Innovation in the Digital Economy

1Boundaries of the social and the planetaryNew approaches to management in the 21st century

Agnieszka Rzepka, Zbigniew Olesiński, Ryszard Borowiecki

DOI: 10.4324/9781003384311-1

Introduction

The thesis of the chapter is the idea that innovative management will play a fundamental role in the emerging Economy 5.0 (Hypothesis 1). To prove this assumption, we have proposed several hypotheses, such as that the functioning of society and the economy will be determined by the requirements of sustainable development (ecological ceiling) and the requirements for access to basic resources to meet our human needs (social foundations). Respecting these requirements should draw attention to the importance of soft management factors such as (1) knowledge, ...