The Covid 19 pandemic has created chaos in the business world and forced leaders to rethink their operational status quo. Balancing the physical and virtual spaces of the global digital economy wherein economic, commercial, and professional transactions are enabled by information and communication technologies has called for additional support from data-driven technologies like smart analytics and artificial intelligence. Opportunities created within digital economies to leverage technologies to execute tasks better, faster, and often differently have found the desired prominence in the recent past. Though the benefits outweigh the risks, the challenges in digitalised economies are as sophisticated as the solutions they offer.

Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis publishes a series of current and relevant themed volumes within the fields of economics and finance. Both disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies are welcome.

Pallavi Tyagi is an Associate Professor in the area of human resource management at Amity College of Commerce and Finance, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India.

Simon Grima is the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Insurance. Simon is also a Professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics. His research focus and consultancy is on Risk Management, Internal Audit and Compliance.

Kiran Sood is a Professor in Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.

Dr. B. Balamurugan is Associate Dean - Student Engagement at Shiv Nadar University, India.

Ercan Özen is Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Banking and Finance, School of Applied Sciences, University of Uşak, Turkey. His research interests include different aspects of Finance.

Prof. Thalassinos Eleftherios is a Jean Monnet Chair Professor at the University of Piraeus, and the Editor-in-Chief of ERSJ, IJEBA and Chair of ICABE.