scholarly journals Digital Tools for Managing Innovative Infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-416
Author(s):  
Alena Stupina ◽  
Tat'yana Berg ◽  
Larisa Korpacheva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Heterogeneous Environments ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Gert Networks ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Infrastructure Performance ◽  
New Consumer

The digital transformation of the economy and the conceptual changes in developing new consumer value predetermined new types of interaction between participants in innovation activities. These changes affected the elements of innovative infrastructure, which ensures effective production of open innovations. The increasing communication of innovation process participants remains a problem of innovative infrastructure performance, which requires new forms and configurations based on digital platform solutions. Modern information and communication technologies and their implementation in the innovative infrastructure will reduce investment costs for creation and maintenance of physical objects and decrease the time spent on searching, exchanging, and processing information of innovation process participants. The article considers the innovative infrastructure as an interaction system of subsystems based on digital platforms. The system provides downloadable information and innovative solutions. The paper focuses on the information subsystem of innovative infrastructure, its components, digital platforms, and services. The authors define distributed and integrated technologies for managing innovative infrastructure that provide communications in a single ecosystem of heterogeneous information network services of innovation process participants. The authors introduce effective mathematical tools of modified GERT networks for modeling computational data processing in heterogeneous environments of digital services of innovative infrastructure.

The Impact of ICTs and Business Strategy on Innovation Activities

2021 ◽  
pp. 154-177
Author(s):  
Hiroki Idota ◽  
Sheikh Abu Taher ◽  
Masatsugu Tsuji
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Product And Process

This research explores factors of innovation and clarifies the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on innovation process. Analysis is based on a mail survey conducted in February 2012 to March 2012 on 3,959 Japanese SMEs. The number of valid responses was 647 (16.3%) and is used as a sample for the analysis. Based on the data, logit analysis is employed for product and process innovation to answer the following three research questions: (1) What are factors promoting innovation? (2) How ICTs affect innovation? and (3) Which affect SMEs with higher ICT use to realize innovation? As a result, (1) the factors such as R&D expenditures, leadership of top management, motivation of employees, ICT index, effects of ICTs are extracted. (2) Sharing information and shortening the R&D process are the effects which ICTs perform to innovation. (3) These effects are greater to SMEs with higher ICT index. The new finding of this chapter lies in results such that ICTs affect innovation through sharing information and shortening the R&D period.

Cultural Aspects and Digital Divide in Europe

MedienJournal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ursula Maier-Rabler
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Policy Strategies

This paper aims to make a contribution toward an improvement of European e-policy practice. lt is inspired by the conviction that successfuJ e-policy strategies can lead to ba­lanced chances for all members in certain societies to aquire the absolutely indispensable capabilities for decision-making in the context of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Following the path of the development of e-policy papers it has to be stated that many goals have not yet been achieved. The techno-deterministic concepts 'access' and 'usage' seem not to reach far enough to get people really involved andin­formed. Many more aspects have tobe considered in order to create a clirnate for inno­vation where different choices made by different individuals according to their different social, economic or cuJtural backgrounds do not lead automatically to the well known either or not, connected or not-connected, haves or have-nots, but to a variety of pat­terns of involvement. In this paper, we argue for different e-policy strategies according to cultural aspects in certain societies. And hereby we will focus on the cultural aspects of information itself, on the notion of information in different information cultures. lt also seems important to mention at this stage that we believe that getting all members of society involved in the ICT-innovation process in order to provide the basis for in­formed decisions by each individual member is the most important task of e-policy.

SERVICES SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY CONDITIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
E. V. BARDASOVA ◽  
◽  
L. G. KIRILLOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
End User ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Information And Communication

The article is devoted to the consideration of the features of the digital economy, which provide huge opportunities for the development of business and services. Information and communication technologies allow you to bring the manufacturer to the end user, reduce costs, and develop new services on digital platforms. The conclusion is made: to get development opportunities from the digital environment, it is necessary to master the relevant competencies.

scholarly journals The Role of Marketing Instruments in the Innovative Development of Agrarian Enterprises

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (513) ◽  
pp. 460-468
Author(s):  
T. V. Ilchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Priority Direction ◽  
Logical Method ◽  
Information And Communication

At present, intensification of innovation activity is recognized as the priority direction in the operation of agrarian enterprises. It is determined that this, first of all, requires the formation of a qualitatively new system of marketing provision for innovative development of agricultural producers, introduction of modern information and communication technologies, and the use of digital marketing instruments. Therefore, the research is aimed at substantiating and developing proposals to improve the effectiveness of innovative development of agrarian enterprises with the use of marketing instrumentarium. To achieve the aim, research methods such as analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization, statistical analysis, structural and logical method, systematization are applied. The indicators of innovative development of food production enterprises are analyzed in accordance with KVED-2010. The key factors that determine the feasibility of using marketing instrumentarium in the innovative development of agrarian enterprises are identified. The main advantages of using information and communication technologies as an important marketing instrument in the innovative activities of agrarian enterprises are defined. Global trends in the development of the digitalization process in agriculture are examined. The peculiarities of digital channels for the promotion of agrarian products are considered, which include content marketing (SEO, SERM, SMM, PR content, e-mail marketing, ORM); digital advertising (contextual, targeted, media advertising); multichannel promotion; web-analythics. The directions of intensification of innovation activities of agrarian enterprises with the use of marketing instruments are defined, which are conventionally systematized by eight groups: operational response; budget optimization; remote mode and taking care of the team; assistance to agrarian business through the growth of corporate social responsibility and implementation of social initiatives; marketing strategy adjustments; transformation of communication mix and portfolio of innovative products; e-com enhancement, focus on trade marketing.

