformation might be a step-by-step process involving multiple rounds of digitalization and its specific implementation contingent on the service itself.

scholarly journals Air Temperature Forecasting Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Review

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 4215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Cifuentes ◽  
Geovanny Marulanda ◽  
Antonio Bello ◽  
Javier Reneses
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Temperature Forecasting ◽  
The Government

Efforts to understand the influence of historical climate change, at global and regional levels, have been increasing over the past decade. In particular, the estimates of air temperatures have been considered as a key factor in climate impact studies on agricultural, ecological, environmental, and industrial sectors. Accurate temperature prediction helps to safeguard life and property, playing an important role in planning activities for the government, industry, and the public. The primary aim of this study is to review the different machine learning strategies for temperature forecasting, available in the literature, presenting their advantages and disadvantages and identifying research gaps. This survey shows that Machine Learning techniques can help to accurately predict temperatures based on a set of input features, which can include the previous values of temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, rain and wind speed measurements, among others. The review reveals that Deep Learning strategies report smaller errors (Mean Square Error = 0.0017 °K) compared with traditional Artificial Neural Networks architectures, for 1 step-ahead at regional scale. At the global scale, Support Vector Machines are preferred based on their good compromise between simplicity and accuracy. In addition, the accuracy of the methods described in this work is found to be dependent on inputs combination, architecture, and learning algorithms. Finally, further research areas in temperature forecasting are outlined.

DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF CIVIL SERVANTS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE REPUTATION OF GOVERNMENT UNDER CONDITIONS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
T. V. BOROVIKOVA ◽  
◽  
N. N. ROZANOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
High Level ◽  
Regional Authorities

The article actualizes the task of forming digital competence of civil servants from the position of value-based approach, the application of which can neutralize the risks of reducing the reputational potential of the authorities. These risks are associated with the problem of insufficiently high level of information openness of regional authorities in the conditions of digital transformation; the expediency of considering information open-ness as a significant indicator of digital maturity of public administration is substantiated.

scholarly journals Identification and characterisation of geological formations with CO2 storage potential in Portugal

2021 ◽  
pp. petgeo2020-123
Author(s):  
Pedro Pereira ◽  
Carlos Ribeiro ◽  
Júlio Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Mainland Portugal ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Definition Of

Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is considered a major part of the Portuguese strategy for reducing CO2 emissions. Some industrial sectors, the most prominent being the cement sector, require the implementation of CO2 storage to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. This article presents and characterises the areas with potential for CO2 storage in mainland Portugal. The lithostratigraphic and tectonic frameworks of the onshore and offshore basins are presented; a site screening process was conducted, based on basin- and regional-scale assessments, resulting in the definition of eight possible storage clusters, seven of which are offshore. The storage capacity was estimated for those clusters, with a central (P50) value of 7.09 Gt; however, the most interesting locations are in the Lusitanian Basin (West Iberian Margin), both onshore and offshore, as they present high capacity and are located favourably in relation to the industrial CO2 emitters. Considering only the potential sites of this basin, their storage capacities are greater than 3 Gt CO2, of which 259 Mt are onshore.Thematic collection: This article is part of the Geoscience for CO2 storage collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/geoscience-for-co2-storage

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