Intellectual Services Research Articles

Adaptation of high-tech knowledge-intensive enterprises to the challenges of industry 4.0

In order to succeed in a competitive environment, enterprises and organizations must quickly respond to external influences, such as digitalization, expansion of information exchange, and challenges caused by Industry 4.0. High-tech knowledge-intensive enterprises that develop and commercialize their original innovative products and technologies as well as provide intellectual services in the field of high technologies are the first to respond to such challenges. A number of works on how the digitalization in economy impacts organizational and managerial activities of enterprises, their R&D, and creation, production and commercialization of innovative products are analyzed. As the results of the study, a number of properties and patterns that determine the successful adaptation of innovative enterprises to the challenges of Industry 4.0 wereidentified. Among them there are material resources, including technology and equipment, scientific and technological achievements, financial, personnel and information support and adaptive organizational and economic capabilities. It is shown that in order to adapt to the challenges of Industry 4.0, enterprises must match capabilities of the digital economy with their material, intellectual and production resources using innovative potential as a measurement tool. It is determined that the procedures for assessing the innovative potential of enterprises can become an effective tool for assessing both quantitative/qualitative indicators of enterprises and degree of their adaptation to the challenges of Industry 4.0. The proposed methodology for a comprehensive assessment of industrial enterprises’ innovative potential as the degree of their adaptation to the challenges of Industry 4.0 was implemented at the high-tech knowledge-intensive enterprises “Shtorm” and “Tekhnotron”. Both of them are well known for their innovative developments in the field of welding production. It was demonstrated that the proposed methodology allows not just assessing the degree of adaptation to the digital economy and the challenges of Industry 4.0, but also assessing the impact of planned activities on innovations and determine methods and means of responding to the changes in external and internal environment of enterprises.

Новітні форми та національні моделі регулювання фундаментальними науковими дослідженнями

The purpose of the publication is to generalize approaches to understanding the essence of the processes of fundamental scientific research in the context of studying the peculiarities of the use of traditional and modern forms of their regulation, as well as national emphases of administrative administration models in academic fields. The form of public regulation of fundamental scientific research is considered as a means of influencing the subject of regulation on its object, which is embodied in a specific way of exercising powers to streamline the activities of social networks to encourage the desired model for the formation of fundamental cognitive social competences and inclusive competences. Social capital within the functioning of innovation-oriented sociovital ecosystems of the post-industrial economy. The national varieties of neoliberal, conservative-corporatist (continental), social-democratic and paternalistic models of fundamental scientific research optimization in the context of the implementation of the state's socio-economic policy on the regulation of intellectual services markets are studied. The functions of the process of formation and application of forms and models of fundamental scientific research regulation are the constant expansion of public consumption resources and the formation of knowledge-intensive sources of increasing the level of collective welfare; management of the design and structure of the complex of unproduced assets of national wealth, goods produced by the real sector of the national economy/services provided by the social sector of the national economy, tangible and intangible assets with high potential for value added; formation of high-tech services based on the use of basic concepts and meeting consumer expectations in them; development of logically substantiated fundamental scientific theories of formation, updating and use of fundamental scientific knowledge, concepts and sensory-image models of the scientific picture of the world with the possibility of further use in social practice.

Development of the digital platform of intellectual services for the regional electric grid company

Annually, the structural units of electric grid companies involved in the operation of network equipment, dis-patch and technological management tools, maintenance and repair of power equipment, asset manage-ment and electricity metering introduce specialized hardware-software complexes (HSC) from different man-ufacturers. This trend leads to the disunity of technological processes control means of electricity transport and distribution. It is difficult to control the life cycle of the equipment in a single management system, as well as access to the information of the relevant services of different HSC, which requires the integration of highly specialized systems. The aim of the study is to develop the structure and information model of a digital integration platform that integrates the management systems of a regional network company and to create on this platform the intelligent services for conducting business processes by various structural di-visions of the company. The software for the development of cloud digital platforms and cloud services was used. When analyzing the management structure of an electric grid company, the methods for building multi-level automated control systems that take into account the specifics of managing distribution networks on a regional-company scale were applied. The structure and information model of a digital integration platform has been proposed, which forms a unified trusting software environment for automated management systems of a regional network company. Intelligent services have been developed for a digital platform, including the prediction of energy consumption, and a basic version of services for conducting joint business processes by different divisions of the electric grid company has been presented. A modern hierarchical structure of the automated technological control system of a regional power grid company has been proposed. It implies providing of an intelligent module at each control level, that allows integrating the local system into a single trusted software environment for operational management in everyday and emergency situations. The proposed digital integration platform is open and scalable. In the first case, it allows combining the efforts of intelligent services developers, and in the second one, it can be deployed both on local servers within the enterprise and on rented cloud resources.

