Intellectual Services Research Articles

INFRASTRUCTURE OF DEVELOPING INTELLECTUAL SERVICE SECTOR

The article shows that for the effective development of intellectual business service sector infrastructure and relations standardization are required. It analyzes losses caused by entrepreneurs’ mistaken perception of their participation in projects with outside experts’ attraction. The author analyzes the experience of further professional education, as well as special research for engineering sphere. It was pointed out that one of the urgent steps is standardization of the education field. Shaping the demand for business services is promoted by education and activity of public organizations but at the same time by state governance of economy.

There is need in new generation smart grid for the space and ground energy systems

The aim of the article is to considerate the opportunities of synchronization of the space and ground systems that generate and transfer energy on the basis of new generation smart grid using. The authors substantiate the necessity of new intellectual monitoring services that assess the processes took place in "generation-transportation-distribution-consumption" space and ground systems. This is made in order to improve the dynamic indicators of the energy system and to avoid the emergencies. The authors also give a prognosis of the dynamic indicators of the electric power super-system in analyzing metastable conditions in different energy modes.

Якість інтелектуальних послуг: економіко-правовий зміст (англ. мовою)

Якість інтелектуальних послуг: економіко-правовий зміст (англ. мовою)

Класифікаційна характеристика медіа-консалтингу як сегменту українського ринку інтелектуальних послуг

Media consulting is a rather new and therefore insufficiently researched kind of consulting in the intellectual services market of Ukraine. However, it should be noted that this type of activity is supported by a significant practical basis, which is based on the activities of specialists in this sphere. The theoretical foundation for consulting in general may be that they consider aspects common to all areas of counseling, including media consulting. The urgency of the research is that it proposes a specific definition of media consulting; gives its characteristic features; analyzes the relationship between the concepts of media consulting, PR consulting and communication consulting. The scientific work proposes also a typology of media consulting services in terms of functions and typology of companies that provide such services in range of their activities. The objective of the study is to study the Ukrainian realities and peculiarities of media consulting as a basis for a new direction in the publishing sector. To achieve this goal, a list of such tasks was defined: 1) to specify the concept of media consulting; 2) to create a typology of basic services in the structure of media consulting; 3) to identify the prospects of implementing media consulting services in the structure of publishing activities. A number of methods of scientific knowledge have been used to achieve the goals and objective of the study. Analysis and synthesis were used to reveal the essence of the concept of media consulting. Analysis of the activity of media consulting organizations allowed finding out the specifics of publishing services in the structure of media consulting. The system method allowed to systematize media consulting services and to create a classification of companies that provide such services in range of their activities. The method of forecasting allowed describing the prospects for implementation of media consulting services in the structure of publishing activities

Брендинг территорий: облако ассоциаций территории как исследовательская и проектная часть дисциплины на примере магистерской программы НИУ ВШЭ

<p>Брендинг территорий выделен в качестве самостоятельной дисциплины в образовательных программах многих российских региональных и федеральных вузов, но методические рекомендации по организации учебного процесса, в частности внедрение исследовательской и проектной работы, недостаточно разработаны. Статья посвящена описанию успешного опыта внедрения проектной работы как важной составляющей учебной дисциплины «Брендинг территорий», на примере одноименного курса, входящего в часть магистерской программы Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики».</p><p>В статье приводится тематический план дисциплины, состоящей из лекционных и семинарских занятий. Лекционная часть курса включает рассмотрение существующих моделей, методики и опыта различных проектов в области территориального брендинга и маркетинга, основанного на показе и последующем обсуждении визуального и мультимедийного материала. В рамках семинаров проводится проектная исследовательская работа по созданию облака ассоциаций территории, организация, методология, инструменты создания которого описаны в статье. Последовательность лекций и сопряженной с ними проектной работы связана с методологией и последовательностью действий в реальном процессе разработки территориального бренда.</p>Представленный подход решает задачи введения элементов практической работы, является необходимым инструментом подготовки специалистов в области брендинга территорий и обладает практической значимостью для российского рынка интеллектуальных услуг в целом. Результаты исследований могут быть использованы слушателями курса и участниками проекта для продолжения работы в сфере территориального брендинга, маркетинга, дизайн-проектирования, культурологических исследований, а также отправной точкой для дальнейших социологических исследований.<em></em>

