Technology Companies Research Articles

Impact from a Financial Perspective on Retailing, Luxury, and Technological Companies that COVID-19 Caused and How It Continues

Impact from a Financial Perspective on Retailing, Luxury, and Technological Companies that COVID-19 Caused and How It Continues

A comprehensive review on smart and sustainable agriculture using IoT technologies

The article provides a comprehensive review of the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture, along with its advantages and disadvantages. However, it's important to recognize that IoT holds immense potential for generating new ideas that could drive innovations in modern agriculture and address several challenges faced by farmers today. Applications such as smart irrigation, precision farming, crop and soil tracking, smart greenhouses, supply chain management, livestock monitoring, agricultural drones, pest and disease prevention, and farm machinery are among the areas considered for IoT implementation in agriculture by this paper. These innovative solutions have the potential to revolutionize farming practices, improve efficiency, reduce resource wastage, and ultimately enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability. The analysis examines each application in terms of its utility and outlines measures necessary to enhance its effectiveness. Key considerations include addressing connectivity issues, managing costs, ensuring data security and privacy, scaling solutions appropriately, effectively managing data, and promoting awareness and adoption of IoT tools. Despite these challenges, IoT offers numerous benefits to the agricultural sector. The paper underscores the importance of collaboration among farmers, IoT technology companies, academia, and policymakers to address these issues and fully harness the potential of IoT. To achieve this goal, ongoing research, development, and acceptance of IoT-driven solutions are essential to sustain agriculture as a viable option amidst emerging challenges such as climate change and resource scarcity.

Cracking the Code

With the expanding reach of the Internet of Things, information security threats are increasing, including from the very professionals tasked with defending against these threats. This study identified factors impacting information security behavior among these individuals. Protection motivation theory and the theory of planned behavior were employed along with work-related organizational factors as a theoretical framework. Data were collected through a survey of 595 information security professionals working in Saudi information technology companies. Structural equational modeling was used to analyze the data. Threat susceptibility, threat severity, self-efficacy, response cost, fear attitude, behavioral control, subjective norms, and organizational commitment were found to play a significant role in information security protection motivation and behavior, while job satisfaction did not.

BEYOND THE NUMBERS: THE INTERVENTION OF INNOVATION ORIENTATION BETWEEN THE USE OF THE BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE IN BRAZILIAN ICT COMPANIES

This study examined the effect of diagnostic and interactive use of budget on organizational performance mediated by innovation orientation. This was a quantitative and descriptive research in which a survey was carried out with managers of Information and Communication Technology companies. According to the results, the use of the budget does not seem to have a direct relationship with organizational performance, as the relationship was no non-significant. Furthermore, the results suggest that innovation orientation has a positive impact on organizational performance and intervenes positively in the relationship between the interactive use of the budget and organizational performance. The work contributes to budgetary research and innovation, fostering an organizational culture that values both efficiency and the capacity for adaptation and renewal, in addition to guiding managers in the search for best management practices to deal with the dynamism present in the innovative environment.

Analisis Eksplorasi Strategi Perusahaan Dalam Menghadapi Disrupsi Digital Di Era Industri 6.0: Studi Kasus Pada PT. Aneka Tambang Tbk

This qualitative research explores the strategies implemented by PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTAM) in facing digital disruption in the industrial era 6.0. By using a case study approach and involving 10-15 key participants from ANTAM management, this research reveals the company's comprehensive digital transformation efforts. Data collection methods include in-depth interviews, participant observation, document analysis, and literature review. The main strategies implemented include the implementation of digital technology such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, automation and robotics in mining operations; digital human resource development; transformation of organizational culture that supports innovation; as well as strategic partnerships and collaborations with technology companies, start-ups and research institutions. ANTAM also pays great attention to aspects of cyber security and data protection. The research results show that digital transformation has a positive impact on increasing operational efficiency, productivity, cost savings, work safety, new product development, as well as the competitiveness and sustainability of ANTAM's business. This research provides valuable insights for companies in the mining sector and related industries in formulating effective digital transformation strategies.

Green leadership and competitive advantage: The role of mediation from knowledge management and talent management

This research aims to analyze the impact of green leadership on competitive advantage through the mediating roles of knowledge management and talent management. In the context of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0), where technology companies worldwide have international ramifications on innovation, sustainability issues, and environmental impacts such as carbon emissions, e-waste, and natural resource extraction that garner global attention, we chose technology companies in Indonesia as a model. Data was collected using an e-questionnaire, distributed to company managers, and then analyzed using SEM-AMOS. The research results demonstrate that green leadership does not have a direct influence on competitive advantage but rather exerts an indirect influence through knowledge management and talent management. These findings strengthen the view that sustainable strategy must be an essential part of an organization's efforts to achieve competitive advantage.

