A circular economy (CE), an alternative to the current take-make-waste economic model based on the gradual decoupling of economic activities from the consumption of finite virgin resources, cannot be implemented without the help of digital technologies, such as sensors, distributed ledgers, or...

Researchers and practitioners recognize whistleblowers and the media as disparate control agents to uncover fraud and corruption in and by organizations. However, whistleblowing is mainly studied in relation to individual and organizational antecedents. Social norms and in particular the media...

This chapter focusses on the identification of sustainability factors. Out of the 77 variables used in the questionnaire for collection of the information, on sustainability of financial innovation in e-payment system (EPS), the important factors are identified and derived using exploratory...

This chapter shows the usefulness of a feminist new materialist perspectives to highlight the differences between posthuman flourishing and inhuman transhumanism and why this distinction matters in analyses of technology in organizational life. I argue transhumanism infuses wearable technology...

This chapter aims to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the inequality in countries, define it as a new conflict for sustainable development, and determine the prospects of conflict management. This chapter is based on the Theory of Conflicts and such methods as analysis of variations,...

Climate change and pandemics are causing strong impacts on the liveability of cities as they challenge infrastructure capacities and the quality of services. Acknowledging often unpredictable impacts on future development, the questions ‘How to improve and strengthen resilient urban...

Scholars have emphasized researching what factors influence individuals to join and take over their parents’ businesses in recent years. However, research on the impact of institutional factors and the institutional environment on succession intentions is scarce. This study addresses this gap...

The successes of Artificial Intelligence in recent years in areas such as image analysis, natural language understanding and strategy games have sparked interest from the world of finance. Specifically, there are high expectations, and ongoing engineering projects, regarding the creation of...

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are increasingly exposed to different institutional pressures to contribute to the solution of grand societal challenges. Formal institutions such as inter-governmental organizations and national governments have multiplied their regulatory initiatives aimed at...