Possibilities of using usability testing for scientific research in assessing user satisfaction with the activities of environmental digital platforms

2020 ◽  
pp. 45 (86)-54 (94)
Author(s):  
Polina Olegovna Ermolaeva ◽  
Olga Aleksandrovna Basheva ◽  
Yulia Vyacheslavovna Ermolaeva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Information And Communication

This article is aimed at demonstrating the possibilities of using the usability testing method in the framework of research to determine the features of the new forms of digital urban participation by Russians in solving social and environmental problems and conflicts. In particular, the authors investigated the effectiveness of environmental online platforms in the UX research methodology through usability testing of these sites from the perspective of their users. The results of testing showed that both the functionality of these platforms to involve the population in environmental practices and technical limitations prevent users from putting environmental initiatives into practice. The data obtained in the framework of the UX study will allow us to compare the perception of users of online platforms with the conceptual vision of their developers to identify potential biases in the perception of these products by their ideologues and users in order to minimize these gaps. In terms of the increase of scientific knowledge, this study will allow to assess the effectiveness of the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for digital ecoactivists in comparison with traditional (offline) forms of urban participation, to analyze the new strategies and forms of digital participation, and to identify the main advantages and disadvantages of ICTs in minimizing socio-environmental problems and conflicts in the tradition of M. Castells, digital environmental humanities/ English version of the article on pp. 86 - 94 at URL: https://panor.ru/articles/possibilities-of-using-usability-testing-for-scientific-research-in-assessing-user-satisfaction-with-the-activities-of-environmental-digital-platforms/50575.html

Political Economy of the Media

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dal Yong Jin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Modern Capitalism ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

Political economy of the media includes several domains including journalism, broadcasting, advertising, and information and communication technology. A political economy approach analyzes the power relationships between politics, mediation, and economics. First, there is a need to identify the intellectual history of the field, focusing on the establishment and growth of the political economy of media as an academic field. Second is the discussion of the epistemology of the field by emphasizing several major characteristics that differentiate it from other approaches within media and communication research. Third, there needs an understanding of the regulations affecting information and communication technologies (ICTs) and/or the digital media-driven communication environment, especially charting the beginnings of political economy studies of media within the culture industry. In particular, what are the ways political economists develop and use political economy in digital media and the new media milieu driven by platform technologies in the three new areas of digital platforms, big data, and digital labor. These areas are crucial for analysis not only because they are intricately connected, but also because they have become massive, major parts of modern capitalism.

scholarly journals La dinamización de las TIC en las escuelas

2010 ◽  
pp. a131
Author(s):  
Cinta Espuny ◽  
Mercè Gisbert ◽  
Jordi Coiduras
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Academic Courses ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Action Process ◽  
Teaching Learning

Este artículo presenta parte de los resultados de una investigación sobre la dinamización de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) desde un centro de recursos pedagógico en las escuelas de su comarca, el Baix Ebre (Tarragona) durante los cursos escolares 2006-2007 y 2007-2008. Asimismo se enmarca en una tesis doctoral: «Disseny, implementació i avaluació del Pla d'explotació de recursos TIC als centres de primària del Baix Ebre» (Espuny, 2008). En líneas generales, se expone una propuesta sobre cómo dinamizar las TIC, basada en el análisis del papel de los agentes fundamentales en cualquier proceso de innovación, y con el objetivo de ser un referente en el diseño de un plan de incorporación de las TIC de forma gradual y metodológicamente significativa en la escuela. Se parte de un enfoque metodológico de investigación-acción y se utilizan técnicas de recogida e interpretación de datos mixta, cualitativa y cuantitativa (entrevistas, diarios, cuestionarios, demandas, opiniones, observaciones, reflexiones de expertos, etc.). A partir de ellas, nuestras conclusiones nos permiten reflexionar sobre el estado actual de las TIC en los centros y servir como base a las Administraciones educativas, en general, y a las diferentes comunidades educativas, en particular, en la definición de los cambios necesarios que nos permitan implementar exitosamente las TIC como un potente instrumento pedagógico que mejora la calidad del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje.AbstractThe article is based on the results of a research into dinamization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It's made by the Teaching Resources Centre of Baix Ebre (Tarragona) and it was applied in different schools located in the same area, during the academic courses 2006-2007, 2007-2008. This researching project is included in a thesis: «Design, implementation and assessment of a running plan of ICT resources in primary schools in the Baix Ebre area». (Espuny, 2008). In a general way it sets out a proposal to invigorate the ICT. This proposal is based on the study of the role the key agents that take part in every innovation process, and it has the objective of being an essential reference when designing a plan to involve or incorporate the ICT in schools in a methodological significative way. In this project the methodological research-action process has been taken as a reference. It used different resources to collect and analyze the data, mixed, qualitative and quantitative, (interviews, diaries, expert opinions...) The findings of the study are intended to reflect on the current status of ICT in schools, and to serve as a basis for the necessary changes that the educational authorities and the educational community may deem essential to enable ICT to be successfully implemented as a pedagogical tool that is to improve the quality of the teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals The relationship between social roles of contemporary art museums and digitalization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atiye Güner ◽  
◽  
İsmail Erim Gülaçtı ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Art Museums ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Technological Convergence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

