Sustainability in E-Business

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable business, or green business, is an enterprise that has minimal negative impact on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy (Cooney, 2009). In other words, sustainable business means a business with dynamic balance among three mutually interdependent elements: (i) protection of ecosystems and natural resources; (ii) economic efficiency; and (iii) consideration of social wellbeing such as jobs, housing, education, medical care and cultural opportunities (Bell and Morse, 2009). E-Business is the point where economic value creation and information technology come together (Akkermans, 2001). Sustainability in E-Business can be defined as the activities within the E-Business domain to minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive impacts on the society and the environment through the design, production, application, operation, and disposal of information technology and information technology enabled products and services throughout their life cycle (Dewan, Chowdhury and Quaddus, 2014).

This Special Issue aims to discuss the link between sustainability and E-Business, 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. Miriam Jankalová
Prof. Tatiana Čorejová
Guest Editors

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