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The term Digital Economy refers to the development of ICT in Economics. This development has led to a transformation in economic activities related to goods and services. It has also changed the relationships between the government, businesses, and citizens. The ecosystem of this emerging paradigm has confronted the previous assumptions in the process of public policy governing the traditional economy with transformations. As a result, penal policy-making, which serves as a subsequent tool for implementing sectoral policies, is also not exempt from these changes. Hence, the question is how the digital economy impacts the cycle of penal policy-making with its requisites. The research shows that using the traditional economy's penal policy structures in the digital economy, considering recent experiences in digital economy policy-making and the principles of criminal law, may be incompatible with its requirements. This could negatively impact the policy-making cycle, disrupt the digital economy ecosystem, and prevent the government from effectively implementing this new tool of power globally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explored the causal association between Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure development, measured by an ICT index, and the economic growth of 42 African economies between 2000 and 2019. Whether ICT development has contributed to real per capita GDP growth or ICT infrastructure expansion has just been a consequence of growth in real per capita GDP has been overlooked in prior studies concerning Africa. The econometric techniques used to analyse the data included robust second-generation tools to investigate cross-sectional dependence, slope homogeneity, and panel causality. The findings detected significant independence between the variables across countries, the slope was heterogeneous, and there was a long-run association between all of the economies in the sample. Dumitrescu and Hurlin's panel causality analysis indicated a unidirectional causal association between per capita income and the ICT index. The results also demonstrated that capital and employment were the leading causes of per capita GDP growth. The findings suggested that accelerating economic growth in developing economies was essential to promoting ICT investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Crowdfunding platforms have provided a crucial space to facilitate non-governmental organizations' (NGOs') fundraising activities and interactions with citizens. This article employs the concept of 'platform control' to investigate the built-in control embedded in crowdfunding platforms and its implications for governing civil society. Analysing 425 projects launched by 107 organizations between 2017 and 2018, and drawing on intensive fieldwork, this article examines how crowdfunding platforms manage NGOs in three dimensions – technology, organization, and regulation. This article demonstrates the dynamic relations among NGOs, the government, and crowdfunding platforms and examines their broad implications for the development of civil society in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background This study conducted in-depth interviews to explore the factors that influence the adoption of fall detection technology among older adults and their families, providing a valuable evaluation framework for healthcare providers in the field of fall detection, with the ultimate goal of assisting older adults immediately and effectively when falls occur. Methods The method employed a qualitative approach, utilizing semi-structured interviews with 30 older adults and 29 families, focusing on their perspectives and expectations of fall detection technology. Purposive sampling ensured representation from older adults with conditions such as Parkinson's, dementia, and stroke. Results The results reveal key considerations influencing the adoption of fall-detection devices, including health factors, reliance on human care, personal comfort, awareness of market alternatives, attitude towards technology, financial concerns, and expectations for fall detection technology. Conclusions This study identifies seven key factors influencing the adoption of fall detection technology among older adults and their families. The conclusion highlights the need to address these factors to encourage adoption, advocating for user-centered, safe, and affordable technology. This research provides valuable insights for the development of fall detection technology, aiming to enhance the safety of older adults and reduce the caregiving burden.

Abstract Owing to recent developments and implications inspired by fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies in the global manufacturing sector through the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept, this study was conducted to discover the impacts of I4.0 and environmental quality on the South African manufacturing sector, considering governance quality. To the best of our knowledge, no study has analysed the long-run and short impacts of I4.0, environmental quality and governance quality on the South African manufacturing sector integrating the bound test cointegration, Fully-Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) & Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) estimations techniques. Therefore, this study attempts to bridge this gap using different econometric approaches. The data used spans from 2000Q1 to 2020Q4. The principal component analysis was used to create Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and governance quality components. In this study, utilising the dynamic NARDL, it is seen that the LCO2, representing environmental quality, possesses positive and significant relationship with the LMVA, but when in interaction with the governance quality variables (GOV, INS, POL & ECO), there exists a positive and insignificant relationship with the LMVA showing there exists a dearth of green innovative technologies in the South Africa manufacturing sector respective of its significance. Utilising the FMOLS and DOLS, the GOV, INS, POL & ECO which represents governance quality, mostly possesses negative but significant relationships with the LMVA, even when in interaction with the I4.0 variable proving the I4.0 technologies have not yet started to be impactful to the South African manufacturing industry at large.

