Purpose - This study aims to explore the need for highly technological complexes for control and monitoring, as well as, new concepts and methodologies for maritime resource exploration and exploitation, which are in great demand nowadays. Design/methodology/approach - This paper provides an...

Background: Studies have highlighted how public-private partnerships are characterized by a lack of transparency, low availability of data, low accountability, and, often, strong opportunism. All these factors do not allow potential interested parties to trust it. This undermines the possibility...

Industry 4.0 has led to the growth of smart cities utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT). Wireless sensor network (WSN) has drawn considerable interest as an important element of the IoT. The Energy Internet (EI) is growing in importance as a significant component of constructing the...

Smart networks, e.g., smart grids (SGs) as complex interconnected systems have become more complex and require greater processing and communication capabilities due to the growing use of renewable energy (RE). In addition to being a reliable method for collecting and managing information,...

The use of cryptocurrencies offers attractive business opportunities, in the context of financial services, smart contracts and token-based business models. The objective of this study is to provide a value-based understanding of what drives people to use cryptocurrencies for value exchange....