Emerging technological innovation in Gaza Strip municipalities: an entrepreneurial approach

AlAstal, Ashraf Y.

doi:10.1186/s13731-023-00293-0

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Municipalities challenges and the initial evaluation for emerging technologies

From: Emerging technological innovation in Gaza Strip municipalities: an entrepreneurial approach

Challenge	Field of interest	Initial evaluation for emerging technologies
Challenge	Field of interest	AI	Big Data	IoT	Blockchain	FinTech	eCommerce
High operational cost for machinery and cars	Financial Management					•
Unified payment methods for public services	Financial Management					•
Debt management	Financial Management					•
Financial accounting management	Financial Management					•
Contracts management	Financial Management				•
Advanced solutions for billing systems	Financial Management					•
Forecasting for currency exchange rates and raw material prices	Financial Management		•
Tenders management	Financial Management				•	•
Infrastructure management and planning for future projects	Infrastructure Management	•	•
The need for an integrated solution to collect and manage data for all administration, financial and geographical information systems	Planning & Information Management		•			•
Citizens data management to support decision-making and planning for new services	Planning & Information Management		•
Attendance systems allow office and field employees to clock in and out electronically	Planning & Information Management			•
Ownership and assets management	Planning & Information Management			•	•
An integrated solution for human resources management	Planning & Information Management		•
Data management tools to support the decision of future infrastructure services and city engineering	Planning & Information Management		•
Improving communication channels with farmers to follow up planting and harvesting activities	Agriculture			•
Streets and roads maintenance based on the usage of cars	Streets & Roads	•	•
Follow up streets and roads that need maintenance	Streets & Roads	•	•	•
Solving the problems of traffic congestions	Streets & Roads	•
Sanitation management to ensure optimal processing	Sanitation	•
Minimizing energy consumption for public utilities and controlling operational cost	Energy	•	•	•	•
controlling and managing the lighting networks in the streets to minimize energy consumption	Energy	•		•
Prioritize maintenance activities in the lighting networks	Energy	•		•
The difficulties to control water wells and tanks to ensure equal distribution for citizens	Water	•	•	•	•
Difficulties to control water valves due to data collection problems	Water		•
Monitoring system for water network to avoid thefts and leakages	Water	•	•	•	•
A live tracking system that will allow tracking with precision cars and field employees	Transportation		•	•
Identification of machinery that needs support and maintenance	Transportation	•	•	•
Follow up waste collection cars to define to the shortest path for data collection as to minimize costs	Transportation	•	•	•
Building early warning systems for natural disasters	Risk Management	•	•

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