UTILIZATION OF ROBOTS IN INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE

Engineering companies, which are concerned with manufacturing activities in forming and welding technologies, consider with such a degree of an automation of the production process that will bring production improvement, lower production time and also economic benefits with return of investment. In the present time, businesses depend on a market economy conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to design production systems as very flexible with easy response to changes in a product range. In forming and welding technologies, which belong mostly to an area of wasteless technologies, an application of systems with a certain level of intelligence means a wide use of robots that replace the physical potential of people. They have a positive effect on a production quality and also on an ecology. [Hasse 2020]

Application of Innovations in Technical and Technological Updating of Ensuring the Security of Employees Databases of Engineering Enterprises: A Parallel-Vertical Approach to Optimizing Personnel Management

The main purpose of the article is to present a modern method of parallel-vertical data security, which, thanks to the counting of units in the i-th input bit slice and the parallel formation of the i-th bit slice of a sorted array of numbers, reduces the protection time. The object of the study is the personnel database of an engineering company. The research methodology involves the use of parallel sorting methods for the development of technical and technological means for ensuring the security of data arrays, methods for parallel search for maximum and minimum values for the development of hardware and software tools for searching for maximum and minimum values. The practical aspect of the obtained results lies in the development of technologies for parallel sorting and retrieval of data in real time with high efficiency in the use of equipment. A hardware structure is presented for simultaneous parallel-vertical search for maximum and minimum numbers to increase the speed of ensuring the security of personnel databases. The innovativeness of the results obtained lies in the schematic representation of the proposed approach to application. The diagrams themselves are the author's vision. The structure of a parallel-flow device for ensuring the security of a two-dimensional array of numbers using the displacement method is presented. In our opinion, such a technical-technological update will serve as an innovation in the context of the security of personnel databases of an engineering company.

ESG Effect on the Corporate Value of Technology Companies

Abstract Since ESG investment becoming popular, many researchers investigate ESG effect on the corporate value and found positive relationship between ESG activities and the corporate value. However, there are few research which focused ESG effect on the corporate value for technology companies. In this research historical prices of Japanese ESG focused companies were compared to Japanese total market and it was concluded that ESG have positive effect on the corporate value. In addition, historical prices of Japanese ESG focused technology companies were compared to Japanese total technology companies and it was concluded that ESG have positive effect on the corporate value of technology companies. Lastly the effect on the corporate value of Japanese technology companies was compared to the effect on the corporate value of Japanese total market and it was concluded that ESG performance provide more positive effect on the corporate value of Japanese technology companies compared to Japanese total market.

The valorization of interactions. Gift exchange, power and value creation on digital platforms

Technology companies are often worth billions, but they still must make their money through advertising. The research literature on the value creation of data-driven platform companies often refers to the expropriation of data or the exploitation of users. This article proposes a relational approach to the understanding of value creation on digital platforms such as social media channels or free internet services. To this end, it combines Marxian and anthropological value theory. Accordingly, the interactions of platform users are understood as asymmetrical practices of gift exchange. This exchange of digital gifts forms the condition of production for the value creation of internet platforms, and is reproduced continuously by their asymmetrical field of interaction. Here it is not the individual who is exploited, but rather the community of those who interact in a particular field. This condition is anchored in these platforms’ terms and conditions, which stipulate that users share their data not only with each other, but also with the company, thereby enabling a three-step process of data commodification by the platform. First, the data are appropriated as use values by the platforms in order to optimize their own services. Subsequently, a secondary commodification takes place, which, unlike other value creation processes, is decoupled from the use value of the data. Third, there is a process of cybernetization, in which the ability to influence users is sold to third parties as a commodity.

Corporate Governance Status of the IT Companies Listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange

Abstract The paper presents the corporate governance status for the information technology (IT) companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange for 2022, the most recent year for which the companies’ annual reports are available. The paper is part of the authors’ research series which focuses on SMEs from the Romanian IT sector, as one of the most dynamic sectors with growth perspectives nationally. Corporate governance is essential for the business success and sustainability of any company. It provides a framework made of principles, processes and practices for a company to be directed and controlled. In general, it covers aspects of efficiency and accountability for the board of directors, shareholders, management, statutory committees and control systems. For listed companies, these aspects are complemented by regulatory compliance, disclosure and transparency, as well as stakeholders’ engagement. The research is based on a content analysis supplied by Bucharest Stock Exchange, the reports of the IT listed companies and local and international financial institutions. The corporate governance status of the listed companies and the sector overall is determined by using the provisions of the Bucharest Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Codes for the main market and junior SMEs market (called AeRO) and analyzing, through a binary analysis, the annual comply or explain statements of the listed companies. Results show that IT listed companies on the Bucharest Stock Exchange comply with the majority of the provisions of the Corporate Governance Code, even though certain gaps need to be addressed.

