Abstract
This article examines problems of the digital single market from two
perspectives: the extension of a digital economy beyond capital, goods
and services to other areas of the economy including labour markets,
social dialogue and social dimensions, and from the role of digital
government services in regional cohesion perspectives in Latvia. This
methodological approach could serve as a tool for integrating a number
of main goals related to the Digital Single Market (DSM), that require
support of societies as well as the improvement of social welfare at the
regional and national levels. This contribution aims to offer insight
into the concept of social dialogue (SD) in DSM and the impact of the
DSM on regional cohesion. The study observes these implications in
relation to the need to expand and adapt the content and approach of the
DSM implementation. The further digital development as a precondition
for diminishing regional and wellbeing divide in Latvia is discussed.
The role of electronic government services and social investment is
examined based on the qualitative interviews among users of Unified
state and municipal customer service centres (CSC)CSC in Latvia. The
article provides recommendations to social partners for DSM regulatory
system of decision-making as well as social investment for improving
social welfare at regional and national levels. It is concluded that the
digitalization and implementation of SDM have inevitably become more
important due to the increased digital competitiveness of countries.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | New Challenges of Economic and Business Development – 2017 |
Subtitle of host publication | Digital Economy : Proceedings |
Place of Publication | Riga |
Publisher | University of Latvia |
Pages | 631-641 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-9934-18-286-0 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 9th International Scientific Conference “New Challenges of Economic and Business Development – 2017: Digital Economy” - Riga, Latvia Duration: 18 May 2017 → 20 May 2017 Conference number: 9 https://www.bvef.lu.lv/lv/conf/previous-conferences/2017-digital-economy/ |
Conference
Conference | 9th International Scientific Conference “New Challenges of Economic and Business Development – 2017: Digital Economy” |
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Country/Territory | Latvia |
City | Riga |
Period | 18/05/17 → 20/05/17 |
Internet address |
Field of Science*
- 5.2 Economy and Business
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database