This volume presents the proceedings of the ZAFIN Finance and Sustainability conference, organized by the Wroclaw University of Economics in cooperation with Corvinus University of Budapest and the University of Economics in Prague. The contributing authors analyze a variety of issues concerning recent finance problems, including corporate finance, public finance, monetary and fiscal policy issues, and risk management. The book also addresses topics connected to sustainable finance, the transition to green economies, corporate sustainability and sustainable development. The target audience for this book includes researchers at universities and research and policy institutions, graduate students, and practitioners in economics and finance working for private or government institutions.

Karolina Daszy?ska-?ygad?o is an assistant professor at the corporate finance department at Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland, where she also received her PhD in finance. Her major fields of research are corporate valuation, financial planning and corporate sustainability. 

Agnieszka Bem is an assistant professor at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland. She holds a master's degree and PhD in economics from the same university. Her main fields of research are public finance, health economics and financial management in non-profit organizations.

Bozena Ryszawska is an associate professor at the Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland, where she received her PhD in Economics in 1990. Her research includes energy economics, green economics and environmental economics. 

Erika Jáki is an assistant professor at the Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary, where she is also the leader of the venture capital research group and a member of the Responsible Business Education Board. Her research fields are behavioral corporate finance, venture capital and business planning, and internal audit at governmental owned investment companies. She is the internal auditor of three subsidies of the Hungarian Development Bank. She received her doctoral degree in business administration at CUB in 2013. 

Ta?ána Hajdíková is an assistant professor at the University of Economics, Prague, faculty of management in Jind?ich?v Hradec, where she also successfully completed her doctoral studies in the economics and management field. Her main research interest lies in the evaluation of financial performance, primarily for non-profit organizations.