Overview

The Globalization, Technology and Sustainable Development series (GTSD) explores global viewpoints on different issues relating to globalisation, technology and sustainable development and why they are important, and to provoke forward thinking on the development of a more coherent approach to solving global problems related to sustainability. In doing so, a holistic approach is used to critically examine the inter-relationship between the natural, the governmental, the economic and the social dimensions of our world, and how science and technology can contribute to solutions. A framework for understanding and acting upon these solutions is presented, taking into account a variety of international, institutional and intellectual perspectives.

The aim of the series is to address growing concerns for the future of our interlocked ecological, political and economic systems in a highly populated world that is characterised by major social and economic disparities. The complex relationship between the economy, society and the environment and scientific knowledge requires a multi-disciplinary approach, and calls for skilled communication to be able to address technological issues as well as the political framework within which problem solving necessarily takes place. In practical terms, this series will demonstrate that SD is a multidisciplinary process that involves all issues such as science, innovation, technology, research & development, information technology, human capital development, business and management, trade, etc for knowledge based economies and growth. The series will attempt to provide many international illustrative examples, rather than exhaustive research oriented cases material.

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Editorial Board

All members of our editorial committee are truly international in terms of their interests and range of specialisation. The validated academic background that they bring to bear on the quality of the review as well as their geographic areas of interest foster a uniquely different editorial experience.

WASD is very grateful for all our distinguished Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) and our Expert Reviewers which include distinguished international academic and professional experts in the different subject areas of the different journals. All our EAB members graciously offering their invaluable comments that have enriched the quality of the papers in all our publications and also for making available to us their valuable time and efforts. 

We continuously looking for nominations for distinguished academic and professional colleagues who will be interested to join the Editorial Advisory Board to support our journals. Please contact Janet Snow (janet.snow@wasd.org.uk) if you have any question and/or you need any help. Please click here to learn more about your duties as member of the EAB. 

We would like also to congratulate all our Authors for their extremely valuable contributions and we hope they continue to support the journal and encourage all their colleagues and friends to also consider the journal for their research outcome.

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Subject Coverage

WASD produces various book series and conference proceedings, to spread information all over the world, and to promote its aims and activities through various other partners. WASD book series are developed to provide an overview of Sustainable Development (SD) and why it is important and to provoke forward thinking on the development of a more coherent approach to solving global problems related to sustainability. In doing so, a holistic approach is used to critically examine the inter-relationship between the natural, the governmental, the economic and the social dimensions of our world and how science and technology can contribute to solutions. And although science, technology and SD are the main focus of our book series, there is no limit as to the articles/chapters that will be considered.

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the series is to address growing concerns for the future of our interlocked ecological, political and economic systems in a highly populated world that is characterised by major social and economic disparities. The complex relationship between the economy, society and the environment and scientific knowledge requires a multi-disciplinary approach, and calls for skilled communication to be able to address technological issues as well as the political framework within which problem solving necessarily takes place. In practical terms, this series will demonstrate that SD is a multidisciplinary process that involves all issues such as science, innovation, technology, research & development, information technology, human capital development, business and management, trade, etc for knowledge based economies and growth. The series will attempt to provide many international illustrative examples, rather than exhaustive research oriented cases material.

Scope and Focus

Globalisation is more than just producing, marketing, and distributing goods and services throughout the world. Globalisation is a new way of thinking and the greatest challenge to our age. The global competitive environment is changing dramatically. Instead of large companies dominating international markets, with smaller businesses remaining local or regional, many small firms today have to be globally competitive, whether they enter the global arena or not.

Advances in the technological innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have contributed to the shaping of the world we live in and we are truly now in the era of the Information Revolution. Today, countries are increasingly judged by whether they are information-rich or information-poor with an estimated 50 percent of the world’s economic growth and all new jobs will be IT driven. Yet, according to the United Nations (UN), millions of people in Africa have never made a telephone call and without the ability to communicate most developing countries (DCs) including Africa will remain poor and isolated, lacking the means to participate in the global society. To operate efficiently, it is imperative to possess knowledge on a broad spectrum of issues and concepts that affect business activities around the globe. Successful management in the new millennium requires developing new methods and approaches to suit the challenges and opportunities of this new era of information revolution.

