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Frontiers in Sustainable Information and Communications Technology

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 35737

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Taqwa Hariguna

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Guest Editor
Department Information Systems, Universitas Amikom Purwokerto, Purwokerto 53127, Indonesia
Interests: acceptance of emerging technologies; e-business (e-commerce, e-government, e-learning); data science; structural equation model; social media marketing
Prof. Dr. Chung-Wen Hung

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Guest Editor
Department of Accounting Information, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 71005, Taiwan
Interests: supply chain finance; capital market; corporate finance; enterprise resource planning

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

“Identifying the Best ICT Impact on Organization and Future Directions”

Advances in technology provide stimulation for many emerging innovative techniques to further enrich our daily life experiences. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the necessity of the transformation of all sectors. To provide a better organizational experience for our lives, an interdisciplinary approach that combines organization with technology is needed. This is a boost that organizations must expand upon to help the next generation by using technologies such as artificial intelligence or other revolutionary technologies to improve the value of the ICT domain for society and for organizations.

Considering the diversity of big data in an organization that includes structured and unstructured data, computational intelligence needs to provide confidence that data privacy and security will be guaranteed. Blockchain has gained popularity in dealing with data security because everyone can directly access information from a decentralized system. Organizations can share many learning data without a physical presence. Blockchain further promises the enhanced effectiveness of experiences such as micro-credential, gamification, and other innovative features in the ICT domain.

With reference to knowledge, much work has been done in this domain, yet significant and applicable blockchain implementation in organizations is still in its infancy. We believe that assembling a research team to develop high-quality, original research articles regarding the impact of ICT and blockchain technology is in line with the theme of this journal and will be impactful in terms of fostering advancements in global ICT.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Applications of smart organization in blockchain.
  2. Personalization and adaptivity in learning technology systems.
  3. Empirical studies of micro-credential with blockchain technologies.
  4. Privacy and security in learning environments.
  5. Data protection using blockchain and artificial intelligence analytics in organizations.
  6. Future challenges of blockchain-enabled organization technology.

Dr. Taqwa Hariguna
Prof. Dr. Chung-Wen Hung
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 2400 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

  • blockchain implementation
  • desentralize data
  • e-Business and sustainable impact
  • e-Government and sustainable impact
  • e-Learning and sustainable impact
  • e-Helth and sustainable impact
  • Information Technology for sustainable impact
  • ICT Applications and sustainable impact
  • Humans life with ICT
  • societies with ICT

