Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan

Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University

Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, PhD is the Henry George Chair in Economics and Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Finance of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University in New York City.

Dr. Gevorkyan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Vincentian Centre for Church and Society, a Research Fellow at the Center for Global Business Stewardship, and a Board Member at the Armenian Economic Association. Dr. Gevorkyan also serves as Economics Subject Matter Expert for the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See To the United Nations. Dr. Gevorkyan’s most recent book is Transition Economies: Transformation, Development, and Society in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (Routledge, 2018). Dr. Gevorkyan may be reached via his email gevorkya@stjohns.edu or on Twitter @avgevorkyan. For additional information please see Dr. Gevorkyan’s website: http://agevorkyan.com/

Articles by Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan

Guest Articles

Friday
September 20
2019

Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan / Norean R. Sharpe

How the Digital Economy is Transforming Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

While there's a lot of discussion of the thriving digital economy in countries like China, the potential for growth in one vast region remains woefully unrecognized — Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Aleksandr Gevorkyan and Norean Sharpe at St. John’s University discuss the region's emerging digital powerhouses, and argue that – despite some key remaining challenges – these post-socialist countries are very much open for business.

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