It is known that cities are the engines of growth of the modern economy and society. Herewith we highlight the national and regional characteristics of urbanization as a global process. Somewhere the urbanization is stimulated, in China for example, somewhere it is limited, as we see in Russia....

This study presents a framework for assessing and classifying Business Model Transformation (BMT) of established firms. Using Teece's definition of interlinked BM dimensions, we propose a diamond model to describe a change in a given firm's BM based on the following four dimensions: Target...