The Embeddedness of Social Sciences and Economics in Research on Resources

Juan Uribe-Toril, José Luis Ruiz-Real and Jaime de Pablo Valenciano
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Juan Uribe-Toril: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
José Luis Ruiz-Real: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
Jaime de Pablo Valenciano: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento, s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain

Resources, 2020, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-4

Abstract: Sustainability, local development, and ecology are keywords that cover a wide range of research fields in both experimental and social sciences. The transversal nature of this knowledge area creates synergies but also divergences, making a continuous review of the existing literature necessary in order to facilitate research. There has been an increasing number of articles that have analyzed trends in the literature and the state-of-the-art in many subjects. In this Special Issue of Resources , the most prestigious researchers analyzed the past and future of Social Sciences in Resources from an economic, social, and environmental perspective.

Keywords: economy; environment; local development; business; ecology; sustainability; retailing; social science; bibliometrics; state-of-the-art (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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