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Title: Innovation and Sustainability in Digital Era

Innovation and Sustainability in Digital Era

The Role of Economics and Business Strategies with Education Perspectives

by Pedro Fernandes Anunciação (Volume editor) Cátia Susana Claro Chasqueira (Volume editor) Helder Miguel da Graça Alexandre Chasqueira (Volume editor)
©2025 Edited Collection 596 Pages
Law, Economics & Management

Summary

Innovation and Sustainability in Digital Era Suggestion: Innovation and Sustainability in the Digital Era brings together 39 chapters authored by 77 leading scholars and practitioners, offering a deep dive into the evolving landscapes of economics, business, and education in the digital age. This comprehensive volume examines contemporary trends and innovations, exploring how these fields are shaped by technological advancements, sustainability practices, and global shifts. Aimed at researchers, students, and academics, this book provides valuable insights into current challenges and opportunities. With its interdisciplinary perspectives and diverse topics, it serves as an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the dynamic intersection of innovation and sustainability in today’s rapidly changing world.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures & Graphs
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1 Transparency in Finances and their Control in Public Administration - Participatory Democracy and Its Effects on Educational Systems Lothar Huschbeck, Torsten Huschbeck, Kerstin Knees
  • Chapter 2 Emotional Intelligence in the Intergenerational Entrepreneurship in Latvia Yuliia Fedorova, Maija Zakrizevska-Belogrudova, Anna Pilková, Juraj Mikuš
  • Chapter 3 Rewarding Taxes and the Health Impact Factor: Insights from the Theory of the Cycle of Money Constantinos Challoumis
  • Chapter 4 Digital Transformation of Tax Authority and Accounting Professionals Bruna Costa, Humberto Nuno Rito Ribeiro, Amélia Cristina Ferreira da Silva, Albertina Paula Monteiro
  • Chapter 5 Mental Accounting as an Alternative Approach to Financial-Literacy Education Programs Amélia Cristina Ferreira da Silva, Anabela Martins da Silva, Ione Aparecida Silva Cruz, Humberto Nuno Rito Ribeiro
  • Chapter 6 The Importance of Governance for Religious Charities Augusto Simões, Humberto Nuno Rito Ribeiro
  • Chapter 7 The Impact of ESG Practices between Opportunities, Risks and Corporate Sustainability Ubaldo Comite, Alba M. Gallo, Maria Carmela Serluca
  • Chapter 8 The Role of Healthcare Management in the Application of Nudging for Public Health Promotion Ubaldo Comite, Eveny Ciurleo, Alba M. Gallo
  • Chapter 9 A Comparative Analysis of Risk Management Practices Nida Turegun
  • Chapter 10 Quality Assurance Assessment. Critical Success Factor for Digital Financial Markets Trust Cláudia Ramião, Francisco José Videira Cachatra, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação
  • Chapter 11 Project Management Practices Optimization in Information Systems and Technologies Services Mariana dos Santos Miranda, Francisco Joaquim Madeira Esteves, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação
  • Chapter 12 Impact of new Technologies on the Population Warning Information Systems José Luís Riço Bucho de Matos, Francisco Joaquim Madeira Esteves, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação
  • Chapter 13 Establishing Enterprise Architecture Practice in Public Administration. Brief Analysis of Implementation Models Hélder Miguel da Graça Alexandre, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação, Francisco Joaquim Madeira Esteves
  • Chapter 14 Digital Transformation in the Bakery Industry Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação, Cátia Susana Claro Chasqueira, Fernando Miguel do Couto Gonçalves, Antonio Juan Briones Peñalver
