Development Of Innovative Processes Research Articles

Technical-economic evaluation of lipo- and water-soluble fractions from annatto seeds by green technology

PurposeThe objective of this study was to evaluate the technical-economic process efficiency of obtaining simultaneous lipo-soluble (LSF) and water-soluble (WSF) fractions from annatto seeds.Design/methodology/approachThe batches of annatto seeds were submitted to the refrigerated solid-liquid extraction process in four stages: pre-extraction, aqueous extraction, separation by decantation and filtration. After that, LSF and WSF from annatto seeds were obtained. The process efficiency and the quality of LSF and WSF were analyzed in terms of average yield and bioactive compounds (bixin, norbixin, phenolics and flavonoids) and their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Furthermore, they were economically evaluated in terms of costs of manufacturing and profitability parameters.FindingsThe process was efficient in terms of overall average yield (LSF = 8.68% and WSF = 2.76%) (w/w) and in terms of quality, mainly with higher average yields of bixin (82.34% in LSF) and norbixin (29.59% in WSF) (w/w). The concentration of bioactive compounds in the fractions promoted an increase in inhibiting free radicals (DPPH* and ABTS*+) and in the ferric-reducing power (FRAP). LSF showed a minimum inhibitory concentration of 0.06 mg mL-1 for S. aureus and 0.13 mg mL-1 for S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis. The lowest manufacturing costs were obtained for the LSF due to its higher extraction yield compared to the WSF. Plants on an industrial scale of 100 and 1000 L were considered economically viable, with a return on investment of 5 and 2 years.Originality/valueThus, fractions (WSF and LSF) can be applied as natural additives, as sources of bioactive compounds for nutraceutical and/or pharmaceutical, and in the development of other innovative processes. These results have practical applicability for pharmaceutical and food industry.Highlights Green processing of annatto seeds obtains fractions rich in antioxidant compounds.Efficiently presents a high yield of bixin and other bioactive compounds.Effective in concentrating compounds that inhibit microbial growth.Fractions are more accessible sources of bioactive compounds for isolation.Cost of manufacturing (COM) and profitability are studied.

Strategic development of motor transport enterprises’ innovative processes in Ukraine

This study is aimed at developing a methodological approach to identify and justify the strategy for the development of enterprises` innovative processes, which enables considering alternatives and determining the priorities of adaptation as well as increasing the level of flexibility to changes in the business operating conditions. The study is based on the materials of 21 motor transport companies in Ukraine. The methodological toolkit is based on the proposed polyfactorial 3D model with the implementation of correlation, regression and cluster analysis. The use of the strategy for the innovation process development of the motor transport enterprise with the introduction of focus on the asymmetry of its directions increases efficiency, which becomes equal to the benchmark or close to the maximum efficient value.

N2O emission reduction in the biological nitrogen removal process for wastewater with low C/N ratios: mechanisms and strategies

Urban wastewater, as the main influent type of Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs), has the characteristic of low carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N). In the biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process, insufficient carbon source often affects the nitrogen removal efficiency and leads to more N2O emissions. We review recent researches on N2O emissions in the BNR process of wastewater with low C/N. The availability of carbon sources affects heterotrophic denitrification (HD) and autotrophic nitrification/denitrification processes, which are the main reasons for N2O emissions in BNR. For the sustainable development of BNR in WWTPs, we introduce strategies suitable for reducing N2O emissions in the BNR process of low C/N wastewater from two aspects: traditional process innovation and new process development. These strategies mainly include carbon source addition, adjustment of aeration strategy, optimization of oxidation ditch and biofilm facilities, and application of Anammox related processes. In the future, it is still necessary to further deepen this research direction through the normalization of N2O emission quantification standards, exploration of N2O metabolism mechanisms, assessment of environmental effects of emission reduction strategies, and practical application of new processes.

