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#Halal Culture on Instagram
Halal is a notion that applies to both objects and actions, and means
permissible according to Islamic law. It may be most often associated with food
and the rules of selecting, slaughtering, and cooking animals. In the
globalized world, halal can be found in street corners of New York and beauty
shops of Manila. In this study, we explore the cultural diversity of the
concept, as revealed through social media, and specifically the way it is
expressed by different populations around the world, and how it relates to
their perception of (i) religious and (ii) governmental authority, and (iii)
personal health. Here, we analyze two Instagram datasets, using Halal in Arabic
(325,665 posts) and in English (1,004,445 posts), which provide a global view
of major Muslim populations around the world. We find a great variety in the
use of halal within Arabic, English, and Indonesian-speaking populations, with
animal trade emphasized in first (making up 61% of the language's stream), food
in second (80%), and cosmetics and supplements in third (70%). The
commercialization of the term halal is a powerful signal of its detraction from
its traditional roots. We find a complex social engagement around posts
mentioning religious terms, such that when a food-related post is accompanied
by a religious term, it on average gets more likes in English and Indonesian,
but not in Arabic, indicating a potential shift out of its traditional moral
framing
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
Russian anti-Americanism, public opinion and the impact of the state-controlled mass media
From 2011 to 2015, a rise in anti-Americanism was strongly reflected in Russian public opinion during President Vladimir Putin’s third term. The study examined the phenomenon of anti-Americanism in Russia and the role of state-controlled mass media in promoting anti-American attitudes. Statistical analysis of polls conducted in Russia by the Pew Research Center in 2012 demonstrated that anti-Americanism in Russian society should not be treated as a monolithic phenomenon. A segment of the Russian populace held a strong and deep-seated anti-American ideological bias that affected its perception of everything related to the United States. Other sentiments, however, fit a more complex structure congruent with Chiozza’s dimensions of America theory. These respondents simultaneously held different opinions towards aspects of the United States and its influence. The data indicated that in Russia, at least on the level of the mass public, American soft power did not promote a positive attitude towards the United States. Analysis of polls conducted by the independent Levada Center in Moscow from 2011 to 2015 provided additional insights into the relationship between Russian mass media and anti-Americanism. The rise of anti-Americanism was detected across the audiences of various mass news media. Respondents who preferred different sources of information showed similar patterns in their shifting attitudes towards the United States. Major increases in anti-Americanism among all of the respondents occurred when Putin intensified his anti-western and anti-American rhetoric, and when the Russian mass media launched an aggressive anti-American propaganda campaign
Factors and Trends of Increasing Role of Mass Media in Democratic Elections in Kazakhstan
The article discusses some features of information technologies used by Kazakh media during election campaigns of different years. The purpose of this work is to analyze the peculiarities and factors behind the increasing role of the Kazakh media in the process of democratic elections. The article shows that since 1991-1996 transitional phases, Kazakhstan has been undergoing an intensive procedure of incorporating the media into its constantly evolving democratic set-up and putting up a media monitoring system of the political process in place. Kazakhstan mass media has successfully coped with this task bringing in changes within and taking into account public mentality and technologies at hand. The article presents a comparative analysis of the use of various information technologies in Kazakh election campaigns of different years, with particular attention on the presidential election of 2019
E-COMMERCE
Preface ................................................
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Introduction ...........................................
Chapter 1. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PECULIARITIES IN E-
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BUSINESS: ACTUALITY AND TENDENCIES .........
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Introduction............................................
1.1. The importance of knowledge management to increase the
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efficiency of the organisations activity in e-business ......
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1.2. Employee competency integrated assessment in e-business
1.2.1.Theoretical evaluation aspects of factors affecting em-
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ployee competency ..........................................
1.2.2. The identification of the factors affecting the employee
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competency ................................................
1.2.3. Concept complex competency assessment model of e-
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business organisation ........................................
1.3. Analysis of factors motivating human resources in e-busi-
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ness ..................................................
1.3.1. Theoretical evaluation aspects of factors affecting human
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resources motivation ........................................
1.3.2. Analysis of factors that influence the motivation of human
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resources ..................................................
1.4. Evaluation system of factors affecting creativity in e-busi-
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ness ..................................................
1.4.1. Theoretical evaluation aspects of factors affecting creativ-
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ity .........................................................
