5 research outputs found
Fintech developmental trends: the role and influence of sustainable digital logistics
The paper analyzes the current trends of fintech companies’ development in relation to the quality of digital logistics. By using the data from fintech companies’ CEO interviews, we assess the key trends in fintech companies’ development over the past 3 years, reveal key technologies used by these companies and their evolution, and state the importance and relevance of digital logistics issues for fintech companies clients’ satisfaction. The research indicates that for fintech company client the ease of getting through the service (optimization of information flows) appears to be more important than other characteristics of the offered product. From the theoretical point of view, our research indicates, that besides key growth driving factors, outlined in existing literature, such as strategy, prerequisites for rapid growth, business model choice, international business networks, entrepreneur’s characteristics, product development or theoretical frameworks for development, especially within the international market, the quality of digital logistics performance of fintech companies seem to matter
Experience of Students’ and Teachers’ Pilot Training in the Field of Environmental Engineering in a Post-Soviet Country
Kazakhstan is one of the Post-Soviet countries with remains of the Soviet educational system. Yet, in 2010 Kazakhstan has joined the European Higher Education Area (the Bologna Process) that requires focusing on 10 Action Lines and taking into account the Process' fundamental principles. A consortium of universities representing Kazakhstan, Russia and European Union’s countries is developed within a Tempus programme’s project to enhance a transition and compliance with requirements of the Bologna Process in the field of environmental engineering. Within the project, the academic staff of Riga Technical University (Latvia) implemented a pilot training concept in two of the Kazakhstani higher education institutions. This paper presents the methodology applied and verified in two Kazakhstani higher education institutions and discusses the results achieved. It is concluded that collaboration of academic staff from countries with a common past has many benefits when an innovative training concept is implemented. It helps to acquire a better understanding of the situation and find more effective solutions in the academic, scientific and industrial spheres. The methodology applied proved to be efficient to encourage the students’ critical thinking skills and further develop the curriculum of environmental engineering in the Post-Soviet countries
Experience of Students’ and Teachers’ Pilot Training in the Field of Environmental Engineering in a Post-Soviet Country
Kazakhstan is one of the Post-Soviet countries with
remains of the Soviet educational system. Yet, in 2010
Kazakhstan joined the European Higher Education Area (the
Bologna Process) that requires focusing on 10 Action Lines and
taking into account the Process' fundamental principles. A
consortium of universities representing Kazakhstan, Russia and
European Union countries developed within a Tempus
programme project to enhance a transition and compliance with
requirements of the Bologna Process in the field of environmental
engineering. Within the project, the academic staff of Riga
Technical University (Latvia) implemented a pilot training
concept in Kazakhstan higher education institutions. This paper
presents the methodology applied and verified in two Kazakhstan
higher education institutions and discusses the results achieved.
It is concluded that collaboration of academic staff from
countries with a common past has many benefits when an
innovative training concept is implemented. It helps to acquire a
better understanding of the situation and find more effective
solutions in the academic, scientific and industrial spheres. The
methodology applied proved to be efficient to encourage the
students’ critical thinking skills and further develop the
curriculum of environmental engineering in Post-Soviet
countries