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Exploring the Nexus of Digital and Sustainable Economies in Developing States

Chairs

Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu

Prof.dr.habil., Department of Statistics and Econometrics
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

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Vasile Alecsandru Strat

Dean of Bucharest Business School
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

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Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu is a Full Professor at the Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. She is the Head of the Data Science Research Lab, specialising in applications for business and economics, and a senior researcher at the Department of Labour Market Policies of the National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection. With over 17 years of experience in socio-economic research, she has been deeply involved in various analytical pursuits.

For over 17 years, she has delved into informality issues at both national and international levels. She has led various national research projects and served as a senior expert for the European Commission, specifically for the European Platform that addresses Undeclared Work.

Prof. Davidescu possesses extensive expertise in the evaluation of public projects and programs. Her prowess in project team management is evident, having coordinated more than 14 national projects and played a pivotal role as a senior expert in over 50 national and international endeavours. She has showcased her expertise in counterfactual methods during the assessment process, especially in empirically testing causal chains in interventions related to the Operational Program Competitiveness 2014-2020 Evaluation Plan, the Human Capital Operational Program 2014-2020 Evaluation, and the Partnership Agreement Evaluation Plan. She held the esteemed position of a modelling key expert. She served as the team leader for the Operational Program Competitiveness 2014-2020 Evaluation Plan, focusing on evaluating POC interventions in research, development, and innovation. Additionally, she was a senior modelling expert, instrumental in assessing the impact of interventions for both the Human Capital Operational Program 2014-2020 Evaluation Plan and the Partnership Agreement Evaluation Plan, with an emphasis on economic, social, and territorial cohesion.

Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu Prof.dr.habil., Department of Statistics and Econometrics
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

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Vasile Alecsandru Strat is the Dean of the Bucharest Business School, the most important university-level business school in Romania, dedicated to the education of managers (executive education). Vasile Strat is also a PhD associate professor in the Department of Statistics and Econometrics within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. At the same time, Vasile Alecsandru Strat is vice-president of CNSPIS and director or team member of several national and international research projects financed either through the Horizon 2020 grant or through collaborations with local business organizations. He also has notable experience in technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and programs. His experience is focused in a number of key sectors, such as regional development, agriculture and rural development, competitiveness, human resource development, including employment, social inclusion and education.

Vasile Alecsandru Strat Dean of Bucharest Business School
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Aims and Scope

The main aim of the "Special Section: Exploring the Nexus of Digital and Sustainable Economies in Developing States" is to investigate and understand the synergistic relationship between digitalisation and sustainable economic development in developing countries. This involves examining how digital technologies can be leveraged to drive sustainable growth, improve efficiency, and address economic, social, and environmental challenges specific to these regions.

The Special Section is supported by the Causality in the Era of Big Data and AI and its applications to innovation management CF 268/29.11.2022 and by the project Increasing institutional performance through the development of the infrastructure and research ecosystem of transdisciplinary excellence in the socio-economic field, PERFECTIS ID 585, CF 42PFE of 30.12.2021.

Topics of interest

The special session for ICDEc 2022 call for papers invites contributions on topics including but not restricted to the following themes:

  1. Analyzing Causality vs. Correlation for Sustainable Development
  2. Machine Learning Techniques for Causal Inference in Digital Economies
  3. The Role of Digital Innovation in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries
  4. Temporal Causality in Time-Series Data for Anticipating Technological Trends in Developing Economies
  5. The Role of AI in Identifying Causal Relationships in Technological Innovations
  6. Utilizing Causal Inference Techniques in AI to Drive Sustainable Innovation
  7. Understanding Market Dynamics through AI-Driven Causal Analysis
  8. Strategies for Bridging the Digital Divide to Foster Sustainable Development
  9. Strategies to Integrate the Shadow Economy into the Formal Sector in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries
  10. Analyzing the Interaction between Digitalisation and the Shadow Economy in Sustainable Development Efforts
  11. Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Digital Tools to Integrate Informal Sectors into Sustainable Economic Frameworks
  12. Assessing the Social Implications of the Shadow Economy in the Digital Transformation of Developing Economies

Planned papers

  • Toward Sustainability: Bibliometric Analysis of Shadow Economies in National and Regional Contexts. (Author: Diana Agafitei)
  • Quantifying Research Trends in Digitalization and the Shadow Economy: A Combined Systematic Review and Bibliometric Study. (Author: Diana Agafitei, Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Margareta Florescu)
  • Beyond the Visible: Incorporating Shadow Economy into Sustainable Development using PLS methodology. (Author: Eduard Mihai Manta, Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu)
  • Digital Disparities: Assessing the Impact of the Digital Divide in Informal Markets. (Author: Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Rim Jallouli, Diana Agafitei, Vasile Alecsandru Strat, Eduard Mihai Manta)
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Special Session on Social Network Analysis and Digital Economy

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Mouna Chebbah

ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia

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Haifa Nakouri

ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia

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Dr. Mouna Chebbah serves as an Assistant Professor in Business Computing at the Higher School of Digital Economy, University of Manouba, Tunisia. She earned her Business Computing diploma, M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the Higher Institute of Management, University of Tunis, Tunisia, in 2008, 2010, and 2014, respectively. Dr. Chebbah is currently affiliated with the LARODEC laboratory, where her research encompasses diverse areas such as belief functions theory, uncertain databases, machine learning, and social network analysis. Active in academia, she participates in various technical program committees for esteemed international conferences. Dr. Chebbah has contributed to approximately seventeen articles and papers published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.

Mouna Chebbah ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia

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Dr. Haïfa Nakouri is an Assistant Professor in Business Computing at the Higher School of Digital Economy, University of Manouba, Tunisia. She holds a Business computing diploma, a M.Sc. and PhD degrees from the Higher Institute of Management, University of Tunis, Tunisia in respectively 2007, 2009 and 2016. She is currently a member of the LARODEC laboratory and has worked on several research topics related to image enhancement and recognition, social media analytics and Explainable AI. She is a member of several technical program committees of reputable international conferences. She is involved in several international research projects and collaborations. She is the author of around twenty articles and papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.

Haifa Nakouri ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia

Aims and Scope

The Special Session on Social Network Analysis and Digital Economy at ICDEC 2024 aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and experts in the fields of social network analysis and digital economics to explore the intersection of social network analysis and the digital economy and to prospect the evolving landscape of digital interactions, their impact on the economy, and the methods and tools used for analysis.

Topics of interest

The special session for ICDEc 2022 call for papers invites contributions on topics including but not restricted to the following themes:

  1. Social Network Analysis in Online Communities
  2. Influence and Information Diffusion in Social Networks
  3. Network-based Marketing and Recommendation Systems
  4. Trust and Reputation in Online Social Networks
  5. Economic Models and Theories in the Digital Age
  6. Blockchain and its Impact on Economic Systems
  7. Platform Economics and Ecosystems
  8. Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation Networks
  9. Data mining and machine learning for social network analysis
  10. Data Analytics and Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy
  11. Social Capital and Network Effects in Digital Platforms
  12. Ethical considerations in social network data collection and analysis

Relevance to the main conference tracks and topics

Social media/networks platforms are powerful tools that can help organizations to gather user preferences and build profiles of consumers. These platforms add value to business activities, including market research, co-creation, new product development, and brand and customer management. Personal, social, and commercial activity on various digital platforms leaves digital footprints that may be used to gather massive volumes of data, preprocess them and analyze them. In the last decade, the emergence of social media measurement tools has made this feasible for marketing professionals to have unprecedented access to critical and useable data about clients’ demographics, purchasing behaviours, and so much more.

Potential Committee Members

  • Haifa Nakouri, ESEN, University of Manouba
  • Mouna Chebbah, ESEN, University of Manouba
  • Gaith Manita, ESEN, University of Manouba
  • Imen Boukhris, ENSI, University of Manouba
  • Raouia Ayachi, ESSECT, University of Tunis
  • Rimah Amami, Imam AbdulRahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA
  • Abir Smiti, ESSECT, University of Tunis
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