The prevalence of obesity among forensic intellectual disability inpatients

BackgroundInpatient mental health settings have been described as “obesogenic” environments, due to factors including psychotropic medication, high calorie food, restricted physical activity and sedentary lifestyles. No research has investigated obesity among forensic intellectual disability inpatients, despite this populations’ increased risk. Therefore, this paper aims to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity on, and during admission.MethodThe weight and body mass index data of 46 inpatients (15 women and 31 men) within a specialist intellectual disability forensic service was examined for the study.ResultsOnly six patients (13%) were a normal weight at admission, whereas 40 (87%) were overweight or obese. During their admission, 28 (61%) gained weight (average 11.8 kg), and one (2%) maintained. However, 17 patients (37%) lost weight (average 6.2 kg), though 16 remained in overweight/obese categories. There was no correlation between length of stay and weight/BMI.ConclusionsThe majority of patients were overweight or obese on admission, and approximately 60% gained weight during their admission. Women appeared at greater risk of obesity. There was no relationship between length of stay and weight. This is potentially due to the high prevalence of obesity on admission and the impact of previous admissions on weight. The results highlight the need for effective weight management interventions with this population.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Management Consulting for Technological Modernization and Industry of the Future

The article presents the results of the authors’ study based on the hypothesis that aaddressing the multidimensional highly complex tasks of technological modernization and new industry against the background of a wave of breakthrough innovations is only possible within the framework of proactive management. Its methodological, instrumental and competence basis results from «smart» partnership of regional science, education, and business. In this case, the management N consulting of a new type, being fundamentally different from the traditional one, plays the role of the partnership coordinator. These differences are expressed in specific intellectual logistics and organizational architecture of consulting projects, close connection to universities, innovation centres and various research structures of the region as well as the high specialization, which is reached by the involvement of the virtual teams of cross-disciplinary experts in the developments, the flexible products designed on the basis of the modular principle. In this regard, the study presents a number of new scientific results proving the hypothesis. The paper substantiates the approach to the organization and methodology of consulting activities for complex, rapidly developing systems which requires expanding the range of competencies and scope of the interaction of various actors — carriers of interdisciplinary knowledge. In accordance with this approach, the authors introduce the concept of integratory consulting for advanced development that offers a package of intellectual services for addressing challenges of the future. We have developed the methodology of the integrated system of research, consultations, training and transforming action that makes it possible to generate pre-emptive actions amid crisis, risk and threats. The article has proposed and tested an organizational mechanism of cooperation between parties (science, education, business) involved in smart partnership and consulting. The mechanism employs a cutting-edge forward-looking business model that meets contemporary requirements and tasks.

A Great Academician and Researcher in Systems Modelling and Analysis,Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, and Applied Research in Project, Technology and Knowledge Management

L. S. Ganesh (aka LSG) is a Professor in the Department of Management Studies of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He has over three decades of academic experience involving teaching, research and intellectual services. His academic interests span the areas of Systems Thinking and Applications, Systems Modeling and Analysis, Data and Decision Analysis, Institutional Planning and Development, Social Entrepreneurship, and Project, Technology and Knowledge Management. Earlier, he served as an Associate Fellow in the Educational Planning Unit of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration at New Delhi, and then as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Ethics centers’ activities and role in promoting ethics in universities

In modern and well-structured universities, ethics centers are playing a key role in hosting, organizing, and managing activities to enrich and guide students’ ethical thinking and analysis. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the goals, activities, and administration of ethics centers, as well as their role in promoting ethical thinking for academic, career, and business purposes. The paper also gives an overview of the most common activities organized by these hubs in order to highlight their contributions to pedagogy, student learning and intellectual growth, research development, and community service. This study is based on an intensive review conducted on seventy-five ethics centers established in universities and colleges around the globe. First, it provides administrations of academic institutions with the basic knowledge needed to plan for potential new ethics centers. They can benefit from the present expertise of described ethics centers and project the practical methodologies on their university needs. In addition, directors and coordinators of established ethics centers would enhance their experience by including new activities and collaborations to their plans. Finally, ethics course instructors can benefit from the listed activities to increase student involvement by including practical methods and discussions beyond the classroom.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ МАРКЕТИНГУ НА РИНКУ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОГО ПРОДУКТУ

