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A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Perspective in Managing Smart City Initiatives
Full text linkSmart city implementation encourages problem-solving by linking technology, resources, and institutional aspects. The institutional perspective covers the authority in developing smart city initiatives, including funding, collaboration, and decision-making. This research aims to identify institutional authority and map the level of institutional transformation in managing smart cities. It also identifies the procurement patterns of smart city initiatives used. An exploratory method was used with ten cities across the globe through interactive interviews with smart city managers. The results of this study show that the authority of smart city agencies lies mostly with technology and digitalization agencies. However, internal organizational restructuring is necessary to obtain broad smart city management authority and achieve higher organizational transformation. The procurement model of smart city initiatives shows public-private partnership (PPP), followed by conventional procurement and operational contracts. However, minimal funding of smart city initiatives from other sources was found. This research exploration shows the Public Services Agency (PSA) as a form of semi-autonomous agency that enables smart city management and has business schemes as another source of revenu
Industry 4.0 Analysis as Differentiating Factor in Innovation: The Case of an Automotive Industry Using Technology with Optical Sensors to Optimize the Visibility in Cars
Full text linkAn investigation was made in an automotive industry considered as industry 4.0 in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, which is the northwest zone of the Mexican Republic, evaluating optical sensors to optimize the visibility in cars, as the internet of things (IOT) process, to improve the productivity and quality yielding in the manufacturing areas of this industry evaluated. The main objective of this scientific study was the analysis of the operational yielding of electronic sensors used in the industrial operations to count, control and obtain and safeguarding numerical data of parameters of the sensors evaluated as numerical in a data base in a cloud and in a computer system, as an innovation technology. This investigation shows also a correlation analysis of the implementation of innovation system in industrial process of the industry where was made the scientific study, with the evaluation of the operative yielding as innovation with the productivity and quality indices. The correlation analysis was made with the Spearmen method. This was made to determine the levels of impact on the functionality of these electronic sensors on the productivity and quality indices that led to the economic profit factor, as an aspect of innovation, technology and economy in this evaluated industry. The evaluations were with the MatLab software, using statistical methods as the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient and the Spearmen used to evaluate the reliability of the instrument as a questionnaire, with five managers of the industry evaluated about the use of these electronic sensors. The principal objective of this investigation was to determine the principal reason to use the industry 4.0 tools as IOT to improve industrial process in an automotive industry that is a relevant industry in the worldwide. Results shows the importance of the use of this type of industry 4.0 tool
Indice de estimación temprana del producto interno bruto del sector agrícola usando Google News y Google Trends
No full textFacing challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, statistical production increasingly relies on non-traditional data sources for timely and accurate information. In this regard, The National Statistical Office of Colombia (DANE, by its acronym in Spanish) initiated a project, supported by the Statistics Advisory Council, to develop an early estimator for the Colombian agricultural sector. This paper presents the results for the implementation of a Ridge model and Zero Shot Classification to estimate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the agricultural sector, leveraging Google News and Google Trends. Results reveal that these alternative sources offer valuable insights into economic trends. Combining machine learning techniques with Nowcasting methods yielded precise projections. The Ridge method demonstrated the lowest estimation error, providing an early GDP indicator for the agricultural sector of 8,188 billion Colombian pesos for 2022 Q2, 30 days ahead of official publication.La Oficina Nacional de Estadística de Colombia (DANE) ha estructurado un proyecto con el apoyo de los miembros del Consejo Asesor de Estadística para desarrollar una metodología para calcular un estimador temprano del sector agrícola colombiano utilizando Google News y Google Trends, como una fuente alternativa de información. Este documento describe la estrategia propuesta seguida por el DANE para obtener un estimador temprano del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB). Para el cálculo del indicador descrito, se combinó el uso de la Clasificación de Cero Disparos para analizar la información de texto recopilada de las dos fuentes descritas en los últimos 17 años, con la implementación de un modelo Ridge para estimar el PIB del sector agrícola para el caso de Colombia. Los resultados para el sector agrícola en Colombia indican que las fuentes alternativas de Google Trends y Google News proporcionan información invaluable para predecir tendencias en el comportamiento económico de un sector dado. A su vez, la combinación de técnicas de aprendizaje automático como redes neuronales con técnicas de Nowcasting arrojó un resultado positivo con altos niveles de ajuste y precisión de la proyección de los indicadores en comparación con los métodos convencionales
Investigation of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Digital Transformation: Achieving Business Success in Uncertain Economic Conditions
Full text linkIn an uncertain economic situation marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic growth is difficult to predict, people\u27s purchasing power is falling, and many companies have collapsed. However, some small business actors can survive and thrive. They carry out various innovations, strategies, and actions according to the situation, including digital transformation. This study investigates the role of culinary sector entrepreneurial leaders in digital transformation and their impact on business success. The research uses a confirmatory survey method. Research objects are the leaders of small businesses in the culinary field in Bandung, Indonesia. The number of samples is 168 culinary entrepreneurs, and the samples are collected through snowball sampling. The results of the study show that entrepreneurial leadership has a positive effect on business success and corporate digital transformation. Digital transformation also has a positive influence on business success. Simultaneously, entrepreneurial leadership and digital transformation positively affect business success. The role of entrepreneurial leaders is not only in business success but also in dominant changes in company operations, such as the use of digital technology
FACTORES DE DESEMPEÑO FINANCIERO Y RECURSOS TECNOLÓGICOS EN LA GESTIÓN EMPRESARIAL DE LAS EMPRESAS TURÍSTICAS.