Background: This study conducted in-depth interviews to explore the factors that influence the adoption of fall detection technology among older adults and their families, providing a valuable evaluation framework for healthcare providers in the field of fall detection, with the ultimate goal of assisting older adults immediately and effectively when falls occur. Methods: The method employed a qualitative approach, utilizing semi-structured interviews with 30 older adults and 29 families, focusing on their perspectives and expectations of fall detection technology. Purposive sampling ensured representation from older adults with conditions such as Parkinson's, dementia, and stroke. Results: The results reveal key considerations influencing the adoption of fall-detection devices, including health factors, reliance on human care, personal comfort, awareness of market alternatives, attitude towards technology, financial concerns, and expectations for fall detection technology. Conclusions: This study identifies seven key factors influencing the adoption of fall detection technology among older adults and their families. The conclusion highlights the need to address these factors to encourage adoption, advocating for user-centered, safe, and affordable technology. This research provides valuable insights for the development of fall detection technology, aiming to enhance the safety of older adults and reduce the caregiving burden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to identify, categorize, and prioritize the benefits and challenges of implementing common data environments (CDEs) in the construction phase of building information modeling (BIM)-based projects. For this purpose, a systematic literature review, semistructured interviews, and the Delphi method were conducted, and online sources of CDE providers were investigated. 54 benefits and 15 challenges were identified. Cronbach's alpha, standard deviation, interrater agreement level, and significance level statistics were calculated to analyze and validate Delphi method outputs. Results demonstrate that the most important benefit of implementing CDEs in the construction phase of BIM-based projects is access to accurate, reliable, up-to-date information. The most critical challenge is the exclusion of CDE planning in the front-end phase of the project. Prioritizing the benefits shows CDEs' full potential for the construction phase of BIM-based projects. Prioritizing the challenges demonstrates possible future works, requirements, and the areas that should be improved. This research provides a comprehensive point of view on the benefits and challenges of implementing CDEs in the construction phase of BIM-based projects. It analyzes the potential of CDEs by strengthening the findings from the systematic literature review with the SMEs' evaluation, comments, and feedback. This study provides valuable insights into implementing CDEs in the construction phase of BIM-based projects, defining their capabilities, status, and potential, and giving suggestions about how to deal with their challenges. This research shows how CDEs ensure streamlining information and communication flows in BIM-based projects by mitigating nonvalue-added activities resulting from informal, nonstandardized data exchanges, lack of proper data exchange protocols, loss of project data, and lack of efficient collaboration and communication between project team participants. This study reveals the importance of implementing CDEs in the construction phase of BIM-based projects to achieve adequate information and communication management that may prevent project data loss, informal, nonstandardized data exchanges, and inefficient collaboration between multidisciplinary teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is commonly assumed that data volume and network energy consumption are directly proportional, a notion perpetuated by numerous studies and media coverage. This paper challenges this assumption, offering a comprehensive examination of network operations to explain why the relationship between energy consumption and data volume is nonlinear. The power model approach is explored as an alternative methodology for calculating network energy consumption providing a more reliable representation of network energy use. The power model demonstrates that simple energy intensity calculations, expressed as kilowatt hours per gigabyte of data, are insufficient for accurately estimating real‐world network energy consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Owing to recent developments and implications inspired by fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies in the global manufacturing sector through the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) concept, this study was conducted to discover the impacts of I4.0 and environmental quality on the South African manufacturing sector, considering governance quality. To the best of our knowledge, no study has analysed the long-run and short impacts of I4.0, environmental quality and governance quality on the South African manufacturing sector integrating the bound test cointegration, Fully-Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) & Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) estimations techniques. Therefore, this study attempts to bridge this gap using different econometric approaches. The data used spans from 2000Q1 to 2020Q4. The principal component analysis was used to create Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and governance quality components. In this study, utilising the dynamic NARDL, it is seen that the LCO2, representing environmental quality, possesses positive and significant relationship with the LMVA, but when in interaction with the governance quality variables (GOV, INS, POL & ECO), there exists a positive and insignificant relationship with the LMVA showing there exists a dearth of green innovative technologies in the South Africa manufacturing sector respective of its significance. Utilising the FMOLS and DOLS, the GOV, INS, POL & ECO which represents governance quality, mostly possesses negative but significant relationships with the LMVA, even when in interaction with the I4.0 variable proving the I4.0 technologies have not yet started to be impactful to the South African manufacturing industry at large. