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Decision Making and Management Innovation in the Era of Big Data towards Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 June 2024) | Viewed by 1343

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Interests: sustainable evaluation and management; decision analysis based on big data; information management and business intelligence
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School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
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Applied Mathematics Department, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua 03420, Ghana
Interests: decision analysis based on big data; three-way group decision-making; multi-criteria decision-making

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the post-COVID-19 era, escalating challenges, including supply chain instability, resource scarcity, environmental pollution and social inequality, threaten the sustainable development of societies and organizations. Meanwhile, with the rapid development of information technology in recent years, the emergence of big data has profoundly changed various fields of society and exerted a discernible influence on the decision-making and management process. The combination of big data technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the principle of sustainable development provides both opportunities and challenges for decision makers and managers to improve decision-making methods and innovate management models. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to discuss the design of decision-making methods and the innovation of management practices based on big data technologies which can promote the sustainable development of organizations and society. To meet this purpose, this Special Issue invites the submission of original and meaningful works which involve real world practice in sustainable decision-making and management innovation. Research from an interdisciplinary perspective is also welcome.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Data-driven sustainable decision-making method design;
  • The evaluation and innovation of sustainable management models based on machine learning;
  • Supply chain traceability evaluation based on big data technology;
  • Data-driven carbon abatement strategy evaluation in supply chains;
  • Data-driven supply chain risk management model design;
  • Data-driven resource allocation method design;
  • Application of machine learning technology in city resource management;
  • Resource management model innovation based on machine learning;
  • Data-driven pollution control strategy decision;
  • Environmental policy making with group opinions on social media;
  • Intelligent medical decision making for the elderly;
  • Elderly care services sustainability evaluation based on big data technology.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Decui Liang
Dr. Mingwei Wang
Dr. Kobina Agbodah
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • intelligent decision making
  • management innovation
  • data-driven
  • multi-attribute decision making
  • group decision making
  • machine learning

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Research on the Sustainable Evolution Mechanism of Dual-Dimensional Convergence Innovation in Digital Products
by Zhigang Weng, Yubao Cai, Siqi Weng and Chun Zuo
Sustainability 2024, 16(16), 7174; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16167174 - 21 Aug 2024
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The complex characteristics of cross-disciplinarity, dynamic expansion, ambiguity, diversity, and the rapid changes in demand significantly amplify the uncertainties in digital product innovation. The existing innovation theories, such as “stage-gate”, open innovation, agile development, and data-driven decision making, are insufficient for fully and [...] Read more.
The complex characteristics of cross-disciplinarity, dynamic expansion, ambiguity, diversity, and the rapid changes in demand significantly amplify the uncertainties in digital product innovation. The existing innovation theories, such as “stage-gate”, open innovation, agile development, and data-driven decision making, are insufficient for fully and effectively addressing these uncertainties. Based on a case study of a fintech app, we reveal that digital product innovation is similar to biological evolution, exhibiting dual life-like features of “inheritance” and “mutation” within “dual-dimensional convergence”. However, unlike natural evolution, the evolutionary process of digital product innovation can augment its use of the digital ecosystem and capabilities, establish a data-driven rapid proactive selection mechanism for the main three stages, and quickly enhance product competitiveness. The complexity of knowledge in the innovation process can be partially solved through the use of a micro-knowledge integration learning mechanism formed by the interactions of social and cognitive translation. This study also discovers that market competition and policy regulation are two unique innovation-driven characteristics in digital product innovation. This mechanism can achieve the earlier clarification of product evolution’s direction, reduce the three major uncertainties of innovation, and improve efficiency in the utilization of innovation resources to achieve sustainable development. Full article
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