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Prague Smart City: Czech hub for regional development

Smart cities represent a burgeoning global trend, focusing on enhancing city dwellers' daily lives through improved infrastructure, innovation, technology, and services. In the Czech Republic, various elements of this concept are being implemented. This article aims to shed light on these initiatives, evaluate their success, and draw comparisons with international…

Andrea Bogoni2023-11-03

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Romania and internet connectivity: success factors

Romanian internet population data Romania's internet penetration rate is one of the highest in Europe, surpassing even some of the continent's wealthiest countries like France, Belgium, Finland, and Austria. In January 2023, Romania had 17.82 million internet users, indicating an 88.9% internet penetration rate of the total population. This represents…

Léo Portal2023-10-20

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Tallin Smart City: Estonia’s flagship of innovation

It goes without saying that a nation's capital is almost always the best representation of its heart. So, it comes as no surprise that Estonia's capital, Tallinn, is a renown smart city. The term 'smart city' may seem a bit of a challenge, and not because it is supposedly controversial:…

Andrea Bogoni2023-09-22

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The concept of industry 4.0 and its challenges

Main principles of the industry 4.0 As mentioned in previous articles – also centred on the Polish Industrie 4.0, Industry 4.0 is based on the inter-connectivity of an enterprise's machines thanks to digitalisation. This concept relies on four principles: agility, data analysis, automation and interconnexion. Agility The connectivity of the…

Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière2023-05-26

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Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Serbia: a review

Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Serbia's National Bank, the country's record amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2022 exceeded central bankers' expectations. Aleksandar Vucic, the president of Serbia, praised the "great success in a year of fighting in Ukraine". By showcasing Vucic's close ties to Moscow and…

Andrea Bogoni2023-05-09

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Industry 4.0, Schumpeter’s “creative destruction” and COVID-19

Creative destruction is an economic concept developed by Joseph Schumpeter in the middle of the 20th century. In his book “Capitalism, socialism and democracy”, Schumpeter describes this phenomenon as “process of industrial mutation that continuously revolutionises the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new…

Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière2023-04-07

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The industrie 4.0’s implementation

The innovations characteristic of the industrie 4.0 Artificial intelligence (AI) is a process of imitating human intelligence based on the creation and application of algorithms executed in a dynamic computer environment. Its goal is to enable computers to think and act like human beings. AI is an essential tool for…

Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière2023-02-14

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State of the matter of the Industrie 4.0 in Poland

Poland’s Digital Economy and Society Index There are many ways to quantify the level of adaptation of a country’s industry to the Industrie 4.0. Having regard to the fact that the first condition for any industry to be compatible with this fourth revolution is digitalisation, it is a good idea…

Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière2022-12-21

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The Three Seas Initiatives coming to fruition?

Yesterday, the three seas summit in Tallinn brought together leaders from both Europe and America. On this occasion, the President of Poland Andrzej Duda...

Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière2020-10-20

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Prague Smart City: Czech hub for regional development

Romania and internet connectivity: success factors

Tallin Smart City: Estonia’s flagship of innovation

The concept of industry 4.0 and its challenges

Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Serbia: a review

Industry 4.0, Schumpeter’s “creative destruction” and COVID-19

The industrie 4.0’s implementation

State of the matter of the Industrie 4.0 in Poland

The Three Seas Initiatives coming to fruition?

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