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Financial Sector Development And Pandemics In An Era Of Sustainable Development Goals

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 This edited book offers an examination of the dynamic interplay between financial sector development and other socio-economic factors including the unprecedented challenges posed by global pandemics while aligning financial sector strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through a series of insightful chapters, contributors explore how pandemics and external shocks have reshaped financial markets. This book addresses critical issues such as the impact of COVID-19 travel bans on airline stock prices, the drivers of bank credit in Africa, and the relationship between tax efficiency and economic welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also examines risk governance in banking, the human element in cybersecurity, and the spillover effects of crude oil prices on emerging equity markets, as well as the role of financial sector development on economic growth. By bringing together diverse perspectives from academics, policymakers, and industry experts, this volume provides a rich analysis of the intersection between financial sector development and sustainable development goals. It highlights the need for the financial sector to adapt to pandemics while advancing the global sustainable development agenda, showcasing not just vulnerabilities but also potential opportunities for growth and innovation.
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Finance Of Renewable Energy In A Sustainable World

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 In a sustainable world, renewable energy sources replace traditional fuel sources. Nowadays, with globalization, energy management is important in ensuring sustainability. Renewable energy sources are given more importance in energy management; therefore, the share of the renewable energy sector in the total energy supply is increasing yearly. Renewable energy sources have a significant share, increasing every year. The renewable energy sector is predicted to grow in the coming years. However, it appears that the financing of companies in the renewable energy sector have not been investigated in detail. The energy supply in the renewable energy sector is increasing every year. With the increase in production and population, new sources must meet energy needs. Increasing energy supply is only possible by making new investments. This book consists of 26 theoretical and practical chapters on current issues. This book, which addresses current issues and brings a different perspective to renewable energy financing, is thought to contribute to the literature. The most important feature that makes this book different from others is that it conveys to the reader the current financing practices of renewable energy companies in the global world in a practical way. For this reason, it is thought that this book will significantly contribute to the literature.
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Original Research Matters In Marketing, Innovations, And Beyond

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 With an unwavering commitment to scholarly excellence, this book embodies a collaborative endeavor by leading scholars, researchers, and experts from around the globe. Within its pages, readers will uncover various subjects, ranging from innovative technologies to the usage of AI and a number of other areas. Each contribution offers a distinctive perspective on how digital technologies have fundamentally reshaped conventional market paradigms, ushering in unprecedented opportunities and intricate challenges. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis, illuminating the complex interaction between technological advancements, including AI, marketing, and global innovative shifts. Its pages are teeming with original research that provides fresh and thought-provoking viewpoints, revealing the entangled embroidery of relationships that define the transformative influence of digitalization on miscellaneous areas.
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Economic Integration: Strategies, Challenges And Global Implications

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 In a world where economic integration is one of the pivotal trends reshaping the factors of socio-economic development, this book offers a thorough analysis of the complexities of economic integration across various domains. This book merges theoretical perspectives with practical applications, providing a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic interactions between economic policies, regulations, and market practices. Focusing primarily on European integration, the publication delves into key aspects such as trade, monetary policy, fiscal strategies, sustainable development, and digital regulations. It explores how these factors shape the economic landscapes of contemporary society. Additionally, it examines the role of regulatory frameworks in promoting financial stability and fair competition. This book also addresses the significance of social responsibility by investigating the impact of integrated reporting on market cohesion, emphasizing the importance of ESG disclosures, and analyzing energy efficiency policies and the challenges of achieving ambitious climate goals. With its diverse perspectives. This insightful analysis is essential for policy-makers, economists, and anyone interested in understanding the ongoing evolution of economic integration and its long-term impacts on our world.
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New Geography In The Global Automotive Industry

