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Digital nomads: redefining tourism success or complicating destination challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic hastened the distant work revolution and gave rise to a distinct consumer group called digital nomads. Digital nomads, which include independent contractors, self-employed people, and people who have escaped the confines of the office, have the ability to work from home while travelling both domestically and abroad. However, there are worries that the rise of the digital nomad could worsen already problematic travel issues like overtourism. The purpose of this study is to conceptually analyse the effects of digital nomads on tourist locations by reviewing existing literature and recent reports. Understanding the effects of digital nomadism is essential in a world where popular places battle overtourism. With its main arguments nestled within the critical literature review, the study can be categorized as a viewpoint paper. The study also draws important inspiration from the grey literature because the subject is current. The Editors and Contributors Severally 2024. -
Digital platforms for business applications
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Digital transformation for business: Enablers, framework and challenges
Technology has disrupted many industries from the start of Industrialization era to the Industry 4.0 era. There has been an exponential growth in the technological front and people are talking about Industry 5.0. Digital transformation is a critical direction in which organizations will have to move toward in order to succeed in this competitive world. To make a smooth transition, firms must understand the basic building blocks of the digital transformation process and the key areas it touches upon namely customer experience, operational process and dynamic business models. Organizations will also have to identify the enablers of digital transformation which they can work on to smoothen the transformative process. Firms will also need the framework of digital transformation spelling out the roadmap for effective digital transformation. Firms on the urge to go for digital transformation will face numerous challenges in all the stages of implementation namely the initiation phase, the execution phase and the governance phase. A clear understanding of these challenges will help the firms to overcome or mitigate these challenges and be successful in their digital transformation process. 2023 by V. Harish, A. Mansurali and D. Krishnaveni. All rights reserved. -
Digital transformation in clinical legal education, virtual law clinics, and access to justice
Clinical legal education (CLE)promotes skill training and service learning. It provides an opening to comprehend the law and practice through practical training. Access to justice with lawyering skills is the fundamental objective of CLE. Law students can uphold the 'rule of law' and play the leading role in legal services to the needy. Millions of people continue to be denied access to the legal system. The success of the digital transformation in CLE depends on the availability and efficiency of the adoption of advanced technology. The main theme of this chapter is to examine how the law schools approached the mode of CLE amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges faced while delivering services through VLC and examine the various types of online pro bono works. This chapter is designed in both doctrinal and analytical in terms of methodology. It also focuses on the new experiences globally in using IT and the methods that law schools can use through technology to improve access to justice. 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Impact of Instructor Training on Class Effectiveness During COVID-19
Digital technology is transforming society and business like never before. Digital technology has made inroads into all sections of society, especially with the pandemic restricting interaction and movement in the physical space. Education systems and institutions have witnessed a drastic change in their pedagogy. Education institutions adopting digital technologies can become drivers of growth and development for their ecosystems bringing significant changes in education, engagement, and management of class activities of educational institutions. The education system will have to adapt and evolve to take advantage of the new technologies and tools and develop strategies to play an active role in the digital transformation process. In the wake of the COVID-19 situation, higher education institutions have adopted digital platforms for teaching and learning. The study attempts to understand the instructors/academician/teachers training process adopted by selected higher education institutions in India to facilitate migration to digital platforms. Further, the study analyses the challenges faced in the new normal of education and the levels of training process initiated by institutions for teaching faculty. The authors have tried to analyse how this has enabled instructors to meet the challenges of conducting online classes and increase class effectiveness. The study unfolded the impact of high-level institutional training on class effectiveness and how individual digital preparedness is essential in engaging virtual classrooms. Further, the positive impact of training in reducing anxiety in engaging online sessions and the extent of motivation to continue online teaching as it has become inevitable with the second wave of the pandemic were examined across age and gender. An attempt is made to suggest few strategies for continued effective online class engagement as India battles through the second wave of the pandemic. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. -
Digital twin technologies for automated vehicles in smart healthcare systems
