Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- An Overview of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- Mahani Hamdan1,*, Muhammad Anshari1 and Norainie Ahmad1 -- INTRODUCTION -- REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP) -- Economic Growth -- Methodology -- Discussion -- Potentials -- Challenges -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Integrating RCEP with Cross-Border E-Commerce (CBE) Towards Accelerating Economic Recovery in ASEAN -- Mia Fithriyah1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- CROSS BORDER E-COMMERCE (CBE) BARRIERS -- Integration Between RCEP and CBE -- The Opportunities of Cross Border E-Commerce (CBE) during Covid-19 -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Economic Integration's Impact on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -- Emil Ali1,* and Muhammad Anshari1 -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Why is RCEP Important? -- RCEP and Supply Chain -- Methodology -- DISCUSSION -- RCEP's Potentials -- GAPS & -- CHALLENGES IN RCEP -- Reduction in Tariffs -- Global Value Chain -- Lack of Acknowledgements for Relative Issues -- India's Withdrawal from RCEP -- Limitations on Market Access for the Service Industry -- Data Protection for All -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Comparative Analysis of ICT Readiness in RCEP Member Countries -- Abdur Razzaq1,* and Abdullah Al-Mudimigh2 -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- RCEP & -- ICT -- Digital Business -- Analysis -- Discussion -- Standardisation and Regulation -- Security Issues -- Potentials Improvement -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Disruptive Innovation Reshaping Future RCEP -- Norainie Ahmad1, Muhammad Anshari1,* and Mahani Hamdan1 -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Tariffs & -- Free Trade Agreement -- Disruptive Innovation -- Methodology -- Findings and Discussion -- Strengths -- Weaknesses -- Opportunities -- Threats -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Is Big Data a Disruptive Innovation to RCEP? -- Ares Albirru Amsal1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEFINITION OF BIG DATA -- (Big) Data Analytics -- Big Data for International Trade -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIG DATA IN RCEP MEMBERS -- Big Data in Singapore -- Big Data in Malaysia -- Big Data in the Philippines -- Big Data in Australia -- Big Data in Korea -- Big Data in New Zealand -- Big Data in Brunei Darussalam -- Big Data in China -- Big Data in Indonesia -- Big Data in Japan -- Big Data in Thailand -- Big Data in Lao PDR -- Big Data in Vietnam -- Big Data in Cambodia -- Big Data in Myanmar -- Big Data Challenges in RCEP Members -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Financial Technology Innovation - Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending in the RCEP Member States -- Rayna Kartika1,* -- OVERVIEW OF THE RCEP MEMBER STATES AND PEER-TO-PEER LENDING -- Brunei Darussalam -- Cambodia -- Indonesia -- Lao PDR -- Malaysia -- Myanmar -- The Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Vietnam -- Australia -- China -- Japan -- New Zealand -- South Korea -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and ASEAN Sustainable Development Goals -- Blessing Gweshengwe1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Poverty Eradication Potential of The RCEP.

Economic Growth Opportunity and Poverty Eradication -- Real Convergence and Poverty Eradication -- Redistributive Policy Commitment and Poverty Eradication -- Sharing Policy Experiences and Poverty Eradication -- THE RCEP, MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND POVERTY REDUCTION -- Challenges -- Recommendations -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Regional Trade Deal with China for a New Digital Economy -- Abdur Razzaq1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Digital Economy -- China and Digital Economy -- The Impact of Covid-19 and Post-pandemic Recovery -- Methodology -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Empowering The Underprivileged Community through Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Fahmi Ibrahim1,* and Dayangku Rodzi Pengiran Haji Rahman1 -- INTRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- DISCUSSION -- Developing Collaborative Efforts -- Standardisation of Entrepreneurship Programme -- Development of Centralised Entrepreneurship Framework -- Systematic Distribution of Funds -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Subject Index.