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In today’s unprecedented transformation in the global socio-economic system caused by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the escalating fourth industrial revolution, reinforcing innovative entrepreneurship appears a significant policy objective that can lead to overall socio-economic development. In this drastically changed context, entrepreneurship...
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... policy mechanism has been suggested in the recent past, which can be a more cohesive framework for the post-recovery-fund era in the EU, contributing specifically to local and regional development. Understanding the significance of the macro-meso-micro levels of policy for less-developed European regions, Vlados and Chatzinikolaou (2019a) have suggested the policy mechanism of the -Institutes of Local Development and Innovation‖ (Figure 3). Vol. 13, No. 2; In this policy recommendation, firms are conceived as -socio-economic organisms‖ who think and act-they have a specific business rationale or -physiology‖-according to how they synthesize the spheres of strategy, technology, and management (Vlados, 2004(Vlados, , 2019a). ...
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Objective: The smart city is defined as a mix of urban strategies aimed at optimizing and innovating public services. Current cities are hybrid and affected by complex systems with inter-institutional collaboration. This study aims to understand which variables are most present and important according to the literature review and comparative analysis of two case studies.
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Recommendations: Future research is recommended to confirm the relevant indicators for stakeholders associated with communication methods.
... These regions must broaden their local economies and not rely on a single sector. This report concludes that public authorities must offer significant incentives for resilience, which derive from digitalization, the principles of cyclical economy, and sustainability (Chatzinikolaou et al., 2021). ...
Today’s COVID-19 crisis drives various socioeconomic systems to a profound readjustment and restructuring. This presentation aims to examine the need to reinforce the resilience of business ecosystems, suggesting future research avenues mainly at the regional level. In terms of design, a synthesis of the resilience and business ecosystems’ concepts is approached, followed by introducing essential elements concerning the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The conclusions are twofold. First, the resilience of business ecosystems is a significant development pillar for the post-COVID-19 era, even though the RRF does not include provisions for regional development (the national authorities are responsible). Second, the resilience of local and regional authorities is significant, especially in areas where small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rely on activities affected by the pandemic, such as tourism and transport. Further research could focus on the relationship between SME innovation and critical infrastructure.
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The special edition Public Policies in times of Pandemics constitutes a special anniversary edition of the European Scientific Journal (ESJ). The outbreak of the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus COVID-19, threatened the life and health of individuals and especially the vulnerable groups of the population. In the face of this threat, governments have designed and implemented public policies to halt the development of the pandemic and to adapt individuals to the new strict labor and social requirements. These policies have been implemented in a wide range of activities in the fields of health, economy, travel, research against the pandemic, public awareness as well as fight against misinformation and solidarity among states. These policies have been implemented with specific measures aimed at ensuring acceptable results in terms of epidemiological indicators. The modification of the process of providing health services by the primary and secondary units of the health sector, the restriction of the movement of the citizens, distance work, the modification of the budgets, the acceleration of the research for the forthcoming vaccine, the information provision and the treatment of the opposers’ movement, are some of the measures taken in accordance with the policies for the combat of the pandemic. The implementation of the measures that have been taken in accordance with the health policies has caused specific results in tackling the pandemic, but has also caused a wide range of potentially adverse effects on work and social activities.
The special edition intends to study in detail the public policies designed and implemented by governments to tackle the pandemic. In this context, it intends to study the history of these policies in similar cases, the discussion and decisions leading to these policies and the comparative study of these policies among different countries or groups of countries. Both the beneficial results of these policies as well as their side effects.
The methods that will be used in the papers of the special edition, can be extended in a wide range. The topics that will be studied and for which manuscripts will be submitted, indicative and not exhaustive can be the following:
1) Health policies employed by governments to face the pandemic.
2) Economic policies implemented by governments to address the particular economic conditions that occur under the influence of the pandemic.
3) Policies that affect the travel and movement of individuals (including refugee groups) to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
4) Policies that affect the work landscape (distance working, protection of special groups of the population) for the prevention of the coronavirus infection.
