Agriculture in Bulgaria: from European Union accession to the COVID-19 pandemic

Modern global challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic force economic entities to develop and implement new strategies for managing economic systems, and states to form new concepts and visions for the further functioning and development of economic entities and mechanisms for overcoming the consequences of socioeconomic crises. Improvement of modern strategies and mechanisms of anti-crisis management of economic systems and social processes is impossible without the use of scientific approaches and practical tools for optimizing the resource provision of economic entities, the formation various models of public-private partnership, collaboration of various infrastructure entities and the creation of institutional associations. To ensure the effective development and implementation of new concepts, strategies and mechanisms for managing economic systems it is necessary to use modern information technologies and innovations, create competitive advantages by enhancing the resource potential of economic entities, and develop promising and export-oriented sectors of the economy. The purpose of writing this scientific monograph is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations, the formation and improvement of new concepts, strategies for the further functioning of economic systems and the develop of organizational-economic mechanisms to overcome the negative consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic taking into account the changes and challenges in the modern world. The object of the authors’ research was the process of forming and improving concepts, strategies and mechanisms for managing economic systems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, mitigating negative consequences on the activities of economic entities. The subject of the research was socio-economic, organizational and institutional processes of formation and effective implementation of concepts, strategies and mechanisms for managing economic systems; maintaining the stability of the functioning of economic entities; development of digital technologies; implementation of the best practices for managing economic systems using global experience in various sectors of the economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic