Innovative Industrial Policies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 449
Special Issue Editors
Interests: innovative economics; environmental economics
Interests: innovative economics; environmental economics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a call for papers to feature in the "Innovative Industrial Policies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities" Special Issue. This collection will delve into policy making’s critical role in fostering sustainable industrial growth and innovation, alongside potential policy implications and practical applications of research findings in real-world settings. The focus will be on understanding how strategic policies can drive industries towards more sustainable practices while also promoting technological advancements and economic development, such as, for example, digital transformation, its role in sustainable development, and the importance of circular economy principles in industrial policies. The scope of this Special Issue is multifaceted, encompassing a broad range of topics pivotal to the discourse on industrial and innovation policies and sustainable development, and its interdisciplinary nature makes us very hopeful to attract contributions from fields such as environmental science, economics, and technology studies.
This Special Issue builds upon the existing literature by manufacturing current research on industrial and innovation policies with sustainable development outcomes, while also aiming to fill any gaps by exploring the synergies and challenges in policy implementation across different sectors and economies. This collection will advance theoretical and empirical understanding, providing a comprehensive update on the state of sustainable industrial policies and innovation strategies.
Prof. Dr. Xiaohong Wang
Dr. Shaopeng Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable industrial growth
- green technologies
- digital transformation
- innovative industrial policies
- cross-sectoral collaboration innovation
- sustainable industrial policy
- green supply chain management
- digital transformation
- circular economy
- sustainable digitization
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