Advancing the Digital Transformation of Armenian Businesses

Advancing the Digital Transformation of Armenian Businesses
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2024-07-10
Genre:
ISBN: 926498108X

Armenia's ICT sector has experienced remarkable growth, expanding by 20% in 2022, underscoring the country's commitment to digital transformation as a policy priority. Despite these efforts and trends, SMEs continues to face significant obstacles in their digital transformation, including lack of awareness, low digital skills levels, and financial constraints. This reports aims to support the Armenian government in addressing these challenges and fostering business digitalisation. Building on previous OECD work on digitalisation policies and insights from the 2024 edition of the SME Policy Index for Eastern Partner countries, this publication offers a comprehensive overview of Armenia’s institutional framework and policy initiatives for SME digitalisation. Through data-driven analysis, it examines the challenges hindering the digital transformation of Armenian businesses and provides insights to unlock their potential. This report serves as a guide, offering detailed recommendations aimed at improving framework conditions for SME digitalisation, building a structured system for SME digitalisation support, and fostering synergies in the ecosystem to facilitate digital transformation.

Adoption Process and Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies in Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Central Asia: Evidences from Uzbekistan

Adoption Process and Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies in Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Central Asia: Evidences from Uzbekistan
Author: Nurullo Makhmudov
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2004-04-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3736910673

Artificial Neural Networks (NNs) possess a great potential for automatic classification: they can be trained to classify successfully noisy, incomplete, or inconsistent data. However, an automation degree of existing NNs is relatively low because of several limitations. Usually, NNs require manual configuration: a large number of tuning parameters and the need for choosing an appropriate network topology lead to lengthy experimental cycles performed to find the best settings for a certain classification task. Additionally, many NNs need retraining in respect to changing input data and therefore cannot learn automatically in non-stationary environments. Another disadvantage of NNs is their «black-box» nature: they are not suitable for verification or interpretation by humans. A low degree of automation prevents employment of NNs in many practical applications when the users cannot be involved in the training and classification processes. Therefore the initial goal of the presented research was to develop a neural classifier that would be well-suited for automation. Für die Verwendung von künstlichen neuronalen Netzen als automatischen Klassifikatoren sprechen ihre Lernfähigkeit, Modellfreiheit und Nichtlinearität der Datenapproximation. Ein zusätzlicher Vorteil ist ihre Fähigkeit zur Verarbeitung unvollständiger, verrauschter oder inkonsistenter Information. Trotzdem beeinträchtigen drei wichtige Faktoren die Automatisierbarkeit neuronaler Algorithmen: die Konfiguration eines Netzes benötigt oft entweder viel Fachwissen und Erfahrung oder eine Phase zeitaufwändiger Parameteroptimierung; die neuronale Klassifikatoren zeigen ein sogenanntes «Black-Box»-Verhalten, d.h. das angelernte Wissen ist nicht interpretierbar. Außerdem sind nur wenige Algorithmen so stabil, dass sie in der Lage sind, in nicht stationären Anwendungen zu lernen.

Regional Economic Outlook, October 2017, Middle East and Central Asia

Regional Economic Outlook, October 2017, Middle East and Central Asia
Author: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2017-10-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1484324390

Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan region (MENAP) are continuing to adjust to lower oil prices, which have dampened growth and contributed to large fiscal and external deficits.

Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development

Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development
Author: R. Saravanan
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9789380235882

The articles included in this book focuses on; Digital divide in rural India, e-Agriculture issues, Cyber extension, overview on Village Knowledge Centres VKCs, Community Information Centre iniative in Orissa, SATCOM application in Karnataka State, Model e-Villages in Arunachal Pradesh State of North-East India, Nationwide InDG web portal initiative for rural development, Kisan Mobile Sandesh KMS, Dynamic Market Information DMI by Web and Mobile in Tamil Nadu, Expert systems for pest and diseases diagnosis in rubber, Interactive Multimedia Compact Disc IMCD, Village Information Centres among Dairy Farmers in Tamil Nadu, KISSAN initiative of Kerala State, Mobile Agricultural School and Services MASS in Jharkhand, Farmers Database creation in Darjeeling District of West Bengal, Village Resource Centres VRCs in Uttaranchal, Pest Surveillance of Rice using satellite data, Techmode Approach for Distance Learning Courses for Field Veterinarians in Maharastra, Information Retrieval System for Buffalo Reproduction, Web Portals and Digital Data base in Agroforestry, Watershed Modelling using GIS and Remote Sensing in Gujarat State, e-Readiness and Participation Level of Akshya and KISSAN Kerala Beneficiaries and VRC & CIC Network in Assam and Internet utilization pattern, evaluation of Kissan Call Centres KCCs, ICT adoption level, impact, stakeholders feedback, policy implications and recommendations.

Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society

Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society
Author: Druicã, Elena
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466615575

Right now is the time for new opinions and new ideas to be generated and be presented as a solution. With the ever changing economic status of society, prosperity depends on the ability to run and maintain an active equilibrium between society and individuals. Therefore, it is essential for both parties to promote innovation and creativity in order to enable a proper and valuable lifestyle. Digital Economy Innovations and Impacts on Society provides theoretical and practical approaches about digital economy, increasing people’s awareness on what the digital economy is and exactly what competitive advantages exist to provide information technology and innovation as its main resources. This publication focuses on rethinking the classical economic theory in the context of new technology, information, and innovation, making it a publication that brings the best research to the forefront for economics and social researchers, academicians, professionals and practitioners.

Handbook of Research on Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries

Handbook of Research on Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries
Author: Ahmad, Noor Hazlina
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522521666

Smaller companies are abundant in the business realm and outnumber large companies by a wide margin. Understanding the inner workings of small businesses offers benefits to the consumers and the economy. The Handbook of Research on Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries is an essential handbook for the latest research on the intentions, performance, and application models of independent firms. Featuring exhaustive coverage on a broad range of topics such as green IT, entrepreneurial ventures, and social capital, this publication is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, and practitioners seeking current research on the different opportunities and challenges in relation to this specific sector of business around the globe.

Handbook on Asian Public Administration

Handbook on Asian Public Administration
Author: M. S. Haque
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2023-01-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1839104791

Providing context-specific regional and national perspectives, this novel Handbook sets out to disentangle the considerable intellectual ambiguities that surround Asian public administration and Asia’s diverse applications of Western administrative models.

Innovative Management and Business Practices in Asia

Innovative Management and Business Practices in Asia
Author: Ordoñez de Pablos, Patricia
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2019-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799815684

Businesses in the Asia-Pacific communities provide enormous opportunities for local entrepreneurs to develop and collectively collaborate with other economies. However, several challenges and success factors exist for effective business operations in the region. Innovative Management and Business Practices in Asia is a collection of innovative research that enhances understanding and collaboration in business, management, and technology in Asia for the present and in the future. While highlighting topics including corporate culture, international trade, and business administration, this book is ideally designed for managers, executives, CEOs, board members, corporate professionals, managing directors, deans, decision makers, professors, researchers, policymakers, industry practitioners, and students.

Agricultural Innovation in Developing East Asia

Agricultural Innovation in Developing East Asia
Author: Riikka Rajalahti
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2021-12-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464816816

Agricultural innovation has played a critical role in the economic transformation of developing East Asian countries over the past half century. The Green Revolution—in the form of modern seed varieties, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and modern machinery—has contributed to increased crop yields and farm incomes, and decreased poverty across the region. Although policy makers’ traditional focus on expanding and intensifying agricultural production has brought many benefits, the focus on productivity has come at a rising cost. The environmental sustainability of agricultural production is increasingly under threat. Moreover, as countries in the region have become more urbanized and demand for processed foods has risen, inadequate food safety systems and related food safety hazards have created a new form of food insecurity. As detailed in Agricultural Innovation in Developing East Asia: Productivity, Safety, and Sustainability, a new generation of innovation in agriculture has the potential to address the challenges of productivity, sustainability, and food safety to deliver a “triple win.†? To make the most of this promising wave of agricultural innovations, policy makers in the region will need to act to strengthen countries’ agricultural innovation systems. This effort will require a cross-cutting approach, including policy and institutional reforms, improved governance of countries’ agri-food systems, and efforts to build farmers’ and firms’ capacities to adopt new technologies and to innovate.