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Special Issue "Intelligent Information Systems and Operations Management"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2023 | Viewed by 997

Special Issue Editors

Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
Interests: sustainable development; data analytics; cybersecurity; text mining; social media; enterprise information systems; internet of things
Prof. Dr. Nengmin Wang
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School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Interests: sustainable operation management; green supply chain management
Dr. Qidong He
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Guest Editor
School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Interests: sustainable operation management; closed-loop supply chain management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The advancement of new technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things have opened new business opportunities. Meanwhile, complex, dynamic and uncertain environments pose new challenges. The balance between economic growth and environmental, social, and economic sustainability continues to be a major concern for society.

Information systems, intelligent systems and operations management are often the catalysts in addressing the challenges of sustainability. For example, intelligent routing and transportation have a direct impact on reducing carbon emissions. Closed-loop supply chains use reverse logistics to reuse end-of-life products and eliminate waste. Intelligent information systems combine big data and artificial intelligence techniques to rapidly adapt business operations to changing environments. Smart and connected communities continuously increase levels of prosperity, safety, security, accessibility and inclusivity, and overall quality of life.

This Special Issue on Intelligent Information Systems and Operations Management studies the inter-related roles of people, computing, information, and operations on sustainability.  The subject areas include, but are not limited to, sustainable computing, smart homes and communities, sustainable supply chain management, green and sustained innovation, data science and artificial intelligence for sustainable development. The purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight the advancements and impact of information systems, intelligent systems, and operations management in face of changing environments.

We welcome submissions from any business and technology disciplines. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit original research articles, case studies, reviews, critical perspectives, and viewpoint articles on topics including but not limited to:

  • Sustainable computing;
  • Use of intelligent information systems in enterprises;
  • Smart and connected homes and communities;
  • Intelligent transportation and routing;
  • Closed-loop supply chain management;
  • Resilience and security of information systems and supply chains;
  • Green innovation and green manufacturing;
  • Corporate social responsibility and sustainability;
  • Life-cycle analysis of technologies and operations.

Prof. Dr. Harris Wu
Prof. Dr. Nengmin Wang
Dr. Qidong He
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable computing
  • intelligent information systems
  • sustainable operations management
  • sustainable supply chain
  • closed-loop supply chain
  • green innovation
  • green manufacturing
  • corporate social responsibility
  • big data
  • artificial intelligence
  • life cycle analysis

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New Policy Research on Education Development and Global Citizenship in a Sustainable Environment
Sustainability 2023, 15(6), 4736; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064736 - 07 Mar 2023
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At present, multinational and regional educational agencies and researchers have used academic development and global citizenship training to increase globalization. However, owing to the existence of emerging policies, these innovations have raised issues in the educational sector. Therefore, in this paper, EP-SE has [...] Read more.
At present, multinational and regional educational agencies and researchers have used academic development and global citizenship training to increase globalization. However, owing to the existence of emerging policies, these innovations have raised issues in the educational sector. Therefore, in this paper, EP-SE has been proposed for enhancing the sustainable environment in education and global citizenship. EP-SE seeks to elucidate the educational developments and reveal the part played by non-discursive components in ensuring global citizenship cooperation. The emerging policies for sustainable development emphasize the importance of moral ideals, personal accountability, and engaged global citizenship. Capitalist debate impartially privileges a real economy based on the individual and enhanced income. EP-SE has been developed within the current commodity conditions, critical democracy, and threats to educational development and can serve as a model for sustainable global citizenship development. The experimental results suggest that the proposed model achieves the highest performance compared with the other existing methods. Full article
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Comprehensive Benefit of Crop Straw Return Volume under Sustainable Development Management Concept in Heilongjiang, China
Sustainability 2023, 15(5), 4129; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054129 - 24 Feb 2023
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Straw burning can cause serious environmental pollution, whereas returning straw to the fields, as a green production method, can improve the rural environment and strengthen the sustainable development of agriculture. According to statistics, China produced 797 million tons of straw in 2020, but [...] Read more.
Straw burning can cause serious environmental pollution, whereas returning straw to the fields, as a green production method, can improve the rural environment and strengthen the sustainable development of agriculture. According to statistics, China produced 797 million tons of straw in 2020, but the current straw return technology still needs to be improved; the ability of farmers to choose the correct amount of straw to be returned to the field and their awareness of environmental protection still need to be strengthened. Straw is still openly burned in some areas, causing environmental pollution and the waste of resources, which are contrary to the concept of sustainable development in China. In this study, we estimated the amount of straw resources in Heilongjiang Province, a major grain-producing province in China, by quantifying the production of major crops between 2011 and 2020. We then identified and analyzed the current problems in terms of policy support and other aspects. We used an integrated AHP-fuzzy evaluation method to evaluate the comprehensive benefits of different straw return amounts, and we determined the amount of straw that should be returned to the soil to produce the best comprehensive benefits. We provide suggestions for the current main problems regarding the amount of crop straw to return to the soil in Heilongjiang Province, arguing that choosing a reasonable straw return amount will help farmers increase profit, reduce environmental pollution, and contribute to the sustainable development of the environment. Full article
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