scholarly journals The influence of appropriate business models on the realizable value of climate services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriaan Perrels
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Value Appropriation ◽  
Climate Services ◽  
Service Characteristics

<p>The provision of climate services (and for that matter many similar services informing about the current and expected state of the ambient environment of a user) is sensitive to obstacles to value appropriation both the supplier and the user side. The problem at the upstream side is often related to the appropriate levels of compensation for basic data input. The problem at the downstream side is that the uncertainty of the benefit generation potential for the end-user may prohibit price levels that would be necessary to recover service costs.</p><p>As for example illustrated in Larosa and Mysiak (2019) certain combinations of service characteristics and market conditions tend to associate with preferences for certain business models. Yet, the choice for these models is by no means always the outcome of a careful selection process, and even if it is, outcomes may be disappointing. Furthermore, in the background affect policy choices regarding, inter alia, market delineation and innovation policies (Stegmaier and Perrels 2019).</p><p>The contribution is a theoretical exercise with stylized information market model demonstrating for a set of varying boundary conditions regarding pricing, data access, market access, public support, and quality control what is the likelihood of viability of a certain service design, and what is the influence of different types of competition (e.g. from abroad).</p><p>References:</p><p>Larosa, F., Mysiak, J. (2019). Business models for climate services: an analysis. <em>Climate Services</em>, Vol. 17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2019.100111.</p><p>Stegmaier, P., Perrels, A., (2019). <em>Policy implications and recommendations on promising business, resourcing, and innovation for climate services</em>, EU-MACS Deliverable 5.2, http://eu-macs.eu/outputs/</p>

Who Settles Disputes? Treaty Design and Trade Attitudes Toward the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 881-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeonho Hahm ◽  
Thomas König ◽  
Moritz Osnabrügge ◽  
Elena Frech
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Dispute Settlement Mechanism ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Transatlantic Trade ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Trade And Investment

AbstractWhat type of trade agreement is the public willing to accept? Instead of focusing on individual concerns about market access and trade barriers, we argue that specific treaty design and, in particular, the characteristics of the dispute settlement mechanism, play a critical role in shaping public support for trade agreements. To examine this theoretical expectation, we conduct a conjoint experiment that varies diverse treaty-design elements and estimate preferences over multiple dimensions of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) based on a nationally representative sample in Germany. We find that compared to other alternatives, private arbitration, known as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), generates strong opposition to the trade agreement. As the single most important factor, this effect of dispute settlement characteristic is strikingly large and consistent across individuals’ key attributes, including skill levels, information, and national sentiment, among others.

Servitization of Industry: New Evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 22-30
Author(s):  
V. Kondrat’ev ◽  
G. Kedrova ◽  
V. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
New Economic Policy ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Policy Regime ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
New Business ◽  
Use Of Services

A significant increase in the use of services is observed for some industries in GVCs (Global Value Chains). The paper has shed light on important dimension of the servitization which is the sale and export of services by manufacturing firms, often bundled together with goods. Firm-level data confirm that many firms are involved both in the production of goods and services and that there are complementarities between these activities. Not only manufacturing firms are involved in the distribution, transport and logistics services needed for their international operations in GVCs but also, they provide installation, maintenance, repair services as well as a variety of other business support and complementary services that increase value for their customers. The servitization has important policy implications, particularly when taking into account the fact that trade in services is generally more restricted than trade in goods. As the lines between goods and services are blurred, economic policy today might be more challenging than in the past, particularly for companies moving to new business models that imply more interactions with customers and a more intensive use of digital technologies. Services themselves are split into different modes of supply for which there are different levels of economic policy. A closer look at the mechanisms of value creation in the case of services suggests that there are still the needs of new economic policy addressed at business models described as value networks or value shops. As technologies become more disruptive and more companies move to ‘servicified’ GVCs, the need for a more consistent international economic policy regime, particularly at the multilateral level, will become more urgent.

scholarly journals The Development of Mobile Service Applications for Consumers and Intelligent Networks

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 344-360
Author(s):  
Rebecca De Coster ◽  
Abdulrhman Albesher
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Intelligent Networks ◽  
Service Characteristics ◽  
Adoption Factors ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Mobile Handset

The enhanced capabilities of mobile handsets are starting to include activities previously associated with traditional desktop computing capabilities. This extends the mobile handset from being used for connectivity to a range of purposes in both consumer and intelligent networks. This chapter examines the development of mobile service applications from current consumer telecommunication applications including context based services (such as location based services) to mobile internet-based services and the forthcoming applications for intelligent networks. Developments of both consumer and industry services in sectors with complex operations are examined in terms of service interactions by reviewing the adoption factors and the provision of services in terms of service characteristics and business models. This chapter develops conceptual frameworks for better understanding mobile services and mobile use in the context of intelligent networks along with emerging consumer applications.

scholarly journals Pakistan’s Experience with the Pakistan–China FTA: Lessons for CPEC

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (Special Edition) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Theresa ◽  
Nida Jamil ◽  
Azam Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Trade Data ◽  
Chinese Markets ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tariff Reductions

As Pakistan enters the CPEC era, there is a sense of optimism as well as concern in the country, given the uncertain economic impact of this major collaboration between China and Pakistan. Using firm-level and trade data, we empirically test the impact of the 2006 free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries on the productivity, size and value added of potentially affected Pakistani firms. These results have important policy implications for CPEC initiatives. We start with a difference-in-difference analysis, comparing trends in those sectors in Pakistan made more vulnerable by tariff reductions on Chinese goods relative to sectors for which the tariff did not change significantly. Next, we examine those sectors in Pakistan that were given greater access to Chinese markets through reductions in the Chinese tariff on Pakistani goods relative to sectors for which market access remained roughly the same. In the sectors made more vulnerable by reductions in Pakistani tariffs on Chinese goods, imports to Pakistan have risen, while productivity, value added and value added per worker have fallen relative to other sectors since the FTA. In the sectors for which Pakistan gained access to Chinese markets, exports and employment have risen, but productivity and value added have fallen relative to other sectors since the FTA.

scholarly journals The Effects of Business Model on Bank’s Stability

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Thuy Thu Nguyen ◽  
Hai Hong Ho ◽  
Duy Van Nguyen ◽  
Anh Cam Pham ◽  
Trang Thu Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Model Choice ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Stability

The literature shows little evidence of the effects of business models upon the volatility of banks in developing and fast-growing economies. Hence, this study examines the effects of business model choice on the stability of banks in ASEAN countries. Using GMM and other robust econometric methods on the sample of 99 joint stock commercial banks, we find significant and negative impacts of a diversification model in which banks shift toward non-interest and fees-based activities. We also find that the impacts are different between two groups of countries. For Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, the diversification entails negative impacts on stability while demonstrating positive impacts for Thailand and Malaysia. Based on these findings, we draw policy implications for more sustainable development in the ASEAN banking business.

Public Support for the Death Penalty in China: Less from the Populace but More from Elites

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
John Zhuang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
Support Rate ◽  
National Representative Sample

Abstract This article is the first to report the nationwide public support rate for the death penalty in China. Using a national representative sample with 31,664 respondents, it shows that 68 per cent of China's citizens are for the death penalty, while 31 per cent are opposed to it. These numbers suggest that support for capital punishment in China, although strong, is much weaker than in some other East Asian jurisdictions and less than first assumed by commentators. However, contrary to previous notions that public support for the death penalty derives from uninformed popular prejudice, it is the elites in China – i.e. those who receive higher education – who are more in favour of the death penalty. Further empirical analyses suggest that this is not because of political ideology or fear of crime. Rather, the reason is likely that the elites know fewer, and sympathize less with, criminal offenders, who generally come from underprivileged groups. These findings challenge a range of prevailing perceptions of public attitudes to the death penalty in China, especially the culture explanation for the Chinese public's punitiveness, and have important policy implications.

