Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional and Firm Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (www.undp.org/) have provided a roadmap for reducing inequality, improving institutions, enhancing economic growth and sustainable development, and tackling climate change. This brings both opportunities and challenges for firms worldwide, ranging from technological development and value chain transformation in response to the green energy transition to the achievement of sustainable development.

This Special Issue will tend to take a closer look at firm-level sustainable behaviors, their drivers, benefits, and consequences. Following this new global trend, we focus on the different aspects of sustainability, including but not limited to institutional frameworks, policies, firm networks, and the environment. Our central aim is to generate a better understanding of the role of sustainability, its entrepreneurial and innovative causes, and its impacts upon firm behavior and performance. The role of policy and entrepreneurship are especially highlighted.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas and possible themes may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• The issues of ESG and corporate sustainable development;
• Firm-level factors shaping the sustainable and energy-efficient behaviors;
• The impact of new environmental governance policies on the sustainable behavior of local governments and enterprises;
• The effects of entrepreneurship on firm sustainable development;
• The effects of innovation on firm sustainable development;
• Governance and management of firms’ sustainable behavior in different industries, in different regions, and in different countries;
• The role of social, ethical, and institutional factors in firms’ sustainable behavior.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Heng Liu
Prof. Dr. Zelong Wei
Guest Editors

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• sustainability
• emerging contexts
• policy
• entrepreneurship
• sustainable development