Industrial Reform Research Articles

Research on Application of Computer Artificial Intelligence Technology in Analyzing the Economy of Pre-sale of Sports Tickets

The sports industry is an important part of the modern service industry, a new economic growth point and an important carrier for promoting social employment, and the pre-sale of tickets is at the forefront of the sports industry chain. In the future, the sports industry must also be an important force to help the country overcome the middle-income trap and promote urban economic development. Precise analysis of the front-end of sports ticket pre-sales through computer artificial intelligence technology can effectively improve the quality of the back-end sports products and service supply system, promote the precision services of the sports economy and the integration of related industries, and deepen the supply-side reform of the sports industry. The sports industry in the new era has continued, healthy and rapid development.

Simulation and performance improvement of an industrial steam methane reformer: depreciation and ceramic coating effects

In this work, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) is applied to compare the performance of an industrial reformer furnace in four cases. The first and tenth years of operation are two cases with different emissivity factors and fuel components. The results are validated with industrial data and with other CFD simulation typical plants reported in the SMR literature. The results show that a 10% increase in fuel consumption in the tenth year cannot compensate for all temperature drop in skin tubes, and there is still a 14 K temperature drop, leading to a 5% decrease in hydrogen production in tubes. This is due to the different fuel components of the tenth year compared to the first year. To examine the effect of fuel change more closely, the third case is defined with the fuel components of the tenth year and the emissivity factor of the first year. The comparison of this case with others shows that fuel components have a high effect on system performance. The major reason for efficiency reduction between the first and tenth years correlates to a 50% decline in the wall surface emissivity factor. Finally, in the fourth case, applying a ceramic coating with a high emissivity factor is considered via the CFD model for the reformer in the tenth year. This change leads to an increase of about 19 K in tube temperature in the tenth year, which is 3 K more than that in the first year. It can be concluded that the ceramic coating application in the wall of the refractory of the reformer can reduce 14% fuel consumption and enhance hydrogen production.

DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIONS AT ENTERPRISES OF THE REGION AS A FACTOR OF ENSURING ITS COMPETITIVENESS

The article highlights tools that can boost industrial modernisation to maintain the competitiveness of the region via innovation. These include the establishment of a market for competitive products and services using mechanisms that regulate the procurement of domestic high-tech products for state needs. Additionally, the improvement of mechanisms for partial financing of large innovation projects by the state and private business can stimulate investment in innovation-based industrial modernisation. Incentives for domestic enterprises to purchase modern technologies created by Ukrainian developers can encourage the adoption of innovative solutions. Other tools include the stimulation of industrial reform processes and creation of corporate structures that combine production and scientific and technical activities. These include centres of science and high technologies. Further development of the national innovation system should primarily aim to ensure systematic integration of all its elements and their effective interaction.

Does specialization improve firm efficiency? Evidence from the vertical unbundling reform in the Chinese electricity industry

ABSTRACT Many electricity markets in the world have experienced the vertical unbundling where the generation and transmission sectors were separated from a vertically-integrated monopolistic power company. This restructuring could positively impact the productivity of the firms because of intensified competition and enhanced autonomy but could also negatively aect the productivity because of the loss of synergy and scaled economy. By exploiting the vertical unbundling that took place in China in 2003, this study finds that vertical unbundling increased the labour use of the generation firms and the material use of the transmission firms. Additional investigation reveals that generation firms suffer from an efficiency loss in labour use due to the loss of coordination after vertical unbundling and the transmission firms face an increased transaction cost in acquiring material and bear the additional cost transferred from the efficiency loss of the upstream generation firms. Our findings suggest that benefits of vertical unbundling relative to integration critically hinge on the market structure of the industry.

A comprehensive CFD simulation of an industrial-scale side-fired steam methane reformer to enhance hydrogen production

The present work deals with the CFD simulation of steam methane reforming (SMR) with a view to design and improve the SMR technology. Numerical simulations have been devoted to accurately modeling the primary reformer tube used in major petrochemical industries by employing the kinetic mechanism, standard k-Ɛ turbulence models, and discrete ordinates (DO) radiation model. The developed model has been validated with the available modeling studies on industrial steam methane reforming in the operating condition. Moreover, the effects of some key parameters such as surface heat flux, reformer tube length, reformer tube diameter, steam-to-carbon ratio (S/C), and feed flow rate on the performance of industrial tube reformer have been investigated. Using a suitable sensitivity analysis, the optimal values of these parameters are recommended for the optimal performance of the reformer tube in order to increase hydrogen production in the industrial reformer. Numerical results show that considering the optimal values including surface heat flux of 95 kW·m2, reformer tube length of 11 m, reformer tube diameter of 0.172 m, S/C = 1.6 and feed flow rate of 0.34 kg·s−1 leads to an increase of about 20% in hydrogen production compared to petrochemical industrial data.

