The competitiveness of companies plays an important role in developing their effectiveness. But technology provides a strong competitive advantage to the companies and helps in achieving the sustainable development. This edited collection discusses various methods by which a firm can create a competitive advantage in a dynamic situation. The book highlights the strategies in global decisions related to changing business models and processes in the innovation era. The contributions by authors take readers through emerging trends in innovation that can support managers in making more strategic decisions, while reducing reconciliation and report preparation. In a hyper-competitive environment, this book will assist researchers and management practitioners in appreciating new strategic sources. Radical strategies and competitive innovation, sustainable development, competitiveness, SMEs, direct and indirect investment, delocalization of businesses, and value creation will all be discussed in depth. Overall, this volume will help readers understand the importance of real-time smart business sources to gain a competitive advantage. Competitive Advantage, Strategy and Innovation in Africa provides essential information on contemporary issues and challenges in management and change strategies. It will serve as a reference for academicians, researchers, and practitioners interested in the rapid transformation in the management sector due to technological advancement and high competition between companies.

This book aims to provide theoretical and empirical frameworks and highlights the challenges and solutions with using Big Data for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability in the field of digital transformation and tourism. Sustainability, Big Data, and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from the Tourism Industry offers a theoretical and empirical framework in the field of digital transformation and applies it to the tourism sector. It discusses Big Data used with CSR and sustainability for the improvement of innovation and highlights the challenges and prospects. It presents a modern insight and approach for use by decision-makers as an application to solve various problems and explores how data collection can shed light on consumer behavior making it possible to account for existing situations and plan for the future. This book is intended to provide a modern insight for researcher, students, professionals, and decision-makers on the application of Big Data to improve CSR and sustainability in the tourism sector.

Discusses how entrepreneurs use big data to cut costs and minimize the waste of time Covers how using big data as a way to study competitors Offers how using big data can increase efficiency Presents how big data can improve the pricing of products Provides how big data is used to help increase sales and loyalty

Management of information technology will continue to be an essential endeavour for organisations as we experience the accelerating advancement of digital technology. Managers will need to understand how technology is changing their business operations and the emergence of digital consumers who demand more innovative, technologically driven experiences. This 29th volume in the Advanced Series in Management is built to provide theoretical insight for managers and researchers to co-create their technology values and better understand its prospects and challenges. Management and Information Technology in the Digital Era: Challenges and Perspectives explores the management and practical implications of digital information management across a broad range of technologies, sectors, and countries. Chapters from a spectrum of international authors provide a significant contribution to the growing body of work on information technology, artificial intelligence, and technology management, reflecting the diversity of current research and delving into the varying perspectives of management and information technology in the digital era. Significantly recognised are the growing prospects of Artificial intelligence and how it is revolutionising different sectors, further presenting critical challenges for managers on how to harness the prospects of this technology for their business prospects.

The application of technology, in smart cities, to create meaningful sustainability is set to change all our lives. The smart city of the future will be equipped with communication infrastructures to improve the comfort of all citizens, while respecting the environment, and supporting good governance. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) will play a key role, making it possible to better manage infrastructure and transport. Contributors from around the world here present modern insights for use by decision-makers to solve real-world challenges. The authors shed light on forthcoming developments and set out how to plan for increasingly rapid changes. Smart Cities for Sustainability: Approaches and Solutions provides a modern insight for researchers, students, professionals, and decision-makers on the application of digitalization in global cities to achieve their SDG goals.

This book looks at how digital economy can help energy businesses to meet their sustainability goals. It will further generates a new debate among policymakers about encouraging green technologies to reduce global carbon emissions. Our modern society requires a long-term, sustainable, and secure energy supply that not only generates and preserves renewable energy. It is also creating universal intelligent machines for power systems, and vital infrastructure is considered in terms of digital economy requirements. The idea of sharing information is an essential principle of sustainable thinking. In such instances, open internet and data access are required to enable any human being to acquire knowledge. Furthermore, the energy industry is changing worldwide, necessitating the consideration of potential implications and modifications.  Thus, its most distinguishing feature is moving from a centrally organized system to one with many market players.  Consequently, information and communication technologies and human growth have significant main and interactive effects on environmental sustainability. Simultaneously, energy industry is a major player in resolving the digital economy’s development issues.

