Global Technological Innovation Research Articles

THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE TOURISM BUSINESS: PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY

Digital tourism is becoming increasingly relevant due to global technological innovations and consumer behavior changes. Adaptation to the new realities caused by digital transformation requires in-depth study and analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects of this topic. The modern tourism industry is looking for ways of efficient use of digital technologies to ensure sustainable development and increase competitiveness. The study aims to analyze the impact of digital marketing on tourism development. Modern technologies and their application in the tourism sector are the subject of this research. The methodological framework is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. These methods allowed for a comprehensive analysis of the topic under the study. The paper revealed that the integration of digital tools can significantly improve the quality of tourism services and help to adapt to the changing needs of customers. The use of digital technologies in tourism fosters the creation of new business models, expansion of market presence, and optimization of customer interaction.

ДРАЙВЕРЫ УЧЁТА ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ И СОЦИАЛЬНЫХ ФАКТОРОВ ПРИ РАЗВИТИИ РЫНКОВ НЕДВИЖИМОСТИ В РАЗЛИЧНЫХ РЕГИОНАХ МИРА

Recent trends in real estate markets in various regions of the world show an increased focus on environmental and social considerations. The purpose of this article is to find answers to the question of why this happens. During the study, the authors executed an analysis of a wide range of modern publications. The scientific novelty is the set of drivers formed by the authors based on the results of the analysis, including the widespread increase in the public importance of sustainable development, global technological innovations, political decisions and legislative initiatives in various countries, as well as public-private partnerships in the development of regional real estate markets in individual countries.

An Empirical Enquiry into Transnational Co-Patent Networks and their Characteristics, Evolution: The Case of Electric Vehicle Technology

Electric vehicle technology is a crucial technology for achieving sustainable energy transformation, which is of great significance to climate change and promotes sustainable development. This paper attempts to study the transnational R&D cooperation of electric vehicles. According to the authorized data of transnational co-patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a social network analysis method is employed, and a detailed study of transnational co-patent networks in electric vehicles is conducted, including the construction of network, the analysis of nationality distribution of co-patent inventors, the analysis of structural characteristics and important nodes of network in different stages from the perspective of inventors and countries. The research results show that the cooperative groups formed by inventors are independent of each other and have not yet formed a large network; the degree of transnational cooperation in developed countries far exceeds that in developing countries; the US and Germany are the dual-core in the transnational co-patent networks; the breadth and intensity of transnational cooperation are strengthening, and the regional borders are less and less restrictive. As for the existing problems, authoritative inventors could organize large international R&D cooperation institutions to gather dispersed inventors together and connect them into a large inventors’ network; developing countries are encouraged to seek partners through the network, actively participate in transnational R&D cooperation, and developed countries are encouraged to hold global technological innovation events.

Visions for Future Cities

Expanding Horizons for new Visions & Perceptions about future cities have always formed our prime concerns and ultimate intentions. This coincides with the global technological Innovations that create immense transformation in the way cities and communities organize and develop their environments… Launching our second scientificassembly, our aim is to mingle all levels of city designing concepts with the continuous upcoming technological ideas & themes, to accomplish environmental efficiency and prosperity… Thus, the conference incorporates a wide range of themes concerning Architecture design, Sustainability, Green Infrastructure, Socio-economics, Environmental engineering, BIM and several other themes acquiring knowledge, innovations and environmental technologies. The conference is jointly organized by Cairo Higher Institute (CHI) and ARCH space, in collaboration with a group of honorable international experts enriching the research community in fields of environmental,urban design and city planning…Supported by the Journal of Architecture,Arts and Humanistic Science, the conference attempts to enhance and add value for current research and produce an exceptional environment of knowledge exchange…All accepted paper will be published in scientific journals.List of Partners, Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, Conference Main Themes, Conference Dates are available in this Pdf.

