scholarly journals Social Awareness and Responsibility in Context of Polish Service Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 268-279
Author(s):  
Magdalena Bsoul-Kopowska
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Crisis Situation ◽  
Crisis Events ◽  
Conscious Process ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Crisis Situations

Abstract Companies operating on the market have to cope with a variety of crisis situations which may adversely affect their development and jeopardise the achievement of their objectives. A crisis situation may, on the one hand, have a negative impact on the development of the company, but, on the other hand, it may provide a stimulus and have a constructive effect on its functioning. One of the factors influencing the ability to function of a business, including crisis situations, is its organisational culture. Therefore, a company responding to the situation should assess the conditions both in its environment and inside it and verify the artefacts, the system of values and the main principles that are the basis for building an organisational culture. Many companies that are dealing with a crisis situation decide to undertake a conscious process of cultural transformation. However, it requires the management to take appropriate actions and the time of a crisis situation is a test for many companies – whether in such a difficult moment something can still be done with the organisational culture, or whether the entrepreneurs can only wait for its inevitable impact on the functioning of the company. The subject of this article is the impact of a crisis situation on changes occurring within the organisational culture. The study attempts to evaluate the role of organizational culture in crisis situations based on the current state of knowledge and crisis events related to COVID-19.

Technological unemployment and the business model of sharing economy in conditions of digitalized economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-225
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Belova
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Technological Unemployment ◽  
The One ◽  
Development Paradigm ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industrial Revolutions

The article traces the impact of innovation on employment and workers income during industrial revolutions. The aim of the study is to identify the business model that contributes to improving the well-being and reducing negative impact of innovative transformations on employees. To achieve this goal, we analyze: the conceptions of industrial revolutions; the “Engels pause”, which arose during the First Industrial Revolution as a “surge” in inequality due to the contradiction between productivity growth and profit, on the one hand, and the stagnation of workers’ real incomes, on the other; the effect of replacing manual labor with automated one; the problems of technological unemployment; the digital business model of sharing economy. The findings report conclusions concerning the change in economic development paradigm as a result of the replacement of classical consumption models by sharing economy business model, on the prospects of the sharing economy business model in the context of its ability to solve employment problems, overcome technological unemployment and increase employees’ income. The achieved results can be useful for policymakers and corporate structures that design innovative development strategies.

Digital Media and Memory Balkanization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L.F. Lee ◽  
Joseph M. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 8 discusses the impact of digital media on collective memory. The chapter examines both the positive and negative impact of digital and social media. On the one hand, the analysis notes how digital media provided the channels for memory mobilization and the archives for memory transmission. On the other hand, the analysis examines the problematics of memory balkanization. It explicates how political forces have shaped the development of digital and social media in Hong Kong and how competing representations of the Tiananmen Incident and commemoration activities are articulated and reinforced within distinctive memory silos.

How does mobile social media affect knowledge sharing under the “Guanxi” system?

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1343-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Zhang ◽  
Jiaxin Tang ◽  
Xin Wei ◽  
Minghui Yi ◽  
Patricia Ordóñez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
The One ◽  
Explicit And Implicit Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of mobile social media functions on explicit and implicit knowledge sharing under the “Guanxi” system based on the framework of stimulus–organism–response (SOR). Design/methodology/approach Combined with Guanxi theory, this paper designs an experiment to collect data from the new product development (NPD) teams. Findings Interestingly, the results show that the effect of social media communication function on employees is greater than the impact of collaboration on employees. Specifically, on the one hand, the more employees communicate in social media, the better their feelings will be, the less they will share knowledge. On the other hand, the collaboration function has a significantly negative impact on the psychological factors of employees. Excessively close cooperation and contact may instead create a contradiction between the employees, which is not conducive to the occurrence of knowledge sharing. Originality/value This paper extends SOR framework by combining Guanxi theory to examine the relationship between social media functions and knowledge sharing behavior (KSB). In practical, companies should pay attention to the frequency of employee using social media when it is introduced for NPD teams to control the negative influence of social media functions on employee KSB.

The effect of female portrayal in advertising on the Palestinian females purchase decision

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Z. Salem ◽  
Samir Baidoun ◽  
Grace Walsh ◽  
Netham Sweidan
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Consumers ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Political Environments ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of female portrayal in advertisements on Palestinian female consumers’ purchasing decisions. TV and online media were selected as the medium for the study. Specifically, the researchers examine the one-dimensional sexualized female portrayal in advertisements. Design/methodology/approach Culture is used as the lens through which the study examines the relationship between independent and dependent variables concerning the topic of this study. The study collected primary data from 395 Palestinian participants through a survey questionnaire. Findings The findings of the study revealed that there is a relationship between the independent variable (the sexualized female portrayal in foreign advertisements – advertisements originating in foreign countries) and the dependent variable (Palestinian female consumers’ purchase decision). Additionally, the study found that the cultural differences between Palestine and other foreign countries have a negative impact on the Palestinian female consumers’ perception of the product being advertised. Practical implications Although traditional marketing procedures would allow companies to filter and adapt particular adverts to suit various cultural, social and political environments, the advent of the open web and satellite TV channels extend the advertisements reach to audiences beyond their intended demographic. Originality/value This is the first study set in the Arab context (including Palestine) to explore the impact of sexualized female portrayal in advertisements on Palestinian female consumers’ purchasing decision.

