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This book is a collection of high-impact papers accepted and presented at the 2019 Vietnam’s Business and Economics Research Conference (VBER2019) organised by Ho Chi Minh City Open University held on 18th–20th July 2019. The Special Issue is associated with a broad coverage of the contemporary issues in Business and Economics in Vietnam and other emerging markets reflecting a key theme of VBER2019: Vietnam’s Place in the Asia Pacific Region. A total of 14 papers were published from more than the 120 submissions to the VBER2019 Conference. Published papers had been undergone a rigorous reviewing process conducted by the Journal of Risk and Financial Management. The papers incorporated in this book address contemporary issues in business and economics from Vietnam and other emerging markets in the Asian region from various angles such as economics, finance, and statistics to management science. At the time of writing this note, some of the papers have attracted more than 1000 downloads in 3 months. In particular, a paper on “Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth from Developing Countries in the Short Run and Long Run” by Trang Thi-Huyen Dinh and her team has attracted almost 6000 downloads in 3 months. These statistics indicate that the papers published in this Special Issue have attracted the wide interest of readers. Among these 14 published papers, three main areas of important contemporary issues in Business and Economics in the Asian region can be identified. First, a block of papers deals with various important and fundamental issues in the emerging markets the Asian region, from exchange rate regime, financial inclusion, and financial development to energy consumption and environmental degradation. On the issue of CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in the ASEAN, Vo, Vo, and Le utilized various time series econometrics approaches. Key findings from this paper indicate that there are no long-run relationships among carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, energy consumption, renewable energy, population growth, and economic growth in the Philippines and Thailand, but a relationship does exist in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Loo, in his paper on financial inclusion for the ASEAN, concluded that advancing internet capability and availability present investors an opportunity to offer financial technology or Fintech to meet the need for financial services in this digital era. Second, a challenge in quantitative studies for a single country, such as Vietnam, with limited data is generally noted. However, various empirical studies on Vietnam’s business and economics issues have been conducted. Nguyen, Quan, and Pham examined the cultural distance and entry mode of foreign direct investment in Vietnam. A key finding from their paper is that when there is a great cultural difference between Vietnam and their home country, foreign-invested firms prefer wholly owned subsidiaries over equity joint ventures. Within the Vietnamese market, Pham, Vo, Ho, and McAleer conducted a study on the issue of corporate financial distress. The authors conclude that the corporate financial distress prediction model, which includes accounting factors with macroeconomic indicators, performs much better than alternative models. In addition, the evidence confirms that the global financial crisis (GFC) had a damaging impact on each sector, with the Health & Education sector demonstrating the most impressive recovery post-GFC, and the utilities sector recording a dramatic increase in bankruptcies post-GFC. At another extreme of the spectrum, Van and Nguyen considered that competitive context, social influences, the understanding of managers about corporate social responsibility (CSR), and the internal environment of companies are the four drivers of CSR. The authors also argued that in the four drivers, competitive context has the strongest impact on adopting CSR. Third, last but not least, various papers focus on an important aspect of public finance. For an example, Pham, Pham, and Ly documented the effect of double taxation treaties on the bilateral trade of Vietnam with ASEAN member states, thereby making an extensive comparison with its EU partner countries. Their findings indicate the significant contributions of the tax treaties to Vietnam’s trade performance, not exclusively with ASEAN but also with EU partner countries. In addition, regarding public finance for Vietnam, Nguyen, Vo, Ho, and Vo investigated the contribution of fiscal decentralisation to economic growth across provinces in Vietnam. For the first time in Vietnam, the fiscal decentralisation index together its two subcomponents, including fiscal importance and fiscal autonomy, are developed. Findings from this paper indicate that while fiscal importance and an overall level of fiscal decentralisation have provided negative impact on provincial economic growth, fiscal autonomy has a positive impact on economic growth across provinces in Vietnam.

