Doing Business under 'The New Normal': Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2024) | Viewed by 3227
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New challenges are shaping today’s society, specifically individuals and organizations (Howard-Grenville et al. 2014). Climate change, poverty, hunger, and digitalization are persistent issues, while emerging crises, such as COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, have just begun (He and Harris 2020). The transition to a “new normal” has set new discussion points regarding adjustment and resilience and shaping new organizational behaviors (Clauß et al. 2022 and Chesbrough 2020).
There is an immense interest in exploring the transitional process in organizational functioning, wherein opportunities brought about by such challenges are being explored. According to the adjustment and implementation scale, the behaviors of new business models can be analyzed (Raghavan et al. 2021). Whether they are leaders or followers in innovation, structural changes, and business models, organizations represent a good resource for research, study, and analysis. Understanding their behavioral changes can also help us better prepare for future challenges.
Theoretical, conceptual, and empirical contributions exploring the “New Normal” for businesses are welcome. This Special Issue, which is linked to the 2nd Conference on Business Research and Management (CBR&M), aims to discuss the most important business and organizational implications of this "new normal" and the challenges that public and private organizations will face in the coming years.
All papers published in this issue have been presented in the “2nd Conference in Business Research and Management” organized by the University of New York Tirana, the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, and the University of Castilla - La Mancha.
List of references
Chesbrough, H. 2020. To recover faster from Covid-19, open up: Managerial implications from an open innovation perspective. Ind. Mark. Manag. 88: 410–413.
Clauß, T.; Kraus, S; Jones, P. 2022. Sustainability in family business: Mechanisms, technologies and business models for achieving economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 176: 121450.
He, H.; Harris, L. 2020. The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on corporate social responsibility and marketing philosophy. J. Bus. Res. 116: 176–182.
Howard-Grenville, J.; Buckle, S.J.; Hoskins, B.J.; George, G. 2014. Climate change and management. Acad. Manag. J. 57: 615–623.
Raghavan, A.; Demircioglu, M.A.; Orazgaliyev, S. 2021. COVID-19 and the new normal of organizations and employees: An overview. Sustainability 13: 11942.
Dr. Matteo Cristofaro
Dr. Eriona Shtembari
Dr. R. Feridun Elgün
Dr. Violeta Cvetkoska
Dr. Fátima Guadamillas Gómez
Dr. Pedro Jiménez Estevez
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Keywords
- business research
- management
- organizations
- future challenges
- new normal
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