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—are committed to achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13, which focuses on mitigating climate change. To attain this goal, it is crucial to emphasize the significance of ICT, renewable energy sources, industrialization, and institutional quality. This study contributes to the literature by examining the potential role of these factors in environmental sustainability in the BRICS economies from 2000 to 2021, utilizing cross-sectional augmented autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) estimation and other novel econometric techniques. Accordingly, the study suggests that BRICS governments and policymakers prioritize the use of ICT in the industrial and institutional sectors to achieve faster environmental sustainability in the short-run, as per the CS-ARDL results. However, the study advises caution in the long-term as the interaction between ICT and renewable energy sources, industrialization, and institutional quality may not favour environmental quality. Although the renewable energy sources interaction with ICT may not yield immediate progress, strong measures need to be taken to ensure that short-term gains are not nullified. In conclusion, the study highlights the potential of ICT, renewable energy sources, industrialization, and institutional quality in achieving environmental sustainability in the BRICS countries, while recommending cautious measures in the long run to safeguard the progress made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first quarter of 2023, two court decisions in Colombia became renowned because they included ChatGPT exchanges. The two decisions raised concerns about whether the purpose of using ICT in judicial proceedings could be considered achieved by using large language models. These cases led to reflections on how legal practitioners should use these tools in an ethical, technical and responsible way. This article analyses the court decisions and discusses how tools such as large language models should be used in the administration of justice in Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Businesses have taken the opportunities, made possible by information and communications technology (ICT), to develop and use digital platform services and other digital tools to support sales. This paper estimates a model of U.S. business sales and uses the estimated model to assess the economic impact of the digital commercial revolution of the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The estimations show that the entrepreneurial initiatives—that drove the digital revolution in commerce by capitalizing on the new technologies made available by the ICT revolution—came to fruition in the wake of the Great Recession. For 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital commercial revolution's contribution to value added in the U.S. manufacturing, wholesale trade, and retail trade sectors alone has an estimated expected value that is 4.0–5.9% of GDP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The comprehension of the textbook and augmented Solow growth model has been studied to picture the consequences of workforce growth and capital. In the age of digitalization, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is also the first necessity identified factors affecting labor productivity. This paper revisits the augmented Solow growth equation by integrating ICT as an explanator that improves labor productivity in Southeast Asian emerging economies. We used a Two‐Way Random‐Effects Model to regress the impact of workforce growth rate, physical capital, and human capital on labor productivity. The results show that using human capital is essential to improve output in emerging market countries rather than only using physical capital. According to our adjusted ICT factors, our analysis reveals that using the Internet and mobile cellular significantly boosts labor productivity. Moreover, the analysis of total factor productivity shows that most Southeast Asian economies highly depend on implementing ICT, especially the contribution of Internet usage and mobile cellular. Therefore, this study contributes to further studies and policy recommendations in improving the introduction of Internet usage and installation, especially for the emerging Southeast Asian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the impacts of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the South African manufacturing sector in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the Industry 4.0 concept. The South African manufacturing sector, consisting of approximately 11,400 VAT-registered organizations, is explored in a novel approach. No prior study has analyzed the cointegrating and long-run effects of I4.0 on this sector. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model is employed, accommodating both stationary and nonstationary variables without recalculating the order of integration. To address endogeneity, small sample bias, serial correlation, and heterogeneity, the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) and Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) models are estimated. Long-run relationships among variables, including manufacturing value added (MVA), I4.0, carbon dioxide emissions, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), and inflation, are considered. Vector Autoregressive (VECM) modeling is used to establish causality relationships, while the Cumulative Dynamic Multiplier (CDM) visually illustrates impact relationships. Data from the World Bank's WDI (2023), covering the period 2000Q1–2020Q4, are employed. Key findings include a significant negative relationship between I4.0 and South Africa's MVA. Policy implications suggest substantial investments in advanced education, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and medium to high technology exploration. The study reveals positive associations between carbon dioxide and MVA, significant short and long-run impacts of FDI on MVA, and a long-run relationship between inflation and MVA. These insights provide valuable considerations for strategic investments and policy decisions in the context of technological advancements.

