scholarly journals CYBERLITERATURE IN CHINA: LITERATURE AS INDUSTRY

Bambuti ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-94
Author(s):  
Wati Wati ◽  
Hin Goan Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Digital Products ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Triggering Factors

The digital revolution has influenced the development of various industrial fields in China, as well as in literature. Various types of literary works were born in the digital space and later developed into a genre called Wǎngluò wénxué 网络 文学 or popularly known as "Cybersastra". This article is an overview of in-depth research on the Cybersastra movement in China, starting from its triggering factors, its pioneers, to its business model from time to time. The Cybersastra movement in China has had a major influence on the literary climate which previously seemed so idealistic, then transformed into competitive digital products based on the basis of supply and demand. Despite the distortion that Cybersastra has caused to the authenticity of Chinese literature, the rapidly developing Cybersastra has succeeded in globalizing Chinese literature. Cybersastra also made the literary climate in China a pop culture industry, which forms the basis of various derivative art industries.

A Dynamic Vision of Value Chains

2015 ◽  
pp. 156-182
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Products ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Dynamic Vision ◽  
Ict Industry

The Business Model (BM) notion has become popular because of a business environment shaped by ICT and globalization and characterized by an increasing complexity and uncertainty. Innovative ICT industry coupled with ever-growing products, services, and applications have placed business models at the heart of the new digital revolution. In this chapter, the authors examine how the concept has been applied in the field of ICT and is used in contemporary debate. These new BMs are based on new forms of organization and/or on new products and services offerings. The BM concept has attracted attention both from practitioners and academics. The concept has received wide recognition; yet in practice, it is a new and evolving concept. It has inspired numerous researchers and academics and has given rise to different interpretations, one around which there is not always a perfect consensus. However, despite its wide use, the notion of the business model has become more complex.

Digital Economy, Business Models, and Cloud Computing

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Strømmen-Bakhtiar
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Human History ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Technological Revolution

From the invention of writing to the steam engine and to computers, human history has been one of technological inventions and change. In our relatively recent past we have witnessed several technological revolutions which rapidly replaced one set of technologies by another, and in the process created what Schumpeter called the creative destruction. Today, we are witnessing a technological revolution that is changing the way we live, work, and communicate. We call this the digital revolution which brings with it new technologies, methods, and business models. This chapter discusses the digital revolution and the platform business model. This business model is used by many “sharing economy” businesses such as Airbnb and Uber. The success of this business model is dependent on the rapid expansion of its user-base. This business model requires infrastructure and applications that can cope with this rapid expansion. Cloud computing has been providing these services.

Conventional banks and Fintechs: how digitization has transformed both models

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Paulet ◽  
Hareesh Mavoori
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Banking Strategy ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The digital revolution has substantially changed the business environment. Most banks have acknowledged the importance of new technologies to improve performance and client satisfaction. The development of these innovations has led to the entrance of the so-called Fintechs. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of these transformations on the performance of financial institutions and on their business model. Design/methodology/approach The authors use data envelopment analysis and Malmquist total productivity indices to measure financial institutions’ efficiency and their influence on strategy. Findings The main finding is that clients are more than ever at the core of banking strategy. The irrelevance of distance in basic banking transactions has reduced expenses and contributed to increasing revenues for all financial institutions. Banks will have a card to play in the advice they can bring to their clients. Practical implications This research could be of interest for financial managers who wish to re-examine their current business practices and imagine their business model for the future. Originality/value The contribution will be to further define the correlation between the provision of electronic banking services and its performance by including diversified institutions (conventional banks, Fintechs, Gafas) in the sample from multiple geographic zones to identify differences as regards their efficiency and business practices.

scholarly journals Agro-food projects: analysis of procedures within digital revolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 648-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Maria Sagarna Garcia ◽  
David Pereira Jerez
Keyword(s):  
User Involvement ◽  
End Users ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
End User ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Digital Products ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
End User Involvement

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights about the approaches and techniques of professionals that nowadays are designing Digital Products and Services (DPS) in the European agriculture. The emphasis is paid on the integration of end-users and participatory approaches such as agile, considering its current influence. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted to professionals of businesses and entities from 14 European countries. A balanced sample of replies was achieved between private–public background, size of the business or experience of experts. Afterwards, the collection of answers and the opinions of professionals were compared with the state of the art referred in the literature. It allowed checking its soundness and critically discusses the results. Findings From the raw analysis of responses, professionals show awareness about the importance of end-user involvement and they are eager to incorporate innovative farmers and early adopters to collect the best requirements for products and services. They also declare knowledge and uptake in their companies of new approaches, such as agile. Confronting results with literature, the discussion highlights some inconsistencies and possibilities for leveraging. Types of end-users considered should be enlarged. Their superficial participation must also be avoided. Originality/value There is a lack of research on procedures for projects in agro-food sector. Due to the momentum in the digital transformation of agriculture, there are many project teams working in developing DPS and are relevant to discuss about proper methodologies for improving success.

Factors controlling the spread of HIV in heterosexual communities in developing countries: patterns of mixing between different age and sexual activity classes

1993 ◽  
Vol 342 (1300) ◽  
pp. 137-159 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Sex Structure ◽  
Mixing Patterns ◽  
Demographic Impact

The paper describes the development and analysis of a mathematical model of the spread and demographic impact of HIV in heterosexual communities in developing countries. The model extends previous work in this area by the representation of patterns of mixing between and within different age and sexual activity classes in a two sex structure. Summary parameters are derived to represent different mixing patterns, ranging from assortative via random to disassortative, as are methods to ensure that particular mixing patterns between different age and sexual classes (stratified on the basis of rates of sexual partner change) meet constraints that balance the supply and demand for sexual partners as AIDS induced mortality influences the demographic structure of a population. Analyses of model behaviour rely on numerical methods due to the complexity of the mathematical framework, and sensitivity analyses are conducted to assess the significance of different assumptions and different parameter assignments. Simulated patterns of HIV spread across the two sexes and various age classes are compared with observed patterns in Uganda. The principle conclusion of the study is that the pattern of mixing between age and sexual activity classes, combined with the assumptions made to balance supply and demand between the sexes have a very major influence on the predicted pattern of HIV spread and the demographic impact of AIDS. The paper ends with a discussion of future needs in model development and data acquisition.

scholarly journals CONSUMERISM PRACTICES OF KOREAN POP FANS COMMUNITY ANNISA WIDOWATI SUNDARI DANCERS IN JAKARTA

2020 ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Diana Rosca Apria ◽  
A.A. Anom Kumbara ◽  
I Nyoman Darma Putra
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Culture Industry ◽  
Culture Industries ◽  
Music Drama ◽  
Community Or ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Consumptive Behavior

Globalization facilitates the spread of culture from one country to another. From globalization, K-Pop has finally begun to be enjoyed by Indonesian society. One of the effects of the Korean culture fever in Indonesia is the consumptive behavior or lifestyle among teenagers who are K-Pop fans. Annisa Widowati Sundari Dancers Community or what is commonly called as AWS Dancers community is one of them. The reason why this community has been chosen as the object of this research is because AWS Dancers community is popular among K-Pop fans in Jakarta. This study used a cultural study approach that is analyzed qualitatively. Data collection is carried out by the method of observation, interviews, and document studies related to K-pop culture in Indonesia. Data were analyzed with hegemony theory and culture industry theory. The results of this study show that the emergence of the K-Pop culture industry ultimately inspired K-Pop fans to form a community, namely AWS Dancers who performed dance cover activities. In addition, K-Pop culture industries such as music, drama, food, cosmetics and electronic goods made teenagers who are members of the AWS Dancers community was hegemonied to buy and consume these things. As a result, various implications arise, such as dissipation among the members of AWS Dancers, hyperreality towards South Korea, the increasingly eroded Indonesian culture and celebritization among members of the AWS Dancers community. Keywords : consumerism practices, korean pop, AWS community, hegemony, culture industry

Customer complementarity in the digital space: Exploring Amazon’s business model diversification

2020 ◽  
pp. 101985
Author(s):  
Paolo Aversa ◽  
Stefan Haefliger ◽  
Francesca Hueller ◽  
Danielle G. Reza
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Digital Space

scholarly journals The Practice and Potential of Renewable Energy Localisation: Results from a UK Field Trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Boait ◽  
J. Richard Snape ◽  
Robin Morris ◽  
Jo Hamilton ◽  
Sarah Darby
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Field Trial ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Regular User ◽  
Financial Return ◽  
Local Generation

The adaptation of electricity demand to match the non-despatchable nature of renewable generation is one of the key challenges of the energy transition. We describe a UK field trial in 48 homes of an approach to this problem aimed at directly matching local supply and demand. This combined a community-based business model with social engagement and demand response technology employing both thermal and electrical energy storage. A proportion of these homes (14) were equipped with rooftop photovoltaics (PV) amounting to a total of 45 kWp; the business model enabled the remaining 34 homes to consume the electricity exported from the PV-equipped dwellings at a favourably low tariff in the context of a time-of-day tariff scheme. We report on the useful financial return achieved by all participants, their overall experience of the trial, and the proportion of local generation consumed locally. The energy storage devices were controlled, with user oversight, to respond automatically to signals indicating the availability of low cost electricity either from the photovoltaics or the time of day grid tariff. A substantial response was observed in the resulting demand profile from these controls, less so from demand scheduling methods which required regular user configuration. Finally results are reported from a follow-up fully commercial implementation of the concept showing the viability of the business model. We conclude that the sustainability of the transition to renewable energy can be strengthened with a community-oriented approach as demonstrated in the trial that supports users through technological change and improves return on investment by matching local generation and consumption.

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