The idea of being comfortable seems appealing to a vast majority of people, from the start humans were always dependent on something. First the tools were invented and with the help of the tools, amazing things were built. From the invention of the wheel to the steam-powered machines and now the introduction of electronic automation, digitization and making intelligent production processes is the need for todays industry. Industry 4.0 is now the standard by which businesses must measure their progress. It enables businesses to reinvent themselves. Manufacturing systems go beyond simple connections here, communicating, analyzing, and using data to drive more intelligent activities. It combines Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, additive manufacturing, robots, artificial intelligence, sophisticated materials, and augmented reality. The autonomous vehicle (AV) is one of the applications of Industry 4.0. AVs can make passenger transfers more efficient. Furthermore, smart sensors, when combined with cognitive computing and IoT, portray an AV as a cyber-physical system where data from all relevant viewpoints is closely monitored and synced between physical devices and the cyber computational realm. By utilizing sophisticated information analytics, AVs will be able to work more effectively, collaboratively, and resiliently. As a result, AVs might be able to work with Industry 4.0 systems. 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -
Digitization and smart tourism: Technological opportunities for luxury tourism and destination image
Commitment to technology, sustainability, innovation, and accessibility has not only improved the quality of life but has also created a niche for luxury tourism with smart tourism eco-space. Smart tourism destinations (STD) need vigorous, well-connected stakeholders with the help of a technological platform for data exchange. Instant data exchange creates extremely large data sets known as big data. This chapter aims to contribute to the understanding on how smart tourism destinations could potentially enhance luxury tourism that is more personalized to meet visitors' unique needs and preferences. Developing smart tourism destinations can be an effective mode to engage all the stakeholders and tourists. In improving destination performance, smart tourism ecosystem applies social media analytics and smart tourism technologies. This chapter aims to relate local area as smart tourism local service systems (S-TLSS) and luxury tourism. 2021 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Discovering patterns using feature selection techniques and correlation
Term Frequency and inverse document frequency is reported to have a significant contribution for various text categorization, document clustering and many other text mining related tasks. A collection of the applications and the enhancements of the Term Frequency and Inverse Document Frequency based document representation technique is examined in this work. The document representation algorithm is essential in the field of text - script mining. In this algorithm, unstructured data is converted into a vector space model where each related document is considered as a point in the vector space. Related documents come in proximity to the other related documents while the documents that are very far away from being coherent remain different from each other. In this paper, four feature selection techniques are implemented to discover the patterns from a repository of unstructured data by using correlation similarity measure. Analysis and comparison with other existing technique is also included. The validation of the patterns formed is performed by using silhouette values. Experiments are conducted to compare performance. Results indicate that TDMp1 performance is poor compared to others. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. -
Discovering the Micro-Clusters from a group of DHH learners: An approach using machine learning techniques
The e-learning environment is essentially helpful for improving the autonomous learning skills of the DHH learners. Facing numerous resources online, DHH learners need support to choose the right learning materials. This can be done by recommending suitable learning objects to similar types of learners. Hence, this research attempts to explore the possibilities of forming micro clusters from the group of DHH learners to improve the recommendation. As a result of k-means, three different micro clusters are formed. So, from the initial analysis, it is identified that the formation of micro clusters is possible, and features such as communication and learning ways play an important role in forming the well-defined micro clusters. This will definitely help the teachers in traditional classrooms and recommendation engines in e-learning to explore the micro clusters of learners with same learning patterns and communication preferences to appropriately stream the right pedagogical methods. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Disproportionate impact of climate change: Housing crisis and displacement among the transgender community in India
India is a nation that is threatened by climate change. Climate change and the housing crisis are inextricably linked, they are associated with exacerbated mental and physical health conditions. It often affects individuals differently based on various factors shaped by social norms. So, marginalized sections like transgender persons are disproportionately affected. Individuals with inadequate housing are significantly affected by natural disasters. However, most transgender individuals cannot rent due to a lack of documents and unemployment. Thus, housing is an essential social determinant of physical and mental health. The book chapter discusses the various intersecting identities and the geographical and ecological contexts. The current revised climate laws in India have emphasized incorporating gender but there is a need to focus on gender beyond the binary to formulate more sensitive and equitable methods to address climate change. It also discusses the psycho-social impact on the community and the unique challenges they face as extreme weather events increase. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Disrupted Diners: Impacts of COVID-19 on Restaurant Service Systems and Technological Adaptations
