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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 – October 31, 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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Choice of articles of current issue

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…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-008 more

Integrity management of e-commerce enterprises from the perspective of co-governance supervision

Jinlong Chen, Jiayi Hu

The integrity challenges facing e-commerce enterprises are increasingly provoking significant reactions from society. To analyze the dynamic evolution and influence factors of strategies made by the government, e-commerce enterprises, and consumers in different situations, the co-governance supervision of government-e-commerce enterprises-consumers was introduced in this study based on the theory of daily activities. A tripartite evolutionary game model comprising the government, e-commerce…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-3-009 more

Navigating urban logistics challenges: An optimized approach to parcel distribution in the Prague city center

Jakub Andar, Katerina Huskova, Jakub Dyntar

In this paper, we focus on metropolitan transport logistics that has always been difficult due to the need to transport goods through a complex urban infrastructure, heavy traffic, and dense populations. The goal of this paper is to describe a micro hub location in the neighborhood of the historic center of the city of Prague, the Czech Republic in a situation where the municipalities consider prohibiting the entry of trucks with combustion engines that currently provide cargo transportation…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-005 more

Information and communication technology diffusion, supply chain performance, health care and human development: A case of the South Asian region

Minhas Akbar, Ammar Hussain, Marina Nazir, Petra Poulova, Jiashun Huang

South Asian countries have shown tremendous progress in information and communication technology (ICT) and have become one of the fastest-growing regions in technology, innovation, and business competitiveness. The pivotal role of ICT diffusion in the economic growth of both developed and developing countries is a well-established fact. Therefore, this research aims to examine the impact of ICT diffusion (especially the evaluation of ICT indicators) on three core outcomes, namely supply chain…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-016 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…