The information market has distinctive features in comparison with the market for industrial products due to the specificity of the object of market relations - an information product. An information product in a market environment becomes a commodity, while retaining the properties inherent in information. Based on the general definition of the market, the information market is a system of economic relations arising on the basis of commodity and money circulation, which cover the sphere of exchange, production, distribution and consumption of information goods and services. The informatization of society is inextricably linked with the emergence and development of the market for information products and services, which is a system of economic, legal and organizational relations in the field of free purchase and sale of intellectual labor goods and services between various business entities and consumers. This market, like other markets, is characterized by a certain range of products and services, conditions and mechanisms for their provision, prices. The characteristic features of market relations are: the presence of competition, free choice of partners, mutual agreements of the exchanging parties, equivalent exchange of goods and funds, etc., which provides an opportunity for an effective solution to socio-economic problems. Information products act as goods of intellectual labor in this market: knowledge, documents, information systems, information technology, licenses, patents, trademarks, know-how, engineering and technical services, various kinds of information and other types of information resources. The information resource market functions similarly to traditional markets, but under the influence of its characteristics, elements of novelty appear in the process of forming demand, supply and pricing for an information product.

COMPLEX QUALITY CRITERION OF CONTROL OF THE INTELLECTUAL SERVICES PROVISION IN NGN

The paper is dedicated to intellectual services provision control quality comparison by the intellectual superstructures with centralized and decentralized control principles in NGN. The necessity of three parties interests consideration, namely: service providers, network equipment suppliers and network users is pointed out. The method of complex quality criterion formation is proposed.

Comparing Practices of US Swimming against a Global Model for Integrated Development of Mass and High Performance Sport

AbstractThis study examines the current state of swimming 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. Survey questions were validated by twelve international experts including executives from sport governing bodies, swim coaches, academicians, and administrators. To determine the areas for improvement, 102 coaches completed the questionnaire. Possible advancements were further identified through semi-structured discussions with fifteen swimming administrators. Results suggest possible enhancements at macro level (e.g., new partnerships and incentives for greater support of mass and elite swimming), meso level (e.g., additional sources and models for better coach education and facilities), and micro level (e.g., advanced lifelong swimming guidelines for excellence of everyone).

Инструментарий рыночного управления сферой интеллектуальных услуг в регионе

Инструментарий рыночного управления сферой интеллектуальных услуг в регионе

Panorama Normativo-Jurisprudencial do Elemento de Empresa: Uma Análise do Regime Jurídico do Prestador de Serviços Intelectuais à Luz dos Tribunais

Trata-se de pesquisa acerca da interpretação dada pelos Tribunais de Justiça de Minas Gerais e São Paulo e pelo Superior Tribunal de Justiça ao termo elemento de empresa, previsto no art. 966, parágrafo único, do Código Civil Brasileiro. O objetivo do trabalho é analisar e compreender os critérios adotados pelos tribunais para enquadrar o prestador de serviços intelectuais como empresário. A partir de uma abordagem qualitativa adotou-se o método de análise documental, o que permitiu o estudo e a categorização dos fundamentos empregados pelos tribunais na apreciação dos casos concretos, contribuindo para a formação de um conceito jurisprudencial de elemento de empresa.

Towards better mental health for people with intellectual disabilities: from roundtable to action

In 2013, a National Roundtable on the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities brought together 95 key players in the intellectual disability and mental health spheres in Australia. The resulting Roundtable Communiqué set out eight key elements of an effective mental health system for people with intellectual disabilities and a menu of actions that participants could take towards implementation of these key elements. Key elements comprised the inclusion of intellectual disability mental health in all mental health initiatives, the provision of specialist intellectual disability mental health services, collaboration between agencies, and enhanced data collection. A year later, action since the Roundtable was audited nationally. A wide range of incremental action had occurred including systematic consideration of reform in all the mainland states. Various opportunities for further gains included the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the National Disability Strategy.

Investigation of the Scope of Intellectual Services in the Aspect of Virtualization and Information Economy of Modern Russia

The article deals with the scope of intellectual services, analyzes the factors and aspects of the scope of intellectual services. In the XXI century. Came the realization that the information economy, along with virtual economies are in a bundle, the article defines the place of the basic constructs such as «knowledge», «information», human capital». The article discusses the determinants of the functioning of the virtual economy, the national innovation system, analyzes the role and principles of operation of virtual enterprises, the authors attempt a graphic description of the transition economies in virtual reality, are considered agents of the virtual economy. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s3p217

Можливості та перспективи застосування європейських практик державного управління у сфері інновацій

Стаття присвячена теоретичному аналізу можливостей застосування позитив-ного досвіду європейських практик державного управління у сфері інновацій. Про-аналізовано основні державні програми щодо стимулювання розвитку інновацій українах-членах ЄС та виділено основні управлінські підходи щодо залучення при-ватних інвестицій у науково-дослідницькі та інноваційні проекти (поширення та пе-редача новітніх технологій, залучення венчурного і початкового капіталу для про-ведення науково-дослідних та дослідно-конструкторських робіт, а також наданняподаткових пільг для інноваційної діяльності та стимулювання розвитку інноваційв європейському дослідницькому просторі). Визначено, що ключовими проблемами,пов’язаними із впровадженням інновацій, є: скорочення фінансування інноваційної,наукової та науково-технічної сфери; неефективність системи бюджетного фінансу-вання інноваційної, наукової та науково-технічної сфери; наявність законодавчихобмежень, що ускладнюють фінансування інноваційної, наукової та науково-тех-нічної сфери; відсутність економічних стимулів у суб’єктів господарської діяльностіздійснювати технологічну модернізацію шляхом запровадження нових науково-тех-нічних розробок та ін. Також проаналізовані особливості функціонування науковихпарків у країнах-членах ЄС, діяльність яких направлена на розвиток науково-техніч-ної та інноваційної діяльності у вищих навчальних закладах та наукових установахз подальшою комерціалізацією результатів наукових досліджень та їх впровадженняна вітчизняному та закордонному ринках.

ПІДХОДИ ДО ОБСЛУГОВУВАННЯ ЗАЯВОК В ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНІЙ НАДБУДОВІ У МЕРЕЖАХ НАСТУПНОГО ПОКОЛІННЯ

У статті розглянуті особливості обслуговування заявок в системі управління інтелектуальними послугами в умовах зростаючого спектра послуг, що надаються телекомунікаційною мережею. Метою даної статті є розробка архітектури інтелектуальної надбудови (ІН) мереж наступного покоління з різними принципами управління послугами (централізоване, децентралізоване і змішане управління) та представлення можливих підходів до виконання послуг при архітектурі ІН зі змішаним принципом управління.

Enforcing Arbitrator’s Obligations: Rethinking International Commercial Arbitrators’ Liability

Liability of arbitrators touches the heart of the concept of arbitration as it affects the legal relationship between the arbitrators and the parties and concerns some essential issues on the nature of the arbitrator's mandate. This article intends to propose an alternative conceptual approach to the immunity-based theories, endorsing the suggestion that the arbitrator shall be liable as any normal intellectual service provider for breach of her obligations. Regarding the regime of liability, a systematization is proposed whereby strict liability, fault-based liability and tortious liability cohabitate. This relationship is argued being contractual. The existence of an objective contractual exchange underlies contractual liability for breach. As a consequence, the thesis proposed in this article is that the arbitrator shall be liable for breaches of the obligations contractually incurred. These contractual obligations can be divided into two main clusters, namely, the obligation to decide the dispute submitted and the obligation to provide a fair and equal adjudication. Thus, a dual regime of contractual liability for arbitrators is proposed. A separate set of obligations is represented by the pre-contractual duties of disclosure, which are tort-based. The plain existence of a contractual relationship between the arbitrator and the parties automatically sets aside all those theories claiming that because of the status or for some policy argument, the arbitrator must be immune from liability. As a consequence, any immunity or qualified immunity-based theory is rebutted in favor of a full liability-based conceptual scheme.

Training and developing staff in general hospitals: intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the serious problems that people with intellectual disability face in getting their healthcare needs met in general hospitals by improving the training of general hospital staff. Design/methodology/approach – Review of recent developments in models of service provision including the development of intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model in liaison psychiatry. Findings – There is much scope for intellectual disability liaison nurses and liaison psychiatry services to work together in staff training in general hospitals. There is a clear strategic role for both services in convincing the management of general hospitals to implement such training using economic and quality arguments. Originality/value – The authors suggest a new model of working to improve the healthcare outcomes of people with intellectual disabilities through effective training of staff in general hospitals.