Aims In the current era, nations are achieving success in the realm of e-tourism, whereby they leverage the potential of electronic tourism. This encompasses numerous regions within the country, particularly the coastal cities situated in the province of Mazandaran, which have consistently been renowned as tourist hotspots. The primary objective of this investigation was to explore the implementation of electronic tourism for the enhancement of tourism in the coastal cities of Mazandaran province. Methodology The conduction of this study took place within the confines of Mazandaran province during the years 2023-2024. Employing a qualitative approach in terms of methodology and a fundamental approach in terms of purpose, the study model was developed utilizing the grounded theory method. The collection of data was facilitated through semi-structured interviews conducted with experts, with a total of 21 participants (N=21). The selection of samples was performed using the snowball sampling technique. For the analysis of the gathered data, the approach proposed by Strauss and Corbin was adopted. Findings After conducting the three stages of open, central, and selective coding, a total of 26 subcategories were identified within the overarching categories of causal, contextual, intervening conditions, strategies, and consequences. These sub-categories were organized into a final model consisting of six dimensions. The contextual condition category included factors such as organizational complexity, tourist conditions, and environmental conditions. The causal condition category encompassed the dynamics of the industry, tourists, and manpower, as well as the strengthening of organizations and infrastructures, and the dynamics of problem solving. The intervening condition category involved aspects such as management, structural barriers, and characteristics of the tourism industry. Additionally, the strategies category encompassed organizational flexibility, interaction with tourists, customer-oriented human resources, and service improvement. Lastly, the consequences category included the development of e-tourism, increased tourist satisfaction, economic development, and increased income. Conclusion The ultimate model derived from this investigation will pave the way for the enhancement of managerial approaches and the achievement of the ultimate objective of e-tourism establishment, and can serve as the framework for subsequent growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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People who are simultaneously embedded into multiple countries are referred to as transnationals. We have investigated the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) on the transnational communities of Estonia, one of the world's frontline countries when it comes to technological usage. We conducted interviews with Estonians who permanently live abroad to discover how ICT helps them stay connected with their country of origin. Transnational Estonians ensure the continuance of their connections via ICT. Thus, they directly participate in their home countries via 'ways of being active,' which strengthens their transnational identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Education is directly impacted by technology's continued advancement and integration into many sectors of society. As a result, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) was created as a framework to instruct teachers on how to relate their pedagogy, content and technological knowledge with each other. The technology has since undergone major alterations after it was first articulated. In addition, TPACK's applicability was constrained by its reliance on research, terminology choice and teacher expertise emphasis. As a result, research supporting TPACK's numerous dimensions was added and TPACK eventually became focused on pupils' acquiring 21st-century abilities. This paper describes TPACK, comprehends its use and examines the role of TPACK framework in teachers' teaching competency, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) integration in teaching, and its significance in education. A systematic review of literature relevant to TPACK and ICT integration in various forms has been performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper uses data from the OECD's 2015 PISA and an endogenous treatment effects model to investigate the impact of different intensities of digital device use for academic purposes on science learning outcomes. When we do not differentiate the location of device use, we find that greater use can help students improve their science scores in most of the countries. When we consider school and outside-of-school use separately, we find the above positive results are driven by outside-of-school digital device use and that there are more negative results of increased device use at school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aims of the present paper are to identify the gaps in the current literature on tourism governance and to propose an ICT-led model of tourist destination governance. By utilizing a systematic literature review of existing literature on the issue of tourism governance, the present paper reviews 85 articles from 419 refereed articles published from the period of 1994 to 2019, employing thematic analysis to examine the data. The review reveals the gap in an ICT-based model of tourist destination governance. Based on a systematic review of recent articles, the results display elements through which effective destination governance is ensured have been identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

