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Systemic View of the Role of Higher Educational Institutions in the Great Reset

  • Mirjana Pejić Bach,
  • Dalia Suša Vugec,
  • Sarwar Khawaja,
  • Fayyaz Hussain Qureshi and
  • Dorian Fildor

25 August 2024

The Great Reset is a concept proposed by the World Economic Forum to rebuild the global economy sustainably following the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasising stakeholder capitalism, greener practices, and more equitable social contracts. However, most of...

(This article belongs to the Section Complex Systems and Cybernetics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
11,203 Views
18 Pages

24 October 2014

Neoliberal discourse often conceptualizes nature in relation to its market utility and economic development. This article will address the role of metaphors in shaping neoliberal discourse in business education. The aim of this article is to reveal r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Approaches in Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
6,997 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of Education for Sustainable Development on Romanian Economics and Business Students’ Behavior

  • Liana Badea,
  • George Laurențiu Șerban-Oprescu,
  • Silvia Dedu and
  • Grigore Ioan Piroșcă

3 October 2020

Education for sustainable development (ESD) has presented long-lasting interest for researchers and policy makers. Despite a significant body of research, more in depth empirical studies are required for a better understanding of how sustainable deve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Socio-Ecological Systems Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,139 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2024

The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB UM) initiated a project to align its undergraduate study program with sustainable development principles. This involved mapping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the curriculum, using recommend...

  • Article
  • Open Access
673 Views
14 Pages

Sustainability challenges are frequently characterized by a persistent attitude–behavior gap, particularly within competitive frameworks. This phenomenon is exemplified by voluntary carbon offsetting in aviation, where passengers’ stated...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Education About and for Sustainability—Sustainability in Education: International Perspectives on Learning, Schooling, Education Environments and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,524 Views
19 Pages

Would You like to Work More Hours?—An Investigation on South Africa

  • Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu and
  • Esra Karapınar Kocağ

To begin with, Sustainable Development Goals are of tremendous importance in all areas, being seen as vital aims in all domains, which makes them indispensable when it comes to addressing the particularities of the labour market these days. Subsequen...

(This article belongs to the Collection Business Performance)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
412 Views
22 Pages

Digital transformation has fundamentally reshaped higher education, creating a need for adaptive systems capable of integrating technological infrastructure, learner capabilities, institutional readiness, and learning analytics into a unified decisio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
12,361 Views
22 Pages

Empirical Study towards the Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth in EU-28 Countries

  • Daniel Ştefan Armeanu,
  • Georgeta Vintilă and
  • Ştefan Cristian Gherghina

21 December 2017

This study aims at empirically investigating the drivers of sustainable economic growth in EU-28 countries. By means of panel data regression models, in the form of fixed and random effects models, alongside system generalized method of moments, we e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Resilient Entrepreneurship and Technological Development in Self-Sustainable Economies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,768 Views
19 Pages

12 October 2021

Sustainable business development is connected with environmental impact, natural resources and people. This makes the location a crucial factor for the operation of a business. Therefore, a combination of both geo-spatial data analysis and traditiona...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology-Enabled Interdisciplinary Learning in Economic/Business Studies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,273 Views
25 Pages

30 April 2024

This research addresses the critical opportunities and challenges confronting economic sustainability for hydrocarbon-based economies. The primary objective is to advocate for a transformative shift towards diversified and knowledge-centric economic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability and Innovation in SMEs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,460 Views
16 Pages

Business Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Post-COVID Era

  • Tatiana Freze,
  • Artem Korneev,
  • Raisa Krayneva,
  • Tatiana Oruch,
  • Wadim Kandalov and
  • Wadim Strielkowski

Our paper focuses on the transformation of the concept of sustainable business leadership (especially regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the post-COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 pandemic is wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,534 Views
19 Pages

Embedding Sustainability in the Economics Degree of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Murcia: A Methodological Approach

  • Lourdes Molera,
  • Eugenio José Sánchez-Alcázar,
  • Úrsula Faura-Martínez,
  • Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga,
  • Juan Vicente Llinares-Ciscar,
  • Joaquín Longinos Marín-Rives,
  • Pedro Juan Martín-Castejón,
  • María Carmen Puigcerver-Peñalver and
  • María C. Sánchez-Antón

7 August 2021

Education has been traditionally considered as a means to promote and disseminate sustainable development through the reorientation of the curriculum towards sustainability at all levels of the educational system. Higher Education Institutions take a...

