1st Edition

Management for Sustainable Development Integrating Social, Economic, and Environmental Goals

Edited By Vishal Jain, Amit Mittal Copyright 2025
470 Pages 15 Color & 57 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

470 Pages 15 Color & 57 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

The concept of sustainable development was described in the United Nations’ 1987 Bruntland Commission Report as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This new volume presents an eclectic selection of chapters that aim to integrate social, economic, and environmental objectives. Through studies and research,... Read more

1. Sustainable Innovation and Corporate Social Responsibility: Firm-Level Evidence from Developing Economies

Amrutha Mary Varkey

2. "U-Turn" in Achieving Cultural Sustainability

Suchita Vishwakarma, Manoj Mehrotra, Ashok Sen Gupta, and Asad Kareem Usmani

3. Plastic Debris and the Marine Environment: Integrating Transformational Strategies in Achieving a Sustainable Environment

Bhupal Bhattacharya, Abdesselam Salmi, Sarmistha Bhattacharya, and Mayurika Roy

4. Eco-Bricks from Plastic Waste: Towards Ensuring a Sustainable Circular Green Economy

S. N. Kumar, Aju Mathew George, Muhammed Assif, Abhiram Baiju, Elias John, and Diana Musara

5. Attitudes and Opinions on Ethics Position for AI in Healthcare

Vijay Anant Athavale, Himanshu Jain, Triwiyanto, and Sari Luthfiyah

6. Economic Crisis in Sub-Sahara Africa and Its (Un)Sustainable Development Implications

Ayodeji Anthony Aduloju and Temitayo Adedeji Adedoyin

7. Evincible Digital Gender Divide in Post Covid-19 Pandemic Era: Vincible or Invincible?

Sanusi Mohammed Sadiq, Invinder Paul Singh, and Muhammad Makarfi Ahmad

8. Digitization and Sustainability: Transitions in Indian Education

Devendra Kumar Somwanshi and Mohit Kumar Sharma

9. Business Sustainability: Benefits and Challenges

Dhruv Kishore Bole

10. Does Fintech Foster Sustainable Finance? Evidence from Retail Banking in India

Parminder Varma and Shivinder Kaur

11. Developing Sustainable Smart Cities

Ramandeep Saini, Bhawya Bansal, and Stanley Oliver

12. Prospect of Marigold Cultivation in Purulia District of West Bengal: A Way Forward Towards Socio-Economic Sustainability

Priyanka Majumder, Asutosh Goswami, Shishir Kumar Munshi, and Suhel Sen

13. Environmental Risk and Green Economy: A Way of Sustainable Development

Prasenjit Ghosh

14. Centralized Mechanical Resource System for Resource Allocation to Multi Location Projects

Ajay Tripathi, Pankaj Kumar Shrivastava, Pushpendra Singh, and Abhijeet Singh

15. Sustainability: Business Model and Trends in Emerging Markets

Tripti Barthwal and Akanksha Srivastava

16. Sustainable Innovations is Empathy Turned into Action

C. V. Suresh Babu and D. Raj Srikar

17. Optimizing Sentiment Analysis Model for Sustainable Stock Forecasting Management

Neha Punetha, Goonjan Jain, and Ruby Rani

Biography

Vishal Jain, PhD, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, India. With more than 14 years of experience in academics, he was formerly affiliated with Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi, India. He has authored more than 90 research papers in reputed conferences and journals and has authored and edited more than 30 books with reputed publishers. His research areas include information retrieval, semantic web, ontology engineering, data mining, ad hoc networks, and sensor networks.
Amit Mittal, PhD, is Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research Programs) at Chitkara University, Punjab, India. With over two decades of domestic and international experience in academic leadership, teaching, research, consulting, training, and mentorship, he has published many papers with a number of accredited and well-regarded journals. He was the recipient of the Chitkara University Excellence Award 2021 for being the highest cited author and for publications with the highest H-index (business school category). He is an active resource person for faculty development programs, management development programs, and corporate training programs. He is a member of the thesis review boards of a number of universities and is a reviewer for a number of reputable journals.