With the intent to further increase production efficiency while making human the centre of the processes, human-centric manufacturing focuses on concepts such as digital twins and human–machine collaboration. This paper presents enabling techno...
It is undeniable that digital technology enables, e.g., building information modelling, digital twins, extended reality (i.e., virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality), and automation, have recently played a significant role in the construc...
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors are constantly evolving, and the effective adoption and use of digital technologies are critical for improving project outcomes, enhancing productivity, and fostering innovation. This stud...
5G networks require dynamic network monitoring and advanced security solutions. This work performs the essential steps to implement a basic 5G digital twin (DT) in a warehouse scenario. This study provides a paradigm of end-to-end connection and encr...
The evolution of digital technologies is reshaping parliaments worldwide, driving fundamental changes in their operations. Parliaments, being traditionally conservative institutions, typically lean toward “mature” emerging or disruptive t...
This paper presents an overview of various types of virtual museums (ViM) as native artifacts or as digital twins (DT) of physical museums (PM). Depending on their mission and features, we discuss various enabling technologies and sensor equipment wi...
In the rapidly changing digital economy, manufacturing companies are under growing pressure to adopt new approaches to business management by developing digital capabilities. This research explores the role of digital technologies in enabling these c...
The last decade saw the emergence of highly autonomous, flexible, re-configurable Cyber-Physical Systems. Research in this domain has been enhanced by the use of high-fidelity simulations, including Digital Twins, which are virtual representations co...
There has been a rapid increase in the use of collaborative robots in manufacturing industries within the context of Industry 4.0 and smart factories. The existing human–robot interactions, simulations, and robot programming methods do not fit...
As the complexity and scale of modern networks continue to grow, the need for efficient, secure management, and optimization becomes increasingly vital. Digital twin (DT) technology has emerged as a promising approach to address these challenges by p...
Walking tourism is increasingly supported by a wide range of digital technologies that are crucial for mitigating environmental impacts and promoting sustainable territorial development, yet their adoption remains fragmented and rarely interpreted wi...
Future internet of things (IoT) services necessitate the integration of sensing and communication functions within the same system, utilizing digital twin (DT) technology. Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) can address the need for widesprea...
This study examines how knowledge heterogeneity affects team creativity in the context of China’s digital intelligence transformation and analyzes the mediating effects of digital intelligence enablement and technology management capability. Gr...
This paper presents a comprehensive understanding of current digital twin (DT) implementations in the construction industry, along with providing an overview of technologies enabling the operation of DTs in the industry. To this end, 145 publications...
Background: Digital supply chain transformation research exhibits a critical gap, examining technologies in isolation rather than as integrated ecosystems. Methods: This study addresses this limitation by developing a comprehensive orchestration fram...
The rapid advancement of Industry 4.0 and digital transformation is significantly impacting various sectors. Enabling digital technologies, such as big data, machine learning, and the Internet of Things, is becoming increasingly prevalent in industry...
Digital transformation (DT) is becoming of strategic importance for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs), especially in the retail sector, where a significant portion of customer engagement, operational efficiency, and market competitiveness i...
The adoption of disruptive technologies has become increasingly critical for organizations, particularly following the global shifts prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the potential benefits, many organizations, including those in the Fast-Mo...
This study examines the association between Saudi banks’ internal adoption of AI-enabled FinTech-related digital tools and their financial performance, sustainability performance, and financial stability over the period 2015–2024. Using a...
A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object or process capable of collecting information from the real environment to represent, validate and simulate the physical twin’s present and future behavior. It is a key enabler of d...
This study conducts an Academic Literature Analysis of 75 maturity models to clarify how Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 are being conceptualized and assessed. We map model scope, level structures, evaluated dimensions, and enabling technologies and co...
There are widespread assumptions to the effect that the real-time data generated through the 5G-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) will improve material traceability and accelerate the global transition to a circular economy (CE), thereby helping to ac...
Digital Twin (DT) technology is being rapidly adopted across construction worldwide, but the literature still contains two gaps. Prior studies identify many drivers of DT adoption without integrating them into one framework, and few test those driver...
Background: The escalating prevalence of obesity underscores the urgent need for effective and scalable interventions. Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled technologies have emerged as promising strategies to promote physical activity (PA) and add...
Digital technologies are increasingly changing the way modern industries are structured, governed, and operated, influencing almost all phases of the industrial value chain, from early product conception and resource planning to manufacturing executi...