(This article belongs to the Collection Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
14,417 Views
30 Pages

Examining the Research Evolution on the Socio-Economic and Environmental Dimensions on University Social Responsibility

  • Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez,
  • Emilio Abad-Segura,
  • Luis Jesús Belmonte-Ureña and
  • Valentín Molina-Moreno

Responsible higher education institutions have an impact on society and economic, environmental, and social development. These effects define the axes of the socially responsible management of the universities. The concept of university social respon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Consumption in Environmental Issues: A Global Perspective)
  • Abstract
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,066 Views
2 Pages

Education plays an important role in fostering and developing entrepreneurship, building innovation skills and creating sustainable business solutions, thus promoting economic growth [...]

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Scientific Conference on Digitalization, Innovations & Sustainable Development: Trends and Business Perspectives 2023)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
728 Views
33 Pages

Business Intelligence and Sustainability Features in Education: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Charlis Alberto Cabral de Moraes Júnior,
  • Pablo Aurélio Lacerda de Almeida Pinto and
  • Fagner José Coutinho de Melo

13 February 2026

Educational sustainability has emerged as a critical framework for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, yet the systematic measurement and management of sustainability features in schools remain underexplored, particularly regarding the appli...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,791 Views
21 Pages

14 January 2025

The study evaluates the interest of business-educated Gen Z in pursuing careers in various industries and their potential to accelerate Green Innovation (GI). It specifically focuses on Gen Z in Europe, who are business-educated and pursuing their ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,915 Views
20 Pages

Novel Insights in the Leadership in Business and Economics: A Post-Coronavirus Update

  • Wadim Strielkowski,
  • Irina Firsova,
  • Svetlana Azarova and
  • Irina Shatskaya

15 February 2022

Our world is evolving at an incredibly enormous speed and what was impossible three years ago is now a reality. The concept of leadership and leaders has also undergone profound transformations. Moreover, the recent COVID-19 pandemic caused a digital...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Insights in the Leadership in Business and Economics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,394 Views
10 Pages

14 October 2013

Over the last decade, numerous modules, courses, and programs in Management Education have integrated sustainability into their curricula. However, this “integration” has translated into very diverse forms and contents. This article aims to clarify t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,706 Views
29 Pages

8 March 2023

Among the most important factors that favor the development of a sustainable business environment are the sources of financing and the skills developed by the higher education system, according to recent studies. To align with these, several universi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Higher Education for Academic Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,621 Views
15 Pages

The Effect of Business Technology Strategy on Inward Export Performance in the Malaysian Higher Education Industry

  • Panteha Khodakarami,
  • Zukarnain Zakaria,
  • Rossilah Jamil,
  • Tan Seng Teck,
  • Hayder Dhahir Mohammed and
  • Mehran Najmaei

29 July 2022

Services export plays a significant role in the world economy and benefits businesses and countries. In the service sector, higher education service has become vital for countries’ economic sustainability. The flux of international students has...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,843 Views
19 Pages

29 April 2024

The purpose of this paper is to address a fundamental flaw in prominent approaches to managing businesses for sustainability. Current management strategies fail to recognize the fundamental differences between economic, social, and moral or ethical v...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategic Enterprise Management and Sustainable Economic Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,578 Views
15 Pages

22 January 2021

Despite numerous studies dedicated to business and entrepreneurship education, there is a lack of research dedicated to students studying creativity in entrepreneurial and business-related disciplines through knowledge management tools and practices....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology and Innovation Management in Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,916 Views
22 Pages

Student Perceptions of Pedagogical Approaches to Integrating the SDG 8 into Business School Education

  • Moataz Elmassri,
  • María Luisa Pajuelo,
  • Abdulhadi Ali Alahbabi,
  • Ahmed Mohamed Alali,
  • Moufak Alzitawi,
  • Hamdan Hussain,
  • Khaled Alnabhani and
  • Tariq Elrazaz

22 September 2023

This paper aims to assess students’ perceptions regarding the extent of integration of the eighth principal Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 8) “promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment, and decent work for all&rdquo...

(This article belongs to the Topic Education and Learning in the Context of the New Normal: Sustainable Development and the Path to Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,328 Views
19 Pages

29 July 2025

Based on recent work outlining the transformation of professional communicator roles and the desperate search for “curators” or “agents of change” in neighboring disciplines such as management, business and economics, sustaina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,399 Views
14 Pages

3 November 2021

This paper explores the role that the social economy, and the social business within it, have in terms of the strategies deployed to tackle Sustainable Development challenges. This paper proposes a New Sustainable Recovery Approach (NSRA) leveraging...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social Businesses and Social Entrepreneurship in the Face of Sustainable Development Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,767 Views
15 Pages

5 October 2024

Urban business circles are important locations for economic and social activities. Improving the vitality of urban business circles is conducive to stimulating the potential of the consumer market and promoting sustainable economic development. Howev...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,731 Views
25 Pages