  • Chapter 15 Ownership Structure Variations and Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Disclosure in Listed ICT Firms in Africa Israel S. Akinadewo, Oluyinka I. Oluwagbade, Jeremiah O. Akinadewo, Temitayo O. Abe, Omobolade Stephen Ogundele, Ifeoluwa M. Adebiyi
  • Chapter 16 Developing a Multidimensional Child Well-Being Index for Uzbekistan: An Empirical Analysis Dildora Karimova, Diydor Berdiklichev, Dostonbek Djalilov
  • Chapter 17 Knowledge Management Sustainability in European University Alliances: The KreativEU Perspective Margarita Bogdanova, Evelina Parashkevova, Marusya Smokova, Mariela Stoyanova
  • Chapter 18 On the Futıre of Long-Term Care in the Context of Increasing Life Expectancy of European Citizens Nikolay Ninov
  • Chapter 19 Climate Policy Uncertainty and Sustainability Performance: The Role of Gender Diversity Farah Hamila, Ouidad Yousfi
  • Chapter 20 Social Innovations as an Object of Research in Finance Theory Olga Andreeva, Venelin Terziev
  • Chapter 21 Effective Application of UAVs in Modern Livestock Agriculture Marin Marinov, Marin Georgiev
  • Chapter 22 Social Transformations and Changes in the Educational Process Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 23 Processes in Changing Social Systems Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev
  • Chapter 24 Cultural Transformations as Part of Social Transformations Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 25 General Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Concept of Digital Marketing Strategy with VOSviewer Hamit Can, Meltem Okur Dinçsoy, Venelin Terziev
  • Chapter 26 Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Concept of Digital Marketing Strategy with VOSviewer Hamit Can, Meltem Okur Dinçsoy, Venelin Terziev
  • Chapter 27 An Innovative Approach to the Bulgarian School Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 28 Research of Social Processes in the Works of Venelin Terziev Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 29 Sustainable Education and Education for Sustainable Development Venelin Terziev, Marusya Lyubcheva, Olga Andreeva, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 30 Essential Problems in Implementing Demographic Policies in Bulgaria Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 31 Changes in the Labour Market in Bulgaria in a Period of Social, Economic and Political Transformations Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 32 Vocational Education in Bulgaria – Status and Opportunities Venelin Terziev, Marusya Lyubcheva, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov
  • Chapter 33 A Theoretical Approach to Sustainability in Business Lukas Vartiak, Jana Majerova
  • Chapter 34 Comparison of Digital Skills, Interactive Methods and Digital Literacy between Full-Time and Part Time Students: Impact on the Quality of Education and Professional Development Dijana Vuković, Tanja Grmuša, Neven Marđetko
  • Chapter 35 Fostering Self-Directed Learning Skills using the Termi App Yael Livneh, Yael Dubinsky
  • Chapter 36 Measuring Personality Characteristics in a Technological Process Sabina Nedkova, Plamena Atansova
  • Chapter 37 The Impact of Monetary Policy on Vietnam’s Circular Economy Transition: Mediating Roles of Financial Institutions Ngoc-Tien Hoang, Nguyen-Quynh-Nhu Ngo, Tarlan Ahmadov and Wolfgang Gerstlberger
  • Chapter 38 Balance Means Sustainability. We have to Get It Alexandru Trifu
  • Chapter 39 Integration Opportunities between Hemis and Uzasbo Platforms in Digital Transformation Turayeva Gulizahro, Khamdamov Shoh-Jakhon, Urazmatov Jonibek, Otabekov Javdod, Mukhammadiyeva Nafisa, Chorshanbayev Umurzak, Yusupov Zulunjon, Zaripov Azamat
  • Chapter 40 The Resilience and Transformation of the Tourism Industry: An Empirical Review Stavros G. Efthimiou
  • List of Contributers

