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Recent research has embraced the idea that digitalization is becoming a significant factor in addressing sustainability challenges. Digital platforms are becoming integral to this dynamic, opening a vast spectrum of possibilities that remain insuffic...

The development of the digital economy is a strategic choice for seizing new opportunities in the latest wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation. As a critical tool for driving the digital transformation of enterprises, digital...

This paper presents an integrated reference model for digital manufacturing platforms, based on cutting edge reference models for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. Digital manufacturing platforms use IIoT systems in combination with o...

Throughout human history, natural and man-made disasters have devastated cities in unpredictable ways. Cities must therefore respond faster and better to minimize the risks posed by disasters. Nowadays, with the rapid development of communication tec...

Platforms have the ability to create connected digital spaces where different actors co-exist and work together. The paper explores the power of platforms as enablers of a new channel of proximity, called digital proximity. It argues that platforms e...

Data are becoming increasingly crucial to business and social digitalization, as such data have become a strategic asset that accelerates economic competitiveness and digitalization of society. In a societal context, it is important to maintain compl...

Sustainability, as well as the sustainable use of resources and related issues, has inspired a long-lasting and lively debate among scholars of different disciplines. Due to under-investigation of several of the sustainability-related challenges, thi...

The fourth industrial revolution is characterized by the introduction of the Internet of things (IoT) and Internet of Services (IoS) concepts into manufacturing, which enables smart factories with vertically and horizontally integrated production sys...

During the last several decades, international and national agricultural research infrastructures have rapidly expanded, bringing the outputs of agricultural research to the world’s farmers. However, despite huge investments in agricultural research,...

This paper provides a comparative review of digital and human (face-to-face) innovation platforms and their roles in promoting innovation and sustainability. These platforms are particularly significant in advancing sustainability objectives as outli...

Urban resilience research increasingly recognizes that emergency response cannot be separated from routine urban governance. However, less is known about how digital platforms institutionalize this connection in everyday urban operations. This study...

This study proposes a tripartite evolutionary game model to investigate the interactions among digital platforms, governments, and users to address the negative consequences of data abuse. The paper identifies that the high tax incentives and low pen...

With the advent of the smart economy, Chinese digital platform companies have begun the process of digital innovation. The sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020 has added a strong impulse to the acceleration of this process, highligh...

This paper aims to review the application of digital platforms in the assessment and monitoring of patients with Bipolar Disorder (BPD). We will detail the current clinical criteria for the diagnosis of BPD and the tools available for patient assessm...

With the rapid expansion of user-generated content (UGC) platforms, digital empowerment has emerged as a crucial strategy for enhancing platform competitiveness. This study investigates how different digital empowerment models—no digital empowe...

The hospitality business model has undergone profound changes influenced by successive waves of technological advances and platforms. This paper explores how different waves of technologies and platforms are shaping the evolution of the hospitality b...

The article is dedicated to the development of a mathematical model and methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of integrating information technology solutions into digital platforms using virtual simulation infrastructures. The task of selectin...

This article investigates the fundamental value of digital platforms, such as Facebook and Google. Despite the transformative nature of digital technologies, it is challenging to value digital services, given that the usage is free of charge. Applyin...

The study examines the complexities of the Aláròyé newspaper’s digital transformation. It seeks to understand how the organisation’s matrix, which includes circulation, readers, and advertising revenue, has been impac...

Digital platforms are one of the educational resources that were used in education prior to Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the pandemic has led to a complete shift to learning via digital platforms, and therefore they have become a strategic altern...

Digital platforms are increasingly presented as instruments for sustainable tourism governance, yet destinations often remain data-rich and governance-poor: digital traces are dispersed across actors, indicators are weakly standardised and communitie...

Regarding digital platforms in recent years, the abuse of a platform’s dominant position, applications monitoring user behaviour, the difficulty of exiting digital platforms, and the inability of users to transfer data on platforms have become...

The practical role of digital platforms in fostering a circular economy (CE) among businesses remains unresolved. Unlike previous research on digital platforms and firm performance, this study analyzes the bridging function of the value creation syst...

For many, digital transformation is the new normal. However, in particular, pipeline businesses in traditional industries, such as standard-setting organizations (SSOs), are reluctant to radically rethink their business models, as they have often suc...

The subject matter addressed in the paper concerns digital technology platforms in the context of renewable energy sources. The main goal is to check whether digital technology platforms can be effective factors in implementing innovative business mo...

