Innovative and Sustainable Business Models and Practices
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 (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 48815
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable innovation; eco-innovation; innovation management; service innovation; sustainable hospitality and tourism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability is a key driver of innovation. Increasingly, sustainable management is being regarded as an opportunity for innovation, and not as a threat to a company. Sustainable business models and sustainable innovation practices define much of the current organizational sustainability agenda. Sustainable business models address a triple bottom line approach and redefine the value proposition, value chain and financial model to bring sustainable innovations to the market. Sustainable innovation is defined as innovation which purposely integrates economic, social and environmental value-creation all along the design of new products, processes and practices as well as new business models and value chains.
Research on sustainable business models and innovative practices attract considerable attention of multidisciplinary scholars. Yet, extant literature is still far from comprehensively integrating theoretical and methodological aspects to examine how sustainability-inspired innovations can be motivated by social, economic, organizational and environmental considerations, while at the same time contributing to financial returns. There is an urgent need for more research on sustainable practices through the lenses of different sectoral innovation systems, new business model perspectives, technological, organizational and social practices.
This special issue aims to stimulate scientifically grounded, interdisciplinary, practice-based research on the most salient aspects of innovative and sustainable business models and practices. It thus emphasizes the actual interdisciplinary sustainability research approaches, the solutions it provides and their dissemination and application.
Themes:
- Sustainable business models;
- Sustainable innovation as a source of competitive advantage;
- Innovation and change management for sustainability;
- Sectoral strategies for sustainability;
- Sustainability-oriented service innovations;
- Strategic corporate sustainability;
- Sustainable resource management and innovative resource practices;
- Innovation linked to corporate sustainability assessment and reporting, environmental sustainability governance (ESG), sustainability ratings and sustainability investors;
- Collaborative, open innovation and user-driven innovation for sustainability.
Dr. Carlos Martin-Rios
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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
- sustainable business model
- business model for sustainability
- sustainable innovation
- sustainability-oriented innovations sustainability strategy
- sustainable production
- sustainability in the tertiary sector
- value creation
- organizational performance
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.