Quantum Secure Undeniable Signature for Blockchain-Enabled Cold-Chain Logistics System

Data security and user privacy are two main security concerns in the cold-chain logistics system (CCLS). Many security issues exist in traditional CCLS, destroying data security and user privacy. The digital signature can provide data verification and identity authentication based on the mathematical difficulty problem for logistics data sharing in CCLS. This paper first established a blockchain-enabled cold-chain logistics system (BCCLS) based on union blockchain technology, which can provide secure data sharing among different logistics nodes and guarantee logistics data security with the untampered blockchain ledger. Meanwhile, a lattice-based undeniable signature scheme is designed to strengthen the security of logistics data and user privacy against quantum attacks. This scheme is based on the lattice assumption, which can provide anti-quantum security for BCCLS in the future quantum computer age. It also establishes the undeniable mechanism that guarantees that the actual signer cannot deny a valid signature. Then, security proof shows that this undeniable signature scheme is correct and safe, and an efficiency comparison shows that it is more efficient than other schemes in similar literature. The performance evaluations of transaction throughput and latency show that the proposed BCCLS is efficient and practical. This work can improve the security and efficiency of logistics data management and promote the reform and development of the logistics industry.

НАУКОВІ ДИСКУСІЇ УЧАСНИКІВ ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКОЇ НАУКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНОЇ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ "ПРАВОВІ ПРОБЛЕМИ РАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО ПРИРОДОКОРИСТУВАННЯ, ОХОРОНИ ПРИРОДИ ТА БЕЗПЕЧНОГО ДОВКІЛЛЯ В УКРАЇНІ", ПРИСВЯЧЕНОЇ 100-РІЧЧЮ ВІД ДНЯ НАРОДЖЕННЯ ПРОФЕСОРА В. Л. МУНТЯНА

Background. The article reviews the speeches of the participants of the All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Doctor of Law, Professor Vasyl Luk'yanovych Muntyan, on the topic "Legal problems of rational nature use, nature protection and a safe environment in Ukraine." The event was organized and held jointly by the Department of Land and Agrarian Law and the Department of Environmental Law of the Educational and Scientific Law School of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, October 21, 2022. The purpose of the article is analysis of scientific heritage of Professor Vasyl Luk'yanovych Muntyan, to highlight scientific-theoretical and legal approaches to the further development of environmental, land and agrarian legal research in the context of national environmental as well as land and agrarian policy, taking into account the proposals made by the participants of the conference from the standpoint of current legislation as far as the participation of our state in international and European integration processes is considered. Methods. The methodological basis of the research was the general scientific dialectical method of learning social phenomena in their interrelationship and development, as well as scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, interpretation of legal norms, formal and legal, historical, comparative and legal, prognostic methods etc. Results. The participants of the conference paid attention to the current problems of the development of agrarian, land and environmental law in the context of overcoming the consequences of large-scale russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine and the transition to peaceful development in the future. Proposals were given for improvement of environmental, land, agrarian and natural resources legislation and law enforcement practice, as well as for the development of environmental, land and agrarian legal science in Ukraine through the prism of generational inheritance and scientific heritage of Prof. V. L. Muntyan. In the scientist's research, the concept of rational nature management is embedded as a fundamental principle of environmental law, science and state management. The idea of legal provision of rational nature use meets modern requirements for reforming ecological and legal reality, harmonizing relations between man and nature on the basis of sustainable development and economical use of natural resources, development of Ukraine as a European, legal, social and ecological state, implementation of the constitutional principles of the Ukrainian people's property on land. More than 60 years ago, Prof. V. L. Muntyan actualized the need to solve the problems of wind and water erosion of soils, the negative impact of deforestation on the condition of agricultural lands and careless management; he pointed out the need to adopt the Law on Soil Protection. Conclusions. The need to eliminate fragmentation in further studies of problems of the methodology of development of environmental, land and agrarian law in order to form a system of guarantees of the effectiveness of the law, to determine ways of improving the legislation in the sources of national environmental, land and agrarian policy has been determined. The study and generalization of law enforcement practice will make it possible to evaluate the positive and negative results of the introduction of the principles of sustainable development, the elimination of corruption in the process of land reform, reforms in mining, forestry, water, agriculture, industry and other sectors of economy, ensuring environmental safety, observing and protecting rights human, prevention of negative climate changes. During the martial law and in the reconstruction period – after overcoming the Russian military aggression against our country – the entire legal system should be aimed at building Ukraine as a European, legal, social and ecological state.

The Impact of Cloud Computing and Big Data Technology on Digitalization in Financial Industry

As synthesizer of information technologies, cloud computing and big data produce a profound impact on all walks of life. Therefore, financial industry should tread on the heels of times and explore reform paths. Under the background, this study analyzes how reform of traditional financial industry is affected by cloud computing and big data technology. Moreover, in view of shortcomings of traditional finance, it narrates importance and significance of cloud computing and big data technology. Finally, it proposes application fields and prospects of cloud computing and big data technology in financial industry.

Work-style reform in nuclear industry (6)

Work-style reform in nuclear industry (6)

‘Renewable Energy + Energy Storage’ Business Model Innovation -- An Emerging Sustainable Business Model Innovation

Recent reforms in the power industry include the promotion of ‘dual carbon’ targets, the development of large-scale and high-penetration, renewable energy and grid-connected consumption, and deep integration of digital technology and power services. The ‘renewable energy+energy storage’ combined innovation is the important direction of business model innovation for energy power enterprises. The data-driven, intelligent empowerment, green and low-carbon are all interesting items. This paper analyzed smart green business model innovation for the motivation, essential connotation and basic structure of ‘renewable energy+ energy storage’. Combining application scenarios, analyzing typical cases and practical effects of sustainable business model innovation were analyzed. the mechanism of digital technology empowering smart green energy business model innovation is explored. Finally, the general rules of sustainable business model innovation of smart green energy are summarized. The study will help power enterprises to promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy and help to provide actionable guidance for achieving the goal of ‘double carbon’.

Work-style reform in nuclear industry (4)

Work-style reform in nuclear industry (4)

Work-style reform in nuclear industry (7)

Work-style reform in nuclear industry (7)

Job prospects and labour mobility in China

China's structural changes have brought new challenges to its regional employment structures, entailing labour redistribution. Until now, Chinese migration research with a forward-looking perspective and on bilateral longitudinal determinants at the prefecture city level is almost non-existent. This paper investigates the effects of job prospects on individual migration decisions across prefecture boundaries. To this end, we created proxy variables for wage and employment prospects, introduced reference-dependence to a dynamic discrete choice model, and estimated corresponding empirical specifications with a unique quasi-panel of 66,427 individuals from 283 cities during 1997–2017. To address multilateral resistance to migration resulting from the future attractiveness, we exploited various monadic and dyadic fixed effects. Multilevel logit models and two-step system GMM estimation were adopted for the robustness check. Our primary findings are that a 10% increase in the ratio of sector-based employment prospects in cities of destination to cities of origin raises the probability of migration by 1.281–2.185 percentage points, and the effects tend to be stronger when the scale of the ratio is larger. Having a family migration network causes an increase of approximately 6 percentage points in migratory probabilities. Further, labour migrants are more likely to be male, unmarried, younger, or more educated. Our results suggest that the ongoing industrial reform in China influences labour mobility between cities, providing important insights for regional policymakers to prevent brain drain and to attract relevant talent.

Screen agencies as cultural intermediaries: Delivering gender equality in the film and television sectors?

This article examines the role of national screen agencies in the realisation of an equitable screen sector. Publicly funded screen agencies like Ffilm Cymru Wales, Screen Ireland, Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute) and Hrvatski Audiovizualni Centar (Croatian Audiovisual Centre) directly shape the sector, both on screen and behind the camera. Using interviews with senior decision-makers within several European screen agencies, we critically analyse the logics and practices of these cultural intermediaries in relation to gender equality. We chart how the issue is mediated by screen agencies, including their (in)actions. Alongside formal measures, we observe some staff working in quotidian ways to deliver change through positively leveraging their relationships with the sector. Our research highlights that while most of sampled agencies advocate for gender equality, few recognise ethnicity, socioeconomics, disability or age in their larger policy frameworks, and therefore, questions of intersectionality are rarely addressed formally in institutional approaches. We conclude that for screen agencies to become effective intermediaries for equality, a paradigmatic shift in their logics and working practices would be required. However, this would only represent a first step as wider policy and industrial reform is necessary to redress the exclusionary frames of the screen sector.

