The innovation systems perspective is primarily concerned with the knowledge flow and diffusion and its positive impact of stimulating economic growth. In innovation systems observed at the regional level there is a tendency of technologically dynamic production to become spatially concentrated...

Purpose - The present study aims to identify the most critical elements of resilience in the management of supply chains of Brazilian companies and, in the sequence, debate possible digital technologies mentioned by literature to enhance them. Design/methodology/approach - To identify the most...

The study of the relationship between best practices of sustainability and quality of management investigates one of the most relevant and topical issues involving researchers and professionals. For this investigation, a representative sample of 205 Brazilian companies was selected, covering the...

This paper aims to explore the mechanism by which sustainability leadership (SL) and transformational leadership (TL) contribute to implementing sustainability‐related aspects and the adoption of the SDGs by the teaching staff and whether these relationships are mediated by the higher...

Gender issues, and gender equality in particular, can be regarded as cross-cutting issues in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), even though it is unclear how they are taken into account. This study addresses this information gap by performing an assessment of the...

The world is undergoing an energy transition with the increase in renewable energies, such as wind and solar power. The intrinsic variable nature of such renewable energy sources calls for affordable energy storage solutions. This paper proposes the use of lifts and empty apartments in tall...

Energy poverty, understood as the lack of access to adequate and enough energy services, constitutes a severe development problem for the African continent. Even though several policies and alleviation measures have been implemented in the last decades, African countries are still far from the...

Purpose This study aims to investigate how sustainability and ethics are being addressed both by the literature and companies. Furthermore, it seeks to identify the specific strategies that these companies use to foster ethical behaviour and promote sustainability in their business operations....