1st Edition

Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation Intersections of Regional Development, Innovation Systems, and Sustainability

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

A new generation of entrepreneurs are leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and other revolutionary technologies for greater social and environmental good. These digital entrepreneurs are developing disruptive solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges of our time. Yet, behind every case of a successful digital entrepreneur is a wider... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction: Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation—How Regional Ecosystems Shape the Future of Business
Tatiana Harkiolakis

 

Chapter 2. Peru: SaludAbierta: An E-Healthcare Service Innovation Case Study for Enhanced Healthcare Access in Peru

 Jordi Diaz, Daphne Halkias and Tatiana Harkiolakis

 

Chapter 3. United Arab Emirates: Disrupting Food Waste in the UAE: The Case of The Waste Lab

 Jordi Diaz, Daphne Halkias and Tatiana Harkiolakis

Chapter 4. Spain: Challenging Established Norms: Wine in a Can, Inc. and Disruptive Innovation in the Wine Industry

Jordi Diaz, Daphne Halkias and Tatiana Harkiolakis

Chapter 5. India: AI in Diagnostics and Healthcare Accessibility: The Disruptive Model of Larkai Healthcare

 Jordi Diaz, Daphne Halkias and Tatiana Harkiolakis

Chapter 6. Ivory Coast: Djamo—Bridging the Financial Divide in Francophone Africa

Jordi Diaz, Ray Sanders Muhammad and Tatiana Harkiolakis

Chapter 7. Cyprus: Transforming the Workspace Culture in Cyprus—The Journey of MyOffice Cyprus
Marcos Komodromos, Marios Vassiliou

 

Chapter 8. Jordan: Ethnic Fashion and Sustainability in the MENA Region—The Case of Sanaa Mohammad in Jordan
Tatiana Harkiolakis, Baker Ahmad Alserhan, Ruba Nizar Qahoush

Biography

Jordi Diaz, DBA, is the Dean of EADA Business School Barcelona and the Director of the Executive Academy of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD Global). Dr. Diaz holds an Executive Doctorate of Business Administration (EDBA) from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School (France), a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management from EADA Business School, and professional certificates from Harvard Business School.

Daphne Halkias, PhD, is the Dean of Doctoral Programs at EIM - European Institute of Management, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Policy and Competitiveness at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School, and Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She is a research affiliate at the Cornell Center for the Social Sciences, Cornell University, and CEO and Founder of Executive Coaching Consultant.

Tatiana Harkiolakis, MSc, is a DBA candidate at ISC Paris Business School and a research fellow at the Center for Policy and Competitiveness at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School. She is also the Director of Communications at Executive Coaching Consultants and holds an MSc in Communications and Media from the London School of Economics and Political Science.