Sustainable Development Goals and Business Dynamics

This book contributes to our understanding of how business firms can support the achievement of the SDGs, using theoretical developments and practical insights from emerging areas of business research. Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners will find value in these perspectives as they engage with the challenges of achieving the SDGs.

S. M. Riad Shams is an Assistant Professor in Marketing and PhD Program Leader at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. Demetris Vrontis is ranked among the top 2% of the best scientists in the world, according to a list compiled by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier and SciTech Strategies. Demetris Vrontis is the Vice Rector for Faculty and Research and a Professor of Strategic Marketing Management at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Yaakov Weber teaches courses on Strategic Management, Mergers and Acquisitions Management, Strategic Alliances, Corporate Strategy, Cross-Cultural Management, and Global Strategic Management. Evangelos Tsoukatos is a faculty member at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and the Hellenic Open University. He holds a PhD in Management Science from the Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UK, a BSc in Mathematics from the "Aristotelion" University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and a postgraduate diploma and MSc in Operational Research from LUMS, UK. Rosa Palladino is an Associate Professor of Management at IUL Digital University (Florence). She obtained the national scientific qualification as a full professor.

1. Industry 4.0 Business Model for SDG: Integrating Smart Mobility for Sustainable Growth 2. Digital Human Entrepreneurship: Navigating the DARQ+ Technological Revolution 3. Harnessing Knowledge Management insights for SDGs: Lessons learned and future directions 4. Higher Education Sector for Halting Biodiversity Loss: Insights for Achieving SDG15 from Italian Universities 5. Sustainability in the business literature on cultural and creative industries 6. Innovating the Marketing of Packaging in the Agri-Food Industry: An SDG Perspective 7. Global Value Chains and Nascent Enterprises: Evidence from 39 Developing Countries 8. Managing the Alignment of SDGs with Reduction of Carbon Footprints in Port Containerization Logistics 9. The Baltic and Scandinavian approaches to Europe's green transition strategy implementation 10. SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth - The Role of Financial Inclusion in Business Development 11. The dual side of charities: the "responsible" and the "unwanted" space of doing good