New Trends in Development of Services in the Modern Economy

The services sector strategic development unites a multitude of economic and managerial aspects and is one of the most important problems of economic management. Many researches devoted to this industry study are available. Most of them are performed in the traditional aspect of the voluminous calendar approach to strategic management, characteristic of the national scientific school. Such an approach seems archaic, forming false strategic benchmarks. The services sector is of special scientific interest in this context due to the fact that the social production structure to the services development model attraction in many countries suggests transition to postindustrial economy type where the services sector is a system-supporting sector of the economy. Actively influencing the economy, the services sector in the developed countries dominates in the GDP formation, primary capital accumulation, labor, households final consumption and, finally, citizens comfort of living. However, a clear understanding of the services sector as a hyper-sector permeating all spheres of human activity has not yet been fully developed, although interest in this issue continues to grow among many authors. Target of strategic management of the industry development setting requires substantive content and the services sector target value assessment

Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence and its contribution to Modern Companies: A systematic study

The incursion of new technologies has brought enormous benefits to society in general, and in particular to organizations, giving rise to the concept of Modern Company. In this sense, Industry 4.0 arose by introducing technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Big Data, cloud computing and robotics to organizations, which made it possible to modernize their operation, providing them with competitive advantages, increasing productivity. and innovating products and services. The objective of this research is to identify the contribution made by Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence, to what is known today as a modern company. This research is descriptive with a quantitative approach of non-experimental design. A systematic review of the literature was carried out in Scopus and Google Scholar using the Publish or Perish application, and under the PRISMA model. The synthesis of the study was made by analyzing each of the 10 most cited articles. The need to establish an ethical framework in the use of Artificial Intelligence is evident, with guidelines towards the autonomy, dignity and responsibility of creators. It can be affirmed that companies are likely to be impacted positively or negatively by technology. Some are beginning to see these technologies as a threat, in relation to the displacement of labor due to the automation of factories and the social transformations resulting from Industry 4.0

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEGREE OF URBAN INTELLIGENCE WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND FUZZY ALGORITHMS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ENTERPRISES

This article has comprehensively evaluated the development and evaluation model of intelligent cities on the performance of enterprises in the performance of intelligent cities in the artificial intelligence technology model, established a fuzzy algorithm analysis and evaluation model, and comprehensively evaluated the development level of intelligent cities and the level of performance management in cities. By using AI technologies such as the Internet of Things cloud computing, the intelligent terminals of the whole city are organically integrated to achieve the integration and development of various industries in smart cities and promote the two-way improvement of artificial intelligence and the performance management of enterprises in the city. At the same time as the development advantage of urban enterprises, the development advantage of urban enterprises is more convenient for making human production and living activities in cities through the integration and development of diverse elements and multi-technical fields in life

The future of plant biotechnology in a globalized and environmentally endangered world

This paper draws on the importance of science-based agriculture in order to throw light on the way scientific achievements are at the basis of modern civilization. An overview of literature on plant biotechnology innovations and the need to steer agriculture towards sustainability introduces a series of perspectives on how plant biotech can contribute to the major challenge of feeding our super population with enough nutritious food without further compromise of the environment. The paper argues that science alone will not solve problems. Three major forces - science, the economy and society - shape our modern world. There is a need for a new social contract to harmonize these forces. The deployment of the technologies must be done on the basis of ethical and moral values

Utilization of Internet of Things on Food Supply Chains in Food Industry

This study aims to analyze the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in supporting the management of food supply chains (FSCs) in the food industry. This research used qualitative research methods. The results obtained from this study are increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the existing food supply chain in the food industry by applying the IoT concept to food supply chain management. These results can be obtained because the IoT concept is supported by various systems and technologies that can be implemented and developed so that IoT can help identify and deal with existing problems more quickly while being able to assist in the decision-making process with information obtained through IoT technology so that it will support development food supply chain management in the food industry. This study was conducted to see how much influence the internet of things (IoT) has on food supply chain management in the food industry