Currency volatility and global technological innovation

We investigate the real effects of foreign exchange (FX) volatility on technological innovation. Using a 32-market, three-decade sample, we show that heightened FX volatility associates with significantly lower firm-level R&D expenditures, patents granted, and forward citations. The negative FX volatility-innovation relation can be attributed to precautionary savings needs and trade slowdown. The relationship is stronger for firms with financial constraints, with the use of foreign debt, and in more open economies; it is weaker for firms with derivatives hedging, with higher sales, and in countries with better financial development.

Advancing Local Culture Through Hyperlocal Media

As indicated by global technological innovations, the revival of the digital era has made the distribution of information more dynamic. Rapid developments are being made worldwide, with excellent digital media skills that benefit any community. People can easily express their desires, which can be channeled through various services provided and handled by digital media. This study aims to explore the activities of cultural communities that seek to preserve the value of local wisdom with media technology. The local cultural community processes community media by integrating online and offline activities in today's digital settings. This study shows the efforts of the cultural community in developing community media innovation. This article will show how the Bali Buja Community, as a cultural community, seeks to preserve the values of local wisdom through creative expression through online-based community media. The community media manager implements hyperlocal media, a new solution for community media with modern media technology.

Technological Innovation in the Context of Transformation of Public Administration (Blockchain technology: implementation problems, advantages and disadvantages)

The 21st century is characterized by the rapid development of digital technologies and their implementation in various fields. This process had a significant impact on governance and led to a paradigm shift in public administration. Today, effective public administration is unthinkable without e-governance. E-governance is a tool for sustainable development of public administration, ensuring the transformation of public administration through the use of modern digital technological innovations. The introduction of innovative e-governance solutions based on digital technologies is a serious problem for the country, both at the central and local levels. The article examines the global technological innovation - blockchain, analyzes the problems, advantages and disadvantages of its implementation, which is important for the formation of electronic governance as a new form of government. Internal and external factors influencing the development of e-governance in Georgia using blockchain technology are proposed. Internal factors - associated with an in-depth study of the blockchain system from a technological point of view. The biggest challenge in implementing a technology is realizing its real potential. In this regard, let us single out the architecture of technology and the problem of information security. External Factors - refers to the study of areas and issues that blockchain technology will affect. In this regard, let us highlight the issue of legal regulation. Georgia is one of the first countries in the world to implement blockchain technology. The technology was originally used to register real estate. In July 2020, a study was conducted by the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) to identify the advantages and disadvantages of using blockchain in this area. The research results are described in detail in the article. We believe that the introduction of blockchain into e-governance in Georgia gives us the opportunity to reduce bureaucracy, budget spending, corruption risks, improve the efficiency of public administration, and this is a prerequisite for taking a worthy place among innovative states. Keywords: Blockchain; innovative technologies, public administration, e-governance.

A Study of the Impact of Managerial Innovation on SME Performance in Africa

Purpose. Managerial innovation, if it constitutes a real lever for transformation and performance of companies in developed countries, in Africa, only a tiny part of SME managers make it a priority. At the same time, most African economies continue to be at the forefront of the adoption of global technological innovations. Given the fact that managerial innovation has proven itself in the Western context, and that the context of Sub-Saharan Africa is still unclear, it is important to develop management methods in this context by adapting them to new ones economic models, new objectives, new processes in order to see its impact on improving the productivity and performance of SMEs. Design/Methodology/Approach. A survey instrument based on the questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data to explain the performance of SMEs through the adoption of managerial innovation. For data analysis, multiple linear regression analysis was used. Findings and implications. The findings indicate that, managerial innovation, through its two main components, "change in management practices" and "change in organizational structure", make it possible to increase market share, production efficiency, the bottom line and, in turn, improve the overall performance of the business. Overall, the results of the study show that the fit model is of good quality and can be used to explain the theory. Limitations. The results of this study may not be generalisable to all African SMEs because they are based only on a sub-Saharan African country and the sample size therefore remains small. Originality. The contribution of this article is manifold: it supports the theories of contingency and resource dependence that organizations are adaptive systems that introduce changes to function effectively and improve their performance. Second, it allows SME managers to optimize the chances of sustainability for their businesses, because managerial innovation allows them to: differentiate themselves from their competitors by inventing new offers. Finally, it allows SME managers to no longer confine themselves to the technological aspect of innovation (products, processes) whose lifespan is constantly shortened. Studies of this nature can lead to stimulating managerial innovation in emerging and developing countries, by developing horizontal or networked organizational structures and no longer vertical and pyramidal structures which no longer meet current requirements.