Study on the Green Credit’s Impact on Environmental Pollution Control under the Double Carbon Target

Since the Chinese government announced the "double carbon" goal in 2020, carbon pollution has become the most concerned topic of the people and the government. In terms of economy, China has continuously introduced economic policies to achieve carbon reduction targets, among which green credit is one of the most important tools for energy conservation and emission reduction. This paper analyzes carbon emissions of each province after “opinions from Chinese government on Green Credit” in 2007. It finds that carbon emissions of all provinces in China have increased year by year in the past ten years, but the growth rate has decreased year by year. Moreover, this paper develops statistical analysis by Excel, using the green credit level and carbon emissions of each province in 2017. The result shows that the green credit have different impacts in reducing carbon emissions in different province: green credit plays a positive role in reducing emissions in Guangxi, Hainan and some other provinces. However, for Shandong, Jiangsu and some other provinces, green credit is not the only regulatory factor in these regions, regional geographical environment, per capita GDP, industrial reform and other factors may affect the degree of environmental pollution. As a result, this paper also provides suggestions for further promoting green credit’s development.

Spatial Differentiation Patterns of Agricultural Industry Demonstration Towns in China

Industrial prosperity is the foundation of rural revitalization. Taking the 552 agricultural industry demonstration towns (AIDTs) as the research object, this paper explores the spatial layout and influence mechanism of AIDTs in China. The research is of great significance to the layout of China's agricultural industry and the revitalization of the rural agricultural industry. This paper adopts the ArcGIS 10.3 spatial analysis method to reveal the spatial distribution characteristics, density characteristics, spatial complexity, and spatial correlation of AIDTs in China. (1) The spatial distribution of AIDTs tends to be condensed distribution with remarkable spatial differentiation. (2) The kernel density of China's AIDTs is characterized by multiple independent mononuclear centers, secondary centered bands, and sporadic distribution. (3) The AIDTs system is characterized by scaleless areas, significant fractal features, and complexity of spatial structure. (4) The AIDTs belong to positive spatial correlation present different patterns of cold and hot spots with the more concentrated spatial distribution. The research indicates that the spatial distribution pattern of China's AIDTs is highly consistent with the distribution of major grain-producing areas. It is mainly determined by factors such as good natural conditions, convenient water resources, and good regional advantages and continuously implemented agricultural industry reform. With the “three changes” reform (i.e. change resources into assets, funds into shares, and farmers into shareholders) proposed by Liupanshui City in Guizhou Province in March 2015 as a strategy, take the agricultural industry scale development model and adheres to the guidance of the agricultural industry to contribute to rural revitalization. The research results are of essential guiding significance for China's agricultural industry reform, agricultural economic development, rural revitalization, and the characteristics of agricultural industry layout.

Chinese Defense Industry Reforms and Military Firm Performance: Evidence from the Civil—Military Integration Strategy

ABSTRACT In March 2015, the Chinese government initiated an important reform program targeting the defense industry, namely civil–military integration (CMI), with the objectives of introducing military technologies to the civilian market and infusing private capital into military enterprises. On examining this unique exogenous shock in a 2007-2017 sample of Chinese A-share listed firms, we identify the following effects of CMI on military firms’ performance. (1) The market value of military firms significantly increases after the establishment of the CMI policy in 2015 and the market value of military firms is on average 6.682% higher after 2015. (2) This effect is robust to propensity score matching, instrumental regression, alternative measures of corporate market value. (3) The positive impact of CMI on military listed firms’ market value is stronger for firms with lower innovation ability and weaker corporate governance, suggesting that the CMI policy can improve the research and development abilities and ease the agency conflicts of military firms. (4) After 2015, military firms with weaker financial constraints and those located in provinces with lower marketization levels perform better. Overall, offering a micro-perspective on military firms, this paper complements the growing literature on defense economics and clarifies how CMI improves military firms’ performance.

