Digital Resilience and Economic Intelligence in the Post-Pandemic Era

Dear Colleagues,

In 2020, world leaders found themselves at historic crossroads, making decisions to face an unprecedented global problem, under remarkable pressures and diffused uncertainty. The pandemic posed daunting challenges to individuals and organisations. However, it opened windows of opportunities to reshape the economy recovery, restore the health of nature, develop sustainable businesses and business models, strengthen regional development, revitalise global cooperation, harness Industry 4.0, and redesign social contracts, skills and jobs.

While governments and international institutions are looking for solutions to support companies, workers and communities, firms need to identify new business models, rethinking their human resources policies and even repositioning themselves in the new digital ecosystem.

On the other hand, current global developments have shown, once more, that sustainability must remain the key driver of development in the transition towards sustainable consumption and production (SCP) based on all stakeholders engagement including governments, educators, the private sector and each and every consumer.

This Special Issue is encouraging thinkers to provide their contribution to reshape the future, to look ahead at opportunities for sustainable innovation, change and growth, through digital technologies. We welcome conceptual, empirical and theoretical work in economics and social sciences. We invite researchers, PhD students and businesspeople to come together, share ideas, collaborate and act, providing their view beyond the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The topics of the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following aspects:

• Resilience and digitalization—key strategies for successful business in critical times
• E-business and new entrepreneurship models
• Digital transformation in the organization
• Online consumer behaviour
• E-commerce in the digital world
• Applied statistics and data science
• Financial perspectives in turbulent times
• Global world after crisis: towards a new economic model
• E-marketing and sustainability
• Innovation in public and private organizations in context of digital transformation
• Accounting and sustainable development in the digital era
• Social networks and online communities
• New ways of working and organization
• Digital transformation and knowledge management.

Authors interested to submit a paper to this special issue call are encouraged to submit a preliminary version to the ItAIS conference (http://www.itais.org/conference/2021/) or to the ICESS 2021 conference (http://www.icess.ase.ro) to receive targeted feedback for the journal submission

 

Prof. Dr. Alessio Maria Braccini
Dr. Francesco Bellini
Dr. Rocco Agrifoglio
Prof. Dr. Alina Mihaela Dima
Guest Editors

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