by Marcelo Jose Do Carmo

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 This book is a valuable contribution for all those interested in the functioning of the historical geography of capitalism. As sociology has been emphasizing for some years now, throughout the 20th century, capital has perfected its mobility capacity, subjecting communities, workers and territories, increasingly susceptible to locational blackmail, that is, to the constant threat of plant closures. This process is due, for example, to union pressure and the reluctance of other agents to ensure production stability. As these plants adopt increasingly modern practices, characterized by highly compact industrial organization models such as Completely Knock-Down (CKD) and its prefabricated and imported kits, the attachment of these companies to their locations weakens. Consequently, the trend of investment becomes more frequent. This book accurately identifies these movements, above all, in terms of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), which flood countries and regions lacking "indigenous" automobile groups and transform them into low-cost production and export platforms.
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U.S. Dollar'S Future As The Global Reserve Currency

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 The U.S. dollar has been the preferred global currency since the end of World War II, providing our nation with inherent economic advantages as well as responsibilities. Today, an estimated 88 percent of all currency transactions by value are conducted in U.S. dollars. Among other things, this limits the risk of a balance-of-payments crisis, which inherently lowers our exchange rate risk. The dollar’s position also allows the United States and Americans to borrow at rates such as 50 to 60 basis points lower. The role of the dollar reflects global confidence in the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) as an institution and the U.S. economy and financial markets. The dollar’s global role also reflects continued U.S. global economic and financial leadership. Changes in the global economy, and geopolitical shifts could cause a shift from the dollar to other currencies. Focus in particular is centered on China’s economic rise, U.S. sanctions, and digital currencies.
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Navigating Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis Of Micro Vs. Macro Strategies In Least Developed Countries

by Medani P Bhandari

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 This comprehensive book explores various facets crucial to understanding and addressing sustainability challenges. The methodological approach employed in this research involves an intricate examination of the least developed countries’ landscapes, concentrating on the dichotomy between microeconomic and macroeconomic strategies. A pivotal theme of this book is the assessment of how micro and macro strategies significantly influence the sustainable development trajectory of least developed countries, with Nepal serving as a primary case study. The research aims to understand the present situation and to provide policy recommendations that can catalyze positive change in the developmental landscape of LDCs. This book not only examines the theoretical underpinnings of sustainability but also provides a practical framework for addressing challenges in least-developed countries, offering valuable insights for academics, policymakers, and practitioners alike.
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Closer Look At The Child Tax Credit

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 This book provides an overview of the child tax credit and the newly enacted changes to this program. To analyze the impact of these changes on families’ financial well-being, the book provides estimates of the share of families that receive the child credit both before and after the ARPA expansion, followed by estimates of the ARPA expansion’s impact on average family income.
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Diabetes: Research, Economic Impact, And New Programs

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 More than 37 million Americans, about one in ten, have diabetes, and another 96 million adults have pre-diabetes. Diabetes is growing more prevalent, with an estimated one in three Americans expected to develop the disease at some point in their lifetime. Chapter 1 examines how diabetes affects people of all ages, with a special focus on Americans with Type I diabetes and their families. Chapter 2 identifies the direct and indirect costs of diabetes on the economy. Chapter 3 explores new technological discoveries that are already changing the lives of people with Type 1 diabetes. Chapter 4 describes ED visits made by adults with diabetes, and presents selected characteristics by age.
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Stablecoins: Background, Risks And Legislation

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 Over the last several years, the number of cryptocurrencies has exploded from the hundreds to the thousands. The use of cryptocurrency was supposed to democratize money or build a more inclusive economy, but none of these promises have materialized. Wild price swings and high transaction fees from cryptocurrencies make them useless for payments, the one thing they claim to be designed for. Stablecoins were supposed to solve this problem. Unlike other cryptocurrencies, their value is not just based on market enthusiasm; a stablecoin’s value is supposed to be backed by real assets held by the company that issues the stablecoin.
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Digital Challenges: What Is The Response Of The Economy?

