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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-statistics-and-management-systems</journal-id>
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        <journal-title> Journal of Statistics and Management Systems</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0014</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0510</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JSMS-29-10-Foreword</article-id>
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        <article-title>Foreword of - Special Issue on - Sustainable Business Futures : Navigating Climate Change, Technology, and Social Impact</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Lalwani</surname>
            <given-names>Jitesh</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Business, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502279, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Pothula</surname>
            <given-names>Shiva Sai Kiran</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Business, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502279, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Rahman</surname>
            <given-names>Afzalur</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Business, Woxsen University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502279, India</aff>
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      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>10</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage>
      <lpage>v</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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        <p>The pursuit of sustainable development has increasingly moved beyond the question of whether businesses should address sustainability to the more fundamental question of how sustainability can be embedded within business decisions, strategies, technologies, and systems. Climate change, resource constraints, technological disruption, social inequalities, and changing stakeholder expectations are reshaping the context in which organizations operate. These developments call for a more integrated understanding of how businesses can create value while meaningfully addressing environmental and social challenges.</p>
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