Cyber Physical direction of irrigated agriculture development 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatoly Zeyliger ◽  
Olga Ermolaeva
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Crops ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

<p>Until recently, new technologies introduced into irrigated agriculture were mainly aimed at developing one or several related control actions. However, the needs of society to increase the volume and improve the quality of agricultural products have led to significant qualitative changes in irrigated agriculture. The various robotic systems used for this have proven their effectiveness in the mechanization and automation of the irrigation process, as well as in the application of chemical fertilizers and chemical protection of agricultural crops from diseases and pests. This resulted in higher yields while lowering production costs.Nowadays, biotechnologies currently being developed and being introduced into irrigated agriculture, as well as systems for controlling and monitoring environmental impacts, are aimed at solving problems related to further increasing the efficiency of the use of natural resources, while minimizing the risks of negative impact on components and services of the environment.This is largely due to the impact of the rapid development of IC and sensor technologies aimed at creating production management systems based on the cyber-physical systems (CPS) paradigm. For this, there are using a holistic vision of the structure and cybernetic methods of management, artificial intelligence technologies, as well as digital platforms for integrating information flows between sub-subsystems of management, control, monitoring and decision support.In this context, the main difference between developed agricultural CPSs from the existing industrial agricultural systems focused on current economic efficiency lies in the plane of making agricultural production sustainable in the long term based on a balance between economic efficiency and the quality of natural resources used and services of the environment. From this point of view, irrigated agriculture focuses on the efficient use of natural resources, which are water, soil and air, as well as renewable and non-renewable (fossil) energy. At the same time, weather are considered as the impact of the external environment providing an irreplaceable source of water, heat and energy resources but with stochastic characteristics that are difficult to formalize. In connection with this diversity, a CPSs are built taking into account a complex compromise that takes into account many aspects of the negative impact of intensive agricultural production technologies on the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of these resources, not only in the place of their use, but also on the external environment beyond these limits. In this regard, water resources are one of the most important factors necessary, on the one hand, to impart long-term sustainability to irrigated agriculture, and on the one hand, as a factor that can lead in the near future to a significant decrease in fertility, as well as to a negative impact on the environmental services of the surrounding area. This contribution discusses some points of the development of an agricultural irrigation CPS’ subsystem aimed to monitor the soil moisture content at the root zone of the soil cover at the scale of irrigated agricultural crops and their relationship with industrial sprinkling technologies.Acknowledgments: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 19-29-05261 mk</p>

scholarly journals The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Romania

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2394
Author(s):  
Georgeta Soava ◽  
Anca Mehedintu ◽  
Mihaela Sterpu ◽  
Eugenia Grecu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Linear Regression Model ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Electric Energy Consumption ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic growth and electricity consumption and investigates the hypothesis of the influence of this consumption on the gross domestic product (GDP) for Romania. Using time series on monthly electricity consumption and quarterly GDP and a multi-linear regression model, we performed an analysis of the evolution of these indicators for 2007–2020, a comparison between their behavior during the financial crisis vs. COVID-19 crisis, and empirically explore the relationships between GDP and electricity consumption or some of its components. The results of the analysis confirm that the shock of declining activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic had a severe negative impact on electric energy consumption and GDP in the first half of 2020, followed by a slight recovery. By using a linear regression model, long-term relationships between GDP and domestic and non-household electricity consumptions were found. The empirically estimated elasticity coefficients confirm the more important impact of non-household electricity consumption on GDP compared to the one of domestic electricity consumption. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the results of the study could be useful for optimizing energy and economic growth policies at the national and European levels.

scholarly journals PANDEMIC COVID-19 AS A CRISIS-FORMING FACTOR OF HEALTHY REGIONS DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-198
Author(s):  
N. Letunovska ◽  
T. Vasilyeva ◽  
V. Smiyanov
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Macroeconomic Policies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Economic Cycles ◽  
Crisis Events ◽  
Territorial Unit ◽  
Short Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

