scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF SPECIALIZATION OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF SMART-SPECIALIZATION OF REGIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Goncharova ◽  
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Olga Varlamova ◽  
Оlena Lantuh ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Face ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the economic essence of smart specialization of the region and identifies the impact of such specialization on increasing the competitiveness and innovation activity of the region. It is established that the main advantage of smart specialization at the regional level is to increase its competitiveness and innovation activity, as the presence of innovation in today's globalized world is a major factor in economic growth. The necessity of introduction of the concept of smart specialization in Ukraine in the field of regional policy is substantiated, first of all in the direction of involvement of universities, other educational establishments and research centers in definition of comparative advantages of regions and formation of strategies of their development on the basis of specialization. Smart specialization involves identifying strengths and developing the competitive advantages of regions based on the existing structure of the regional economy. In order to develop the economy and technology through innovation in the face of global competition, it is necessary to avoid duplication of research and innovation activities by different regions. In a broader context, smart is a specialization that includes the process of developing an innovative concept, identifying competitive advantages, and defining strategic priorities. The main principles of regional smart specialization were outlined. This model of regional development is aimed on solving such problems as: boosting the region innovation and competitiveness potential, as a basis for a sustainable growth model; increasing interregional cooperation, which is a key element in globalized economies; strengthening the focus on less developed and industrial transition regions. The examples of smart specialization were provided in the article. It is substantiated, that smart specialization is a new model of regional and interregional partnership, which has significant potential for providing the sustainable development of the Ukraine’s regions. The priorities of this model’s implementation were grounded.

scholarly journals Wellness Tourism—New Challenges and Opportunities for Tourism in Salou

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8246
Author(s):  
Marta Gemma Nel-lo Andreu ◽  
Alba Font-Barnet ◽  
Marc Espasa Roca
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Seasonal Adjustment ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Strategic Renewal ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wellness Tourism ◽  
Fundamental Value ◽  
The Impact

Following a long history of using various strategies and policies for diversification and seasonal adjustment in the face of the challenges of achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability, sun and beach destinations should also consider targeting the wellness tourism market as a post pandemic opportunity and long-term solution. Salou is a mature sun and beach destination in the Mediterranean, but one which, for some time, has had an increasing commitment to family and sports tourism as a result of a strategic renewal process. Now, with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the destination management organization is considering the evolution of the model, the internalization of sustainability as a fundamental value, and the impact of different markets. In this study, we examined the challenges the Salou Tourist Board has faced during the development of a post pandemic model for sustainable tourism and what strategies it has adopted in response. We also considered the opportunities and competitive advantages that Salou has in the field of wellness tourism. The results obtained should encourage the continuation of work that promotes the environmental axis of sustainability and adds value to the natural resources on which it depends, including the sea and the landscape, while maintaining the environmental quality of the resources.

scholarly journals The Role of EU Innovation Policies in the Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olesea Sirbu ◽  
Rodica Crudu ◽  
Augustin Ignatov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Demographic Pressure ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Energy Domain ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In the present conditions when the demographic pressure upon the environment is higher than ever, the humanity faces the challenge of sustainability. Namely the sustainability of human activities is important and nothing can assure it better than sustainable energy supplies. The European Union is the leading global power in terms of adjusting its policies to increase innovation to assure a sustainable growth of its energy sector as a key to an advanced economic system. The present research focuses on the impact of European Union policies on the sustainable development of its energy sector by analyzing quantitatively and qualitatively various indicators intended to offer a throughout insight. The results obtained focus on the identification of the main innovation paradigms; the description of the main modern environmental challenges, especially in the energy domain; the determination of the relation between innovation and energy sustainability, and its analysis at the level of European Union.

Covid-19: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Impacts on Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
African Higher Education ◽  
Production Knowledge ◽  
South African Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

Premised on the disruption and lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic, and in meticulous response to the impact of the pandemic on higher education – especially in South Africa – this collection of chapters spotlights the effects, consequences, and ramifications of an unprecedented pandemic in the areas of knowledge production, knowledge transfer and innovation. With the pandemic, the traditional way of teaching and learning was completely upended. It is within this context that this book presents interdisciplinary perspectives that focus on what the impact of Covid-19 implies for higher education institutions. Contributors have critically reflected from within their specific academic disciplines in their attempt to proffer solutions to the disruptions brought to the South African higher education space. Academics and education leaders have particularly responded to the objective of this book by focusing on how the academia could tackle the Covid-19 motivated disruption and resuscitate teaching, research, and innovation activities in South African higher education, and the whole of Africa by extension.

COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES FOR INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ENTITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-418
Author(s):  
Anna Orel
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantages ◽  
Innovative Orientation

Introduction. Ensuring the sustainable development of domestic agricultural producers involves achieving and maintaining a sufficient level of economic efficiency and competitiveness for the implementation of expanded reproduction. This, first of all, implies the formation of an appropriate level of competitiveness through the creation of sustainable competitive advantages of products and manufacturers. This process is impossible without attracting investment resources and introducing innovations in order to create competitive advantages, strengthen market positions and increase the level of concentration of productive capital. The latter necessitates a comprehensive strategic planning, which would be based on the innovative orientation of investment activities. The purpose of the article is to form theoretical and methodological and applied principles of competitive strategies formation of innovation and investment development of agricultural production entities. Method (methodology). Methods of comparison, analysis, theoretical and logical generalization are applied in the course of research. The dialectical method of research became the methodological basis. Results. The author’s vision of the definition of “competitive strategy” is offered in the article. The classification of competitive strategies is developed. A model of a strategic rhombus is proposed as a theoretical basis for determining areas for improving the mechanisms of managing the competitiveness of agribusiness entities, which includes five elements: arena; conductor; differentiators; sequence; economic logic. The proposals of applied character concerning realization of competitive strategies of innovative-investment development of subjects of agricultural production are substantiated. Key words: competitive strategies, subjects of agricultural production; innovation and investment development; competitiveness management.

Sustainability in Information and Communication Technologies

2021 ◽  
pp. 375-396
Author(s):  
Clara Silveira ◽  
Leonilde Reis
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Information and communication technologies (ICT) can provide added value in an organizational context in order to enhance the definition of business support strategies. The purpose of the chapter is to focus on the contribution of ICT to implement a sustainability policy in the organizations, in the context of the sustainable development goals to improve cooperation and promote development. In this context, the principles of the Karlskrona Manifesto are applied to the development of software systems. The methodology focused on the literature review of the domain and on a case study, in order to analyze the impact of ICT as an engine of sustainability in organizations. The main conclusions focus on the analysis of the impact of established practices in organizations to design and develop sustainable software systems. The results point to a greater consciousness of the potential effects of software systems on sustainability, which will improve management practices, reducing the quantity of material to be recycled, and aligning organizational strategies with Green IT.

scholarly journals New SOGI-FLL Grid Frequency Monitoring with a Finite State Machine Approach for Better Response in the Face of Voltage Sag and Swell Faults

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 612
Author(s):  
Sajad Abdali Nejad ◽  
José Matas ◽  
Helena Martín ◽  
Jordi de la Hoz ◽  
Y. A. Al-Turki
Keyword(s):  
Finite State Machine ◽  
State Machine ◽  
Voltage Sag ◽  
Estimated Parameters ◽  
Frequency Monitoring ◽  
Finite State ◽  
The Face ◽  
Voltage Swells ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The SOGI-FLL (Second-Order Generalized Integrator–Frequency-Locked Loop) is a well-known and simple adaptive filter that allows for estimating the parameters of grid voltage with a small computational burden. However, the SOGI-FLL has been shown to be especially sensitive to voltage sags and voltage swells, which deeply distort the estimated parameters, especially the frequency. This problem can be alleviated by simply using a saturation block at the Frequency-Locked Loop (FLL) output to limit the impact of distortion on the estimated frequency. Improving upon this straightforward approach, in this paper we propose the use of a finite state machine (FSM) for the definition of the different states of the SOGI-FLL frequency response during a voltage sag or swell fault. The FSM approach allows for applying different gains during the fault, enhancing the SOGI-FLL transient response. The performance of the FSM-based SOGI-FLL is evaluated by using simulation results, which show a better and faster response to these kinds of faults.

scholarly journals Study on the Relations of Supply Chain Digitization, Flexibility and Sustainable Development—A Moderated Multiple Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10043
Author(s):  
Qian Zhou ◽  
Shuxiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility ◽  
The Impact

In the face of an external environment featuring a high level of risk, multiple changes, and high uncertainty, the supply chain’s emergency replenishment, collaborative management, regulation of organic commodity, and low-cost rapid response will promote its’ sustainable growth and development, which is necessary for today’s economic development. The digitization and flexibility of the supply chain are of great value in obtaining the sustainable development of the supply chain. When dealing with an uncertain environment and market risk, current supply chain flexibility not only functions through its internal organizational flexibility, but also through collaborative creation and an extended supply chain network which will proactively form a replenishment supply sub-chain driven by the need for change responsiveness. This article constructs an associated model consisting of digitization, supply chain flexibility, and sustainability using an empirical analysis method to explore the implicit correlation of these factors. The analysis results of the mediating effect model show that both digitization and flexibility have significant positive effects on the sustainable development of the supply chain. Collaborative knowledge creation and supply chain flexibility play multiple mediating roles while market uncertainty positively moderates the impact of supply chain flexibility on supply chain sustainable development.

scholarly journals Domains Research in the Detection of Smart Specialization Strategy Formation

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
World Market ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Priority Areas ◽  
Entrepreneurial Discovery ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Global Economic Growth ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Definition Of

