How Covid-19 Changed The Future

The future of journalism is being shaped by the convergence of technology and societal shifts. For indigenous language press in Africa battling to stay afloat amidst stiff competition from traditional media, the pervasive and rapidly encroaching digital transformation holds both opportunities and potential threats. Using a qualitative approach, this paper examined the implication of the shift to digital media for the future of the indigenous language newspaper in Africa and identifies opportunities for its sustainability within the framework of the theories of technological determinism and alternative media. The analysis indicates poor funding, shrinking patronage, and competition from traditional and social media as the major factors facing indigenous newspapers. It emerged that for indigenous language newspapers to thrive in the rapidly changing and technology-driven world they need to not only adapt to the digital revolution but also explore a business model that combines a futuristic outlook with a practical approach.

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Digital transformation of Higher Education: what’s next?

New Vistas ◽

10.36828/newvistas.147 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dinusha Weerawardane

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Education Sector ◽

The Future

The Covid-19 pandemic has exponentially accelerated digital transformation within the higher education sector, and has given us the opportunity to re-think and re-shape how we do things. This article explores what true digital transformation looks like, where it could potentially lead us and what universities of the future might look like.

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Alternative Futures for the Digital Transformation: A Macro-Level Schumpeterian Perspective

Organization Science ◽

10.1287/orsc.2021.1558 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Zlatko Bodrožić ◽

Paul S. Adler

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Macro Level ◽

Alternative Futures ◽

Considerable Uncertainty ◽

The Future ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Critical Problems ◽

Alternative Solutions ◽

New Phase

This paper develops and deploys a theoretical framework for assessing the prospects of a cluster of technologies driving what is often called the digital transformation. There is considerable uncertainty regarding this transformation’s future trajectory, and to understand and bound that uncertainty, we build on Schumpeter’s macro-level theory of economy-wide, technological revolutions and on the work of several scholars who have extended that theory. In this perspective, such revolutions’ trajectories are shaped primarily by the interaction of changes within and between three spheres—technology, organization, and public policy. We enrich this account by identifying the critical problems and the collective choices among competing solutions to those problems that together shape the trajectory of each revolution. We argue that the digital transformation represents a new phase in the wider arc of the information and communication technology revolution—a phase promising much wider deployment—and that the trajectory of this deployment depends on collective choices to be made in the organization and public policy spheres. Combining in a 2 × 2 matrix the two main alternative solutions on offer in each of these two spheres, we identify four scenarios for the future trajectory of the digital transformation: digital authoritarianism, digital oligarchy, digital localism, and digital democracy. We discuss how these scenarios can help us trace and understand the future trajectory of the digital transformation.

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Digitalization management system of Russia’s federal cities focused on prospective application throughout the country

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/202111005011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 110 ◽

pp. 05011

Author(s):

Yulia V. Kelesh ◽

Elena A. Bessonova

Keyword(s):

Digital Technology ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Uneven Development ◽

Successful Development ◽

The Future ◽

Effective System ◽

Prospective Application ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Transformation Processes

The spread of digital technology around the world is accompanied by the uneven development of digitalization processes on the territory of different countries. Russia is no exception. The problem of digitalization management in the Russian Federation must be solved by building an effective system of its management. In order to implement digitalization management throughout the country, it is necessary, first of all, to establish this process on the territory of federal cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol. Federal cities have all opportunities for building an effective system of digitalization management which in the future could be applied in other Russia’s regions without any serious failures and significant losses. The review and assessment of trends in the current development of digitalization in Russia’s cities of federal importance, the identification of priority digital technologies and priority areas of digitalization in them, the evaluation of their digital life level indicates the unresolved issues of digitalization management in the cities under consideration. A competent organization of digitalization management in federal cities based on the proposed directions will ensure the successful development of digital transformation processes within their territories, and other Russia’s regions will be able to adopt their experience in the future.

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La orientación al dato, nuevos desafíos

Tábula ◽

10.51598/tab.844 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Miguel Ángel Amutio Gómez

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Data Driven ◽

The European Union ◽

Data Preservation ◽

The Future ◽

Data Driven Approach ◽

New Challenges ◽

The Impact

La orientación al dato en el contexto de la transformación digital lleva aparejada la aparición de nuevas regulaciones, dinámicas de gobernanza y roles, y servicios, junto con las correspondientes prácticas, instrumentos y estándares. A la vez se suscitan retos en relación con la ciberseguridad y la preservación de los datos. En este artículo se exponen la transformación digital y la orientación al dato, la proyección de lo anterior en la administración digital, el contexto de la Unión Europea, trayectoria y su orientación, aspectos de la interoperabilidad, ciberseguridad y preservación de los datos, cuestiones de gobernanza y roles en la orientación al dato y, finalmente, unas conclusiones. The data-driven approach in the context of digital transformation entails the appearance of new regulations, governance dynamics and roles, and services, together with the corresponding practices, instruments and standards. At the same time new challenges appear in relation to cybersecurity and data preservation. This article presents the digital transformation and data-driven approach, the impact in digital administration, the context of the European Union, trajectory and orientation towards the future, along with aspects of interoperability, cybersecurity and data preservation, as well as issues of governance and roles in data orientation and finally some conclusions.

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Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Innovative and Agile Contracting for Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4501-0.ch001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Hanaa Abdulraheem Yamani ◽

Waleed Tageldin Elsigini

Keyword(s):

Customer Service ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽

Industrial Companies ◽

The Future ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Definition Of

The current era is witnessing many changes on various levels. The information and communication revolutions are considered one of the important changes which has cast a shadow over how different institutions in society work via the phenomenon of digitization. As some of the most important institutions of society, industrial companies have been responding to this phenomenon of digital transformation to improve products and customer service while achieving a significant profitable return. This response by these institutions to the digital transformation has resulted in the emergence of the so-called fourth industrial revolution. In this context, this chapter reviews the definition of digital transformation as well as its dimensions, benefits, and obstacles. It also comments on the future of digital transformation and its relationship with industry. Ultimately it presents the fourth industrial revolution in terms of its definition, history, criteria, benefits, and the challenges it faces moving into the future.

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Digital transformation and revenue management: Evidence from the hotel industry

Tourism Economics ◽

10.1177/1354816620901928 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135481662090192 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ziad Alrawadieh ◽

Zaid Alrawadieh ◽

Gurel Cetin

Keyword(s):

Revenue Management ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Business Models ◽

Hotel Industry ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Lodging Industry ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

The Future ◽

Key Barrier ◽

Different Levels

To maximize their revenues and protect their market share against traditional competitors (e.g. formal lodging businesses) and disruptive business models (e.g. Airbnb), the lodging industry increasingly relies on technology in various operations. However, the extent to which hotels adopt technology innovation in their revenue management (RM) operations, as well as the benefits of and barriers for digitalization, remains unclear. Moreover, the possible impacts of digital transformation on the future of revenue managers’ professions have been largely overlooked in previous studies. Drawing on qualitative data collected through 23 semistructured interviews with revenue managers in luxury and upscale hotels across Jordan, the findings suggest that RM is going through digital transformation with different levels of sophistication. While acknowledging the benefits of digital transformation in saving time, supporting the decision-making process, and yielding more revenues, the high cost of RM software emerges as a key barrier for digital transformation. The findings also reveal that the automation of various manual heuristics in RM is far from being possible, and therefore, digital transformation is unlikely to pose a threat to the future of the RM profession.

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