Social media networks make their services freely available to all users. Users pay for the service received with the time and attention taken by the advertisements. This chapter argues that social media platforms are a unique form of monopoly driven by “the more the merrier” effect (i.e.,...

Tourism and crime are closely related phenomena, and security is one of the basic preconditions for the functioning of tourism since tourists and tourist areas have many characteristics that make them vulnerable to crime. In this chapter are presented the actual (objective) risk of crime and...

Scandals regularly sweep through organizational fields: they wreak havoc in markets, vaporize billions of dollars in firm value, bring down giant corporations, get CEOs fired, alter the evolution of technologies, and trigger major changes in society. In spite of their significance for...

Creating value through design is a challenge that requires being business savvy as much as it requires talent, methods and skills. Design departments or design enterprises can achieve sustained success only if their organisational structures, business models and strategic choices are showing an...

One of the most fundamental differences in governance perspectives is that of governance for shareholders versus stakeholders. The former aligns all resources and decision-making in the governed entity to prioritize the benefits for one particular stakeholder group: the shareholders. Contrarily,...

This chapter gives an overall description of how Japan has coped with COVID-19 pandemics. Under COVID-19 pandemics, many smaller communities tended to suffer less, or even survive better with small and modest adaptive approaches to transform themselves, than most larger cities and metropolitan...

This chapter aims to highlight the promising future prospects of the emerging DIDPAGA model, which aligns with current social trends. Specifically, it caters to the characteristics of the new generations who will become the future leaders of companies – millennials, centennials, and digital...