5) Health research policies as modified under the particular conditions created by the pandemic.
6) Information provision policies applied to inform the public and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to prevent the coronavirus.
7) What are the public policies during the pandemic and how are the procedures for their design and implementation modified.
8) Public policy analysis and pandemic conditions.
9) Policies to combat misinformation.
10) Policies for supranational (European or International) solidarity.
... The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains, international trade, transportation services, tourism and hospitality due to restrictions and closures in the international borders (Vlados, 2020b). Service sectors as retail, travel, leisure, restaurants and personal services that require direct contact between the consumer and the provider of the service are severely affected due to social distancing restrictions (Chatzinikolaou et al., 2021). The Covid-19 pandemic impact on employment has short-term, medium term and long-term effects as job losses, reduction in productivity, income inequality, social inequalities for vulnerable workers as minorities, older employees, young people and women (Brodeur et al., 2020). ...
The Special Edition of European Scientific Journal with title "Public Policy in times of Pandemics" in which we are Guest Editors, is ready. In 266 pages of the Special Edition, the authors analyse the public policies which are tackling the pandemic.
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and the authors who submitted their papers.
We are looking forward to continuing the research.
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This study explores the impact of Covid-19 on labor relations and public labor relations policies. Focus is given to the worldwide effects of the pandemic on employment, the impact of Covid-19 on the European labor landscape, the impact of the pandemic on the Greek labor context, and the main labor policies and measures adopted in Greece during Covid-19. The analysis of the effects of the pandemic on employment is based on published research material from ILO, Eurofound and the database of the Greek Ministry of Labor. The section concerning the impact of Covid-19 on the labor relations policies and the measures adopted in the Greek context is based on the analysis of the Greek institutional framework and the related legislative acts. The main employment policy responses to Covid-19 pandemic are ensuring workers’ safety, maintaining adequate paid sick leave, upholding support for workers with caring needs, adapting job retention schemes, ensuring adequate income protection, expanding employment services and training and giving the young people the support they need. Planning and implementing effective labor policies is a demanding goal that requires cooperation and synergies among economic, research, innovation and lifelong education policies.
... Besides the macro-level (national and international policies) and meso-level (industries and local agglomerations) implications, all less developed economies will face direct challenges to the "cellular" micro-level, meaning the adaptiveness of firms and especially the small and medium ones. These firms will be tested on their ability to innovate and survive by designing new strategies, assimilating new technology, and using modern management methods (Chatzinikolaou et al., 2021;Vlados, 2021). ...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be structurally transforming the global economy. This article explores how these recent changes impact the different types of organizations and the ways these may adapt in this repositioned context. First, we present the central dimensions of the unfolding health crisis and the subsequent broader socioeconomic crisis. Then, it is argued that this global-scale emerging transformation has brought about fundamental changes in the working environment within the accelerated Fourth Industrial Revolution. The article concludes that all socioeconomic organizations (irrespectively of size and sectoral scope) are now required to grow as swiftly as possible their strategic, technological, and managerial potential to innovate and adapt in this emerging reality. Τhis innovational adaptation to exit this structural crisis seems to be requiring the structuration of corresponding change management mechanisms.
This chapter investigates the physiological transformation of small firms in a less developed regional business ecosystem facing multiple development problems, barriers, and inadequacies. We present four field surveys we recently conducted in the peripheral Greek region of Eastern Macedonia–Thrace, on a sample of 230 small entrepreneurs, exploring their perception of the following conceptual triangles: (a) Crisis–Innovation–Change Management, (b) Strategy–Technology–Management, and (c) Human Resource Management–Education and Training–Innovation. We conclude that the sample firms exhibit symptoms of monad-centric business structuring and perceptual-functional weaknesses, which are due to their “traditional” physiology. These comparative weaknesses seem structurally and bi-directionally linked to the low competitiveness of this regional socioeconomic system.
Purpose
This paper aims to explore how the owners of less competitive micro-firms (MFs) perceive the “crisis–innovation–change management” triangle. It examines whether their understanding of these overarching entrepreneurship theory principles is inadequate compared to the relevant scientific literature.
