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In today's economy supply chains are frequently transforming into international demand networks. Cloud computing is the answer to the main challenges posed by creation and management of flexible and adaptive global demand networks. Cloud computing is a tool that forms a link between technology and business, and thus innovatively improves competitiveness of international supply chains while supporting development of individual economic entities regardless of their size and scale of activities. Cloud computing is the basis for the development of the economy of sharing, mass customization, social networks, systems infrastructure and communications of individual companies and those of international supply chains. The article presents the possibilities of using cloud computing in supporting development of innovation in management of international demand networks. The article elaborates on whether cloud computing is an innovation, or rather just a tool to introduce innovations and what is the extent of the impact of its use on the level of innovation in international demand networks

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of cloud computing (CC) on supply chain management (SCM).Design/methodology/approachThe paper is conceptual and based on a literature review and conceptual analysis.FindingsToday, digital technology is the primary enabler of supply chain (SC) competitiveness. CC capabilities support competitive SC challenges through structural flexibility and responsiveness. An Internet platform based on CC and a digital ecosystem can serve as "information cross-docking" between SC stakeholders. In this way, the SC model is transformed from a traditional, linear model to a platform model with the simultaneous cooperation of all partners. Platform-based SCs will be a milestone in the evolution of SCM – here conceptualised as Supply Chain 3.0.Research limitations/implicationsCurrently, SCs managed holistically in cyberspace are rare in practice, and therefore empirical evidence on how digital technologies impact SC competitiveness is required in future research.Practical implicationsThis research generates insights that can help managers understand and develop the next generation of SCM with the use of CC, a modern and commonly available Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tool.Originality/valueThe paper presents a conceptual basis of how CC enables structural flexibility of SCs through easy, real-time resource and capacity reconfiguration. CC not only reduces cost and increases flexibility but also offers an effective solution for disruptive new business models with the potential to revolutionise current SCM thinking.

Purpose: The article aims to create a typology of transport platforms according to Gawer`s concept in the EU, their assessment through the prism of the concept of sustainable development and regulatory challenges. Design/Methodology/Approach: It is a conceptual paper based on the desk research method. The first step of the research was a literature review and critical analysis of the reports of research agencies devoted to transportation platforms phenomena. Next, building on established platform types' model from Evans and Gawer, the verification of different transport platforms available on the EU market was conducted. Data were collected from case studies, exchange, and logistics platform websites, reports, and scientific literature. Several practical examples were studied and verified from the perspective of the theoretical platforms types' model. Then the discussion is conducted on the value creation of each type of platform identified in light of sustainable development impact in the EU. Findings: Identification with examples in the EU transport market of transactional, innovative, integrated, and investment platforms. Presentation of economic, social benefits – the greatest for integrated platforms. Formulation of proposals for changes in the approach to regulation of the transport sector in the EU would 1) stimulate the development of platforms, 2) counteract the negative aspects of this phenomenon. Practical Implications: Classification of transport platforms that unable identification leading players of the transportation and logistics services available in the virtual world. Additionally, the way of further transportation platforms' development can be observed based on the study results. It can also help to include the transport platform solutions within activities dedicated to improving sustainable development strategies. Originality/Value: The article indicates a new approach to classify transport platforms. It discusses how these types of business models can bring added value in light of their sustainable development. It points out the actions that the EU should undertake to improve sustainability by enhancing the role of digital solutions. ; peer-reviewed

Coastal forests play a critical role in the defence of natural disasters like typhoons and tsunamis. The deforestation and forest degradation due to rapid urbanization has presented great challenges (e.g. debris flows and floods) to China's coastal areas. Using a unique national land-use survey dataset and geographical information system (GIS)-based spatial analytics, including local Moran's I and geographically weighted regression (GWR), this paper investigates the regional variations and associated driving forces of forestland changes in China's coastal areas across three periods: 1996−2000, 2000–2008 and 2009–2015. The results suggest that the forestland has generally increased until 2008 and has decreased since 2009. Particularly, some counties in the south coast have higher degree of forestland loss during 1996–2008 and the growth of forestland after 2009 was only found in a few counties in the north and east coast. Also, the results indicate that the initial proportion of forestland in each period and the changes of arable-land have significant positive associations with the forestland changes across all the three periods, where the former mainly affects the northern coast while the latter has a primary influence in the southern coast. The findings suggest that government policies for increasing forestland such as the "Grain for Green" project were highly effective in China's coastal areas before 2008 but have shown less impact ever since. This research provides insights into the dynamics of forestland in China's coastal areas and can assist with future decision-making regarding forest resources protection and management.

The aim of the article is to present the essence and main scientific achievements of the ChemMultimodal
Project developed under the Interreg Central Europe Programme. The Project was implemented
at the Collegium of Business Administration of SGH Warsaw School of Economics in 2016-2019. The
article concentrates on the main conclusions from the diagnosis of the multimodal chemistry transport
market in Poland. It describes a tool helpful in the development of multimodal routes, and indicates
the main results of pilots studies on the change in the modes of transport. Additionally it underlines
proposed recommendations for changes in the national and regional – Mazovian – transport development
strategies that were developed during the last phase of the ChemMultimodal Project.

This research employs novel techniques to examine older learners' journeys, educationally and physically, in order to gain a 'three-dimensional' picture of lifelong learning in the modern urban context of Glasgow. The data offers preliminary analyses of an ongoing 1500 household survey by the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC). A sample of 1037, with 377 older adults aged 60+, was examined to understand older learner engagement in formal, in-formal, non-formal and family-learning contexts. Preliminary findings indicate that all forms of older learning participation are lower than younger and middle-age counterparts. However, there is a subset of 'actively ageing', socially and technologically engaged older adult 'learner-citizens', participating in educational, physical, cultural, civic and online activities (including online political discussions and boycotts). These older learners were more likely to be working, caretakers and report better health overall. Long-term disabilities were associated with less engagement in non-formal learning activities. Additionally, engaged older learners' GPS trails show more city activity than their matched non-learning-engaged counterparts. Place-based variables, such as feeling safe and belonging to the local area, moderated adult participation in learning activities. The full data-set will be accessible to researchers and the general public via UBDC, providing a complex data source to explore demographically diverse learners' within an urban context.

A report written by the Horizon 2020 Expert Group on Open Science - Transport Research Cloud (E03570). The report focuses on the requirements for data sharing withing the transport research community. In particular, the report examines the potential of a Transport Research Cloud (TRC) as a subset of the European Union's European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative. Six domain experts collected data based on their personal experiences, contacts, prior research and a survey sent out to other researchers in the transport domain to enable a preliminary analysis concerning the needs, barriers and potential benefits for the domain should a TRC be realized. From this work ten recommendations, grouped into five broad topic areas, have been developed that the Experts believe must be addressed if a sustainable TRC is to be relaized.