Business in the 21st Century: A Sustainable Approach

How can businesses around the world incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their models, policies and practices? The editors of Business in the 21st Century help answer this by bringing together scholars from around the world with chapters examining various industries ranging from finance, hospitality, aviation, tourism, food production and more.

With international perspectives, business concepts such as HRM, employee wellbeing, leadership and digitalisation are also researched within the framework of the SDGs. Insights from how to implement such policies in a post-pandemic world are introduced to help businesses navigate the biggest disruption they have faced in decades.

Business in the 21st Century provides a valuable framework for scholars, managers, leaders and business stakeholders to help navigate the incorporation of SDGs into the business world, shape strategy, improve practices and create a better business future.

Claudia Nelly Berrones-Flemmig is Full-time Professor of Accounting and Finance at IU International University of Applied Sciences, Campus Berlin. She has widely experience as international business consultant, specialized in SMEs. Her main fields of research are innovative financial instruments and Sustainable Finance.

Francoise Contreras is Full Professor at the School of Management and Business of Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. Contreras is Professor of Leadership, and Research in under and postgraduate programs. Her field of research is Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurship, and Social Sustainability. She is visiting professor on these topics.

Utz Dornberger is Professor of Development Economics with a special emphasis on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Director of the International SEPT Competence Center (SME Promotion and Training) at Leipzig University, Germany. Dornberger is also the Director of the Self-Management Initiative Leipzig at Leipzig University supporting the creation of more than 600 start-ups.