This paper examines the impact of Internet technology on emerging businesses and its contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in Greece.It emphasizes the importance of start-ups in the business ecosystem an...This paper examines the impact of Internet technology on emerging businesses and its contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in Greece.It emphasizes the importance of start-ups in the business ecosystem and the creation of favorable conditions for the development of innovative business ideas.In addition,a theoretical approach of basic concepts of the ecosystem of the startups is carried out which,in combination with the quantitative research that follows,attempts to answer the question whether the development of Internet technology affects entrepreneurship in Greece currently and in the future.展开更多
Many articles have been published on intelligent manufacturing, most of which focus on hardware, soft-ware, additive manufacturing, robotics, the Internet of Things, and Industry 4.0. This paper provides a dif-ferent ...Many articles have been published on intelligent manufacturing, most of which focus on hardware, soft-ware, additive manufacturing, robotics, the Internet of Things, and Industry 4.0. This paper provides a dif-ferent perspective by examining relevant challenges and providing examples of some less-talked-about yet essential topics, such as hybrid systems, redefining advanced manufacturing, basic building blocks of new manufacturing, ecosystem readiness, and technology scalahility. The first major challenge is to (re-)define what the manufacturing of the future will he, if we wish to: ① raise public awareness of new manufacturing's economic and societal impacts, and ② garner the unequivocal support of policy- makers. The second major challenge is to recognize that manufacturing in the future will consist of sys-tems of hybrid systems of human and robotic operators; additive and suhtractive processes; metal and composite materials; and cyher and physical systems. Therefore, studying the interfaces between con- stituencies and standards becomes important and essential. The third challenge is to develop a common framework in which the technology, manufacturing business case, and ecosystem readiness can he eval- uated concurrently in order to shorten the time it takes for products to reach customers. Integral to this is having accepted measures of "scalahility" of non-information technologies. The last, hut not least, chal-lenge is to examine successful modalities of industry-academia-government collaborations through public-private partnerships. This article discusses these challenges in detail.展开更多
文摘This paper examines the impact of Internet technology on emerging businesses and its contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in Greece.It emphasizes the importance of start-ups in the business ecosystem and the creation of favorable conditions for the development of innovative business ideas.In addition,a theoretical approach of basic concepts of the ecosystem of the startups is carried out which,in combination with the quantitative research that follows,attempts to answer the question whether the development of Internet technology affects entrepreneurship in Greece currently and in the future.
文摘Many articles have been published on intelligent manufacturing, most of which focus on hardware, soft-ware, additive manufacturing, robotics, the Internet of Things, and Industry 4.0. This paper provides a dif-ferent perspective by examining relevant challenges and providing examples of some less-talked-about yet essential topics, such as hybrid systems, redefining advanced manufacturing, basic building blocks of new manufacturing, ecosystem readiness, and technology scalahility. The first major challenge is to (re-)define what the manufacturing of the future will he, if we wish to: ① raise public awareness of new manufacturing's economic and societal impacts, and ② garner the unequivocal support of policy- makers. The second major challenge is to recognize that manufacturing in the future will consist of sys-tems of hybrid systems of human and robotic operators; additive and suhtractive processes; metal and composite materials; and cyher and physical systems. Therefore, studying the interfaces between con- stituencies and standards becomes important and essential. The third challenge is to develop a common framework in which the technology, manufacturing business case, and ecosystem readiness can he eval- uated concurrently in order to shorten the time it takes for products to reach customers. Integral to this is having accepted measures of "scalahility" of non-information technologies. The last, hut not least, chal-lenge is to examine successful modalities of industry-academia-government collaborations through public-private partnerships. This article discusses these challenges in detail.