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 The book presents selected materials received as part of the International Scientific Conference "Digital Transformation on Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Service" (DTMIS 2022) and may be of interest to: Undergraduate, graduate students and postgraduate students in the areas of economics, business engineering, enterprise management, sustainable development; University professors teaching courses such as Digital Economy, Energy Economics, Knowledge Economics, Integrated Course Project, Public Administration, Management, and so on; Scientists conducting research in the field of digital transformation of industries, services, and construction, as well as managing complex processes in enterprises within the framework of a dynamic development of the external environment. This book contains a wide range of directions in the economy that are brought together under one trend - digital transformation.
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Case Studies In Economic Survival: Experiences From Sri Lanka

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 This ‘Case Studies in Economic Survival: Experiences from Sri Lanka’ is the product of the Business Forum, one of the main events featuring under the 19th International Conference on Business Management (ICBM) - 2022 organized by the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC) of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka. The purpose of publishing Case Studies in this nature is to help people learn the body of knowledge we call management and then apply it to their business organizations. The book is arranged in a logical sequence of case studies that continually builds on and connects with the chosen theoretical perspectives. This book also creates a platform to a meaningful partnership between the academia and the industry to support the growth of the next generation of businesses and their leaders. It has been kept to a reasonable length with seven stories of different organizations that have been connected into a cohesive body of knowledge. These stories typically provide wide-ranging evidence about the business situations in question, the problems encountered in the pandemic, how they were approached, and to what results. The ICBM 2022 in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka makes history by launching this case study book exposing resilient organizations in Sri Lanka that surmounted challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Consistent with the pertinent theme of the ICBM 2022 conference, "Equitable Recovery Amidst Economic Crisis: Post-Pandemic Challenges and the Way Forward", we initiated writing of the ‘Case Studies in Economic Survival: Experiences from Sri Lanka’ as a collaborative endeavor by the academia and the industry. These meticulously and scholastically developed case studies fill the gap hitherto left by the dearth of case studies carried out in the Sri Lankan context. Professionals in different fields may use case studies as part of their research into various issues of interest for their organizations.
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Theory Of Qualitative Economic Growth: A New Framework For Economic Growth Theory

by Sergio Focardi

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 This book develops the theory of qualitative growth. This theory provides a major overhaul of economic theory. Modern economies are evolutionary complex systems subject to a process of rapid innovation that makes aggregation very difficult. Mainstream economics is based on aggregating variables. When aggregation is impossible, mainstream economics creates idealized economies without any empirical basis. Our theory of qualitative growth is based on the principles of modern empirical science where models might include terms and variables that acquire meaning through global theory and its measurement processes. That is, in modern empirical sciences, variables are ultimately defined by the process of observation. However, the observation process might include the entire theory. For example, we do not observe temperature directly but only through instruments that exploit how temperature is linked to other variables such as the elongation of a column of mercury. We develop an integrated monetary economic model where the real economy is represented by hidden abstract variables that include quantity, quality, and generalized inflation. These variables do not have a direct observation process but are in relationship with observables such as the Economic Complexity Index. In this way, we develop an economic theory able to support decision making for qualitative growth while in contrast mainstream economics would label qualitative growth as a recession. The idea of qualitative growth, put forward by Capra and Henderson in 2009, is the basic notion that growth is a good and essential feature of human societies, but it must be understood as organic development of qualitative aspects of life. Qualitative growth responds to the basic need of "decoupling" growth from the use of natural resources which is now recognized as a pillar of the green transition.
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Future Of Real Estate Ii: Interdisciplinary Research On Real Estate

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 The 1st Conference of Interdisciplinary Research on Real Estate CIRRE 2016 was held on the 15th and 16th of September in Ljubljana Slovenia. The conference was organized as part of the 10th anniversary of the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. Participants were researchers from more than thirteen countries along with about sixty contributions. The 2st CIRRE 2017 in Cartagena Spain was my first introduction by participating in the conference with a number of papers and PhD students from my then lectureship in Real Estate at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. When I asked where the CIRRE congress wanted to be organized in 2018, I got the question back: why not in Groningen? And so it happened that in 2018 the CIRRE congress was held in Groningen by Hanze University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands with approximately 100 scientists. This was followed by the 4th CIRRE 2019 held in Trondheim, Norway. Participants were researchers from twelve countries. For the 2020 congress, the intended location was Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands but due to the pandemic, we pushed it to 2021. Also in 2021 the pandemic was not (yet) over and we decided to have this congress entirely digitally. Many research papers were presented, commented on and improved over a two-day period. From all these submissions, I made a selection of the best potential papers for this book. After two peer reviews, the papers were resubmitted with the attached result of seven chapters.
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Long Way To Crisis: Unraveling Peculiarities Of Socioeconomic Dynamics Vis A Vis Urbanization In Mediterranean Europe

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 The book aims at performing a detailed and multifaceted study to show the advantage of the adoption of territorial statistics, in particular local ones, at national and international levels to deal with the spatial analysis of locally articulated socio-economic processes. The book includes different stand-alone contributions connected to eachother with reference to the topic analyzed, adopted methodologies and statistical database. The study of local systems is performed by means of linear and nonlinear methodologies, using several statistical tools such as, exploratory, descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistics. Beside this computational aspect, a wide usage of geographic information and tools, are used, i.e., maps and geographic information systems have been made to unravel the territorial complexity and deepen the knowledge of the Italian economic geography and highlight territorial differences within a particular country and between different countries.
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Economy As A Complex System Of Economic Actions: In Search Of A New Paradigm

by Paata Leiashvily

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 Based on a dialectical analysis of purposeful activity, a decentralized economy is presented as a complex nonlinear living system of economic actions. In such an economy, the general laws of the universe, which dialectics and synergetics studies, manifest themselves in a specific form. This allows us to see many well-known economic phenomena in an unusual light and to discover in them what cannot be detected by standard methods of orthodox theory. The monograph presents a system of concepts, based on which the fundamentally new interpretation of how the market economy functions and how it has evolved from its inception to the present is given. It is shown that behind the external chaos of economic life hiding surprisingly ordered, symmetrical, deep structures that provide self-regulation of a competitive market economy. Like all living systems, the economy is developing, which results in the monopolization and financialization of the economy. But over time, it loses the ability to self-regulate. Regulation becomes necessary, because of which the role of centralization of the economy increases. The search for new methods of regulating such an economy becomes inevitable.
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Dynamics Of International Finance

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 International finance has evolved in all aspects, be it in terms of institutional framework, rules and regulations, standardized operations, innovative financial products or policy framework. International trade and business have helped economies grow and bring prosperity across nations. Hence, the interface between international trade and business and international finance is cohesive. There are various facets of international finance including globalization, foreign direct investment, foreign exchange markets, balance of payments, institutional framework strengthening like World Bank, BIS, IMF and many others which are covered in the book. The foreign currency exchange market is the largest financial market both by volume and turnover. Forex market is developing at a better than average pace though it is also said that the foreign exchange market is still in the nascent stage in India. The issues of foreign currency regimes, exchange rate fluctuations, and the forex rate volatility dynamics and its impact on economies are interesting to understand. The book provides chapters from learned academicians in their field discussing the contemporary developments in international finance and the dynamics of evolving international financial markets.
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Global Challenges Of Digital Transformation Of Markets

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 As rapid changes are brought on by technologies and by the challenges facing humanity, existing businesses consistently update and reinvent. This book tackles the challenges of adopting and reinventing business models due to the digital transformation in logistics and supply chain management, digitization of trade networks and global markets, with a primary focus on business processes, marketing transformation and human resources management.
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Closer Look At Medical Debt

