In the light of digital transformation and the role of information and communication technologies for economic development, this volume discusses the challenges and opportunities for a new digital economy and regional and sustainable development of countries in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. It features selected contributions on topics such as regional economic growth, e-government strategies, the role of global value chains, smart cities and other issues related to digital transformation. The book will appeal to scholars and practitioners in economics, regional science, business and management, as well as those interested in sustainable urban and regional ecosystems.
Chapter 1. Digital Economy , Green Growth, Regional and Sustainable
Development, Digital Transformation: a brief literature review (Patricia
Ikouta Mazza).- Part I. Digital Transformation and Digital
Government.- Chapter 2. Digitalization and Its Limits in Reducing Economic
and Social Divide in Northern Greece (Vesna Lukovic).
Chapter 3. Readiness
assessment of EU countries to achieve the Smart Sustainable development goals
through the Digital Transformation of Local Government (Dimitris
Papandreou).
Chapter 4. Building a Smarter Government using Machine Learning
Applications: Benefits and Challenges (Eirini Manga).
Chapter 5. Cloud
Governance in the European Union: unlocking the power of data in the era of
the Digital Economy (Panagiotis Kitsos).
Chapter 6. Citizens attitudes
towards e - Government applications (Lambros Tsourgiannis).
Chapter
7. Digitization and e- Government: a systematic literature review for the
European Union (EU 27) and the United Kingdom (Kasabali Konstadina).- Part
II. Regional, Sustainable and Smart Growth.
Chapter 8. Technological
Transformations and Global Value Chains: Strategic Challenges for Europe and
its Territory (Roberta Capello).
Chapter 9. Debunking common misconceptions
about Smart Cities (Chiara F. Del Bo).
Chapter 10. Generation Y, Generation
Z and their perception of work life (Simge Dindar Tira).
Chapter
10. Current crises and Sustainable Development goals a Regional Approach
(Artemis Giourgali).
Maria Mavri is a Professor of Quantitative Methods at the University of the Aegean in Greece.
Patricia Ikouta Mazza is an Associate Professor of Sustainability at the University of the Aegean in Greece.
Anastasios Karasavvoglou is a Professor of Economics at the International Hellenic University (Greece) and President of the annual international conference "Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries".
Persefoni Polychronidou is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at the Department of Economics at the International Hellenic University in Greece.
