The economic, health, and political crises, as well as the rise of the digital age, have changed and complicated the way in which people, companies, and regions function. The goal is not just survival, but also to innovate and organize themselves to chart new paths for growth and development. This book uses this premise to understand how organizations, in particular female-led businesses, work on their resilience using specific activities and relational capital as a driver of strategic value. The chapters include theoretical as well as practical contributions about how female-owned and female-run companies and organizations can take advantage of such opportunities, in terms of challenges, issues, tools, facilitators, and mechanisms that can support the use of the new opportunities in the near future.

Paola Paoloni is full professor at Sapienza University Faculty of Economy, in Rome (Italy), where she teaches business administration and strategic decisions. Her research interest includes general management, financial reporting, female entrepreneurship, and intellectual-based management. She is the head of Ipazia, scientific observatory on gender studies. Her main research interests include general management, financial reporting, female entrepreneurship, and intellectual-based management.  

Rosa Lombardi is associate professor of accounting and business plan at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). She is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism as well as associate editor and editorial board member of several high-quality scientific journals. Her research interests and scientific publications mainly cover financial and non-financial information, sustainability accounting, intellectual capital, ethics and corruption prevention models, entrepreneurial universities, management control.