Dear Colleagues,
Due to a number of requests, the submission date for the special issue of Research in International Business and Finance on “Innovation across borders to achieve Sustainable Development Goals” has now been extended to
30 December 2021.
Call for a Special Issue “Innovation across borders to achieve Sustainable Development Goals” in Research in International Business and Finance
Overview
Academic research on sustainability received an important motivation in 2015 with the announcement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Di Vaio, 2020). Targeting SDGs is becoming an increasingly important consideration
in the design and development of business models, products, services, and technologies. With businesses and individuals becoming more concerned about sustainability issues, it is expected that innovation will embrace sustainability more fully in the near future.
Moreover, innovation alone is one of the SDGs (Goal 9), while also a mean for achieving the others.
This special issue therefore aims to gather contributions shedding light on the interaction of organizations and individuals across borders within the context of a global innovation system to achieve SDGs. Indeed, international
interactions can have an impact on sustainable development through trade, capital flows, multinational corporations, and migration, among many other factors (Kolk et al., 2017; Maksimov 2019). However, there is not consensus on whether these interactions have
a positive or negative impact on society and the environment (Van Zanten, J. A., & Van Tulder, 2018).
Suggested topics
This special issue welcomes submissions with a finance or interdisciplinary perspective, but also with a clear focus on SDGs. Topics include, but are not limited to:
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Access to sustainable development technologies
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Sustainable and innovative value chains
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Frugal innovation and sustainability in value chains
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Social innovation for inclusion of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
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From local to global, sustainable business innovation at various systems levels
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Organizations’ commitment to sustainability after Covid-19
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Energy and environment-oriented technological innovation
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Climate, energy, and innovation policy
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FinTech and financial inclusion
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Social finance innovations
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Innovations in capital flows
Guest Editors
Octavio Escobar,
[log in to unmask], EM Normandie Business School (France)
Stéphane Goutte,
[log in to unmask], Paris-Saclay University (France)
Submission process
Papers will be submitted through the online submission system of Research in International Business and Finance. Select
VSI: Innovation across borders from the drop-down menu. The online system will be open for receiving new submissions beginning 1 June, 2021; closing on
30 December, 2021. For further details check RIBAF’s Author Guidelines
References
Di Vaio, A., Palladino, R., Hassan, R., & Escobar, O. (2020). Artificial Intelligence and Business Models in the Sustainable Development Goals Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Business Research,
121, 283–314.
Kolk, A., Kourula, A., & Pisani, N. (2017). Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: what do we know and how to proceed?. Transnational Corporations, 24(3), 9–32.
Maksimov, V., Wang, S. L., & Yan, S. P. 2019. Global connectedness and dynamic green capabilities in MNEs. Journal of International Business Studies.
Van Zanten, J. A., & Van Tulder, R. (2018). Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: An institutional approach to corporate engagement.
Journal of International Business Policy, 1(3), 208–233.
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