Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has lectured and researched in human resource management subjects since 1989. She is Head of the Human Resource Management Work Group at the University of Minho, as well as Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, and Member of CICS.NOVA.UMinho. Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles, with more than 36,500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals, conferences, and research projects.

• 1. Systems thinking and a value-based definition of sustainability as base for a social enterprise2. Blockchain technology and socially sustainable supply chains—A valuation perspective3. Project selection for sustainable additive manufacturing: A case study4. Does priority sector lending affect profitability? An empirical study on Indian public sector banks5. The momentum for green human resources' management6. Factors involved in using plastic money in the Jangalmahal region of West Bengal: An empirical study7. Paradigms of wisdom economy for manufacturing in a post-pandemic world8. Desertec initiative in Algeria: Challenges and barriers9. Connecting ecological economics, green management, sustainable development, and circular economy: Corporate social responsibility as the synthetic vector

Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has lectured and researched in human resource management subjects since 1989. She is Head of the Human Resource Management Work Group at the University of Minho, as well as Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, and Member of CICS.NOVA.UMinho. Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles, with more than 36,500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals, conferences, and research projects.

• 1. Systems thinking and a value-based definition of sustainability as base for a social enterprise2. Blockchain technology and socially sustainable supply chains—A valuation perspective3. Project selection for sustainable additive manufacturing: A case study4. Does priority sector lending affect profitability? An empirical study on Indian public sector banks5. The momentum for green human resources' management6. Factors involved in using plastic money in the Jangalmahal region of West Bengal: An empirical study7. Paradigms of wisdom economy for manufacturing in a post-pandemic world8. Desertec initiative in Algeria: Challenges and barriers9. Connecting ecological economics, green management, sustainable development, and circular economy: Corporate social responsibility as the synthetic vector

Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has lectured and researched in human resource management subjects since 1989. She is Head of the Human Resource Management Work Group at the University of Minho, as well as Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, and Member of CICS.NOVA.UMinho. Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles, with more than 36,500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals, conferences, and research projects.

• 1. Systems thinking and a value-based definition of sustainability as base for a social enterprise2. Blockchain technology and socially sustainable supply chains—A valuation perspective3. Project selection for sustainable additive manufacturing: A case study4. Does priority sector lending affect profitability? An empirical study on Indian public sector banks5. The momentum for green human resources' management6. Factors involved in using plastic money in the Jangalmahal region of West Bengal: An empirical study7. Paradigms of wisdom economy for manufacturing in a post-pandemic world8. Desertec initiative in Algeria: Challenges and barriers9. Connecting ecological economics, green management, sustainable development, and circular economy: Corporate social responsibility as the synthetic vector