Wide Variety Of New Technologies Research Articles

The Business and Accounting Technology Innovation for Better Firm Performance: A Case of Malaysian Firms

Business and Accounting Technology innovation can play a significant role in enhancing economic growth and has the potential to bring about change and create opportunities for every business Within the introduction of a wide variety of new technologies during the fourth industrial revolution, therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of business innovation, technology orientation and Accounting technological innovation capabilities on firm performance in the Malaysian firms. To achieve this objective 337 sample responses were collected from the business managers of Malaysian firms related to technology and innovation using the purposive sampling technique. Furthermore, this study has used explanatory purpose because of the reason that it gives effective and enhanced understanding PLS-SEM was employed for data analysis using Smart-PLS version 3.2.8. The results have shown that business innovation and technology orientation have a significantly positive effect on technology innovation capability while accounting technology innovation capability has a positive significant effect on firm performance. Implications are the Managers needs to be more aware regarding OI and TICs and how these two processes simultaneously can affect the firm performance. In addition, managers can easily use OI to develop their skills, methods, and innovation aspects. The managers are recommended to provide employees a creative environment and motivate employees to work in an open environment so that it can increase the accounting technological innovation capabilities.
 
 Received: 3 August 2021 / Accepted: 7 October 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

New Industrialization and Trends in Modernization of Belarusian Industry

A meaningful characteristic of modern industrial production is given and prospects for the modernization of the Belarusian industry through new industrialization are identified in the paper. In this regard, the objectives of the study have been determined: to consider modern concepts of the transformation of economic systems under the influence of technological progress, to substantively characterize the new industrialization, including to describe the technological and organizational features of the new intentional production, to identify its distinctive features, to determine the prospects for using the concept of new industrialization for modernization of the Belarusian industry. The methodological basis was the general scientific methods and principles of сognition, namely: the method of deduction and induction, the method of comparative analysis, historical approach. The author considers the new industrialization as an economic structure that has developed as a result of the spread of digital technologies in a modern socially-oriented, predominantly market economy. The technological basis of the new industrial production is cyber-physical production systems that operate through the industrial Internet of things, the Internet of services and network mechanisms of interaction between all participants in the value added chain. The development of digital production and digital services entails the digitalization of business models. The result is flexible, adaptive, individualized industrial production through the triad of digital production, digital services and digital business models. When modernizing the Belarusian industrial complex, aimed at developing high-tech and knowledge-intensive industrial production and increasing the efficiency of traditional industries through the use of a wide variety of new technologies, the priority should be the comprehensive digitalization of production, services and business models.

Virtual and Augmented Realities in Nursing Education: State of the Science.

The use of simulation in nursing education is an integrated part of the curriculum and has demonstrated the benefit for learning in nursing students at all levels. The next stage in simulation-based learning will utilize the wide variety of new technologies that are currently available, including virtual and augmented reality. The use of these new technologies brings with it a need for standard definitions, evaluation of its impact on learning, and new opportunities for research. Efforts are underway to standardized definitions and publish early findings on research using these new technologies. There are many opportunities available for nursing educators to create a new era of simulation-based learning methodologies by incorporating virtual and augmented realities in their curriculum. The state of the science is showing promising outcomes and commercial products are maturing.The utilization of these new technologies should be approached in the same way as other learning methodologies as many new ideas and ways of learning are emerging in this area. It will be critical for nursing educators and faculty to determine the optimal ways to utilize them.

Epistemology of Research on Radiation and Matter: a Structural View

AbstractThe modern understanding of radiation got its start in 1895 with X-rays discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen, followed in 1896 by Henri Becquerel’s discovery of radioactivity. The development of the study of radiation opened a vast field of research concerning various disciplines: chemistry, physics, biology, geology, sociology, ethics, etc. Additionally, new branches of knowledge were created, such as atomic and nuclear physics that enabled an in-depth knowledge of the matter. Moreover, during the historical evolution of this body of knowledge a wide variety of new technologies was emerging. This article seeks to analyze the characteristics of experimental research in radioactivity and microphysics, in particular the relationship experience-theory. It will also be emphasized that for more than two decades, since the discovery of radioactivity, experiments took place without the theory being able to follow experimental dynamics. Some aspects identified as structural features of scientific research in the area of radiation and matter will be addressed through historical examples. The inventiveness of experiments in parallel with the emergence of quantum mechanics, the formation of teams and their relationship with technology developed from the experiments, as well as the evolution of microphysics in the sense of “Big Science” will be the main structural characteristics here focused. The case study of research in radioactivity in Portugal that assumes a certain importance and has structural characteristics similar to those of Europe will be presented.

The Effect of Innovation Capability on Business Performance: A Focus on IT and Business Service Companies

With the introduction of a wide variety of new technologies during the fourth industrial revolution, companies in Korea have attempted to enhance their innovation activities, which include investment in new technology adoption, technical and non-technical innovation factors, and Research & Development (R&D) activity, to ensure the development and growth of their business performance and sustainability. In particular, IT and business services, two important industries in Korea, have been impacted by the development of new technology and have sought to adopt new technologies as soon as possible to survive in a rapidly changing business environment. The aim of our study is to empirically explore the effect of innovation activities on the performance of Korean IT and business service companies. To achieve this aim, we examine the innovation activities and business performance of 160 companies (80 large companies and 80 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)) in the IT and business service industries in Korea from 2009 to 2017. This study empirically analyzes panel data using fixed effect and random effect models with Hausman tests. According to our results, an improvement in product innovation has a positive impact on business performance (i.e., revenue and labor productivity) in both large companies and SMEs, as does R&D investment, research resources, and company age. However, an improvement in process innovation only has a positive impact on the business performance of large companies, and R&D cooperation only has a positive impact on the business performance of SMEs. As a result, both large companies and SMEs should concentrate on technological innovations to improve their sustainability and thus ensure their success in the long term.

The innovation journey: you can't control it, but you can learn to maneuver it

Our Minnesota Innovation Research Program and other studies have found that a common set of issues are encountered while the innovation journey unfolds in the development of a wide variety of new technologies, products, programs, and services. These issues challenge the belief that managers or entrepreneurs can control the innovation journey. However, managers and entrepreneurs can increase their odds of success by developing and practicing skills in learning, leading, relating, and cycling through the innovation journey.

Fall detectors: a review of the literature

PurposeThe aim of this review is to explore recent literature regarding the development of fall detector technology as part of a service evaluation on the use of fall detectors across the region funded by NHS West Midlands. It also aims to explore the application and the use of products designed to detect falls and alert for help from end‐user and health and social care staff perspectives.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive review of the literature of the last ten years was conducted, search terms were used to identify relevant literature from research databases and the main themes from the literature were summarised. This work was carried out to inform a service evaluation of the use of fall detectors across the West Midlands region and was funded by NHS West Midlands.FindingsIt was found that whilst there are a wide variety of new technologies regarding fall detectors in development, the range of technologies currently available through health and social services to users are limited. Health and social care staff appear to be less convinced of the benefits of fall detectors than end‐users. There was also a lack of robust evidence regarding different approaches to technology in the management and detection of falls. Users had mixed views regarding the use of fall detectors, with some people having concerns about privacy, lack of human contact, user‐friendliness and appropriate training, whilst others clearly identified the benefits of detecting falls and raising an alert. The implications of these findings for practice are discussed.Originality/valueThis paper will be of value to those working in falls services, telecare or industry partners developing fall detector technology.

Military Technology and the Arms Trade: Changes and their Impact

Revolutionary changes now taking place in the technology of war may have a significant impact on the character of the international trade in arms. Some analysts argue that a Military Technical Revolution is now under way, as military organizations begin exploiting a wide variety of new technologies through organizational adaptation and doctrinal innovation. The result will be fundamental change in the ways wars are fought, just as the blitzkrieg and the aircraft carrier revolutionized warfare following World War I. Among the significant new technologies often identified are information systems, including advanced sensors, communications, and data processing, long-range precision guided weapons, and advanced simulation techniques. If these views are correct, the international trade in arms will undergo a fundamental transformation. While specialized defense hardware will remain, dual-use equipment will become increasingly central to the performance of advanced military forces. As a result, it will become more difficult to track the implications of trade in defense-related hardware simply by monitoring transfers of major weapons systems.

Uses of Technology for Mathematics Assessment and Instruction: Reflection on a Decade of Innovations

Innovations in special education technology throughout the 1980s have been most pronounced in the area of mathematics. Largely because of federal funding, development and research has been conducted with a wide variety of new technologies, particularly in the areas of assessment and effective instructional programs. A pervasive theme throughout these efforts has been the use of an information processing framework for understanding the problems special education students exhibit as they learn mathematics. Automaticity, conceptual development, and cognitive modeling have been key areas of research. The authors look forward to the next decade with the hope that these technologies will be used increasingly by practitioners.