Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order (Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage)

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a radical change in both the economic and business paradigms that have ruled countries for decades. Emerging models are leading to a new world economic order predictably led by China and the United States. New forms of organization, new ways of working remotely, the strengthening of some industries to the detriment of others, and the supremacy of technology to be able to work are going to change the economies as we know them today. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and the New World Economic Order offers strategies, economic policies, social, economic, and political trends that will affect organizations to increase their efficiency and labor productivity and change the world's business and financial structures. This book forecasts future business changes and prospective models, structural or not, for guiding the survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), multinationals, family firms, entrepreneurs, and NGOs in the post-COVID-19 era. Covering topics such as business model creation, global sustainable logistics 4.0, and social and solidarity economy, this text is essential for economists, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, family firms, SMEs, business professionals, policymakers, students, researchers, practitioners, and academicians. About the Author José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez , PhD, is a full-time research professor at EGADE Business School in Guadalajara (Mexico), and in 2016 he was a visiting professor at the “Eugenio Garza Lagüera” Entrepreneurship Institute, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), where he continues collaborating. Since 2011, he has been a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (Ecuador) and St Francis Xavier University of Chuquisaca (Bolivia) since 2017. Until December 2015, he was the Academic Director of the Doctorate in Business Sciences, specializing in Entrepreneurship and Family Business, at Nebrija University (Spain), where he supervised more than 70 doctoral theses to PhD students coming from Europe and America. He was also a research professor at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, both in the PhD program in Political Science and Sociology in Madrid (Spain) and Guatemala, as well as in Spain in the Master in Project Management and Management Corporate Social Responsibility. He was also the Director of the Master's Degree in Microcredits and Social Inclusion at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (Spain). Previously, he developed his academic and research activity in different Spanish and foreign universities worldwide. Regarding his working experience in the industry, he worked with the director of international sales at Sogepaq International – Prisa Group, the first multimedia world group in Spanish and Portuguese, established in 23 countries and a leader in education, information, and entertainment. He has also worked as a tax and financial advisor for several family companies and as a freelance investor on the stock exchange. He has also been a regular collaborator in Gestiona Radio, the leading economic multimedia group in Spain, formed by Gestiona Radio, Diario Digital ¡Qué!, Capital Magazine and DiarioFinanciero.com and has collaborated with professional magazines, newspapers, and television in different countries around the world. Concerning his scientific research, translated into five languages, he has published more than 200 publications, among papers, monographs, and book chapters about the labor market, outsourcing, entrepreneurship, and family business, most of them listed at ORCID. Dr. Saiz-Alvarez is the editor of the Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics and has published books and book chapters in Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, IGI Global, Nova Science Publishers, Palgrave MacMillan, Springer, Thomson-Reuters-Aranzadi, and Taylor & Francis. Among journals that can be cited are the Journal of Organizational Change