The Money Chase: The Role of Racial Innuendo and Marketized Discourse in Courting Private Dollars

Background/Context: The business and philanthropic sectors have been a persistent force in shaping U.S. schools. Recently, they have used their resources to advance policies that embody newer principles of industry—reforms that suggest that competition, choice, and deregulation can spur improvement and effectiveness. This has most notably included deep investments in the proliferation of charter schools, surfacing questions as to the sector’s reliance on private dollars as well as the equitable and democratic impact of advancing this manifestation of neoliberal reform. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: While scholars have elucidated the role of business and philanthropic funding in promoting charter schools, less is known about how the well-substantiated connections between charters and the private sector have been facilitated or how discourse—the ideas, representations, and argumentation conveyed in acts of communication—is mobilized to create a rationale for support. To date, research has typically examined the discourse and messaging intended for families navigating choice settings. Yet, how these depictions are crafted for donors, who typically inhabit positions of economic and social power and are critical actors in charter growth, remain comparatively less understood. Research Design: This study fills this empirical gap and investigates the tactics used to solicit donor investment by charter management organizations (CMOs). It uses a conceptual framework that synthesizes tenets from the research on neoliberal policy networks and the sociology of race to enable a multifaceted analysis of the discursive tactics used to secure donor support while attending to the often-nuanced ways in which race may be invoked in those efforts. Methodologically, this study follows an embedded case study design to investigate the tactics deployed by a population of CMOs in Northern California and relies on observational and documentary data to examine how CMOs design and execute donor outreach and the resonant messages they aim to elevate. Conclusions/Recommendations: I find that CMOs elevated business-friendly themes related to workforce preparation, impact, and return on investment in their outreach and at times commodified their constituents by offering their labor as exchangeable resources to elevate donor profiles. Simultaneously, CMOs advanced color-evasive discourse, relying on deficit-laden racial narratives to create a reinforcing and complementary rationale for intervention. These findings suggest that CMOs relied on market and racialized logics as the persuasive fodder for donor investment, leaving the economic and racial status quo—and the democratic and equity implications it perpetuates—unchallenged.

Comprehensive evaluation of water ecological environment in watersheds: a case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China.

The Yangtze River Economic Belt, an inland economic zone with global influence, has shown a trend of prosperous economic development in recent years. Economic development, water pollution, resource depletion, and other environmental problems continue to emerge. The steady state of the water ecological environment is an important aspect of ecological security. To investigate the regional water ecological security state, this study constructs a comprehensive evaluation indicator system within the framework of "driving force-carrying source-state-management" (DCSM). The entropy weight method was used to determine the weight of each indicator, and the weighted rank sum ratio model was introduced to classify the water ecological environment of the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2010 to 2019. Finally, an adversarial interpretative structure model is used to refine the ranking of each region. The results show that the bearing state and driving force subsystems are closely related to the water ecological environment. The top three indicators are wastewater discharge of industrial added value of 10,000 yuan, water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial gross product, and water consumption per 10,000 yuan of tertiary gross domestic product. In addition, there are clear differences in the water ecological environment of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The classification results show that Zhejiang and Jiangsu are rated as "excellent''; Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, and Jiangxi are in the "good" level; and Sichuan, Hunan, Chongqing, and Hubei are in the "medium" level. Shanghai is "poor." As a whole, the downstream is superior, the upstream is second, and the midstream is poor in an asymmetric "U"-shaped distribution. During the study period, the overall state of water ecology in the Yangtze River Economic Belt was at a medium level and has not yet reached a safe and steady state. The performance of areas with traditional industrialization as the main development path was poor. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the overall water ecological security in the basin in the future, strengthen the regulatory role of the government's water ecological management, promote reform of traditional industries and resource-based regions, and achieve the sustainable development of the water ecological environment.

FINANCIAL, POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ENERGY REFORMS IN UKRAINE IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD

The main aspects of the energy industry reforms of Ukraine, the destruction of which is currently about 30% were contemplated. It is definitely obvious that before embarking on Ukraine’s energy sector reconstructions processes, it will be necessary to solve financial, political and technical issues in the first place. Possible sources of funding were listed. It is assumed that restoration works will be carried out at the expense of own state funds and funds of own businesses. Assistance is also expected from foreign financial organisations and international financial institutions. Also, private investments, both foreign and national investors, will be no less important. Ukraine and its Western partners are already intensively considering these issues and are taking certain steps in this direction. The legislative provisions and political decisions that must be approved for the successful launch of financing and implementation of the restoration of the energy system of Ukraine were defined. The main obstacles that may arise in the process of attracting investments were considered. Alternatives of the technical implementation of various projects, from the implementation of the concept of green energy to the construction of a network of distributed heating stations using biofuel instead of gas, coal and fuel oil, were analysed. Possible methods of energy accumulation, suitable for use in Ukraine, were studied. Key words: energy system, investments, political decisions, alternative energy, thermal stations, energy accumulation.