The reconfiguration of global value chains has raised concerns about the resilience and upgrading of manufacturing supply chains. This study examines whether digital infrastructure improves manufacturing supply chain capabilities, using the 2016 &ldq...
This study investigates the impact of digital capabilities (DC) on building resilient supply chains in China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry. As the complexity of the EV sector continues to grow, improving supply chain resilience (SCR) is esse...
This study investigates the mechanisms by which green finance mitigates non-point source pollution. Based on provincial panel data from China spanning 2005 to 2023, this study conducts an empirical analysis that yields several key findings: (1) The d...
The deep synergy between artificial intelligence and human capital facilitates enterprise green innovation transformation. Adopting the TOE framework, this paper constructs theoretical hypotheses and uses the panel data of Chinese listed firms to exp...
This study examines patterns of digital inclusion in Ziguinchor, Senegal, using household survey data combined with spatial indicators of infrastructure and access. We construct a Digital Inclusion Index (DII) capturing realized digital practices and...
Cities can consume more renewable energy without achieving an equivalent shift in their energy mix. We examine this scale–composition divide in a balanced panel of 284 Chinese cities from 2007 to 2019 and use normalized Shannon entropy to chara...
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) frequently face a “digitalization paradox” in which injecting startup innovations directly into zero-tolerance production environments may disrupt core operations. Using a 15-year longitudinal datas...
Municipal smart city programs remain hampered by conceptual fragmentation and the absence of validated, context-specific maturity assessments. We develop the Smart Municipality Maturity Model (SMMM) via a design-science process, synthesizing 183 publ...
Digital payment and settlement markets operate as interconnected financial systems shaped by institutional, technological, and capability-based elements. This study examines how digital transformation and digital financial inclusion interact within t...
This paper asks whether the digital economy is becoming the new economy: not because traditional economic functions disappear, but because they are increasingly reorganised through digital infrastructure, digital finance and algorithmic capability. W...
Digital infrastructure enables green transformation, but its impact on renewable energy innovation depends critically on the availability of human capital. This study examines whether human capital acts as a mediator or moderator in the relationship...
Digitalization in leadership practice requires broader research. Today’s economic leaders must be in line with the global mindset in supporting a culture of innovation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the digital leadership capabilities o...
Digital infrastructure is a critical foundation for promoting regional innovation and achieving sustainable development. However, existing studies have primarily focused on its impact effects, while paying limited attention to whether digital infrast...
In the age of Industry 4.0, the emergence of new technologies is compelling organizations to search for new methods for sustainability. In particular, IT capabilities and organizational learning competencies with digital leadership play crucial roles...
The rapid digital transformation of education has increased the demand for intelligent assessment systems and architecture capable of evaluating institutional readiness for technology-enhanced teaching, learning, and workforce development. As educati...
Digital transformation has fundamentally reshaped higher education, creating a need for adaptive systems capable of integrating technological infrastructure, learner capabilities, institutional readiness, and learning analytics into a unified decisio...
In South Africa, the culture and creative industry still faces structural constraints and rapid technological change. While digital infrastructure has opened new paths for creative production, distribution, and commercialisation, the extent to which...
Computing infrastructure has become a critical underlying resource for the digital development and sustainable transformation of manufacturing firms. Using panel data from Chinese listed manufacturing firms from 2011 to 2024, this study employs a two...
Background/Objectives: Digital transformation is increasingly essential for healthcare organizations to improve operational efficiency and service quality. However, in developing countries such as Indonesia, many lower-middle-class hospitals lag due...
This study investigates whether digital economy imports can mitigate the environmental costs of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing economies. While FDI typically increases carbon emissions, particularly in countries with weak infrastructur...
The purpose of this study is to characterize, through an exploratory empirical diagnosis, the degree of development and preliminary association between circular economy capabilities and sustainability-oriented digital transformation capabilities in C...
Monitoring of critical civil engineering infrastructures has become a priority for public owners and administrative authorities. Several laws and regulations have been issued on this topic, emphasizing the crucial role of Building Information Modelin...
Collaborative business ecosystems (CBEs) face persistent disruptions, including pandemics, geopolitical instability, climate shocks, cyber threats, resource scarcity, and sustainability transition pressures. Building on prior CBE resilience–ant...
Indonesia’s commitment to digital transformation is exemplified by the Gerakan 100 Smart City program, aiming to enhance public sector performance through technology integration. This study examines how information technology capability and 21s...
This study examines how different dimensions of the regional digital environment are associated with productivity in the food-service sector across Russian regions. Using regional panel data, the study distinguishes among digital infrastructure, digi...
