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Monothematic issue 2026
Sustainable cities

This monothematic issue seeks to create a platform for interdisciplinary research on sustainable cities. Urban areas have become central to the global economy, yet they also face significant social and environmental challenges. Without addressing these issues, cities risk becoming overcrowded, polluted, and increasingly detrimental to the quality of life for their inhabitants. We invite submissions of original papers from diverse academic disciplines, presenting innovative research that can contribute to overcoming the key sustainability challenges facing urban areas worldwide.
Important dates: submissions closed, expected publication September 2026. More information in Call for papers here.

Monothematic issue 2025 (published September 5, 2025)
Transitioning to the green circular economy: The age of VUCA

In a world defined by environmental degradation, economic volatility, and technological disruption, the circular economy (CE) has moved from a theoretical concept to a practical imperative. This monothematic issue brings together diverse global perspectives and empirical research that demonstrate how CE serves as a strategic response to today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions. The research featured here confirms that circularity is no longer an optional pursuit.
More information in Editorial, full issue.

Monothematic issue 2024 (published September 6, 2024)
Emerging digital technologies and their influence on elimination of supply chain vulnerability

This issue of E&M Economics and Management aims to expand the understanding of how digital technologies can be leveraged to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities. The focus is on exploring the role of these technologies in making supply chains more lean, agile, resilient, and environmentally sustainable. The collected articles offer a comprehensive look into various aspects of this dynamic field. More information in Editorial here.

Aims & Scope

Among the key topics covered are Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Management, Information Management, and Marketing & Trade. More information here.

The journal E&M Economics and Management (E&M) publishes high quality original research articles and scientific studies based on theoretical and empirical analyses. E&M encourages new intriguing ideas and new perspectives on existing state of knowledge.
Among the key topics covered are Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Management, Information Management, and Marketing & Trade. More information here.

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Choice of articles of current issue

Impact of renewable energy sources on greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Germany, Sweden and Poland

Ignas Mikalauskas, Zenona Ona Atkociuniene, Asta Mikalauskiene

Transitioning to renewable energy sources is highly important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, we look at Germany, Sweden and Poland. These three countries have different energy policies and commitments. While there has been significant progress in adopting renewable energy across Europe, the effectiveness of these policies and their impact on reducing emissions is very different. Therefore, this research aims to assess how renewable energy affects GHG emissions in these…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-001 more

Corporate digital responsibility and cloud computing adoption: An alignment analysis in the EU context

Sann Thawdar Htoo, Hana Kopackova

Cloud computing is a transformational and rapidly evolving digital technology that enables driving innovation, scalability, and operational efficiency across various industries. Despite its benefits, the widespread adoption of cloud services presents complex ethical, social, and environmental challenges that organizations must address to ensure responsible and sustainable digital transformation. This study aims to develop a systematic approach to cloud adoption by integrating corporate digital…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-015 more

Mahalanobis distance and Stutzer ratio modelling in emerging markets portfolios

Dejan Zivkov, Boris Kuzman, Jonel Subic

This study examines the performance of multi-asset portfolios in global emerging markets, emphasizing their exposure to systemic risk and risk-adjusted returns. The analysis encompasses portfolios from regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America. The research uses daily data, covering a 10 years period. Two advanced methodologies are applied in the portfolio construction – the Mahalanobis distance and the Stutzer ratio.…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-010 more

Similarity of EU countries in macroeconomic, innovation, and institutional performance – The case of FDI determinants

Ludmila Bartokova, Simona Circova

Most countries nowadays are linked closely by trade flows, financial transactions, or mutual migration flows. As a result, their overall performances tend to converge. This paper compares 27 European countries with the aim of finding their similarities or differences based on their performance over the last decade. For consistency reasons, we included the United Kingdom and Croatia in the sample, despite not being EU members for the entire period, while Luxembourg was excluded due to data…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-003 more

How can co-institutional investors enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises? Evidence from China

Xinyong Lu, Meinong Xi

As of 2023, institutional investors hold approximately 44.1% of the total market capitalization of China’s outstanding stocks. By simultaneously investing in multiple firms within the same industry, common institutional investors gain access to broader information channels and proprietary market insights at lower search costs. As shareholder linkages become increasingly common in the capital market, understanding their impact on firm behavior is of considerable practical relevance. This study…