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International Journal of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation

International Journal of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (IJRIC)

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International Journal of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (2 papers in press)

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  • How do industrial value-added and technical innovation impact environmental deterioration in Asian nations?   Order a copy of this article
    by Wen-Cheng Lu, KUANG-HSIEN Wang 
    Abstract: This study analysed the impact of technological innovation and industrial value added on CO2 emissions in 14 Asian countries from 1995 to 2019. The results showed that both technological innovation and GDP are important determinants of environmental degradation. More technological innovation improves environmental quality, but economic growth harms the environment. The unidirectional causal relations was found running from technological innovation to CO2 emissions, from energy consumption to GDP, from technological innovation to GDP, from GDP, energy consumption to industrial value added. The study recommends that these economies should upgrade energy efficiency by enhancing technological innovation, implementing industrial structure change by increasing industrial value added, and changing traditional energy into renewable or clean energy to promote GDP growth. These substantial conclusions have a remarkable environmental policy and economic sustainability implications.
    Keywords: CO2 emissions; technological innovation; industrial value added; energy consumption.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJRIC.2023.10060983
     
  • Crowdsourcing and small business challenges: How to leverage crowdsourcing benefits in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry   Order a copy of this article
    by Angelo Dossou Yovo, Joyline Makani, Michelle McPherson 
    Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make significant contributions to economic growth; however, they face multiple challenges that inhibit their success. It is argued in this paper that crowdsourcing could be leveraged to alleviate many of their challenges particularly in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. Our findings show that Canadian SMEs are using crowdsourcing less than their American counterparts. However, Canadian SMEs have a more optimistic outlook towards crowdsourcing impacts. Additionally, ten categories of Canadian SME challenges were identified through a review of literature. Finally, a compelling argument for leveraging crowdsourcing to address eight of these challenge categories is made, relying on existing literature and case studies of SME’s utilisation of crowdsourcing. SME owners could leverage the findings from this paper to improve their chance of survival. Policy makers could also see benefits in guiding the design of new policies aimed at supporting small businesses.
    Keywords: crowdsourcing; small and medium-sized enterprise; SME; survival; innovation; product development; ideation; technology; crowd; online platform.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJRIC.2024.10063111
     

 

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