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for activities of other entities enabling them to provide citizens and businesses
with innovative services. So O'Reilly expects the government to secure “raw
material” meaning statistics, public data and appropriate institutional conditions
such as procedures, principles allowing the second and the third sector to create
their own e-services or will create them together with public administration units.
Thus the responsibility for providing e-services will be shifted from the govern-
ment to their recipients and the services will be more adjusted to the actual needs.
Smart management concerns various issues. They are related to an optimal
usage of energy with a contributing efficient public transport system aiming to
complete assumptions of the low-emission economy.
A rapid development of technologies will also concern a banking sector. Living
faster and faster consumers have a wider access to information; they will expect
changes to the way they pay for goods. It is confirmed by EY experts who claim
that in 2030 when it comes to offered services the basic value will be constituted
by accessibility and the speed of delivering information.
The results of carried out research indicate that nowadays an access to payment
facilities regardless of a place and time is of more importance. Consumers expect
that they will be able to pay in real time and barriers in international payments will
be lifted. At the same time they value increased security and protection of privacy.
Unfortunately these expectations often contradict development of technologies.
It is estimated that by 2035 a future city dweller will own more than 5 com-
patible devices which will secure contact with suppliers through various channels.
Thanks to that ordering goods from any place and any time will not be difficult.
Bearing in mind the above, logistic processes must function efficiently and on
the larger scale in order to enable completion of impulse orders with immediate
lead time. That is why logistics will make use of modern technological solutions
which will change their nature from re-active into pro-active. Thus there should be
a smooth information flow between entities involved in logistic processes on every
stage of the supply chain.
Switching into retail online will change a traditional model of retail. This will
result from the fact that most sellers will decide to accept a multi-channel distribu-
tion called bricks and clicks. Such enterprises carry out activities online as well as
have physical representations rendering the same or a slightly narrower range of
services.
It is most probable that by 2025 about 20 % retail sale will be done on the
internet. In leading markets with higher expenses per person such as USA or UK,
the share will amount to about 25 %. It is anticipated that by 2025 the total retail
sale online will account for 19 % of the total retail sale.
The change of consumers' expectations wanting to have access to products
in the store to verify their selected parameters and on the other hand to have an
online access where prices of products may be more favorable made retail sellers
offer more innovative and verified forms of delivering goods. Multimodal trans-
port and possibilities of fast delivery play a key role here.
In case of express dispatches delivered on the same or next day, a good option is
presented by high speed rail. Expenditure on these projects will amount to over USD
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