Taiwan’s Industrial Districts and Economic Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 622-634
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Machine Tools ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Relational Value ◽  
Rural Industrialization ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter considers the development of four important Taiwanese industrial clusters: bicycles, machine tools, integrated circuits (ICs), and information and communication technologies (ICT) hardware. Three of these clusters grew out of the networked production of Taiwan’s rural industrialization process. The exception was the IC industry, which was created by the state in light of private capital’s reluctance to invest. While the IC industry did not originate out of local networks of industrial production, it did draw on networks of Taiwanese technologists abroad to develop. All four industries shared the common feature of state-supported institutions to diffuse technology to local firms. The industrial clusters that have proved sustainable are either characterized by relational value chains supported by government technical institutions (bicycles and machine tools) or modular value chains where Taiwan was able to enter high-value segments early in its cluster development.

Information and Communication Technology Uses in Agriculture

2012 ◽  
pp. 235-251
Author(s):  
Tizita Alemayehu Wasihun ◽  
Blessing Maumbe
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Information And Communication

The world has experienced an unprecedented growth in information and communication technologies (ICT) through the widespread use of personal computers, Internet, and mobile phones. The objectives of this chapter are to examine trends in ICT use in agriculture, identify key success factors for ICT utilization in agriculture, and investigate the implications of ICT-enabled value chains for the agribusiness industry. The chapter describes the strategic role of ICT in the development of both e-commerce and mobile commerce in agriculture globally. The chapter identifies the leading areas of ICT use in agriculture and agribusinesses as input procurement, production, marketing, food traceability, and financial service delivery. Producers are increasingly seeking ways to add value to their businesses by integrating ICT in the value chain. Similarly, consumers are becoming more knowledgeable about how they could use ICT to articulate their preferences. The chapter discusses key success factors for ICT applications affecting both the internal and external environment of agribusiness firms. The chapter concludes by drawing implications for ICT use in agriculture and agribusiness value chains.

scholarly journals РАЗВИТИЕ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ ГРАМОТНОСТИ УЧАЩИХСЯ В УСЛОВИЯХ СЕЛЬСКОЙ ШКОЛЫ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Aleksandrova ◽  
Aleksandr Shirin ◽  
Sergey Taykov
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Literacy Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication

Описаны вопросы разновозрастного обучения в сельской школе. Представлены основные компоненты информационной грамотности учащихся школы (получение информации; оценка информации; использование информации). Раскрыто понятие «информация». Изучена связь информационной грамотности с такими видами грамотности, как сетевая грамотность (умение анализировать данные, поступающие из социальных сетей); цифровая грамотность (умение воспринимать и применять информацию с помощью компьютера); интернет-грамотность (умение критически оценивать информацию из сети Интернет); компьютерная грамотность (способность грамотно применять информационно-коммуникационные технологии для решения поставленных задач); медиаграмотность (способности, необходимые для взаимодействия с данными, информацией и знаниями). We described the issues of different age education in a rural school and presented the main components of information literacy of school students (obtaining information; evaluating information; using information). The concept of “information” is disclosed. We studied the relationship of information literacy with such types as network literacy (the ability to analyze, collect and use information coming from social networks); digital literacy (the ability to understand and use information provided by a variety of formats and sources using a computer); internet literacy; computer literacy (knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for understanding information and communication technologies, including hardware, software, systems, networks (local networks and the Internet)); media literacy (knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for understanding all means of (mass) communication and formats in which the creation, storage, transmission and presentation of data, information and knowledge is carried out). We gave examples and analysis of the current situation in rural schools, the reasons why it is necessary to develop and implement information and communication technologies in small schools and the practice of their application. We also described the main directions of development of teachers in rural schools (areas that require special attention when designing a development program for a particular school) and the conditions that are necessary for this.