EFFECTIVE TAX SYSTEM AS A DRIVER OF INNOVATION PROCESSES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FINLAND AND UKRAINE

This article explores the theoretical and methodological aspects of a country's tax system in terms of its impact on the development of innovation processes. It identifies the role of tax revenues in the economic and innovative development of a state, serving as a primary source of funding for sectors providing public services. The study emphasizes the role of tax policy in the development of a national innovation system, focusing on elements such as startups, venture business, incubators, accelerators, and technology parks within the current business ecosystem. The tax system is defined as a key element in the functioning of a state and the regulation of its economy, considering the needs of innovative structures to facilitate national development. Ukraine and Finland are chosen for the analysis of the impact of the tax system on innovation processes, representing Eastern and Northern Europe, respectively. The study analyzes proportional taxation in Ukraine, including the option of a simplified system, and progressive taxation in Finland, where tax rates increase with income growth. The research highlights significant differences in tax payment culture between the two countries. Finland exhibits a high level of tax culture, supported by the effective use of budgetary funds to create public goods. In contrast, Ukraine has a relatively low tax culture due to the population's low trust in the government and satisfaction with their social needs. The analysis of both countries' tax systems helps determine the role of tax policy in the innovative development of a state and the support of an innovative environment, including the implementation of startup projects.

Рейтинг инновационного развития субъектов Центрального Федерального округа

In a changing global world, innovation affects even the remotest regions. In today's geopolitical and economic environment, Russian regions are faced with global challenges that result in the need to respond to new circumstances. The priority task on the agenda is active innovative development, making the domestic economy attractive for investment. In areas where the region does face competition, it needs to innovate in order to remain competitive. In this context, consideration of regional innovation development issues becomes relevant and necessary. The object of the research are the regions of the Central Federal District. The subject of the research is the socio-economic relations that arise during the formation and development of the elements of the regional innovation system. The purpose of the research is to rank the innovation development of the regions of the Central Federal District. The set goal was solved by the following tasks: defining the essence of the process of innovation development of the region; identifying the characteristics of innovation development of regions; rating and mapping the results of innovation development of the regions of the Central Federal District.
 Methodology of work. The data from the Federal State Statistics Service and the RIA-Rating agency were used as materials for the research. The methodological basis of the research was provided by general scientific methods: analysis and synthesis, generalisation, economic and statistical methods.
 The results of the work and the scope of their application. The rating assessment of the innovative development of the Central Federal District regions has been carried out. The presented results can be used to develop a mechanism for the regulation of innovative development at the regional and macro-regional level.

Theoretical Foundations of the Modern Multi-Level Model Management of the Process of Innovative Development in the Russian Federation

Relevance. The article is devoted to the research and development of a multi-level model of innovative development of the regions of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the transition to an innovative path of development of the Russian economy in the context of exogenous, global changes, geopolitical instability was especially noted.The purpose is to develop a multi-level model of innovative development, with the allocation of the most promising levels of managerial decision-making.Objectives: analysis of the main levels of the existing multi-level model of innovative development of the territory; identification of key institutional constraints and problems of practical implementation of the current model of innovative development of Russian regions; development of a structural-logical scheme for the formation of a multilevel model of innovative development; highlighting the main elements of the local level of development of innovations at specific enterprises, industries.Methodology. In the course of the work, a wide range of research methods, theoretical concepts in the field of spatial and innovative development of territories were used. The dialectical, systematic and integrated approach became the main ones, which made it possible to consider economic relations in interconnection and development, to comprehensively assess the research problem under consideration.Results. The transition of regional economic systems to an innovative path of development is an important priority for the socio-economic development of the country, while the complexity of implementing innovation policy at different levels (federal, regional, and local) is revealed, and many factors affecting efficiency are identified. and the effectiveness of these processes. In contrast to the prevailing approach, where regions are considered as the main level of innovation, this study proposes to single out the level of agglomerations of municipalities as the most promising and relevant for the transition to an innovative path of development of regional economic systems.Conclusions. The main purpose of introducing the presented model into the practice of managing socioeconomic development is to activate internal reserves by means of using the potential of the designated agglomerations of municipalities. The results of the study indicate that countries with a high level of development of production successfully use a multi-level regulatory system aimed at the transition to an innovative path of development of regional economic systems.