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Examining the Antecedents of Blockchain Usage Intention: An Integrated Research Framework
by Athapol Ruangkanjanases, Eissa Mohammed Ali Qhal, Khaled Mofawiz Alfawaz and Taqwa Hariguna
Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 3500; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043500 - 14 Feb 2023
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Blockchain is considered one of the key technologies that can accelerate the Industrial Revolution 4.0. The intention to use Blockchain can still be improved in several ways, and how users perceive Blockchain is likely to be influenced by how well they understand the [...] Read more.
Blockchain is considered one of the key technologies that can accelerate the Industrial Revolution 4.0. The intention to use Blockchain can still be improved in several ways, and how users perceive Blockchain is likely to be influenced by how well they understand the underlying theory. This study examines several important factors, namely government regulation, social influence, perceived security, and Blockchain functional benefits, to measure trust and satisfaction with relationship quality, which may influence the intention to use Blockchain. A sample of 460 people participated in the online questionnaire survey, which was then evaluated with SmartPLS 3. The findings reveal that the social influence and Blockchain functional benefits have a substantial impact on relationship quality, which further results in a positive impact on Blockchain usage intention as well. This study can serve as a reference for companies that need to consider the factors discussed in this study when implementing Blockchain technology to achieve marketing goals and generate sustainable Blockchain usage intentions. Full article
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Organizational Ambidexterity as an Outcome of Quality Dimensions and Triple Helix: The Role of Technology Readiness and User Satisfaction
by Agung Budi Prasetio, Burhanuddin bin Mohd Aboobaider and Asmala bin Ahmad
Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 14237; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114237 - 31 Oct 2022
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Advancing times and rapidly developing technology put pressure and responsibility on the management of organizations. Organizational ambidexterity is a concept for an organization that can balance profitability with innovation and development. This study examined the relationship between the triple helix and quality dimensions [...] Read more.
Advancing times and rapidly developing technology put pressure and responsibility on the management of organizations. Organizational ambidexterity is a concept for an organization that can balance profitability with innovation and development. This study examined the relationship between the triple helix and quality dimensions on organizational ambidexterity mediated by technology readiness and user satisfaction to give management an advantage in addressing this problem. Quantitative analysis methods using PLS-SEM (Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling) were employed in this study. This study was conducted in Indonesia with 425 respondents participating in the data collection, 411 of which were declared valid after filtering. The results of this study demonstrate that the role of the triple helix in developing organizational ambidexterity is very significant and that other variables, such as quality dimensions and technology readiness, also play an essential role. The framework for organizational ambidexterity presented in this study may be helpful for future research in this field. This study can be further developed for future research, especially by adding new external variables that change over time and focusing more on a specific organization. At the very least, this study is relevant for researchers and practitioners to improve business quality using the concept of the triple helix, quality dimensions, and technology readiness. Full article
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A Comparative Study of Engraved-Digit Data Augmentation by Generative Adversarial Networks
by Abdulkabir Abdulraheem and Im Y. Jung
Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12479; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912479 - 30 Sep 2022
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In cases where an efficient information retrieval (IR) system retrieves information from images with engraved digits, as found on medicines, creams, ointments, and gels in squeeze tubes, the system needs to be trained on a large dataset. One of the system applications is [...] Read more.
In cases where an efficient information retrieval (IR) system retrieves information from images with engraved digits, as found on medicines, creams, ointments, and gels in squeeze tubes, the system needs to be trained on a large dataset. One of the system applications is to automatically retrieve the expiry date to ascertain the efficacy of the medicine. For expiry dates expressed in engraved digits, it is difficult to collect the digit images. In our study, we evaluated the augmentation performance for a limited, engraved-digit dataset using various generative adversarial networks (GANs). Our study contributes to the choice of an effective GAN for engraved-digit image data augmentation. We conclude that Wasserstein GAN with a gradient norm penalty (WGAN-GP) is a suitable data augmentation technique to address the challenge of producing a large, realistic, but synthetic dataset. Our results show that the stability of WGAN-GP aids in the production of high-quality data with an average Fréchet inception distance (FID) value of 1.5298 across images of 10 digits (0–9) that are nearly indistinguishable from our original dataset. Full article
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Investigating Residents’ Acceptance of Mobile Apps for Household Recycling: A Case Study of New Jersey
by Mariia Sozoniuk, Jonghun Park and Natalia Lumby
Sustainability 2022, 14(17), 10874; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710874 - 31 Aug 2022
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Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created new opportunities to deliver recycling education. This study employs the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology-2 (UTAUT-2) to examine primary factors impacting U.S. residents’ intention to use recycling mobile applications. Uniquely, the research interrogates whether [...] Read more.
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have created new opportunities to deliver recycling education. This study employs the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology-2 (UTAUT-2) to examine primary factors impacting U.S. residents’ intention to use recycling mobile applications. Uniquely, the research interrogates whether ICT adoption can increase the intention to recycle household waste and thus generate social change. The data, from an online survey of 1215 app users located in New Jersey, is analyzed using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Results demonstrate that performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, and habit, have a positive and significant effect on the intention to use recycling apps. The intention to use apps also has a positive and significant effect on the intention to recycle. The results support the use of ICTs as a tool for building recycling habits. Recommendations for solid waste management practitioners, and app developers, are also discussed. Full article
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Blockchain Technology Research Using VOSviewer
by Aleksandra Kuzior and Mariya Sira
Sustainability 2022, 14(13), 8206; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14138206 - 5 Jul 2022
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Blockchain technology remains popular for several reasons. The main one is that it has facilitated the rise of digital currencies over the past several years and many other uses of non-crypto currency. There is a belief that the technology itself could far exceed [...] Read more.
Blockchain technology remains popular for several reasons. The main one is that it has facilitated the rise of digital currencies over the past several years and many other uses of non-crypto currency. There is a belief that the technology itself could far exceed cryptocurrencies by its impact. Thus, researchers are still discovering the real potential of blockchain. This study aims to conduct a comprehensive blockchain analysis with a bibliometric study. The data was retrieved from the Scopus database and was analyzed using the VOSviewer software, developed at Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, the Netherlands. The study is based on the analysis of 1842 documents published in the 2007–2021 period using Scopus. From the visualization, three main groups of six clusters are generated. The red area includes topics related to blockchain technology, supply chain management, and sustainable development. The green cluster stands for such keywords as blockchains, smart contracts, electronic money, and Bitcoin and Ethereum. The blue cluster area focuses on issues related to artificial intelligence, big data, health care, and COVID-19. The analysis helps to improve the quality of the review by directing researchers to the most significant documents and mapping areas of publications. Full article
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Assessing the Impact of Online-Learning Effectiveness and Benefits in Knowledge Management, the Antecedent of Online-Learning Strategies and Motivations: An Empirical Study
by Tanaporn Hongsuchon, Ibrahiem M. M. El Emary, Taqwa Hariguna and Eissa Mohammed Ali Qhal
Sustainability 2022, 14(5), 2570; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052570 - 23 Feb 2022
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Online learning is one of the educational solutions for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, most universities have shifted much of their learning frameworks to an online learning model to limit physical interaction between people and slow the spread of COVID-19. The effectiveness [...] Read more.
Online learning is one of the educational solutions for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, most universities have shifted much of their learning frameworks to an online learning model to limit physical interaction between people and slow the spread of COVID-19. The effectiveness of online learning depends on many factors, including student and instructor self-efficacy, attitudes, and confidence in using the technology involved; the educational strategies employed; the ability to monitor and evaluate educational outcomes; and student motivation, among many others. In this study, we analyzed how these factors were associated and impacted each other. We developed a comprehensive model after an extensive review of the relevant literature. The model was validated by applying partial least square regression to the data obtained by surveying 469 students who were enrolled in online education. The test results indicated that all the variables had a positive effect on the effectiveness of online learning. The effectiveness of online learning had a significant impact on the benefits of online learning. This showed that the more effective online learning was, the more benefits and positive outcomes the student experienced. The result of this research showed that learning objectives could enable universities to increase the effectiveness of students’ online learning by motivating students to join online classes and developing appropriate learning strategies for their individual needs. Full article
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