As economies transition from traditional models toward sustainable digital economies, higher education institutions face mounting pressures to cultivate digital skills among both faculty and students. To navigate this transformation, universities must adopt talent management as a strategic tool to ensure readiness and long-term sustainability. This chapter reviews how strategic management principles can be applied to develop digital competencies in higher education, highlighting the critical role of faculty as digital leaders and students as active participants in the emerging digital economy. Drawing on existing literature and global best practices of the global, this chapter underlines the integration of talent management into institutional digital strategies, with attention to faculty recruitment and development, student digital competency frameworks, and leadership in fostering digital innovation. The chapter emphasizes that integrating talent management in digital transformation enhances competitiveness, promotes economic diversification, and prepares future-ready institutions.

This research paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the digitalization of finance and accounting within women’s entrepreneurship and its implications for sustainability in corporate business operations in the Middle East

This study provides an empirical investigation into the impact of corporate sustainability practices on financial performance in Boursa Kuwait over the period 2015 to 2025. While existing literature has largely focused on firm-level analyses of ESG practices, limited attention has been given to their aggregated effect on market-level outcomes, particularly in emerging markets such as Kuwait. Moving beyond these gaps, the research conceptualizes sustainability as a potential systemic determinant of market behavior, examining its influence on the All Share, Main Market, and Premier Market indices. The study evaluates how variations in environmental performance, governance quality, and transparency of sustainability disclosures are transmitted into various market outcomes, including index returns, volatility, and market capitalization. Employing a combination of regression analysis and time-series modeling, the framework captures both short-term fluctuations and long-term structural dynamics, enabling a nuanced understanding of the complex interplay between ESG practices and market performance. Anticipated findings suggest that improvements in governance mechanisms and sustainability disclosure standards are likely to stabilize market dynamics, mitigate volatility, and support consistent index performance in the longer term, while short term expectations are more difficult to speculate upon. Additionally, the adoption of ESG practices is hypothesized exert positive influence on investor confidence and market participation, as it’s considered to reflect a gradual alignment of Kuwait’s capital market with global sustainability norms.