Robots, artificial intelligence and automation are going to fundamentally change the way we work, play and live in the 21st Century. Or will they? In this provocative new book, Krook questions the dominant ideology that automation and A.I. will make our lives easier and give us more freedom than...

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...

Western Balkans is being developed in agriculture. Effective cost management in the development of new products in small and medium-sized enterprises has serious and direct implications for the efficiency of the enterprises themselves. The appeal for the production of vegetables arises from the...

The need of organization and the importance of internal control in a credit institution, which would guarantee high level of reliability corresponding to the nature and scale of operations carried out, is enshrined in Russian legislation. The key aspect of internal control in a credit...

Decentralized finance (“DeFi”) is a fast-growing, under-explored sector in the cryptocurrency industry. DeFi leverages blockchain technology to facilitate financial transactions between users, as well as create the conditions for new forms of governance. This research focuses on the...

This paper examines whether foreign aid contributes to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in aid receiving countries. Using both homogeneous and heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques, I find that the effect of foreign aid on FDI is negative. This is in contrast to previous studies...