A Review of Curriculum Change and Innovation for Higher Education

The effective curriculum has become a critical component of higher education because of the shifts in the techno-socio-economic landscape and digital revolutions in industry 4.0. In this paper, a review of existing works related to curriculum change and innovation for higher education institutions provides insight into the topic. The paper is divided into several sections of the review. A general understanding and introduction of the context of Curriculum 4.0 in higher education are elaborated in this review. The relative theories that underpin curriculum change and innovation in educational institutions are presented. The paper also discusses and reviews the processes and procedures involved in managing curriculum change and innovation. The issues related to embracing and managing curriculum change and innovation are also highlighted and discussed in this paper.

Levers of family firms’ resilience in times of crisis

Although the academic literature argues that family firms are more resilient than non-family firms, the reasons for this presumed superiority are still not clearly identified. In addition, while family firms are a significant component of the economic landscape, research has evidenced variations in this organizational form such that some family firms seem to be more resilient than others. The following reflection will seek to provide some elements of analysis of the resilience of these companies in times of crisis.

Formation of a new industrial landscape in the context of innovative risks

The problem of risk management, especially in the new conditions associated with global challenges and threats and the transformation of the economy, is of an urgent nature. The aim of the study is to expand the possibilities of minimizing risks for enterprises in the conditions of the formation of a new industrial landscape. The object of the study is the risks of industrial enterprises. The subject of the study is the features of minimizing the risks of industrial enterprises in the conditions of economic transformation. The methodology of the study consisted of the following general scientific and private scientific methods and approaches: the method of analysis and synthesis for studying the features of management and risk minimization in organizations of different levels, methods of classification and generalization for expanding the typologies of risks of industrial enterprises, structural and functional, systemic and situational approaches for risk analysis and the development of proposals for their minimization, as well as mathematical and statistical methods of analysis of open empirical data. The results of the study. The paper presents theoretical and applied aspects of using platform solutions and artificial intelligence elements to minimize the risks of industrial enterprises in the development of a new economic landscape. Conclusions. The author of the article supplemented the typologies of risks of industrial enterprises and proposed solutions to minimize them. Application. The results of the study can be used for further studies of this problem.

PROMOSI EVENT BUDAYA LOKAL BERBASIS PEMASARAN DIGITAL RINTISAN DESA WISATA BRANJANG

ABSTRAKPerubahan landscape perekonomian global telah bergeser kearah teknologi digital. Oleh karena itu, dukungan atas gerakan nasional “Bangga Buatan Indonesia” dan “Gerakan Bangga Berwisata Indonesia” menuntut Kominfo bersama – sama penyelenggara platform perdagangan digital berupaya mendorong wilayah – wilayah komersial, yaitu: desa - desa atau kelurahan yang masih alpa dari 4 G coverage signal memaksimalkan peluang dari teknologi digital melalui massive infrastructure deployment untuk Information and Communication Technology (ICT) diseluruh wilayah dan destinasi penting di Indonesia dari tahun 2021 sampai 2022 serta program pendampingan bagi UMKM dan UMi, POKDARWIS, serta DESWITA. Branjang salah satu Desa di wilayah Kabupaten Semarang sarat akan potensi wisata. Keindahan pemandangan sawah berundak/ terasering merupakan kekayaan alam yang dapat diolah menjadi produk bernilai jual. Selain itu, keberagaman budaya yang dimilikinya juga berpeluang menjadi potensi unggulan. Itulah sebabnya, dalam rangka mengangkat sejumlah potensi yang dimilikinya sebagai Rintisan Desa Wisata diperlukan upaya promosi sehingga keberadaannya dapat terekspos oleh calon wisatawan. Sementara itu, keberadaan Deswita yang tak terpisahkan oleh kehadiran UMKM sebagai penggerak kemajuan daerah wisata dan sekitarnya membuat keduanya harus jeli melihat prospek dari perubahan pada landscape perekonomian saat ini. Oleh karenanya, Tim Pengabdian STIEPARI Semarang mengadakan program pendampingan untuk mendukung percepatan digitalisasi DESWITA dan UMKM. Kata Kunci: deswita branjang; UMKM; digital marketing; pendampingan digital marketing ABSTRACTThe changing landscape of the global economy has shifted towards digital technology. Therefore, the support for the national movement "Proud of Made in Indonesia" and "Proud Indonesian Traveling Movement” requires Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (KOMINFO) together with digital trading platform providers seek to encourage commercial areas, namely: villages or sub-districts which is still unreachable by 4 G signal coverage, to enlarge opportunities from digital technology through massive infrastructure deployment for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all important regions and destinations in Indonesia from 2021 to 2022 as well as mentoring programs for MSMEs and UMi, POKDARWIS, and DESWITA. Branjang, one of the villages in the Semarang Regency area, is full of tourism potential. The beauty of the scenery of terraced rice fields is a natural wealth that can be processed into selling value products. In addition, its cultural diversity also has the opportunity to become superior potential. That is why, in order to raise a number of potentials it has as a Tourism Village Pioneer, promotion efforts are needed so that its existence can be exposed by potential tourists. Meanwhile, the existence of Tourism Village (DESWITA), which is inseparable from the presence of MSMEs as a driving force for the progress of tourist areas and their surroundings, makes both of them have to be observant in seeing the prospects of changes in the current economic landscape. Therefore, the STIEPARI Semarang Service Team held a mentoring program to support the acceleration of the digitization of Tourism Village (DESWITA) and MSMEs. Keywords: branjang village, MSMEs; digital marketing; digital marketing assistance

