scholarly journals The status, challenges, and trends: an interpretation of technology roadmap of intelligent and connected vehicles in China (2020)

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Xu ◽  
Keqiang Li ◽  
Jianqiang Wang ◽  
Quan Yuan ◽  
Yanding Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology Roadmap ◽  
Technical Content ◽  
The Status ◽  
Technical Architecture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
International Strategies

Purpose The rapid development of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (ICVs) has boomed a new round of global technological and industrial revolution in recent decades. The Technology Roadmap of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (2020) comprehensively analyzes the technical architecture, research status and future trends of ICVs. The methodology that supports the roadmap should get studied. Design/methodology/approach This paper interprets the roadmap from the aspects of strategic significance, technical content and characteristics of the roadmap, and evaluates the impact of the roadmap on researchers, industries and international strategies. Findings The technical architecture of ICVs as the “three rows and two columns” structure is studied, the methodology that supported the roadmap is explained with a case study and the influence of key technologies with proposed development routes is analyzed. Originality/value This paper could help researchers understand both thoughts and methodologies behind the technology roadmap of ICVs.

Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the digitisation of procurement and supply chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Bienhaus ◽  
Abubaker Haddud
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
The Impact

Purpose While digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital transformation. The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of digitisation on procurement and its role within the area of supply chain management. The research will also explore potential barriers to digitising procurement and supply chains and ways to overcome them. Finally, the significance of potential enabling technologies to the digitisation will also be examined. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative approached utilising an online survey was used to collect the primary data for this study. Data were collected from 414 participants directly involved with procurement or related business functions and work for different organisations in different industries. The survey included eight items about the impact of digitisation on organisational performance in the area of procurement and supply chains; ten items related to key barriers to digitisation of organisations and ways to overcome them; and seven items about enabling technologies to leverage procurement procedures and processes digitisation. All of these items utilised the Likert five-point level of agreement scale. Findings The findings indicate that digitisation of procurement process can yield several benefits including: supporting daily business and administrative tasks, supporting complex decision-making processes, procurement will become more focussed on strategic decisions and activities, procurement will become a strategic interface to support organisational efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability, and supporting the creation of new business models, products, and services. The authors were also able to confirm that there are barriers to digitising procurement process and supply chains and such barriers found in existing procedures, processes, capacities, and capabilities. Finally, the significance of a number of enabling technologies to the digitisation process was revealed. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind with participants located world-wide. Industry 4.0 as a topic had been explored within different business areas and functions but very limited research specifically explored potential impact, barriers, and enabling technologies of procurement 4.0. The results can be beneficial for organisations already implemented Industry 4.0 or planning to do so. The study can also benefit academic scholars interested in the researched topic, business professionals, organisations within different sectors, and any other party interested in understanding more the concept of procurement 4.0.

Land use change and precipitation implication to hydro-meteorological disasters in Central Java: an overview

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Intan Hapsari Surya Putri ◽  
Imam Buchori ◽  
Wiwandari Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Meteorological Disasters

Purpose This study aims to prove that land-use change plays a role in the occurrence of hydro-meteorological disasters in Central Java, especially in relation to its upstream and downstream. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents empirical findings from quantitative research using a spatial analysis and descriptive analysis. Findings The upstream and downstream area of Central Java is categorized as a rapid development area that results in changes in land use and land cover. The findings showed that there was an increasing number of hydrometeorological disasters such as floods and landslides as the impact of land-use change and rainfall conditions. Research limitations/implications Analysis of the relationship between rainfall and disaster events with more technical and specific analysis could be done in the further research. Originality/value In this study, more analysis in the context of river basin systems including upstream and downstream in different periods to examine the linkage between them have been considered and incorporated.

Digital transformation: “jobocolypse” or empowerment?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeynep Hizir
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of digital transformation on jobs and to assess whether or not the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will lead to mass redundancies. The piece also looks at the role human resources (HR) departments will have to play in the implementation of, and response to, digital transformation within the workplace. Design/methodology/approach This paper combines research based on media articles, a parliamentary report and wider digital transformation industry research. The author looks to explain what digital transformation is, deconstruct misconceptions around digital transformation, assess the true evidence-based impact of digital transformation on jobs and advise HR departments on the impact of digital transformation within the workplace. Findings This piece finds that there remains a considerable degree of misunderstanding and many misconceptions around digital transformation and that while digital transformation will lead to the loss of some jobs, it will also lead to the change of existing ones and creation of new ones. Furthermore, this piece finds that HR departments will play a crucial role in the implementation of digital transformation, but that they too will need to pivot and adjust to new workplace realities as a result. Originality/value Many HR departments face confusion and misconceptions around the impact of digital transformation on the workforce, and there also remains concern among many employers that technology will replace their jobs. This piece seeks to dispel the myths and paint a clearer picture to both HR departments and employees around the impact of digital transformation.

