The emergence of new urban data and digital solutions has given rise to the concept of the ‘smart city.’ However, there remains a critical need to translate it into practical applications, particularly in the context of small towns’ vitality. This chapter addresses the question: ‘ To...

This chapter explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business, focusing on innovation, growth, and sustainability. We put forward a circular expansion framework which depicts AI as a general-purpose technology (GPT) that drives innovation through complementarity...

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have transformed our lifestyle and work patterns, providing unprecedented opportunities to engage with our physical environment. However, as CPS continues to gain widespread adoption, it is essential to ensure that technological progress doesn't come at the cost of...

This chapter starts by arguing that philosophy serves as a guideline to approach science, setting forth its principles, subject matters, and epistemological conditions. Thus, it proves very useful for economics, whose nature and definition still remain unclear. The chapter then explores the...

This entry explores the dynamic role of artificial intelligence (AI) in business innovation, charting its evolution from initial knowledge-based systems to contemporary generative models. It emphasizes AI's intertwined relationship with innovation, showcasing its utility in reshaping ideation...

There is a need to reconsider the evaluation of entrepreneurial learning in its wide diversity. The aim of this chapter is to offer an integrative framework inspired by both by entrepreneurship and education sciences to support the effective and systematic design, management, and evaluation of...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of current transport systems in ensuring the mobility needs of citizens during disruptive events, exacerbating car overdependency and negatively affecting public transport (PT). Thus, improving the resilience of transport systems, that is ensuring...

Despite widespread cross-country support for the arts, artists have increasingly had to bear the burden of higher costs and face lower real wages in the labor market. However, the emergence of distributed ledger technologies has the potential to serve as a catalyst for revitalizing the arts by...

This chapter has two main objectives: first, to propose a framework for examining the influence of network brokers through bonding, bridging, and linking in rural business communities; and second, to outline a methodology for exploring this framework, addressing a gap in understanding. By...

In this chapter, we apply a framework of macro-level cumulative foundational capabilities that help to explain the readiness for the digitalisation of manufacturing in Africa and Latin America. The presence of these capabilities at the country level is analysed based on three criteria: a...