Health data sharing in Germany: individual preconditions, trust and motives by Elias Kühnel, Felix Wilke

“…Less than a quarter of respondents (23%) would share their data with small and medium-sized enterprises and only 15 percent with technology companies. Regarding the factors influencing the willingness to share data with research institutions, three overarching factors can be named: (1) individual characteristics, in particular the level of education and technical competence, (2) individual motives, such as altruism as well as worries and concerns regarding health data sharing, and (3) trust in institutions, especially trust in science and technology companies.Discussion and conclusionAlthough the study shows a general openness towards sharing health data and underlines the importance of altruistic motives, social inequalities and concerns about health data sharing are also evident. …”
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The ‘Platformisation’ of Domestic Work in South Africa by Tengetile Nhleko

“… Digital platform technologies have brought about a new labour form in the occupation of domestic work, in which domestic cleaning work is now being managed and organised virtually through an online platform, or ‘app’, operated by private technology companies and provided to householders on a convenient and on-demand basis. …”
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Competição e digitalização: a expansão dos serviços culturais-digitais – os casos da Netflix, Disney e Apple by Elder Patrick Maia Alves

“…This work investigates the process of competition between some of the most important technology companies in the world, which created business models aimed at the culturaldigital services market - series, movies, games, music, books and animation. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS OF SUSTAINABILITY: AN EVALUATION OF KEY FACTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED INSTITUTIONS by Zineb ZNAGUI

“…This study fills important gaps in the literature by identifying and conceptualizing the key factors that constitute KBIs, focusing on how KBIs, such as universities, research centers and technology companies, prioritize and implement sustainability within their organizational frameworks. …”

Reasons Behind the Migration of Highly Qualified Employees from Turkiye: The Case of Software Developers and Engineers by Mustafa Şeref Akın, Ebubekir Karadaş

“…The emigration of highly skilled software developers and engineers from Turkey has gained momentum, leading to a shortage of technical staff in technology companies, particularly startups. In order to understand their motivations for migrating, interviews were conducted with software developers and engineers. …”
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Advancing the development of real-world data for healthcare research in China: challenges and opportunities by Jun Zhang, Eric Wu, Jia Zhong, Honghao Fang, Larry Liu, Jipan Xie

“…A workshop with 30 representatives from healthcare research agencies, technology companies focused on healthcare big data and pharmaceutical companies was held in December 2020 to identify strategies to overcome the barriers associated with the usability and quality of RWD in China. …”
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Nasiru Adamu Kanoma, Nurudeen Usman Miko, Augustine Ayuba, Idris Mohammed, Idris Mohammed, Mark G Tagwai

“…On the other hand, equity financing ratio has a positive but insignificant effect on performance of listed information and communications technology companies in Nigeria. Therefore, it is recommended that the management of the listed information and communications technology firms in Nigeria should initiate coherent and integrated financial policies towards encouraging long-and short-term debt financing and debt to equity financing to ultimately improve the financial performance of the list information and communications technology firms in Nigeria. …”
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Research on Optimization Model of Logistics Transportation Truck Path considering Environmental Impact: Experimental Data from Xiqing District, Tianjin by Qianqian Han, Yao Sun, Qingdong Wu, Zijian Bai

“…With the help of big data, technology companies have developed many truck applications, such as HCB, truck home, and truck help, to provide the drivers available traffic information. …”
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Financial sovereignty as one of Russia’s strategic objectives at the present stage by G. A. Chmut

“…Attracting long-term financial resources to the economy, investment attractiveness and providing financial support for fast-growing technology companies are the main conditions to solve this problem. …”
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Penerapan Metode Simple Additive Weighting dalam Pemeringkatan Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan Sektor Teknologi yang Terdaftar di Bei by I Made Satya Sundara, I Gst. Agung Pramesti Dwi Putri, I Nyoman Yudi Anggara Wijaya

“…The SAW method is employed to generate a ranking of technology companies that serve as a reference for prospective investors in making investment decisions. …”
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From Antenna Design to High Fidelity, Full Physics Automotive Radar Sensor Corner Case Simulation by Ushemadzoro Chipengo, Peter M. Krenz, Shawn Carpenter

“…Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) have recently been thrust into the spotlight in the automotive industry as carmakers and technology companies pursue effective active safety systems and fully autonomous vehicles. …”
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Développer le désert : anciennes et nouvelles utopies by Jean-Robert Henry, Jean-Louis Marçot, Jean-Yves Moisseron

“…The Mediterranean Solar Plan, a flagship project of the Union for the Mediterranean, is backed by large financial and technology companies who invest in renewable energy and dream of the Sahara as the future powerhouse of Europe. …”
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Chatbot Programmes’ ‘Arms Race’: Africa and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics by Tapiwa Chagonda

“…The ‘arms race’ to create chatbots that can rival Open AI’s ChatGPT-4.0 technology by big technology companies such as Google and Meta, is not only hastening the pace of the AI revolution but is also bringing to the fore the double-edged nature of this technology. …”
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The politics of digital sovereignty and the European Union’s legislation: navigating crises by Gábor Hulkó, János Kálmán, András Lapsánszky

“…These crises manifest themselves in various forms, including cybersecurity threats, privacy issues and the economic dominance of global technology companies. The European Union’s legislative initiatives, including the Digital Services (DSA), Digital Markets (DMA) and European Media Freedom (EMFA) regulations, as well as the efforts to regulate artificial intelligence, are designed to address the crises inherent in the digital age, while at the same time posing new challenges to the sovereignty and perception of sovereignty of individual states. …”
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A Low-Power DNN Accelerator With Mean-Error-Minimized Approximate Signed Multiplier by Laimin Du, Leibin Ni, Xiong Liu, Guanqi Peng, Kai Li, Wei Mao, Hao Yu

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Device Modeling Based on Cost-Sensitive Densely Connected Deep Neural Networks by Xiaoying Tang, Zhiqiang Li, Lang Zeng, Hongwei Zhou, Xiaoxu Cheng, Zhenjie Yao

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Identifying factors affecting the distribution strategy in the food industry with the attitude of marketing and online sales by solmaz seyedghafouri, Vahid nasehifar, Farid askari

“…Extended Abstract                                           Introduction With the growth and expansion of technology, companies have turned to using online methods and channels to sell products and distribute them. …”
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Presenting the fintech market development model with an emphasis on existing challenges and strategies by Seyed Mani Sadraee, Farideh Haghshenaskashani, Mehdi Karimizand

“…In addition, more and more investors are spending on new technologies; they are competing with each other in an effort to improve security and user convenience. Financial technology companies are trying to attract users with new mobile phone features, capabilities and technologies. …”
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