Potentials of Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs in Transforming Global Cities and Regions

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar ◽  
Abubakar U. Benna ◽  
Umar G. Benna
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Computing Technologies ◽  
New Development ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

The emergence of digital currencies is substantially influencing the growth of global financial markets and cities. Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs (CEs) are reshaping global cities and regions by transforming the way we live, work and interact. This chapter explores how the entrepreneurs use cryptocurrency assets and their underpinning computing technologies to transform the dysfunctional and evolving global cities. The CEs generate funds and create cutting-edge technologies to meet the challenges faced by cities, including unemployment, inadequate and rundown infrastructure and facilities as well as for new development to meet the needs of massive future urbanization. The chapter is organized in five parts. It first introduces the study and presents a background on the concepts of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency, their emergence and development trend. It then discusses the rise of global cities and how technology impacts them, followed by the potentials and challenges of CEs in transforming global cities and regions. It ends with conclusion and future research directions.

Potentials of Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs in Transforming Global Cities and Regions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1165-1187
Author(s):  
Ismaila Rimi Abubakar ◽  
Abubakar U. Benna ◽  
Umar G. Benna
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Computing Technologies ◽  
New Development ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

The emergence of digital currencies is substantially influencing the growth of global financial markets and cities. Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs (CEs) are reshaping global cities and regions by transforming the way we live, work and interact. This chapter explores how the entrepreneurs use cryptocurrency assets and their underpinning computing technologies to transform the dysfunctional and evolving global cities. The CEs generate funds and create cutting-edge technologies to meet the challenges faced by cities, including unemployment, inadequate and rundown infrastructure and facilities as well as for new development to meet the needs of massive future urbanization. The chapter is organized in five parts. It first introduces the study and presents a background on the concepts of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency, their emergence and development trend. It then discusses the rise of global cities and how technology impacts them, followed by the potentials and challenges of CEs in transforming global cities and regions. It ends with conclusion and future research directions.

Study on the Features and External Factors in China’s Urban Fringes — The Case of Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Region

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 2293-2297
Author(s):  
Cheng Lei ◽  
Ling Yun Fan
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
New Development ◽  
Empirical Perspective ◽  
Future Research Directions

With the rapid development of Urbanization, China’s urban fringes are faced with a new development background and have new features which are different from the ones the domestic scholars summarized in early years. This document based on a better knowledge of the new development background of urban fringes in Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Region, concludes two external factors, summarizes features of fringe evolution in an empirical perspective and proposes prospect of future research directions.

scholarly journals A Survey on Blockchain Interoperability: Past, Present, and Future Trends

2022 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
Rafael Belchior ◽  
André Vasconcelos ◽  
Sérgio Guerreiro ◽  
Miguel Correia
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

Blockchain interoperability is emerging as one of the crucial features of blockchain technology, but the knowledge necessary for achieving it is fragmented. This fact makes it challenging for academics and the industry to achieve interoperability among blockchains seamlessly. Given this new domain’s novelty and potential, we conduct a literature review on blockchain interoperability by collecting 284 papers and 120 grey literature documents, constituting a corpus of 404 documents. From those 404 documents, we systematically analyzed and discussed 102 documents, including peer-reviewed papers and grey literature. Our review classifies studies in three categories: Public Connectors, Blockchain of Blockchains, and Hybrid Connectors. Each category is further divided into sub-categories based on defined criteria. We classify 67 existing solutions in one sub-category using the Blockchain Interoperability Framework, providing a holistic overview of blockchain interoperability. Our findings show that blockchain interoperability has a much broader spectrum than cryptocurrencies and cross-chain asset transfers. Finally, this article discusses supporting technologies, standards, use cases, open challenges, and future research directions, paving the way for research in the area.

Learning With Mobile Devices

2019 ◽  
pp. 793-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Crompton ◽  
John Traxler
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Portable Computers ◽  
The Way

The concept of learning with small portable computers was developed by Alan Kay in 1972. Since that early conception, scholars, such as Traxler, Sharples, and Soloway are the pioneering scholars who paved the way to a better understanding of the philosophical, pedagogical, and conceptual underpinnings of mobile learning today. In this chapter, an overview is provided to explicate the initial foundations of the emerging field of mobile learning (mlearning). Next, current scientific knowledge is delineated with explicit references to the early scholars. This chapter concludes with a preview of the future research directions in mobile learning.