There have been innumerable attempts (books, journal, networks, organisations) over the last 50 years to examine the subject of SD, bringing more than four hundred definitions, concepts, perspectives, concerns and solutions for SD. But how they relate to each other and provide a clear understanding of our common future still remain a key question to be addressed. The SD problematique is strongly influenced by the institutional culture in which international discussions have taken place. The World Bank, for example, uses the discourse of ‘financial, physical, human, social and natural capital’ in its conceptualisation of SD.

The development goals of UN are expressed in terms of human and environmental well-being, couched in terms of major issue areas (e.g. health, food, water, energy and the environment) and in the context of international partnership. The Brundtland Commission report on ‘Our Common Future’ focuses on institutional imperatives in addressing SD issues, including political, economic, social and administrative systems. The Brundtland Report explicitly addresses the matter of production and technological systems, but without anchoring the discussion in the realities of the patchy, embryonic state of global S&T cooperation.

It is significant that embedding SD into mainstream policies for international cooperation in science and technology has been underdeveloped, particularly at the global level. However, it is just as significant that where major partnerships in S&T exist between developed and developing countries, SD issues are often in the forefront, often in the context of technical aid to the DCs . What this approach fails to achieve, however, is systematic knowledge transfer between and amongst countries that are not directly involved in such cooperative ventures. It also presupposes a model of innovation as emerging from the developed world to be subsequently adapted by the developing world, whereas the reality of innovation is far more complex and evenly distributed than typically acknowledged by the ‘donor’ countries.

Subject Coverage

All books in the series are of a consistent academic quality. All chapters structured logically and integrated around a coherent central theme and there is also a balance between theoretical/methodological & empirical chapters in the books. The series publishes original chapters, conceptual (proposing approaches and solutions), literature review, review (sector, industries, systems, methodologies, etc), case studies (empirical work, industry cases, country-specific, etc), research (original data), viewpoint and opinion, technical (technical system, process, etc), conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Chapters may also be updates of other material previously written but must be original to the author and, once accepted for publication, cannot appear in any other periodical.

Although the general theme and target will be globalisation, technology and SD, there is no limitation to the chapters that will be considered by the series. The following issues are for guidance only, and are not restrictive:

Globalization:
the political economy of globalization
causes and drivers of globalisation
economic and production aspects of globalisation
political and cultural aspects of globalisation

International trade:
international trade and exporting
business–government trade relations
tariff and trade barriers
non-tariff barriers
free trade and trade agreements
WTO and the new protectionism

Multinationals and foreign direct investment:
foreign direct investment (FDI)
characteristics of the multinational corporation
MNCs and the global economy
rationale for the development of MNCs
MNCs and the DCs

International economic integration:
effects on international business
cost and benefits
protectionism between trade blocs
the Triad and international business

Global financial environment:
accounting, finance, banking and taxes
balance of payments (BOP)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank
European Monetary System ( EMS )
international capital market
international financial markets
foreign exchange market

Transitional economies, privatisation and joint ventures:
business in transition economies
emerging economies and the Asian Tigers
privatisation
strategic alliances and joint ventures

Global operations management and logistic:
international operations management
global manufacturing strategies
location decisions
global supply chain management
international logistics

Managing international marketing:
international marketing management
marketing mix
factors in market success

Global business strategy:
corporate strategy and governance
international strategic management process and analysis
internal resource analysis
strategic options and choice
international organisational structure
strategy in the global environment

Business and Management:
business communication, ethics, values and social responsibility
law and legal environment of business and development
business process engineering and re-engineering management
agribusiness, agrimarketing and agrieconomics
cross-disciplinary areas of business
decision sciences, employment, economics
entrepreneurship, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
hospitality management/industry
informal sector
industrial engineering (engineering related to business) and management
management and organizational theory
performance and quality management
public administration
project management

Sustainable development:
understanding SD
deploying sustainable solutions
sustainable infrastructure systems and environmentally-conscious design
measuring SD in the era of globalisation
international development
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
industry and SD
sustainable economic development policies
sustainable food production systems
ecotourism: principles, practices and policies for sustainability
water and waste management
indigenous knowledge and SD
indigenous development and gender

