The science and technology imperative for Russia's competitiveness during the conceptualization of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0)

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-474
Author(s):  
O.N. Baburina ◽  
L.K. Gurieva
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Industrie 4.0 ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
International Division ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index

Subject. The article discusses the state and potential of S&T development in Russia in terms of the competitiveness of the national economy at the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution. Objectives. The research is aimed to examine Russia's position in the Global Competitiveness Index, considering the way countries worldwide prepare for the fourth industrial revolution. We also determine Russia's part in the global economy and international division of labor. The article also formulates the issue of S&T development so as to outline recommendations for the national economic policy. Methods. The research employs the new methodology of the World Economic Forum during the rise of Industrie 4.0. Other tools include the microsystems analysis, statistical, historical and comparative methods. Results. Considering the low innovative activity of entities and relatively low R&D costs, we still emphasize the resource-based profile of Russia's foreign trade. We substantiate the possibility of increasing the global competitiveness of the national economy and imperative nature of S&T development in the country concurrently with the fourth industrial revolution. Conclusions. Despite the slugging innovative activity and insufficient labor productivity for technological business, Russia's economy continues to climb the Global Competitiveness Index. There are respective conditions for information technology and creation of the large national market in Russia. Thus, Industrie 4.0 clears new horizons for Russia to change its positions in the international division of labor. The State should contribute to the development of the national S&T potential, increase innovation investment, and undertake active measures to prevent social issues and overcome the regressing integration of Russia into the global microsystem.

scholarly journals INNOVATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY OF CALCULATION OF THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Denis A. Strokatov
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Competitiveness Index ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Global Competitiveness Report ◽  
Made In

In October 2018 an updated Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 4.0 was introduced in the Global Competitiveness Report2018. Inthe article identify the main differences in the structure and methodology of calculating GCI in the editions of the Global Competitiveness Report 2017–2018 and the Global Competitiveness Report2018. Areview of a number of sources showed that researchers don’t pay enough attention to innovations in the structure and methodology of calculating GCI 4.0. As a result of analyzing the structure and methodology of calculating GCI 4.0, it was revealed that a number of adjustments were made in the Index aimed at marking the importance of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, equalization the conditions when calculating the Index for countries at different stages of development, and taking into account current tendencies of the world economy. In conclusion, the author emphasizes that these innovations have reduced the high degree of subjectivity of the GCI, eliminated a number of difficulties in independent determining the value of the Index and increased the transparency of the calculations.

scholarly journals National innovation system: current trends and challenges for Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
National Innovation System ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Current State

The subject of research in the article is the National Innovation System (NIS). The purpose of the article is to study the current state of the NIS of Entrepreneurship and the essence of public-private partnership in innovation. Objectives: to reveal the essence and structure of NIS, to substantiate the features of their development in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, to characterize the current state of the NIS, to systematize the limitations of its effective functioning. The following results were obtained: proposals were developed to improve the NIS taking into account the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. Conclusions: the article reveals that Ukraine has good results of innovation in terms of indicators characterizing educational potential, human capital and research. At the same time, the slowdown in innovative development occurs due to an unfavorable institutional environment, environmental instability, operational instability, government inefficiency, problems with the rule of law, uncertainty in the status of insolvency and investment provision. Overcoming obstacles to the formation of the NIS of Entrepreneurship is an important condition for the development of the national economy, dictates the need to improve the state's innovation policy. The active involvement of the state in the development of the NIS will allow to overcome the following obstacles: insufficient use of opportunities for participation in international programs; inconsistency between the provisions of the Civil Code of Ukraine, which regulate intellectual property relations and special acts on this issue, limited efficiency of innovation infrastructure, insufficient development of venture financing in Ukraine and problems of legal protection of property of foreign investors. The improvement of the situation will be facilitated by the establishment of public-private partnership, which in relation to the innovation sphere is an organizational form of cooperation between the state and business in the implementation of innovative projects in certain areas of the national economy on a contractual basis. Thus, the relevance of public-private partnerships for innovation has been proven.

