This book presents economic research on global paradigm shifts after the COVID-19 crisis. It explores some expected deep and long-lasting changes that are building up a new normal. Featuring select contributions presented at the 2021 International Conference of Economic Scientific Research - Theoretical, Empirical and Practical Approaches (ESPERA), this book explores topics such as digitalization and digital sovereignty, workforce management, virtual training, digital currency, de-carbonization in production processes, supply chains, cybersecurity, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things and blockchain technologies.

Explores new dimensions in the economic crisis management Provides new economic models and paradigm developments Features country specific case studies

Autorentext

Luminita Chivu is Managing Director and Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Economic Research "Costin C. Kiritescu" (INCE), Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania. Her research focuses on economics of agriculture, rural development, labor market, economic growth, European integration, economic restructuring, industrial relations and working conditions.

Ignacio De Los Ríos Carmenado is Full Professor for Engineering Projects at School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering (ETSIAAB, UPM). Director of GESPLAN Research Group: "Planning and Sustainable Management of Rural-Local Development Projects". His research focuses on project management, urban/rural development, teaching methods and behavioural competences.

Jean-Vasile Andrei is full professor at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Department of Business Administration and Ph.D. mentor in economics at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. He is co-founder andscientific coordinator of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy (RebResNet).**

Inhalt

1. Synthetic composite indicators for monitoring changes in countries' development rankings - a bibliometric analysis.- 2. Motivation after work: the right to retire versus the right not to retire.- 3. Assessment Models of the Digital Economy and Knowledge-based Societies in Europe.- 4. Economic Growth Through Financial Development: Empirical Evidences From New Member States And Western Balkan Countries.- 5. Capital markets union and international risk-sharing.- 6. FESBAL-UPM Food Bank Chair and the Service-Learning Projects from the Working With People perspective.- 7. Economic Aspects of the Innovative Alternatives Use in Agriculture.- 8. Scenarios for the allocation of direct payments under the CAP National Strategic Plan 2023-2027: coupled support.- 9. Romanian agri-food products competitiveness an analysis using trade balances and unit values. Did the COVID-19 crisis influenced it?- 10. The Economic and Social Impact of Increasing Electricity Prices. Estimates, Analysis and Predictions.- 11. Maintaining green goals in disruptive times. Evidences from the European energy sector.- 12. Transition to a low carbon economy and the impact on the urban regeneration process.- 13. Analysis of the Changes Induced by the COVID-19 Crisis in the Structure of Daily Electricity Consumption.- 14. The importance of R&D in reducing CO2 emissions from passenger transport.- 15. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the tourism sector. New challenges .- 16. Effects of COVID-19 pandemic crisis on vulnerable groups in Romania. Social policy responses.- 17. The special employment centers: The Spanish response to the insertion of people with functional diversity and its impact on the social economy.- 18. Geospatial characteristics of unemployment for the period 2010 2020 in the South-West Oltenia Development Region, Romania.- 19. Urban village - a trend accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis of the Bucharest - Ilfov region.- 20. Nature-based solutions for green infrastructure development.- 21. Hotel management in the XXI century: Opportunities, threats and implications.- 22. Digital divide and employment. From job disruption to reskilling workers for the future world of work.- 23. Global ethics a potentially integrative paradigm of sustainable development for the new economy.- 24. How resilient is the labor market after a crisis? A comparative analysis of the effects generated by the financial crisis vs. the Covid-19 crisis.- 25. Investigating the economic and social impact induced by electricity prices.- 26. The Short Cycles of Labour Market Operation and Industrial Relations in Interwar Romania.- 27. Urbanization and the crisis of natural resources, in the context of sustainable development.