Technology: general issues --- fiscal autonomy --- fiscal decentralisation --- fiscal importance --- DGMM --- Vietnam --- performance --- internationalization --- organizational slack --- ASEAN --- CO2 emissions --- economic growth --- EKC --- energy consumption --- Granger causality --- VECM --- urbanization --- income inequality --- Driscoll and Kraay --- PMG --- agricultural commodity prices --- volatility --- crude oil prices --- structural vector autoregressive model --- impulse response functions --- pecking order theory --- trade off theory --- capital structure --- GMM --- listed firms --- industry level --- corporate financial distress --- bankruptcy --- distance to default --- fundamentals --- Global Financial Crisis --- double taxation treaty --- trade --- gravity model --- financial development --- FMOLS --- DOLS --- emerging markets --- corporate social responsibility --- textile and garment industry --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- endogenous growth --- developing countries --- financial inclusion --- Fintech --- risk --- foreign direct investment --- competitiveness --- exchange rate regime --- Asia --- Reinhart and Rogoff --- cultural distance --- entry mode --- equity joint venture --- wholly owned subsidiary --- fiscal decentralization --- exchange rate --- Asian region

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This book is a collection of high-impact papers accepted and presented at the 2019 Vietnam’s Business and Economics Research Conference (VBER2019) organised by Ho Chi Minh City Open University held on 18th–20th July 2019. The Special Issue is associated with a broad coverage of the contemporary issues in Business and Economics in Vietnam and other emerging markets reflecting a key theme of VBER2019: Vietnam’s Place in the Asia Pacific Region. A total of 14 papers were published from more than the 120 submissions to the VBER2019 Conference. Published papers had been undergone a rigorous reviewing process conducted by the Journal of Risk and Financial Management. The papers incorporated in this book address contemporary issues in business and economics from Vietnam and other emerging markets in the Asian region from various angles such as economics, finance, and statistics to management science. At the time of writing this note, some of the papers have attracted more than 1000 downloads in 3 months. In particular, a paper on “Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth from Developing Countries in the Short Run and Long Run” by Trang Thi-Huyen Dinh and her team has attracted almost 6000 downloads in 3 months. These statistics indicate that the papers published in this Special Issue have attracted the wide interest of readers. Among these 14 published papers, three main areas of important contemporary issues in Business and Economics in the Asian region can be identified. First, a block of papers deals with various important and fundamental issues in the emerging markets the Asian region, from exchange rate regime, financial inclusion, and financial development to energy consumption and environmental degradation. On the issue of CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in the ASEAN, Vo, Vo, and Le utilized various time series econometrics approaches. Key findings from this paper indicate that there are no long-run relationships among carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, energy consumption, renewable energy, population growth, and economic growth in the Philippines and Thailand, but a relationship does exist in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Loo, in his paper on financial inclusion for the ASEAN, concluded that advancing internet capability and availability present investors an opportunity to offer financial technology or Fintech to meet the need for financial services in this digital era. Second, a challenge in quantitative studies for a single country, such as Vietnam, with limited data is generally noted. However, various empirical studies on Vietnam’s business and economics issues have been conducted. Nguyen, Quan, and Pham examined the cultural distance and entry mode of foreign direct investment in Vietnam. A key finding from their paper is that when there is a great cultural difference between Vietnam and their home country, foreign-invested firms prefer wholly owned subsidiaries over equity joint ventures. Within the Vietnamese market, Pham, Vo, Ho, and McAleer conducted a study on the issue of corporate financial distress. The authors conclude that the corporate financial distress prediction model, which includes accounting factors with macroeconomic indicators, performs much better than alternative models. In addition, the evidence confirms that the global financial crisis (GFC) had a damaging impact on each sector, with the Health & Education sector demonstrating the most impressive recovery post-GFC, and the utilities sector recording a dramatic increase in bankruptcies post-GFC. At another extreme of the spectrum, Van and Nguyen considered that competitive context, social influences, the understanding of managers about corporate social responsibility (CSR), and the internal environment of companies are the four drivers of CSR. The authors also argued that in the four drivers, competitive context has the strongest impact on adopting CSR. Third, last but not least, various papers focus on an important aspect of public finance. For an example, Pham, Pham, and Ly documented the effect of double taxation treaties on the bilateral trade of Vietnam with ASEAN member states, thereby making an extensive comparison with its EU partner countries. Their findings indicate the significant contributions of the tax treaties to Vietnam’s trade performance, not exclusively with ASEAN but also with EU partner countries. In addition, regarding public finance for Vietnam, Nguyen, Vo, Ho, and Vo investigated the contribution of fiscal decentralisation to economic growth across provinces in Vietnam. For the first time in Vietnam, the fiscal decentralisation index together its two subcomponents, including fiscal importance and fiscal autonomy, are developed. Findings from this paper indicate that while fiscal importance and an overall level of fiscal decentralisation have provided negative impact on provincial economic growth, fiscal autonomy has a positive impact on economic growth across provinces in Vietnam.