Artificial intelligence for choosing an agile method

Agile methods are widely known in different companies, including information technology (IT) companies. They appeared intending to solve the problems of traditional methods while proposing an iterative and incremental cycle. These methods consist of four values and the twelve principles agreed upon in 2001 in a Manifesto. However, each method holds singularities from which it is difficult to choose one to adopt in different project cases. The selection of the method to adopt positively or negatively affects the final product following the criteria of the project and the personnel. Project experts must research and compare methods manually to make a choice, a thing that drains time, which is a key factor in project realization. Currently, there is no intelligent system or model that allows choosing the agile method to adopt for such a project. For this purpose, artificial intelligence (AI) techniques will be used to develop a Chatbot that allows reaching the aim. This Chatbot will be developed based on a decision tree model that will be proposed from an experimental study.

Hypetex wins government backing for colored flax fiber

On May 22, 2024, British technology company Hypetex was awarded a significant grant from Innovate UK to develop the world’s first technical colored flax fiber, which should have applications in the sustainable manufacturing of cars, boats and other products that are usually made with carbon fiber.

Регулирование цифровых платформ в Бразилии: политический контекст согласования новых законов

Brazil is a major market and both the G20 and BRICS member. It is particularly important to analyse Brazil’s positionon digital platforms and markets regulation in the context of its G20 Presidency, where since the beginning of the year ithas been trying to agree on common solutions to regulate digital platforms, especially in the aspect of content moderationand the fight against fake news. The fight against misinformation and hate speech is one of the central themes of Brazil’s2024 G20 presidency programme, which aims to ensure the integrity of information in the digital environment. Accordingto Brazilian officials, preventing the spread of misinformation requires action on four directions: guaranteeing regulationby holding digital platforms responsible for the dissemination of illegal and harmful content, implementing media educationstrategies, strengthening professional journalism, and expanding public policies aimed at disseminating correct informationto the public.The aim of this article is to identify Brazil’s main priorities in digital platforms regulation. Project laws dedicatedto the regulation of digital platforms are analyzed, as well as the political context of their submission and consideration,because they were proposed during and following the 2018 and 2022 electoral campaigns. Coordinating positions with Brazilon the regulation of digital platforms may help to better address the interests of developing countries, as well as marketswhere large technology companies play a significant role but are subject to the laws of other jurisdictions

The Influence of Recruitment Strategy, Employee Morale, and Compensation Packages on Talent Acquisition in Technology Companies in Indonesia

This study examines the effect of recruitment strategy, employee morale, and compensation package on talent acquisition in technology companies in Indonesia through a quantitative analysis. Data were collected from 150 employees using a structured questionnaire, and analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Partial Least Squares (PLS). The results indicate significant positive relationships between recruitment strategy, employee morale, compensation package, and talent acquisition. Effective recruitment strategies, positive employee morale, and competitive compensation packages are crucial for attracting and retaining top talent in the technology sector. The findings provide practical implications for organizations to optimize talent acquisition practices and enhance organizational performance in the digital age.

La Tecnología en la Educación a Distancia: Revisión de Progresos y Obstáculos a Superar

Distance education has advanced significantly thanks to technologies, providing flexibility and accessibility on a global level. This article reviews the literature to analyze these advances and persistent challenges, focusing on online learning platforms, communication tools, digital educational resources, and emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. Despite the benefits, significant challenges remain, such as the digital divide and the need for digital skills training for teachers and students. The review identifies strategies to overcome these obstacles, including government policies, innovations in instructional design, and collaboration between educational institutions and technology companies. These collaborations facilitate access to advanced technologies and develop customized solutions that improve educational quality. The discussion underscores the importance of continually evaluating program quality and implementing a multifaceted approach to ensure equitable access and effective learning. In conclusion, although distance education has made considerable progress, it is crucial to address the remaining challenges through effective policies, infrastructure investments, and ongoing training programs to maximize its potential and ensure inclusive, high-quality education.