Environmental issues:
sustainable management of the natural resource base
renewable energy technologies
climate change and global warming
issues of sustainable environment
environmental challenges for business and management
travel, transportation and tourism
o rganic agriculture
appraisal of environmental and agricultural issues
managing environmental and social issues
sustainable tourism in protected areas
coastal and marine resources environment
indigenous development and conservation
trade and environmental damage

Nutrition and public health:
human nutrition and health sciences
public health nutrition: practice and impact
public health policy and comparisons
food and nutrition policies: legislation, regulation and enforcement
nutrient requirements and nutritive value of food
impacts and challenges of AIDS, malaria and other chronic problems
a griculture and health
food security policies and indigenous knowledge systems

Science, technology and innovation:
STI in the UN: l essons learned over the past 50 years and their relevance to the MDGs
productivity of science
research and development
managing innovation in a globalized world
competitiveness, innovation and industrialization
building industrial competitiveness in DCs
technology adoption constraints in DCs
challenges of biotechnologies
science parks and technology clusters
b est practice in the promotion of technologies
technical change and technology management
economics of technology and innovation
productivity gap analysis
agricultural research and poverty conduction

International technology transfer:
technology in business
technology transfer: models of transfer, linkage policy, end user principal consideration, barriers, appropriateness, break through, funding, timing, etc
impact of technology upon the productivity increase/enhancement
technology transfer and diffusion
experience in participatory technology development and transfer
technology spillovers from foreign direct investment
impact of finance on technology adoption
learning and intellectual capital
intellectual property rights

Information and communication technologies (ICTs):
the digital divide
information systems/technology
e-commerce
open source and open access publishing
innovative information technology research
interconnectiveness
database marketing, online marketing and marketing in the electronic age
indigenous development and IT

Education:
higher education and globalisation
education and teaching
technological application to teaching and learning in HE
e-learning/distance learning and globalisation

Guidelines for authors

Before submitting your chapter, please make sure you read and understand the full guidelines for submission below carefully before submitting your chapter to ensure successful submission of your chapter. This is a checklist to ensure you have followed the guidelines closely. Please note that we will return any chapter that do not follow these guidelines for the errors to be corrected before the chapter can be considered for suitability for our books:

All chapters submitted for possible publications in any WASD books are refereed through a double blind process. Please submit your chapter in the form of an MS Word file attached directly to the Managing Editor at Janet.Snow@wasd.org.uk. Submitted chapters should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N. B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

Types of Chapters The following types of chapters are sought:

  • Conceptual (laying out the landscape, defining needs, proposing approaches and solutions, etc.). Chapters are likely to be discursive and will cover philosophical discussions and comparative studies of others’ work and thinking.
  • Literature Review (papers cite any relevant literature). Main purpose of the chapter is to annotate and/or critique the literature in a particular subject area.
  • Review (industries, systems, methodologies, research, national differences, industrial differences, cultural differences, etc.). Chapters provide an overview or historical examination of some concept, technique or phenomena. Chapters are likely to be more descriptive or instructional (“how to” chapters) than discursive.
  • Case Studies (empirical work, industry cases, test cases, pilot studies, etc.) are particularly welcome. Case studies describe actual interventions or experiences within organizations. They may well be subjective and will not generally report on research. A description of a legal case or a hypothetical case study used as a teaching exercise would also fit into this category.
  • Research (report on any type of research undertaken by the author(s). The research may involve the construction or testing of a model or framework, action research, testing of data, market research or surveys, empirical, scientific or clinical research.
  • Viewpoint (where content is dependent on the author’s opinion and interpretation, also includes journalistic pieces)
  • Technical (describes and evaluates technical products, processes or services)

Typescript Preparation All authors must provide the following information:

  • Full name; position; department; institution; full postal address including email and approximately 50 words biographical notes per author, maximum 100.
  • Title as short as possible.
  • References to successful applications within industry are a must. Chapters may be updates of other material previously written but must be original to the author and, once accepted for publication, cannot appear in any other periodical.
  • Chapters must be double-spaced and emailed to the Editor-in-Chief (wasd@sussex.ac.uk) in A4 size Word format, not PDF format.
  • Chapters should be submitted with a word count of 3000-5000 (excluding figures), with double-spaced typing and focus on proven strategies and key management implications.
  • Figures in the final accepted manuscript may be included in the electronic text file and also provided as separate files.
  • All chapters must be written in UK English. If English is not your first language, please ask an English-speaking colleague to proofread your chapter.