Review of the Current Landscape of the Potential of Nanotechnology for Future Malaria Diagnosis, Treatment, and Vaccination Strategies

Malaria eradication has for decades been on the global health agenda, but the causative agents of the disease, several species of the protist parasite Plasmodium, have evolved mechanisms to evade vaccine-induced immunity and to rapidly acquire resistance against all drugs entering clinical use. Because classical antimalarial approaches have consistently failed, new strategies must be explored. One of these is nanomedicine, the application of manipulation and fabrication technology in the range of molecular dimensions between 1 and 100 nm, to the development of new medical solutions. Here we review the current state of the art in malaria diagnosis, prevention, and therapy and how nanotechnology is already having an incipient impact in improving them. In the second half of this review, the next generation of antimalarial drugs currently in the clinical pipeline is presented, with a definition of these drugs’ target product profiles and an assessment of the potential role of nanotechnology in their development. Opinions extracted from interviews with experts in the fields of nanomedicine, clinical malaria, and the economic landscape of the disease are included to offer a wider scope of the current requirements to win the fight against malaria and of how nanoscience can contribute to achieve them.

What Influences the Financial Literacy of Young Adults? A Combined Analysis of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Delay of Gratification

The current economic landscape is complex and globalized, and it imposes on individuals the responsibility for their own financial security. This situation has been intensified by the COVID-19 crisis, since short-time work and layoffs significantly limit the availability of financial resources for individuals. Due to the long duration of the lockdown, these challenges will have a long-term impact and affect the financial well-being of many citizens. Moreover, it can be assumed that the consequences of this crisis will once again particularly affect groups of people who have already frequently been identified as having low financial literacy. Financial literacy is therefore an important target for educational measures and interventions. However, it cannot be considered in isolation but must take into account the many potential factors that influence financial literacy alone or in combination. These include personality traits and socio-demographic factors as well as the (in)ability to defer gratification. Against this background, individualized support offers can be made. With this in mind, in the first step of this study, we analyze the complex interaction of personality traits, socio-demographic factors, the (in-)ability to delay gratification, and financial literacy. In the second step, we differentiate the identified effects regarding different groups to identify moderating effects, which, in turn, allow conclusions to be drawn about the need for individualized interventions. The results show that gender and educational background moderate the effects occurring between self-reported financial literacy, financial learning opportunities, delay of gratification, and financial literacy.