Digital twin (DT) technology has been used in a wide range of applications, including electric vehicles. The DT platform provides a virtual representation or advanced simulation of a physical object in real-time. The implementation of DT on various a...

Although researchers have identified a strong correlation between digital platform usage and corporate sustainable innovation, a disconnect persists between the two. The primary factor causing this disconnect lies in the isolated application of digit...

This study examines the interaction effects of green finance and digital platforms on China’s economic growth, employing panel data from 30 provinces spanning the period 2013–2023. Green finance is measured using green bonds and green cre...

Background: The increasing use of digital mental health (DMH) platforms and digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) is hindered by uncertainty over effectiveness, quality and usability. There is a need to identify the types of available evidence...

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...

The current article summarizes the main properties of stablecoins and explores their potential use in digital platforms to solve problems of supporting foreign trade and investment processes in countries subjected to restrictions on a wide range of i...

Although digital hoarding behavior does not directly affect physical space, with the popularization of cloud storage services, its impact on energy consumption has become increasingly significant, posing a challenge to environmental sustainability. T...

A global trend regarding the “platformization” of the internet has been, for years, emerging roughly across all traditional industries. It is reflected in the proliferation of digital platforms (DPs) based on the creation of new activitie...

This paper advances a framework for examining the competitive principles of mobile payment platforms. We postulate that the strategic interplay of platform layers will drive the competitive dynamics of platform-driven ubiquitous systems. This framewo...

The sharing economy has allowed idle resources to be used again and is known as a model for the new economy. Advances in network technology have allowed the scale of the sharing economy to be expanded through digital platforms. To our best knowledge,...

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the first supranational regulation aimed at improving the safety, transparency and accountability of online platforms. However, the DSA enforcement process is substantially opaque due to the scarcity of publicly avai...

Twenty-first century infrastructure needs to respond to changing demographics, becoming climate neutral, resilient, and economically affordable, while remaining a driver for development and shared prosperity. However, the infrastructure sector remain...

As digital transformation accelerates in tourism and hospitality, sustainability-related information on booking platforms has become increasingly relevant to consumer decision-making. However, prior research has not sufficiently explained how such in...

The paper is centered on the role of technology and specifically of IT in the recombination of the factors of production. Particularly, the objective is to see how this technology contributes to the formulation of business strategies, the outlining o...

The article focuses on issues relating to achieving sustainable development by promoting new consumption and production patterns based, for example, on sharing resources and doing business exclusively in a digital environment. This topic is extremely...

The intersection of digitalization and sustainability is reshaping the tourism industry, with digital platforms playing a transformative role in optimizing travel experiences while simultaneously influencing economic inclusivity, labor dynamics, and...

The rapid diffusion of digital technologies, including big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence, unlocks significant potential for marketing innovation in e-commerce while simultaneously raising fresh governance challenges. Digital platforms...

The rise of internet platforms meets people’s needs for a better life. However, the platforms also pose the risk of ecological monopolies. Using the methodology of economic analysis of law, with the help of ANT theory, the laws governing the op...

This paper explores how digital crowdsourcing platforms communicate sustainability-oriented innovation and mobilise stakeholder engagement. Through a directed content analysis of three platforms (OpenIDEO, San Francisco, CA, USA; Enel Innovation Hub,...

The modern approach to realization of large, expensive projects with long payback periods in various sectors of infrastructure often involves combining the financial resources of public authorities and the private sector through a public–privat...

Dangerous goods transport (DGT) is of strategic importance for any economy, and the structure of the fuel and energy industry includes a number of systems and facilities qualified as “critical infrastructure” (CI). Given the current geopo...

The maritime and logistics sector is undergoing digital transformation, positioning digital logistics platforms (DLPs) as important tools for improving operational coordination, information visibility, and organizational performance (OP). However, pr...

This qualitative case study explores how metropolitan Malaysian women aged 25–50 navigate overlapping technological, economic, and societal obstacles as they pursue professional empowerment through digital platforms. Little is known about women...

Advanced technologies have affected business models. Sustainable innovation performance has become very critical for the survival of businesses, in particular in emerging economies. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of digital plat...

This study examines the transformative role of digital platforms in fostering sustainable entrepreneurship within emerging economies. We argue that platforms transcend mere communication channels, acting as catalysts for innovation and collaboration...