Abstract This chapter reviews digital payment infrastructures at the retail, wholesale and cross-border levels, available operating and governance models and trade-offs. Various developments in the field of digital payments, key challenges and the role of the central banks in helping to address...

This chapter shows how Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) has radically reimagined sustainable business education from the ground up with a commitment to promote the common good. Looking to the literature on disruptive innovation in business, we conceptualize the challenges and...

Despite companies investing heavily in creating dedicated physical spaces to enhance creativity, still little is known about the influence of such spaces on the actual creative outcome. In this chapter, the impact of the physical work environment on the actual and perceived creative performance...

Abstract Although various studies have shed light on why cities are a primary source of environmental pollution and how it affects climate change, the effects of city-level environmental deterioration on company ownership have yet to be investigated. In this context, our main objective is to...

This chapter summarizes the key findings from a 2023 study on examining the relationship between emergency rescue workers’ surface acting and turnover intentions through emotional exhaustion, with a sample of 256 emergency rescue workers in Pakistan. We argue that task significance serves as...

This chapter provides a review of the existing literature on the effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on job allocation across industries, firms, and workers, and its implications for innovation and economic growth. We analyze empirical studies to assess how EPL influences resource...

Since 2021, EIT’s Higher Education Initiative (HE Initiative) has been helping Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) build their capacity on innovation and entrepreneurship, and, more recently, on deep technologies. The HE Initiative advances a multi/trans-disciplinary approach to...

An important, often overlooked group of workers that HR managers have trouble reaching are those intentionally disconnected from personal digital devices. That is, workers in manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, secure areas, or locations where employers ban workers from bringing...

The UK higher education (HE) system has significant purchasing power, purchasing everything from chemicals from major multinationals to maintenance services from smaller local enterprises. Sustainability is increasingly important for procurement teams and progress on sustainable supply chains...

Purpose: The assessment of the linkage between quality and several SDGs is crucial due to the significant impact quality has on multiple dimensions. This study employs a comprehensive methodology to elucidate the various dimensions of quality. Additionally, it examines the relationship between...