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Global Sustainability: Good Governance, Dynamism in Ecosystems, and International Business

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 January 2025 | Viewed by 2768

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Esi A. Elliot

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International Business and Marketing Department, University of Texas at Rio Grande Vakley, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
Interests: global innovation; sustainability; ethnic markets
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Dr. Nnamdi O. Madichie

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Bloomsbury Institute London, London WC1B 3RA, UK
Interests: sustainability; higher education; entrepreneurship; employability
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Prof. Dr. Robert Ebo Hinson

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Department of Marketing and Customer Management, Ghana Communication Technology University, Accra, Ghana
Interests: corporate social responsibility and ecosystems in emerging markets
Prof. Dr. Charles Blankson

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Department of Marketing, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Cir, Denton, TX 76205
Interests: country positioning strategies; industrial and services marketing in developing and newly industrialized countries

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This research area of good governance and dynamic ecosystems is of transformative importance because good governance is widely seen as a prerequisite for effective natural resources management for sustainability. Good governance in ecosystems is even more dynamic and additionally transformative because many stakeholders are involved. Emerging markets are receiving prominent attention in the world markets because of the dynamic growth in these markets. Good governance in ecosystems in emerging markets will therefore be globally impactful by unleashing resources and ensuring their sustainability. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight how resources can be unleashed in emerging markets through focus on good governance in ecosystems, especially in emerging markets.

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

  • Good governance;
  • Ecosystems;
  • Emerging markets;
  • Dynamism/agility in emerging markets.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Esi A. Elliot
Dr. Nnamdi O. Madichie
Prof. Dr. Robert Ebo Hinson
Prof. Dr. Charles Blankson
Guest Editors

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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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Keywords

  • good governance
  • ecosystems
  • emerging markets
  • dynamism

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The Impact of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure on Enterprise Risk-Taking: Facilitative or Constraining?
by Xiaomei Guo, Changlan Yang, Qi Ban and Yang Xie
Sustainability 2024, 16(12), 5160; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125160 - 17 Jun 2024
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Using Chinese A-share listed companies from 2006 to 2013 as the research sample, this paper empirically examines the impact and mechanism of the mandatory CSR disclosure policy on Chinese firms’ risk-taking by combining the difference-in-differences (DID) approach. This study finds that the implementation [...] Read more.
Using Chinese A-share listed companies from 2006 to 2013 as the research sample, this paper empirically examines the impact and mechanism of the mandatory CSR disclosure policy on Chinese firms’ risk-taking by combining the difference-in-differences (DID) approach. This study finds that the implementation of the policy increases firms’ operating costs and leads to an increase in their financing constraints, which ultimately creates a disincentive for firms to take risks. Second, we also find that, relative to firms that do not disclose CSR reports, the sales revenues, R&D investment and investment levels of firms subject to CSR disclosure are significantly reduced, which may be the result of firms’ tendency to operate conservatively. In addition, heterogeneity analyses suggest that the dampening effect of mandatory CSR disclosure policies on risk-taking is stronger for firms with higher financing costs and for non-state-owned firms. This study further explores the mechanism of the impact of mandatory CSR disclosure on firms’ risk-taking, which will help the government to formulate and improve the information disclosure policy regarding driving the transformation of corporate development in the future. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global Sustainability: Good Governance, Dynamism in Ecosystems, and International Business)
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Can Mandatory Disclosure of CSR Information Drive the Transformation of Firms towards High-Quality Development?
by Rong Xu, Yongze Cui, Qi Ban, Yang Xie and Xiaoyun Fan
Sustainability 2024, 16(10), 4042; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16104042 - 12 May 2024
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This paper establishes a quasi-natural experiment grounded in the exogenous shock occasioned by the implementation of a compulsory corporate social responsibility (CSR) information disclosure policy. It investigates the ramifications of this mandated CSR information disclosure policy on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) through [...] Read more.
This paper establishes a quasi-natural experiment grounded in the exogenous shock occasioned by the implementation of a compulsory corporate social responsibility (CSR) information disclosure policy. It investigates the ramifications of this mandated CSR information disclosure policy on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) through the integration of the difference-in-differences (DID) methodology. The investigation reveals that obligatory disclosure of CSR information significantly augments firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) by mitigating agency conflicts and financial constraints. Further analysis elucidates investment efficiency and innovation enhancement as pivotal conduits through which the mandatory CSR information disclosure policy fosters firms’ TFP. The study explores the impact of mandatory CSR information disclosure on firms’ TFP mechanism, which has significant policy value and can provide useful reference for the high-standard development of China’s corporate economic transformation. Full article
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