Technology: general issues --- fiscal autonomy --- fiscal decentralisation --- fiscal importance --- DGMM --- Vietnam --- performance --- internationalization --- organizational slack --- ASEAN --- CO2 emissions --- economic growth --- EKC --- energy consumption --- Granger causality --- VECM --- urbanization --- income inequality --- Driscoll and Kraay --- PMG --- agricultural commodity prices --- volatility --- crude oil prices --- structural vector autoregressive model --- impulse response functions --- pecking order theory --- trade off theory --- capital structure --- GMM --- listed firms --- industry level --- corporate financial distress --- bankruptcy --- distance to default --- fundamentals --- Global Financial Crisis --- double taxation treaty --- trade --- gravity model --- financial development --- FMOLS --- DOLS --- emerging markets --- corporate social responsibility --- textile and garment industry --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- endogenous growth --- developing countries --- financial inclusion --- Fintech --- risk --- foreign direct investment --- competitiveness --- exchange rate regime --- Asia --- Reinhart and Rogoff --- cultural distance --- entry mode --- equity joint venture --- wholly owned subsidiary --- fiscal decentralization --- exchange rate --- Asian region

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The protection and maintenance of environmental resources for future generations require responsible interaction between humans and the environment in order to avoid wasting natural resources. According to an ancient Native American proverb, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” This indigenous wisdom has the potential to play a significant role in defining environmental sustainability. Recent technological advances could sustain humankind and allow for comfortable living. However, not all of these advancements have the potential to protect the environment for future generations. Developing societies and maintaining the sustainability of the ecosystem require appropriate wisdom, technology, and management collaboration. This book is a collection of 19 important articles (15 research articles, 3 review papers, and 1 editorial) that were published in the Special Issue of the journal Sustainability entitled “Appropriate Wisdom, Technology, and Management toward Environmental Sustainability for Development” during 2021-2022.addresses the policymakers and decision-makers who are willing to develop societies that practice environmental sustainability, by collecting the most recent contributions on the appropriate wisdom, technology, and management regarding the different aspects of a community that can retain environmental sustainability.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- metals --- arsenic --- pollution --- Mexico --- developing countries --- landfill --- urban solid waste --- disposal --- waste management --- sustainable development goals --- ethnobotany --- human health --- poverty --- traditional knowledge --- sustainable agriculture --- wheat --- seed rate --- yield effect --- dose–response --- seed recycling --- cost–benefit analysis --- blockchain --- SDGs --- innovation --- COVID-19 --- green recovery --- scorecard --- construction sector --- economy --- intersectoral linkages --- VECM --- forecasting --- sustainable development --- eco-friendly sound-absorbing material --- corrugated cardboard --- perforated corrugated cardboard --- sound-absorption coefficient --- sound transmission loss --- transfer function method --- transfer matrix method --- multi-frequency resonator --- self-compacting concrete --- crumb rubber --- strength --- silica fume --- response surface methodology --- biodiesel --- engine performance --- emissions --- natural feedstocks --- production method --- ethical marketing --- extended marketing mix --- consumer brand relationships --- brand loyalty --- sustainability --- rice husk --- power plants --- CO2 --- emission reductions --- Clean Development Mechanism --- rural clean heating project --- rural Gansu --- potential solutions --- benchmarking --- fisheries --- aquaculture --- food security --- Bangladesh --- humanitarian logistics --- pandemic --- economic reactivation --- spatial modelling --- sustainable construction --- construction waste reduction --- modelling of waste (reduce, reuse and recycle) --- PLS-SEM --- industry 4.0 --- circular economy --- environmental regulations --- manufacturing supply chains --- Internet of Things (IoT) --- groundwater level --- groundwater resource --- groundwater management models --- groundwater monitoring system --- wireless sensor network --- MENA Islamic cities --- urban management --- sustainable built environment --- supplier selection --- product life cycle cost --- geometric mean weighting --- penalty weighting --- multiobjective linear programming --- revised multichoice goal programming --- n/a --- dose-response --- cost-benefit analysis

