Many so‐called structurally disadvantaged rural regions are characterized by an ongoing
demographic change, low economic productivity, and an insufficient infrastructure …

Background: This paper had two aims. Firstly, to provide a broader view of the profile of non-
professional caregivers in Europe, and secondly, to estimate the economic value of the non …

Purpose of the paper: The aim of this paper is to establish the state of the art and the
emerging issues on silver economy in management literature, in order to define and …

Social robots are artificial agents communicating in a human-like way. These assistive
technologies are surging particularly to address personal healthcare shortages while …

This article develops functionalities for a digital collaborative platform, called the Digital
Silver Hub, which aims to serve as an ecosystem for the quadruple helix actors (private …

Europe's population is getting older; dependency ratios are set to double by 2060. Such
transformations and demographic change pose major challenges and potential benefits for …

The aim of this study was to identify determinants of the population ageing process in 270
European cities. We analyzed the proportion of older people: men and women separately …

As global population ageing accelerates (Harper, 2014), the Anthropocene is increasingly
becoming a world dominated by older adults. Addressing the nuanced needs of various age …

Taking 22 manufacturing industries of the products for the elderly as the research objects,
the process of reachability matrix and grounded theory is used to extract the influencing …

The paper is motivated by concerns about challenges posed by the aging society problem
and focuses on the silver economy (SE) as a social and economic concept developed in …