Foreword

Our book called “Innovation and Sustainability in Digital Era” consists of 39 chapters 77 authors have contributed to our book. This book contains trends and innovations in the field of economy and business. The target audience of this book is researchers, students and academics interested in business and economics. We think that it is a book in which you can find various topics and read with pleasure.

Table of Contents

  1. List of Figures & Graphs

  2. List of Tables

  3. Chapter 1 Transparency in Finances and their Control in Public Administration - Participatory Democracy and Its Effects on Educational Systems

    Lothar Huschbeck, Torsten Huschbeck, Kerstin Knees

  4. Chapter 2 Emotional Intelligence in the Intergenerational Entrepreneurship in Latvia

    Yuliia Fedorova, Maija Zakrizevska-Belogrudova, Anna Pilková, Juraj Mikuš

  5. Chapter 3 Rewarding Taxes and the Health Impact Factor: Insights from the Theory of the Cycle of Money

    Constantinos Challoumis

  6. Chapter 4 Digital Transformation of Tax Authority and Accounting Professionals

    Bruna Costa, Humberto Nuno Rito Ribeiro, Amélia Cristina Ferreira da Silva, Albertina Paula Monteiro

  7. Chapter 5 Mental Accounting as an Alternative Approach to Financial-Literacy Education Programs

    Amélia Cristina Ferreira da Silva, Anabela Martins da Silva, Ione Aparecida Silva Cruz, Humberto Nuno Rito Ribeiro

  8. Chapter 6 The Importance of Governance for Religious Charities

    Augusto Simões, Humberto Nuno Rito Ribeiro

  9. Chapter 7 The Impact of ESG Practices between Opportunities, Risks and Corporate Sustainability

    Ubaldo Comite, Alba M. Gallo, Maria Carmela Serluca

  10. Chapter 8 The Role of Healthcare Management in the Application of Nudging for Public Health Promotion

    Ubaldo Comite, Eveny Ciurleo, Alba M. Gallo

  11. Chapter 9 A Comparative Analysis of Risk Management Practices

    Nida Turegun

  12. Chapter 10 Quality Assurance Assessment. Critical Success Factor for Digital Financial Markets Trust

    Cláudia Ramião, Francisco José Videira Cachatra, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação

  13. Chapter 11 Project Management Practices Optimization in Information Systems and Technologies Services

    Mariana dos Santos Miranda, Francisco Joaquim Madeira Esteves, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação

  14. Chapter 12 Impact of new Technologies on the Population Warning Information Systems

    José Luís Riço Bucho de Matos, Francisco Joaquim Madeira Esteves, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação

  15. Chapter 13 Establishing Enterprise Architecture Practice in Public Administration. Brief Analysis of Implementation Models

    Hélder Miguel da Graça Alexandre, Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação, Francisco Joaquim Madeira Esteves

  16. Chapter 14 Digital Transformation in the Bakery Industry

    Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação, Cátia Susana Claro Chasqueira, Fernando Miguel do Couto Gonçalves, Antonio Juan Briones Peñalver

  17. Chapter 15 Ownership Structure Variations and Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Disclosure in Listed ICT Firms in Africa

    Israel S. Akinadewo, Oluyinka I. Oluwagbade, Jeremiah O. Akinadewo, Temitayo O. Abe, Omobolade Stephen Ogundele, Ifeoluwa M. Adebiyi

  18. Chapter 16 Developing a Multidimensional Child Well-Being Index for Uzbekistan: An Empirical Analysis

    Dildora Karimova, Diydor Berdiklichev, Dostonbek Djalilov

  19. Chapter 17 Knowledge Management Sustainability in European University Alliances: The KreativEU Perspective

    Margarita Bogdanova, Evelina Parashkevova, Marusya Smokova, Mariela Stoyanova

  20. Chapter 18 On the Futıre of Long-Term Care in the Context of Increasing Life Expectancy of European Citizens

    Nikolay Ninov

  21. Chapter 19 Climate Policy Uncertainty and Sustainability Performance: The Role of Gender Diversity

    Farah Hamila, Ouidad Yousfi

  22. Chapter 20 Social Innovations as an Object of Research in Finance Theory

    Olga Andreeva, Venelin Terziev

  23. Chapter 21 Effective Application of UAVs in Modern Livestock Agriculture

    Marin Marinov, Marin Georgiev

  24. Chapter 22 Social Transformations and Changes in the Educational Process

    Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  25. Chapter 23 Processes in Changing Social Systems

    Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev

  26. Chapter 24 Cultural Transformations as Part of Social Transformations

    Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  27. Chapter 25 General Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Concept of Digital Marketing Strategy with VOSviewer

    Hamit Can, Meltem Okur Dinçsoy, Venelin Terziev

  28. Chapter 26 Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Concept of Digital Marketing Strategy with VOSviewer

    Hamit Can, Meltem Okur Dinçsoy, Venelin Terziev

  29. Chapter 27 An Innovative Approach to the Bulgarian School

    Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  30. Chapter 28 Research of Social Processes in the Works of Venelin Terziev

    Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  31. Chapter 29 Sustainable Education and Education for Sustainable Development

    Venelin Terziev, Marusya Lyubcheva, Olga Andreeva, Simeon Simeonov

  32. Chapter 30 Essential Problems in Implementing Demographic Policies in Bulgaria

    Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  33. Chapter 31 Changes in the Labour Market in Bulgaria in a Period of Social, Economic and Political Transformations

    Venelin Terziev, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  34. Chapter 32 Vocational Education in Bulgaria – Status and Opportunities

    Venelin Terziev, Marusya Lyubcheva, Marin Georgiev, Simeon Simeonov

  35. Chapter 33 A Theoretical Approach to Sustainability in Business

    Lukas Vartiak, Jana Majerova

  36. Chapter 34 Comparison of Digital Skills, Interactive Methods and Digital Literacy between Full-Time and Part Time Students: Impact on the Quality of Education and Professional Development

    Dijana Vuković, Tanja Grmuša, Neven Marđetko

  37. Chapter 35 Fostering Self-Directed Learning Skills using the Termi App

    Yael Livneh, Yael Dubinsky

  38. Chapter 36 Measuring Personality Characteristics in a Technological Process

    Sabina Nedkova, Plamena Atansova

  39. Chapter 37 The Impact of Monetary Policy on Vietnam’s Circular Economy Transition: Mediating Roles of Financial Institutions

    Ngoc-Tien Hoang, Nguyen-Quynh-Nhu Ngo, Tarlan Ahmadov and Wolfgang Gerstlberger

  40. Chapter 38 Balance Means Sustainability. We have to Get It

    Alexandru Trifu

  41. Chapter 39 Integration Opportunities between Hemis and Uzasbo Platforms in Digital Transformation

    Turayeva Gulizahro, Khamdamov Shoh-Jakhon, Urazmatov Jonibek, Otabekov Javdod, Mukhammadiyeva Nafisa, Chorshanbayev Umurzak, Yusupov Zulunjon, Zaripov Azamat

