Innovation Management, Competition Strategies and Corporate Sustainability—2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 February 2026 | Viewed by 906
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245, Singapore
Interests: strategic management; innovation management; corporate sustainability; corporate governance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the development of globalization and digitalization, enterprises are facing an increasingly complex and dynamic market environment. Sustainability has rooted itself as a key underpinning for corporations seeking long-term success. Yet, the ability to generate benefits for their entire spectrum of stakeholders rests fundamentally on internal organization, particularly regarding how innovation is being managed, as well as on the external market, especially regarding how competition is being addressed. How to implement innovation management, formulate effective competitive strategies and realize the sustainable development of a business has become an important challenge for managers.
This Special Issue is seeking manuscripts on the interface of three thematic domains, namely innovation, competition and sustainability. We are interested in conceptual, applied or empirical research that examines a clear topic in any of the three domains with links to one or more of the other domains. The notion of sustainability itself or even the constituent pillars of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards may also be considered.
Continuing from the first edition, the second edition of this Special Issue welcomes conceptual and empirical articles, as well as reviews.
Prof. Dr. Lawrence Loh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- innovation
- entrepreneurship
- competition
- strategy
- sustainability
- environmental, social and governance (ESG)
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