Sustainability Reporting: Examining the Community Impact of the S&P500 Companies

  • Victoria Pistikou,
  • Floros Flouros,
  • Georgios A. Deirmentzoglou and
  • Konstantina K. Agoraki

13 September 2023

In recent decades, sustainability reporting has received increasing business and academic attention. However, the management literature is limited regarding recent trends in the issues disclosed in these reports. In this era of multiple socio-economi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Business Performance on International Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,654 Views
30 Pages

Enhancing Women’s Entrepreneurship in Rural Ecuador: A Study Protocol Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Angélica-María Sánchez-Riofrío,
  • Marco Faytong-Haro,
  • Olga Roa and
  • Jonathan Valderrama-Álvarez

26 August 2024

Women entrepreneurs in rural Ecuador face significant obstacles, including limited access to education, financial services, and business networks. Despite their vital role in the economy, gender inequalities hinder their success. This study protocol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,728 Views
17 Pages

27 June 2021

In an increasingly complex world, students of economics, business, and management must learn how to combine financial objectives with social and environmental aims. To that end, institutions, teachers, and curricula have a growing need for multidisci...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Education and Scholarship in Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,617 Views
19 Pages

19 November 2024

This study examines the impact of entrepreneurship education on shaping entrepreneurial intentions among business administration students at Tayma University College. Utilizing both the Entrepreneurial Intention Model (EIM) and the Entrepreneurship E...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,456 Views
16 Pages

28 April 2021

The major challenges confronting humanity are systemic in nature: climate change, pollution, poverty, and inequality. Entrepreneurship fails to tackle these challenges, and ‘creative destruction’ is mostly just leading to the destruction of the natur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Systems Engineering for Sustainable Development Goals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,751 Views
20 Pages

14 November 2021

This paper aims to provide brief insight into the economic and sustainability challenges that higher education institutions are facing today globally. It provides a theoretical overview of key trends and challenges of higher education, relevant for t...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,780 Views
16 Pages

The Impact of Formality, Integration, and Commitment on the Performance of Latino-Owned Small Businesses

  • S. Andrew Starbird,
  • Jill M. Martin,
  • Yacanex Posadas and
  • Alma Gutiérrez

24 August 2022

Supporting the growth of minority-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is an important goal in many countries. In the US, Latinos start businesses faster than any other demographic group, yet Latino wealth and income have not kept pace wi...

(This article belongs to the Section Gender, Race and Diversity in Organizations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,776 Views
12 Pages

26 June 2023

This article examines the idea of disinterestedness using the case of a private MO museum. The philosophical idea of disinterestedness and its reflections in the creative economy are presented. The idea of disinterestedness is explored as a factor of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Impact of Creativity and Innovation on Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,958 Views
19 Pages

16 November 2019

One of the approaches describing the strategic vision initiated by the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart sustainable and inclusive growth considers that increasing public expenses with education can help in achieving its goals. Concomitantly, higher lev...

(This article belongs to the Collection Graduate Employment and Sustainability in a Global and Changing Labour Market: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,320 Views
11 Pages

Knowledge Management Practice in General Education Schools as a Tool for Sustainable Development

  • Jurgita Raudeliūnienė,
  • Manuela Tvaronavičienė and
  • Milda Blažytė

14 May 2020

The already scarce and further dwindling natural resources, increasing environmental pollution, and other environmental, economic, and social challenges that transcend national boundaries necessitate the continuous pursuit of the more responsible imp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Knowledge Management and Human Resources Management for Organizational Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,144 Views
21 Pages

COVID-19 severely impacted small industries in Indonesia and many collapsed. Sustainable education is essential to help small industries recover post-pandemic through an open innovation design program to improve small industries’ economic, soci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
8,355 Views
15 Pages

28 February 2020

Students’ start-ups are making a significant contribution towards sustainable entrepreneurship development. Thus, this article examines the obstacles to sustainable entrepreneurship amongst university students of tourism and focuses on gender d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship in Social, Sustainable, and Economic Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
756 Views
20 Pages

1 April 2026

This study addressed how business administration training influenced perceptions of sustainable development goals (SDGs) within park management, situating the research at the intersection of sustainability education and applied management practice. A...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,675 Views
11 Pages

29 July 2020

Meeting today’s grand challenges means changing the economics paradigm that informs both business practice and business/management education. This paper asks whether business schools meet the challenges of the 21st century and argues not withou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategic Management for Sustainability: Imperatives and Paradoxes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,998 Views
13 Pages

From Linear to Circular Ideas: An Educational Contest

  • Denner Deda,
  • Murillo Vetroni Barros,
  • Constança Rigueiro and
  • Margarida Ribau Teixeira