Formation of the Information Resource Management System of Enterprises Under the New Digital Economy

New conditions of operation require the introduction of revolutionary and creative directions for the sustainable development of modern enterprises. The development of IT technologies, the transition to innovation and technological development is the basis for the emergence of a new format for the existence of an economic system - a new digital economy, which is qualitatively different from the classical economy, based on the use of the potential of human knowledge and the trends of vector-innovative development. The article deals with the problem of using information resources to form the basis of innovative development of business entities in the new digital economy, which is quite relevant and requires further development. The new digital economy, as a process of formation and development of the world economy in the conditions of introduction of scientific achievements and creative knowledge, has its advantages and disadvantages, which are considered in the article. The authors consider the basic components of the new digital economy: information and communication technologies, education (fundamental and production of innovations); intellectual services (all types of business consulting, information mediation, marketing services, analytics, etc.). The main element of the formation of a new digital economy is the use of information resources, which are the result of the interaction of the processes of functioning and automation of information systems in all spheres of functioning of market players. Each enterprise uses a large array of information resources in its activities. The authors classify the information resources of the enterprise. In modern conditions of functioning the effective methodology of quantitative and qualitative assessment and forecasting of information resources needs has not been fully developed and tested, but it is possible to outline and scientifically substantiate the process of managing information resources by studying the information needs of the enterprise. In the work of the authorities, the system of information resources management was formed as the basis of the new digital economy. In the course of economic activity, enterprises use technical tools to work with information resources, the amount of automation, the type and intensity of which is characterized by the essence of specific information technology. Today, for the effective functioning of enterprises in any sector of the economy of Ukraine, it is necessary to use and research a large amount of information resources, so it is necessary to

Comparing the practices of US hockey against a global model for integrated development of mass and high-performance sport

ABSTRACTThis study examines the current state of hockey in the USA against an ideal-type model for developing high performance sport integrated with mass participation. A questionnaire was developed for the following elements of the model: talent development; advanced athlete support; training centers; competitions; intellectual services; partnerships with supporting agencies; and balanced and integrated funding and structures of mass and elite sport. Twelve international experts, including executives from sport governing bodies, swim coaches, academicians, and administrators, validated the survey questions. To determine the areas for improvement, 111 coaches completed the questionnaire. Possible advancements were further identified through semi-structured discussions with 15 hockey administrators. Results suggest possible enhancements at macro-level (e.g., new partnerships and incentives for greater support of mass and elite hockey), meso-level (e.g., additional sources and models for better coach education and facilities), and micro-level (e.g., advanced lifelong hockey guidelines for excellence of everyone).

Adaptation of New Employees as the Criterion of Social Efficiency of Company’s Corporate Culture

The article is devoted to corporate culture as a method of indirect management, which is especially in demand in companies working in the feld of intellectual services. Developed corporate culture helps to avoid cumbersome bureaucratic structures, as the employees of such an organisation can make the right decisions based on the values, norms and rules adopted in their company. The author considers the culture of the organisation through the prism of its effectiveness, paying the primary attention to the social aspect. As for maintenance and reproduction of the established corporate culture, the selection of staff and ensuring the subsequent production adaptation are crucial; the author specifes the concept of social effciency, as regards adaptation of new employees of the commercial organisations and considers the main stages of their social adaptation. The author also describes the conditions of successful adaptation of new employees, identifes the main features of socially effective corporate culture and the system of adaptation of new employees. The author concluded that each successfully adapted new employee strengthens the corporate culture of a commercial organisation and contributes to its social effciency, while each unsuccessful attempt to adapt reduces this indicator.

Neo-industrialization and “Servitization”: Is There a Contradiction?

Taking into account the results of the study outlined in the 2017 World Bank Group’s Global Value Chains Development Report, the authors considered the main factors of the growth in the share of services in international trade and defined the concepts of direct and indirect value-added services in exports. Further, the authors calculated the indicators of international trade statistics for value-added for Russia and other countries. A method for estimating the share of services in exports according to the national standard for inter-sectoral balance, as well as approaches to the description of national value chains of services, is proposed. International comparisons are carried out in the context of these indicators. Indicators (the share of direct and indirect services in exports, the share of IT services in intermediate consumption of services) prove that Russia is approaching the world average. However, investment in the intellectual property of Russia is much lower than in other countries of comparable size. It can lead to underproduction of intellectual services. The growth in the share of services is a global trend and is not the result of de-industrialisation. Information and communications services help accelerate the growth of manufacturing industries, including machinery and equipment.