The article investigates the concept of the healthy development of regions as a purposeful process of development of all spheres of life of a territorial unit. Its authors consider it an essential component of the successful development of a country in a market economy. The situation of the regions is a macroeconomic indicator. In today's market conditions, the sustainable development of the regions is hindered by such a crisis-forming factor as the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensuring effective counteraction to its negative impact is a determinant of forming the strategic potential of the country. The authors consider the coronavirus pandemic as a factor that initially affected the health care system and, in a relatively short period, spread to various areas of the socio-economic situation of entire countries and regions. The study performed a bibliometric analysis of the fundamental concepts of "economic crisis" and "pandemic" in their relationship. The authors analyze the main approaches to the isolation of economic cycles related to the turning points in the history of society, in particular, the crisis phenomena that force the world to adapt, change and modernize various spheres of life. They highlight the initial parameters of the market position of some countries in the European region that involved in the fight against the consequences of the spread of COVID-19. Most countries are adversely affected by the spread of coronavirus, which affects macroeconomic policies' effectiveness and the subsequent strategy for managing essential quality of life parameters. They give forecasts of opportunities to overcome the crisis in their economies. They conclude that the scale of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the country depends on the measures of its government to counter local opportunities to review economic regimes. The authors construct the map of the economic impact of COVID-19 at different levels with isolated crisis events on each analyzed wave of the spread of the consequences of the crisis-forming factor. Many of the effects of a pandemic can be seen in the short term, while others are diagnosed in the medium and long term.

scholarly journals The Social Cost of the Integration of Information and Communication Technologies: Communication on the Young of the Republic of Mauritius

10.28945/3249 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendrenath Motah
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The One ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Impact

The applications of the Information, Education and Communication approaches to all sectors have brought unexpected changes in the attitudes and behaviours of people of all ages. The overwhelming amount of theoretical and empirical work done regarding the impact of ICT on educational processes has highlighted the benefits of ICT to students, teachers, and parents. Mauritius is faced with a double dilemma: the positive value of information technologies, on the one hand, and the potentialities and possibilities of the negative impact on the life of people on the other. This paper aims to gauge the impact of the ICT, IEC and IT on the Mauritian population confronted with the issues related to the access to information through the technological advances the world has been exposed to. It is also to draw the attention of policy-makers of the need to consider the “digital opportunity” and its influence on the Mauritian population.

scholarly journals Auswirkungen von Nutzungsrestriktionen auf die Wertschöpfungskette Holz – Beispiel Österreich

2017 ◽  
Vol 168 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schwarzbauer ◽  
Martin Braun
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Sector Model ◽  
Coniferous Wood ◽  
The One ◽  
Biomass Availability ◽  
The Impact

Impacts of harvest reductions on the value-added wood chain – the case of Austria Wooden biomass availability and the possibility of a scarcity due to a potential harvest reduction are of crucial importance to the Austrian forest-based sector but also relevant for decision makers in environmental policy. The simulation model of the Austrian forest-based sector (model: “Forst- und Holzwirtschaft”, FOHOW) was used to simulate two independent scenarios with harvest reduction in forests available for wood supply (FAWS). In one scenario the reductions are implemented on FAWS of “average” profitability, in the other scenario the reductions take place on FAWS with “poor” profitability. On the one hand, the aim of the study was the analysis of the impacts of reduced wood supply on the value-added wood chain until 2025, on the other hand the impact intensities of the two scenarios have been compared. In general, a harvest reduction resulting in less wood supply has a negative impact on the Austrian forest-based sector. While forestry and the sawmill industry suffer more from a harvest reduction in FAWS with average profitability (because of the lower supply of coniferous roundwood), a harvest reduction in FAWS with lower profitability would affect the panel and paper industry as well as the wood-based energy sector more negatively; reduced harvests in these forest areas would mainly reduce the supply of non-coniferous wood. This, in turn would fuel the competition between the use of wood for materials vs. energy and push pulp- and fuelwood prices up.

scholarly journals Conceptual approaches to crisis management of regional development

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Inna Petruk
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Crisis Situation ◽  
Regional Development Strategy ◽  
The Impact

Purpose. The aim of the article is construction of a conceptual approach to the assessment of anti-crisis management of regional development in crisis situations. Methodology of research. Empirical methods are used to establish and identify the components of anti-crisis management of regional development in the study. Their use has identified problems that have a negative impact on regional development, and generalized the formation of appropriate tools for assessing the impact on the social and economic status of the region and its businesses in order to overcome existing shortcomings. The study used the method of abstraction and generalization, which allowed the formulation of effective strategies for the development of the region in a crisis situation. Findings. A conceptual approach to anti-crisis management of regional development has been formed, which will make it possible to carry out adequate anti-crisis measures and assess the crisis situation in the region in order to select an effective regional development strategy. The components of anti-crisis management are determined and its mechanisms are identified, guided by which it is possible to solve problems and overcome crisis challenges. Originality. The concept of modernization of the anti-crisis management system of regional development with the identification of mechanisms and directions of anti-crisis policy, as well as the identification of relationships between them to ensure a full social and economic and creative direction of this system to overcome crisis phenomena and processes. The interpretation of the concepts of “challenge” and “regional challenge” has been further developed. Practical value. Comprehensive monitoring of the proposed components of crisis management of regional development will identify the crisis situation and choose an effective strategy for the development of the region in the long term. Key words: crisis challenges, anti-crisis management, regional economy, challenges, conceptual approaches, development strategy, crisis situation.

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