Vida Davidavičienė

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University · Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship

One of the priority areas of the EU is infrastructure development. Over 2021–2027, it is planned to allocate more than 116 billion EUR of support from EU structural funds to transport and ICT infrastructure. For investments to promote the growth of lagging regions and reduce regional disparities, investments must be efficiently allocated. Consideri...

Mobile food order applications have become a phenomenal disruption in the food delivery industry. Customers demand better and more consistent experiences when making most purchases, including in food choices. Food delivery platforms have also been seen as the most convenient feature for customers during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Although food d...

Core infrastructure, which covers transportation, information and communication (ICT), energy, water and sanitation systems, plays a significant role in economic growth. The development of core infrastructure – one of the European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy (CP) priorities – is heavily funded. However, it remains unclear whether these investments a...

Corporate social entrepreneurship can be defined as the application of personal and professional competencies, including instruments to manage effectively and efficiently activities to meet requirements through the appropriate application and integration of processes so that all interested parties are aware of their role, responsibility, and contri...

CSE (Corporate Social Entrepreneurship) as a concept is relatively new, and the question is rising: to what extent academic research and practices are interested and involved by society. The EMBRACE team emphasized this concept in 2020 but still not much used and presented in the scientific community and practitioners. This study aims to analyze an...

Augmented reality technology (AR) is strengthening its position in our daily lives every year. The main goal of augmented reality technology is to digitize the world around us by adding additional information that is relevant and attractive to the consumer in a particular sector. Gadget stores are adding more and more fun and useful PR programs, wh...

The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) has resulted in several improvements in diverse aspects of the organizational structures, including the introduction of virtual teams (VTs). Organizations rely on VTs since they bring a lot of benefits, such as the enhancement of organizational performance. However, effective V...

The authors have examined municipal waste, its components and their integration with reverse logistics processes. Background: The theoretical part begins with a definition of municipal waste. Later, the integration between municipal waste and reverse logistics is provided, including presentation of the hierarchy of qualitative methods and models. M...

Corporate social entrepreneurship is a relatively new term proposed by the EMBRACE (ERASMUS+ programme Knowledge Alliance project "European Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum") team in 2020. The problematic area of this study is that previous scientists and business practitioners rarely analyze the corporate social entrepreneurship practi...

Globalization processes rapidly advance information and communications technologies that influence social, economic, and cultural changes and transform consumers' needs and buying behavior in online shopping. Business sector organizations operating in a dynamic environment have to adjust to the environment's uncertainty, consider the changing needs...

This study endeavors to be cognizant of the investment paradigm of women entrepreneurs and reveal their ambitions, professionalism, and desire to form a robust framework in the context of economic development. These persistent attributes of women entrepreneurs for economic development persuaded us to investigate factors that influence women’s attit...

Organizations are investing in social media for communicating with customers, promoting employee collaborations, and integrating with partners and suppliers. One of the essential organizational capabilities that can help organizations create and share knowledge and improve their performance and create competitive advantage is social capital and soc...

Rainfall and evaporation, which are known as two complex and unclear processes in hydrology, are among the key processes in the design and management of water resource projects. The application of artificial intelligence, in comparison with physical and empirical models, can be effective in the face of the complexity of hydrological processes. The...

CONDUCTING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS IN THE PROCESS OF DISTANCE LEARNING AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Vida Davidaviciene1, Veronika Zvirble2*, Jaroslav Daveiko3 1Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania: vida.davidaviciene@vilniustech.lt 2*Departmen...

The first lockdown due to COVID-19 in the year 2020 created a particular scenario that forced a change to telework among diverse professions and social groups. This article presents the results of research carried out among samples of Polish, Lithuanian and Spanish remote workers concerning working conditions in organizations and at home, and the p...

Natural gas is a main source of energy in Iran, and optimal allocation to different sectors is crucial, based on realities, geopolitical considerations, and national security concerns. In this paper, a multi-objective goal programming model is developed to study the optimal allocation of this resource to various consumption sectors, including house...

The World Bank, United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and others are in line with the governments of countries that are strongly interested in the sustainable development of countries, regions, and enterprises. One of the aspects that affects the indicators and prospects of sustainable development is the efficie...

This study aims to explore the investment behavior of female entrepreneurs as the new competitor in the investment field and to determine the underlying factors that influence their investment attitudes. A qualitative investigation approach was employed for the study that includes 18 in-depth exploratory interviews to ascertain the fundamental dete...

The article focuses on a relevant scientific and practical problem of the present, i.e., the resilience of organisations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is, upon analysing the response of organisations to the threats related to the COVID-19-caused restrictions on economic activity, to identify the predominant behaviour of organisation...