Agricultural information dissemination using ICTs: a review and analysis of information dissemination models in China

Open Access funded by China Agricultural UniversityOver the last three decades, China’s agriculture sector has been transformed from the traditional to modern practice through the effective deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Information processing and dissemination have played a critical role in this transformation process. Many studies in relation to agriculture information services have been conducted in China, but few of them have attempted to provide a comprehensive review and analysis of different information dissemination models and their applications. This paper aims to review and identify the ICT based information dissemination models in China and to share the knowledge and experience in applying emerging ICTs in disseminating agriculture information to farmers and farm communities to improve productivity and economic, social and environmental sustainability. The paper reviews and analyzes the development stages of China’s agricultural information dissemination systems and different mechanisms for agricultural information service development and operations. Seven ICT-based information dissemination models are identified and discussed. Success cases are presented. The findings provide a useful direction for researchers and practitioners in developing future ICT based information dissemination systems. It is hoped that this paper will also help other developing countries to learn from China’s experience and best practice in their endeavor of applying emerging ICTs in agriculture information dissemination and knowledge transfer

Agriculture 4.0 in Hungary : the challenges of 4th industrial revolution in Hungarian agriculture within the frameworks of the common agricultural policy

The impacts of the 4th industrial revolution, which is considered a “general purpose technology”, do not appear only in the manufacturing sector or in the increasingly ICTintensive services sector. Agriculture, which is using manufactured inputs in more and more automatized factories, and which relies highly on technology in its basic activities, has also been going through remarkable changes recently. Precision farming (1), optimized usage of scarce inputs (2) and so attaining a more economy and ecology-friendly (sustainable) farming system (3) are all potential positive outcomes of the technological development of Industry 4.0 taking place in agriculture. In connection with this topic, our main aim is to determine the position of Hungary in this field, and whether there are any obstacles in this process. Both in the theoretical and empirical research conducted, we focus on the agricultural workforce, whether it is ready to keep pace with developments or if Hungarian farmers may be facing difficulties. Finally, as an outlook we examine the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and its future changes, if it is currently or close to handling this challenge

Sustainability in design: now! Challenges and opportunities for design research, education and practice in the XXI century

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THE COGNITIVE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR HYPOTHESIS: WHAT POSSIBLE EFFECTS FOR THAI LABOUR AND EDUCATION?

Late capitalism has entered a new phase. It is not only global and financialised, but also based on a new technological revolution that gives a special emphasis to knowledge ( ). Not all these trends are at work in developing countries. Financialisation for instance, i.e. the priority given to the remuneration of share-holders by all means, which is much debated in developed countries for its impact on employment, wages and the welfare state, is not an issue at stake in Thailand for the simplest reason that the stock and bond markets do not play a decisive role in its economy. But globalization, the ICT revolution and knowledge will impact Thailand in the near future because they are shaping a new international division of labour ( ), the so-called “cognitive division of labour”, alongside the traditional international division of labour, sometimes pinned as the “taylorist” division of labour”. Thailand has benefited for decades from the “taylorist” division of labour to launch and reinforce its industrialisation process for it offered cheap and disciplined labour to multinational companies eager to produce at low cost for the Thai and foreign markets. The question for the future is as simple as that: can Thailand go on the same way or will it have to engage profound reforms in order to be part of the new division of labour? A subsequent question is: why is it of interest for specialists of education? We don't pretend in this modest contribution to answer comprehensively and definitely such a complex question. But we would like to present some arguments that can be of help for a collective debate. We will first explain what the “cognitive international division of labour” is about, which leads us to define what we mean exactly by “knowledge” (part 1). We will then turn to the consequences on employment and education in Thailand by engaging in some tentative assumptions (part 2).Education, employment, knowledge, tacit knowledge, cognitive international division of labour, labour market, Thailand, National Innovation System