No full textEl turismo está experimentando un crecimiento estancado; sin embargo, la disminución de los costos de transporte y el desarrollo tecnológico pueden hacerlo más dinámico e impactante a nivel mundial. El propósito del estudio fue evaluar dos destinos turísticos en México, uno en el noroeste y otro en el sur; y con ello, establecer la asociación entre los factores de desempeño financiero y los recursos tecnológicos en la gestión estratégica del sector turístico. En el método se utilizó estadística no paramétrica. Los resultados muestran que las empresas turísticas que presentaron un desempeño financiero sistemático y un uso eficiente de los recursos tecnológicos generaron mayores oportunidades de crecimiento y capacidad para enfrentar la competencia, en contraste con aquellas que no presentaron adecuadamente sus estados financieros
Enhancing Business Innovation: A Review of the Impact of Design Methods
Full text linkThe use of design methods for innovation in business models has gained popularity recently. Despite interest in the business sector, there are still gaps in literature research on their potential to aid business applications and challenges. To understand how design methods enhance business model innovation, this study examines design research on business model innovation. We review researchers\u27 work on design thinking for business model innovation, identifying five research themes: technological differentiation, innovation adoption in business, transforming ideas into innovative concepts, evaluating design\u27s influence on new strategies, and assessing the role of designers in driving business innovation. We also investigate factors impacting design methods\u27 effectiveness, such as organizational culture, resources, capabilities, industry dynamics, competition, and regulations. In conclusion, we emphasize considering design research\u27s social and situational nature to apply it to the co-evolution of tech products, services, and models. This literature review provides a valuable resource for future researchers and practitioners interested in using these concepts in business innovation, regardless of expertise in design, organizational research, or business innovation management
The Moderating Influence of Government Policy on The Innovation Capability-Competitiveness Relationship in Food SMES
Full text linkFood Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia have low competitiveness but receive less attention in innovation research. This study aims to analyze the relationship between innovation capability and competitiveness of food SMEs and to analyze the role of government policies in strengthening that relationship during the Covid-19 pandemic. Data were collected using an online questionnaire from food SMEs in Malang Regency. There were 162 returned and valid questionnaires for analysis. The results of the study prove that innovation capability was strongly related to the competitiveness of food SMEs. Government policies through training, credit, and marketing strengthen the relationship between product innovation and competitiveness, while it weakening the relationship between process innovation and the competitiveness of food SMEs. The Covid-19 pandemic is an externality factor that hinders resource mobility so that the production process is reduced which in turn has a negative impact on the competitiveness of food SMEs
Individual’s Core Competences in the Innovation Process: A Proposal of Personality Profiles Required in Each Innovation Stage
Full text linkModels of the innovation process, such as open innovation, lean innovation, disruptive innovation, and others, have been developed these last years to improve organizational innovation. However, limited studies exist focused on identifying the individual’s competences related to the stages of the innovation process, even though, they (the individual competences) have been considered the starting point of the innovation process and are part of the different factors that could impact favourable outcome of those models. This study aims then to identify the individual’s core competences of the leaders of the innovation process, required to efficiently handle the specificities of each innovation stage. The importance of this proposal is strengthened by the fact that by understanding its competences (skills, traits, and behaviors) within the innovation process, the human capital could be strategically placed, trained, and optimize it impact. It has the potential to significantly enhance the innovation performance of an organization
The Interaction Between Cooperatives and Startups. : A Qualitative Comparative Analysis in the Context of Open Innovation
Full text linkLarge corporations have aimed to establish partnerships with startups to turn them into drivers of corporate innovation. Lately, collaboration initiatives with startups have multiplied, but this interaction has received little attention from organizational studies. This article aims to fill in this gap by identifying the determining elements of the interaction between cooperatives and startups in the context of open innovation. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was conducted with representatives of credit cooperatives and Brazilian startups. The results led to five constructs of interaction for innovation between credit cooperatives and startups – objective, decision-making, relationship, knowledge flows, and experience. The conditions required for open innovation in this context, resulting from the QCA analysis, were pointed out, and a leading framework of collaboration between credit cooperatives and startups was proposed based on the constructs identified. These results might assist cooperatives and startups involved in open innovation initiatives
Environmental Disclosure in Brazilian Public Universities
Full text linkHigher Education Institutions (HEIs) are planning their actions with a focus on sustainability in order to stimulate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Therefore, this study aimed to identify the sustainable practices of Brazilian public universities based on the disclosure of information from the 2018 Management Report. The Management Reports of 63 public universities were analyzed. Therefore, as universities have environmental actions and practices, however, they need to align with the 2030 Agenda. The analysis of Environmental Evidence helps to understand the \u27green\u27 practices of universities and allows organizations to be a reference for other universities that wish to implement practices environmental