Youth welfare work

2018 ◽  
pp. 180-216
Author(s):  
Carole Holohan
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Welfare Work ◽  
Youth Welfare ◽  
The Status ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Many ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
International Strategies

Chapter five focuses on the development of youth welfare work, in particular the youth club, as a response to concerns that young people were not using their leisure time appropriately. Fred Powell, Martin Geoghegan, Margaret Scanlon and Katharina Swirak highlight how an international volunteer boom in the 1960s, and in the field of youth work in particular, in part reflected changing attitudes to youth and concerns about what seemed a disaffected generation. This chapter assesses developments in youth work at a local and national level, highlighting the impact of international strategies in this field and the tensions between the many players in the Irish scene. It attests to the ways in which external frameworks, emanating from supranational bodies such as the Council of Europe and the United Nations, reframed understandings of youth in the adult imagination and influenced how youth was perceived by voluntary and statutory organisations. It also highlights the ways in which some international ideas and models were embraced but others challenged the status quo, and therefore faced resistance.

Prospects of the fourth industrial revolution for the hospitality industry: a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-494
Author(s):  
Benjamin Appiah Osei ◽  
Neethiahnanthan Ari Ragavan ◽  
Henry Kofi Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The economy of today has moved toward the fourth industrial revolution (FIR), which is characterized by the adoption of technologies such as cyber-physical systems, internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence and robotics. Globally, there is a lot of awareness created on the influence of the FIR on all industries, including hospitality and tourism. A plethora of studies on FIR have been conducted in the setting of manufacturing industries. Nonetheless, there seems to be in-exhaustive and non-consensual agreement among researchers as to the development and prospects of the FIR for service industries. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to comprehensively review the prospects of the FIR for the hospitality and tourism industry. Design/methodology/approach As a result of the novelty and gaps associated with the FIR in the hospitality literature, the authors explored the concept of FIR using a comprehensive literature review approach. Specifically, this paper reviews existing literature from diverse academic backgrounds, and annotates issues with regard to the evolution and prospects of the FIR for the hospitality industry. Findings Emphatically, the development and principles of FIR were expatiated. Additionally, an exegesis was carried out on the prospects (positives and challenges) of FIR for the hospitality industry. Finally, practical and social implications were also discussed. Originality/value It still remains a discourse among scholars and industry stakeholders as to the prospects of the FIR. This paper clarifies the confusion among researchers and bridges the literature gaps. Moreover, this review serves as a theoretical foundation for future research on the impact of FIR on the hospitality industry.

Morocco's phosphate company is set for an export surge

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Credit Rating ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Credit ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Significance Meanwhile, the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP), Morocco’s government-controlled phosphate company, has started production in a new fertiliser unit at its main processing and export centre in Jorf Lasfar, on the Atlantic coast. Morocco’s traditional phosphate industry has been eclipsed in recent years by the rapid development of new sectors such as the automotive and aeronautical industries, which are similarly oriented towards exports. Impacts OCP’s fertiliser production capacity will increase by 50% during 2018, boosting the value added to its phosphate mining activities. Increased volumes of exports of phosphates and fertilisers will counterbalance the impact of relatively low international prices. Once the new cycle of investment is complete, OCP will be in a position to pay back tax credits it has received from the government. Repayment of tax credits would boost OCP's international credit rating.

Diversification, family involvement and firm performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 663-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Delbufalo ◽  
Sara Poggesi ◽  
Simone Borra
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Product Diversification ◽  
Geographic Diversification ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Italian Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of product and geographic diversification on the performance of Italian manufacturing firms and evaluate the moderating role of family involvement. Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses have been tested by using a fixed-effects panel data regression model. Findings – Results show a linear relationship between product diversification and firm performance and an inverted U-shaped relationship between geographic diversification and firm performance. Moreover, when considering the status of the family firm, family ties have a negative moderating role on the performance of companies that are product and internationally diversified. Originality/value – By providing theoretical explanations and empirical evidence, the study extends the diversification-performance research by testing this relationship in an unexplored context (i.e. Italy), and by identifying a still not well explored contingency factor (i.e. family involvement). In doing so, diversification and family involvement literatures are brought together and the results show the importance of the type of owner regarding the impact of product and international diversification on firm performance.

scholarly journals Инновационные контуры геоэкономической конкурентоспособности России в цифровой эпохе

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (52) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Irina P. Chernaya
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Professional Characteristics ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Characteristics Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
The Impact