Mapping the technology diffusion of battery electric vehicle based on patent analysis: A perspective of global innovation systems

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have been in the fourth wave of the low emission vehicle development since 2006. Moreover, the BEV technology diffusion is beyond national boundaries due to the changes in the innovation mode and product characteristics. The paper adopts priority patent applications and international patent families to map the BEV transnational technology diffusion from the perspective of global technology innovation (GTI). Our study finds the sources and recipients of BEV technology are concentrated in a few countries or regions, while the transnational technology diffusion is uneven, especially in the core group. The key drivers of technology diffusion are the innovation capacity of countries and the scale of countries’ market demand for BEV technology. Our findings enrich the literature on transnational technology diffusion and help policy-makers or company managers better understanding of why some countries may achieve success while others made little progress in the similar context of promoting BEV development.

Research on the Reform Prospect of Blockchain Applied to Sports Industry

Blockchain technology has caused global technological innovation, and it is bound to bring profound changes in China's sports industry. Sports industry is a new sunrise industry in China. It is of great strategic significance to promote the transformation of sports industry mode and promote the high-quality development of sports industry by means of block chain technology. Based on the transformation and upgrading of China's modern sports industry, this paper explores the advantages of blockchain technology, and takes trust mechanism, sports IP value, intellectual property protection and market vitality development as the breakthrough point to objectively analyze the practical pain points of sports industry. From the three dimensions of technology, policy and market, this paper discusses the feasibility of applying blockchain technology to sports industry, the advantages of solving sports industry problems and the potential threat of future industry development. In addition, this paper first examines the change of sports industry mode brought by blockchain technology, and discusses the specific application scenarios of team salary system under the background of encrypted digital currency technology, product consumption mode under intelligent anti-counterfeiting system, and venue operation process in intelligent contract scenarios, so as to further provide reference for the introduction and development of blockchain technology in China's sports industry.

Formal Verification on the Safety of Internet of Vehicles Based on TPN and Z

Nowadays, the Internet of Vehicles has become the focus of global technological innovation and transformation in the automotive industry. Its flow modelling appears to play a very important role for designing and controlling the transportation systems, since it is not only necessary for improving safety and transportation efficiency but also can yield a series of society, economy, and ecosystem environment problems. Considering the characteristics of the frame structure includes states and actions and discrete and continuous aspects of traffic flow dynamics, both petri net and Z have proved to be useful tools for modelling the Internet of Vehicles. It can formally describe the vehicle behavior accurately with petri net and more details with Z frame structure. A new integration formal method of time petri net and Z is presented in this paper for modelling the vehicle behaviors and traffic rules through taking into account state dependencies on external rules. Moreover, a case study in the Internet of Vehicles is proposed to deal with the accurate localization of events. It shows that this formal verification methods significantly improves the safety and intelligence of the Internet of Vehicles.

Impact of basic risks, sanctions and adverse market conditions on the coal industry development in Russia over the period to 2040. Part II: Impact of risks and sanctions on the coal industry, and efficiency of the industry advancement scenarios in the post-crisis period

The external and internal challenges discussed in Part I of this article in Gornyi Zhurnal Issue 10, 2020, which are risk-critical for the coal industry of Russia, became a framework for the assessment of the impact exerted on the industry by sanctions and adverse conjuncture, as well as for the performance evaluation of the industry advancement scenarios. The maximum impact on the coal industry in Russia is exerted by risks connected with the coal market slump in the world. Furthermore, in recent years, coal demand suffers from depression due to some economical and technological development conditions in the world economy. The ecological pressure on the coal industry is also dynamized. Alongside with risks connected with the adverse conjuncture on the international and domestic markets, including risks of the limited market access, the increasingly higher importance is attached to the risks connected with sanctions imposed on the Russian economy. At the present time, the future of the coal industry in Russia is greatly uncertain. The governmental policy documents introduce a wide range of advancement routes for the coal industry with regard to potential risks. To find more accurate output margins in coal production, prediction and assessment of risk impact on the coal industry is required. The calculation of the risk impact on the coal industry using ERI/RAS model Riskugol shows that sanctions have never exerted any influence on the volumes of coal production and export in Russia. However, accretion of sanctions can appreciably reduce potentialities of the future advancement in the coal industry. The coal industry advancement scenarios are developed and used to assess the industry performance over the period to 2040. Despite higher efficiency of risk scenarios, they also feature higher social risks. Innovativity of the risk scenarios, which drastically improves labor efficiency in the industry, results in layoff and reduction of employees. To counterpoise social risks in the industry over the whole prediction period (even with regard to retirement rate), it is required to create 35–40 thousands of new jobs. This study has been partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of R&D Project No. 18-010-00467 Development of Economic Indicators and Production Data for the Coal Industry Development in Russia up to 2035 with the Changing Vector of Global Technological Innovation due to Implementation of Industry 4.0 Program.

What considerations exist for innovative public health management in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

The notion of innovation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution euphoria are not mutually exclusive and require a focused assessment on the readiness of governments around the world. Such assessments are more compelling for developing countries to determine their level of preparedness regarding changing global technological innovations. This is essential since public institutions across the globe are usually faced with a challenge of providing quality goods and services to the citizens. Innovative public health management strategies and approaches are seen as mechanisms that may provide solutions towards service delivery improvement; this also include developing countries such as South Africa. However, as highlighted in this article, public institutions are often characterized by various innovative management impediments and lack of effective innovative management considerations. These challenges are often blamed for untenable approaches to service delivery improvements in the public sector. With a distinct focus on the Department of Health in Limpopo province, this article focuses on the innovative public health management measures necessary for improvement in the public service. This is a necessary sub-national government posture that requires customized interventions regarding the local health needs of Limpopo province. In order to pursue the aforementioned study objective, the current researchers opted for a qualitative research approach. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussion were used in succession as data collection strategies. These were conducted on Provincial health managers and District councils as respondents who were considered informative on the utilization of modern innovations. Document analysis was also considered critical for this approach to consider the manner in which the Provincial Department of Health operationalizes its conception of innovation within its systems. The findings highlight a need for innovative interventions, necessary to enhance the provision of public health services within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Impact of basic risks, sanctions and adverse market conditions on the coal industry development in Russia over the period to 2040. Part I: External and internal challenges critical to the coal industry development and its performance scenarios in the post-crisis period

The growth prospects for coal production in Russia are not so clearly evident as it may seem. Today there is a wide range of alternative avenues of advancement for the coal sector, which can be explained by the external and internal challenges critical to the development of the coal industry in Russia. The basic risks potentially capable to cause the most adverse effect on the coal industry performance in the years to come include: the coal market slump in the world; ecological risks; risks due to sanctions imposed by the USA and European Union to restrict import of new technologies and attraction of financial assets; social risks. Aiming to evaluate the impact of these risks on the coal industry performance in the coming years, four look-ahead scenarios are developed: baseline, hazardous (baseline), moderate, and hazardous (moderate). The moderate scenario is found to be more innovative than the baseline scenario. The highest rate of introduction of technological innovations is representative of the technologies with lower level of the predicted output of coal. This study has been partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of R&D Project No. 18-010-00467 Development of Economic Indicators and Production Data for the Coal Industry Development in Russia up to 2035 with the Changing Vector of Global Technological Innovation due to Implementation of Industry 4.0 Program.

InsurTech development: Evidence from Chinese media reports

As a new trend, InsurTech is shaking up every link of the traditional insurance industry chain. Facilitated by many factors such as capital investment, new technology development and the high penetration rate of e-commerce, China has become an important market for the development of InsurTech. This paper uses text mining technology and Python to analyze the word frequency of 25,662 InsurTech-related news reports from 2015 to 2019 in China. It also applies the term frequency-inverse document frequency (TFIDF) indicator to test the trends and features of InsurTech's development in China. Both word frequency and TFIDF show that InsurTech's media reports primarily focus on “insurance”, “finance”, and “science and technology”; their rankings change annually. “Blockchain” is the key technology for different years. Data is getting more and more attention. The evidence provided in this article has implications for global technological innovation in insurance. To our best knowledge, this is the first large-scale Chinese media reports-based study to investigate the characteristics of the China InsurTech development.

Unexpected Currency Volatility and Global Technological Innovation Activities

We investigate the real effects of foreign exchange (FX) volatility on technological innovation. Using a 32-market, three-decade sample, we show that heightened FX volatility associates with significantly lower firm-level RD it is weaker for firms with derivatives hedging, with higher sales, and in countries with better financial development. We also use FX regime changes and the collapse of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism to support a causal interpretation.

Status and trend analysis of solar energy utilization technology

Based on global distribution of solar energy and its feature, this paper discusses a review about solar energy’s utilization techniques, mainly discusses the latest development of photo-thermal and photoelectric utilization technology, which are mature and widely used. Through looking forward to the development trend of solar energy utilization from the aspects of improving efficiency, reducing cost, and diversifying utilization methods etc., we find that the utilization of solar energy resources has entered the fast track of development. In order to promote the connectivity of solar energy technologies and standards and to enhance the capacity of the solar energy industry, this paper put forward the advices on setting up an international platform for technological innovation and cooperation to make efficient use of global technological innovation resources.

Organizational Effectiveness through Technology innovation and HRM Strategies

The main theme is to understand the organizational effectiveness from recent developments in technology innovation and human resources management. The editorial first describes the need for technology innovation and HRM integration. A three-strategy model for global technology innovation and organizational development was adopted: personnel strategy, system strategy, and organizational strategy. The personnel strategy could play a crucial role in enhancing the effects of human resources management (HRM) and entrepreneurship by supporting the main dimensions of HRM. The system strategy was used to facilitate technology innovation through knowledge management while the organizational strategy was adopted to create positive organizational culture and high performance systems. The paper suggests that globally distributed engineering and international technology entrepreneurship be new area for theory building. The strategies from this special issue have implications for the study of new information technology innovation and e-HR developmental approaches as well as professional service, customer relations modeling and strategic HRM.

Key Issues in Global Technological Innovation Projects

This article aimed to identify those issues that were present in global technological innovation projects carried out by Brazilian multinational companies and which performance criterions these undertakings met. We investigated 36 global technological innovation projects from Brazilian multinational enterprises through a web-survey. Findings show that these companies went beyond the traditional iron triangle to evaluate their technological efforts and considered additional performance dimensions such as customer satisfaction, business results, and preparation for the future. Results also show high degree of presence for issues emerging from the industry, moderate degree of presence for issues emerging from both the project and R&D activities, and low degree of presence for issues emerging from the headquarters, the subsidiaries, and the external environment. Further research is needed to find out if and how these issues influenced the performance of the global technological innovation projects studied.DOI:10.5585/gep.v3i1.72

Interview with John F. Reid Concerning the Future of Service Robots in Forestry and Agricultural Applications

Dr. John F. Reid is Director, Product Technology and Innovation at John Deere. His current role is to help build the Global Technology Innovation Network (GTIN ), which represents R&D centers connected to John Deere business operations in Europe, North America, and India. The GTIN is a support network for internal technology leverage and a linkage to the external environment to accelerate innovation for John Deere to support business growth. Dr. Reid has been with John Deere since 2001. In previous roles, Reid was the Technology Team Leader for Field