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In the current competitive scenario, the banking industry must contend with multiple challenges tied to regulations, legacy systems, disruptive models/technologies, new competitors, and a restive customer base, while simultaneously pursuing new strategies for sustainable growth. Banking institutions that can address these emerging challenges and opportunities to effectively balance long-term goals with short-term performance pressures could be aptly rewarded. This book comprises a selection of papers addressing some of these relevant issues concerning the current challenges and opportunities for international banking institutions. Papers in this collection focus on the digital transformation of the banking industry and its effect on sustainability, the emergence of new competitors such as FinTech companies, the role of mobile banking in the industry, the connections between sustainability and financial performance, and other general sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) topics related to the banking industry. The book is a Special Issue of the MDPI journal Sustainability, which has been sponsored by the Santander Financial Institute (SANFI), a Spanish research and training institution created as a collaboration between Santander Bank and the University of Cantabria. SANFI works to identify, develop, support, and promote knowledge, study, talent, and innovation in the financial sector.

Economics, finance, business & management --- stimulus-response model --- utilitarian value --- Hedonic value --- salesperson selling behaviors --- customer satisfaction --- loan expansion --- GDP --- NPL --- ARDL --- VECM --- Johansen test of co-integration --- unit root --- non-performing loans --- sovereign debt distress --- tail dependence --- gaussian copula regression --- mobile financial services (MFS) --- trust --- perceived risk --- structural equation modeling (SEM) --- multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) --- technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) --- analytic hierarchy process (AHP) --- data envelopment analysis --- commercial banks --- product innovation --- performance evaluation --- innovation risk --- digital financial inclusion --- risk-coping ability --- vulnerability to poverty --- instrumental variable estimation --- emotional intelligence --- work-family conflict --- job burnout --- employees’ turnover intention --- perceived organizational support --- the Vietnamese banking industry --- stochastic DEA --- multi-attribute decision making --- ordinal variable --- cross-efficiency --- corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) --- financial performance --- Islamic Banking Industry of Pakistan --- GRI --- AAOIFI --- CSRD index --- cost of equity --- IFRS adoption --- European banks --- corporate governance --- banking regulation --- CSP–CFP relationship --- banking sustainability --- glass ceiling --- board composition --- equal opportunity policy --- CSR --- communication --- discourse --- exposition --- narrative --- storytelling --- banking --- catering --- utilitarian service --- hedonic service --- sustainable finance --- sustainable financial products --- sustainable banking --- SDGs --- sustainable development --- Latin America --- ESG. --- digital transformation --- knowledge management --- digital government --- public sector --- public administration --- peer-to-peer lending --- bank risk --- insolvency risk --- illiquidity risk --- financial inclusion --- vulnerable rural areas --- sustainable solutions --- central bank digital currency --- social sustainability --- pharmacy network --- sustainable access to cash --- nonperforming loans --- macroeconomic factors --- econometric model --- exchange rate --- unemployment rate --- inflation rate --- MoM(micro-operating mechanism) --- regulatory sandbox --- fintech --- type by enterprise --- innovation competencies --- patents data --- evidence-based policy --- European financial services --- SMEs --- nonfinancial information --- sustainable reporting --- disclosure --- lexical analysis --- nonfinancial reporting --- dynamic provisioning --- macroprudential supervision --- counter-cyclical adjustment --- innovative solution --- mobile banking --- Nigeria --- sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) --- qualitative meta-synthesis (QMS) --- banking industry --- value in use approach --- FinTech innovation --- valuation --- patent application --- market power --- efficiency --- profitability --- risk --- CBDC --- digital currency --- bank run --- central bank --- economic sustainability --- organizational ambidexterity --- blended ambidexterity --- innovation process --- buy-now-pay-later --- regulatory failure --- regulation --- consumer behaviour --- bank --- barriers --- digitalisation --- management --- perception --- transformation --- social media --- admiration --- consumer loyalty --- sustainability