Innovativeness and Knowledge Science/Engineering in Sustainable Value Creation

Dear Colleagues,

The sustainability of our societies continues to be undermined by the recent international COVID-19 pandemic, the escalation of international conflicts and the ongoing destruction of the global environment. It is extremely difficult to solve many of these problems simply by applying existing formalized knowledge, and in order to solve these problems in an integrated manner and increase the sustainability of society, new knowledge-management initiatives need to be put in place as soon as possible. Our aim is to promote sustainable development that is desirable for society by creating unprecedented value using this new knowledge-management scheme.

This Special Issue, entitled 'Innovativeness and Knowledge Science/Engineering in Sustainable Value Creation', focuses on innovation design, knowledge management and design strategies that contribute to the sustainability of society and the achievement of wellbeing. Our call for papers encompasses a wide range of papers that promote discussion on: (a) organization design, (b) organization management, (c) economic and business strategy. Also included in this theme are discussions on the implementation of social systems, including businesses, based on ideas that contribute to the sustainability of society, such as SDGs, well-being, DX and diverse welfareness discussions.

Papers selected for this Special Issue will be published following a rigorous peer-review procedure with the aim of ensuring the rapid and widespread dissemination of research results, developments and applications.

With rapid changes in the social environment due to the pandemic, innovation and knowledge-management activities have required not only conventional approaches but also discontinuous ones. Therefore, submission papers can be newly positioned in discontinuous research areas with novel features, as well as being situated in the existing knowledge management area.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Yoshiki Shimomura
Prof. Dr. Shigeru Hosono
Guest Editors

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