Ownership structure and technological innovation: an investigation of Tunisian agri-food companies

PurposeThe aim of this study is to investigate potential relationships between the corporate governance system and the innovation development process, with a specific focus on the agri-food sector in the Tunisian context.Design/methodology/approachMost studies on innovation management have shown the collective nature of the innovation process, resulting from the multiple interactions that can be established between various actors, internal and external to the enterprise perimeter, which is increasingly digitally open, especially in the COVID-19 era. More specifically, the implementation of an innovation strategy is a risky issue for businesses, most of all when considering its financial requirements and impacts, and thus, appropriate management plays a relevant role in this respect.FindingsStatistical tests, operated on a sample of 80 Tunisian companies, show that the style of management and the concentration of ownership exert significant influence on the dynamism of technological innovation in the agri-food sector.Originality/valueThe involvement and the commitment of institutional investors can contribute to stimulate the innovation process in the agri-food sector, providing related implications with significant impact, at the scientific and managerial level.

Effectiveness of the economic growth factors: productivity and innovation

The article reveals the modern problem of the rates of economic growth of the Ukrainian economy, as well as other countries, associated with their significant decrease. It is shown that its problem occurrence can also be explained by the lack of attention to the activation of innovative processes in the country during the formation of real economic policy. The assumption is substantiated that this happened due to insufficient prioritization of the separate production factor – innovation, in neoclassical methods of macroeconomic analysis. Therefore, they did not provide the right guidelines for governments in the formation of economic strategies and programs. Such countries demonstrate a stable value of the “GDP gap” against successful countries. Ukraine has been in this trend for many years, not only in relation to the countries – economic leaders, but also to its closest neighbors.A macroeconomic analysis is presented that demonstrates the presence of a “productivity paradox” in many European countries after the 2008 crisis: GDP, measured in current US dollars, exists with minor fluctuations rather than a steady upward trend. It was confirmed that the “GDP gap” did not fundamentally change between groups of countries with different types of economies. It is shown that the emergence of the “productivity paradox” phenomenon is because, against the background of the large-scale development of modern innovation processes, the main indicators of measuring the productivity of labor and other resources have significantly decreased compared to the previous times. Performance statistics of economic growth factors, built on the dominant neoclassical models, show less and less explanatory power for revealing the role of labor productivity in economic growth. This was confirmed by the regression analysis carried out, which proved insufficient attention of Ukrainian economic policy to endogenous factors of innovative development.The analysis of endogenous models of economic growth and Schumpeterian conceptual approaches showed that the key factor of economic growth in modern conditions should be the factor of scientific and technological innovations, because the existing globalization processes and the formation of the Industry 4.0 industries are contributed not only to integration of national economies and the global technological changes, but also condition by the strengthening of the divergence between developed and developing countries. It is shown that these processes occur due to the lack of sufficient own innovation potential of developing countries.
 JEL classіfіcatіon: O11, O20, O32, O38, O40

Инновационное развитие российских университетов в условиях ускоренного роста мирового рынка услуг высшего образования

the article presents the results of a study of the processes of innovative development of Russian universities in the context of accelerated growth of the world market of higher education services. The volume of the market of higher education services in the Russian Federation in 2016-2021 is analyzed. The prerequisites for accelerated growth of the world market of educational services and its on–line segment are determined.

ENNEAGRAM YOLUYLA ORGANİZASYONEL PERFORMANS: STRATEJİK PLANLAMA - YÖNETİM KARARI - OPERASYONEL KONTROL

Expertise is a primary tool for designing and building a variety of intelligence systems within and between organizations. Organizations are structured with different design management strategies and decisions depending on their strategic planning and operational control. Enneagram is the strategic methodology to create an open vision when old traditional methods do not meet today's problems on a global scale. This paper aims to present a framework for organizations in their operational control, managerial decision-making, strategic planning, and interactive processing. Enneagram strategies are tools to understand and increase organizational performance based on the dynamics between informed managerial decisions, operational control, and strategic planning. It will also discuss how cognitive strategies of associative thinking can contribute to an innovative development process.