Measures such as lockdowns and social distancing may have effectively controlled the pandemic, but they have a tremendous detrimental effect on businesses relying heavily on face-to-face communications such as the restaurant and dine-in industry. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant and dine-in places had to face the brunt of losing customers due to government-mandated public health measures. The restaurant sector had to look for an overhaul immediately as the disruptions caused by the pandemic has pushed them either on the verge of closure or bad financial health. Nevertheless, an upsurge of technological advancements has come as a lender of last resort to the restaurant industry. This chapter presents the major disruptions caused by the pandemic in the in-person dining sector. It also sheds light on the various methods shaping the future of the restaurant industry. Finally, the chapter deals with the different prospects and challenges awaiting the paths of transformation and draws a framework called The Dining Spectrum as a contribution to the existing literature. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022. -
Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking for Mismatched Modules of Photovoltaic Array
The multiple peaks in the output P-V characteristics of the photovoltaic (PV) module and the complete loss of shaded modules generation due to the existing bypass diode-based scheme are eliminated through the implementation of proven distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT). Considering the unique behavior of each PV Module, the artificial neural network is used in the DMPPT algorithm to track the MPP at every instant by learning the unique behavior of each PV module in this chapter. This eliminates the effect of manufacturing dispersion. Though the unique MPP is identified, the inability of the DMPPT algorithm in maintaining the PV modules in its own MPP is eliminated by the compensator circuits which are introduced in the array configuration along with the DMPPT in this chapter. These compensators enabled the maintenance of each PV module in its own MPP by providing the deficient current of each module and the deficient voltage of each string. So, this configuration increases the output power by including the generation of shaded modules instead of bypassing it. The results show that the proposed configuration avoids the multiple peak condition in P-V characteristics and improves the efficiency of the PV array under partially shaded conditions. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. -
DNA-based authentication to access internet of things-based healthcare data
Data security and privacy are always considered as critical aspects, especially in healthcare. The advent of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) has encouraged a great deal of attention in this digital era and helped to improve e-health services. IoT-based services in healthcare and their applications have led to potential growth of quality services in healthcare. However, the sensitive nature of healthcare data and IoT devices which store and collect real-time data makes it even more vulnerable to various attacks. With the development of digitalized data and IoT-based e-health systems, authentication mechanisms are essential to ensure both usability and security. Considering these aspects, a novel, secure user authentication scheme is proposed that uses user ID, unique ID (AADHAAR), password, DNA steganography, and hash function. An One Time Password method is also proposed to strengthen the device authentication. The Scyther tool is used for security analysis and to validate the claims. 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -
Do flexible working hours influence employee skill enhancement and productivity? Evidence from polyvalent workers
This chapter investigates the influence of flexible working schedules affect the productivity and skill development of polyvalent workers. A thorough literature analysis guided the creation of a questionnaire that was given to 153 polyvalent workers as a sample. The gathered data was subjected to statistical analysis in order to determine how flexible work schedules affected worker productivity and skill development. The results show a strong correlation between flexible work schedules and increased productivity and skill development among employees. Furthermore, it was discovered that these results were significantly impacted by flexible working hours. Flexible schedules can help multitasking employees, who are skilled in a range of jobs, improve their productivity and further develop their skills. Companies that use polyvalent labour are encouraged to think about adopting flexible work schedules as a way to improve worker productivity and abilities. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Do gender diversity and leadership style influence team performance and innovation among the employees: Evidence from the IT sector
The aim of this chapter is to investigate the influence of gender diversity and leadership style on team performance and innovation of potential teams in the information technology sector. A questionnaire was developed, and a sample of 403 responses were collected from the employees. The analysis of the collected data was done using statistical tests of correlation and logistical regression, in order to understand the relationship and impact of gender diversity and leadership style on team performance and innovation potential of teams. The following findings emerged from the analysis. The findings reveal that there is a positive and significant relationship between gender diversity, leadership style, team performance, and innovation. Also, the result from logistics regression evidence that gender diversity and communication have an impact on team performance, whereas organisational culture and communication have an impact on innovation potential within teams. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Doctoral Research by Youth: Analyzing the Role of Socio-Demographic Variables on Flourishing and Grit