COMPETITIVE STATUS OF UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Zayats ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Product Market ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
One Year

The article examines the competitive status and competitive positions of Ukraine. It proves that in the current context the competitive status of the national economy is determined by the presence of a strong global competitive force that provides dynamic growth based on innovation potential, developed institutions, infrastructure, ICT adoption, macroeconomic stability, health, skills, product market, labor market, financial system, market size, business dynamism rather than by traditional factors (natural resources, geopolitical situation). It has been identified that a wide range of factors in global competitive force establishment suggests the complexity of its assessment. It has been noted that in world economic practice the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum is predominantly used to assess the competitive status of the national economy. It has been determined that according to this index, in the overall ranking among 141 countries in 2019, Ukraine ranked 85th (2009-2010 – 82/133; 2018 – 83/140). The article analyzes of the competitive status of Ukraine in the international arena in terms of twelve pillars of the studied index and in the context of components of the said pillars. The dynamics of Ukraine's global competitive force in recent years shows that there has not been any build up. However, if one analyzes it in terms of the criteria of the global competitive force of the domestic economy, their assessment is volatile: the main regression can be traced in the sphere of the financial system, where Ukraine dropped by 19 positions in one year (2018 – 117/140, 2019 – 136/141), and the greatest progress is observed in the product market, where Ukraine rose by 16 positions in one year (2018 – 73/140, 2019 – 57/141). Analysis of the components of Ukraine’s global competitive force criteria shows that the worst positions in terms of such components are as follows: non-performing loans (% of gross total loans) – 139/141 and soundness of banks – 131/141. The best positions are in terms of the following components: costs of starting a business – 14/141 and attitude towards entrepreneurial risk – 18/141.

scholarly journals Inovacijų vystymo prioritetai Ukrainos įmonėse

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 7-22
Author(s):  
Olga Miroshnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Eu

Straipsnyje pateikiama kategorijos „inovacija“ traktuotė ir apibūdinami inovacijų tipai. Inovacijos yra esminis veiksnys, lemiantis nacionalinės ekonomikos konkurencingumą, šiuolaikinių įmonių konkurencinį pranašumą. Straipsnis apima Ukrainos įmonių inovacinio potencialo tyrimo rezultatus, inovatyvios veiklos Ukrainoje rodiklius ir jų lyginamąją analizę su Europos Sąjungos šalimis; aptariama inovatyvių įmonių dalis, inovatyvių įmonių santykis pagal inovacijų tipus, inovacinės veiklos išlaidų struktūra. Pateikiamas Ukrainos reitingas pagal globalaus konkurencingumo indekso ir inovacijų indekso dedamąsias. Aptariami esminiai Ukrainos įmonių inovacijų vystymo aspektai. Priorities for innovation development of Ukrainian enterprisesOlga Miroshnychenko SummaryThe definitions of the category “innovation” and types of innovation are being considered in the article. Innovations are crucial for the competiveness of a national economy. Today, they are the main competitive advantage of modern enterprises. A research of the innovation potential of Ukrainian enterprises has been done. The paper includes indicators of innovation activity in Ukraine and their comparison with those of the EU member states: proportion of innovative enterprises, share of enterprises with adopted innovations by the type of innovation, expenditures on research and development. The international position of Ukraine by elements of the Global Competitiveness Index, the sub-index of innovation and its elements has been considered. The paper answers the question of the key aspects of innovation development of Ukrainian enterprises.Key words: innovations, innovation activity, innovation potential, enterprise, Ukraine

scholarly journals Some Approach in Assessing Information Technology Policies in Our Mining Industry under the Impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (Case study: Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group – Vinacomin)

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Hai Van ◽  
Doan Minh Quan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Harvard Business Review ◽  
Industrie 4.0 ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Impact

Since 1997, the mining industry has paid attention to develop information-technology (IT) components at sectoral and enterprise levels. However, due to various reasons, including the interest of business and sector leaders as well as limited resources, IT in the mining industry is still on a small scale, in which it has not yet linked to a network and had a shared database, and is therefore not shared. Under the impact of Industry Revolution 4.0, to develop the IT field as an essential tool to promote the technologies of the 4.0 technology component, a systematic policy combination is needed. This article is responsible for meeting that demand of the IT field of Vietnam's mining industry. Keywords Industry 4.0, IT, IT policy. References [1] K. Schwab, The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What It Means and How to Respond, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/, 2015.[2] Forschungsunion, Acatech, Recommendations for implementing the strategic initiative INDUSTRIE 4.0, Final report of the Industrie 4.0 Working Group, April 2013.[3] J.H. Leavitt, L.T. Whisler, Management in the 1980’s, Harvard Business Review, 1958-11.[4] National Assembly of Vietnam, Law on information technology (No. 67/2006/QH11), June 29, 2006 (in Vietnamese).[5] National Association directing the compilation of encyclopedias (Vietnam), Vietnamese encyclopedia, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1995 (in Vietnamese),[6] Wikipedia, Thomas Kuhn, https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kuhn, 2019.[7] V.C. Dam, Scientific research methodology Science and Technics Publishing House, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1999 (in Vietnamese).    

scholarly journals Competition is More Efficient than the Command Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Alexander Kurdin
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Support System ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovative Activity

