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Business Prosperity through Business Sustainability

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: closed (1 December 2021) | Viewed by 11198

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Miriam Jankalová

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Associate Professor, University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Communications, Slovakia
Interests: sustainability; corporate social responsibility; business excellence; quality management; accounting
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Prof. Dr. Radoslav Jankal

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Associate Professor, University of Žilina, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, Department of Management Theories, Slovakia
Interests: sustainability; corporate social responsibility; business excellence; quality management; business ethics; process management; strategy management

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Dear Colleagues,

Business sustainability is a topic of business and public policy in the European Union. It is expected that companies wishing to successfully develop their activities within the European Union will be increasingly committed to involving key partners in all articles of the production process, product, and service delivery; employee and customer care; corporate ethics; environmental protection; and cooperation with the local community. From the perspective of the European Union, it is "the cornerstone of the Europe 2020 strategy to ensure smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth for the enterprise". In the view of the World Commission on Environment and Development, it is “to adopt business strategies and activities that meet the current needs of the enterprise and its stakeholders while protecting, maintaining, and improving human and natural resources that will occur in the future.”

The growing pressure to achieve and maintain the competitiveness of the companies based on domestic and international soil has been growing in recent years due to a dramatic increase in the need to implement the concept of sustainability in the companies’ strategies. At present, there are clearly approaches available to incorporate the concept of sustainability in business strategy. However, it is unclear which approach is "right", since its choice depends not only on knowledge of the current trends in the incorporation of the concept of sustainability in company strategy but also on the fact that each enterprise is in a specific environment and defends its own interests and the interests of stakeholders as well as the aspects of the industry concerned.

This Special Issue aims to discuss the link between sustainability and business prosperity, from theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. We invite you to contribute to this Issue by submitting comprehensive reviews, case studies, or research articles. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure, with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Prof. Dr. Miriam Jankalová
Prof. Dr. Radoslav Jankal
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • prosperity
  • sustainable business
  • sustainable business practices
  • sustainable business model
  • sustainable strategy
  • incorporating business ethics into strategy
  • sustainable business awards

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The Innovative Intelligence System—A Tool for Discovering Innovative Opportunities and for Ensuring the Sustainability and Business Prosperity
by Viliam Lendel, Dominika Špaleková, Lucie Lendelová and Marián Šotek
Sustainability 2021, 13(21), 12305; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132112305 - 08 Nov 2021
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At present, in the field of building an innovative intelligence system in the company, considerable attention is paid especially to the technological side of this system and the description of its basic elements. The aim of the research is to provide a comprehensive [...] Read more.
At present, in the field of building an innovative intelligence system in the company, considerable attention is paid especially to the technological side of this system and the description of its basic elements. The aim of the research is to provide a comprehensive view of building an innovative intelligence system in the company from managerial, information and organizational support. The research consists of questionnaire research and interviews conducted in Slovak companies with the intention to find out the current status of innovative intelligence systems in Slovakia by the content, organization, personnel and information aspects. The authors offer a summary of theoretical knowledge in the field of management—innovative intelligence systems. Summarizing these findings enriches the theoretical basis of management, especially in the field of innovation management. A detailed description of the individual processes, activities and actors of the innovative intelligence system model can serve for a better knowledge of the issue and its successful management. The proposed model of the innovative intelligence system includes the identification of individual actors, their tasks and the decomposition of its main process. The formulated recommendations are a valuable tool for company managers. Adherence to them will ensure the successful implementation and operation of an innovative intelligence system in the company. Full article
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How to Characterize Business Excellence and Determine the Relation between Business Excellence and Sustainability
by Miriam Jankalová and Radoslav Jankal
Sustainability 2020, 12(15), 6198; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156198 - 31 Jul 2020
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A descriptive attribute or characteristic of an object is called dimension. In the area of Business Excellence, this concept is associated with national quality awards and Business Excellence models. The aim of the paper is to identify the Business Excellence dimensions, on the [...] Read more.
A descriptive attribute or characteristic of an object is called dimension. In the area of Business Excellence, this concept is associated with national quality awards and Business Excellence models. The aim of the paper is to identify the Business Excellence dimensions, on the grounds of comparative analysis of selected national quality award models, including determination of relations between the Business Excellence and Sustainability. Cross-cultural comparison of Business Excellence core values in the analyzed excellence models/national quality awards will be helpful in identification of the Business Excellence dimensions. The main findings of this study are: The basis for achieving Business Excellence is to respect the core principles of TQM (Total Quality Management); Business Excellence dimensions can be identified based on core values; Business Excellence can be characterized through dimensions; there is a relationship between the Business Excellence dimensions and the Sustainability dimensions. This study is based on information that was gathered through an extensive literature review (research publications and research studies (documents) about the national quality awards and Business Excellence models using Internet and research databases (Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO) and the authors’ own experience. Methods of analysis, comparison, selection, abstraction, induction, deduction, determination, and statistics were used. The paper is organized as follows: the methodology approach; the comparative review of the secondary data on Business Excellence core values in the analyzed models; discussion about the main findings, including the link between the Business Excellence dimensions and Sustainability dimensions. Full article
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The Idea of Mass Customization in the Door Industry Using the Example of the Company Porta KMI Poland
by Marta Pędzik, Joanna Bednarz, Zdzisław Kwidziński, Tomasz Rogoziński and Jerzy Smardzewski
Sustainability 2020, 12(9), 3788; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093788 - 07 May 2020
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The paper concerns the importance of the trend of mass customization in building the competitive advantage of companies in the door joinery sector in Poland. Its purpose is an attempt at assessing the effects of mass customization carried out on a newly designed [...] Read more.
The paper concerns the importance of the trend of mass customization in building the competitive advantage of companies in the door joinery sector in Poland. Its purpose is an attempt at assessing the effects of mass customization carried out on a newly designed TechnoPORTA technological line for automated door production on the basis of an analysis of selected technical and economic indexes related to manufacturing costs. The basis for the calculation of these indexes was the value of material and labor costs and the projected production value in relation to eleven selected types of industrial doors. Based on the analysis of technical and economic indexes, it can be concluded that the introduction of the concept of mass customization will reduce gross costs of manufactured products which, with the assumed level of sales, will translate into annual profit. The results obtained allow for optimistic conclusions about the possibility of building the long-term competitive advantage of door manufacturers. Full article
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