Promoting economic development in border areas
An analytical study of the impact of digital business
Keywords:
Digital business, border areas, economic development, growth, supportAbstract
The research paper contributes to clarifying the importance of digital business in border areas, which enhances the economic development of these areas, by relying on digital technology for what it provides in reducing distances and thus reducing the cost of goods and services, which gives them competitiveness and advantage for trade exchange between border areas of neighboring countries. The descriptive analytical approach was relied upon, which focuses on the importance of digital entrepreneurship in the development of border areas. The study concluded the necessity of optimal exploitation of entrepreneurship to alleviate the economic pressures that focus its operations on inland and coastal cities, in addition to the fair distribution of wealth, especially since it seeks to provide goods and services at the lowest cost, and expand trade exchange with neighboring countries, which enhances inter-trade between countries, and this process contributes to the economic development of border areas.
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