This paper aims to examine the factors that increase the likelihood of economic transition to higher income status; that is, it tries to answer the question of why some economies move to a higher income country group while others do not. Using a quintile income distribution approach, we identify...

This study analyses the factors that stimulate innovation during a pandemic and post-pandemic period of socioeconomic development of national systems. The author systematized factors of innovative development of industrial enterprises. The study presents a comparative analysis of the development...

Disease does not only affect development through its contemporaneous impact on health, but also through its enduring historical effect through its shaping of culture and institutions. By drawing on the experience of historical pandemics, we argue that some of the current stringent approaches...

Research increasingly suggests that the effectiveness of competition laws and policies could be enhanced if their implementation would be linked with a better understanding of the cultural influences on competition-related decisions. Moreover, the lack of competition culture has been considered...

New and recently established systems for regulating competition are often prone to an institutional instability, weak authority, and fragile track-record. Their development negotiates a variety of lifecycles, with various factors impacting their evolution. Relying on competition system...

This paper considers current government policy, industry trends and needs, and a range of stakeholder views related to the roles played by Vocational Education and Training in Australia’s post COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery. The discussion addresses opportunities for training providers to...

This paper represents a review of strategic level S&T policies in several leading (mostly OECD-member) countries. How are science and technology leadership being targeted and realized in most developed economies? What are the composition and drivers of such policies? How do the S&T policies and...

Family farms dominate in agriculture determining global food security and are essential for ecological security. These farms have not been precisely defined probably due to their enormous differentiation among and within regions and countries of the world. Along with the development of...

Financing sustainable development in Africa requires financing options that is best for development in the region without further escalating other societal problems. This chapter takes stock of financing options previously advocated for financing development in the African region such as...

Russian abstract: Статья посвящена анализу эволюции и многообразия подходов к определению понятия и сущности цифровой экономики. Цифровая экономика характеризуется...