GSEM UrFU Associate Professor Zhanna Belyaeva Presented Research Results in Italy

21:23, January 31, 2020

Zhanna Belyaeva presented findings of an international research projects at the Sapienza University of Rome

Research findings of the international project on economic and cultural effects of business models development when implementing smart technologies were presented at the Sapienza University of Rome. The project is supported by SIDERA research foundation (Italy).

Keynote presentations on sustainable development, smart technologies and business models transformation were presented by academic participants in cooperation with business and intergovernmental organisations representatives.

Zhanna Belyaeva, GSEM Academic Director, project researcher from Ural Federal University, made a plenary presentation on selecting UN sustainable development goals for business models development in Russian and in Europe. Partner of the session on sustainable development was a representative of UNDP in Italy, Ines Benabdallah.

In the framework of the project, the participating researchers Zhanna Belyaeva (GSEM UrFU), Rosa Lombardi and Paola Paolini (Sapienza University of Rome), Riad Shams (University of Northumbria, the UK) prepared a special issue of the journal Emerald – Management Decision (IF 1,9) to be published in 2020.

The issue will feature the most recent research endeavours in the field of business models transformation in a smart environment, as well as analysis of various socio-economic effects in several European and Asian countries.

Prof. Belyaeva also held meetings with our international colleagues with the view of expanding academic cooperation with Italian universities.