1st Edition
Future of Management: Embracing Sustainability, Diversity, and Inclusivity Proceedings of ICMR-2024
In response to unparalleled challenges and opportunities, the scope of management is undergoing a profound transformation. Organisations must adapt and innovate in order to flourish in an era characterised by rapid technological advancements, climate change, shift□ing demographics, and evolving social norms. The three pillars of modern management— sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity—reflect a comprehensive approach that prioritises the well-being of people and the planet over short-term profits and reflects a commitment to social responsibility. In the current era of management, sustainability has emerged as a criti□cal issue. Organisations must incorporate ethical considerations into their decision-making processes, reduce their carbon footprints, and implement eco-conscious practices as the effects of climate change become more severe. According to Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever, “Sustainability is not a charity; it is a business case.”
1 Cross-country Connectedness of U.S. Sustainable and other Thematic
Indices on Indian and Chinese Equities
Koustubh Kanti Ray, Chandrabhanu Das and Komapalli Sasi Kumar
2 Investigation of green supply chain management practices in small scale
industries: applying analytic hierarchy process method and paired
correlation
PrashantKumar S. Bajaj, Sanjay P. Shekhawat and Pradeep M. Solanki
3 The impact of eco-brand expansion strategy on brand engagement
concerning the fashion industry: a bibliometric review
Truptimayee Das, Akankshya Patnaik and Samir Kumar Mapatro
4 Gamifying the shopping experience: a systematic literature review on
gamification in e-commerce apps
Anand Thakur, Ishita Bansal and Mohamed Isham A. R.
5 Corporate synergy: a trilateral harmony of financial transparency,
information disclosure, and financial performance of Indian corporations
Anupriya Panda, Koustubh Kanti Ray, Kumar Mohanty and Bhuwandeep
6 Cognitive, affective, and demographic factors and their impact on human
behavior to adopt LLM-based generative artificial intelligence
Kharabela Rout, Priti Ranjan Sahoo, Pratyuesha Behera and
Archana Bhuyan
7 Sustainable leadership and its effects on organizational change: a theory
development, context, characteristics, and methodology framework
based bibliometric analysis
Samir Kumar Mahapatro, Gayatri Panda and Akankshya Patnaik
8 Strategic research and development investments: analysing financial
success in the drugs and chemicals industry of India
Ashutosh Parhi and Rabi Narayan Subudhi
9 Smart learning environments: an investigation of barriers to technology
enabled blended learning in higher education
Surbhi Sethi, Srishti Saxena and Manju Singh
10 Enabling sustainable progress in rural regions through an intelligent
management system for enhanced business profitability
Prasanta Kumar Parida, Monalisha Chakraborty and Jyotirmayee Pati
11 Sustainable circular economy through waste to wealth initiative: a
study in smart city of Bhubaneswar
Sasmita Mohapatra and Mihir Ranjan Nayak
12 Urban sustainability: a multi-criteria analysis of AMRUT cities in
Odisha
Koustubh Kanti Ray, Anupriya Panda, Joydeep Biswas and Mohar
Banerjee Biswas
13 Innovative business models and strategies for a sustainable future: an
empirical analysis
Sneha Lata Das
14 Consumer perception toward eco-friendly products: a comparative
study between rural and urban consumers in West Bengal
Sriparna Guha
15 Corporate performance and sustainability: the role of audit committees,
board composition, and CEO duality
Saroj Kumar Routray and Sabat Kumar Digal
Biography
Koustubh Kanti Ray
K.K. Rayi s a Professor of Finance at the School of Management, KIIT Deemed to be University. In a career spanning more than two decades, he has served in leading national□level institutions in the country – Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal; Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, and Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai. Dr. Ray has a passion for teaching and taught business valuation, financial engi□neering, merger & acquisition, and corporate finance at one or more of the above institu□tions. He regularly conducts management training programs for corporate and government executives in finance and related subjects. His research interests are mainly in the areas of corporate finance and financial markets.
Bhuwandeep
Bhuwandeep is a management professional with over 6 years of experience in Plant Management, Quality Circle assessment, Supplier management, Project management Business Development, and Marketing – across Steel, E-commerce, Textiles, Cement, and Mining businesses. His expertise is in the domains of Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Project planning and execution, and Plant operations. He has worked with Global Indian conglomerates like TATA Group and Aditya Birla Group. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur where he was the recipient of the Merit Cum Means Scholarship. He has also done his PGDBM from IIM Bangalore in the areas of Marketing and Sales. He has also done specialization in Marketing from Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France as an exchange program.
