Rural Transformation through Servitization / Progress in Mathematics (PDF)

financial perspectives, servitization, modern business models for rural development, and social innovations. She is an author and co-author of books, chapters of books, and many scholarly articles in refereed international scientific journals. She has rich experience in the management and coordination of international research and development projects of different EU programmes (FP6, INTERREG, PHARE, Leonardo da Vinci).

Zivile Gedminaite-Raudone is a chief researcher at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. Her main research focus is sustainable regional and rural development, climate change, circular economy, innovation ecosystems, servitization and transformative tourism, among others. Zivile Gedminaite-Raudone is an author and co-author of more than forty scholarly articles, chapters of books. She has rich experience in management and coordination of many international research and development projects of different international, the EU and national programmes focusing on new knowledge creation using co-creation and cooperation principles. She actively participates in internships and exchange programmes (Italy, Belgium, Ireland), international scientific conferences with presentations, moderate sections. She is a member of the global Social Responsibility Research Network, European Rural Development Network, Eurasia Business and Economics Society.Vitalija Simonaityte is a researcher at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. Her recent research focus is sustainable regional and rural development policy, servitization of farming and modern business models, interest groups and political parties, local and regional actors. She is an author and co-author of publications in various scientific journals and research studies, also she participates in international scientific conferences (ECPR, CEPSA) and international research projects (Comparative Interest Groups Survey, CIGS; European Social Survey, ESS). She has experience in the management and coordination of rural policy planning and implementation. She had recently taken part in implementing the EU common agricultural policy planning at a national level in the field of agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS).