While scenario literature suggests enhancing scenario analysis to incorporate stakeholders’ perspectives, this chapter explores further directions to design scenarios viewed as moving action processes from the anticipation of stakeholders’ acts over time. Discussing the growing interest in...

The chapter aims to assess the determinants of dollarization as well as effectiveness of de-dollarization policy measures launched by the State Bank of Vietnam, especially during a period of the US contractionary monetary policy after the Covid-19 pandemic. By employing the ARDL model based on...

This chapter explores digitalization and the digital economy in China following the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores how the COVID-19 epidemic has accelerated the digital process in China. The rapid growth of online offices, distance education and e-commerce provides an important opportunity for...

This chapter explores a funded research project with multiple stakeholders working together to deliver digital resources for domestic abuse survivors navigating the family law court system. The digital resources were co-produced with two working groups: the first group comprising English and...

This study investigates the efficient market hypothesis and its implications for securities trading and markets. The emphasis is on active and passive management of funds in securities trading (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, forex trading, commodities, and cryptocurrency). It also looks at how to...

Occupations involving death work, such as funeral directors, police officers, and hospice nurses, engage in various supportive, therapeutic, or remedial tasks in response to death, interacting with the dying, the deceased, and the bereaved. These characteristics lead death workers to experience...

Employee-driven innovation (EDI) shifts the focus from traditional top-down approaches to innovation by actively involving employees at all levels in the generation and implementation of new ideas. Unlike conventional models that centralize innovation within upper management, EDI leverages the...

The concept of self-help groups (SHGs) in India can be traced back to 1972. They appeared for the first time in 1975 as part of the Gramin Bank program in Bangladesh, which Dr. Mohammed Yunus, a Nobel laureate, launched. These groups are voluntarily organized assemblies of people who work...