Abstracts Abstract approximately 100 words, maximum 150. Write concisely and clearly. The abstract should reflect only what appears in the original chapter. To produce a structured abstract, please complete the following fields about the chapter using this template. There are four fields which are obligatory (Purpose, Design, Findings and Value); the other two (Research limitations/implications and Practical implications) may be omitted if they are not applicable to your chapter.

  • Purpose: What are the reason(s) for writing the chapter or the aims of the research?
  • Design/methodology/approach: How are the objectives achieved? Include the main method(s) used for the research. What is the approach to the topic and what is the theoretical or subject scope of the chapter?
  • Findings: What was found in the course of the work? This will refer to analysis, discussion, or results.
  • What is original/value of the chapter: What is new in the chapter? State the value of the chapter and to whom.
  • Research limitations/implications (if applicable): If research is reported on in the chapter this section must be completed and should include suggestions for future research and any identified limitations in the research process. How can the findings of this research be applicable to other country (ies) in the region? What implications for achieving SD in the country and the region as a whole.
  • Practical implications (if applicable): What outcomes and implications for practice, applications and consequences are identified? Not all chapters will have practical implications but most will. What changes to practice should be made as a result of this research/chapter?

Keywords

  • Supply approximately 6-10 words or phrases which will be used for tagging the chapter in the publisher’s database.
  • Researchers will be more likely to retrieve the chapter when conducting a keyword search of our database if the chapter is suitably tagged.
  • Pick keywords that reflect the specificity of the chapter. Avoid overarching terms like “Management” unless the chapter discusses the topic with such a wide focus. Use the most common term for a concept. Do not make up new terms for an old concept.
  • Try to think broadly: if the chapter discusses performance appraisal in an electronics factory it may be worthwhile supplying the industry as a keyword. If an activity/research takes place in a particular country then supply the country’s name as a keyword.

Style

  • Chapters must get to the point early and succinctly and not sound like an advertorial for a country or a company.
  • Blatantly promotional material will not be published.
  • Keep paragraphs short and sentences short and uncomplicated.
  • Authors must write in the active voice and, where possible, avoid technical jargon.
  • Acronyms should be translated in full into English. Bear in mind that many of the readers do not have English as their first language.
  • It should not be assumed that the reader is familiar with specific national institutions or corporations.
  • Authors are encouraged to approach their chosen topic with an international perspective.
  • Countries and groupings of countries should be referred to by their full title (for example, ‘China’, ‘Europe’ and ‘America’ are all ambiguous).
  • Special attention should be paid to identifying units of currency by nationality.

References

  • Use the Harvard (name and date) short reference system for citations in the text with a detailed alphabetical list at the end of the chapter. For example ‘Hamel (2000) suggests …’ or ‘Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) found that …’ or ‘A study of economic change (Nelson and Winter, 1982) has shown that …’
  • Footnotes should be avoided, but any short, succinct notes making a specific point, may be placed in number order following the alphabetical list of references.
  • References should be made only to works that are published, accepted for publication (not merely ‘submitted’), or available through libraries or institutions. Any other source should be qualified by a note regarding availability.
  • Full reference should include all authors’ names and initials, date of publication, title of paper, title of publication (italics), volume and issue number (of a journal), publisher and form (books, conference proceedings), page numbers.

Figures

  • All illustrations, whether diagrams or photographs, are referred to as Figures.
  • They should be black and white, not colour, and numbered sequentially.
  • Please place them at the end of the chapter, rather than interspersed in text.
  • Originals of line diagrams will be reduced and used directly, so please prepare them to the highest possible standards.
  • Bear in mind that lettering may be reduced in size by a factor of 2 or 3, and that fine lines may disappear. Electronic copies of the figures are also required.

