Mind the Gap

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-243
Author(s):  
Kemal Özkan Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Business Results ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Digital Cultures

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the influence of digital transformation on business entities. Although it is becoming more feasible to invest in digital technologies due to their swift progression in terms of reaching higher technical capabilities and better pricing levels, some companies could not achieve expected improvements in their business results. On the contrary, a remarkable number of companies had the opportunity to develop their businesses by leaps and bounds. Academic research on the subject revealed that a company's digital maturity level is directly related to the company's success and progress in sustainability issues. In this chapter, the concepts of cross-functional collaboration and corporate digital cultures, which are the basic components of achieving digital maturity, which must be coordinated together, are elaborated, and an applicable roadmap proposal is created.

The specificity of the digital transformation of the public sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Śledziewska ◽  
Renata Włoch
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Main Part ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

In this article we focus on identifying the specificity of digital transformation within the public sector. The aim of the article is to present the main mechanisms resulting from the introduction of digital innovations that have changed the functioning of the public sector. Starting from a discussion on the technological requirements of digital transformation, we briefly characterise the use of computers and the Internet in public administration, resulting in the development of e-services and administration. The main part of the article is devoted to discussing the specificity of the implementation of the new digital technologies in public administration, focusing mainly on artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. Our thesis is that the impact of innovative digital technologies on the operation standards and structure of public administration should be analysed through the prism of interrelated mechanisms of datafication and platformisation, characteristic for the digital economy. The adopted methodology, which is based on an analysis of the subject literature and an analysis of new technology implementations in public administration in EU countries, indicates the pilot, random and non-transformational nature of these implementations, partly due to the lack of well-established methodologies to study and assess the maturity of digital transformation within the public sector.

Sustainable Tourism

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-130
Author(s):  
Fátima Lampreia Carvalho ◽  
Silvia Brito Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sustainability Governance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sustainability Indices ◽  
Innovative Approaches

This chapter compares several academic works in order to analyse if they use innovative approaches for sustainable tourism. It analyses 70 stable documents including theses, scientific papers, and reports. Some goals are assess the themes that most stand out, the contribution of academic research to the subject, and how the issues of sustainability governance and planning relate to tourism. This contributes to approach the relationship between tourism and sustainability for development. The qualitative analysis used could discern the maturity level of research on sustainability indexes. Few works use them, and, if used, most are more descriptive than quantitative. But the ones that use them have acknowledged their importance and resulting enhanced strategies, as they provide the data to decide accurately on environmental and destination matters. A challenge for the Portuguese academy is to have an ongoing role in implementing and monitoring key sustainability indices.

scholarly journals Development of creative thinking in the process of project activity in the conditions of digital transformation of technological education

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Valery V. Krasheninnikov ◽  
◽  
Irina I. Nekrasova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Project Activity ◽  
The Subject

The article considers the peculiarity of the development of student’s creative thinking in educational project activities in the learning process in the context of the digital technologies use in technological education. The main basic principles of the development of the subject area “Technology” as the most important element of mastering the competencies and skills of the XXI century are analyzed, taking into account the need to use modern digital technologies in the process of project activity, as a fundamental direction of mastering new knowledge in an intensively developing world. Based on the analysis of research by domestic and foreign scientists, it is shown that educational project activities contribute to the development of creative thinking when conditions are met that is close to the real design process. Some possible options for the implementation of educational project activities in modern conditions of digital transformation of technological education are described. The measures to solve the problems of modern technological education, contributing to the qualitative organization of the educational process, which relate to both the creation of pedagogical conditions and the corresponding material and technical base, are noted.

Digitalization of the Financial Sector of the Economy: Who will Receive Digital Dividends?

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
E. R. Bezsmertnaya
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, all sectors of the Russian economy are feeling a certain stress caused by the development of digital technologies. There is no doubt that the competitiveness of both individual companies and the state as a whole depends on what positions the domestic economic entities will occupy in the processes of digital transformation. The subject of the research is the specific features and prospects for the development of digitalization processes in Russia. The purpose of the research was to assess the potential benefits and possible challenges to the Russian economy in implementing innovative technology programs. The paper pays special attention to the specifics of the development of digital technologies in the financial sphere. It is concluded that the impact of digital technologies on the socio-economic development of society is ambiguous and a further study of foreign and domestic experience of digitalization and the development of innovative technologies is needed.

Shared Use of Digital Logistics Services by Consumers and Manufacturers of Tourist Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-263
Author(s):  
E. V. Arbatskaya ◽  
L. V. Khoreva ◽  
V. V. Shcherbakov
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Tourist Flows ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
Tourism Enterprises ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Tourism Services

The presented study examines the major directions for the application of digital technologies in tourism with an emphasis on the efficiency of digital technologies and digital logistics services; proposes a definition of digital logistics services in tourism; describes directions for the shared use of digital logistics services by tourists and business entities; systematizes the shared use of digital technologies; provides a model for the shared use of digital logistics services that outlines the relationships between the participants of the tourism market.Aim. The study aims to propose a conceptual model for the shared use of digital logistics services that would outline the relationships between all participants of the tourism market and to accentuate the benefits of the shared use of logistics services.Tasks. The authors examine the major directions for the application of digital technologies in tourism both for the firm and the destination; analyze approaches and propose a definition of digital logistics services in tourism; systematize directions for the application of modern digital technologies and services in tourism; substantiate the practicability of the shared use of digital logistics services by the consumers (tourists) and producers (enterprises in the hospitality industry) of tourism services; substantiate a conceptual model for the shared use of digital logistics services in tourism.Methods. This study uses analysis, systematization, and modeling to create a model for the shared use of digital logistics services.Results. Based on the conducted analysis of the application of digital technologies and logistics services in tourism, the authors propose a definition of digital logistics services in tourism premised on the general understanding of logistics as a set of services that ensure the continuity and consistency of processes to achieve the planned result using digital technologies to accomplish the logistics goal. The study systematizes the shared use of digital technologies and services in tourism, including for the management of tourist flows, and provides a model for the shared use of digital logistics services that outlines the relationships between the participants of the tourism market, directions for their interaction, the place of the logistics service, and the benefits of the shared use of digital logistics services for market harmonization.Conclusions. The digital transformation of logistics in tourism is a new form of communication between producers and consumers of tourism services, serving as a source of competitive advantages for tourism organizations and an efficient way of managing tourist flows. Competitive advantages will be gained by those tourism enterprises that will manage to implement the process of customization in their services in the best possible way, thus turning consumers from potential into real, loyal clients and ensuring long-term sustainability based on consistently high profitability, which is particularly important during a crisis. The formation of a new market for tourism services based on the digitalization of all processes is now viewed as an opportunity not only to preserve this type of economic activity, but also to develop it through new opportunities provided by digital technologies. Some of the specific features of the digital transformation of logistics in tourism include the existence of personified services and application of the proposed model for the shared use of digital logistics services. Their efficient application will make it possible to preserve the economically and socially important sphere of emotional acquaintance of consumers with the world’s cultural traditions and historical artifacts.

scholarly journals РЕАЛНОСТ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВА БАНКООСИГУРАЊА КАО КАНАЛА ПРОДАЈЕ УСЛУГА ОСИГУРАЊА У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ

TEME ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 1327
Author(s):  
Jelena Z. Stanković ◽  
Evica Petrović ◽  
Nevenka Vojvodić-Miljković
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Insurance Premium ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Sales Personnel ◽  
Business Results ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Reduction Of Costs

The aim of every business activity is maximising profits, which explains the tendency of business entities to make products and services readily and easily available for customers. The insurance activity is not free of placement problems. In order to survive, an insurance company must constantly follow the trend of the development of services and distribution channels. As an emergence of global insurers has raised the issue of the placement of insurance services, innovations related to the placement of insurance services will be the subject of this paper. However, the success of the placement of services is dependent upon the fulfilment of the following preconditions: the service is of great quality; it is adequately distributed – available, its price – the insurance premium – suits the quality and is competitive; the service is presented to customers in a quality manner, while the sales personnel is highly motivated to do their job. The merger of a banking and insurance subject may result in the reduction of costs, as well as in spurring the synergistic effects and an increase in revenue. New technologies, new approaches and dexterities of businessmen contribute to delivering better business results.

scholarly journals EAEU: integration dynamics in the sphere of intellectual property within the context of digital transformations

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Mark Vladimirovich Shugurov
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Potential Object ◽  
Area Of Protection

The subject of this research is the development of integration cooperation between the EAEU member-states in the area of protection, management and commercialization of the rights to intellectual property through the prism of formation of the regional intellectual property law of this international organization. The author describes the characteristics of intellectual property as one of the vectors of integration, as well as analyzes the results of integration processes in this sphere achieved over the period from 2014 to 2019. Special attention is turned to revealing the prospects for such cooperation within the framework of implementation of digital agenda. Analysis of the dynamics of integration processes is based on the principle of development, as well as system-structural approach. The historical-legal along with the formal-dogmatic method allowed reveling the content of legal results of the first quinquennial stage of integration. The main conclusion lies in the conceptual provision that currently the integration of EAEU member-states in the sphere of intellectual property is substantiated by the relevance for responding to global challenges, one of which is digitalization of the economy and various fields of social life. The author’s main contribution into studying of integration processes in the sphere of regional space of international property law is defined by conceptualization of the development of integration processes with regards to intellectual property from the perspective of its expansion, as well as advancement of new priorities in the conditions of digital transformation. The scientific novelty lies in substantiation of the prospects of using digital technologies for managing the life cycle elements of the rights to intellectual property as a potential object of cooperation in the format of integration.

