Not Yet the Post-TV Era: Network and MVPD Adaptation to Emergent Distribution Technologies

Television as a medium is in transition. From DVRs, to Netflix, to HBO Now, consumers have never before had such control over how they consume televisual content. The rapid changes to the medium have led to rhetoric heralding the impending “post-TV era.” Looking at the ways that legacy television companies have adapted to new technologies and cultural practices suggests that rather than traditional television going the way of radio, television as a medium is actually not terribly different, at least not enough to conclude that we have entered a new era. Press releases, discursive practices by the news media, corporate structures and investments, and audience research all point to the rhetoric of post-TV as being overblown. By thinking about contemporary television as being in transition, greater emphasis and attention can be placed on the role that major media conglomerates play in developing, funding, and legitimizing new forms of television distribution, in addition to co-opting disruptive technologies and business models while hindering others.

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Technological Revolution in Financial Intermediation

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage - Impact of Disruptive Technologies on the Sharing Economy ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-0361-4.ch005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 65-83

Author(s):

Galina Sergeevna Panova ◽

Irina Vladimirovna Larionova ◽

Istvan Lengyel

Keyword(s):

Financial Markets ◽

Business Models ◽

Financial Intermediation ◽

New Technologies ◽

Financial Intermediaries ◽

Theoretical Understanding ◽

Technological Revolution ◽

Functional Changes ◽

Disruptive Technologies ◽

Radical Reduction

The chapter presents current issues in innovative modernization of financial intermediation. Development of financial innovation in recent years has led to significant structural and functional changes in the system of financial intermediation. New technologies open broad prospects allowing the radical reduction of the costs of information transmission and processing, while exacerbating competition and stimulate the emergence of new financial intermediaries. This chapter analyzes the debate on the theoretical understanding and analysis of financial intermediation, the disruptive technologies influence the economy with focus on organizational changes in financial markets, the use of digital currencies, exploration of blockchain technologies applications, etc. The chapter discusses how technologies have changed the market and the perception of customers as they foster entrepreneurial creativity and disrupt existing financial markets through an introduction of innovative business models of modern credit institutions.

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CHALLENGES OF NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE EDUCATION OF NEW GENERATION INNOVATORS

Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS) ◽

10.48127/gu/18.24.94 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 94-104

Author(s):

Violeta Šlekienė

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Science Communication ◽

Business Models ◽

New Technologies ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Steam Education ◽

Rapid Changes ◽

Rational Combination ◽

And Mathematics

STEAM education is not new in the world. Many research and international projects aimed at developing and improving this field have been and still are ongoing. In view of the rapid changes in science and technology and the growth of interdisciplinary integration, educational strategists, scientists and specialists from different countries regularly update the content of STEAM subjects and their teaching methods. Educational strategists of our country have declared STEAM education as a priority area of education. The Ministry of Education emphasizes that it is particularly important to raise pupils' interest in STEAM and to train 21st century teachers with STEAM education-relevant competencies. STEAM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real world lessons as students apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in contexts that make connections between school, community, work, and the global enterprise enabling the development of STEAM literacy and with it the ability to compete in the new economy. STEAM education emphasizes art and technical creativity as interdisciplinary access, combining it with a rational combination with the peculiarities of individual subjects. At present, in the context of particularly rapid changes in the labor market, it is difficult to predict which specialties will be required when current students complete their studies. It is forecasted that even 65% basic school pupils, when they graduate, will work according to the specialty that currently does not exist and that by the year 2020, due to new technologies and business models, the global labor market will lose at least 7,1 million job places. This means that new skills and specialties will also be sought for educated, intellectually engineered professionals. That means, it is important to emphasize at school not only the importance of the knowledge itself, but also the continuous development of various skills. There is a growing debate about the abilities that will determine your professional and personal success in the future. The factors contributing to the necessity for the development and improvement of STEAM education, STEAM education issues, their causes, what is done in STEAM in other countries and the national STEAM conception have been highlighted in this paper. Keywords: STEAM education, STEAM conception, science communication.

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Social Networks, Online Technologies, and Virtual Learning

Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0134-5.ch014 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 266-279

Author(s):

Lydia Rose

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

New Technologies ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Learning Technologies ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Online Information ◽

Online Technologies ◽

Disruptive Technologies ◽

Communications Technologies ◽

Educational Structures

The disruptive communications technologies to higher educational structures today mimics the disruptive nature of ideological advances to learning technologies that were experienced in past decades regarding higher education. Online cloud computing in the areas of interactions, communication, social networking, and online information resources are applicable technologies to higher education. Educational establishments have the option of offering virtual online educational experiences as well as credentials that challenge traditional modes and practices of many colleges and universities. The dilemma facing educational structures is to recognize which conditions and practices need to be restructured into the learning environment and what cultural norms need establishing regarding these new technologies. This chapter is organized by situating education and academia within a technological/historical-ideological context, follow the global progression and distribution of communications technologies as disruptive technologies, and applying social network theory in establishing cultural practices as articulating global revolutionary/counterrevolutionary practices of virtual education.

