Innovation and creativity are at the heart of business development, growth, and sustainability in today's competitive world. Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that introduce new goods (or services) or improvements in offering products or services. Innovation can take many forms to solve a problem or create an opportunity, such as products, processes, services, technologies, and markets. A large growing body of research shows an interrelation between innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development in recent years. Innovative entrepreneurs are the persons who try to transform creative ideas into high-demand, marketable products, services, or technologies and contribute to sustainable competitive advantage to cope with the dynamic business environments.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuddered the world economy and caused a distraction to life and livelihoods within the existing social and economic systems in the entire world. COVID-19 is highly transmittable and has spread with uneven progress in every corner of the world. It has also triggered a substantial economic contraction, shuttered firms, thrown tens of millions of people out of work, and affected business activities and supply chains. Furthermore, since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 24, 2022, the global markets have started facing an initial plunge. However, many researchers and business experts consider that the crisis's evolution of geopolitical conflict patterns might inevitably influence global supply chains, investment decisions, and capital flows.
Innovation and entrepreneurship development spark increased interest in academia and practices to prevent economic and business hardships from further skyrocketing. They can play a crucial role in creating new opportunities and absorbing the consequences of dilemmas. However, despite research studies that endorse the relationship between innovative entrepreneurship and sustainable development, there is still a gap in the literature regarding assessing the contribution and role of emerging trends in innovation and entrepreneurship in the global economy.
This special issue intends to cover the latest research and empirical findings on all aspects, issues, policies, and practices of innovation and entrepreneurship development in the digital economy of the 21st century at the individual, organizational, industry, national and international levels. The issue welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners working in various fields, particularly those that probe the interdependencies among innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, technology, development, and sustainability.
Contributions may address a wide range of questions related to Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Development, including (but not limited to):
• Innovation and entrepreneurship strategies, models, practices, and trends
• Innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities, challenges, and problems
• Innovation, knowledge, and business performance
• Innovation and entrepreneurship in software and technology
• Business innovation models
• Innovation in supply chain design and management
• People, culture, and technology in innovation and entrepreneurship
• Innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems
• Disruptive process innovation and entrepreneurship
• Market-driven analysis of innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities
• Innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainable development
Innovation and creativity are at the heart of business development, growth, and sustainability in today's competitive world. Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that introduce new goods (or services) or improvements in offering products or services. Innovation can take many forms to solve a problem or create an opportunity, such as products, processes, services, technologies, and markets. A large growing body of research shows an interrelation between innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development in recent years. Innovative entrepreneurs are the persons who try to transform creative ideas into high-demand, marketable products, services, or technologies and contribute to sustainable competitive advantage to cope with the dynamic business environments.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuddered the world economy and caused a distraction to life and livelihoods within the existing social and economic systems in the entire world. COVID-19 is highly transmittable and has spread with uneven progress in every corner of the world. It has also triggered a substantial economic contraction, shuttered firms, thrown tens of millions of people out of work, and affected business activities and supply chains. Furthermore, since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 24, 2022, the global markets have started facing an initial plunge. However, many researchers and business experts consider that the crisis's evolution of geopolitical conflict patterns might inevitably influence global supply chains, investment decisions, and capital flows.
Innovation and entrepreneurship development spark increased interest in academia and practices to prevent economic and business hardships from further skyrocketing. They can play a crucial role in creating new opportunities and absorbing the consequences of dilemmas. However, despite research studies that endorse the relationship between innovative entrepreneurship and sustainable development, there is still a gap in the literature regarding assessing the contribution and role of emerging trends in innovation and entrepreneurship in the global economy.
This special issue intends to cover the latest research and empirical findings on all aspects, issues, policies, and practices of innovation and entrepreneurship development in the digital economy of the 21st century at the individual, organizational, industry, national and international levels. The issue welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners working in various fields, particularly those that probe the interdependencies among innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, technology, development, and sustainability.
Contributions may address a wide range of questions related to Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Development, including (but not limited to):
• Innovation and entrepreneurship strategies, models, practices, and trends
• Innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities, challenges, and problems
• Innovation, knowledge, and business performance
• Innovation and entrepreneurship in software and technology
• Business innovation models
• Innovation in supply chain design and management
• People, culture, and technology in innovation and entrepreneurship
• Innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems
• Disruptive process innovation and entrepreneurship
• Market-driven analysis of innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities
• Innovation and entrepreneurship, and sustainable development