Sustainable Management: Green Governance, Smart Innovation, and Long-Term Resilience

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue, “Sustainable Management: Green Governance, Smart Innovation, and Long-Term Resilience”, is to provide a platform for cutting-edge research that examines how organizations and economies can achieve sustainable competitive advantage through environmentally responsible governance, technology-enabled innovation, and robust resilience strategies. This Special Issue seeks to advance theoretical and empirical insights into integrated sustainable management approaches that can support greener, smarter, and more resilient futures.

Introduction

Sustainability has become a defining priority for governments, corporations, and societies as the world faces escalating environmental challenges, rapid technological advancements, and increasing stakeholder expectations. Scientific research has shown that climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss are directly linked to the ways organizations produce, consume, and govern. In response, the integration of green governance, product innovation, and long-term resilience has emerged as a critical interdisciplinary field.

Green governance encourages responsible decision-making, ethical leadership, and transparent environmental practices. Smart innovation is driven by digital technologies such as AI, IoT, big data, and green technologies, enabling organizations to optimize resources and transition toward low-carbon operations. Meanwhile, resilience research highlights the importance of organizational adaptability and sustainability-oriented strategies to withstand economic, environmental, and technological disruptions.

Despite significant progress, scientific understanding is still evolving regarding how these three pillars interact and contribute to sustainable development. The importance of this research area is paramount. It addresses the core challenge of the 21st century: how to structure national economies, govern societies, and harness technology to achieve lasting prosperity within planetary boundaries. Research that advances integrated models of green governance, smart innovation, and long-term resilience provides actionable knowledge for policymakers to design effective frameworks, business leaders to build competitive and responsible enterprises, and communities to thrive in an era of change. This Special Issue aims to serve as a pivotal scholarly platform for disseminating such research, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, and charting a course toward a genuinely sustainable future.

The topics align closely with the journal’s scope, which emphasizes sustainability, corporate responsibility, technological advancement, and strategic management. This Special Issue invites contributions that enrich the journal’s mission by presenting interdisciplinary perspectives, novel methodological approaches, and policy-relevant insights that support sustainable economic and organizational development.

Suggested Themes

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. The suggested themes are closely aligned with the journal’s broad, cross-disciplinary scope. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• ESG integration and sustainable reporting practices.
• The role of digital transformation in sustainability.
• Green technologies and eco-innovation strategies.
• Technological solutions to sustainability challenges.
• Sustainability risk management and adaptation strategies.
• Organizational resilience to climate, economic, and geopolitical shocks.
• Resilient supply chains and responsible value-chain management.
• The interplay between green governance, product innovation, and resilience.
• Sustainable competitive advantage for business strategies.
• Cross-disciplinary models for sustainable management.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Prof. Dr. Minwir Al-Shammari
Dr. Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• sustainable management
• green governance
• smart innovation
• long-term resilience
• sustainability transitions