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Abstract - Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Trade Finance Process
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Abstract: The complexity of trade finance instruments associated with need for many accompanying documents, constant coordination are problems of this process. Successful development of trade finance instruments depend on improvement of software and implement blockchain solutions that enable companies to unite and through partnerships and process automation to accelerate cash flow and documentation throughout supply chain. The paper aims to examine areas and ways of blockchain application in trade finance and to identify key aspects of improving transactions process. We present possible interaction of participants with digital letters of credit and factoring with blockchain application and display its effect on key trade finance instruments. Moreover, we identifies a number of problems, implementation solutions of which will lead to further more efficient application of technology in supply chain finance. The achieving these goals will lead to further more effective application of blockchain in financing of supply chain. Blockchain with a high level of functionality and security in trade finance processes reduces processing time for documents, transaction costs, expanding number of participants and increases level of transparency. Keywords: Trade finance, factoring, blockchain, digital letter of credit, smart contract. |
Abstract - Adoption of Instant Messenger: An Empirical Investigation
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Abstract: Instant Messenger (IM) is one of the quickest developing intra-hierarchical innovations that have been changed organizational communication framework. Intuitiveness, sharing substance, diminishing reaction time are a couple of its attributes that charm the two people and associations. It has been accounted for that 63 per cent associations over the world have just been executed IM in their authoritative correspondence framework. Thus, a tremendous number of specialists have researched the possibility of IM as an intra-hierarchical correspondence framework. In light of the broad writing survey, a blended supposition can be found on the viability of IM over the globe, which in the end urges this examination to explore more inside and out. All the more particularly, this examination tries to explore the critical drivers of IM adoption in an organizational setting. Moreover, this examination likewise tries to give a superior understanding of the marvel of IM usage in various socioeconomics, for example, orgabnizational size and industry. An online structured questionnaire was produced to gather data. With three reminders, this study able to get responses from 197 respondents from 3 primary states in Malaysia. Results of this study uncovered that knowledge creation is the most vital driver for IM adoption followed by organizational pressure and relative advantage. Additionally, domination examination uncovered that the organizational pressure is moderately more imperative in Corporation than SMEs. So also, learning creation turns into the most essential driver for assembling industry and relative advantage circumstances for benefit. This finding, to be sure, gives rules to administrators on why associations ought to receive IM in their intra-hierarchical correspondence framework. Keywords: Instant Messenger, Adoption, Knowledge creation, Relative Advantage, Organizational pressure. |
Abstract - An Academic Search Engine for Personalized Rankings
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Abstract: Rapidly increasing information on the Internet and the World Wide Web can lead to information overload. Search engines become important tools to help WWW users to discover information. Exponential increases in published research papers, academic search engines become indispensable tools to search for papers in their expertise and related fields. In order to improve the quality of search, an academic search engines’ capability should be enhanced. This paper proposes a search engine for personalized rankings. In order to evaluate the performance of personalized rankings, thirty-five graduate students from the Department of Web Engineering and Mobile Application Development at Dhurakij Pundit University are participants in the research experiment. Participants are asked to use a prototype of an academic search engine to find and bookmark any research papers according to their interests, which would guarantee that each participants’ list of interesting research papers could be recorded. Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain (NDCG) is used as a metric to determine the performance of the personalized rankings. The experiments suggest that the personalized rankings outperform the original search rankings. Hence, the proposed academic search engine with personalized ranking benefits research paper discovery. Keywords: Personalized Ranking, Research Paper Search Engine, Academic Search Engine. |
Abstract - African Quest for Development and Chinese Strategic Policy in the Continent: Myth or Reality in a Developmental Path in the 21st Century
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Abstract: Bilateral or multilateral relationships among nations or regional blocs are changing rapidly. For instance, Chinese interest in Africa, which began since the early part of the 21st Century, have assumed incredible dimensions. Since then, the growing Chinese footprints in Africa have orchestrated various debates within the academia and public policy experts, describing their relationship as a “major geopolitical feature” in this era of a globalised world. A situation that calls for understanding of the nature of their relationship with a view of creating an integrated African policy framework to tackle perceived negative trends of Chinese role in the Continent vis-à-vis the developmental challenges of African States. Such views have been quite diverse and contentious over the years. Quite a number of views suggests that China’s new relationship with the Continent is a substitute to Western relationship that can offer the needed partnership for the most needed economic growth and infrastructural development of African States. This position informed the initiative called the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the year 2000, and its subsequent formation in 2010 with the ultimate objective of implementing both political and economic programmes in Africa (Stahl, 2016). Available records show that China have implemented two coherent policies on Africa between 2006 and 2015. Against this backdrop, came the warnings of some scholars as well as States to African States to be wary of such Chinese benevolence. The West championed by Washington and Brussels were among such active voices. From the two extreme viewpoints, lies the desire of this paper to analyse holistically, Chinese strategic policy outcomes vis-à-vis the African development needs from 2014 to date. The intention is to contribute to the ongoing debate about Africa-China relations vis-à-vis the development needs of the Continent. Such holistic analytical approach will further expose the potential impact of the Chinese strategic policy outcomes and the extent of development of African States. Interestingly, the paper will be able to throw open to African States of the choice to doing business with whomever they like based on their development challenges or needs per time and not because of colonial ties or linkages. Keywords: Development, Strategic policy, Myth or reality. |
Abstract - An Empirical Evaluation of the Link between Women Participation in Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia
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Abstract: Women's participation is a fundamental prerequisite for gender equality and genuine democracy. It facilitates women's direct engagement in decision-making and is a means of ensuring better accountability to women. This paper assesses the impact of women participation in Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) on poverty reduction in Hawassa city, Ethiopia. Using a mixed research methodology, and applying propensity score matching, the study found that women participation in VSLA has a significant positive impact in increasing average monthly household income of participant woman. Besides, women participation in VSLA has a significant positive association with improvements in household diet, health, children’s education, and women’s involvement in household decisions. The study recommends a reinforcement of government and nongovernmental organizations in providing regular and need based capacity building trainings for VSLA participants followed by a concerted effort to link VSLA participants with formal microfinance institutions. Keywords: Capacity building, decision-making, Ethiopia, loans, participation, poverty, village savings and women. |