scholarly journals Levels of Pro-Environmental Maturity in Micro and Small Enterprises

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-264
Author(s):  
Robert Kucęba
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Micro And Small Enterprises ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Awareness Level ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe underlying objective of the paper is to indicate pro-environmental awareness level in micro and small enterprises and its influence on this sector’s activity in the context of environmental management. The author has introduced a taxonomy of pro-environmental awareness and also pro-environmental security, pro-environmental culture and pro-environmental ethics. Heterogeneous pro-environmental attitudes of units/entities (including business entities) have been aggregated in the paper, in the context of their transformation from a passive towards active attitude. The elaborated levels of pro-environmental awareness growth have been summarised in a chronological grasp, which constituted the subject of the research with reference to the subject matter of the paper defined in its title. The author has also justified the selection of the research subject – micro and small enterprises, which are a source of surface contamination (local one), but not always perceived as beneficiaries of the natural environment.With reference to the adopted subject of the research the author has made an attempt to evaluate the pro-environmental awareness of the purposefully selected population of micro and small enterprises. Maturity level of their pro-environmental awareness has also been evaluated according to the adopted scale described and explained in the theoretical part of the paper, which is a narrow part of the conducted research and an attempt to answer the question: What is the maturity level of pro-environmental awareness in micro and small enterprises and is it reflected in their green activity in the conducted business activity?

World fintech: main trends

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Yuliya Viktorovna Evdokimova ◽  
Olga Vladimirovna Shinkareva
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Criteria

Recently, digital technologies in the fi nancial sector have been actively developing. The pandemic of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 only spurred this process. The result of these events was the structural transformation of the global fi nancial services market, which is the object of this study. The subject of the study is the processes taking place in this market as a result of its digital transformation and the development of fi nancial technologies. Analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction were used as research methods. The multidisciplinary nature of the study should be noted due to the interconnection of sectors such as information technology, fi nancial technology, economic aspects. The study examines the basic characteristics of fi ntech solutions introduced into the practice of the world business, an ecosystem of fi nancial services, reveals the features of such models of the development of fi nancial innovations as USChinese, European and Russian. The impact of the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection of COVID-19 on the fi nancial services market was analyzed, it was noted that fi nancial and technological leaders of this sector of the economy can benefi t from the current situation. New criteria for the optimality of fi nancial services are highlighted, in particular, international nature, round-the-clock access, instant conversion with minimal costs and the presence of both fi at money and cryptocurrency. The volume of the global fi ntech market was analyzed, as well as forecasts regarding its development in the future, the volume of global investments in fi ntech in the fi eld of mergers and acquisitions was considered. The main directions of the fi ntech segment development according to the results of the 2019 study were considered and the countries in which this segment is developing most actively were highlighted. The evolution of traditional banks and revealed fi ntech trends in the banking industry in 2020.

scholarly journals Conceptual and mathematical models, methods, and technologies for the study of the digital transformation of economic and social systems: a literature review and research agenda (Part I)

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
A. S. Geyda ◽  
T. N. Gurieva ◽  
V. N. Naumov
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject

The research review of the subject field on the research of the digital transformation of economic and social systems is carried out. The research includes two parts. In the frost part the conceptual and mathematical models based on them research considered to apply digital technologies for various types of activities. Based on the systematic use of the review of the subject field, a complex of “white spots” is revealed — inconsistencies of the conceptual and mathematical models necessary in practice, methods of mathematical research of digital transformation of systems of different types, on the one hand, and the available theoretical means for such research, on the other. A significant amount of such inconsistencies is caused by insufficient investigation of the complex of pragmatic, practical aspects of activity based on mathematical forecasting of the results of using modern (digital) technologies in systems of various types. We proved that a pragmatic mathematical study of activity could make it possible to design and improve the digital transformation of systems of different types. We could do such a study by evaluating the activity results, analyzing them using mathematical models, and then synthesizing the activity with mathematical methods based on the analysis of the effects of using information technologies. Such a synthesis can, for example, provide the best results of activities due to the choice of the composition and characteristics of digital technologies.

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