1.4.2. Identification of factors affecting creativity. Partial inte-
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grated criterion (third stage) ................................
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1.4.3. Evaluation system of factors affecting creativity ........
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1.5. Knowledge appliance process in e-business organisation ..
1.5.1. The factors proceeding efficiency of knowledge appliance
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process in e-business ........................................
1.5.2. The selection of the method to evaluate efficiency of know-
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ledge appliance process in e-business .........................
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Conclusions ...........................................
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Self test questions .....................................
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References ............................................
Chapter 2. CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN VIRTUAL ORGANIZA
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TIONS ...............................................
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Introduction ........................................... 2.1. A systematical approach to automate content management
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in a vitual ogranization .................................
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2.2. The concept of the content. Content Management .....
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2.3. The life cycle of the document .........................
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2.4. Document management in a virtual organization ........
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2.5. Content capture technology ............................
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2.6. Cloud technologies in business processes CMS ..........
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Conclusion .............................................
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References ............................................
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Chapter 3. MARKETING COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL AGE ...
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Introduction ...........................................
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3.1. The growing potential of the market ...................
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3.2. Previous studies in e-business and e-marketing areas ....
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3.3. The specifics of Internet marketing in B2B communication
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3.4. E-marketing tools .....................................
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3.5. Social networks in marketing ...........................
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3.6. Effectiveness evaluation theories ........................ 100
3.7. Website quality and efficiency evaluation ................ 101
3.8. Cases: resent research results .......................... 106
3.8.1. Online advertisements efficiency research .............. 106
3.8.2. Evaluation of Lithuanian e-shops ...................... 109
Conclusions ........................................... 110
Self test questions ..................................... 111
References ............................................ 111
Chapter 4. IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF E-COMMERCE .. 116
Introduction ........................................... 116
4.1. Scientific research. E-commerce as the Internet technology 116
4.2. Promotion of e-business ............................... 120
4.3. A set of basic tools for e-business ...................... 121
4.4. Security in e-commerce ................................ 124
Conclusion ............................................ 133
Self-examination questions ............................. 133
References ............................................ 134
Chapter 5. ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS.................. 135
Introduction............................................ 135
5.1. The concept of electronic payments.National
payment system in Russia ....................................... 136
5.2. Electronic payment systems based
on «Client-Bank» and online banking ......................................... 143
5.3. Electronic payments via bank cards ..................... 151
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5.4. Electronic payments via digital cash .................... 160
5.5. Internet payment system based on virtual accounts ...... 164
Conclusion ............................................ 166
Self-examination questions ............................. 166
References ............................................ 167
Chapter 6. MANAGEMENT OF THE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE .... 168
6.1. Virtual enterprise, electronic business,
electronic commerce, model of management, manager .................... 168
6.2. Manager .............................................. 174
6.3. Channel ............................................... 175
6.4. Information environment. Knowledge ................... 175
6.5. Problem field .......................................... 176
Self-examination questions ............................. 178
References ............................................ 178
Chapter 7. INTERNET MARKETING ............................ 180
Introduction ........................................... 180
7.1. The concept and structure of the Internet Marketing .... 180
7.2. Market research on the Internet ........................ 182
7.3. Internet advertizing .................................... 187
7.3.1. The concept of Internet advertising .................... 187
7.3.2. Announcement of the search engines
and search engine optimization.
The concept and purpose of search
engine optimization ................................................... 189
7.3.3. Search Engine Advertising ............................ 209
7.3.4. Participation in the rankings and registration in catalogs 215
7.3.5. Banner advertising ................................... 219
7.3.6. Link Exchange ....................................... 236
7.3.7. Profiling and personalization in online advertising........ 239
7.3.8. E-mail-advertising. Basic concepts and
advantages e-mailadvertising ................................................. 242
7.3.9. Discussion lists ....................................... 248
7.3.10. Virus marketing. Concept and principles
of virus marketing ........................................................ 251
7.3.11. Other methods of advertizing ........................ 258
7.3.12. Analysis of efficiency of Internet advertizing ........... 259
7.3.13. Methods of the collection of information,
used for the analysis .................................................... 263
7.4. Marketing in social networks and blogs ................. 282
7.5. Partner programs ...................................... 287
7.6. The problem of return visitors and create a captive audience 292
7.6.1. Statement of the problem of creating a virtual community 292
7.6.2. Methods for creating a virtual community .............. 294
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7.7. Off-line support for online projects ...................... 297
Self-examination questions.............................. 298
References ............................................ 299
Chapter 8. REACHING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH E-GOVERNMENT IN THE POST-2015
AGENDA ............................................. 301
Introduction ........................................... 310
8.1. E-government: definition, functions and stages .......... 302
8.2. E-government: global tendencies ....................... 304
8.3. Formation and development of e-government in Uzbekistan 308 Self-examination questions ............................. 314
References ............................................ 314The development of the universities’ ability to quickly respond to new demands of the labor market and to adapt, update, develop and introduce new areas of study to ensure demand for the graduates provides the participation in the international projects of the European program improving higher education «TEMPUS».