The role of Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacovigilance: A Means to Identify Intellectual Services

The role of Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacovigilance: A Means to Identify Intellectual Services

Archaeology as Intellectual Service: Engaged Archaeology in San Pasquale Valley, Calabria, Italy

Based on recent research in the San Pasquale Valley in southern Calabria, this paper presents our experiences with combining ethnographic and traditional archaeological methodologies to establish a community-serving, rather than strictly research-generating, endeavor. We argue that truly collaborative projects offer new opportunities for knowledge production and knowledge presentation about the past, and provide a platform for service to our collaborators who make our work possible. Prioritizing process, while acknowledging the need for academic capital, makes us better scientists and offers the key to engaged scholarship.

Criteria for evaluation and selection of the best offer for the Contract Engineer service

The purpose of the legal regulations regarding public procurement in EU countries is to ensure effective funds’ spending. When assessing and selecting the best offer, the contracting entities have at their disposal many different criteria, including non-price criteria. Their proper selection and application is necessary to ensure the high quality of the ordered product, delivery or service. Making an order for intellectual services, including performed by the Contract Engineer (CE), should be based primarily on the criterion of qualifications and experience. The actions and decisions taken by CE are particularly important for the quality and timeliness of the contract. The purpose of the research is to indicate to what scope and extent the awarding entities in Poland use the possibility of a wide selection of different criteria for the evaluation of intellectual services, consisting of performing the CE function. On the basis of selected proceedings, the authors discuss the criteria for evaluation and selection of the best offer applied in practice, classify them, analyze and evaluate them. The results of the conducted research indicate that the price and experience are often used in practice as the CE selection criteria. The authors, however, give numerous examples of other criteria. In many cases, these criteria are difficult to verify at the stage of evaluating offers and enforcing them in practice in course of works, raising doubts as to their effectiveness, sometimes making it impossible to make a reliable assessment and select the most advantageous offer. The authors indicate that despite many possibilities offered by the legal status in force in Poland, in practice, in some cases, criteria that have a large impact on the increase of the proposed service price, but not reflected in its quality, apply. As a consequence, it results in the lack of effective spending of public funds.

Practical establishment of intellectual services into the work of the libraries

Practical establishment of intellectual services into the work of the libraries

The Developments and Measures of the Intellectual Property Information Service in University Libraries in China

The Developments and Measures of the Intellectual Property Information Service in University Libraries in China

Инновационный потенциал российского экспортного сектора

The purpose of this article is to identify the ways to develop the innovative potential of Russian export. As a perspective direction for enhancing Russian export sector, segment of services is considered to be the fastest growing and least dependent on the volatility of the global environment element of international trade. The article analyzes the dynamics of Russian exports of services over the past eleven years and concludes on the gradual strengthening of its position In this regard, attention is focused on the export of high - tech and intellectual services - analysis of Russian prospects and opportunities in this area. Also author's recommendations for the improvement of this segment in the long term are given. Special attention is paid to the development of national technology exports. As a result, the article analyzes experience of leading innovation-active countries and presents the author's development model of Russian export sector innovative potential.

Management of the Process of R & D Cost Formation in State Scientific and Educational Institutions

Management of the process of research and development cost formation (hereinafter — R & D) in Russian scientific organizations and institutions of higher education is an urgent task in an environment where budget funding for research is reduced, and the universities themselves are interested in increasing their revenues from fundamental, applied research and experimental development. In addition, the rating of educational institutions, their competitiveness in the market of intellectual services, including, depends on the number of successfully implemented together with business partners of innovative projects that are based on research and development, the number of commercialized results of intellectual activity (hereinafter-R&D) and concluded state contracts. Methods of algorithmization, modeling, calculation coefficients, expert estimates, determination of the initial (maximum) price of the contract have been used. Research result: Two models of research performance cost formation by the educational and scientific organizations are presented: 1) on the state task; 2) on other types of R&D. In the first case, the model is based on the allocated subsidy for the implementation of the state task, adjusted for the coefficient of labor intensity increase, which is calculated on the basis of the criteria of scientific, technical and consumer efficiency of research. The final labor intensity increase coefficient is a rating of the application of a particular creative team to perform research. In the second case, the fundamental element of value formation is the initial (maximum) price of the contract, which can be determined on the basis of cost, comparative or income approach, as well as (in the case of the state customer) by summing tax revenues to the budgets of all levels from the production and sale of high-tech products. The total value is defined as the minimum value of the contract prices calculated by different methods. The developed models of value formation can be used to build a methodology for determining the cost of R&D