  42. Chapter 40 The Resilience and Transformation of the Tourism Industry: An Empirical Review

    Stavros G. Efthimiou

  43. List of Contributers

List of Figures and Graphs

  1. Chapter 2

    1. Figure 1: EI in entrepreneurship of different generations in Latvia

  2. Chapter 5

    1. Figure 1: Financial Imbalance Variables

    2. Figure 2: Financial Imbalance and attitudes RSDS variables

    3. Figure 3: Final Financial Imbalance Model and RSDS attitudes

  3. Chapter 7

    1. Figure 1: Publications over time

    2. Figure 2: Word cloud

  4. Chapter 9

    1. Figure 1: Consolidated Risk Management Practices Overview

    2. Figure 2: Overview of the Risk Management Tools

  5. Chapter 16

    1. Figure 1: Child well-being index in the regions of Uzbekistan

    2. Figure 2: Child well-being index: urban vs. rural area

  6. Chapter 17

    1. Figure 1: Geographical composition of the KreativEU alliance

    2. Figure 2: Number of fields of study of the participating HEIs in the KreativEU alliance

    3. Figure 3: Governance of the KreativEU alliance

    4. Figure 4: Model of a knowledge management process in a university network

  7. Chapter 18

    1. Figure 1: Life expectancy at birth, 2023 (years), according to Eurostat projections

    2. Figure 2: Population shares in the EU, by age group, 2022-2100 (%)

    3. Figure 3: Decomposition of the old-age dependency ratio 2022-2010 (%)

  8. Chapter 21

    1. Figure 1: Source image

    2. Figure 2: Contrast enhancement by linear dynamic range expansion

    3. Figure 3: Contrast enhancement by histogram equalization

    4. Figure 4: Contrast enhancement by adaptive fitting the histogram to a desired distribution for 8x8 pixel regions

    5. Figure 5: Enhancing contrast by adaptive fitting the histogram to a desired distribution for 32x32 pixel regions

    6. Figure 6: Histograms of the source and processed images

  9. Chapter 22

    1. Graph 1: A worryingly high percentage of Bulgarian students are below basic level 2 in all directions of PISA 2022

  10. Chapter 24

    1. Graph 1: Yearly irregular arrivals (2015-2024). Migration flows: Eastern, Central and Western routes. Western route refers to Western Mediterranean and Western African routes (September 2024)

    2. Graph 2: Monthly irregular arrivals (2015-2024). Migration flows: Eastern, Central and Western routes. Western route refers to Western Mediterranean and Western African routes (September 2024)

    3. Graph 3: Top nationalities per route (2024). Western route arrivals exclude arrivals to Canary Islands (September 2024)

  11. Chapter 26

    1. Figure 1: Co-Author Links Showing Collaboration Between Authors (Network Visulization)

    2. Figure 2: Co-Author Links Showing Collaboration Between Authors (Overlay Visulization)

    3. Figure 3: Co-Author Links Showing Collaboration Between Authors (Density Visulization)

    4. Figure 4: Authors’ Citation Links

    5. Figure 5: Citation Links of Countries

    6. Figure 6: Citation Links of Organizations

    7. Figure 7: Most Frequently Used Keyword Links (Network Visulization)

    8. Figure 8: Most Frequently Used Keyword Links (Overlay Visulization)

    9. Figure 9: Most Frequently Used Keyword Links (Density Visulization)

    10. Figure 10: Bibliographic Coupling Links of Documents

    11. Figure 11: Bibliographic Coupling of Authors

    12. Figure 12: Co-citation of Co-authors

  12. Chapter 27

    1. Figure 1: Model of an innovative school

  13. Chapter 30

    1. Figure 1: Share of population aged 65 and over by district as of 31.12.2023

  14. Chapter 31

    1. Figure 1: Bulgaria is practically bankrupt and the government of Andrei Lukanov, who ruled for months after 1989, had to impose a moratorium on foreign debt payments

    2. Figure 2: In the second half of 1990, the crisis of public finances entered a much more visible phase: inflation and soaring prices (as far as they were liberalized), empty shops and queues, and growing unemployment

    3. Figure 3: People are in the squares or queues for oil and milk

    4. Figure 4: A coupon system for basic foods and fuels was introduced on August 20, 1990, by the decision of Andrey Lukanov’s resigned government

    5. Figure 5: In 1996-1997, 17 banks went bankrupt. The financial system is in collapse, which began with the closure in May 1996 of one of the giants of the time, using a political umbrella - First Private Bank, lists of credit millionaires, and decades-old lawsuits

    6. Figure 6: In 1996-1997, the BNB issued new banknotes every month with an increasingly large denomination due to the sharp devaluation of the lev

    7. Figure 7: Under the government of Zhan Videnov in Bulgaria, an acute grain crisis occurred, leading to a lack of traditional grains and products. People are forced to queue for kilometers. The reason for the situation is a bunch of wrong decisions over the years - a poorly functioning agricultural sector, bad harvest, and uncontrolled export of grain in the same year. However, Videnov’s office first denies the problem, and then, in a controversial transaction, imports grain at a much higher than market price

