Orchestrating Smart Cities, New Disruptive Business Models and Informal Enterprises

Business Models ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

New Business ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

New Business Models

As the fourth industrial revolutions technologies intensify, cities are becoming smarter, new business models are emerging and informal enterprises are formalizing by default. Research demonstrates that the future of our world is decided by the quality of its future cities. As cities invest in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies to make life easier and solve many of the problems we face today, employment opportunities expand and citizens enjoy better lifestyle. This chapter will examine how the concept of smart cities is disrupting existing business models and creating new ones that have positively impacting Africa’s informal enterprise sector. The chapter leverages abundance theory to explain the emerging phenomenon in the nexus between smart cities, new business models and informal enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study finds that indeed the concept of smart cities is indeed facilitating new business models that are formalizing the informal sector.

New tools for developing the living environment (based on materials of Gaidar Forum – 2021)

Public Administration ◽

10.22394/2070-8378-2021-23-1-6-12 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 6-12

Author(s):

NATALYA YASKOVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Living Environment ◽

Investment Activity ◽

New Business ◽

The Government ◽

National Economies ◽

Expert Community

The pandemic has become the reason for structural reforms as well as for discussing many issues by the expert community. In this regard, the Gaidar Forum – 2021 became the very platform where experts in various fields of knowledge could meet. Specialists discussed such issues as sustainable development problems, the innovative focus of development, the introduction of IT technologies, restructuring of national economies, new business models, etc. Most of the questions, one way or another, concern the problem of the evolution of the living environment. These are the questions that were presented by the experts of the “Building together” discussion platform. Analyzing the results of the construction complex, which ensures the implementation of the national project “Housing and the Urban Environment”, made it possible to identify the nature of further measures taken by the Government of the Russian Federation in order to create a competitive living environment. Experts systematized the prospects for business models of investment and construction activities involved in the development of territories, identified new tools for enhancing investment activity, and focused the attention of the authorities on information and communication technologies used in modeling the living environment.

Management and Inter/Intra Organizational Relationships in the Textile and Apparel Industry - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

Digital Transformation and Change Management at Organizations in the Textile Industry

10.4018/978-1-7998-1859-5.ch007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 144-174

Author(s):

Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero

Keyword(s):

Change Management ◽

Textile Industry ◽

Customer Value ◽

Business Models ◽

New Technologies ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

New Business ◽

Information And Communication

Organizational changes are required for the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) at firms operating in the textile industry. Technologies for a new way of doing things will not provide good results if applied to an old established process. ICT allows putting into action processes in a different way, which may result in many cases, in more efficient and convenient process from the perspective of customer value generation. Textile firms highly invest in digital transformation to get new business models that constitute a challenge for traditional ways to operate. For that, they must face organisational changes. Change management implies leaving a group of structures, procedures, and behaviours and the adoption of new ones. Organizations must be able to identify potential efficient processes as a consequence of the application of new technologies. An appropriate management of more tangible aspects—equipment, financial resources—and intangible ones—people, users, and perceptions—will have impact on change management results.

An investigation of the impact of information and communication technologies in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Information Science ◽

10.1177/016555159902500407 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 307-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Lishan Adam ◽

Frances Wood

Keyword(s):

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

The Impact

Financial sector evolution and competencies development in the context of information and communication technologies

10.22616/rrd.26.2020.038 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ilja Arefjevs ◽

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Aivars Spilbergs ◽

Andris Natrins ◽

Atis Verdenhofs ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Business Models ◽

Business Processes ◽

New Products ◽

Financial Sector ◽

New Business ◽

Competencies Development

The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has a significant impact on the business model of companies operating in the financial sector. Digital transformation leads to changing existing business model rapidly, as well as necessity of developing new processes specifically related to the use of ICT in business processes, development of new products and updating existing ones. At present, changes in the demand for ICT related processes in financial sector are observed both through the development of different technologies and their applications core or ancillary processes (e.g. innovations in payment systems including crypto currencies, blockchain-assisted smart contract, credit markets and insurance including peer-to-peer lending). Based on the opportunities offered by ICT, new business models need to be developed in the financial sector to transform these capabilities into new products and services that respond to changing customer demand. The aim of research to investigate the changes taking place in financial sector in the light of developments in ICT for acquisition of necessary competencies. Research methodology includes systematic review of scientific literature, analysis of selected financial sector statistics, semi-structured industry expert interviews and statistics analysis. The empirical study is limited to the financial sector of Latvia. Although due to the global nature of the financial sector the research findings could be applied internationally.

Resource Scheduling and Strategic Management of Smart Cities under the Background of Digital Economy

Complexity ◽

10.1155/2020/6624307 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Qing Yin ◽

Gang Liu

Keyword(s):

Strategic Management ◽

Smart City ◽

Business Models ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Resource Scheduling ◽

Digital Economy ◽

Current Status ◽

Information And Communication

Smart city is a brand-new city form, in which information and communication technologies are utilized to sense, analyze, and integrate the key information of city operation core system, so that intelligent responses can be immediately and effectively taken to various demands including people’s livelihood, environmental protection, public safety, city services, and industrial and commercial activities. Digital economy is a mixed economy with the coexistence of multiple business models and diversified value creation models based on the information and communication technologies and in the digital economy, many things are undergoing huge changes, and their corresponding economic rules also need to be adjusted. On the basis of analyzing previous research works, this paper expounded the research status and significance of smart city’s resource scheduling and strategic management, elaborated the development background, current status, and future challenges of digital economy, introduced the methods and principles of city-level spatiotemporal data model and spatial full factor coding, formulated resource scheduling strategies for smart city based on digital economy, explored the dynamic fusion, storage, and update of smart city’s multisource heterogeneous data, conducted the information display and analysis of multilevel smart city, proposed strategic management approaches for smart city based on digital economy, analyzed the integrated implementation model of shared resource scheduling and people-oriented social management, and discussed the economic growth factors and standardization mechanism of smart city under the background of digital economy. The results of this study provide a reference for further research studies on the resource scheduling and strategic management of smart city under the background of digital economy.