The technological advancements facilitated the progress of the Business-To-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce business tremendously. B2C e-commerce has several benefits such as saving costs by decreasing the use of resources, increasing profits, and competitive advantage, especially in the pandemic context. However, this opportunity comes with challenges, a...

Information and communications technologies promote change in the service sector, and the banking sector is not an exception. Finding what factors impact consumer satisfaction with service and lead to loyalty is invariably important for business. However, it is important to begin with evaluating the aspects that are specific to the market and servi...

Globalization, technological development and a dynamic business environment influence the change of customer information demands. It becomes vital for organizations to find out the customer demand change and discover technological solutions to satisfy these demands. One of these technologies is augmented reality, which connects real and digital env...

Women make up almost 50% of all workforce in the European Union, but their average hourly rate is 16.3% lower than men's. In 2016, only in 21 companies out of 500 women held executive positions. In entrepreneurship statistics based on the founder's gender, women make up only 34.4% of independently working employees and 30% of business founders. Mor...

Syrian women face many barriers and restrictions on the way to legitimate their roles in the formal economy and the higher education sector. This paper examines the higher education environment in Syria, highlighting the situation after 2011. The purpose of this research is to conduct a situation analysis of Syrian female students' empowerment in t...

Organizational reliance on virtual teams (VTs) is increasing tremendously due to the significant benefits they offer, such as efficiently reaching objectives and increasing organizational performance. However, VTs face a lot of challenges that, if overlooked, will prevent them from yielding the required benefits. One of the major issues that hinder...

Reverse e-logistics has proven to have high significance in terms of profits, customer satisfaction, competition, and performance’s efficiency. However, several firms in the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce field, especially in developing countries such as those in the Middle East, still neglect its importance for the survival of the firm beca...

The development and use of information and communications technology (ICT) are growing at a rapid speed across the world. ICT has been the cause for new types of work arrangements, such as virtual organizations, virtual teams, teleworking, etc. Virtual teams provide organizations with competitive advantage by enabling them to hire talented people a...

Women make up almost 50% of all workforce in the European Union, but their average hourly rate is 16.3% lower than mens. In 2016, only in 21 companies out of 500 women held executive positions. In entrepreneurship statistics based on the founders gender, women make up only 34.4% of independently working employees and 30% of business founders. More...

Low-cost carriers (LCCs) have been growing by 11.4% in revenue passenger kilometers over 2017 and changed the airline industry radically. It drove down prices in the industry. Southwest Airlines (USA) designed the LCC blueprint model, and Ryanair copied it within Europe, followed by other airlines. This research aims to fulfill the gap in contempor...

For a competitive organisation, it is important to invest in employee’s education to keep their knowledge up to date and ensure continuous growth in terms of employees’ competence and skills. Continuous learning is considered as one of the success factors for the organisation, since this ensures constant growth of employees’ competence that results...

The use of the internet and its' providing information enables the elderly also known as the aging population to face in more easy way all the problems and complications of contemporary lifecycle, invading the restrictions of the emotional besides social loneliness, therefore, accomplishing a more worth life. The main of this article is to discover...

As media is moving in to twenty-first century and the way of doing business and marketing has changed, researcher's studies focus on Electronic Media meaning as a promotional tool and how it Effects on consumer behavior and observations. Through internet, Electronic Media allows public to access information and ideas quickly and usefully. The aim o...

Globalization, technological development and the associated transformation processes have both positive and negative effects not only on fashion industry organizations and their customers, but also on the global environmental protection. Positive transformation changes are associated with the ability of fashion organizations to satisfy changing nee...

Members from different generations create challenges for marketing specialists due to their unique behaviour specifics and in the context of constant technology development, these challenges become only harder. In the current marketing situation, there is a new challenge-outreach and interest for generation Y consumers. A question arises-which mean...

Information communication technologies bring the revolution into all business sectors, and transportation sector is not an exception. Ticketing system has changed from traditional to intelligent, which provides information and service to the consumer. In developed countries such systems are implemented and operate successfully, while in the develop...

Interfaces between FINTECH and electronic media has been analyzed in the article. The main activity areas of FINTECH and the electronic media and their distribution are reviewed. The impact of electronic media on FINTECH users is analyzed in the article. The impact of electronic media on FINTECH‘s activities and the consumer is analyzed. Connection...

Purpose – to make comparative analysis of the most successful reverse e-logistics’ solution in Asia and Europe to identify models and methods for solving efficiency and sustainability issues in these areas. Research methodology – the research methodology implemented is composed of literature review, synthesis, and comparative analysis. Findings – c...

Today’s society is becoming the information and communication technology societies, where ICT is responsible for the creation, distribution, and manipulation of information in every aspect of society (Xiang, Magnini, & Fesenmaier, 2015). The following article will present a comparative analysis of one aspect of consumer changes caused by ICT, which...

Organizations have to face both the opportunities that the technologies provide and the challenges that they create in the local or global market as the consumer behavior in the electronic environment is different from the behavior in an actual shop, therefore it is important to not only understand the changing needs of the customers, the factors t...

While customer information and knowledge need transform in the context of globalization and technological change, it is important for organizations to efficiently meet new and changing needs and stimulate consumer creativity through the use of augmented reality mobile applications. In order to solve this kind of problem, it is important to evaluate...

The successful development of internet marketing is based on scientifically proven decisions designed for the comprehensive analysis and evaluation of internet marketing communication tool selection. Different layers of internet marketing phenomena, such as communication tool profiles and characteristics of customers and strategies for different st...

The article explores in detail higher education studies that appear as one of the essential university processes. University studies are not a new phenomenon; however, they are overwhelmed by the volume of information surrounded by a wide range of diverse stakeholders. Therefore, the university inevitably needs changes in the adequate fulfillment o...

Communication needs of consumers change in the context of transformations and companies not only have to find out changing needs of consumers but also find proper communication measures that are necessary to satisfy such needs in order to create as bigger value as possible during a process of communication with consumers. The web opportunities not...

The revolution of information brought new possibilities for the business organisations: new management methods for managing supply chains, logistic processes and warehouses appear as well as innovative process management methods in the sense of knowledge management. The order picking process in the warehouse should be emphasised as one of the most...

Women make up almost 50 percent of all workforce in the European Union countries, but their average hourly rate is 16,3 percent lower than men’s (respectively, in Lithuania it is 14,2 percent). In 2016, only in 21 companies out of 500, which is 4,2 percent, women held executive positions. In entrepreneurship statistics based on the founder’s gender...

In the context of globalization, information technology development and transformation not only the needs of the society are changing, structural changes are taking place in the management of the activities of the regulatory institutions as well, because their main function is to meet the changing needs of society. While this process is happening,...

Coordinating transactions among companies that allow the appropriate movement of goods, services, and information to consumers from suppliers effectively and efficiently still is hard to accomplish. There are many situations in which the logistic performance failed, frequently because of the difficul-ty of synchronising the business technological s...

Sustainability and innovation are strongly connected in terms of productivity and finding innovative solutions for the short and the long terms. The purpose of this article is to analyze ICT models for in-novation and sustainable development processes in the energy management sector and to identify possible solutions (Lebanese case). Using the comp...

In this paper aspects of technology and entrepreneurship interaction are considered. Firstly some dy-namic aspects of technology are presented from a brief literature perspective. This is then contrasted to and integrated with some elements of entrepreneurship where cyclic aspects are influenced by un-employment in the business and possibly technol...

The development and use of Information and communication technology(ICT) is growing at a rapid speed across the world. The number of internet (as well as other technologies) users increased by 27,750% from 1993 (14 million) until 2017 (3,885,567,619) users according to internetworldstats. ICT is becoming essentials in all organization, and organiza...

Knowledge management is one of the most potent means for the improvement of Lithua-nian armed forces efficiency in context of transformations. Knowledge retention is one of the knowledge management processes that is related to knowledge selection, accumulation of the organization experience, renewal of the organizational memory in order to preserve...

Information and communication technologies have the decisive influence on competitiveness and viability of organization. Efficiency, in general, and the information and communication technologies management processes, in particular, is a key factor in contemporary society and business. However, the success is not guaranteed by implementing new info...

The uncertain stand in terms of product and service quality invites customers to get the advantage of other customers’ experiences in order to make a purchase decision. It has been discussed that word-of-mouth (WOM) influences consumer purchase behavior and it could create a robust tie like relatives and could also tie as close friends, acquaintanc...

One of the most pressing problems nowadays attracting attention of EU citizens is the integration of immigrants. During the recent period immigration flows to the EU, especially external, were growing considerably – the number of international immigrants in the EU has increased by 57.5 percent over 2000 – 2015. One of the factors leading to success...

As the virtual environment is constantly changing, not only users' informational and knowledge needs but also the means and channels of communication with customers applied by organizations change. There is a noticeable trend to move more and more advertising campaigns to social media networks because of the opportunities they provide to organizati...

Digital age brings the most dramatic changes in this study and research discipline as well as in other fields of human activities. Scientific research is known for a very long time, however in comparison with other research fields the business and management researches are a little bit younger. The information technologies and new research methodol...

In the context of globalization and transformations, the knowledge potential management is an effective tool for increasing the effectiveness of organizations. The aim of the research is to study the procedural approach to the organization knowledge potential management, to distinguish the main knowledge management processes and to present suggesti...