New Mobilities, New Risks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dillon Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Urban Economic ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
The World ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Fuzzy Boundary

While cell phones and other new digital technologies can help struggling businesspeople overcome their immobility and lack of access to urban economic space, new forms of connection come with a host of new risks. Despite the importance of new technologies like M-PESA, risk and insecurity are central to shaping lived experiences of mobility and the digital-power divide in much of the world today. The stories in this chapter illustrate that privatization and deregulation of the economy—especially telecommunications—does not necessarily lead to widespread socio-economic development, poverty alleviation, or business creation. Rather than a story of new global motion and mobility, the lived reality of global interconnection today is characterized by discontinuity, immobility, and awkwardness. The types of risk shape their strategies for jumping scales or staying local and balancing the precarious and often fuzzy boundary between economic formality and informality in Mombasa.

The Rise of Digital Repression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Feldstein
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
The World ◽  
Dna Collection ◽  
Opposition Movements ◽  
Mass Surveillance

This book documents the rise of digital repression—how governments are deploying new technologies to counter dissent, maintain political control, and ensure regime survival. The emergence of varied digital technologies is bringing new dimensions to political repression. At its core, the expanding use of digital repression reflects a fairly simple motivation: states are seeking and finding new ways to control, manipulate, surveil, or disrupt real or perceived threats. This book investigates the goals, motivations, and drivers of digital repression. It presents case studies in Thailand, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, highlighting how governments pursue digital strategies based on a range of factors: ongoing levels of repression, leadership, state capacity, and technological development. But a basic political motive—how to preserve and sustain political incumbency—remains a principal explanation for their use. The international community is already seeing glimpses of what the frontiers of repression look like, such as in China, where authorities have brought together mass surveillance, online censorship, DNA collection, and artificial intelligence to enforce their rule in Xinjiang. Many of these trends are going global. This has major implications for democratic governments and civil society activists around the world. The book also presents innovative ideas and strategies for civil society and opposition movements to respond to the digital autocratic wave.

scholarly journals Research on the Application of E-commerce to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): the Case of India

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Nguyen Xuan Trung ◽  
Dang Thai Binh ◽  
Dang Thi Thuy ◽  
Dong Thi Thuy Linh
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
Medium Enterprises

SMEs account for a large propotion and play an important role in the development of each country in the world, including India. The globalization will bring many advantages for enterprises however SMEs will face fierce competition at the local, national and international level. In order to maintain and promote the important role of SMEs in the context of increased competition, SMEs have to change and adopt new technologies. E-commerce and digital technologies are bringing opportunities to help SMEs improve their competitiveness, narrow the gap with big enterprises thanks to their fairness and flexibility of the digital business environment. According to UNIDO (2017), India is one of the countries successfully applying e-commerce to SMEs. Contributing to this success is the important role of the Indian government. Therefore, this paper focuses on researching the application of e-commerce to SMEs in terms of the role of government in promoting and creating ecosystem for SMEs and e-commerce development.

scholarly journals Agriculture sphere in the era of Industry 4.0: the world experience and Russian practice of the digital business model building in the agroindustry

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 06058
Author(s):  
Igor Aleksandrov ◽  
Vitali Daroshka ◽  
Alexander Isakov ◽  
Irina Chekhovskikh ◽  
Ekaterina Ol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Further Development

The articel is devoted to the study of digital reforms in the agro-industrial complex of Russia and the assessment of opportunities and threats for the sustainable socio-economic development of the country. The article also considers business cases of successful digitalization of agriculture and assesses the economic effects of digital technologies, and forms a scenario for the further development of the agro-industrial complex taking into account global trends in the development of the digital economy.

scholarly journals DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES USED IN THE CLASSROOM AS SUPPORTING INSTRUMENTS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF BASIC EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 854-868
Author(s):  
Francisco Carlos da Silva Caetano
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Different Content

We live in a time surrounded by innumerable technological innovations that have impacted this generation significantly, since very early people already make use of some electronic gadget, navigating a universe rich in entertainment features, allowing access to different content whether close or even far. Such technological innovations promote relevant transformations in all sectors of society, contributing to the formation of more active and participative subjects in issues of interest around themselves and the world, favoring the dissemination of popular culture and its enrichment. New technologies favor changes in thinking, acting, teaching and learning, as they have significantly contributed to the advancement of communication and access to information in real time. It is noticed that children are increasingly getting access to these technological tools and master them very skillfully, being able to teach the most advanced in age the use of these novelties. Thinking about the way the child is positioned in the technological society, this work sought to investigate the importance of using new digital technologies in the classroom to enhance the teaching-learning process in the early years of basic education.

scholarly journals Twenty-nine years of the BIR Annual Survey part 1: Technological change

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Tredinnick
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Annual Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Information Work ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
The Impact

This article is the first part of a review of the Business Information Review Annual Survey, which has been published annually since 1991. The article explores technological change as it has been revealed by the surveys. It uses a combination of content and thematic analysis to develop six key themes, which are discussed by reference to the original surveys: the telling case of CD-ROMs; the Internet and the World Wide Web; changing information formats; the impact of digital technologies on information work; intranets and knowledge management (KM); and newer technologies. The article aims to summarise and consolidate longitudinal trends revealed by the survey, act as a guide to the rich data contained within the surveys themselves and provide a testament to the wealth of professional experience captured in the BIR Annual Surveys. Its findings relate to the nature of technological change and the incorporation of new technologies by the information and KM profession.

scholarly journals Relevant issues of legal regulation of the digital revolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Ryzhkova ◽  
Evgeniya Konstantinovna Ryzhkova
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Law

The advancement of information technologies, change of expectations and consumer habits, as well as transformation of the social, economic, and political situation in the world entailed infiltration of digital technologies into all spheres of social life. Due to the need for the development of adequate legal regulation of relations arising in the digital sphere, determination of the limits and capabilities of artificial intelligence used for solution of versatile issues, the author highlights the priority direction for the development of law and its theoretical framework and practical aspects in the technologically advanced countries of the world. The progress of information technologies contributed to the development of law, having established its new institution of digital law. However, the essence of digital law is currently being reduced to regulating the new digital form of previous relations. The revolutionary achievement of digital law became the institution of artificial intelligence. The novelty of this research is lies in the statement that the achievements of digital technologies and transformations caused by them have received the name of the “third industrial revolution”, and usually, the revolutionary achievements find their legislative consolidation. Development and implementation of new technologies require their thorough regulation, namely with regards to formulation of concepts, criteria, and the subject matter. The development of the Institution of artificial intelligence actualizes the question of the parties to digital relations. Thus, the issues united by the concept of “digital law” do not fully reflect its essence and do not foresee the upcoming changes.

Teachers' Initial Training in Online Working With Students

2018 ◽  
pp. 265-286
Author(s):  
Adriana Nicu
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The World

In order to train future teachers, it is necessary for their trainers to master ICT knowledge and skills and to be convinced that the online environment is a chance for intellectual and social development. Students are influenced in their future teaching career by the way they are trained in digital technologies. Most studies about online learning come from teachers and express their position. Initiating teachers in Romania to integrate ICT into teaching needs the existing models in the world as guidance, keeping regional economic, financial, and cultural particularities in mind. This chapter shows the results of a questionnaire administered to a sample of Romanian students representing their views on the use of ICT in schools. Interpreting and analyzing the results is just one piece of a puzzle regarding the integration of new technologies into teaching.

Problems in Legal Regulation of Liability for Crimes that Infringe Digital Finance

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Denis A. Pechegin
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
The World

The digitalization of the financial sector in developed legal systems, the use of block chain technology, the introduction of digital forms of participation in civil turnover, and the introduction of the possibility of settlements in digital currencies, are designed to increase the efficiency of the economy and, ultimately, improve the quality of life of citizens. However, technological progress and positive expectations from the introduction of digital technologies in the sphere of public relations cannot guarantee protection of the values enshrined in the Basic Laws of certain states. While acknowledging the fact that the level of crime in the sphere of economic activity is one of the indicators of national economic security, special attention should be paid to the evolution and forecasting of the means of criminal legal protection of the monetary system, which is currently undergoing a process of digital transformation. This is due to the fact that digital financial technologies carry certain risks for the monetary system, due to objective factors. Firstly, many things depend on the functioning of the monetary circulation and the effectiveness of currency restrictions, for example, the macroeconomic indicators of the stability of the economic system, the exchange rate of the national currency, the achievement of the balance of payments necessary for stable development, and the country's position in the international arena. Secondly, in the context of increasing structural imbalances in the world economy and the global financial systems, the growth of private and sovereign debt, the widening gap between the valuation of real assets and derivative securities, it is the sphere of currency regulation and currency control that becomes one of the stabilizing tools in the system of state measures to support the economy. Add to those the sharp decline in the role of traditional factors of economic growth associated with scientific and technological changes. Transactions by dint of new technologies are recognized as high-risk around the world due to the instability of their existence. Taking into account the data, as well as other risks of the introduction of digital technologies, therefore, requires an analysis of the problems of legislative regulation of criminal liability for crimes in the field of digital finance.

scholarly journals Leveraging on Digital Technologies to Up-Scale Tourism for Economic Growth in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-54
Author(s):  
John E. Efiong ◽  
Adewale S. Adegbola
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Technological Strategies

The application of digital technologies in various human endeavours today is unabated. This article presents information and communications technologies (ICTs) as a driving force for promoting tourism in Africa for accelerated economic growth. Descriptive methodology was used in the study. The study relied on the explored impacts of tourism on socio-economic development of the developing nations of Africa and encourages the adoption of persona models in implementing technological strategies geared toward the promotion of tourism products and services on the continent. The article advocates technology compliance by all tourism organizations and involvement of all stakeholders, agencies of governments and ICT drivers in making Africa a destination of choice to the world by adopting appropriate technological provisions.

scholarly journals Investigation of R&D Potential of the Agricultural Industry Firms: Çanakkale Province Case

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Tan ◽  
Cansu Tepeli ◽  
Bengü Everest
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Building Stone ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Development Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Production Research

Recently, national economy has an important role in level of development and in steadily increase of the level of production. Research and Development is the use of background information and an intensive effort with a systematic base in new technologies in order to increase fund of knowledge. For the sake of this purpose, the importance given to R&D studies has been increased both in all over the world. When these countries examined, sources are used efficiently thanks to these activities. In addition to this, R&D has been an indispensable factor in the competition environment. Çanakkale belonging to the second group out of five in the socio-economic development framework is one of the prominent provinces in terms of development level. Thanks to being the building stone, Çanakkale is expected to give the needed importance R&D studies to increase its own agricultural competition capacity to gain economical added value. In this study, it is aimed to examine the overall position of the provincial R&D activities, the number of the enterprises running R&D activities, the capacity of the enterprises, their business segment, their position in agricultural industry, the importance given to the R&D activities in agricultural industry thanks to the questionnaires done with 153 enterprises taken from the industrial scaling of Çanakkale Provincial Directorate of Science Industry and Technology.

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