Translated Works

  • Difficulties often arise in translating acronyms, so it is best to spell out an acronym in English (for example, IIRP – French personal income tax).
  • Similarly, labels and suffixes need careful attention where the letters refer to words which have been translated.
  • The names of mathematical functions may change in translation – check against an English or American mathematical reference text.

Units of Measurement Please follow the International System for units of measurement in your chapter. Imperial units will be converted, except where conversion would affect the meaning of a statement, or imply a greater or lesser degree of accuracy. Submission Preparation Checklist (All items required)

  • The submission has not been previously published in English nor is it before another journal/book for consideration; or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor.
  • The text meets the formatting requirements outlined above.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
Indexing

All our publications are listed and indexed in various international Indexing and Ranking platforms such as ScopusThomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation IndexINSPECReadCube DiscoverABI/Inform (ProQuest)Cabell’s Directory of Publishing OpportunitiesBritish LibraryCrossref; Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) and the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD).

Our publications are also included in the various Databases and Ebooks managed by ProQuest: ProQuest Central, Central Essentials, Central Student, One Academic; ProQuest Research Library Prep; ProQuest Premium Collection (Business, Social Science, Health Research); Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI). All our publications are either published in-house or in partnerships with international publishers such as Emerald PublishingRoutledge/Greenleaf Publishing and others.

 

All our editorial committees are truly international in terms of their interests and range of specialization. The validated academic background that they bring to bear on the quality of the review as well as their geographic areas of interest foster a uniquely different editorial experience. WASD is very grateful for all our distinguished International Advisory Boards (IABs) which include distinguished international academic and professional experts in the different subject areas of the different journals. All our IABs members graciously offering their invaluable comments that have enriched the quality of the papers in all our publications and also for making available to us their valuable time and efforts.

Ethics

WASD undertakes all its publishing activities very seriously adhering to the top quality standards, procedures and ethics. WASD always with integrity, honesty and transparency with all our stakeholders including our authors. WASD is fully committed to all the research and publishing guidelines and flowcharts included in the CODE OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL EDITORS of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and our Founding Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Allam Ahmed) is a member of COPE. All submission should follow our Publishing Ethics Policy before submitting any manuscripts to our Journals/Books.

All our publications are either published in-house or in partnerships with international publishers and therefore, WASD is also fulling committed to various publishing ethics procedures and guidelines set-up by all our publishing partners: Emerald Publishing Research and Publishing Ethics; Palgrave Macmillan Ethics Policy; Routledge Taylor and Francis (including Greenleaf Publishing) Editorial Policies; Inderscience Publishers Ethical Guidelines for Authors; and Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) of the United Nations System Standards and Procedures.

WASD will always:

  • Act and adhere fully to all the guidelines and standards set by the  Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and all our leading publishing partners when dealing with all ethical matters and aspects of publishing.
  • Ensure all publications are processed through a minimum of double-blind peer review process (sometimes we use up to five blind reviewers).
  • Ensure all published papers are available FREE of charge (without passwords) to all people across the world particularly those in poor developing countries.
  • Assign DOIs to all accepted papers and chapters.

All authors should consider the following notes very carefully before making their submission.

  • Ensure you read and understand the various aspects of our publishing ethics policy and guidelines carefully in terms of authorship, research integrity and follow all aspects of our research conducts.
  • Ensure you follow the highest standards of research rigour and integrity.
  • Make sure your read and understand the above various research and publishing ethics polices and guidelines provided by our various publishing partners particularly the CODE OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
  • Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N. B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).
  • All papers submitted for publication in WASD journals are refereed through a double blind process.
  • All submitted articles/chapters should not include libellous, defamatory or unlawful statements.
  • Obtain all necessary approval/permission for any third-party material included in your submission.
  • Proof of consent has been obtained for any named individuals or organisations.
  • All submissions must be original, fully referenced and that all authors are represented accurately. Ensure authorship has been agreed prior to submission and no one has been ‘gifted’ authorship or denied credit as an author (ghost authorship).