Special Issue "Sustainable Management and Business Ecosystems"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jaehun Joo
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Guest Editor
Department of Information Management, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, 38066, South Korea
Interests: business ecosystem; e-commerce; e-business; knowledge management; management information systems; information technology application
Dr. M. Minsuk Shin
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Guest Editor
Department of International Trade, College of Social Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, South Korea
Interests: business ecosystems; international business; business ethics; corporate social responsibility; cross-cultural studies; consumer behavior; organizational behavior

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A business ecosystem is a mutually dependent system interconnected by a loose foundation of various ecosystem members, including buyers, suppliers, competitors, and other stakeholders. In the current business environment, competition between firms has shifted to competition between business ecosystems. Thus, building a sustainable business ecosystem has become a new source of competitiveness. A business ecosystem is the foundation that enables sustainable management for the ecosystem member firms with collaboration and co-evolution within the ecosystem. We welcome conceptual models, empirical studies, case studies, and other qualitative studies on sustainable business ecosystems. This Special Issue provides strategic orientation for fostering sustainable business ecosystems in a variety of domains including tourism, innovation, ICTs, and entrepreneurship, and also to contribute to building a theory of business ecosystems and sustainable development in businesses.

This Special Issue focuses on, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Sustainability in business.
  • Sustainable management.
  • Business ecosystem strategy.
  • Sustainable business ecosystems in platform or gig economy.
  • Sustainable business ecosystems in tourism, entrepreneurial start-ups, innovation, or ICTs such as blockchain, IoT, and big data.
  • Business ecosystems health and its measurement.
  • Sustainable business ecosystems through corporate social responsibility, social capital, or customer participation.
  • Sustainable management through collaboration and co-creation
  • Business ecosystem assessment in different international markets
  • Theoretical evolution of internationalization in the international business ecosystem

Dr. Jaehun Joo
Dr. M. Minsuk Shin
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • business ecosystem
  • sustainability
  • sustainable management
  • sustainable tourism
  • platform economy
  • gig economy
  • information technology
  • customer participation
  • corporate social responsibility
  • social capital
  • international business

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Time-Based Corporate-Social-Responsibility Evaluation Model Taking Chinese Listed Forestry Companies as an Example
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7971; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147971 - 16 Jul 2021
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With the rapid development of the economy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is receiving increasing attention from companies themselves, but also increasing attention from society as a whole. How to reasonably evaluate the performance of CSR is a current research hotspot. Existing corporate-social-responsibility evaluation [...] Read more.
With the rapid development of the economy, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is receiving increasing attention from companies themselves, but also increasing attention from society as a whole. How to reasonably evaluate the performance of CSR is a current research hotspot. Existing corporate-social-responsibility evaluation methods mostly focus on the static evaluation of enterprises in the industry, and do not take the time factor into account, which cannot reflect the performance of long-term CSR. On this basis, this article proposes a time-based entropy method that can evaluate long-term changes in CSR. Studies have shown that the completion of CSR in a static state does not necessarily reflect the dynamic and increasing trend of CSR in the long term. Therefore, the assessment of CSR should consider both the static and dynamic aspects of a company. In addition, the research provides the focus of different types of forestry enterprises in fulfilling CSR in the long term, and provides a clearer information path for the standard identification and normative constraints of different types of forestry enterprises CSR. Full article
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Sustainable Profit versus Unsustainable Growth: Are Venture Capital Investments and Governmental Support Medicines or Poisons?
Sustainability 2020, 12(18), 7773; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187773 - 20 Sep 2020
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Considering that startups greatly contribute to the economic development and survival of a country through economic growth and job creation, it is necessary to investigate the profitability of startups. However, research on this issue has not been developed enough as most previous studies [...] Read more.
Considering that startups greatly contribute to the economic development and survival of a country through economic growth and job creation, it is necessary to investigate the profitability of startups. However, research on this issue has not been developed enough as most previous studies regarding firm profitability were based on large-scale public companies with relatively easy data accessibility, not on startups. In addition, it is meaningful to empirically prove whether venture capital investments and governmental support positively impact on the sustainability of startups as huge discrepancies exist between traditional academic research and recent practices. Findings from this study, based on data analytics, are expected to fill the gap in knowledge as it is not clearly known about firm profitability of startups for their sustainable growth and survival. Focusing on startup profitability, the main objective of this research is to provide significant theoretical contributions and practical guidelines for startup entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers to avoid unsubstantial growth and find solutions for sustainable growth and survival. To properly and completely analyze the determinants of firm profitability of startups, this research used the 2018 and 2019 Survey of Korean Startups by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups of Korea and Korea Venture Business Association with over 3000 samples. Full article
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