Teaching Sustainable Frugal Innovation Development to Business Students

Frugal innovations have the potential to address social, ecological, and economic issues. Students as future engineers and managers can play an important role to foster frugal innovations. Previous research related to the teaching of frugal innovation in higher education focus primarily on engineering and design study courses. There are no publications how to teach the concept of frugal innovation to future managers respectively, to students of the economic/business sciences. I introduce and evaluate a new concept for teaching sustainable frugal innovation to business students by means of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and Design Thinking. Design Thinking as a concrete innovation method supports the sustainable frugal innovation development process and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® as a method of playful learning and creative education provides a less technological access for the business students to innovation development. I present concrete results of the innovation development of a TV for elderly and sustainability-conscious people. The social aspects of the developed TV addresses identified needs of elderly people for self-determination, social integration, and not feeling lonely. Regarding ecological aspects, the developed innovation addresses the four key circular economy principles: design, reduce, repair and maintenance, and reuse and recycle. Design Thinking is suitable to develop frugal innovations, due to the customer focus is emphasized in the empathize- and define-phase and highly relevant for the analysis of demanded core functionalities and related performance levels of frugal innovations. The here presented concept allows other researchers, lecturers, and practitioners to apply Design Thinking and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® for sustainable frugal innovations.

Regional labour market: A method for research

Turbulent socioeconomic environment significantly affects the state and dynamics of the regional labour market. The paper develops and tests a methodological toolkit for assessing the state of a regional labour market allowing for the main socioeconomic trends – digitalisation and innovative development of the economy. Labour economics constitutes the methodological basis of the research. Methods of economic statistical and content analysis were used. The evidence is the 2021 data of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation concerning the labour markets of the Central Black Earth economic region of Russia, which comprises Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk and Tambov oblasts. The suggested method for investigating the state of the regional labour market takes into account the impact of digitalisation and innovative development processes on the latter. Testing the method at the case of the Central Black Earth economic region revealed that the regions’ labour markets appreciably lag behind other subjects of the Russian Federation in terms of wages and encounter labour shortages against rather low rates of digital transformation and innovative development in their economies. The paper formulates recommendations for all parties of the social partnership, which suggest boosting the investment attractiveness of regions; creating high-productive jobs; spurring the activities of trade unions and associations; retaining the youth in the regions; increasing the efficiency of career guidance; attracting labour migrants, first and foremost, from other Russian regions due to improvements in economic, social and household infrastructure; promoting competencies of citizens of pre-retirement age and retired citizens; creating conditions for acceleration of digital transformation as well as expanding regions’ innovation activities.

Hybrid evaluation approach for the overall impression development through the sustainability concepts and strategy of competition

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the concepts of value cocreations may relate to airlines' overall impressions by using a mediation‐moderation examination. This study theorized the integrated concepts of first‐order and second‐order analysis of competition strategy and various means of innovation linkage. The proposed model also structured the moderating roles of empowering leadership in linking the process of innovation development. Multisource data were collected from 465 employees who work in airline firms. The results showed that decision participation, sustainability knowledge and innovation mediate the relationship between value cocreation and overall impression. Furthermore, the moderating role of empowering leadership strengthens the different relationships of innovation development. Managerial and theoretical implications are also proposed for future theoretical developments and empirical improvements.

Strategies of socio-economic development of regions: indicators of innovative development

The article highlights the issue of the correct and legitimate assignment of indicators of innovative development in the strategies of socio-economic development of the subjects of the Russian Federation. For the purposes of the analysis, the sections devoted to the innovative development of 84 existing regional strategies are studied. It is noted that the quantitative and qualitative composition of indicators for assessing the state and development of innovative processes currently used in regional strategies cannot be called complete, rational, meeting the requirements of legislation on strategic planning and methodological recommendations of the relevant department. On the one hand, the average number of profile indicators for all strategies is 3 units, which is not enough to fully assess the state of the innovation process within the framework of strategic planning. On the other hand, the total number of indicators in all strategies exceeds 39 units, which complicates the comparative analysis of strategies, federal methodological recommendations are not always taken into account. Proposals have been developed for the process of developing regional strategies to assign indicators of regional development, bringing their structure closer to the composition of indicators used to assess innovative development in the documents of strategic planning at the federal level — the Strategy of Innovative Development of the Russian Federation and the Concept of Technological Development of the Russian Federation. It is established that the directions of innovative development provided for by these documents correspond to the theoretical scheme of the main stages of the innovation process. In this regard, the establishment of a set of indicators, based on the structure adopted in these documents, will, on the one hand, make the assessment of regional innovative development more systematic, on the other — to a greater extent link regional strategic planning documents with documents of the federal level. It is also recognized that it is necessary to improve the procedure for monitoring and controlling the development and implementation of regional strategies with a mandatory element in the form of checking the compliance of indicators adopted in the strategy with Federal State Statistics Service data.

Determinants of Green Innovation in Family Firms

Family firms represent a unique kind of company and extent research characterizes them to be rather risk-averse in their commitment to innovation but consider them to be more efficient in their innovation efforts in contrast to non-family firms. Although family firms have a widespread impact on the worldwide economy, there has been limited research on the heterogeneity in their innovation behavior in both family firm and innovation literature. The growing body of research on green innovation indicates that it is a distinct type of innovation due to its unique characteristics and common knowledge on general innovation in family firms cannot be transferred to their behavior with respect to green innovation. Therefore, we aim to investigate why family firms engage in green innovation and which factors determine their green innovation performance. To investigate this new phenomenon and contribute to theory, we conduct a multiple-case study based on a sample of German family firms from different industries by collecting and analyzing data from both publicly available sources and interviews conducted with the top management of these firms. Thereby, these firms cover the spectrum family firm heterogeneity in this field ranging from high to low green innovation performance and their approach to green innovation supports our argumentation. Our findings suggest that family firms develop and adopt green innovation due to their SEW aspirations, as these lead them to think and invest for the long term. If they engage in the development and implementation of green innovation, however, their success depends on their familiness, namely their social capital, human capital, and financial capital, as these resources are crucial to successfully manage the complexity of the green innovation development process. This study is equally important for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers as it highlights the key obstacles and requirements for family firms to successfully develop and implement green innovation.

INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (A STUDY OF GENERAL HOSPITAL IGANDO, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA)

Innovative public service delivery is essential for enhancing the efficiency of resource utilisation and enhancing the standard of public service delivery for sustainable development. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to examine innovative public service delivery for sustainable development. Innovative public service delivery was operationalized using innovative service process and innovative service outcomes and was proxied by sustainable development. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.01 level of significance. Using Yaro Yamane’s formula 259 staff of General Hospital Igando were selected. Out of 259 questionnaires administered, 231 questionnaires were retrieved while 33 of them were not filled and returned leaving the sample size to 198. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. The findings however indicate that there is a significant relationship between innovative service process and sustainable development (P.value 0.721 < 0.01); results also show that there is a significant relationship between innovative service outcome and sustainable development (P.value 0.840<0.01). This study concludes that the innovative public service of public institutions ranges from the products and services offered and is determined by the technology that is revolutionizing the current global world and has improved the service delivery at General Hospital Igando. Based on these findings, the study recommended that government at all levels in Nigeria should continue to contribute in terms of budgetary allocation for the sustenance of innovative service delivery towards achieving sustainable development. Furthermore, a need for monitoring, supervising, and ensuring that all the financial and other public sector investments to achieve sustainable development are not diverted for selfish purposes.

РОЛЬ ІННОВАЦІЙНОГО ПІДПРИЄМНИЦТВА У ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННІ ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО РОЗВИТКУ УКРАЇНИ У ПІСЛЯВОЄННИЙ ПЕРІОД

The article highlights the role of innovative entrepreneurship in ensuring the economic development of Ukraine in the postwar period. The state of development of innovation processes in Ukraine is characterized through the prism of allocation of the main indicators of innovation activity of domestic business entities. On the basis of the assessment of the state of development of innovation processes in Ukraine, the key problems that affect the effective formation and functioning of domestic innovative entrepreneurship and the innovation system in general are allocated. The main advantages of innovative entrepreneurship are allocated. It is noted that innovative entrepreneurship affects the process of structural reorganization of the economy, acceleration of its growth, creation of an innovative and competitive environment and efficient use of available resources. At the same time, it is noted that the role of innovative entrepreneurship is extremely broad and important, since it affects the level of knowledge intensity and competitiveness of the national economy. It is emphasized that in modern economic conditions, small innovative enterprises play a key role in ensuring the effective development of the innovation system. It is determined that small innovative enterprises have a number of advantages over large companies. They are distinguished by high mobility, dynamism, sensitivity to the slightest changes in the market situation, the ability to respond quickly to consumer needs, new scientific ideas and solving specific problems related to obtaining the final result from the implementation of an innovative product. It is generalized that in the current economic environment, small innovative business entities need support from the State, which should be aimed at applying the achievements of scientific and technological development and innovation partnership.

Effect of low current cold atmospheric plasma on grains surface structure and water absorption capacity

The use of preparatory electrophysical methods of influencing food raw materials is one of the main trends in the development of innovative processes and technologies in the food and processing industry. Based on the physical effect of electron emission from a thermal emission source, a cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) was obtained, which was successfully applied to the grain material. Physical characteristics and evolution of low-temperature atmospheric plasma were considered as the main methods of analysis of electrophysical effects. To assess the effect of low-temperature plasma on grain material, measurements of water absorption capacity and analysis of surface modification by electron scanning microscopy were carried out. It has been experimentally established that CAP treatment contributes to a more intensive process of water absorption due to changes in the surface structure of the grain material. The total duration of the process of water absorption of grain material after processing of CAP decreased by more than three times until the equilibrium moisture content was reached. Scanning electron microscopy has shown that the processing of CAP leads to the appearance of a fine-mesh structure of the surface of the grain material. The effect of CAP treatment leads to modification of the seed surface, which consists in the manifestation of a fine-meshed structure on the surface of the seeds. Taking into account the advantages of CAP technology, namely the absence of the need for vacuuming and short processing time, the technology has a high practical potential.

Development of Innovative Gasification Process of Used Plastics by Using Fluidized Bed

Development of Innovative Gasification Process of Used Plastics by Using Fluidized Bed

A circular innovation strategy in a supply network context: evidence from the packaging industry

PurposeThe research question is how can a company implement a circular innovation in a supply network context? Leveraging the main conceptual and interpretative models of the industrial marketing and purchasing thinking, this study aims to investigate the interplay between the process of circular innovation development and the changes in the structure and dynamics of the supply network in which innovation takes place.Design/methodology/approachThis research applies a case study design focusing on participant interaction dynamics. The case relates to an industrial company producing an innovative coating solution for compostable packaging. The data used to develop the case study came from multiple sources but primarily from semistructured interviews that cover the implementation of the circular innovation and the configuration of the circular network.FindingsThe dynamics of interconnected relationships can configure a circular network that interconnects business and non business actors through vertical, horizontal and heterogeneous relationships. The network configuration is supported by the new mobilizer actor that facilitates the sharing of circular knowledge within the circular network, together with the sharing of a market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation within the supply network, through the educational learning path.Originality/valueThis paper aims to contribute to a new understanding of how circular innovation can be developed, adopted and diffused. In a network, when circular innovation takes place, the focal issue is not the new product or technology in itself but how such innovation is developed and implemented by and through the reconfiguration of the business and non-business relationships into circular network.