This proceedings book is the 36th issue of the Springer’s series Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, which is the official book series of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society. This book includes selected papers presented at the 49th EBES Conference in Athens on October 16-18, 2024, hosted by the Department of Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece, Türkiye. In the conference, 202 papers by 421 colleagues from 55 countries were presented. The conference was held in hybrid with both in-person and online paper presentation formats.