We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital behaviours, with a focus on digital addiction and its persistence in the post-pandemic era. Drawing on an integrated lens of Attachment Theory and Social Identity, we assess digital and social dependency changes over time. The findings...

This report explores fintech innovation from the side of board directors and board of advisors, the level of understanding and preparedness, the skills and the key questions board directors and advisors need to be asking. The changing profile of directors and advisors in the fintech sector...

Yoshi is a Japanese businessperson leading a company in a country with very different economic and social customs from Japan. His mission was to establish new subsidiaries for a Japanese manufacturing company and set up a new factory in a rural area. He and his local partner, M.J., the factory...

This chapter examines how academic middle managers in Kazakhstan navigate the challenges of balancing leadership roles with parenting responsibilities. Focusing on both mothers and fathers in higher education institutions (HEIs), the study explores the role of partners and extended family...

Computational methods, and in particular large embedding models, represented a breakthrough in machine learning and artificial intelligence by using large amounts of training data to capture nuanced relationships and meaning in text and images. At the same time, they surfaced a pressing dilemma:...

This chapter presents how private organizations can contribute to SDG#3 Good Health and Well-being by leading social innovation in health. Through the analysis of two health initiatives in South Africa, we presented the main barriers to health accessibility and gave evidence of the way these...