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Call for papers – Monothematic issue 2025
Transitioning to the green circular economy: The age of VUCA

We invite contributions from researchers and practitioners from the circular economy for our upcoming monothematic special issue that is exclusively focussed on the implications of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity on the sustainability of the circular economy. We recommend that the contributions be specific and targeted towards the scholarship and practice of the circular economy.
Important dates: submission open date – June 1, 2024, manuscript submission deadline (extended) – November 30, 2024. Upon the submission, please inform the editorial office that the manuscript is intended for the monothematic issue (journal@tul.cz).
More information in Call for papers here.

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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Editorial office of the journal E&M Economics and Management warns that there have recently emerged false offers promising mediation of publishing in our journal for a certain fee. Editorial office declares that we do not keep such cooperation. Every single review process is standartized and transparent. If you are interested in publishing with E&M, contact our editorial office directly. The journal does not have any intermediaries abroad.

Choice of articles of current issue

The nexus between logistics competitiveness, logistics carbon emission efficiency and industrial structure upgrading: Evidence from China

Guanglan Zhou, Yulian Fei, Chengkai Feng

The rapid development of the logistics industry has made considerable contributions to China’s industrial transformation and economy soaring. However, the improvement of logistics competitiveness often leads to high carbon emissions. Understanding the dynamic relationship between logistics competitiveness, logistics carbon emission efficiency, and industrial structure upgrading is of great significance for promoting the high-quality development of regional logistics under the context of the…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-014 more

Navigating the Industry 4.0 frontier: Unveiling perceived risk and cost moderators in technology adoption

Luay Jum’a, Dina Alkhodary

The advent of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) brought about significant transformations within the realm of business management. Industries are increasingly adopting innovative practices and implementing smart supply chain operations through the adoption of I4.0 technologies. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of I4.0 in supply chain operations. To accomplish this, an extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model was applied, with…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-006 more

Navigating the human element: Unveiling insights into workforce dynamics in supply chain automation through smart bibliometric analysis

Melanie Angielsky, Lukas Copus, Peter Madzik, Lukas Falat

This study aims to create a scientific map of supply chain automation research focusing on human resources management, which will be applicable in practice and widen the knowledge in theory. It introduces the scientific articles, subject areas and dominant research topics related to supply chain automation, focusing on human resources management. In this study, 509 publications retrieved from the Scopus database were analyzed by a novel methodological approach – a smart bibliometric literature…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-011 more

Existing and forthcoming obstacles in adopting technological advances in vulnerable supply chains

Rohit Raj, Vimal Kumar, Jyoti Ranjana, C. Anirvinna

The study on supply chain vulnerabilities presented in this research intends to uncover key indicators influencing the adoption of new technological advancements to enhance supply chain operations. This work used the GRA (grey relational analysis) method to conduct semi-structured interviews with the PQR company’s automotive lead design engineer, manufacturing process engineer, and optical process engineer in order to enhance the supply chain process and develop a comprehensive structural…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-3-006 more

Till death do us part. Do customers cheat on brands?

Martin Klepek, Lukas Toth

Some companies, based on the beliefs of their managers, aim to obtain solely loyal customers in the hope that these customers will always buy only one brand and never cheat by buying a competitor’s brand. However, a growing body of empirical research suggests that this may be an overly positive expectation and that this marketing strategy can run counter to the nature of the consumer. To scrutinize the sole loyal buyer idea, this study empirically examines the phenomenon of duplication of…