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

Describes sustainable development along with its challenges and advantages. Looks at sustainability in the interrelationship of business, manufacturing, finance, etc. Explores sustainable finance, role of digitization and AL in sustainability, importance of cultural sustainability, and several sustainability-promoting strategies.

Vishal Jain, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U. P., India. Before that, he worked for several years as Associate Professor at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, India. He has more than 14 years of experience in the academics. He has more than 400 research citation indices with Google Scholar (h-index score 10 and i-10 index 11). He has authored more than 90 research papers in reputed conferences and journals, including the Web of Science and Scopus. He has authored and edited more than 30 books with various reputed publishers. His research areas include information retrieval, semantic web, ontology engineering, data mining, ad hoc networks, and sensor networks. He received a Young Active Member Award for the year 2012-13 from the Computer Society of India and a Best Faculty Award for the year 2017 and Best Researcher Award for the year 2019 from Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi. He holds PhD (CSE), MTech (CSE), MBA (HR), MCA, MCP and CCNA.

Amit Mittal, PhD, is a Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research Programs) at Chitkara University, Punjab, India. Dr. Mittal has over two decades of domestic and international experience in academic leadership, teaching, research, consulting, training, and mentorship. His current mandate is to manage the PhD programs offered at Chitkara University. Sixteen scholars have been awarded PhD degrees under his guidance. He has published over 60 Scopus/SSCI indexed 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). His areas of research and consulting expertise are international marketing and emerging market studies, consumer behavior, brand management, shopping behavior, and business research methods. 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. He presently reviews for reputable journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change(Elsevier), Public Health (Elsevier) Benchmarking (Emerald), Technology Analysis and Strategic Management (Taylor and Francis), International Journal of Consumer Studies (Wiley), Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley), Routledge Studies in Global Student Mobility, International Journal of Emerging Markets(Emerald), Sustainability (MDPI), Management Decision (Emerald), IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review (Sage), and others.