Smart specialization strategy, as an innovative system for regional economies, should identify priority areas in which regions and countries have competitive advantages or have the potential to generate knowledge-based development and economic transformation. The number and nature of these priorities will vary depending on the region. Smart specialization strategy requires identifying in each region one or more thematic areas where R&D and innovation policies should aim at creating and maintaining competitive advantages. Priorities can be formulated in terms of knowledge or activities (not only scientific but also social, cultural), subsystems in the sector and be outside the industries, market niches, clusters, technologies, etc. The ability to identify opportunities for the region to expand into new priority areas is central in the concept of smart specialization. Global economic growth requires a higher competitiveness of the regions, especially where the potential is highest. The selection of priority domains stimulates innovation and investment, while, in order for the regions to succeed, they must use their own mix of assets, skills and ideas to compete in the world market and develop their untapped potential. The article is devoted to the analysis of priority areas of smart specialization and interpretation of the concept of domains within the framework of regional development. The research focuses on the generalization of approaches to the definition of the conceptual essence of the «domain» category by taking into account the influence of national specificity, as well as the indication of the role of domains in the process of entrepreneurial discovery. Various approaches to the «domains» definition as structured themes within the framework of regional development, which are introduced in practice through the processes of entrepreneurial discovery, are considered. Examined examples of priority areas within the region and domains of EU countries, the attention on the process of identifying domains based on entrepreneurial discover was pointed.

scholarly journals FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE ENTERPRISE IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE

2018 ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Svitlana ZHUKEVYCH ◽  
Vіktoriia ROZHELIUK
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
The State ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Functional Components ◽  
Financial Mechanism

Introduction. The modernization of the financial mechanism, the main purpose of which is to increase the efficiency of the use of financial resources at different levels of management and optimize management of budget funds is an important element of implementing the concept of sustainable development in Ukraine. At the same time, today the most urgent issue is the development of such a financial mechanism of the state, business entities that will stimulate the formation favorable conditions for meeting the needs of present and future generations. The purposeof the article is to highlight the issues related to the impact of financial sustainability on the sustainable development of enterprises in the framework of the implementation of the state strategy, which determines its relevance. Methods. The basis is based on scientific methods based on dialectical know ledge and objective laws of the economy. Results. Sustainable development of an enterprise is a gradual change or maintenance of the appropriate level of all indicators of enterprise sustainability, capable of resisting negative environmental factors, using internal potential, while preserving the integrity and basic properties. That is, it can be argued that sustainable development of the enterprise is provided on the basis of taking into account the influence of the external environment and improving the strategic management within the enterprise in order to increase its efficiency and continuous development. For the enterprises sustainable development means adopting business strategies and endorsing activities that meet market needs and stakeholders at the same time protecting, sustaining and strengthening the human and natural resources that will be needed in the future. The development of an effective management structure for the sustainable development of the business entity requires the integration of all functional components - business planning, organization, accounting, analysis, control. The calculation of permissible and economically justified rates of growth of an enterprise is an important stage in the diagnosis of the financial component of a sustainable development of an enterprise. Conclusions. The financial and economic stability is the condition of life and the basis of stability of an enterprise in a market economy. It is determined, that only a systematic approach that considers an enterprise as a social and economic system functioning in the external environment will prevent the negative trends of the present. The growth factors are the indicators in the management of sustainable growth: the coefficient of internal growth, which shows the ability of enterprises to increase the negotiable and non-current assets at the expense of domestic sources of funding and the coefficient of sustainable growth, which characterizes the growthof equity capital of the enterprise.

scholarly journals Learning-by-export effects in the russian software industry

2018 ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
E. O. Bozheva
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
New Products ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Impact

Learning-by-export effects exist due to the nature of the creation, accumulation, transfer of knowledge, as well as the companies’ absorption capacity to accumulate and adapt the best experience, competences borrowed from abroadwithin the organization. The length and direction of exports have a significant impact on the innovation activities of organizations, while innovations do not always encourage the leaders to initiate export activities. In the course of empirical research, we have identified the following rules in relation to Russian IT-firms:1) New IT-exporters have no visible link between the introduction of new products, technologies and the start of exports. Investments in research and development, which may have been initiated after entering foreign markets or at the same time, have not yet yielded results. 2) Stable export activity encourages IT-companies to apply new technological, process and marketing innovations that were not previously part of the firm's plans, much more often than firms in the local market. 3) The impact of external knowledge effects on the productivity of IT-companies depends on the geographical direction of exports: a) the markets of the near abroad (CIS countries) and Russia itself;b) the markets of the far abroad. 4) Investments in R&D, marketing and production of new products are more typical for companies located in capitals (Moscow and Saint-Petersburg). On the contrary, the relationship between the presence of an international office and the introduction of innovations has not been proven. The size of companies has only affected the production of new technologies: if a company is a medium-sized enterprise or a larger one, the probability of innovation is increased by 22%. 5) The smaller the firm, the lower its desire to participate in extensive innovation networks, increase the number and diversity of external relations. The size of the company determines the level of influence of cooperation with other market participants on its internal innovation processThe article discusses the classification of knowledge spillover effects, the methodology of the study, the analysis of the economic impact of the process "flow" as a result of entering foreign markets. The paper’s emphasis is on assessment of recipients’ capabilities to accumulate new knowledge in the course of export activities, to extract advantages in terms of future development such as increasing innovation activity and, consequently, attractiveness, resulting in higher performance efficiency.

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