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Infrastructure is becoming smarter due to technical advances such as the Internet of Things (IoT) that enables a greater interconnectivity between assets and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the decision making task; this paper proposes a Big Data Framework in Smart Infrastructure such as Airports, Stations Intelligent Transport Systems and...
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... Digital platforms can be used to improve transparency, streamline processes, and collaborate across phases of the infrastructure lifecycle to increase productivity and added value. In brownfields, they can also focus on creating value by reducing redundancy and leveraging the intelligent capabilities of infrastructure and data analytics and connectivity throughout the chain (Serrano, 2015). Digital solutions also determine the improvement of infrastructure flexibility, which should be able to cope with sudden and significant changes in demand, both predictable and unexpected. ...
Purpose: The aim of the study is to identify the essential attributes that determine the development of a sustainable, innovative and resistant to disruption transport infrastructure and to answer two research questions: How to shape models for the development of sustainable and innovative transport infrastructure, while maintaining the logistic continuity of mobility and transport systems? and What actions should organizations take in the conditions of permanent change in order to maintain operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness of implemented investments, not only thinking about the possible return of the pandemic, but also about increasingly difficult access to resources, climate change and social needs? Design/methodology/approach: The research methods and techniques used included, among others: content analysis, cause and effect analysis, selected methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis, which were used to present and discuss the results of the study. Findings: Searching for methods of operationalization of the implementation of the assumptions of the new development paradigm, a conceptual framework for the model of sustainable development of transport infrastructure was developed. EU programs and instruments supporting the financing of activities in the field of development of sustainable, innovative and resilient transport infrastructure were reviewed. Attributes were indicated so that the development would strive for the simultaneous implementation of economic, social and environmental goals. Research limitations/implications: The study did not measure the sustainability of infrastructure investments in transport. The precondition for successfully performing such a task is the availability of an accurate data set and the selection of appropriate measurement indicators. This has implications for future research. Practical implications: One of the key challenges in cities is making decisions about investments in the development of economically effective, environmentally safe and socially important transport infrastructure. Hence, the development of algorithmic approaches that allow the use of the proposed qualitative model may contribute to improving the efficiency in making investment decisions. Originality/value: The originality of the conducted research was achieved through its measurable character. The proposed model can contribute to the improvement of decision- making tools in the field of allocation of public and other funds for investments, so that they contribute to the sustainability of mobility systems. Keywords: transport infrastructure, sustainable development, financial instruments. Category of the paper: research paper.
Internet of Things (IoT) has become a prominent part of the technologies leveraged by smart cities. IoT enables the collection of data and the processing of information to provide a better value to the city and its citizens. The use of IoT devices in smart cities has enabled many applications that generate security issues despite their provided benefits. These security issues in return generate more citizens’ or users’ privacy issues as the data and information flow are compromised. There are many privacy related concerns in smart cities that are generated from the security issues pertaining to IoT, Big Data, and ICT enabled tech applications, which require a thorough understanding to better build resilient privacy aware smart cities. This paper provides a comprehensive, characterized, and wide-ranging synopsis of the research on privacy issues springing from IoT, Big Data, and ICT enabled tech applications and their associated security flaws and presents solutions as they pertain to the relevant citizen value driven privacy framework quadrant (Musafiri Mimo and McDaniel in 3D privacy framework: the citizen value driven privacy framework [1]). The characterization is based on the application’s most relevant privacy framework quadrant, the applicable security flaws, and the present solutions that potentially lessen the associated privacy concerns among citizens in smart cities.KeywordsSmart citiesPrivacyFrameworkSecuritySurveillanceIoTBig DataICTCitizen centeredITSSmart energySmart governanceSmart health
COVID-19 has caused large-scale disruption across the globe, and no field of human activity has remained unaffected due to this pandemic. It has affected us socio-culturally, economically, politically, psychologically, educationally, and in the arena of trade and business in a big way. Today’s global business scenario is worse than the economic downturn at any point in time in human history. COVID-19 has caused an unimaginably huge health crisis, and governments worldwide are finding it hard to come to terms with the havoc caused by it and the toll on human lives that it has already taken. None has any answer except remaining lamely expectant vis-à-vis the much-awaited vaccine for this devastating virus which has caused havoc globally. Lockdowns that were imposed on the world initially have been left too far behind. However, the elusively unpredictable and disturbing nature of the virus has still been causing serious concern to most countries.
Amidst such gloom and despair, entrepreneurs’ role becomes extremely crucial as something innate in the entrepreneurial spirit tends to fight against adversity and tide over seemingly insurmountable challenges. Bessant and Tidd (2007) aptly describe the entrepreneur’s ability to meaningfully contribute to society as they signify dynamism and vibrancy of sorts in static economic environs via generating and circulating newer ideas due to their ability to think afresh. The indispensability of entrepreneurs in transition economies has been underscored by the likes of McMillan and Woodruff (2002). Entrepreneurs being innovative intrinsically has been highlighted by Baumol, Strom, and Sheshinski (2007) alongside describing their role in being agents of industrial change. Small businesses have been at the receiving end of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is where the entrepreneurs’ role becomes all the more critical in introducing collaborative activities and opening numerous possibilities for engaging with customers and the owners of small businesses. Lifestyle entrepreneurs also play an important role in such trying circumstances as they can turn their passion into business ventures, thereby creating opportunities for themselves to contribute multifariously (Chhabra, 2018b). Moreover, technological advancement and adaptation in businesses go a long way towards helping small-scale businesses. Software like Big Data and cloud computing too are conducive and help business houses operationally and strategically.
In view of the enormous contribution that entrepreneurs can make in times of crisis (Chhabra, 2018a), this chapter seeks to repurpose, redefine, and reassess the role of entrepreneurs in the context of the havoc caused by COVID-19 so that the health and well-being of humanity can become a reality sooner rather than later. The need of the hour is that entrepreneurs from diverse socio-cultural locales come together to collaborate and meet challenges thrown by the COVID-19 pandemic with technological advancement and via using Big Data and analytics to make informed and contextually relevant decisions.
Since the entrepreneurial ecosystem has undergone a drastic shift in the crisis of the present, focused entrepreneurial forays into various areas of life need to be made, since we believe that only the entrepreneurs can tide over devastating distress and despair caused by the pandemic at the present times.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003097945-16/repurposing-role-entrepreneurs-havoc-covid-19-manpreet-arora-roshan-lal-sharma?context=ubx&refId=74927eb0-1978-41a8-9b50-e95f07f04fb4
The digital age has transformed business opportunities and strategies in a resolutely practical and data-driven project universe. This book is a comprehensive and analytical source on entrepreneurship and Big Data that prospective entrepreneurs must know before embarking upon an entrepreneurial journey in this present age of digital transformation. This book provides an overview of the various aspects of entrepreneurship, function, and contemporary forms. It covers a real-world understanding of how the entrepreneurial world works and the required new analytics thinking and computational skills. It also encompasses the essential elements needed when starting an entrepreneurial journey and offers inspirational case studies from key industry leaders. Ideal reading for aspiring entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship and Big Data: The Digital Revolution is also useful to students, academicians, researchers, and practitioners.