Sustainability accounting is an emerging research area receiving growing awareness. This study examines the role of digital technology in manufacturing companies’ sustainability accounting. To guide the research, we use a triple layered business mode...
Recent studies advocate that digital technologies are key enabling factors for the introduction of servitized business models. At the same time, these technologies support the implementation of the circular economy (CE) paradigm into businesses. Desp...
Supply chain management is one of the most prominent areas that needs to incorporate sustainability to achieve responsible consumption and production (SDG 11).It has been identified that there are limited studies that have presented the significance...
Digitalization enables the realization of the resilient infrastructure in every application for achieving sustainability. In the context of the hospitality business, resilient infrastructure based on digital technologies is critical for gaining the b...
In recent years, the construction sector has experienced a significant technological transition, driven by the introduction of innovative digital tools and the evolution of the legislative environment. This article presents a Systematic Scoping Revie...
This research paper examines the digital infrastructure required to achieve project management success by analyzing the enabling elements of this digital infrastructure in terms of three pillars: digital readiness, digital fitness, and digital tools....
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and blockchain technologies within the digital economy presents transformative opportunities for promoting low-carbon urban development. However, a systematic understanding of how t...
The rapid increase in the global population of older adults presents a significant challenge, but also a unique opportunity to leverage technological advancements for promoting independent living and well-being. This study introduces the CIREI framew...
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into higher education offers new opportunities for inclusive and sustainable learning. This study investigates the impact of an AI-enabled microlearning cycle—comprising short instructional videos...
Recent studies have advocated that digital technologies (DTs) positively affect the transition of a linear economy model to a circular economy (CE) model and facilitate enterprises in implementing circular strategies. Despite this general statement,...
This study examines the role of Digital Twin technologies in advancing Environmental, Social, and Governance performance within multinational corporations. Grounded in socio-technical systems theory and stakeholder theory, the research investigates h...
Background/Objectives: Adoption of digital dentistry into curricula by higher education institutions has become mandatory. Implementing changes in stringent and crowded curricula requires meaningful evaluation. The current study aimed to assess the p...
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences provides a collection of original papers on smart manufacturing technology with the aim of: examining emerging aspects of digitalization in the industrial and biomedical fields, as well as in business management...
27 March 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had two main consequences for the organization of treatment in primary healthcare: restricted patients’ access to medical facilities and limited social mobility. In turn, these consequences pose a great challenge for p...
27 May 2026
Existing reviews of technology-enabled care for older adults have primarily focused on technology usability, patient acceptance, and clinical outcomes. However, there remains limited synthesis of the organizational and system-level factors influencin...
The circular economy (CE) is widely known as a way to implement and achieve sustainability, mainly due to its contribution towards the separation of biological and technical nutrients under cyclic industrial metabolism. The incorporation of the princ...
The potential of Industry 4.0 enabling tools is emerging as a strategic factor for the adaptation and innovation of companies in the clothing sector. Thus, the aim is to identify global trends and practices in I4.0 applications in the clothing sector...
This study examines how tech-enabled municipal service delivery can generate a digital city dividend, measured as residents’ expected financial gains in urban context. The purpose is to identify the beliefs and enabling conditions that most str...
Digital transformation has expanded data infrastructures, artificial intelligence (AI)-supported systems, and automation across knowledge-intensive domains. However, these developments often remain fragmented and are not consistently aligned with hum...
Background: Digital transformation is increasingly present in modern logistics, especially in the context of sustainability and circularity pressures. The integration of technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Radio Frequency Identification (R...
Nowadays, high expectations are set for a digitally enabled circular economy (CE), to enhance resource efficiency. Tracing, tracking, and storing information is most important for this. In this paper, the application of Internet of Things (IoT) and D...
Digital technologies are increasingly embedded in tourism performing arts, yet technology-intensive projects do not automatically generate profound cultural experiences. To explain this high-investment-but-low-experience dilemma, this study conceptua...
Despite substantial AI technology investment, many firms fail to translate isolated AI applications into integrated capabilities that deliver strategic returns and drive business model changes. Grounded in service-dominant logic (SDL), this study pro...
Background: This study compared the early rehabilitation progress of patients undergoing robotic-assisted medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (mUKA) and robotic-assisted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty (rKA-TKA), focusing on daily...
Internet of Things (IoT) can help to pave the way to the circular economy and to a more sustainable world by enabling the digitalization of many operations and processes, such as water distribution, preventive maintenance, or smart manufacturing. Par...
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