Olga V. Kaurova is Doctor of Economics, Professor, Russian University of Cooperation, Mytishchi, Russia. Educational Background: State Academy of Services, Economist, 1995. Academic Degrees: Doctor of Economic Sciences, specialty 08.00.05 Economics and Management of the National Economy: the theory of management of economic systems; macroeconomics; economics, organization, and management of enterprises, industries, complexes; innovation management; regional economy; logistics; labor economics, Russia, 2011. State Awards, Other Awards, and Distinctions: Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation (2008), Excellence in consumer services for the population (2002). Research Interests: education, economic security, service sector, hospitality, modern technologies. Aleksei V. Bogoviz received his Ph.D. in Economics in 2007, having defended his thesis on the Economics of Regional Agro-Industrial Complexes. This topic also prevailed in further research. His scientificactivity aimed at creating and developing viable solutions for a sustainable future and positive social transformations in the field of cooperation, based on integrated and innovative science-based approaches. His research interests are related to the mechanisms of cooperation in the context of the digitalization of the economy and the spread of artificial intelligence technologies, the study of which contributes to the understanding of measures and actions aimed at achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out in the UN for 2030. Aleksei V. Bogoviz does a lot of organizational work to form temporary research teams and collaborations between universities in Russia and foreign countries. He is Author of more than 200 contributions in international top-rated publishers in their field and is Member of the organizing committees of some international scientific conferences. He combines his research activity with many years of pedagogical work. Aleksei V. Bogoviz has been working as Professor at the National Research University "Higher School of Economics", and for now, he is Visiting Professor at several Russian universities. Alexandr N. Maloletko is Doctor of Economics, Professor, Russian University of Cooperation, Rector's Office, the Department of Economics and Management, 12/30 Vera Voloshina Street, Mytishchi, Russia. Educational Background: Kharkov Higher Military School of Logistics, Engineer-Economist, 1989, Military Academy of Logistics and Transport, St. Petersburg, Organizer of Material and Technical Supply, 1997. Academic Degrees: Doctor of Economic Sciences, specialty 08.00.05 Economics and Management of National Economy (Economic Security), Russia, 2010. State Awards, Other Awards, and Distinctions: Certification of Commendation of the Federation Council (2016), medals "For Excellence Service" I, II, III degree. Bruno S. Sergi is Instructor at Harvard University, where he is also Faculty Affiliate at the Center for International Development and Associate at the Harvard Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. He is Full Professor at the University of Messina, Italy. His research and teaching interests tie to the broader topic of the economics of emerging markets. In addition, he is Co-director of the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD), a research laboratory based in Cambridge (USA) that aims to generate and share knowledge about entrepreneurship, development, and sustainability. Prof. Dr. Elena G. Popkova is Doctor of Economics, Founder and President of the Institute of Scientific Communications (Volgograd, Russia), Professor of RUDN University, Moscow, Russia, Author of more than 150 publications in Scopus (h-index: 31), Editor of more than 50 books and a large number of special issues of international peer-reviewed scientific journals, Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies and the International Journal for Quality Research, Recipient of Highly Commended Paper Award for the journal On the Horizon for 2020 (Emerald), Honored Worker of science and high technologies of the Russian Federation, and Honored Professor of Osh State University (Osh, Kyrgyzstan). She is among Scopus top 2% of most-cited scholars of the world in 2019-2021.
