Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
“Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability” is the most populated section of the journal and also the oldest. Our papers address new empirical findings that are of interest to a broader audience, theoretical analyses explaining new phenomena or puzzles, or the development of theoretical or empirical methods likely to be useful for further research—all within the effects of sustainability issues. This section covers an inter- and transdisciplinary multifield of science concerned with analysis of the three different pillars of Economic, Business and Management, improving and sharing the knowledge base in an effort to move towards sustainability. The main scope of the section is to stimulate cross-sectoral exchange for the development of new policies, new technologies, new products, and new awareness towards a new sustainability-oriented society. To enable the transformation from an industrial civilization into an eco-civilization, the section requires concept-breaking theoretical innovation, methodological support, and tool development. The section promotes research papers on the linkages between business strategy and community investment initiatives, in order to identify positive outcomes for the development led by both private and public sectors. Sustainability can be an engine to enhance a company's competitive strategy and the development of new business opportunities while also introducing the value of co-creation through partnerships with a range of stakeholders.
Thematically, “Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability” includes:
- Sustainability as pillar of new strategies and competitive businesses;
- New policies of social, cultural, and economic dimensions;
- Governance, legislation, and policies for sustainability;
- Circular economy, from theory to practice;
- Resource productivity and sustainability;
- Cleaner production and technical processes;
- Sustainable development and sustainability;
- Environmental and sustainability assessment;
- Sustainable products and services;
- Contributions to SDGs 2030;
- Life-cycle management and thinking;
- Social–economic metabolism;
- Business effects related to social dimensions of industrial ecology;
- Management aspects in sustainable production and consumption;
- Eco-innovation and management of resource use patterns, including materials, energy, water, and land;
- Sustainable supply chains;
- Corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility;
- Economics issues applied to urban sustainability;
- The value chain of energy–water–food–waste;
- Industrial ecology tools, applications, and case studies;
- Industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks;
- Eco-civilization.
Accordingly, the section “Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability” is interested in research articles, conceptual articles, review articles, and commentaries covering the whole breadth of sustainability concerns. This section publishes theoretical and empirical papers related to the abovementioned issues. In particular, the section welcomes contributions by early career researchers and propositions for Special Issues on a single specific theme in the field of Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Designing Sustainable HRM (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Econometrics in Sustainable Financial Markets (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Circular Economy in the Digital Age (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainable Technology and Business Innovations: Decision-Making under Uncertainty and Information Asymmetry (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainable Marketing and Strategy (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Knowledge Management in Organizations: New Trends and Challenges (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability on Media and Creative Industries (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Social Responsibility and Sustainability Accounting: Key Corporate Performance Drivers and Measures (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainable Consumer Behavior: Emotion, Cognition, Psychology, and Attitudes (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainability and Agricultural Economics (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Sustainability in Emergency Supply Chain Management (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Developing Case Studies on Circular Economy for Business and Education Purposes (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Construction Supply Chain Management (Deadline: 1 September 2021)
- Sustainable Business Finance, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship under Uncertainty (Deadline: 9 September 2021)
- Putting Purpose First: Encouraging Ethical Behaviour through Drivers for Sustainability (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Government Policy and Sustainable Development of the Housing Economics (Deadline: 25 September 2021)
- Sustainability-Oriented Innovation for the Challenges of the Contemporary Society (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Digital Revolution in Sustainable Business Models and Finance Management (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Emerging Destinations Tourism Economics (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sustainable Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in Reporting and Corporate Governance in Public Administration: Perspectives for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Emerging Design and Managerial Approaches for Circular Economy (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Enhancing Sustainability Using Global Digital Collaboration under the COVID-19 Pandemic Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sustainable Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Marketing of Agricultural Products and Consumer Behavior in Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Circular Economy, Innovation and Quality Infrastructure (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- In Times of Crisis: Sustainable Innovation and Performance Management in the SMEs (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Consumer Preferences towards Green Consumption (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Identification of Sustainable Consumer Behaviors (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Public Projects, Public–Private Partnerships and Economic Sustainability Evaluation (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Harnessing Sustainability to Corporate Finance and Financial Institutions (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Financial Sustainability of Companies and Organizations under Globalization (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Brand Management and Innovation Management in the Age of Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Investment, Growth and Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sustainable Health Economics and Financing (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Circular Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sustainable Purchasing and Supply Management during and after the Pandemic Era: Effects, Operations, and Innovations (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Employees, Internal Social Responsibility, and Corporate Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Digital Technologies and the Internationalization of SMEs (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Micro and Macroeconomic Determinants of Productivity Growth and Long-Term Sustainable Development in Central European Economies (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Sustainability and Innovation in the International Agri-Food Business (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Management Accounting Practices for Sustainable Economic Development (Deadline: 5 October 2021)
- Social and Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Finance (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Critical Issues of Knowledge Management for Sustainable Organizations (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- The Evolution of Consumer Behavior in the Sustainable Business: Evidence from COVID-19 (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Sustainability on Natural Resource Economics (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Sustainable Innovation and Risk Governance for Emerging Technologies (Deadline: 30 October 2021)
- Transformation into Environmentally Sustainable Production (Deadline: 30 October 2021)
- Integrating Sustainability and Gender Equity: Emerging Trends in Business Policy, Strategy, and Practice (Deadline: 30 October 2021)
- Smart & Sustainable Solutions for Retailing (Deadline: 30 October 2021)
- Circular Economy for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainability Impact, Risk Disclosure and Environmental Performance in Sustainability Reports (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Microentrepreneurial Resilience and Recovery in Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Corporate Finance Research (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Wine and Beverage Tourism (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Trends in Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- The Impact of COVID 19 on Sustainability of Organizations (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis for Economic Sustainability in Supply Chains (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Intrapreneurship and the Social Dimension of Sustainability (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Economic Policy, Taxation and Traditional versus Climate Goals (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Environmental Management and Ecolabels for a Climate-Neutral Circular Economy (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Canada's Blue Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Marine Development (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Management of Digital Business and Information Technology (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainability Management and Finance for SMEs: Challenges and Opportunities for Businesses and Local Development (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Ecological Innovation: Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Audit and Financial Control Tools Aimed at Ensuring the Sustainable Performance of Organizations (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Social Enterprises Governance and Management (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Four Decades of Cradle-to-Cradle: The Contribution to Sustainable Supply Chains (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Retailing and Marketing (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sustainable Perspective on International Entrepreneurship (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Methodologies, Technologies, Processes and People Able to Foster Sustainable Practices and Operations Along the Product and Service Lifecycle Management (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- The Role of Economic Sustainability in Economic Forecasting (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- A Prerequisite for Sustainability: Financial Sustainability (Deadline: 1 November 2021)
- Sustainable Development and Knowledge Economy (Deadline: 1 November 2021)
- Accounting and Control for Sustainability (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Sustainable Economic Systems (SES) (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Managing Sustainable Megaprojects along China's New Silk Roads (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Big Data Systems Embedded with Intelligence Algorithms for Sustainable Operations Management (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Performance Management (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Digital Governance and Digital Economy: Are We There Yet? (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Social and New Technology Challenges of Sustainable Business II (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainability in International Business: Talent Management, Market Entry Strategies, Competitiveness (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Bridging the Design-Implementation Gap (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainable Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship Research (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainable Business, Social Responsibility, Ethics and Consumer Behaviour Research (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainability in the Sports Market and Olympic Games (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Orange Economy in the SARS-COV-2 Era (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Work-Life Challenges (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Social Sustainability in Business from a Gender Perspective (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainable Textiles and Garments in the Context of a Circular Economy: Extended Use, Material Circulation and New Business Understanding (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Concentration and Competition in the Fisheries Sector: Current Trends and Challenges for Sustainability and Human Well-Being (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainability and Consumer Behavior: Perspectives and Developments (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation in Family Firms (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data and Machine Learning for the Sustainable Food Marketing (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Risk Theory Applications in Sustainable Economy (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Sustainability, Economic Complexity, and Intellectual Capital (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Feature Papers in Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Entrepreneurship, Scholarship, and Fundamental Uncertainty: The Need for Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Sustainable International Management: Research in Global Culture and Leadership Development (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Frontiers in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Socio-Economic Systems for Local Communities (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Knowledge Sharing and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Responsibility and Sustainability in SMEs (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Innovation and Technology Management and Sustainability (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Economic Uncertainty, Infrastructure Development and Sustainable Tourism (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability in Agri-Food Supply Chain (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Digitalization, Innovation and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Economic and Financial Consequences of Climate Change: Emerging Economy Perspectives (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Machine Learning Applications in Business (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Making of Sustainable Change (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Technological Innovation and Economic Growth (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability in Business: Change, Growth and Future Impact (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Measuring and Managing Sustainability Performance of Production Systems and Supply Chains (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Operations Analytics, Regulation, and Economic Attitudes toward Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Strategic Management for Sustainable Growth and Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Innovative Economy: Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development: The Case of Mediterranean Region (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Comparative Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sport-Based Entrepreneurship, Sport Management, and Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Finance and Value Creation (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- The Mediating Role of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Orientation in Finance and Investments (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Development and Property Markets (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- SMEs and EU Regional Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Evaluating the Impact of Smart Systems on the Sustainability of Businesses and Supply Chains (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Performance in the Latin American Context (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Open Innovation and Business Model for Economy Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Corporate Governance, Strategy, and Risk Management (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Societal Level Antecedents of Social Entrepreneurship (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Consumption Culture and Sustainability Discourses (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability and Entrepreneurship (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Wellbeing and Sustainability in Social Sciences (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Technological and Organizational Innovation for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Industrial Economics, International Development and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Business Models and Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Service Innovation: The Role of Digitalization Capabilities in Making Organizations Sustainable and Resilient (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Bridging Sustainability and Marketing in Tourism (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability of Labor Migration and Its Impact on Economic Development in Europe (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability and Customer Relationship Management (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- New Technologies for Developing a Sustainable Economy (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Role of Impact Assessment in Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Development of Green Economy: Dimensions, Strengths and Weaknesses (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Social Resilience and Household Economics: Perspectives for Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Application of Quantitative Methods in Modelling Sustainability in Economics and Finance (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advertising and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Innovation in the SMEs (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Innovative Sustainable Practices from Product to Consumer (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Developing Countries: Current Trends and Development (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Business Performance and Sustainable Innovation Strategies (Deadline: 1 January 2022)
- Eco-Sustainable Development and Circular Economy (Deadline: 6 January 2022)
- Sustainable and Responsible Investing (Deadline: 15 January 2022)
- Sustainability and Degrowth—Theoretical Challenges and Empirical Evidence (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Sustainability of Dairy Production Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Circular Economy: Innovative Approaches to Circularity Toward Green Transformation and Blue Growth (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Frontier Research of Management Sciences: Business Analytics, Prediction Markets and Customer Relationship Management (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Social Marketing Approaches to the Wicked Problem of Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- New Approaches to Sustainable Development in Clusters and Regional Innovation Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Product-Service System and Business Modelling (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Online Retailing and Sustainable Marketing (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Corporate Sustainability, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Management for Social Innovation (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Outsourcing Strategy and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Sustainability in E-commerce and Retail Online (Deadline: 1 February 2022)