НЕКОТОРЫЕ ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЯ ПО ПОВЫШЕНИЮ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ МЕХАНИЗМОВ ПОДДЕРЖКИ ЭКСПОРТА В РОССИИ

The technological process and digitalization are changing the structure of the global economy. A gradual shift of industries with the maximum export potential from traditional sectors to a high-tech, knowledge-intensive sphere with a growing share of services is expected. The state needs to formulate a new, industrial and sectoral, pro-export economic policy for the fabrication of the higher processing products, the provision of knowledge-intensive and intellectual services. That will allow expanding the presence of Russian goods in foreign markets. The article analyzed the key sectors that require preemptive investment (the sectors with the greatest potential for increasing exports by 2024) and specified the basic measures of state support. The study identified the key commercial markets for products of those industries. High-tech exports and exports of services should be an alternative to commodity specialization in Russians foreign trade.

Philosophy in the Age of Post-Truth: Servant of the King or Clown in the Agora

This article touches on two main themes of popular debate in the community of philosophers and the international information space. On the one hand, it deals with the emergence of the age of “Post-truth,” and related value, worldview and sociopolitical transformations. On the other hand, the article looks into the crisis of philosophy as a scholarly field and discipline, as well as debates around the prospects of philosophy’s survival in the current age, whatever it may be called (Post-industrial, Information, Post-truth, etc.). The main thesis lies in the fact that it is precisely in the age of Post-Truth that philosophy gains enormous relevance; however this new sociocultural situation demands that philosophy regain certainty of its role and position in society. Two typical roles and positions, two forms of philosophers’ communications with society thus emerge. Aphoristically they may be expressed as the Servant of the King (thus, a servile attitude to power, whether secular or ecclesiastical) or the Clown in the Agora (or the market of educational and intellectual services, governed by “market laws,” familiar to Sophists of the Ancient world). The author presumes that our age is in many fundamental respects similar to the age of the Sophists, especially in how higher education becomes reoriented towards market demand and mass preferences. The author describes the dialectics of freedom of philosophical thinking between outside compulsion and the needs of funding, and shows that the problem is far from being resolved.

Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men: A Reader’s Companion by Jonathan S. Cullick

Reviewed by: Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men: A Reader’s Companion by Jonathan S. Cullick Anne E. Marshall Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men: A Reader’s Companion. By Jonathan S. Cullick. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2018. Pp. xvi, 124. $24.95, ISBN 978-0-8131-7592-8.) The Kentucky Humanities Council chose Robert Penn Warren’s brilliant, but famously challenging, novel All the King’s Men (1946) as the 2018–2019 featured [End Page 953] book for its yearlong “Kentucky Reads” initiative. The council, in partnership with the University Press of Kentucky, commissioned Jonathan S. Cullick, a professor of English at Northern Kentucky University, to author a guide to help the reading public navigate and think about the novel. It is a task for which Cullick, a scholar of Robert Penn Warren and the literature of the U.S. South, is well suited. As Cullick tells us, All the King’s Men was a logical selection for “Kentucky Reads” not only because Warren had Kentucky roots, but also because the novel speaks so directly to the current political moment. While Cullick does not draw them extensively or explicitly, there are clear parallels between the novel’s main character, Willie Stark, the literary epitome of a populist demagogue, and more than a few contemporary state and national politicians. Stark’s inflammatory rhetorical style, which plays to the fears and sense of alienation of his constituents rather than to their intellect, should certainly seem familiar to modern readers. Accordingly, Cullick has organized this book around the question: “How is All the King’s Men relevant in our time, decades after its publication?” (p. xiv). He has taken a couple of approaches to answering it. One is to consult public figures themselves. In the process of writing this reader’s companion, he reached out to dozens of state lawmakers, university presidents, and other public officials to get their take on when they encountered Warren’s novel and how it shaped their political mentality. He also considers the relative merits of the film and theater adaptations of the novel. Other chapters feel like traditional, but still very accessible, literary criticism. In them, Cullick examines other political themes from the novel, including the role of rhetoric, the corrupting nature of power, and the uneasy relationship between pragmatism and idealism. There is also an appendix containing provocative questions that would be useful in any group discussion. Cullick’s research and commentary will help readers form their own insights for what Warren’s novel has to tell readers about the nature of contemporary politics. In the end, however, he notes that the book has as much to say about the responsibility of citizens living within a democracy as it does their leaders. After all, demagogues can only succeed with the help of voters. As Cullick asserts, “The support and the votes that we citizens possess belong to us; they are ours to give or withhold freely. We must hold leaders accountable, of course, but we must also hold ourselves accountable” (p. 85). In order to vote well, we must be “mindful of our own needs and our own vulnerabilities to political candidates who appeal to those needs” (p. 85). This slim volume fulfills its purpose of helping readers navigate All the King’s Men. It is a testament to both the importance of the public intellectual service that humanities faculty perform and the invaluable role that university presses play in the intellectual health of the states in which they operate. Anne E. Marshall Mississippi State University Copyright © 2019 The Southern Historical Association

Solitary, merge or collaborate. Determinants of collaboration of elderly care organizations: a case survey approach

Introduction : Traditionally, elderly care organizations play a pivotal role in integrating care for an ageing population, but recently this role has been challenged due to competition from other service providers, such as for-profit organizations, hospitals, home- and primary care organizations. In addition, the increasing complexity of current health care, combined with ageing and housing issues as well as rising co-morbidity in Belgium leads to a rising demand for collaboration. Not only do elderly care organizations have to deal with more and more tasks that are unique, but also are resources distributed across various service providers. As such, elderly care organizations are moving slowly from managing mainly physical assets such as housing facilities towards more intellectual and relational capacities and treatment services resulting into shared service centers and tailor-made health and social care solutions. Theory/methods : Although a number of factors have been proposed how to integrate health- and social care service delivery, collaboration pervades most discussions. We argue in this article that elderly care organizations follow a combination of three underlying strategic motives based on effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy criteria to make a conscious, intentional decision to establish a relationship with other organizations for explicitly formulated purposes. We conceptualize these relationships as three ideal types: solitary, merger or collaboration and propose that the presence or absence of these types is explained by a combination of the changing nature in the task, the organizational configuration and its interdependency on others in the external environment. The article presents a case survey approach of 18 elderly care organizations. Data were collected in a five months period of time by using semi-structured interviews of key representatives and a survey. In addition, five workshops were organized and secondary data on elderly care organizations was collected. We applied Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative analysis to analyze what, if any, combination of determinants explains whether elderly care organizations act solitary, merge or collaborate. Results, conclusion and discussion : Implications of the findings for elderly care organizations are discussed in light of the rising health care issues and increasing competition in Flanders Belgium. In particular, we are interested in which combinatory recipes, if any, of task, organizational configuration, and interdependency explain the presence or absence of a particular ideal type of collaboration. Furthermore, future recommendations are presented to further the development of how elderly care organizations can deal with their changing role in the healthcare system.

Biodiversity: Local Implementation – Keynote

A prevalent challenge to the uniform curation of biodiversity data is the extent to which individual initiatives can manage the production, organization, description, maintenance, and administration of digital assets in the long term. Funding agents have historically supported cutting-edge, niche projects that lacked long-term data management plans. To ensure that new initiatives are resilient and long-lasting, funding agents have increasingly emphasized the importance of building sustainable digital projects at the local level with clear administrative structures that ensure both longevity and wide-scale integration into the larger data environment. It is no longer enough to have a great idea - that great idea must be situated within a larger framework of maintenance and repair. If our data are to withstand the changing and uncertain information and infrastructure landscape, we must articulate a comprehensive set of best practices and workflows that facilitate the integration of local knowledge into global spaces. These best practices must address some thorny issues: How do we create and support systems that are resilient to economic, technological, and standards-level change? How do we bring context to new solutions and initiatives within the broader picture of the data lifecycle? How do we ensure that institutions have a ready pool of trained and diverse information professionals from which to hire and support this evolving landscape? This session will discuss a bird’s-eye view of the biodiversity informatics workflow emphasizing the local considerations of biodiversity work, including the lifecycle of biodiversity data within institutions and the challenges introduced at each stage of the data management process. Resiliency requires that each of the following elements must be addressed in any biodiversity informatics plan: Metadata, schema, and other descriptive standards Scholarly credit and intellectual property Publishing models User services and interface design Workflows and administration of data Training of core workforce to support work in the long term Metadata, schema, and other descriptive standards Scholarly credit and intellectual property Publishing models User services and interface design Workflows and administration of data Training of core workforce to support work in the long term This keynote will examine the challenges and opportunities at the local level of biodiversity work, and what must be done to support scientific research, policy, and public engagement at the global level. We will demonstrate how the Informatics program at the National Museum of Natural History has integrated these ideas and strategies with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution to create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge. By making our data comprehensive, accessible, and well managed, we contribute to the creation of a digital-first Smithsonian reaching a global audience of researchers and educators now and long into the future.

Inseparable relationship between intellectual services and high-tech medical equipment

Inseparable relationship between intellectual services and high-tech medical equipment