Systematic analysis of PPP research in construction journals: from 2009 to 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 3309-3339
Author(s):  
Yan-Chun Zhang ◽  
Wu-Zan Luo ◽  
Ming Shan ◽  
Dong-Wen Pan ◽  
Wen-Jie Mu
Keyword(s):  
Development Trend ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions

PurposeThe aims of this study are to conduct a systematic review of public–private partnership (PPP) studies published from 2009 to 2019, to compare the results with Ke et al. (2009) who reviewed the PPP literature published from 1998 to 2008, and to trace the evolution of the PPP knowledge in the past two decades. This study also presents the possible directions that the PPP research may go towards in the future, arguably.Design/methodology/approachThis study carried out a top journal-based search to identify the quality PPP articles published from 2009 to 2019. A total of 12 top-tier construction journals were systematically searched in the database of web of science (WOS), from which 279 PPP articles were identified for review.FindingsThe number of the identified articles, the titles of the journals, institutions, the most cited papers, and prevalent research methods were analyzed and compared. The existing PPP studies in construction journals were classified into seven streams. Through analysis of the PPP research status and gaps, five future research directions were revealed.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the current body of knowledge by revealing the research trend of PPP from 2009 to 2019. It presents the change of PPP development trend in the past decade through comparison with Ke et al. (2009). It also reveals the major research streams and points out the directions that the PPP research may go towards in the future. Moreover, this study is helpful to the practice as well. It can enhance the practitioners' understanding of the PPP development in the past decade. In addition, it identified the research institutions contributing the most in the area of PPP, which may serve as valuable reference for practitioners to locate the best institutions for consultancy or collaboration.

scholarly journals Distance learning of foreign languages

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia White
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Way

This article provides a critical overview of the field of distance language learning, challenging the way in which the field is often narrowly conceptualised as the development of technology-mediated language learning opportunities. Early sections focus on issues of concept and definition and both theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on the field. Emphasis is placed on evident shifts from a concern with structural and organisational issues to a focus on transactional issues associated with teaching/learning opportunities within emerging paradigms for distance language learning. The next section reviews choices and challenges in incorporating technology into distance language learning environments, foregrounding decisions about technology made in particular sociocultural contexts, the contribution of ‘low-end’ technologies and research directions in developing new learning spaces and in using online technologies. The investigation of learner contributions to distance language learning is an important avenue of enquiry in the field, given the preoccupation with technology and virtual learning environments, and this is the subject of section six. The two final sections identify future research directions and provide a series of conclusions about research and practice in distance language learning as technology-mediated interactions increasingly come to influence the way we think about the processes of language learning and teaching.

scholarly journals Strategists on the Board in a Digital Era

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Åberg ◽  
Niloofar Kazemargi ◽  
Max Bankewitz
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

Considering the complexities and dynamics that firms are facing in a digital era, it is no exaggeration to argue that the way boards of directors contribute to strategy needs some new perspectives. In this article, we reconsider some of the commonly used notions and assumptions of board strategizing. We conceptualize a framework for board strategizing by revisiting and providing new elements to the work introduced by McNulty and Pettigrew in 1999 (Strategists on the board. Organization Studies, 20(1): 47-74. http://doi.org/10.1177/0170840699201003). Our framework highlights a number of timely board practices that have the potential to improve the way boards strategize under conditions of increasing digitalization. Further, the findings suggest that valuable strategic actions and priorities can be made by boards that use and develop dynamic capabilities as they strategize. Implications for theory and practice as well as future research directions are discussed.

Learning With Mobile Devices

2018 ◽  
pp. 6347-6360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Crompton ◽  
John Traxler
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Portable Computers ◽  
The Way

The concept of learning with small portable computers was developed by Alan Kay in 1972. Since that early conception, scholars, such as Traxler, Sharples, and Soloway are the pioneering scholars who paved the way to a better understanding of the philosophical, pedagogical, and conceptual underpinnings of mobile learning today. In this chapter, an overview is provided to explicate the initial foundations of the emerging field of mobile learning (mlearning). Next, current scientific knowledge is delineated with explicit references to the early scholars. This chapter concludes with a preview of the future research directions in mobile learning.

Mobile Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 506-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Traxler ◽  
Helen Crompton
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Way

In 1972, Alan Kay developed the concept of a handheld multimedia computer that was intended as a mobile device for learning. Since that early conception, scholars, such as Traxler, Sharples, and Soloway are the pioneering scholars who have paved the way to a better understanding of the philosophical, pedagogical, and conceptual underpinnings of mobile learning today. In this article, an overview is provided to explicate the initial foundations of this emerging field. Next, current scientific knowledge is delineated with explicit references to the early scholars. This article concludes with a preview of the future research directions in mobile learning.

Patterns and Metapatterns in the Elementary Didactic Units

2015 ◽  
pp. 175-201
Keyword(s):  
Brain Structures ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Hermeneutic Dialogue ◽  
Body Energy ◽  
The Brain ◽  
The Way

The effectiveness of digital textbooks' content depends on how the brain processes, stores and recovers data (metadata), information and knowledge. This is the way to find an understanding of actions in hidden electrochemical signals, as well as the body energy and quantum relationships. It was expected that data are “synthesized” by each student on the base on hermeneutic dialogue assure the best brain structures, and, as a result, adaptation and accommodation in diversity of environments. This chapter reviews issues, contradictions and problems surrounding metasystems learning design of the elementary didactic units. The author argues that it is possible to maintain the potential of the learner (intellect, emotion and energy) with a self-regulated mechanism and, hence, facilitate cognition and metacognition. Future research directions and conclusion are provided at the end of the chapter.

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