The article explores the problems of sustainable development of the natural mineral resources market in the context of digital transformation of the industry. Key trends in the development of the global mineral resources market in economic, ecological, energy and digital dimensions have been identified. The features of the world distribution of raw material base of ore and energy mineral resources in terms of their economic assessment have been studied and the countries - market drivers - have been identified. A model for sustainable development of the mineral resources market and a system of criteria for its assessment in the context of Industry 4.0 have been proposed. In particular, the link between the level of digital technologies and the energy trilemma has been analysed. Based on the results of the calculations, the grouping of the leading countries in the mineral resources market by the level of achievement of sustainable development has been carried out and ways to digitize the mining industry have been outlined.
The paper aims to present the strategic management model for economic development, the Feitoria Prime Market Model (FPM). The FPM identifies new markets and new products for enterprises to export their products. FPM is based in the comparative advantage concept of Ricardo (1817) and incorporates economic and political dimensions in order to avoid unstable economies. The study present a particular case, Portugal-Poland, that has the objective to find bilateral trade opportunities. The methodology presented below is configured confronting the potential trade to effectively verified among the countries and uses a trade database 2012-16 period from the UN COMTRADE free database.
The paper presents an upgrade of the strategic management model for economic development, the Feitoria Prime Market Model (Feitoria Model), developed by Botelho & Kulishov (2018) which has an innovation: the incorporation of the concept of competitiveness of products in markets, the Most-Favored Nation Tariff (MFN Tariff). The Feitoria Model identifies new markets for companies to increase the number of markets to place their product portfolio. Feitoria Model is based on the comparative advantage concept of Ricardo (1817) and incorporates economic and political dimensions in order to avoid unstable economies and the MFN tariff in order to compare the competitiveness of products in multiple markets. The study presents the bilateral trade opportunities, Portugal -Poland and Portugal -Ukraine. The methodology presented below is configured confronting the potential trade to effectively verified among the countries and uses a trade database 2013 -2017 period extracted from the UN COMTRADE free database.
Global economy is expected to contract, consequence of a collapse of international trade with millions of failed businesses and lost jobs. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows are fundamental to support the economic recovery. Developed economies and developing economies in particular must make a great effort to restore and increase capital inflows, especially in form of foreign direct investment. FDI inflows have long been the largest source of finance investment. FDI is an opportunity to support the crucial economic recovery. An internationalization model of FDI is built in order to be a driver to governments and firms to implement a success strategy to attract FDI to the country.
The article describes the design of an Internet of Things based platform having as main objective the real-time management of energy consumption in water resource recovery facilities and their integration in a future demand side management environment. The monitoring of several electrical parameters, including energy consumption, is done via a dedicated energy meter, whose design is detailed in the article. The high level data communication from the energy meters to a central platform of the wastewater utility is done via the MQTT protocol. Within the water resource recovery facility, the access network is based either on Wi-Fi or LoRa, which are two enabling technologies for the Internet of Things. The meters are deployed in pilot demonstrators located in two water resource recovery facilities in Lisbon, Portugal.
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