Design/methodology/approach
This qualitative analysis follows principles based on the inductive method and grounded theory, thickly describing the results from research conducted in a sample of 38 tertiary-sector MFs in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region – one of the least developed and competitive areas across Europe. It triangulates the data with 11 respective small firms.
Findings
MF owners perceive the crisis as an ostensibly exogenous phenomenon, innovation as something quasi-unattainable – although vaguely significant – and change management as a relatively unknown process. This understanding lies somewhat distant from the extant literature that examines the structural nature of crises, the innovational power to exit profound restructurings and the rebalancing requisite for building new overall organizational methods to survive this internal–external transformation. In essence, the triangle crisis–innovation–change management is a blind spot for the examined MF owners as they ignore its significance as an adaptation mechanism – contrary to several direct competitors.
Social implications
Based on the reluctance of these individuals to cultivate their systematic business knowledge, it seems unrealistic that they would seek to pay the necessary high price for business consulting in the future. An ideal solution would be to build public entrepreneurship clinics to provide these less dynamic and adaptable organizations with free preliminary or in-depth counseling. The Institute of Local Development-Innovation could aim to provide free consulting services to reinforce organizational physiology by coordinating different socioeconomic actors.
Originality/value
To the best of our knowledge, this empirical research is one of the first to test the comprehension of weaker MFs – less competitive and developed in organizational terms – to the triangle crisis–innovation–change management.
The dynamic business environment requires continuous innovative adaptations by the organisation to sustain itself and grow. Thus, corporate entrepreneurship acquires particular importance. This study uses the Multi-Level Perspective to compare the transitions and links that lead to the development of entrepreneurial activity in the organisation. For this purpose, a survey was carried out among the managers of 233 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Madrid. The study uses the crisp set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, making it possible to explore the interdependence between conditions. For the analysis we have considered the niche (individual), the regime (organisation) and the landscape (the environment) levels. Especially, in the landscape level: resident population, population growth rate, and the number of existing productive units. At the regime level, creative strategies and proactivity in the organisation are considered, and at the niche level, the variables considered are training received linked to agile methodologies, leadership and innovation. Results show that the landscape conditions are not necessary for entrepreneurial development in the organisation, and intra-entrepreneurial activity can occur independently; the regime conditions analysed are not sufficient and need to be linked to the niche variables. Our results also suggest that the organisation must strategically manage these variables for corporate entrepreneurial growth.
Objectives: The main driving objective of this research is focused on revealing entrepreneurship trends that businesses can utilize to remain competitive in the market and grow toward achieving their goals in Indonesia. Also, this research explains the entrepreneurship future, what to do, and how to offset the prevalent challenges.
Methodology: The best method of research used in this study is the descriptive quantitative and cross-sectional study based on the available trends which are believed to occur in the future. The methodologies used in this research give it more accuracy on how to achieve all the set targets. Secondary sources of data enable the researcher to acquire the skills through which they will be used as the bridge recognizing the trends available in the realm of entrepreneurship. The data was collected from the BPS-Indonesian Central Statistics Agency.
Findings: This study reveals the significant factors that can be used to sustain corporate entrepreneurship in the post-pandemic era. Utilizing the descriptive quantitative and cross-sectional study in the research, the study collected the relevant information on entrepreneurship and how the future trends will affect the need for the advancement in technology, therefore creating more job opportunities.
Limitation: The main limitation to this research was finding substantive information that suits the identified time frame with relevant data. The research requires the incorporation of various studies and surveys. Moreover, some of the entrepreneurship publications relevant to be used in this study were not written in English. Also, this study used mapping of reviews, which have some weaknesses since some of them are limited to time.
Value Added and Recommendations: This research significantly contributes to essential areas in business in Indonesia since there are scarce studies like this regarding entrepreneurship in the post-pandemic era. The research has indicated that it is necessary to treat entrepreneurship education as a priority by policymakers, governments, and educators.