Women in Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4.ch201 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1279-1285

Author(s):

Vashti Galpin

Keyword(s):

Information Society ◽

The United States ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

African Women ◽

Women's Participation ◽

Women In Technology ◽

Sub Saharan

International research has shown that in most countries, there are few women studying towards information technology (IT) careers (Galpin, 2002), and there is much research, particularly in the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK) and Australia into why this is the case (Gürer & Camp, 2002). This article considers the situation in sub-Saharan Africa and focuses on women’s involvement in the generation and creation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in sub-Saharan Africa, as opposed to ICT use in sub-Saharan Africa, which is considered elsewhere in this volume. There are a number of aspects to the generation and creation of ICTs: how women are involved in this process as IT professionals and how they are educated for these careers, as well how technology can be used appropriately within the specific conditions of sub-Saharan Africa. ICTs will be considered in the broadest sense of the word, covering all electronic technologies, from computers and networking to radio and television. Women’s participation is important: The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Gender Caucus (www.genderwsis.org) has identified women’s involvement in the design and development of technology as well as technology management policy, as key principles for the information society. Marcelle (2001) emphasizes the necessity for African women to become involved in technological and scientific areas, including “computer science, software engineering, network design, network management and related disciplines” (Marcelle, 2001, para. 15) to create an information society appropriate for African women. The diversity of those involved in design leads to higher-quality and more appropriate technological solutions (Borg, 2002; Lazowska, 2002). Background Sub-Saharan Africa has a population of 641 million, young (almost half under 15) and rural (35% urban). Significant problems are undernourishment, poverty and HIV/AIDS (United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2004). All the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are classified as developing countries. Some countries are relatively wealthy, such as Mauritius, South Africa, and Nigeria, but have large wealth disparities within their populations. Women in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to focus on the home, they have less access to education and health, and their contribution to family and community is not valued (Huyer, 1997).

Inter and Intra Cities Smartness

Smart Cities and Smart Spaces ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7030-1.ch002 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 30-55

Author(s):

Ghada A. El Khayat ◽

Nada Ahmad Fashal

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Location Problems ◽

Future Research ◽

Gis Tools ◽

Nations Development

The rapid advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) contribute to the creation of ‘Smart Cities'/‘Knowledge Precincts' that use data, information and technologies to enable innovative business models. This contributes to the nations' development. For smart cities/knowledge precincts to realize the planned social and economic impact; they have to be well-located and planned. Creating connections among cities also contributes to their smartness. This, calls for concepts of inter and intra smartness contributed in this chapter. The question is: a) how to locate the components of the smart city internally and b) how to locate the smart cities relative to each other and to their communities. Location problems are tackled with optimization and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools. This chapter starts by giving definitions on the topic and then presents a survey on the ‘Smart Cities'/‘Knowledge Precincts' location problems that use optimization and GIS tools and concludes with avenues for future research.

Inter and Intra Cities Smartness

Environmental Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7033-2.ch075 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1663-1687

Author(s):

Ghada A. El Khayat ◽

Nada Ahmad Fashal

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Location Problems ◽

Future Research ◽

Gis Tools ◽

Nations Development

Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability - Handbook of Research on Institution Development for Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa ◽

Technological Innovations in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

10.4018/978-1-7998-4817-2.ch016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 254-275

Author(s):

Amadou Tandjigora

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

The Internet ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Scientific Arguments

The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature on technological innovations in general and more specifically on the use of information and communication technologies in agriculture. Emphasis was placed on two main tools, namely the telephone and the internet. The opportunities created by these two tools have been highlighted on the basis of previous studies supported by scientific arguments. Some stylized facts have also made it possible to highlight the level of these ICTs in 20 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries like Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Rwanda, and, to a lesser extent, Senegal are more advanced in this process of using ICT because they are relatively more economically stable. Finally, the constraints linked to the adoption of these ICTs as well as certain public policy recommendations were formulated.

Handbook of Research on Reinventing Economies and Organizations Following a Global Health Crisis - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

Entrepreneurial Activity Dynamics That Enhance Tourism in Montijo Municipality

10.4018/978-1-7998-6926-9.ch002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 16-33

Author(s):

Teresa Gomes Costa ◽

Inês Lisboa ◽

Nuno Miguel Delicado Teixeira ◽

Zélia Duarte ◽

Teresa Godinho

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

National Level ◽

Social Progress ◽

Entrepreneurial Activity ◽

Health Crisis ◽

New Business ◽

Tourism Activity

Montijo municipality is in Setúbal district and belongs to Lisbon metropolitan area. Many new projects have emerged in the county related to tourism. However, the health crisis that plagued the world in early 2020 raised several concerns about the entrepreneurial activity of this municipality. Thus, this study has as main objective to broadcast the entrepreneurial activity that enhances tourism in Montijo municipality, before the health crisis and to present a reflection on the future of this activity in the post-COVID-19 era. It was possible to verify that the county has a set of positive indicators with regard to tourism activity and is one of the most dynamic at national level in terms of entrepreneurship. Besides that, the implementation of new business models, new products and services, new distribution and marketing forms, based on information and communication technologies can be very important to disseminate the region and to add value to the tourist experience and business, contributing to making the region a national reference of economic and social progress.