Special Issue "Sustainability in Enterprise Productivity and Innovation"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Cristian Barra
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Guest Editor
Department of Economics and Statistics (DISES), University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: productivity analysis; economic growth; economics of innovation; finance; education
Dr. Nazzareno Ruggiero
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Guest Editor
Department of Economics and Statistics (DISES), University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: macroeconomics of labour markets; economics of institutions; economics of innovation; environmental economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable transitions are assumed to drastically shape our societies and affect human behaviour. In particular, the economic literature argues that sustainable transitions are not limited to changes in terms of the adoption of new technologies but also determine significant transformations in the sociopolitical structure of our societies. Indeed, as notably argued by Grin, Rotmans and Schot (2011, pp. 79-80), “the transition to a sustainable society is but one possible outcome of changes in ‘the institutional rectangle’ of the realms of market, government, science and technology, and civil society and their mutual alignment, created by trends such as individualization, globalisation and what Beck has called the politicization of side effects: the fact that particular ecological, human and societal unintended effects of social-economic development are now problematised rather than tacitly accepted by society”.

It turns out that a full understanding of how the sustainable transition will affect economic growth

And enterprise productivity, with special emphasis on firms’ efficiency and innovation, and labour market outcomes and the role played by science and academic institutions is a major challenge for researchers and scholars interested in sustainable development. It also seems necessary to assess the role of governmental institutions in affecting the adoption of new technologies and to investigate whether sustainable development impacts the institutional structure of countries. Finally, the adoption of new and cleaner technologies also requires the presence of efficient financial markets, which are able to evaluate the potential profitability of enterprise projects aiming to favour the sustainability of enterprises. All these aspects therefore need to be deeply investigated and seem to be particularly relevant at present, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly accelerated sustainable transition and the adoption of new and cleaner technologies. With this premise, we welcome contributions on:

  • Sustainable transition, enterprise productivity and economic growth;
  • Enterprise innovation and sustainable transition;
  • Enterprise size in terms of their ability to introduce green technologies;
  • Labour market impact of sustainable transition, with a particular focus on how it affects job creation, job destruction, job reallocation and employment/unemployment;
  • The role of both national and regional policies in driving sustainable transition;
  • Institutional factors in affecting the sustainable transition;
  • Financial market in stimulating the adoption of new technologies;
  • Universities’ technology and new technologies;

Dr. Cristian Barra
Dr. Nazzareno Ruggiero
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable transition
  • economic growth
  • enterprise productivity and innovation
  • labour and financial market
  • institutional factors

Published Papers

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