Despite most societies having recognized the vital role of entrepreneurship in driving economic progress, there is still a lack of understanding of the components of innovation, entrepreneurship, and growth and the relationship between microeconomic foundations of development and macroeconomic outcomes. Moreover, the impact of new venture competitiveness and performance, growth, and survival, the evolution of industries, and the location and influence of entrepreneurial activity all demand more advanced study and analysis. The Importance of Entrepreneurship in Fostering Economic Progress, edited by Mohammed El Amine Abdelli, offers a solution to this problem by bringing together leading scholars in management, entrepreneurship, industrial economics, evolutionary economics, innovation and technological change, regional economics, and public policy to examine the crucial role of entrepreneurship in driving economic progress. The book delves into recent developments in understanding the dynamics that support knowledge generation, diffusion, and commercialization through innovation and the role of the entrepreneur in the growth process. It discusses the impact of entrepreneurship on employment, the crucial role of technological innovation on economic growth, and the impact of the entrepreneurial economy on public policy. By presenting relevant policy implications and exploring the regulation design influencing knowledge creation, ownership, entry barriers, labor mobility, and (inefficient) financial markets, this book offers insights for policymakers seeking to design effective entrepreneurship policies to foster economic development, employment, and global competitiveness. This research provides a valuable solution to the lack of understanding around how the critical role of entrepreneurship drives economic progress. It is an essential read for academics, students, and researchers in various fields hoping to gain a deeper understanding of this crucial topic.

Entrepreneurs are exceptionally gifted individuals capable of spotting projects, marshaling resources, inventing ideas, taking risks, and forming businesses. Prospective entrepreneurs must be inspired and motivated to pursue self-employment businesses in today's volatile business environment and highly sophisticated information technologies. However, governments have been attempting to promote entrepreneurship by assisting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs' primary challenges are lack of working capital and marketing challenges. Entrepreneurship is a combination of difficult-to-teach skills, attitudes, and knowledge that can be developed. Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Their Opportunities and Challenges explores and examines the importance of these factors in establishing a virtuous cycle of long-term sustainability in countries worldwide. The book promotes global communities to acquire an entrepreneurial mindset. Covering topics such as crowdfunding experiences, financial solutions, and social enterprises, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for entrepreneurs, business leaders, government officials, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Entrepreneurs are exceptionally gifted individuals capable of spotting projects, marshaling resources, inventing ideas, taking risks, and forming businesses. Prospective entrepreneurs must be inspired and motivated to pursue self-employment businesses in today's volatile business environment and highly sophisticated information technologies. However, governments have been attempting to promote entrepreneurship by assisting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs' primary challenges are lack of working capital and marketing challenges. Entrepreneurship is a combination of difficult-to-teach skills, attitudes, and knowledge that can be developed. Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Their Opportunities and Challenges explores and examines the importance of these factors in establishing a virtuous cycle of long-term sustainability in countries worldwide. The book promotes global communities to acquire an entrepreneurial mindset. Covering topics such as crowdfunding experiences, financial solutions, and social enterprises, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for entrepreneurs, business leaders, government officials, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

In today's society, businesses are being pressured to play a more active role in addressing global environmental, social, and economic issues. Therefore, a considerable shift in the functional components of enterprises is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. SMEs play a vital role in countries' socio-economic structures, and the importance of SMEs is increasingly recognized as a factor of economic stability and social cohesion. In order to ensure SMEs are appropriately utilized to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, further study is required. Examining the Vital Financial Role of SMEs in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals highlights the challenges and opportunities of using the concepts of economic sustainability to achieve sustainability goals as well as the role SMEs play in developing sustainable practices. The book also discusses how finance sustainability can be used to improve the stability of policies. Covering topics such as blockchain, corporate social responsibility, and performance management practices, this reference work is ideal for business owners, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

In today's society, businesses are being pressured to play a more active role in addressing global environmental, social, and economic issues. Therefore, a considerable shift in the functional components of enterprises is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. SMEs play a vital role in countries' socio-economic structures, and the importance of SMEs is increasingly recognized as a factor of economic stability and social cohesion. In order to ensure SMEs are appropriately utilized to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, further study is required. Examining the Vital Financial Role of SMEs in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals highlights the challenges and opportunities of using the concepts of economic sustainability to achieve sustainability goals as well as the role SMEs play in developing sustainable practices. The book also discusses how finance sustainability can be used to improve the stability of policies. Covering topics such as blockchain, corporate social responsibility, and performance management practices, this reference work is ideal for business owners, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.