7 September 2022

This work proposes a framework with which to analyse Higher Education Institution (HEI) students’ knowledge and understanding of circular economy (CE) concepts and the potential of the CE to promote sustainability, using a contest. The framewor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Education and Green Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
547 Views
21 Pages

Non-Financial Factors and Risk Appetite in Early-Stage Entrepreneurship in Romania: Implications for Sustainable Business Development

  • Camelia-Cristina Dragomir-Pânzaru,
  • Tiberiu Foris,
  • Geanina-Bianca Savu,
  • Loredana-Nuți Rogoz and
  • Larisa-Elena Stanciu

17 July 2026

Early-stage entrepreneurship involves making decisions under conditions of high uncertainty, which makes risk appetite an important component of the entrepreneurial decision-making process. This paper analyzes the influence of non-financial factors o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,501 Views
15 Pages

Leadership and Effective Institutional Economics Design in the Context of Education Reforms

  • Wadim Strielkowski,
  • Vyacheslav Volchik,
  • Artyom Maskaev and
  • Pavel Savko

Nowadays, the most typical reforms in higher education are conducted through the reorganization of universities either in the form of a merger, acquisition, or new status attainment. As a result, universities which educate local leaders for their res...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leadership in Business and Economics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,575 Views
25 Pages

Entrepreneurial Education, Risk Perception and Self-Efficacy as Drivers of Entrepreneurial Intentions in a Sustainability Orientated Context

  • Gina Ionela Butnaru,
  • Larisa-Loredana Dragolea,
  • Rodica Cristina Butnaru,
  • Alexandru Anichiti and
  • Geanina Brînză

21 February 2026

This study analysed the role of risk perception and business self-efficacy feeling through entrepreneurial education acquired by higher specialised studies on the emergence of entrepreneurial intentions. The quantitative research method included a qu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,293 Views
23 Pages

Unpacking Key Systems Towards a Sustainable Education Ecosystem

  • Noluthando Gamede,
  • Megashnee Munsamy and
  • Arnesh Telukdarie

26 December 2025

Predicting the sustainability of national educational systems presents a complex, multifaceted issue due to the intricate connections between education and wider societal, economic, healthcare, and technological sectors. Current educational models te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
9,847 Views
18 Pages

Investigating Students’ Sustainability Awareness and the Curriculum of Technology Education in Pakistan

  • Muhammad Noman Malik,
  • Huma Hayat Khan,
  • Abdoulmohammad Gholamzadeh Chofreh,
  • Feybi Ariani Goni,
  • Jiří Jaromír Klemeš and
  • Youseef Alotaibi

Various fields of manufacturing, management, and business, including technology education, software development, and information communication technology (ICT), have espoused sustainability concepts. Including sustainability concepts in technology, e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology & Engineering Education )
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,631 Views
24 Pages

Determinants of Entrepreneurship in Ambato, Ecuador: Statistical Predictive and Component Modeling

  • Oscar López-Solís,
  • Alberto Luzuriaga-Jaramillo,
  • Mayra Bedoya-Jara,
  • Joselito Naranjo-Santamaría,
  • Omar Negrete-Costales,
  • Lorena López-Naranjo,
  • Ernesto Jara-Vásquez and
  • Patricia Acosta-Vargas

21 June 2025

This study investigated the key determinants of entrepreneurship in Ambato, Ecuador, through the application of predictive statistical models. The primary objective was to identify critical variables that influence the success and sustainability of e...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
213 Citations
22,668 Views
21 Pages

Circular Economy and Green Chemistry: The Need for Radical Innovative Approaches in the Design for New Products

  • Amos Ncube,
  • Sandile Mtetwa,
  • Mahak Bukhari,
  • Gabriella Fiorentino and
  • Renato Passaro

9 February 2023

The idea of a circular economy (CE) has gained ground over the past ten years as a means of addressing sustainable development and getting around the limitations of the current and linear dominant production and consumption patterns. The primary goal...

(This article belongs to the Collection Energy-Efficient Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,562 Views
17 Pages

Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Value Creation in Construction Companies

  • Igor Ceratti Treptow,
  • Jordana Marques Kneipp,
  • Clandia Maffini Gomes,
  • Isak Kruglianskas,
  • Rodrigo Reis Favarin and
  • Carlos María Fernandez-Jardón

15 August 2022

This paper aimed to analyze how innovations in the business model contribute to creating sustainable value in construction companies. The results revealed that analyzed companies implement practices that enhance their reputation and contribute to the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Based on Leadership, Organizational Culture in Subsistence Small Businesses)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,716 Views
23 Pages

2 September 2019

The research presented in this paper explored multiple objectives. First, what are the requirements for establishing a new composting business that embraces the principles of circular economy? Second, how can employment opportunities for at-risk yout...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Residential Landscapes: An International Perspective)

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