ADVANCES IN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – serie

This book studies smart green innovation through the prism of social entrepreneurship as a driver for sustainable development and the development of an environmental economy. It systematizes and analyzes the modern challenges of the environmental economy: climate change and environmental pollution. The tendencies and scenarios for the environmental economy are considered in the context of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Globalization and international trade are also considered factors in the sustainable development of the environmental economy.The book hones in on the international experience of ecological responsibility and fighting climate change through social entrepreneurship. The contribution of corporate responsibility in the fight against climate change is determined, and state regulation of corporate responsibility in the resource-based economies of developing countries is considered. The market mechanisms for stimulating the fight against climate change through social entrepreneurship in countries with developed environmental economies are also considered. The advantages of digitalization for fighting climate change through social entrepreneurship are offered.The book also reflects on the possibilities for the sustainable development of the environmental economy based on climate-smart innovation in social entrepreneurship. It presents a model of climate-smart enterprise and substantiates its advantages for corporate responsibility and sustainable development. The key climate-smart innovations in social entrepreneurship for sustainable development of the environmental economy—robots big data, AI, blockchain, and green finance—are determined. The book also develops policy recommendations to support climate-smart innovation in social entrepreneurship.

Digital Inclusiveness has ignited a conversation across the world. It delves into the world of digital economy as a modern form of organization for economic systems.The chapters transcend knowledge about the essence of digital inclusiveness over to the human right facets of the online environment. The book also offers an understanding of digital literacy, technological barriers, cybersecurity and digital entrepreneurship.What is the digital divide? Digital inclusiveness considers a myriad of issues pertaining to this topic. It narrows down to the era of the pandemic, lockdown and homeworking for the study of digital divide. The ways of addressing it are discussed l whilst offering promising solutions to overcome it. It will give you a complete understanding to support digital inclusiveness and empower society to work with digital technologies.With a fair and equitable distribution, the book will open the door to online information management systems. As a manifestation of global digital inclusion, these high-tech markets are seen as the future of international trade.

This book introduces and explores the concept of the green entrepreneurial economy. Defined as an economic model centered on environmentally driven business transformations that support sustainable development, it prioritizes environmentally responsible business practices that align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The book provides a detailed analysis of future opportunities for sustainable development within the green entrepreneurial economy. It systematically organizes key directions and identifies pressing challenges in this field. The authors share their international expertise, with a particular focus on developed and developing nations, highlighting the unique and pioneering approaches of countries in Central Asia, Russia, and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).Additionally, the book examines sector-specific prospects for advancing sustainability in agriculture, energy, circular industries, and green banking. The authors present their insights, recommendations, and practical solutions, leveraging cutting-edge digital technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and robotics.

This book discloses the cause-and-effect relationships between the sustainable development of the entrepreneurial economy and the new market and technological context in the Fifth Industrial Revolution. It substantiates the differences between the conditions of the Fifth Industrial Revolution and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The most important of these differences is the increased attention to the social and environmental aspects of entrepreneurial activities. The reason is that they are most subject to crises and they have the possibility of having more flexible and intense application of the leading digital technologies to the practices of ensuring entrepreneurship sustainability.This book puts forward the original idea that Industry 5.0 is studied not as a factor of sustainable development of the national economy but as a unique market and technological environment for the sustainable development of business economic subjects — entrepreneurial economy. Significantly, the book offers scientific and practical recommendations to improving state and corporate management of the sustainable development of entrepreneurial economy in the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution.