The digital economy, most backed by proliferation of information and technology (ICTs),
provides impressive opportunities for firms, regions and countries productivity growth. This …

The lack of internet access in most rural areas has become a challenge worldwide. The
Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted trends such as teleworking and e-commerce, meaning …

Teachers' communication with the educational community (students, families and teachers)
may be different depending on the place where they reside. We ask ourselves whether …

Digital rural development has become an emerging dynamic force for high-quality rural
development in China. This paper constructs the “environmental-economic-social” analysis …

This paper explores and interrogates existing approaches to urban-rural digital divide
reduction. The EU and its member states are applying fragmented and diverse digitalization …

In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, high-quality human capital that creates
innovations is becoming the key factor in building the competitiveness of individual …

Digital transformation balances the risks and opportunities related to the development of
human capital, while asymmetries arise in economics field and social sustainability. There is …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, digitalisation has gained widespread acceptance as
a powerful tool for socioeconomic and environmental progress. Agricultural and Rural …

Innovation hubs are a promising new way to foster innovations in rural areas. However,
research in this field is still at a preliminary stage. The literature neither provides a clear …

Purpose: the study aims to examine the impact of ICT on the formation of digital hubs in
regions of Kazakhstan, specifically the influence of ICT costs on the level of innovation …