Stress level and stress management ability among the professionals of information technology in Chennai

Stress level and Stress management is a current issue faced by information technology (IT) professionals. In this condition, information technology (IT) professionals handle their stress level and stress management level through the emotional and intellectual commitment to a group or organization that results in conduct that will assist a company in keeping its promises to improve the workers and, in turn, business outcomes. Information technology (IT) is currently dealing with new difficulties and problems relating to employee stress level and stress management level. The software industry has a high-stress level because of the nature of the work, the goals, the successes, the night shift, and the excessive workload. However, stress frequently has a negative connotation, and this part of stress is referred to as distress. Therefore, in front of other issues, the streel level and stress management level will be playing a major role in information technology (IT) companies. For this study, the researcher determines the stress level and stress management level ability among information technology (IT) professionals. A few information technology (IT) experts in Chennai were surveyed to use a standardized questionnaire to get the primary data. Materials from primary sources, such as books, journals, articles, newspapers, etc., were used to assess secondary data. The research provides valuable insights for the companies to understand the relationship between stress level and stress management and how this level of stress management will affect the employees.

The Impact of Digital Financial Services on Financial Inclusion: A Panel Data Regression Method

This paper delves into the intricate relationship between digital financial services (DFS), traditional payment methods (TPM), economic factors, and demographic variables in a quest to enhance financial inclusion. Panel data regression models were employed to analyse the data encompassing credit card access, borrowing, mobile money accounts, electronic payments, and economic and demographic factors. The findings underscore the pivotal role of digital financial services in promoting financial inclusion, particularly mobile money accounts and electronic payments. These services offer cost-effective and efficient alternatives to traditional banking, facilitating greater economic participation. Furthermore, the study reveals the influence of conventional payment methods, with suggestive continuing relevance on a long run. Economic and demographic factors such as age, income, education, and gender emerge as crucial determinants of financial inclusion, emphasising the need for tailored strategies in diverse population segments. Overall, the results are promising with demonstrable statistically significant evidence in the approach to financial inclusion, leveraging digital innovations while addressing various economic factors and demographic groups' needs. The approach seems to guarantee a more equitable, accessible and efficient global financial system to foster economic growth and societal well-being. Thus, the output in this paper will be economically useful to financial institutions, modern digital technology companies and further researchers who aimed to continuously adapt and improve the approach to financial inclusion.

Modern challenges in the management of innovative projects in technology companies in the turbulent environment of digital technologies

In today’s rapidly changing digital landscape, technology companies face unprecedented challenges in managing innovative projects in an environment of constant turbulence. This article examines the complex dynamics of innovation in technology firms in the context of the rapid evolution of digital technologies. It identifies the key challenges faced by project managers, including the need to adapt to breakthrough technologies, meet rapidly changing market demands, and foster a culture of innovation in organizations. Based on an extensive literature review and empirical evidence, this study reveals the complexities of managing innovative projects in a turbulent digital environment. It discusses strategies to reduce risks, increase project flexibility, and facilitate collaboration between different teams. Analyzing these problems, this article aims to provide valuable information and practical recommendations to technology companies seeking to effectively manage innovative projects in an era of rapid development of digital technologies. By understanding in detail the current landscape of technological innovation, organizations can develop adaptive strategies to address the challenges of digital turbulence and capitalize on emerging opportunities for growth and competitiveness.

When and how does e-HRM optimize communication pace and processing time?

PurposeThis study aims investigate the effects of electronic human resource management (e-HRM) on communication pace and processing time reduction through the mediation of organizational agility. The study also investigates the moderating role of technological attitude (TA) on the relationship between e-HRM and organizational agility.Design/methodology/approachThe data was collected from 331 information and communication technology (ICT) companies – one respondent from each company working in the Human Resource Management (HRM) department. The data was analyzed through the partial least square structural equational model (PLS-SEM) using WarpPLS7.0 software to test the study’s hypotheses.FindingsWe found that e-HRM has positive significant effects on communication pace and processing time reduction through the mediation of organizational agility. Furthermore, TA is found to be positively moderating the relationship between e-HRM and organizational agility.Research limitations/implicationsThe study adds significant value to the existing knowledge base on e-HRM by providing empirical insights about the role of e-HRM in optimizing the communication pace and processing time of today’s businesses.Practical implicationsThe study also provides invaluable insights to practitioners to replace conventional HR systems with e-HRM to better perform HR functions by optimizing communication pace and processing time in the current fast-paced era.Originality/valueE-HRM has become an issue of great significance in the contemporary corporate landscape to improve operational efficiency. Despite its widespread adoption in the corporate world, empirical evidence on e-HRM, particularly on its consequences, is still inconclusive.