The project TEMPUS — ECOMMIS («double-level training programs of e-commerce developing the information society in Russia, Ukraine and Israel») was launched in October 2011, and belongs to a class of joint projects to develop new courses and courses for bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The project consortium involves 12 universities from Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Israel, Russia and Ukraine. The main objective of the project is to develop and implement new academic courses and areas of study, taking into account the current status and trends of economic development and the specific requirements of the labor market on the basis of cooperation between universities in different countries.
The main feature and complexity of the project academic content of is that e-commerce as an academic concept is absolute new and it appeared just only in the last decade. It is a new interdisciplinary field of knowledge, which is located at the intersection of economics and computer science and it is not covered by the classical training courses in economics and computer science technology. The aspects of national and international law in connection with the growth of international trade, economic cooperation and the development of new Internet based technologies should be taken into account.
For the project’s period of three years on the basis of international cooperation the following results were obtained:
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1) The analysis and modernization of existing curricula in the field of e-commerce were carried out;
2) new training modules with the introduction of the European creditmodular system of accumulation and transfer transcripts units ( ECTS ) were developed; new modules and courses: e-commerce, electronic payment systems; Internet trading in the financial markets and the stockmarket systems; Information systems for financial analysis and investment; Information systems for business process modeling; corporate information systems and portals; Customer-oriented systems; Internet Marketing; electronic systems for document management; legal aspects of e-commerce; advanced course security for e-commerce were introduced;
3) two international online games to enhance practical skills in the field with online marketing and online trading were developed and conducted among university students;
4) skills training courses e-commerce for various social groups (students, housewives, pensioners, unemployed) were developed and tested;
5) business offices, e-commerce were established to strengthen cooperation between the universities in the labor market and to create the conditions of commercialization of the project results after the end of financial support from the TEMPUS Program.
6) textbooks on the topic of the project were developed and published.
In May — July 2013. 62 teachers targeted universities in Israel, Russia and Ukraine received intensive training in the field of e-commerce in three European universities: FONTYS (NL), TU Berlin (DE), VGTU ( LT ).
From October 2013 in target universities of Israel, Russia and Ukraine students’ training began on the courses developed in the framework of the new training courses and modules with using computer classes, equipped in accordance with the project plan with new hardware and software tools.
The final stage of the project was intended to develop a five-year detailed plan for sustainable development of the results. Such plan that includes coordinated action to disseminate best practices, development of new joint courses for graduate and post-graduate students, scientificmethodical conferences, joint publications will support the further dynamics of the activities involved universities.
Joint work on the implementation of the project ECOMMIS led to the emergence of sustainable professional relationships between organizations in the consortium as the training of new qualified professionals, as well as in the field of scientific and methodological developments.
This is confirmed by the present collective monograph E-commerc
The Visual Code of Advertising: Covert Suggestion
The present research focuses on visual stylistic devices as means of manipulation in commercial and so-cial advertising within the novel and promising theory of visual communication. According to the theory, visual stylistic means possess the power to direct and manipulate the perception of the recipient. The study specifies the definitions of visual stylistic expressive means that are used in commercial and social advertising.В данной статье рассматриваются визуальные стилистические тропы на материале коммерческой и социальной рекламы
What is Beyond Budgeting in Ukraine: idea, fashion or innovation? Empirical study about Beyond Budgeting model in Ukrainian academic and professional environments
Masteroppgave i bedriftsøkonomi - Universitetet i Nordland, 201
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