This paper was adapted from the author’s PhD dissertation named “The Effects of Digitalization on Contemporary Art Museums and Galleries”. The digital age has started with the digitalization of information and information communication. The digitalization processes that accelerated with the rapid developments in information and communication technologies have deeply affected museums. Museums are information-based organizations, their primary functions are to protect and spread information. Digitalized information and information communication have obligated contemporary art museums to follow digitalization processes. In this process, technological convergence is another factor that accelerates digitalization of contemporary art museums. ICOM has defined a contemporary museum as a polyphonic platform including participatory, inclusive and democratizing elements. When all these concepts are considered, the importance of communication between museum-community becomes apparent. Today, contemporary art museums have taken communication to their focal points. Museum-society communication is experienced in contemporary art museums through artistic activities as well as institution's communication-oriented strategies. Contemporary art activities using digital technologies and multimedia technologies generally require audience participation. Global access and various digital platforms provide the society with equal access to museums and art events, as well as making the arts of various countries and identities more visible. In the field of education, contemporary art museums develop projects by cooperating with various institutions. The effective use of digital platforms and institutional pages serves as a catalyst in the realization of these roles that museums undertake. Innovations in information and communication technologies accelerate the digitalization processes and serve as a mediator in maintaining the social roles of museums. For example, it can be said that technological convergence increases the number of museum visitors, therefore, it is the mediator of the social roles of museums. Technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence, which are used in exhibition design in museums, require audience interaction. Digital art based on digital technology takes its place in contemporary art museums. In this study, it was aimed to reveal that social roles undertaken by contemporary art museums, such as participatory, inclusive, democratizing and polyphonic roles, are closely related to the digitalization of institutions and that digitalization acts as a catalyst for these roles.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying sensitivity and awareness among entry-level university students

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rıdvan Ata ◽  
Müge Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Information And Communication

With increased usage of the Internet and social media, cyberbullying among young people has recently come to the fore worldwide, and Turkey has seen no exception to this. The numbers of young people subjected to bullying on digital platforms increases daily, which has a significant impact on their lives. It is therefore vital to raise awareness about cyberbullying, both in terms of taking precautions against its threats and to foster behavioural changes that may lead to reduced exposure to cyberbullying. The purpose of this study is to investigate entry level university students’ past and present experiences of cyberbullying, specifically within digital social environments. A survey method was adopted, with participation of entry level undergraduate students from various departments of a public university in Turkey during the 2015-2016 academic year. The ‘Cyberbullying Sensitivity Scale’, developed by Tanrıkulu, Kınay, and Arıcak (2013), was the instrument applied. Findings from the study aim to shed light on the current status of sensitivity and awareness about cyberbullying, with important implications for the introduction and fostering of healthier and more informed use of information and communication technologies.

scholarly journals An Adaptive Model of E-Commerce Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (512) ◽  
pp. 298-304
Author(s):  
N. A. Kaluhina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Adaptive Model ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
External Contour ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Development Processes

The article is aimed at building up a model of e-commerce development adapted to the realities of our time and peculiarities of the development of infocommunications of the country. The current status of development of infocommunications is analyzed together with related activities of the enterprises, which are using the digital platforms for conduct of business. It is determined that the development of e-commerce is slowed by the inequality of access to modern information and communication technologies and low activity of certain economic actors regarding trade operations through the Internet. An adaptive model of e-commerce development is proposed, which is based on the consideration of the conditions of the external contour of development of enterprise along with the internal contour in the aspect of the existing resource base and potential development opportunities. The model requires an information base of e-commerce development processes, contains methodical principles for analyzing the internal and external contours of e-commerce development, as well as methods of forecasting changes in the external contour and determining the internal potential. The necessary element of the model is determination of the criteria for the possibility of e-commerce development in existing conditions combined with formation of a list of invariant models for different platforms, which would be the most acceptable in the conditions of external contour. The need to take into account existing cyber risks and apply measures to minimize them in the process of e-commerce development is substantiated. It is defined that the development of e-commerce leads to an effect on micro-, meso- and macro-levels, which in the end can lead to emergence of a synergistic effect. The feedback function contained in the model allows to link the stage of determining the results to the formation of invariant models of development, which should be activated in the absence of desirable results according to the selected model of e-commerce development. Further research will be directed to substantiate the criteria that determine the possibility of e-commerce development under the conditions of both internal and external contours.

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