Corporate Added Value in the Context of Web 2.0

2010 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Oliver Bohl ◽  
Shakib Manouchehri
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Activity Model ◽  
Corporate Actions ◽  
The Relationship

Firms have faced and explored the increased use of Web 2.0. Driven mainly by private users, Web 2.0 may also have significant implications for corporate actions and business models. By systematically scanning and verifying possible positive and negative effects on the value of their creation, firms might be able to formulate and establish well-grounded strategies for corporate Web 2.0 applications and services. To establish such a process in an effective and adequate manner, it is necessary to analyze the relationship between Web 2.0 and corporate added value. This chapter contributes to these efforts by demonstrating that the corporate use of Web 2.0 applications is reinforced by fundamental and long-term business trends. The discussion pertains to the possibilities emerging from the application of Web 2.0 paradigms to business models; the market model, the activity model, and the capital market model. The potentials, risks, mainsprings, and restrictions associated with the corporate use of Web 2.0 are evaluated.

How green are supported ‘green’ business models? Time for the life cycle approach to enter public support programmes

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 2086-2092
Author(s):  
Søren Løkke ◽  
Jannick H. Schmidt ◽  
Ivar Lyhne ◽  
Lone Kørnøv ◽  
Rasmus Revsbeck
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Green Business ◽  
Support Programmes

scholarly journals Dangers of the digital fit: Rethinking seamlessness and social sustainability in data-intensive healthcare

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 205395171775296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Wadmann ◽  
Klaus Hoeyer
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subsequent Loss

For years, attempts at ensuring the social sustainability of digital solutions have focused on ensuring that they are perceived as helpful and easy to use. A smooth and seamless work experience has been the goal to strive for. Based on document analysis and interviews with 15 stakeholders, we trace the setting up of a data infrastructure in Danish General Practice that had achieved just this goal – only to end in a scandal and subsequent loss of public support. The ease of data access made it possible for data to be extracted, exchanged and used by new actors and for new purposes – without those producing the data fully realizing the expansion of the infrastructure. We suggest that the case has wider relevance for a still more data-intensive healthcare sector and a growing data economy: when those who produce the data are not made aware of new uses of data, it makes it more difficult to resolve potential conflicts along the way. In the Danish case, conflicting views on legitimate data use led to the collapse of the infrastructure. Therefore, while seamlessness may be a solution to the old problem of a poor fit between user and technology, this celebrated virtue may also involve new problems relating to social instability. As digital solutions tend to be integrated still more seamlessly in still more of our activities, we need to develop political mechanisms to define and protect the rights and obligations of both data suppliers and users in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of digital infrastructures.

scholarly journals Between Access and Privacy: Challenges in Sharing Health Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 055-059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Malin ◽  
Kenneth Goodman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Biomedical Data ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
Privacy Risks ◽  
Cryptographic Techniques ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize notable research contributions published in 2017 on data sharing and privacy issues in medical informatics. Methods: An extensive search of PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, and AAAI Digital Library was conducted to uncover the scientific contributions published in 2017 that addressed issues of biomedical data sharing, with a focus on data access and privacy. The selection process was based on three steps: (i) a selection of candidate best papers, (ii) the review of the candidate best papers by a team of international experts with respect to six predefined criteria, and (iii) the selection of the best papers by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: Five best papers were selected. They cover the lifecycle of biomedical data collection, use, and sharing. The papers introduce 1) consenting strategies for emerging environments, 2) software for searching and retrieving datasets in organizationally distributed environments, 3) approaches to measure the privacy risks of sharing new data increasingly utilized in research and the clinical setting (e.g., genomic), 4) new cryptographic techniques for querying clinical data for cohort discovery, and 5) novel game theoretic strategies for publishing summary information about genome-phenome studies that balance the utility of the data with potential privacy risks to the participants of such studies. Conclusion: The papers illustrated that there is no one-size-fitsall solution to privacy while working with biomedical data. At the same time, the papers show that there are opportunities for leveraging newly emerging technologies to enable data use while minimizing privacy risks.

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