E-commerce Engineering and Sustainable Management

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to contribute a paper to be included in the Special Issue “E-commerce Engineering and Sustainable Management” of the journal Sustainability.

E-commerce engineering involves the study of evolving information technology and methods in management science to revolutionize e-business business practices and consumer behavior. With the adoption of new emerging technologies, e-commerce has brought a new atmosphere to the development of the global economy, which has greatly changed both lifestyles and the existing modes of production. At the same time, the development of e-commerce may lead to a surge in carbon dioxide emissions, market monopoly, digital divide, human alienation, and other problems, showing that the development of e-commerce is not entirely beneficial. E-commerce has become an important part of the economy and a source of vitality, and taking advantage of e-commerce has become an inevitable requirement to promote economic and social development towards higher quality and more sustainability.  

There is a worldwide desire to address issues associated with sustainable development and management. In society, many companies are trying to operate in accordance with this concept, which has gained great popularity both worldwide and in the field of e-commerce. In addition, the principles of sustainability have been widely disseminated among consumers, who are also particularly concerned about the activities of companies in this area.  

The aim of this Special Issue is to explore new aspects in e-commerce engineering and sustainable management. In this Special Issue, broad topics relating to the sustainable aspects of e-commerce engineering and management are welcome. Additionally, original research articles and reviews are also welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• The application of emerging technologies (i.e., blockchain, artificial intelligence) in sustainable management
• Business model innovation under sustainability
• The design of sustainable business ecosystems and platform businesses
• Enterprise digital transformation and sustainable operation
• Platform governance and regulation
• Sharing economy and sustainability
• The sustainable aspects of e-commerce engineering
• Sustainable e-commerce supply chain management
• The sustainable practices adopted by e-commerce companies
• Sustainable supply chains and logistics

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Guofang Nan
Dr. Zhiyong Li
Dr. Lin Chen
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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.

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• e-commerce
• sustainable e-commerce
• e-commerce supply chain
• sustainable supply chains and logistics
• business model innovation
• emerging technologies