National Policies on Education (NPE) is made up of government laws and guidelines that form basic operational principles of education in a country. These policies are aimed at improving the overall quality of education. In this study, we focused to perform a comparative qualitative content-based analysis on all four versions of the Indian National Policies on Education (NPE) as a case study. Specifically, we aimed to get insights into the contents of these NPEs, compare their evolution in terms of topics and themes covered in them, and extract their relationship and evolution alongside technology. For this purpose, we employed the Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) algorithm among other tools in the extraction of notable topics. It was established that the topics of all the NPEs and their main themes are on the same radar with education being the main theme of all. The conducted analysis also indicates the paradigm shift in NPEs according to the advancement in technology. Our research is intended to help the government and policymakers in future drafting. It provides them with concise content of past NPEs, their relationships, and differences as well as key driving factors that influence national education policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this modern and digitalized time, day by day we are converting into technological space and using ICTs for our determined purposes. Organizations and leaders are empowering themselves with IT. The educational sector is also influenced by technology and the whole institutional team of any educational organization is being relied on technology. This research article aims to investigate the role of the teacher as an e-leadership in students learning. The objective of the study is to explore how instructors might act as e-leaders and what this means for student learning results. Through survey quantitative data is collected and the outcome shows that e-leadership has a strong beneficial influence on strengthening the student learning commitment of students in the virtual learning environment. Additionally, the study discovers a strong correlation between teacher behavior and the six aspects of the e-leadership teacher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Fast development of information and communications technology also resulted in dynamic changes in banking sector. The subject of this paper is the analysis of electronic banking presence among bank clients in Montenegro. Additionally, the paper shall present the data on the use of computers and internet access in companies and at home as well as data on use of internet and mobile banking with the reference to their trends in previous years. The objective of the paper is to determine and show the advantages of the application of electronic banking both for the banks and their clients where the data from 2020 shows that during coronavirus pandemic, the number of e-banking service users in the country has grown considerably. Having in mind that electronic banking impacts the efficiency and speed of business operations between banks, banks and clients, as well in banks themselves, it is necessary to consider factors of poorer presence of Internet and mobile banking in Montenegro in comparison to other highly developed countries in Europe so that the access to and their application would improve and be more represented.

Information and communications technology (ICT) is rapidly changing how we teach and how we learn. ICT can not only act as a teaching and learning aid but also reshape the delivery of instruction and bring about changes in education. Research has largely examined the effects of teacher education programs on their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of technology integration and relatively little attention has been paid to their ability to use ICT to innovate instruction. This study examined how pre-teachers engaged in co-design via Google Slides, and how their behavioural characteristics influenced their improvement of instructional innovation with ICT of lesson design. The results of correlation and step regression analyses and lag sequential analysis showed that behaviours of engagement into individual ideation and within-group ideation in co-design activities positively related to the pre-service teachers’ innovations of lesson designs (i.e., usefulness and originality). The clarification type and positive affection type of peer feedback negatively related and predicted their innovations, and the worst-performed group tended to directly copy information from peer feedback. The implications of how pre-service teachers engaging in co-design activities affect their instructional innovations with ICT are discussed. Implications for practice or policy • Co-design activities are helpful for instructional innovation for pre-service teachers. • Pre-service teachers are encouraged to engage in individualideation, group ideation, and peer feedback during co-design activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Numerous variables contribute to the difficulty of Indonesian English Language Teaching (ELT), and a number of researchers and academics have determined that student results are insufficient. This study investigates Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as a viable option for tackling the complexities of Indonesian ELT and improving its outcomes. It studies ICT integration in English LTL in great detail, concentrating on how ICT has been used in this field. It examines the benefits and challenges of adopting ICT in language teaching and learning (LTL) in further detail. If applied in line with the principles of effective LTL, the integration of ICT has the potential to transform and improve the effectiveness of the current state of ELT in Indonesia, according to the findings of this study. The use of ICT will enable instructors to modify teaching and learning activities; to gradually change to a more studentcentered teaching style; to train students to take a more active role in learning; and to get access to a huge variety of authentic learning materials. In addition, the paper highlights the difficulties that may emerge when seeking to include ICT in the Indonesian English LTL. Consequently, suggestions for action are presented in the conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]