Juniper Publishers Annals of Social Sciences and Management studies

   Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction The 13th five-year plan for economic and social development of the People’s Republic of China proposed to promote the convergence and development of culture, science information technology, tourism, sports, finance and other industries. In recent years, the convergence of culture and science has become the consensus of the government, industry and academia in China. Many scholars have made useful explorations on this issue. Liu et al. [1] put forward the mode of deep convergence of culture and science, in which elements are coupled and interacted. Fu & Li [2] present two modes: government-driven and enterprise practice. Peng & Song [3] propose three mode: technology-driven, leapfrog development and government promotion. Yin [4] summaries the convergence mode of Chengdu as three forms: creativity + science, content + channel, extension + expansion. Chen [5] proposes four mode: consumpt...

   Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Opinion Bio-resource management is an issue that concerns sustainability of the global commons that humans depend on. This sustainability is sought to be ensured through reduction of environmental stressors that are generated through unplanned, unintended activities of humankind. Earth’s interlocked web of life is stressed through degradation in biotic (living environment including all organisms) and pollution in abiotic (physical environment like space, temperature, soil, air and precipitation) factors. These factors are involved in the production and consumption processes of energy and nutrient use in agriculture, industry and human services. Generally, there is a constant tussle between private and public use of bio-resources. There is difference of opinions over primacy of utilitarian economic imperatives of ‘wise-use’ of the environment by the agri-business and industrial sectors and the political-et...

      Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction In today’s enterprises, the meaning of innovation results, among others, from increasing social needs, which can be met mainly thanks to science and its achievements. According to Pomykalski [1], the ability to create and absorb innovation is the greatest challenge of the 21st century. The author defines innovation as a process that involves all activities related to creating an idea, then an invention, and ultimately, to implementing the new (or improved) product, process, or service [1]. In approaching the issue of innovation, it is stressed that the ability to innovate is the prerequisite for the competitive advantage, i.e. the company’s commercial success. The unique character of innovation as a creative process is stressed repeatedly, however the issue of costs of innovation, or the difficulty in balancing the proportion between innovation and the entity’s day-to-day functioning....