- Business Model Innovation for Sustainability (Deadline: 15 February 2022)
- Recent Advances in Biowaste Treatment—towards a Circular Bioeconomy (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Transparency, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Impact of Operation Management on Sustainable Development of Corporation (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Sustainability Accounting in the Public Sector (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Rural Tourism and Sustainable Development of Local Economy in Developing Countries (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Sustainable E-Commerce (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Sustainability-Oriented Relationship Marketing (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability (Deadline: 1 March 2022)
- Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship in Sustainability (Deadline: 15 March 2022)
- Sustainable Decision Making (Deadline: 15 March 2022)
- Value Chain Sustainability: Collaboration the Key to Success for Emerging Countries (Deadline: 20 March 2022)
- Sustainable Finance and Portfolio Management (Deadline: 30 March 2022)
- Recent Advances in Club Convergence (Deadline: 30 March 2022)
- Circular Economy and Sustainability: Practices and Strategies in the Wine Sector (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability: A Global Approach to Optimize the Life Cycle of Products and Processes (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Social and Solidarity Economy for the SDGs in a COVID-19 context (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Brand-Consumer Interaction on Social Media During and After the COVID-19 Global Pandemic (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- The Future of Retailing: Sustainable and Digital Transformation (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Project Risk Assessment and Corporate Behavior: Creating Knowledge for Sustainable Business (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Sustainability in Agribusiness Food Chains (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Sustainability in Corporate Governance and Strategic Management II (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Foucault, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Water Economics and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Economic Development and Inequality: The Role of Cities and Regions (Deadline: 1 April 2022)
- Circular Economy and Sustainable Rural Development (Deadline: 1 April 2022)
- Bank Development and Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (Deadline: 1 April 2022)
- Linking Industrial symbiosis and the circular economy (Deadline: 15 April 2022)
- Sustainability in Innovation Performance and Business Performance (Deadline: 15 April 2022)
- The Sharing Economy in the Context of Sustainability: Economic, Social and Environmental Aspects of Alternative Forms of Sharing (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Business Strategies of Multinational Companies to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Developing Markets (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Opportunities for Sustainable Entrepreneurship under Marketing 5.0 (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Management in Changing Environments (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Green and Sustainable Supply Chains (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- The Collaborative Economy in the Age of Digital Disruption (Deadline: 1 May 2022)
- Financial Materiality in Sustainability Reporting (Deadline: 1 May 2022)
- Assemble-to-Order Systems (Deadline: 1 May 2022)
- Towards Sustainable Energy Markets (Deadline: 20 May 2022)
- Impact of Technology on Sustainable Production (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sustainable Employee Management (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Economic Policies for the Sustainability Transition (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Knowledge Management and Business Development (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Green Consumer Behaviour in the Services Industry (Deadline: 8 June 2022)
- Business Performance in the Tourism Industry and New Business Models in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Perspectives for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Analysis of the Influence in Different Aspect for Green Industry Development (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sustainable Development through Frugal Innovation—A Challenge or an Opportunity? (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- The Company’s CSR Policy: A Key Strategic Asset for the Management of Today Organizations (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sharing Economy and Sustainable Consumptions: New Consumers for Emerging Business Models? (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Strategic Development for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Destination (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sustainability Based on Leadership, Organizational Culture in Subsistence Small Businesses (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Economic Growth and the Environment (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Enhancing Sustainable Relationships (Deadline: 15 August 2022)
- Cutting Edge Research on Sustainable Product and Systems Development (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Business Performance and Socio-environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sustainable Development in the Shadow of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Environmental, and Health Perspectives (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Digital Marketing, Finance and Consumer Behaviour for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Healthy Eating and Sustainable Consumption in Foodservice Industry (Deadline: 22 December 2022)
- Sustainable Tourism Development and Economic Growth (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Aquaculture Management and Business Competitiveness: Towards a Sustainable Development of Aquaculture Production, Value Chains and Markets (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Incentives for Sustainable Economic Growth and Societal Wellbeing (Deadline: 6 June 2023)
- Monetary and Financial Sustainability in a Post COVID-19 World (Deadline: 3 July 2023)
- Green Growth and Pathways of Poverty Eradication (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: