The company's digital transformation requires the optimization and automation of processes through Industry 4.0 technology, leading to a new business model. Along with technology, effective human resource management (HRM) is crucial for this model. HRM and Industry 4.0 technology are...

Innovative business models supported by digital technologies, together with the widening connectivity and data collection, are already giving a big contribution in fostering the access to electricity and clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper gives an overview on the actual state of...

A multidimensional financial system could provide benefits for individuals, companies, and states. Instead of top-down control, which is destined to eventually fail in a hyperconnected world, a bottom-up creation of value can unleash creative potential and drive innovations. Multiple currency...

This paper offers a brief reflection on the new policy challenges that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that a ‘new normal’ should acknowledge the ‘new essential’ (jobs and sectors). First, it examines the policy trade-off between containing the pandemic and...

In December 2020, new regulation of digital markets was proposed by European Commission. It specifically addresses main concerns raised by business behavior of operators of core services in their gatekeeping positions. However, voice assistants (or digital personal assistants, DPAs, e.g. Apple's...

The paper reviews the most critical state priorities in organizing the assistance and development of international trade. The first challenge is the creation and development of Digital Customs that ensure implementing a "single window" technology based on a digital platform - for organizing the...

Since a mysterious creator under the alias Satoshi Nakamoto (a pseudonym) launched first successful cryptocurrency in January 2009, he (or could be she) also opened the door for never-ending criticism, claims, arguments, plethora of articles, and media frenzy all contemplating what Bitcoin is....

Despite the fact that a comprehensive analysis of digitalization processes in the EU member states has been carried out, the impact of a country’s digitalization level on the risks of poverty and social exclusion requires further investigation. The purpose of the paper is to verify a...

In the past few decades, technological progress has led to the digitization and digitalization of economies into what one could now call digital economies. The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the development of the digital economy. In a digital economy, digital entrepreneurs pursue...