Analysing the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the integration of East African farmers in a value chain context

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madlen Krone ◽  
Peter Dannenberg
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Flow ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Commercial Value ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
Financial Transactions

AbstractInsufficient access to markets, limited financial transactions, and a lack of information and knowledge often restrict opportunities for small-scale farmers to link up with commercial value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially mobile phones and the internet, have expanded the possibility to communicate across geographical distances and to integrate into commercial value chains. By using a novel combination of conceptual considerations on ICTs, value chains, and relational proximity, this paper assesses: 1. How the use of ICTs affects the integration of small-scale farmers into the value chains (by analysing the information and knowledge flow, the financial and market transactions) and 2. to what extent the use of ICTs is on the other side influenced by the value chain context (i.e. the structure and coordination of the chain and the relational proximity between farmer and buyer). Our findings showed that even simple ICTs (phones) can lead to improvements for farmers to integrate into the chain as they facilitate simple information and complex knowledge flow, financial transactions, and market access, even though a greater structural transformation was absent. However, our results showed that the extent of the effects depends on the context in the value chains, in particular their structure, coordination, and the relational proximity between the actors. In this way, this paper contributes to the conceptual discussions on information and communication for development (ICT4D) and the dynamics in value chains.

Clusters and Co-Laboratories

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 394-403
Author(s):  
Joe Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Knowledge Asset ◽  
Information And Communication

This paper looks at how small companies develop their knowledge asset base through ‘organizational learning’, and particularly through the development of cooperative linkages via ‘knowledge clusters’. Against this background, the author discusses the processes involved in organizational learning within industrial clusters. In the light of this discussion, he then offers a brief appraisal of the prospects for promoting collaborative learning through the use of ‘Information Society Technologies’. The paper draws on the results of two major pan-European projects – DELOS and COMPETE – both funded under the European Commission's ‘Targeted Socio-Economic Research Programme’. On the basis of the results of these projects, the author provides a typology of knowledge clusters and speculates on how information and communication technologies can promote collaborative learning in industrial clusters.

Level of Innovative Capacity of ICT Sector Organizations According to Their Participation in Industrial Clusters

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-369
Author(s):  
Ivan Angelov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Reducing Costs

The development of innovations has an inevitable impact on the ability of organizations to innovate. Reducing costs and increasing the quality of services force organizations to adapt to the ever-changing environment constantly and adequately. The extremely fast development of information and communication technologies gives grounds to believe that innovations will be a key factor in achieving competitiveness and will continue to be a major challenge for companies in the future. This article presents detailed information on a study of the innovation capability of organizations that belong to the industrial sector “Information and Communication Technologies” (ICT) in Bulgaria. A statistically substantiated comparative analysis of the characteristics of the innovation ability is done. The subject and object of the research are presented. Both methodology and logic for testing the research hypothesis are described in detail. The obtained results confirm the main research thesis related to the importance and role of industrial clusters for increasing the innovation capability of organizations.

scholarly journals Understanding Information need and media habit of poor farmers in Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Muaz Jalil ◽  
Mohammad Shahroz Jalil
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Information Need ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

Relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and poverty remains unclear.  The result is likely to remain such if focus is not given to the understanding of needs of the poorer community whose problems ICT interventions are supposed to solve. The present study is an attempt in that direction and it does so by trying to understand the media habit of poor farmers in Bangladesh.  The study covered 7 major agricultural sectors across 15 districts (out of 64) of Bangladesh. It is hoped that the detailed sector disaggregated findings of the study can be used in better designing of interventions to leverage ICTs, which can address key constraints in different agricultural value chains within Bangladesh.

Telecommunications sector transformations, innovations and the market structure: The case of Algeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-299
Author(s):  
Ameziane Nawal ◽  
Belmihoub Mohamed Cherif
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
Telecommunications Sector ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Voice Data ◽  
The Voice

Abstract Widespread computer science use and the tremendous changes in information and communication technologies (ICT) since the 2000s have induced major disruptions in the telecommunications sector. The Voice-Data‐Image convergence had a significant effect on organizations, infrastructures and ICT platforms. Innovation has become a key value for this sector. However, the main weaknesses of telecom operators lie in the lack of their capacities to meet the requirements of continuous innovation. The aim of this article is to propose a critical reflection on the strategic orientations that the Algerian telecom operators can consider in the context of ICT convergence. A survey is conducted to understand the different developments in this sector and in particular to analyse the main issues faced by the incumbent operators and identify the growth levels in changing value chains. A particular reference to the experience of the incumbent operator of Algeria will be discussed from a transformation perspective strategy.

Whatsapp Messenger as a Mobile Media to Learn Writing for EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Department ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Brusell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

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