Social and New Technology Challenges of Sustainable Business
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 381900
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, P.O. Box 1174, 1900 Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Interests: sustainable development; supply chain; CSR
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2. College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, 2092 Johannesburg, South Africa
Interests: Industry 4.0; industrial policy; globalization; innovation and entrepreneurship
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The issue of sustainable business is very complicated, because it refers to the economy, natural environment, society and its values, as well as enterprise relations with the external environment, which, in some part, occurs using modern technologies.
Sustainable business should be based on the transparency of relationships and dialogue between stakeholders, among which one can distinguish: Employers, employees, government or social organizations. In this sense, the issue of sustainable business goes far beyond the scope of traditionally understood labor relations, including also the interests of consumers, local communities or the natural environment.
The editors propose that the assumptions regarding the Special Issue should reflect two important challenges that sustainable business is facing now: First, the global social movement directing demands for business and the second: the catalog of modern technologies and management tools that allow the company to respond to growing social and business expectations. Because this subject is often considered in the context of large corporations, it is suggested that the analyzes should concern small and medium-sized enterprises mainly.
In this context, the purpose of the Special Issue is to provide knowledge about available tools and practices of sustainable business in order to effectively respond to social and technological development challenges
Prof. Sebastian Kot
Prof. Beata Ślusarczyk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable business
- social challenges
- CSR
- industry 4.0
- new technologies
- small medium enterprises.
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