The study examines the importance of socio-demographic variables like age, gender, family environment, and relationship with parents and friends in deter-mining non-cognitive traits such as flourishing and grit, during the tenure of doctoral research. The cross-sectional correlational study comprises 400 Ph.D. scholars from a Central University in India, who were given a personal data sheet, the Flourishing Scale and the Grit Scale, for assessment. The results of the F-test showed that flourishing was significantly related to age, family environment and relationship with friends, and grit was significantly related to family environment and relationship with friends. Analysis using Pearson correlation found a weak correlation between flourishing and the three subscales of grit, namely ambition, consistency of interest, and perseverance of effort. Findings suggest that the socio-demographic variables are important contributors in the long-term goal-oriented behaviors and that flourishing and grit are two related but not correlated variables that influence completion and attrition of the doctoral research. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023. -
Does ESG Integration Enhance Financial Performance in Emerging Economies? A Systematic Review of Brics
A growing wave of environmental and social problems is driving the world's focus on sustainability, and the UN's creation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ESG-focused investments are giving this movement a strong push. Today, investors consider ethical and moral principles coupled with monetary factors. ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance, is a set of factors used to judge how well a company runs. These factors look at how the company protects the environment, treats its workers and society, and manages itself fairly and effectively. The present study is a systematic literature review of ESG and its influence on the firm financial performance of BRICS nations. The majority of the existing literature places focus on ESG in the developed world and this study aims to bridge this divide by focusing on Emerging economiesBRICS. The majority of the studies reveal a positive association between ESG and firm financial performance. The findings reveal the primary financial variables that affect ESG performance in BRICS countries such as firm size, debt ratios, weighted average cost of capital, return on equity (ROE), return on capital (ROC), Returns on Sales (ROS), Return on Assets (ROA), transparency levels, and financial leverage. Various theories such as Long-term gains, Institutional theory, Stakeholder theory, and Legitimacy Theory have laid the foundation for the research in the area. The review highlights the need for uniform ESG frameworks and enhanced disclosures to foster responsible investment practices in emerging economies like BRICS nations, providing valuable insights for companies, investors, and regulatory bodies. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025. -
Does fdi intensify economic growth? Evidence from china and India
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Does gamification affect customer brand engagement and brand value co-creation?
The study examines the relationship between gamification and customer brand engagement, focusing on its impact on brand value co-creation. It analyzes various studies published between 2013 and 2023, revealing that gamification positively influences brand engagement by fostering active participation, emotional connections, and increased motivation. It also facilitates brand value co-creation by encouraging consumers to actively contribute to brand development, innovation, and advocacy. Design considerations like game mechanics, aesthetics, and personalized experiences are crucial for maximizing gamification's impact on customer engagement and brand value co-creation. The review identifies potential moderating factors, such as consumer characteristics, cultural differences, and industry-specific dynamics, which may influence the effectiveness of gamification strategies. 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Does technology drive supply chain visibility? Evidence from the FMCG sector in India
Success and efficiency of today's business depends on many factors across various industries. Among the many factors, supply chain plays a crucial role. The well-functioning of distribution system may lead to customer satisfaction, cost reduction, risk management, competitive advantage, collaboration and integration, innovation and adoptability and sustainability. Adopting technology in supply chain systems is another way of increasing business growth in the present era. The technologies used in today's business organizations are blockchain, internet of things (IoT), cloud technology, etc. To what extent technology is used to improve supply chain visibility in business is a matter of concern. With this background, the study aims to explore the relationship and impact of different technology on supply chain visibility in fast moving consumer goods sector. To meet the objective of the study, the study chose the top 20 FMCG companies based on highest market share and collected the data from 20 supply chain managers. The variables considered for the study were internet of things (IoT), blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), radio frequency identification (RFID), cloud technology and information technology. relevant statistical analysis was used to prove the results and it is evident that technology positively correlates with the supply chain visibility. Artificial Intelligence has the most significant impact on the supply chain visibility of a firm. Hence, there is a significant impact of technology on supply chain visibility and the extent impact is high. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved.