Meet the editors

Muddassar Sarfraz is a postdoctoral fellow at the Business School of Hohai University, Nanjing, PR China. He is research fellow at the Human Resource Institute of the Business School, Hohai University. He obtained his PhD in Management Sciences and Engineering from the Business School of Hohai University, Nanjing, PR China. He holds International Master of Business Administration from Chongqing University (China). He has been dedicating

himself to the teaching and research of strategic management, human resources, and organizational management. He has published many papers in foreign authoritative journals and academic conferences at home and abroad. He is a member of the British Academy of Management (UK), Chinese Economists Society (USA), World Economic Association (UK), and American Economic Association (USA).

Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah is working as an assistant professor at the Department of Management Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan. He obtained his PhD degree from Chongqing University in Enterprise Management. His area of interest is business strategy, sustainable management, and strategic marketing. Dr. Ibrahim's work has been published extensively in various journals.

Abdul Rauf obtained his PhD in Finance (Applied Economics) from Southeast University, Nanjing, China. He is currently associated with research projects at the same university. He has published more than 20 research papers in various SSCI/SCI, EI, and ESCI journals such as *Environment Science and Pollution Research*, *Structure Changes and Economic Dynamics*, *Journal of Cleaner Production*, *Tourism Economics*, *Sustainability*, *Energies*, *IEEE* 

*Explore*, *Public Finance Quarterly*, etc. His research concentration comprises tourism management in Belt and Road Initiative countries, sustainable and eco-friendly economies, clean and renewable energy, sustainable management science, CO2 emissions, and socioeconomic development.

Dr. Syed Ghulam Meran Shah completed his doctorate degree in Business Management in June 2019 from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), PR China. He obtained a CSC scholarship for the completion of his PhD. During his PhD study he achieved a two times performance scholarship (2017 and 2018) awarded by the College of International Education, SWUFE, PR China. He was awarded an outstanding foreign grad-

uate certificate in 2019 by the College of International Education, SWUFE, PR China. During completion of his PhD he published research papers in impact factor journals. He was awarded an MSc degree in Finance from the University of ULM, Germany, in 2009. During his master's study he obtained a DAAD scholarship from Program Matching Funds for finalizing the master's thesis in the Master Program of Finance. He has more than six years of university teaching experience and has taught many courses in applied calculus, financial mathematics, business mathematics, corporate governance, and corporate finance.

Contents

*by Cătălin Popescu*

in Modelling Economies *by Marek Różycki*

in Construction Companies

*by Robin Attfield and Kate Attfield*

*by Tugce Ercan*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 35** Sustainable Agricultural Management Practices and Enterprise Development

**Chapter 4 65**

**Chapter 5 77** Building the Link between Technological Capacity Strategies and Innovation

**Chapter 6 93**

**Chapter 7 115**

Principles of Equality: Managing Equality and Diversity in a Steiner School

Inertia in Assessing the Possibilities of Economic Development: Limits

Nonfinancial Reporting: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence

*by Nidžara Osmanagić Bedenik and Petra Barišić*

Over Engagement, Protective or Risk Factor of Burnout? *by Josep M. Blanch, Paola Ochoa and Maria Fernanda Caballero*

Adaptive Sustainable Academic Management Practices

for Coping with Global Climate Change *by S.M. Fakhrul Islam and Zahurul Karim*

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Preface

Sustainability is the vehicle that confronts the current dynamic environment of business. Good sustainable business practices are a vehicle to attain competitive advantage, which ultimately makes organizational sustainability undeterred. Conclusively, the significance of corporate governance is inevitable for maintaining sustainability. Organizations have obtained their growth sustainability though competitive advantage but still certain factors can decelerate their performance.

In this regard, sustainable management can augment the efficiency of decision making while ameliorating the corporate governance mechanism. Meanwhile, sustainable management also orientates corporate governance towards corporate social responsibility, which not only attracts the consumer but also suggests that emerging markets should adhere to corporate social responsibility measures. Another contribution of sustainable management is to acclimatize organizations to be accountable before consumers and regulators. Meanwhile, it also recommends specific rules for social, economic, and environmental factors, which influence the business vehemently. Remarkably, sustainable management endorses adherence to particular rules, which can mitigate the unnecessary costs of business while

In the current international environment, it is intensively complicated to prosper in any business without comprehending the pros and cons of catastrophic changes of business, its consequences, and its demands. *Sustainable Management Practices* will unveil with deep insight the current issues related to corporate governance, sustainable business management, and corporate social responsibility. Further, the reader will assimilate the practical concepts while comprehending the theoretical

The editors would like to acknowledge the help of all those involved in this project. Without their support, this book would not have become a reality. First, the editors would like to thank each of the authors, who contributed their time and expertise to this book. Second, the editors wish to acknowledge the valuable contributions of the reviewers regarding the improvement of quality, coherence, and content of each

> **Dr. Muddassar Sarfraz** Business School, Hohai University,

**Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Adbullah** Comsats University Islamabad,

PR China

Pakistan

satisfying customers by obeying business ethics strictly.

concepts.

of the chapters.