The article is devoted to the assessment of innovative activity factors in the national economy. The author shows that investments in human capital and the maintenance of favorable institutional environment are important but not sufficient for the innovation-driven development, because they do not provide incentives for innovators themselves. Partially the incentives could be provided by the state but its oversized machine and regulatory bias in modern Russia do not permit to accomplish this function. In this situation the most important elements of the innovative activity support system are the development of market competition and the integration into global value added chains.

scholarly journals THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND EMPLOYMENT MODIFICATION IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Emiliia Prushkivska ◽  
Artem Tkachuk
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industrial Revolutions

Purpose. The aim of the article is to assess the impact of Industry 4.0 on employment in Ukraine and the world. The following tasks are set to achieve this goal: to analyse the historical impact of industrial revolutions on employment, including the characteristics of changes in its structure, as well as professional composition; highlight how the fourth industrial revolution differs from the previous three; consider the structure of available vacancies in Ukraine and assess how the national labour market is subject to automation. Methodology of research. This article uses the historical and logical unity method to analyse the impact of industrial revolutions on employment, as well as a comparison method to highlight the distinguishing features of Industry 4.0. A graphical method is applied to assess the sectorial structure of vacancies prone to automation in Ukraine. Findings. Industry 4.0 has been found to have common and distinctive features of the impact on employment with the previous three industrial revolutions. The structure of employment at different historical stages is analysed. It was found out that its structure is actively changing now; new professions and whole branches of application of human labour are appearing. The structure of the labour market in Ukraine is considered. It has been proved that Industry 4.0 can exacerbate inequalities between different sections of the population and lead to the disappearance of a large number of occupations, which today employ half of the workforce of national economies. Originality. An analytical approach to the definition of professions that are most prone to automation in the context of the fourth industrial revolution in the Ukrainian labour market has received further development. This approach simultaneously takes into account modern foreign practices and the national statistical base. Practical value. The obtained results in the course of the study can be used in the development of state programs to support employment in the national economy. Since people will require retraining and additional training due to the special propensity of their professions to automation and computerization. In addition, the obtained data can be used to determine the priority areas of state funding for educational institutions, which in the future will reduce youth unemployment. Key words: employment, the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, national economy, influence, industry structure, automation, computerization.

The Brexitologic of Competitiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (42) ◽  
pp. 147-171
Author(s):  
Denisa Čiderová ◽  
Dubravka Kovačević ◽  
Jozef Čerňák
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
American Colonies ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Wealth Of Nations ◽  
Boston Tea Party

Abstract Adam Smith finalised his magnum opus An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations between 1773 (Boston Tea Party) and 1776 (Declaration of Independence), and in its final paragraph Britain should “endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs to the real mediocrity of her circumstances”. The Wealth of Nations was “aimed to influence British MPs [Members of Parliament] to support a peaceful resolution to the American colonies’ War of Independence”, A. Smith “urged legislators to awaken from the “golden dream” of empire and avoid “a long, expensive and ruinous war”“, and “rejection of the protectionist Corn Laws in favour of opening up to the world economy marked the start of an era of globalization which contributed to Britain’s prosperity”, as Yueh (2019, p. 16f) puts it. Over the years, industrialization brought about by the Industrial Revolution has been challenged by deindustrialization, globalization by deglobalization. So with the “Brexit issue” at stake, what has been the “Brexitologic of Competitiveness”? In an earlier relevant series of analyses published by Čiderová et al. between 2012-2014 our focus was on the Global Competitiveness Index (alias the GCI by the World Economic Forum) in a spectrum of territorial and temporal perspectives related to the European Union. Now, in this follow-up comparative study zooming out to globalization and zooming in to competitiveness, our focus is streamlined to the “openended Brexit issue” on the background of updates of the GCI (alias GCI 4.0) and the KOF Globalisation Index (the latter by ETH Zürich).

IMPACT OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swikriti Sheela Nath
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Industrie 4.0 ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Healthcare It

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, finally, will change not only what we do but also who we are. It will affect our identity and all the issues associated with it: our sense of privacy, our notions of ownership, our consumption patterns, the time we devote to work and leisure, and how we developour careers, cultivate our skills, meet people, and nurture relationships. The technological revolution in the modern developing environment in which innovative technologies and trends such as the virtual reality (VR), Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics are fundamentally altering the way of living, working and relationships to one another, is known as Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 or Industrie 4.0. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping every sphere of human life — from government to commerce; from education to healthcare. It is even impacting humanvalues, opportunities, relationships and identities by modifying virtual as well as physical worlds of human beings.

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