В условиях распространения технологий и инноваций четвёртой промышленной революции вопросы формирования цифровой экономики в России приобретают важное значение. Оно определяется в том числе необходимостью повышения геоэкономической конкурентоспособности страны на мировых рынках. Поэтому в статье предпринята попытка переосмысления базовых положений геоэкономики в контексте усиления глобальной конкуренции и вызванного им стремлением развитых государств к инновационному перепозиционированию на основе развития цифрового потенциала. Рассматривая существующие подходы к оценке воздействия цифровой революции на глобальные процессы, автор выделяет геоэкономиче-ские особенности современного этапа глобализации как глобализации 4.0. Данный период глобализации связан с цифровизацией и цифровой трансформацией экономики и общества и имеет национальную, региональную, отраслевую и профессиональную специфику. Анализ геоэкономических вызовов цифровизации России на национальном и макрорегиональном уровне постсоветского пространства показывает сохранение страной статуса геоэкономического полюса силы. Угрозы и риски цифрового отставания РФ рассмотрены на основе данных докладов Всемирного банка «Конкуренция в цифровую эпоху: стратегические вызовы для России» и Евразийского банка развития – доклад «Цифровой потенциал стран – участниц ЕАБР». Это позволило сделать вывод, что для укрепления положения геоэкономического лидера в макрорегионе и повышения геоэкономической конкурентоспо-собности на глобальной арене РФ необходимо преодолеть противоречие между темпами цифровизации как процесса внедрения цифровых инноваций и уровнем и глубиной цифровой трансформации, обусловленной изменением образа мышления и деятельности всех субъектов цифрового общества. Данное противоречие носит характер ключевой проблемы для страны и может быть преодолено на основе реализации программ развития информационной компе-тентности населения России всех возрастов с принятием во внимание отраслевой и профессиональной специфики в регионах страны. In the context оf technological progress and innovations of the fourth industrial revolution, the issues of forming the digital economy in Russia are becoming im-portant being also determined by the need to improve the country's geoeconomic competitiveness in world markets. Therefore, the article attempts to rethink the basic principles of geoeconomics in the context of increased global competition and the striving of developed countries for innovative re-positioning based on the development of digital potential. The author considers the existing approaches to assessing the impact of the digital revolution on global processes and highlights the geoeconomic features of the modern stage of globalization as globalization 4.0. This period of globalization is associated with digitalization and the digital transformation of the economy and society and has national, regional, sectoral and professional characteristics. Analysis of the geoeconomic challenges of Russian digitalization at the national and macro-regional levels of the post-Soviet space shows that the country has retained the status of a geoeconomic pole of power. The threats and risks of Russia's digital lag are based on the data from the World Bank's "Competition in the Digital Age: Strategic Challenges for Russia" and the Eurasian Development Bank report “Digital Potential of EABR Member Countries”. This allowed us to conclude that in order to strengthen the position of the geoeconomic leader in the macroregion and increase geoeconomic competitiveness in the global arena of the Russian Federation, it is necessary to overcome the contradiction between the pace of digitalization as a process of introducing digital innovations and the level and depth of digital transformation due to a change in the way of thinking and activity of all subjects of the digital society. This contradiction is a key problem for the country and can be overcome through implementing the programs of developing informational competence of the Russian population of all ages, taking into account the industry and professional specifics in the country's regions.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Leadership and Sustainable Development—A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11695
Author(s):  
Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu ◽  
Nada Rabie ◽  
Ayman Moustafa ◽  
Daniel Constantin Jiroveanu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Entrepreneurial Leadership ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

The main aim of this study was to clarify the current literary inconsistencies regarding the characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership and its impact on sustainability. Additionally, another aim was to establish the framework of entrepreneurial leadership and to highlight the main gaps in the entrepreneurial leadership literature. The entrepreneurial leadership literature started to develop recently as a new leadership style that is required to fulfill the current business changes in the fourth industrial revolution. The researchers conducted a narrative literature review to assess the status of entrepreneurial leadership in academia, literature gaps, and the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on the sustainability performance of organizations. Furthermore, the researchers main aim was to investigate the following research question: is entrepreneurial leadership a fixed or a multidimensional concept that differs based on industry, context, and firm size? Regarding the answer to this question, the current study found that entrepreneurial leadership is a multidimensional concept as it is reflected in different perspectives, which indicates the inconsistency of the characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership claimed in the literature. Research limitations—the current study focused on assessing the literature review status of entrepreneurial leadership. Based on that, this study’s limitation is represented in not focusing on testing entrepreneurial leadership’s impact on sustainability either quantitatively or qualitatively. On the contrary, it contributed by analyzing the status of the entrepreneurial leadership literature. Future studies need to further assess this relationship between both concepts and reach an agreement about the common characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership. Originality/value—the current study contributes to the entrepreneurial leadership literature as it highlighted the existing gaps and the inconsistency in the literature. Additionally, it contributed theoretically by connecting entrepreneurial leadership to the existing literature. Furthermore, empirically, it highlighted the contribution of entrepreneurial leadership by emphasizing the impact of it on organizational sustainable development performance. This study represents a call for scholars to focus more on entrepreneurial leadership given its contribution to organizational performance.

Productivity paralysis constrains UK growth prospects

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
High Uncertainty ◽  
Economic Outlook

Subject The UK economic outlook. Significance The Inflation Report by the Bank of England (BoE) last month was discouraging about the short-term economic outlook, while the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warned about the poor prospects for the next five years, underpinned by weak productivity growth. The stagnation of real wages since 2007-08 marks the worst performance of the UK economy since the early stages of the industrial revolution. Neither report directly assesses the impact of Brexit but both judge it as unfavourable. Impacts Slower GDP growth, high uncertainty and limited political consensus may curtail the government’s ability to implement much-needed policies. Productivity growth has slowed in most advanced economies since 2007-08, but the UK economy has been affected more severely than others. Balancing the budget is receding further into the future; the Institute for Fiscal Studies raises the possibility it may be unattainable.

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