    8. Figure 8: January 1997. Wages are $7 and pensions are $4. “Mass bankruptcies, widespread poverty. And a crisis - total and complex. First financial. It gave birth to economics. The two caused social, and the three together – political”, recalls Muravey Radev, finance minister in Ivan Kostov’s office, in a text for “Factor.bg

  15. Chapter 32

    1. Figure 1: Organizational infrastructure of vocational education

  16. Chapter 35

    1. Figure 1. Termi Search, Results, and Smooth Transition among Languages

    2. Figure 2. Termi Dashboard of Game Scores, Personal Ranking, and Activity Pattern

  17. Chapter 36

    1. Figure 1. Termi Search, Results, and Smooth Transition among Languages

  18. Chapter 37

    1. Figure 1. Hypothesized model

  19. Chapter 38

    1. Figure 1. Gen Zs, millennials seek new level for work-life balance

  20. Chapter 39

    1. Figure 1: Launching the USASBO Mode and the Recruitment Programme

    2. Figure 2: Employee Assignment Process in the UzASBO System

    3. Figure 3: Linking the UzASBO System with the HEMIS Platform to Verify Employees’ Previous Education

    4. Figure 4: Successful verification of an employee on the HEMIS programme in the UZASBO department

    5. Figure 5: Verification of Employee’s Higher Education Degree in the UzASBO System Using HEMIS

List of Tables

  1. Chapter 1

    1. Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the literature review

  2. Chapter 2

    1. Table 1. The average value of 4 EI components of respondents in Latvia

    2. Table 2. Analyses of variance and t-tests

    3. Table 3. Gender analysis of EI in entrepreneurship in different age groups

    4. Table 4. Analyses of variance and t-tests

  3. Chapter 4

    1. Table 1. Participant’s profile

  4. Chapter 5

    1. Table 1. Construct associated with individual financial imbalance

    2. Table 2. Dimensions resulting from factor analyses

    3. Table 3. Participants’ financial imbalance vs national sample

    4. Table 4. Participants employees’ self-confidence vs national sample

    5. Table 5. Participants servers’ Consumerist Profile vs national sample

    6. Table 6. Participants servers’ risk profile vs national sample

    7. Table 7. Participants servers’ attitude vs national sample

    8. Table 8. Rate - Knowledge Variables

    9. Table 9. Comparison of the attitude towards receiving with the national sample

    10. Table 10. Comparison of the attitude towards savings with the national sample

    11. Table 11. Comparison of the attitude towards donation with the national sample

    12. Table 12. Comparison of attitude towards spending with the national sample

    13. Table 13. Pearson Correlation of Financial Imbalance

    14. Table 14. Financial Imbalance Assessment Model without the Wheel components

    15. Table 15. Financial Imbalance Assessment Model with the components of RSDS

    16. Table 16. Summary of results

Details

Pages
596
Publication Year
2025
ISBN (PDF)
9783631938454
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631938461
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631935934
DOI
10.3726/b22930
Language
English
Publication date
2025 (October)
Keywords
Economics Business Education Banking Finance Sustainability Innovation Technology
Published
Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2025. 596 pp., 63 fig. b/w, 55 tables.
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Pedro Fernandes Anunciação (Volume editor) Cátia Susana Claro Chasqueira (Volume editor) Helder Miguel da Graça Alexandre Chasqueira (Volume editor)

Pedro Fernandes da Anunciação is professor at the Business School, Polytechnic University of Setúbal, Portugal, specializing in Information Systems Architecture, Knowledge Management, and Project Management. He is the Secretary General of the Information Systems Governance European Club. Cátia Susana Claro Chasqueira is an invited professor at the same institution, teaching Information Systems Auditing in the Masyer’s program in Information Systems Management. She is Specialist in Information Systems Management. Helder Miguel da Graça Alexandre is an invited professor at the same institution, teaching Information Systems Architecture in the Master’s program in Information Systems Management. He is Specialist in Information Systems Management.

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