Introduction

Sport as a global phenomenon is gaining a cultural and social centrality within countries in different ways and varying pace. Allen Guttmann (1978) defines modern sports as reflecting secularism, equality of opportunity, bureaucratic organization, specialization of roles, rationalization, quantification, and a quest for records. Sports may also be defined in more invested terms of what it does to a society, culture, politics, and economy and how it impacts social relations and economic landscape. Sports has an emancipatory potential that is realized in various ways. A multidimensional perspective on sports allows us to understand in microcosm the operation of embedded forces of patriarchy and capitalism, and of power and resistance in society....

Escalation of global risks and threats in a pandemic condition: financial and macroeconomic aspects

Potentially threatening phenomena on the way to stabilizing and overcoming depressive trends in the global economy in the medium and long term in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have been identified and systematized, taking into account the identification of areas of global risk. The reformatting of the global socio-economic landscape is substantiated, which is determined by the course of the pandemic, the different rates of decline and recovery of the economic growth in general and in individual industries, the destabilization of public finances, the exacerbation of social protection problems. This is confirmed by the dynamics of international trade in goods and services, the aggravation of the global debt problem. Emphasis is placed on the need to form in each country the anti-crisis potential on a scientifically sound basis in order to counter external and internal threats and stimulate sustainable socio-economic development.

Labor Unions in the United States

Labor unions are major participants in the world of work in the United States and abroad. Although union membership in the United States has steadily declined since the 1950s, unions continue to provide a critical countervailing force to the largely unchecked power of employers, whose strength has increased. Hence, to be successful in meeting their goals, unions must learn to deal creatively with the realities of automation, globalization, privatization, de-unionization, and the trend toward contingent work arrangements. Nonetheless, despite the disadvantages and struggles they face, labor unions in 2020 represented almost 16 million wage and salary workers, who have families who vote; therefore, they remain a core constituency for political and corporate America and a significant part of the economic landscape in this country and abroad. Unions remain a core constituency and continue to be a significant part of the economic landscape in this country and beyond.

Restrictive or expansive? European Investment Bank's challenge to equipoise climate finance with post-pandemic boost

PurposeUnique among European Union (EU) economic governance entities and multilateral banks, the European Investment Bank (EIB) possesses a dual nature, as an EU body and a bank. The EIB has been ever evolving to adapt to policy and market developments and to reflect the geo-economic landscape. In 2019, in association with the EU's Green Deal, the bank announced its metamorphosis into a “Climate Bank,” ending its fossil fuel lending after 2021. Additionaly, upon the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its attendant health and economy crisis, EU decision-makers have solicited the bank to support both urgent needs for tackling and countering the spread of the disease and the post-pandemic economic recovery. Nevertheless, devastated economic actors in need of assistance fall within many sectors, including some less green ones.Design/methodology/approachThis article is grounded on agency theory for developing a generic stakeholder framework, which is then subsequently applied in investigating the EIB, in interaction with its main stakeholders.FindingsThis article investigates the EIB stakeholders in pursuing these two seemingly contradictory objectives of exclusively restricting its activity to green funding and expanding its action for achieving a broad impact in the real economy. By exploring this tension, the article argues that by prioritizing the post-COVID restart, the EIB risks to deviate from its strict green commitment.Practical implicationsThe analysis of the EIB's divergent stakeholder stances demonstrates some ambivalence in future EIB activity in an effort to equipoise climate finance with a post-pandemic boost. The same ambivalence might equally occur with other major economic governance actors. The stakeholder framework developed and applied in the case of the EIB can be useful for studying also the stakeholder dynamics of other organizations.Social implicationsThe analysis demonstrates a tension between selective climate-related funding for “building back better” and the need for a wide broaching of countercyclical stimulus, with implications for economic and social actors alike.Originality/valueThe approach is novel, as it develops a new analytical framework for understanding stakeholder dynamics and tests it empirically on the EIB. This constitutes the first study of EIB stakeholder management.