Firm Survival and Sustainable Management

Dear Colleagues,

The digital transformation and the pandemic caused by COVID-19 have brought tremendous changes to the global economy, which have had a great impact on the business environment. From the perspective of business administration, firm survival is an important goal for most companies. However, firm survival is not an easy result to achieve, and it becomes more and more difficult as business environments and paradigms shift dramatically.

According to McKinsey, the average life span of companies listed in Standard and Poor’s 500 was 61 years in 1958, but it fell to less than 18 years in 2016. What is even worse is that McKinsey forecasted that 75% of the current Standard and Poor’s 500 companies as of 2016 will not survive by 2027. For this reason, academics, practitioners, and stakeholders have strong desires to increase their understanding of the theories, concepts, and practices associated with firm survival and sustainable management.

The issues of firm survival and sustainable management are not just a trend but an important management philosophy and goal. In addition, studying this issue is an important topic for current and future business. Thus, this Special Issue aims to address issues related to firm survival and sustainable management. We welcome case studies as well as high-quality original research presenting conceptual models, theories, methodologies, empirical results, and applications on diverse aspects of firm survival and sustainable management.

Prof. Dr. Se-hak Chun
Prof. Dr. Moon Young Kang
Guest Editors

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