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Customised garment making as the category for sustaining micro enterprise in the scenario of Industry 4 revolution

SMS Journal of Enterpreneurship & Innovation ◽

10.21844/smsjei.v6i01.17662 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Bikas Agrawal

Keyword(s):

Service Sector ◽

New Technologies ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Disruptive Technologies ◽

Multiple Factors ◽

Rapid Changes ◽

Fast Pace ◽

Block Chain ◽

Garment Manufacturing ◽

Huge Challenge

The fast pace of industry at present is unprecedented thanks to the revolution which is taking place post the advent of various facets of Information Technology. The whole world is discussing about Machine learning, Internet of things, block chain , robotics etc. Manufacturing as well as the service sector are largely affected by these disruptive technologies. Keeping in tune with the latest developments has become a huge challenge for the Industry as a whole. Those who are ignorant about the changes are losing faster than they might have thought. Small enterprises are also getting affected by new technologies. Many of the small enterprises are feared to become non- existent. Survival for micro business is necessary, this sector has to adapt suitable and sustainable strategies for its survival. The micro enterprise has to find the intellectual aspect of business that can remain unaffected by the sudden rapid changes in Industry as a whole. Advent of power looms threatened the very existence of handlooms; fabric manufacturing saw a shift from handloom to power looms. Still the appeal of that handmade factor attached to handloom fabric excites quite a large group of people. Garment manufacturing has a similar story of shift from handmade customised garments to factory made ready to wear garments. This paper tries to talk about the appeal of handmade garments which still attracts consumers thanks to multiple factors and can be adapted as a profitable micro enterprise.

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Future Banking Scenarios. Evolution of Digitalisation in Spanish Banking

Journal of Business Accounting and Finance Perspectives ◽

10.35995/jbafp2020013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Silvia Valero ◽

Francisco Climent ◽

Rafael Esteban

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Banking Sector ◽

New Technologies ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

New Era ◽

Use Of Data ◽

Distributed Ledger ◽

Banking Business ◽

Digital Channels ◽

Financial Technology

The banking sector has begun a process of digital transformation that is changing the way financial products and services are sold. This transformation is a consequence of the growing demand for digital channels by some sectors of the population, the progress of new technologies and the banks’ need to improve efficiency after the economic crisis. The emergence of innovative financial technology (fintech) startups in the banking sector has been the lever initiating this digital transformation. Technology companies are challenging established banking business models and promoting the democratisation of finance in a more efficient and transparent financial ecosystem. Increasing investment in these technology companies has also attracted the interest of various regulators, and the future suggests a scenario of collaboration between these new players and traditional companies, with a consequently difficult task for the regulators of guaranteeing the same conditions of competition for new entrants and incumbents. However, technology companies with vast experience in the gathering and use of data from millions of users (such as Amazon, Google or Facebook) are considered a threat. Moreover, some types of evolving fintechs, such as neobanks with bank licences, may also become competitors. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain, a fintech technology that is evolving constantly, has already awoken the interest of all financial sector participants because it could trigger real disruption and produce a new era of value.

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The business of news: exploring the future of journalism as a commercially viable media product in multiplatform digital environments

10.32920/ryerson.14664201.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Irene Hawkings

Keyword(s):

Value Creation ◽

News Media ◽

Customer Value ◽

Business Models ◽

Media Industry ◽

Digital Information ◽

Audience Research ◽

Market Growth ◽

Digital Environments ◽

Information Landscape

In today’s digital information landscape, many threats challenge the economic model of professional journalism. The adoption of customer-value models by the news media industry, however, is relatively recent. This paper aims to direct news consumption research toward an understanding of the role of customer value creation and brand loyalty in gathering and maintaining newspaper customer markets in the digital era. Understanding what customers value in different contexts, and what value creation strategies are appropriate in these contexts is central to recognizing new market growth opportunities and business model innovation. In this paper, I discuss the application of a formal customer-value lens for newspaper audience research. The results of this research provide insight into the ways that news consumers and new customers differ from one another. The findings show that a news customer’s willingness to pay may be directly related to perceived utility of professional journalism and their brand connection to the newspaper. These implications call for a reexamination of the strategic approaches that inform current newspaper business models. A conceptual framework for segmenting newspaper customer markets based on the extent to which customers will pay for branded news media content is proposed.

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The business of news: exploring the future of journalism as a commercially viable media product in multiplatform digital environments

10.32920/ryerson.14664201 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Irene Hawkings

Keyword(s):

Value Creation ◽

News Media ◽

Customer Value ◽

Business Models ◽

Media Industry ◽

Digital Information ◽

Audience Research ◽

Market Growth ◽

Digital Environments ◽

Information Landscape

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Emerging Industrial Revolution: Symbiosis of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: The Role of Universities

Science Technology and Society ◽

10.1177/0971721820912918 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 505-525 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Seeram Ramakrishna ◽

Alfred Ngowi ◽

Henk De Jager ◽

Bankole O. Awuzie

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Business Models ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

New Technologies ◽

Production Systems ◽

Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽

New Jobs

Growing consumerism and population worldwide raises concerns about society’s sustainability aspirations. This has led to calls for concerted efforts to shift from the linear economy to a circular economy (CE), which are gaining momentum globally. CE approaches lead to a zero-waste scenario of economic growth and sustainable development. These approaches are based on semi-scientific and empirical concepts with technologies enabling 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) and 6Rs (reuse, recycle, redesign, remanufacture, reduce, recover). Studies estimate that the transition to a CE would save the world in excess of a trillion dollars annually while creating new jobs, business opportunities and economic growth. The emerging industrial revolution will enhance the symbiotic pursuit of new technologies and CE to transform extant production systems and business models for sustainability. This article examines the trends, availability and readiness of fourth industrial revolution (4IR or industry 4.0) technologies (for example, Internet of Things [IoT], artificial intelligence [AI] and nanotechnology) to support and promote CE transitions within the higher education institutional context. Furthermore, it elucidates the role of universities as living laboratories for experimenting the utility of industry 4.0 technologies in driving the shift towards CE futures. The article concludes that universities should play a pivotal role in engendering CE transitions.

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Business model of garment enterprises: a scientometric review

Textile Research Journal ◽

10.1177/0040517520985908 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 91 (13-14) ◽

pp. 1609-1626

Author(s):

Yuran Jin ◽

Xiangye Song ◽

Jinhuan Tang ◽

Xiaodong Dong ◽

Huisheng Ji

Keyword(s):

Conference Proceedings ◽

Social Science ◽

Business Model ◽

Western Europe ◽

Business Models ◽

New Technologies ◽

Citation Index ◽

The United States ◽

Fast Fashion ◽

First Time

The research on the business model of garment enterprises (BMGE) has expanded rapidly in the last decade. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive reviews of it, let alone visual research. Based on scientometrics, in this paper 118 papers and their 4803 references from Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index—Science, and Conference Proceedings Citation Index—Social Science & Humanities for the period 2010–2020 about the BMGE were analyzed by visualizing the co-cited references, co-occurrence keywords, burst references, dual-map overlays, and more with CiteSpace, Google Maps, and VOSviewer. The research revealed the intellectual landscapes of the BMGE for the first time and mapped the landmark papers, hotspots and trends, national or regional distributions and their cooperation networks, highly cited authors, and prestigious journals and disciplines related to the BMGE. The results show that the biggest hotspot is the fast fashion business model; social responsibility, smart fashion, Internet of Things, and sharing fashion are the main emerging hotspots; and the research focuses has evolved from traditional business models to business models driven by new technologies, then to new issues such as circular economy models. The institutions are mainly distributed in China, the United States, and Western Europe, and there is cooperation between more than 11 countries. The most popular disciplines are economics and politics, while psychology, education, and social science are the essential basic disciplines. The Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, among others, actively promoted the research.

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From automobile capitalism to platform capitalism: Toyotism as a prehistory of digital platforms

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/01708406211030681 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 017084062110306

Author(s):

Marc Steinberg

Keyword(s):

Automobile Industry ◽

New Technologies ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

New Era ◽

Data Intensive ◽

New Organizational Forms ◽

Production Practice ◽

Industry Applications ◽

Digital Artefact ◽

The Relationship

This article explores the automotive lineage and manufacturing origins of platforms. Challenging prevailing assumptions that the platform is a digital artefact, and platform capitalism a new era, this article traces crucial elements of platform capitalism to Toyotist automobile manufacture in order to rethink the relationship between technology and organization. Arguing that the very terminology and industry applications of the ‘platform’ emerge from the automobile industry over the course of the 20th century, this article cautions against the uncritical adoption of epochal paradigms, or assumptions that new technologies require new organizational forms. By parsing the platform into two types, the stack and the intermediary, this article demonstrates how the platform concept and data-driven production practice both develop out of the Toyota Production System in particular, and American and Japanese analyses of it. Toyotism, we show, is the unseen industrial and epistemological background against which the platform economy plays out. In making this case, this article highlights the crucial continuities between the data intensive production of companies like Uber and Amazon – emblematic of digital platform capitalism – and the organizational paradigms of the automobile industry. At a moment when the automobile returns to prominence amidst platforms such as Uber, Didi Chuxing, or Waymo, and as we find tech companies turning to automobile manufacturing, this automotive lineage of the platform offers a crucial reminder of the automotive origins of what we now call platform capitalism.

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