14 November 2026
This study adopts a cross-country panel research framework covering 2010–2025 and constructs composite indices of digital agriculture development and sustainable agricultural development. A two-way fixed-effects model is employed to examine the...
Digital transformation has emerged as one of the most influential drivers of contemporary socio-economic change, shaping development trajectories, social resilience, and the capacity of societies to adapt to external shocks. Despite the growing body...
27 November 2025
This paper investigates resistance patterns in cloud-based digital transformation within African e-commerce contexts, examining how project management capabilities moderate the relationship between infrastructural constraints and transformation outco...
This study investigates the determinants of financial performance among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, addressing the critical issues of low accountability and limited access to capital. Grounded in the Resource-Based View...
Synergistic development is a pivotal force in advancing regional modernization. China has effectively promoted rural revitalization through the collaborative integration of various digital factors, thereby narrowing the urban–rural development...
In order to cope with the multimodal changes led by the digital era, enterprises urgently need to promote the construction of new-quality productive forces (NQPFs) through digital transformation. NQPFs take digital technology empowerment as the core...
The objective of this article is to examine how alternative digital platforms can be designed and governed as public-interest infrastructures capable of supporting democratic deliberation in the contemporary digital public sphere. Drawing on delibera...
Traditionally, freight wagon technology has lacked digitalization and advanced monitoring capabilities. This article presents recent advancements in freight wagon digitalization, covering the system’s definition, development, and field tests on...
Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in emerging markets often face resource and capability constraints, highlighting the need to leverage digital innovation for improved performance. Although entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is widely recognized as a...
This study examines the relationship between digitalization, e-commerce capability, and firm value in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Using an unbalanced panel of 200 non-financial firms over the period of 2015–2024, the analysis empl...
Background: Organizations face increasing pressure to sustain economic performance while simultaneously addressing the demands of sustainability, resilience, and human-centered practices. Thus, this study analyzes how the maturity dimensions establis...
Rapid urbanization and escalating disaster risks necessitate resilient urban governance systems. Smart city initiatives that leverage digital technologies—such as the internet of things (IoT), big data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI...
Periods of crisis often accelerate digital transformation in higher education institutions, forcing the rapid adoption of educational technologies such as learning management systems, digital assessment platforms, and video conferencing tools. While...
Digital transformation is now one of the key engines of entrepreneurial behavior and company development, but there is still a lack of empirical evidence on the creation of digital ecosystems, especially in the Middle East and North African (MENA) re...
The security of new energy vehicle (NEV) industry chains has become a strategic issue for industrial competitiveness, the energy transition, and economic security. This study examines how digital economy capabilities jointly support NEV industry chai...
Given the potential of digital technologies in value-adding and decision support in infrastructure projects, the promotion of digital technologies, how factors of government promotion, technological development, and the organization’s technolog...
In recent years, global supply chains have become increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical tensions, pandemics, and energy crises, particularly in resource-constrained regions characterized by weak infrastructure and high transaction costs. Using pane...
With digital transformation underway in various Chinese construction enterprises, each enterprise has progressed differently, and a clear direction for future digital transformation and upgrading is lacking. As such, the importance of measuring the l...
The concept of “human-centric, sustainable and resilient smart cities” in Industry 5.0 (I5.0) refers to urban socio-technical ecosystems in which digital infrastructures and services are explicitly oriented toward human well-being, ecolog...
This paper examines how the Resource-Based View (RBV) and Dynamic Capabilities (DC) explain digital adaptation among rural entrepreneurs in South Africa. Although digital transformation is reshaping entrepreneurship globally, rural enterprises contin...
6 June 2025
Enterprise digital transformation has emerged as a key strategy for enhancing innovation capacity in the age of the digital economy. This article aims to analyze the influence mechanism of digital transformation on corporate innovation and evaluate t...
Aims: To assess echocardiographic practice within a regional healthcare system. The Emilia-Romagna region, a high-performing, digitally advanced context, was therefore used as a “stress test” setting in which observed heterogeneity is unl...
The rapid increase of electric mobility is challenging the deployment design and operation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a scalable, sustainable, operationally reliable, and regulation-compliant manner. Although advances in both digi...
As global infrastructure systems face increasing environmental, social, and operational challenges, enhancing their resilience through digital and intelligent technologies has become a strategic priority. Digital Twin (DT) and Artificial Intelligence...
NOOR is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s national Educational Management Information System (EMIS), developed by the Ministry of Education to digitize and streamline academic and administrative processes across public schools. Through its unified...
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