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 Medical debt is the most common collection tradeline reported on consumer credit records. People also report being contacted by debt collectors about medical debt more than any other type of debt. While medical debt has long played an outsized role on credit reports, concerns about medical debt collections and reporting are particularly elevated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have incurred pandemic-related medical debt. Chapter 1 summarizes key areas of concern in medical debt collections and reporting. Chapter 2 reviews a bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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Closer Look At Counterfeit Products

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 Brand owners have been sounding the alarm about dangerous counterfeit products plaguing the internet for years. As consumers have moved online, counterfeiters have embraced the internet also. Their tools are becoming more sophisticated and their targeted products becoming more wide ranging as they dupe unwitting consumers into purchasing fakes. It is clear that the fight against dangerous fakes in e-commerce requires proactive measures by the platforms. SHOP SAFE takes an important step in ensuring that what consumers see online is what they will get as reported in chapter 1. Counterfeit goods infringe on IPR, and can harm the U.S. economy and threaten consumer safety. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB), the U.S. agency tasked with enforcement against counterfeits at the border, has reported that the annual number of small packages sent to the U.S. since fiscal year 2013 more than doubled, and small packages seized often contain counterfeit goods. Chapter 2 examines: how elements of the EU and U.S. approaches to combating counterfeit goods in small packages compare, any enforcement challenges posed by these goods, and the extent to which CBP has taken steps to address these challenges. Chapters 3 and 4 examine counterfeit medications.
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Blockchain Technology: Advances In Research And Applications

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 Nakamoto''s 2008 publication of the Bitcoin protocol started a technological and economic revolution. Now, more than 10,000 digital payment brands in the markets claim to be backed up by distributed ledger technologies (DTLs) or blockchains. This volume compares the characteristics of these technologies while it brings clarity to the different aspects of the ecosystem.
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Balancing Economic, Legal, And Social Macrosystems Based On Modelling Decision Processes

by Lidiya V. Zhukovskaya

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 The author considers the interaction of three national macrosystems (economic, legal, and social) within a national public metasystem, justifying and solving the problem of their balancedness using the concept of Berge equilibrium. This equilibrium mathematically expresses the Golden Rule of ethics (GR), one of the most ancient, specific, and widespread moral generalizations that appear in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It instructs: "Do to others as you would like them to do to you." The author studies the influence of morality (in the sense of Kant''s imperative or the GR) on strategic decision-making in the national public metasystem. The Nash equilibrium of the three macrosystems reflects the neoliberal economic doctrine widespread currently. An alternative moral-philosophical economic doctrine based on the GR is substantiated using systems theory and game theory.
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Economic Growth And Wellbeing: Evidence From The Belt And Road Initiative Countries

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 Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in understanding the drivers of rapid growth rates of countries in Central, East and South Asia. For example, countries such as China, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Mongolia were in the list of most rapid growing countries in the period of 2000-2020. As a result, these countries have considerably increased quality of life, standards of living and life satisfaction. For example, Uzbekistan is consistently ranked among one of the happiest developing countries in the world. The present book attempts to build up on existing empirical research to offer all-encompassing evidence on some of the drivers and correlates of economic growth and quality of life in the Belt and Road Initiative countries. It explores the relationships between renewable energy and CO2 emissions, financial development and economic growth, institutional and life satisfaction, among others.
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Who Will Pay To Save The Planet? The $100 Trillion Question

by Anthony Rowley

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 Until quite recently most people were either in the dark or in denial about climate change, and even now that the impact is showing up dramatically in (man-made) "natural" disasters such as typhoons, hurricanes, fires, floods, and rising seas, the world remains divided over what action to take and largely ignorant as to what the cost of action will be. The critical issue of who will pay for a climate rescue operation has long been neglected, and now that it is finally coming into focus it is obvious that the potential deficit of finance is matched by a similar deficit of clear thinking on how to marshal and deploy the funds needed to transition successfully from a "brown" to a "green" global economy. This book discusses the nature of the threat of climate change and the problems faced by governments in combatting climate change, as well as potential solutions.
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